let's cross to london now in artie's or laura smith laura good to see you so what are these allegations of b.b.c. bias based on well there have been two reports just in the last week which have looked into how the b.b.c. is representing people who support it in its programming last week's report was from an organization called civic tasks and they intitled it brussels broadcasting corporation rather amusingly and it found that over a period of ten years between two thousand and five and two thousand and fifteen only a tiny fraction just three percent of the people who were asked about the you were in favor of leaving and that's out of four thousand people that they are asked to guest on their program today's report is from the institute of economic affairs and it allies two of the b.b.c.'s key panel political shows if you like so question time and any questions and they found that out of six hundred panelists who were invited over the last eighteen months two thirds of them supported remaining in the european union with just a third of them supporting it and not only that but if you rec

refuses to grant him diplomatic immunity and says he must surrender and face justice laura smith recaps the week's developments. photograph of himself in an ecuadorian football shirt which gave rise to a lot of speculation about what that could mean he generally doesn't do things unless they mean something and then we saw reports surfacing from quito which said that he had received a national identity number say he's been entered into the tax register essentially which is something that will only happen to citizens of ecuador this follows a statement earlier this week from the foreign minister of ecuador saying that the situation of living here in the embassy is unsustainable and asking for the first time. for a third party mediator either another country or another person to see if they could help to resolve this issue with a person can't live in those conditions or rather. we're considering the option of mediation police who don't have said that could be done virus that country or individual. no solution is possible without international corporations and it's no wonder that she wants

laura smith now joining us laura good to see you what are these allegations of b.b.c. bias actually based on. well there have actually been two reports just in the last week looking into how the b.b.c. is representing brax its supporters in some of its programming programming today's release this morning is from the institute for economic affairs and it has analyzed two of the b.b.c.'s key panel politics shows to question time and any questions over the period of the last eighteen months and it found that out of six hundred panelists during that time sixty eight percent of them supported remain and just thirty two percent were in favor of bricks it an interesting lee not only that but even if you recategorized the people who previously supported remain but are now implementing breck's it from within government the split is still sixty forty in favor of remain and obviously for reference the just for comparison the referendum result was fifty two percent in support of leaving the european union so that's today's report but last week there was also another one from sivit

of more let's cross live to london and artie's laura smith laura good to see you so what all these allegations of b.b.c. bias based on so there have been two reports just in the last week which have looked into how the b.b.c. is representing breck's its supporters in some of its programming one of them was released this morning from the institute for economic affairs it has analyzed two of the b.b.c.'s key political panel shows any question time and any questions over the last eighteen months and the results come in and it found that out of six hundred panelists that were invited to these shows just one third of them were in favor of the remaining two thirds were speaking in favor of remaining in the european union and not only that but if you reclassify those people who used to be remain supporters but are now involved in implementing bracks it's in the in the government the split is still sixty forty in favor of remaining in the european union here's a little bit of an example of what they're talking about. you cannot leave free access to a market of five hundred million people without makin

attempted step towards ending his five year confinement in the country's london embassy artie's laura smith has the details but after a while of nothing no movement from inside the ecuadorian embassy there's been a series of developments in the last twenty four hours really and i saw a photograph of himself in an ecuadorian football shirt which gave rise to a lot of speculation about what that could mean he generally doesn't do things unless they mean something and then we saw reports surfacing from quito which said that he had received a national identity number so he's been entered into the tax register essentially which is something that will only happen to citizens of ecuador through the strong suggestion is that from this national identity number he will then possibly get a passport we went onto the streets of quito to see how people that felt about it because he does need human rights support and i think that's what the government will give him there is also a health issue because we know he's enclosed in a very small space there are many things that cross my mind is he healthy enough

where he faces prosecution laura smith has more. so the ecuadorian foreign minister has come out and called the situation of our sons' living in the embassy here in london unsustainable with a person can't live in those conditions forever. we considering the option of mediation. if that could be done virus that country or individual. no solution is possible without international corporations or without that if the u.k. which has expressed interest in finding more in terms of the u.k. expressing interest in finding a way out the government here has reacted and it's pretty odd unswayed says that the government of ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is to have julian assange leave the embassy and face justice for their part song his legal team have welcomed this new initiative they're saying if the u.k. wishes to show that it's a nation that respects its human rights obligations and commitments to the united nations then it should. walk free and when they refer to the united nations they're talking to about a two thousand

arrest if he leaves now ecuador's foreign minister says his country may seek outside help artie's laura smith has more. so the ecuadorian foreign. minister has come out and called the situation of our sons' living in the embassy here in london unsustainable with the person can't live in those conditions or rather. we considering the options of mediation. that could be done virus that country or individual. no solution is possible without international corporations or without the heart of the u.k. which has expressed interest in finding more in terms of the u.k. expressing interest in finding a way out of the government here has reacted and it's pretty awesome swayed says that the government of ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is to have julian assange as leave the embassy and face justice for their part song his legal team have welcomed this new initiative they're saying if the u.k. wishes to show that it's a nation that respects its human rights obligations and its commitments to the united nations then it should. walk free and when they refer to the united nations they're ta

what our teams are lower smith right outside the ecuadorian embassy there in london thank you. laura was alluding to one top of all of this the u.k. foreign office has reportedly denied a request from ecuador to grant us diplomatic immunity. to the foreign office to comment on this so far we've received no comment if a song steps out from the embassy who potentially faces a rest for breaching bail in the u.k. as well as possible extradition to america earlier i spoke with wiki leaks supporter clock stukely who says it's in no one's interest if the situation drags on. acqua door has been trying to find every solution possible to help julian get out it is been detrimental to his health it's been detrimental to the work that wiki leaks does and and also you know i have to assume that it's not good for ecuador's relations with the u.s. the u.k. and even sweden for this to continue on is only costly for the london police departments and is futile it's there's no good reason so all of the seems very hypocritical it seems like they're kind of using it as some kind of diplomatic currency. ir

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laura: that is the other thing we should be paying attention to. this is where citigroup used on smith seeing record pretax earnings. billion,urpass $4.22 that would be the fourth quarter of record pretax earnings. francine: laura, i think we are just getting some breaking news out of morgan stanley. i think it is coming. we are kind of waiting for it. fourth-quarter earnings per share, $.29. investment banking revenue -- that is a lot better than estimated. tom: goldman sachs was a better investment bank, but we still have to dig into it. as you mentioned, the trading losses as well. yesterday with goldman making headlines worldwide, it was extraordinary. sachs, it isn intense how the bond trading is working out. investment banking is very good for goldman. that was fantastic. interesting to see hear from morgan stanley, their revenue is also beating on the investment banking line. overall revenue, $1.55 billion. quite a good quarter for morgan stanley as well. takei would note that they 200 basis points above citigroup on return on equity. francine: investment thanking better, earnin

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faces arrest if he leaves and now ecuador's foreign minister says his country may seek outside help laura smith now joins us live on the program here for more details on this laura what is a court or saying here where the ecuadorian foreign minister has in the last day come out and said that the situation with julian assange is unsustainable and for the first time she's raised the possibility of mediation to resolve the situation where she is. reconsidering the option and mediation we know they don't have that but that could be done in fire resistant country or individual the more less loose no solution is possible is a house international corporations or without that if the u.k. which has expressed interest in finding one. so in terms of reaction as long as his legal team has welcomed this initiative it says if the u.k. wishes to show that it's a nation that respects its human rights obligations and also its commitments to the united nations then it should let us all walk free when the team talks about the u.n. they're referring to a two thousand and sixteen ruling by that organization that sa