julian assange describes his surroundings.e is been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over two years without any direct sunlight. he describes it as a kind of space station. he has been granted political asylum in ecuador, a concern if he steps foot outside the ecuadorian embassy in london, he will be arrested by british authorities. we continue our conversation with julian assange in the ecuadorian embassy in a moment. >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are just back from london for our democracy now! exclusive, the first time a u.s. tv radio broadcast has had a sitdown interview inside the ecuadorian embassy with wikileaks founder julian assange. we go back to that interview right now. he has been granted political asylum in ecuador, but has been living in the asylum -- embassy for over two years. hillary clinton has been doing a number of interviews on her book /prepresidential tour. by "theinterviewed guardian" where she talks about edward snowden. >> i

we return to our interview with wikileaks founder and publisher julian assange from inside ecuador's bassy in london where he has political asylum and has been living for more than two years. in a nutshell, julian, can you summarize the releases of documents since the collateral murder video was released in the spring of 2010? for people who aren't keeping up on things and even if you are an avid viewer of them media or reader of the media, especially whohe u.s., they may know julian assange is, the publisher of wikileaks, but actually, what it is you released in these documents? could you go through them? wikileaks has been publishing since 2007. we have published an honest every country in the world and about every country in the world. we're now up to just over 80 million individual documents that we have released during that timeframe. the heat in the debate with the and of the states rose in 2010. we have had heated debates with others, court cases in u.s. and so on. in 2010, the number of documents and publications we were releasing, each one after another, and it up erecting a

between edwards snowden with his political asylum and julian assange? >> of course. e seeing a trend of whistleblowers from a publishers, journalists, having to seek refuge in countries around the world because they're concerned about prosecution in the u.s. julian is inside the embassy because of his concern a prosecution for his publications associated with wikileaks. edward snowden in a silent in russia for releasing that information. the cases are similar and this is our main concern. we would like to resolve the swedish case. it is a matter of the united states -- >> why the u.s.? >> there's an ongoing grand jury and criminal investigation. >> how do you know this? >> became out of court filings just last month. we know there's an ongoing grand jury. the department of justice continues to say this is "unless and until the u.s. gives assurance that chilean will not be prosecuted, he will remain inside the ecuadorian embassy. >> jen robinson, thank you for being with us. jen robinson is the legal advisor for julian assange. she is here at almedalen, the political w

>> they were positive toward the granting of asylum -- >> as they had done with julian assange. and was he helping you with this whole -- >> very much so. >> so wikileaks and julian facilitated snowden making it out of hong kong. >> and gaining asylum, yes. the reason for going by russia was, obviously, we needed to have a safe flight. you can't get directly from hong kong to an america. normally, the flights go through the united states or western europe. this obviously was not an option in this case, so the seemingly bizarre route to russia was the case. >> what happened? >> whilst we were in the air, hong kong announced he left an inability to say, stop hassling us, he's gone, he's not here anymore. states made very public announcements how they had canceled his passport and if -- any onward travel would be without proper documentation. >> any state in the airport for -- >> 39 days. we did not have a visa. you can transit through without needing a visa as long as you're under 24 hours in the airport. hence, we are no visa to remain in russia. he could not just walk on through.

a swedish court has upheld the arrest warrant that is cap the culex founder julian assange confined in ecuador's london embassy for over two years. is wanted in sweden for questioning on allegations of sexual misconduct, though the charges have been filed. his attorneys a petition for the warrant to be with ron, arguing it cannot be enforced while assange is in the embassy and swedish prosecutors refuse to question him there. but the motion was dismissed on wednesday without explanation. defense attorney thomas olsson vowed to appeal. >> we will appeal against this decision. we don't agree with the district court in the judgment of the .eed to overrule this decision we can't accept the situation is withstanding. >> how surprised are you today the judge did not want to go along with your argument? >> i think legally, we have a very strong argument. but this case -- it was probably a very difficult decision for the court to take. we had to wait several hours for it. we are hopeful for the appeal. >> wednesday's hearing marked the first formal legal debate over julian assange his status s

it almost sounds like conspiracy. >> is actually a book about julian assange that he wrote.it's basically his conversation with friends and i think it's very very informative as he talks about things like that and was the one who was the first to try to fight the government when the government asked information about assange's friends in their twitter accounts. that is how that all came to public and what's also interesting is that from julian's perspective he mentions that people talk about the internet a lot but they haven't met the enemy and he did. it's impossible for him to get any money from any bank accounts or block everything. they play a dirty game with him. >> who is they? >> the government. >> the government to? >> i believe the united states government were the ones that were targeting him specifically. >> how the terrorism law that you were responding to as many fingers to it and one of them is that the internet service providers are supposed to provide meta-information to the government and not report that to the user of the information that has been provided

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. >> a swedish court has upheld an arrest warrant for wikileaks founder julian assange, rejecting his appeal to have the war and -- the war and -- the warrant dropped. >> he denies the claims and has been in ecuador's london embassy since 2012 to avoid arrest as well as possible extradition to the u.s. on spying charges. his lawyers say they will appeal the court's decision. business news. time warner has rejected a takeover bid from media tycoon rupert murdoch. >> murdoch offered $80 billion to buy time warner, which also owns warner bros. music -- movie studio. over nearly five decades, murdoch has blocked -- bought a colossal media empire. in 2007, his tabloid folded after revelations it had been engaged in widescale eavesdropping on hundreds of people's voicemail, including politicians and celebrities. china's economy is bouncing back from its slowdown. new figures show it grew by 7.5% in the second quarter of 2014. >> that's in line with official growth targets, but analysts say that it is being driven by government spending. >> chinese construction workers putting the finishing

a swedish court has ruled to up hold an arrest warrant against wiki leaks founder julian assange on charges of sexual assault a songes arrest was issued at the end of two thousand and ten after two women in sweden accused him of sexual assault. has long denied the allegations and had been trying to get those targets is dropped the whistleblower fear is that extradited to sweden he would be van vulnerable. west where he could face charges over the release of thousands of secret documents by wiki leaks chelsea manning the american soldier who passed those documents to a songe was sentenced to thirty five years in prison slask july assigned remains in the ecuadorian embassy where he has been for two years and see government granted him asylum. well it was the war of the words between u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power and her russian counterpart vitaly churkin but surprisingly this time it had nothing to do with ukraine or syria or even iran rather it was all about the controversial russian band pussy riot r d's marina port why it takes a look at their tit for tat exchange. the russian

swedish court up all that arrest warrant it seems so we've just gotten interested in questioning julian assange about these allegations and they see one able to make a charge but they just won't and even for the two women that initially made the complaint doesn't it's their cause right that some of the swedish authorities comes here and questions us who is. plead for his friend's life he's at the ecuadorian embassy here in london the metropolitan police here has its share of scandal of course in paedophilia as well let alone cash for questions with rupert murdoch the whole of the metropolitan police here is a war with the conservative party over numerous things the police here huge cloud over them from even elements of the establishment but if there's one thing's for sure they felt whatever sweden did it was a sign of a did to their. power by taking refuge in asylum of ecuador therefore he must be punished presumably the police here would have arrested him for a fleeing fleeing the police when he was under their protection finally abstained i want to get your thoughts on something that m.p. geo

swedish caught up all that arrest warrant it seems sweden just not interested in questioning julian assange about these allegations and they seem unable to make a charge but they just won't and even for the two women that initially made the complaint doesn't it's their cause right that some of the swedish authorities comes here and questions us who is. plead for us for his life he's at the ecuadorian embassy here in london the metropolitan police here has its share of scandal of course in paedophilia as well let alone cash for questions with rupert murdoch the whole of the metropolitan police here is a war with the conservative party over numerous things the police here huge cloud over them from even elements of the establishment but if there's one thing's for sure they mediately felt whatever sweden did. it was a bit of a did to their. power by taking refuge in asylum of ecuador therefore he must be punished presumably the police here would have arrested him for a fleeing fleeing the police when he was under their protection finally i want to get your thoughts on something that m.p. george

syrian the swedish court now that held the arrest warrant for world renowned will still blow julian assange on charges of sexually assaulting two women a surge denies the allegations he's currently still of ecuador's embassy in london he's been there now for over two years he fears that if he's extradited to sweden he'll be handed over to the u.s. and then prosecuted maybe for releasing thousands of those documents through wiki leaks. a powerful typhoon battering the philippines killed at least twelve people and displaced hundreds of thousands that storms caused power outages tore off roofs and toppled trees you can see it's the strongest storm to hit the country this year some parts of the philippines still recovering from that devastating typhoon to put up with last november six thousand died there. this is where the un's most powerful body can decide the fates of countries around the world but seems sometimes those inside the security council behave more like children with feisty arguments even spilling outside its venerated chamber. now between the russian and american envoys with that

development here a swedish court has upheld the arrest warrant for world renowned will still blow julian assange on charges of sexually assaulting two women now sanj did not raise the allegations he's currently in ecuador's embassy still in london has been the no for over two years he fears that if he's extradited to sweden he'll be handed over to the united states and then prosecuted for releasing those thousands of documents through wiki leaks we'll keep you posted. whether a powerful typhoon is battering the philippines has killed at least twelve and it's displaced hundreds of thousands that storm as you can see is cause power outages torn off roofs and toppled trees is the strongest one to have hit the country this year some parts of the philippines are still recovering from the devastating typhoon that struck back in november that killed more than six thousand people real tragedy that was. thanks choosing this is come out typos tend to leave me here in moscow but with more news than just a little over half an hour between now and then let's get more of the same bell on the counter of the bu

so we've just gotten interested in questioning julian assange about these allegations and they see one able to make a charge but they just won't i mean even for the two women that initially made the complaint doesn't it of their cause right that some of the swedish authorities comes here and questions us who is. plead for for his life is at the ecuadorian embassy here in london the metropolitan police here has its share of scandal of course in paedophilia as well let alone cash for questions as rupert murdoch the whole of the metropolitan police here is a war with the conservative party over numerous things the police here huge cloud over them from even elements of the establishment but if there's one thing's for sure they felt whatever sweden did it was a sign of a did to their. power by taking refuge in asylum of ecuador therefore he must be punished presumably the police here would have arrested him for a fleeing fleeing the police when he was under their protection finally i want to get your thoughts on something that m.p. george galloway recently said on the show when talking abou

. >> i want to ask you about julian assange and the position the left party takes on him.ot a chance to question the foreign minister yesterday. this week there was an appeal by his swedish lawyers, and it is around the issue of this precharge detention. something that is -- i think people in other countries are not as familiar with it, but he is been dealing with for four years without charge. he is concerned if you were to come to sweden, if you're extradited to sweden he would then be sent to the united states, wanted by the u.s. for wikileaks. isi think the swedish system to be trusted. we would not send him to the united states. we look on the crime of sexual assault as a very serious crime. and if he is under investigation, he should be questioned by the swedish police. there might be an opening of doing so in london, but i think the claim you cannot trust the swedish political system is not true. >> what about the issue of the swedish police meeting him at the ecuadorian embassy in london and questioning him there? >> i think if there was such a solution, that would

the day for the latest details on the hearing and to watch our extended interview with julian assangewhen we were delighted to interview him inside the ecuadoran embassy where he has political asylum. that is democracynow.org. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. iraq remains on the verge of splintering into three separate states as sunni militants continue to maintain their stronghold in the north and west of iraq. on tuesday, iraqi security forces were forced to abandon an effort to retake the city of tikrit, the hometown of former iraqi leader saddam hussein. fighters aligned with isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria, seized tikrit last month. last month, at least 27 people died -- meanwhile in baghdad, at least 27 people died tuesday in a series of attacks including two bombs. isis now controls large parts of northern and western iraq and much of eastern syria. >> on the political front,

. >> attorneys for julian assange plan to appeal an decision to uphold and arrest warrant. he be in ecuador to avoid extradition as part of a sex crime accusation. >accusation. >> >> the family of aljazeera journalist has released part of a letter he wrote from his cell. he writes: >> wednesday marked 200 days since the three journalists were jim prisoned in egypt. germany and london took part in a silent demand for their release. >> president obama is pushing for more private sector investment in america's bridges and highways. he's going to layout those plans today in delaware. congress is having a hard time coming up with a long term infrastructure plan of its own. >> the proof is in the numbers. every year, 10,000 accidents are caused by inadequate roads and americans spend an average of 38 hours a year stuck in traffic. this week, the house approved $10.9 billion to keep the highway trust fund running. that would let 100,000 projects keep going and 700,000 people working. it's only temporary. >> under the current fix that they propose, we're looking at another shortfal