style facade of a state judicial apparatus this is all part of a campaign to reframe to reframe julian songe and weekly leaks as if from a journalist and a publication to being a cyber criminal in a hostile foreign intelligence agency the entire case all the indictments against dishonor are based on that we frame in principle. and they are trying to get chelsea manning to give them something to actually make that marriage work and she's not she's not volunteering anything and this is frustrating the u.s. system tremendously. much better. behind bars in a british prison after being dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy where he'd spent the previous 7 years taylor of his story. few buildings in the walls have. as much scrutiny as this one here at the door and. in those 4 walls for 7 years possibly the most famous was a pro who time to get a song. until age 2948 world was sensationally dropped out by british authorities. for the wiki leaks founder this was a huge the trial by the latin american country that had sheltered him since 2012 aquittal said the relations had soured with the songe and h

facade of a state judicial apparatus this is all part of a campaign to reframe and to reframe julian songe and wiki leaks as it is from a journalist and a publication to being a cyber criminal and a hostile foreign intelligence agency the entire case all the indictments against dishonor are based on that we frame in principle and they are trying to get chelsea manning to give them something a key to actually make that narrative work and she's not she's not volunteering anything and this is frustrating the u.s. system tremendously. chilling message is not flying much better he has also behind bars and a british prison after being dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london where he had spent the previous 7 years. on it. few buildings in the walls have ever come under as much scrutiny as this one here at the door and. in those 4 walls for 7 long years possibly the most famous was a pro who time to get a sandwich would hold off until 8 court 2019 to 48 rolls was sensationally dropped out which should start to ease. the work for the wiki leaks founder this was a huge betrayal by the latin

wiki leaks co-founder julian a song's claims he's dying in prison in london plied with sedatives and subjected to 23 hours a day of solitary confinement and made those allegations in a christmas phone call to a friend. rang me because he spent christmas with me and my family in 2010 while on bail what time it.

extradition hearing to the united states you defended the songe you going to put words in trump said to stop the rest of the extradition of julian a songe absolutely not it's not would not be appropriate for me to use my current role on behalf of of anyone else or know the answers i will not do that out as a right thank you. thank you after the break all the world's richest different from us we go to the mountains of debt to speak to the c.e.o. of oxfam india who claims the richest one percent have more than twice the wealth of 7000000000 people and u.k. prime minister boris johnson has tense meetings with putin and prince harry on this week's broken news both of all coming up about 2 and going underground. through i thought. i'd. rather lose. i thought. you. know one of the best charts greatest charts i've really been studying for years now i don't know exactly how we're going to get into this but i just want to mention right here at the top it's the money velocity chart. the money velocity chart and we're going to be getting into that. this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the street. w

extradition hearing to the united states of course the defended songe you going to put words in trump said to stop the rest of the extradition of julian a songe absolutely not it's not would not be appropriate for me to use my current role on behalf of of anyone else or know the answers i will not do that out as a right thank you. thank you after the break all the world's richest different from us we go to the mountains of devils to speak to the c.e.o. of oak from india who claims the richest one percent have more than twice the wealth of 7000000000 people and u.k. prime minister boris johnson has since meetings with putin and prince harry on this week's broken news. coming up about doing going underground. seemed wrong. wrong just don't call. me you won't get to shape out these days to become active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery meaning messes with your head what happens

office but she was arrested again last year for declining to testify against wiki leaks publisher julian a songe global affairs analyst patrick henningsen told us this un let's and there will be a boost of things for supporters of both manning and the sanj or lower an activist kevin zeese explain to us a bit more detail to how he thinks this law is being used to coerce manning. in a grand jury which is a secret process before someone is indicted or you before it prosecutions occurring to determine whether someone should be prosecuted this is a power of the court to coerce someone into testifying now this law can allow a person in the united states to be held for the length of the grand jury in order to coerce them to testify before the grand jury and no longer serves the purpose it was intended to serve it's now become a weapon of prosecutors it was initially designed to protect people who are being investigated the reason they're kept secret because they're trying to protect people being investigated before they're indicted so you don't know that they're being investigated but no motor serves o

ship doesn't come in handy when it's most needed far from it julian a songes whistle blowing was embarrassing enough for the countries to find a common enemy his lawyers claim extradition to the us for a political offense would be illegal but london and washington have agreed to divide and conquer a sonorous hearing and get it done with asap so while the 2 powers might be ready to push each other's buttons whenever they can get away with it on issues that threaten the political establishment it seems they see eye to eye the facts of the matter is it's a one way abusive relationship the british bend over backwards to keep the american sappy but the americans are prepared to make any effort whatsoever to keep the british appy just about sums up the relationship really you know they ought really to exploit this woman to run over the motorcyclist but they're not going to do it the diplomatic community which is rather all because he she didn't have diplomatic immunity issues she was an ordinary citizen but i think over time of course this begins to grate on the british public as they realize that

threaten to do harm to the guy oh except for when hillary clinton said she wanted to drone bomb julian a song. then that but that meant she was care they. found out the military wouldn't do it she was going to. put this attack on intercept co-founder glenn greenwald is so disgusting that every so-called journalist in america should be speaking out against it of course we don't have any journalist and in our. base 3 media anymore we have to act we have hacks who are under cowards and i won't say i won't say they don't have to because that plays into the patriarchal stereotype of caste tickles equaling strength and courage and wisdom and the ability to install a ceiling fan. i mean as if women can have strength that's ridiculous anyone who says that has never been punched by a woman after you congratulate her on her pregnancy when she's not pregnant. no i think many women have far more courage than men so instead of saying our mainstream media hacks don't have. i'll say they don't have the pajama. job to get the car think you should have journalists reveal the corruption of the powerful they th

from june in a songe of wiki leaks is extradition hearing to the united states you defended the assads you going to put words in trump said to stop the rest of the extradition of julian a songe absolutely not it's not would not be appropriate for me to use my current role on behalf of of anyone else or know the answers i will not do that out as a right thank you. thank you after the break all the world's richest different from us we go to the mountains of devils to speak to the c.e.o. of oxfam india who claims the richest one percent have more than twice the wealth of 7000000000 people and u.k. prime minister boris johnson has tense meetings with putin and prince harry on this week's broken news bulletin will go about doing going underground. many times he should be. one of the people so he be in luck because on. this mean what i mean i well me and i. seem. to. have that. moment was. not move that he moved to. school i'm. only in the spirit john in that even jenkinson from the left musical blood coming from the. winter with him and he didn't and there have none he moved can you hear me. him a national anthem. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be

june in a songe of wiki leaks is extradition hearing to the united states of course the defended the assads you going to put words in terms there to stop the rest of the extradition of julian a songe absolutely not it's not would not be appropriate for me to use my current role on behalf of of anyone else or know the answers i will not do that out as a right thank you. thank you after the break the world's richest different from us we go to the mountains of devils to speak to the c.e.o. of oxfam india who claims the richest one percent have more than twice the wealth of 7000000000 people and u.k. prime minister boris johnson has 10 meetings with. prince harry on this week's broken news. going underground. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back joining me now to go through some the week's top stories is pretty councillor and former u.k. home office minister norman bay good omen thanks for coming back on the new year and figured the french protests the revolution on the streets of paris what do you do that's the book i wonder you know the royal fami

we've imprisoned whistleblowers and have marginalized journalists and gone after people like julian the songs that many people use a journalist can we can we throw stones at other countries given what we've done absolutely not i mean we have a president who is trying to pull out a whistle blower right now we also have a president who under his under his regime and i will call it the trump regime was ok with him as not pursued in american journalists who was actually killed and we have a very interesting history of in many cases suppressing journalism particularly journalism that we don't like and we have a president right now who is absolutely ok with. taking i'm taking away the credentials of journalists we have a president who is ok with calling our journalists the enemies of the people american journalists who are actually just doing their job as another branch and branch that's very important of the government to showcase to the people what is actually going on behind the veil we have a president who has gone in an all out assault on on journalists in and of themselves he's been buying wi

november that the british government of completely ignored his request to see julian probably his health properly assess. the songs he was arrested in april and since then medics and un observers have warned about is the climbing physical or mental health hearing in february will decide on his extradition to the united states because of their of classified military documents and could face 175 years in prison. or a british home office on their part has refuted a scientist claims calling their mother found that false spurred politicians activists censor liberties around the world to further draw attention to his plight . in other headlines china says it's sacked its top official who dealt with relations with hong kong state media say when jimmy has been replaced as beijing's chief liaison have been of months of violent antigovernment protests in hong kong which took on a renewed energy over the new year. and one particular aspect of the unrest violence and brutality were perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west on the saskia taylor asks why. hong kong has gone from bein

november that the british government of completely ignored his request to see julian probably his health properly assess. the songs shores arrested in april and since then medics and un observers have warned about is the client in physical and mental health hearing in february will decide on his extradition to the united states he's accused there of publishing classified military documents and could face a 175 year jail sentence. the british the office has refuted aside his claims calling them unfounded and false it still spurred some politicians activists and celebrities though to further draw attention to his plight. and china says it sacked its top official who dealt with the relations with hong kong state media say when the name has been replaced there have been months of violent antigovernment protests in hong kong which took on a renewed energy over the new year. the e.u. . the. particular aspects of the unrest violence and brutality were perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the western media to thank you taylor asks why. hong kong has gone from being the economic pow

november that the british government of completely ignored his request to see julian probably his health properly assess. the songes arrested in april and since their medics and un observers have warned that his physical and mental health are in decline hearing in february is set to decide whether or not as exhibition will go ahead to the united states he's accused there of publishing classified military documents and could face a 175 year jail sentence. though the british home office has refuted the songes claims of torture calling them unfounded and false but it still spurred some politicians activists and sell it celebrities to further draw attention to his plight will continue to follow the story in the coming year no doubt now another one we're following china was up in hong kong can tell you the latest is china says it's sacked its top official who dealt with relations with hong kong state media say men's been replaced as beijing's chief liaison there's been months of violent antigovernment protests in hong kong which took on renewed energy of the new year. was was. one particular aspect of the unrest violenc

julian probably his health properly assess. there has been a response from london have the british home office refuted songes claims of torture calling them unfounded and false and julian assange was arrested in april and since then medics and un observers have warned that his physical and mental health are in decline a hearing in february will decide on his extradition to the united states he is accused in the us of publishing classified military documents and could face 175 year prison sentence for. turkish soldiers are on their way to libya this according to an announcement by turkey's president to one the. turkish parliament voted on thursday to back of the un recognized government in tripoli giving a green light to the troop deployment in a closed meeting of the un the security council has already been set for monday to discuss the situation libya's rival administration based in the east of the country voted against the deal with ankara ivonne and you'll see it was decided to cut ties between the turkish regime and the states of libya and also in today's session a unanimous vote was passed on the general command authorizing beyo

julian cardarelli. >> that's a good song. >> you know i don't do this very often but, it's friday.ay. she got her start on radio but she's been a tv star since the late 40s and appeared on game shows and sitcoms. but you know her best from "golden girls." >> you are not going to believe this but i have a single story about this. >> do you know that she won a daytime emmy for posting game shows? happy birthday to betty white who is one of hollywood's best known animal rights activists. we look forward to celebrating our 100th, betty. >> she knows that animals are great. >> you know, we dated for a while. in the 90s. her 90s. [laughter] >> today marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of prohibition. so i went to an authentic original speakeasy that operated during prohibition right here in new york city. take a look. >> the interesting thing about prohibition time, people think mythology was all about taste and that's where recipes came from. no. recipes came from the fact to discolor a drink. >> get out, really? so like a sloe gin fizz or brandy alexander which is like a cream

julian assange and i think all this. proves that ecuador was right all along. during a songe was. running a risk of facing what he's facing now ecuador gave him asylum for fear of persecution for his activities as a publisher at the head of we can leaks. i remember actually interacting with british officials and british officials telling me that we were deluded that it had nothing to do with we could leak nothing to do with freedom expression nothing to do with publishing it it had everything to do with the swedish case. and now we're seeing that we were right all along it had nothing to do with the swedish case and everything to do with this possibility of an extradition to the united states and i think it's an important global cause that we must all defend freedom for julian yes nowadays even the new york times and the guardian supporters do you can't imagine who those british officials were that was a ng you were deluded about a grand jury in the united states that was going to maybe imprison assigns 175 years in america generally speaking all our interaction with british diplo

julian probably his health properly assess. there has been a response from london the british home office refutes the songes claims of torture calling them unfounded false joiner songe was arrested in april and a sense of then medics and the un observers have warned that his physical and mental health are in decline a hearing in february will decide on his extradition to the united states he is accused in the us of publishing classified military documents and could face $100.00. 5 years in prison. china says it has sacked its top official dealing with hong kong relations state media says one. has been replaced as beijing's chief liaison there have been months of violent anti-government protests in hong kong which took on renewed energy over the new year. particularly aspect of the unrest violence and brutality one perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west artie's taylor comments. hong kong has gone from being the economic pole of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. an amendment to a preexisting north that would allow the extradition of criminal

with the leaks co-founder julian assange was in court in london on monday for a routine administrative hearing on his possible extradition to the u.s. during the session a songes lawyers were granted more time after they complained of not having the opportunity to go over the case files with their client our video agency ruptly was there when assad was seen exiting the court a crowd of his supporters had gathered to protest against his extradition a song is currently serving time in a british high security jail for skipping bail while waiting on his full extradition hearing set for next month the us has indicted him on 17 counts of espionage and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer back in 2010 of the australian whistleblower published classified military cables allegedly outlining u.s. war crimes he was forcibly removed by british police from the ecuadorian embassy in london after the country terminated his 7 year asylum there. huge funds meant to boost areas in africa are driving slavery on the continent that is the claim making made by human rights organizations against the e.u.'s infrastructure project in. the bid to improve the eastern african

well in the case of the songes more like more resembles a banana republic style facade of a state judicial apparatus this is all part of a campaign to reframe to reframe julian sunshine and wiki leaks as it is from a journalist and a publication to being a cyber criminal and a hostile foreign intelligence agency the entire case all the indictments against dishonor are based on that we frame in principle. and they are trying to get chelsea manning to give them something to actually make that narrative work and she's not she's not volunteering anything and this is frustrating the us system tremendously. julian i saw it isn't fairing much better he is also behind bars in a british prison now thought being dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy where he spent the previous 7 is his correspondence. few buildings in the walls have come under as much scrutiny as this one here at the door and it's not in those 4 walls for 7 long years possibly the most famous whistle blower who time to get a sandwich was hold up until 8 court 2019 to 48 world was sensationally dropped out which should start to ease. the work for the wiki leaks founder this was a huge betrayal by the l

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