julian assange says france should take legal action against the united states. assange said parents -- paris should launch an inquiry. reporter: the worst is yet to come. that is julian assange's message after his whistleblowing site released documents alleging that the nsa tapped the phones of three french president's. speaking from london's embassy on wednesday, the wikileaks founder called on france to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance. that looks unlikely after president obama called francois hollande to assure him they would not spy on him anymore. >> we are not targeting president hollande and we do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is some specific and validated national security purpose. reporter: that is not enough for assange who says, what does it matter if they say they are not produced by on hollande personally? authorities are currently investigating whether a previously unknown leaker provided the latest intelligence documents to wikileaks. eve: france has increased its own surveillance power

emily: you say julian assange will be hillary's worst nightmare. how so? e has access to information. emily: what information? kim: i do not know the specifics. emily: why hillary in particular? kim: hillary hates julian. she is an adversary of internet freedom. emily: she signed your extradition request. so you have a bone to pick. is ithe crazy thing actually like hillary. i like obama. it is crazy that all of this happened. emily: the internet party has not worked out in new zealand, as i understand it. it has been something of a flop. how do you resurrect that? kim: a lot of times, when i created something new, it was a bit ahead of its time. i think a political party is something that grows over time. emily: if you are not extradited, what is next? kim: i think the case will go on for a long time. i have prepared myself for that mentally. this will be a fight for a very long time. emily: what do you want your legacy to be? kim: i am working on something new that i am really excited about called meganet, an alternative internet. i want to create a new i

kim: what julian assange is doing is putting a spotlight on all the secrets.: how often do you talk to him? kim: [laughs] why is that important to you? emily: i am curious. kim: i like these guys. i look up to them. i think they are very brave. they are going through a hard time. they chose to do that for the betterment of all of us. so, yeah, i love to talk to them. emily: you said you would bring the internet party to the u.s. in 2016. why? what is your goal? kim: because i think there is a big group of people out there that disagree with what is going on, you know? they want to have their privacy back. they want to have internet freedom. emily: you tweeted that you were going to be hillary's worst nightmare in 2016. how so? kim: i have to say it is probably more julian. [laughs] but i am aware of some of the things that are going to be roadblocks for her. so if i can provide some transparency with these people and make them part of what the internet party stands for, then i will be happy to do that. emily: you are saying julian assange will be hillary's wor

. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news. you howhow different the world would look today had napoleon not been defeatin waterloo. defeated in waterloo. >>> pot smokers those caught smoking in public could get their pot confiscated and receive a $100 fine. those laws go into effect in 23 states. >>> heavy.remnants of tropical storm bill. two have died in oklahoma including a two-year-old boy. missouri has dlaiferred declared a state of emergency. >> wildfires around san bernardino area in california. 40 mile-an-hour, be winds have made things worse. >>> one tons of ivory has been crushed in new york's times square. john terret has the story. >> reporter: a long line of tiny buddhas small births and animals, make their way up to heaven. the symbolism not lost on anyone here. >> every day nickel fants are killed, that's one every 15 minutes. that's 35,000 a year. at this rate, elephants will go extinct. >> reporter: an ivory crush in new york city works because it was once the

on memorial day, i traveled to london and interviewed wikileaks founder julian assange inside the ecuadoreanembassy where he lived for nearly three years with political asylum. assange faces investigations in both sweden and the united states. i asked him about wikileaks's tpp campaign. >> we are raising 100,000, which we don't want be in a problem -- which we think will be any problem, for the 29 chapters of the tpp. we have our he obtained four and published watch oh, but we would also like updated versions of those four. rice is so important? this agreement covers 40% of the global economy and it lays the foundations for a new system of international law. that will be embedded in all of the economies involved and a predecessor agreement to something called the ttip, which is the u.s.-eu version. >> transatlantic trade and investment partnership. >> this will cover more than -- it is the framework if it gets through of international law and filtering into domestic -- it is the construction of a new world, a new way of doing things, a new regime. it is, in historical terms, the largest ever

. >>> wiki leaks, whose cofounder julian assange in the ecuador embassy says there's half a million saudiuments to he released in months to come. >>> an al jazeera journalist detained in germany on an egyptian arrest warrant has been released without charge. ahmed mansour was held for 48 hours while german authorities considered a request for his extradition. this is the latest in a series of clashes between the egyptian state and the qatari-al jazeera network. mansour was tried in absentia, and sentenced to 50 years in prison. on charges of torturing a lawyer in tair ear square. sort offers say it's unlikely to bet the end of the pursuit of mansour. the government of abdul fatah al-sisi took issue with mansour's reporting in 2013, seep as being in favour of deposed president mohamed mursi. al jazeera's director-general said: america's largest newspaper publisher produced a bizarre team-building video. it's gone public at an inopor tup time. senior managers, including c.e.o. donned sunglasses and guitars and belt out a lip-sinked parody of the song everything is awesome from the lego movi

. >>> julian assange is sheltering at an exdorian ecuadorrian embassy. >>> being nicole johnston reportinghis is mohammed nora, noor some people call him the king of the north. walking through his photo gallery you can see why. he started out with the mujahideen. when the taliban was defeated, he trimmed his beard and became a politician. people travel from all over afghanistan to meet him. these tribal elders and business businessmen hope he, rather than the government if kabul will solve their problems. >> if you are content to go to the central government and take the time, it's going to be more than weeks or months to wait, to stay the time. with the president, with the other officers in kabul. >> reporter: right now big issue in afghanistan's north is security. being destabilized to create a route for weapons and fighters for groups like the taliban and the international movement of uzbekistan. >> translator: a new geography of war has been created new tactics. it's an obvious change, it's a very dangerous war. threats in these new movements that are aimed at central asia and south ch

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according to julian assange, the founder of wikileaks co-writing a piece in the daily newspaper hereance what this leak does show though is how limited this new surveillance law may be when it comes to dealing with espionage at the heist levels from apparently nations that are meant to be allies of france -- the state itself. >> let's leave it there, neave, thank you. >>> a dutch court has issued a judge inspect a climate change case that could establish an important legal precedent. the court in the hague ordered the government to significantly raise its cuts to carbon emissions by the year 2020. simon mcgregor-wood reports. >> reporter: the's court verdict declares that dutch collimate targets illegal. it ordered 25% cuts on its 1919 emission levels up from the current target of 17%. it was great news for supporters of the case. >> it is obvious that at least the judges in the netherlands feel the liability law has a place to pay. >> reporter: it says the government must protect itself people from climate change. it said: the case was brought by the agenda foundation acting on beha

julian assange is making his third anniversary in his stay of the embassy.ered the building and june 19, 2012 to avoid expedition to sweden. he denies the allegations. a british police stand outside ready to arrest him if he left. a pioneer of cable tv industry has died. ralph roberts fond of the company that became comcast. he started in 1963 by buying a inall cable tv system mississippi. it has grown to become the nation's largest cable provider. his son is now chairman and ceo. ralph roberts was 95 years old. those are your top stories. of the top grossing 600 films of 2007, only 1.9% were directed at women. women make up 51% of the u.s. population so what is going on here? in a half-hour special documentaries airing tonight at 7:30 p.m. eastern, bloomberg interviewed several female directors in hollywood from oscar winners to the director of twilight to various forms of sexism and discrimination they have faced in hollywood and what they are trying to do to change things. ♪ started iold when i could not be a director because i was a woman. and, i have be

invisible hands only on al jazeera america >> for three weeks now wikileaks founder has been julian assange has been seeking refugee in london. the cost for his welfare is soaring. it's in the millions just to patrol the embassy where he's holed up. in the next hour we'll look at what the future hold for the wikileaks leader who is wanted in the u.s. in a sexual assault case in sweden. >>> the battle of waterloo, what would have happened if the french emperor had been victorious. >>> and a deal for fighter jets are being negotiated right now. >>> and the actions of the woman is the company's first female executive who happens to be an america. we'll talk about what she did. >> i'm interested to see the assange story. thank you. >> we want to take a minute to honor the victims of the charleston, south carolina, shooting. >> the reverend clementa pinckney was the father of two. he became a pastor at the age of 18 and was elected to south carolina's house of representatives at the age of 23. in 2000 he was elected to the state senate. reverend sharonda singleton was part of the ministerial tra

. >> reporter: crews are desperate to save 450 people when the boat julian assange on the on the yangtze river. the cruise ship was traveling to chongqing. it was hit by a cyclone and capsized in less than a minute. it took authorities just hours to raise the alarm. the captain and chief engineer who survived have been taken into police custody. premier lee on the scene said the rescuers have every resource at their disposal and ordered an investigation. john and christine. >> thank you, ana. >>> breaking overnight, the active head of the tsa losing his job after tests found that airport screeners failed to defect weapons and explosives 95% of the time. that would be an "a" in missing the dangerous stuff. homeland security secretary jeh johnson announced that the chief is being reassigned. the test results are deeply alarming. correspondent rene marsh has the latest from reagan international airport. >> reporter: christine and john the agent was the department of homeland security with the office of inspector general tested the system at airport security check points. they tried to smugg

scarlet: julian assange is marking the third anniversary of embassy.at the london he entered the building to avoid extradition to sweden. he denies allegations of sexual assault. british authorities stand outside ready to arrest him if and when he leaves. says the state department global terror attacks are up 35%. islamic state and boko haram are to blame for much of the increase last year. the number of deaths are most double and kidnappings nearly tripled. the state department said there was an increase in so-called lone wolf terror attacks in the west. one of the pioneers of the cable television industry has died. ralph roberts founded the company that became comcast. he started by buying a small cable tv system in tupelo, mississippi. comcast has grown to become the nation's biggest cable provider. ralph roberts died at the age of 95 of natural causes. greece is buying time from the ecb. european leaders holding an emergency meeting on monday that could determine the future of greece in the euro. earlier today, pimm fox and i spoke with the economic professor at dartmouth college and

to see our discussion with julian assange, you can go to6 democracynow.org.s is democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. host: we turn now to the growing national debate over racial identity sparked by the story of rachel dolezal. dolezal is the washington state civil rights advocate and educator who resigned her post as president of the spokane chapter of the naacp on monday amid reports she falsely identified as an black. the controversy began when dolezal's parents told reporters their daughter is white and shared photographs of her as a child. on tuesday, she broke her silence. during an appearance on the today show, dolezal told host matt lauer she has identified as black since a young age. rachel dolezal: it goes back to a very early age with my self identification with the black experience. matt: when did it start? rachel dolezal: i would say about five years old. amy: she then went on to say how she came to identify as black. rachel dolezal: it is more complex than identifying as black or white. i was identified as tr

wikileaks founder julian assange put out the bounty calling them america's most wanted secrets. the white house says it wants those talks to remain under wraps as it usually does. in this instance saying because the discussions with a dozen or so nations are, quote, sensitive. >> the number of 2016 gop presidential hopefuls is growing, about to hit 11, and the democrats add one of their own. we add it all up with the daily mail's francesca chambers and national review's rich lowry. >>> and a man at a gasoline station tries to blow himself up and take a few police . lou: more clinton pay to play revelations today surfaced the embattled foundation set up a fund-raising arm in sweden of all places. its job, to collect 26 million dollars in donations at the same time that sweden was lobbying hillary clinton's state department to forego sanctions that threatened business dealings between sweden and iran. the state department never imposed those sanctions, we wonder why, and hillary clinton tried to deflect another scandal with questionable levity. telling those attending a fund-raisi

markst: julian assange the anniversary of his stay within london's ecuadorian embassy.e entered the building in june 19, 2012 to avoid extra addition to sweden -- extradition to sweden. british police stand outside ready to arrest him if he leaves. u.s. state department says global terror attacks rose 35% last year. the islamic state and local rom -- bo boko haram are responsible. the state department says there was an increase in so-called lone wolf terror attacks in the west. the white house awaits a supreme court ruling on obamacare, and the congressional budget has come out with a report on it. they say it repealing it would cost budget deficits. raiseo says it would economic outlook because many people would work more to make up for the lack of health care subsidies. of the cable tv industry is dead. ralph roberts founded the company that became comcast. he started in 1963 by buying a small cable-tv system in two below, mississippi. comcast has grown to become the largest cable provider. his son is now chairman and ceo. ralph roberts was 95 years old. those are you

wikileaks founder julian assange put out the bounty calling them america's most wanted secrets. the white house says it wants those talks to remain under wraps as it usually does. in this instance saying because the discussions with a dozen or so nations are, quote, >> the number of 2016 gop presidential hopefuls is growing, about to hit 11, and the democrats add one of their own. we add it all up with the daily mail's francesca chambers and national review's rich lowry. >>> and a man at a gasoline station tries to blow himself up and take a few police officers with him. it's all caught on video, you'll see it here next. ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing to empower cancer researchers

the revelations came as supporters of wikileaks founder julian assange gathered outside the ecuadorean embassy in london to mark three years since assange sought refuge there. assange has been unable to set foot outside the embassy, where he has political asylum over , fears his extradition to sweden on allegations of sex crimes. he fears you would be than extradited to the united states. meanwhile, newly unsealed documents published in full by the intercept show the obama administration won a secret order forcing google to hand over the email records of wikileaks' volunteer jacob appelbaum as part of a u.s. criminal probe over wikileaks' publication of u.s. diplomatic cables. hundreds thousands of people gathered in london saturday to protest austerity policies backed by the conservative government. singer charlotte church and comedian russell brand were among an estimated 250,000 people who took part. >> basically, just the instance of an justice and unfairness -- injustice and unfairness, which they're trying to make people believe this is the only way our economy can be run, that w