mr. assange has denied. he was arrested in britain after giving himself up. mr. assange wasiv ging bail and later his extradition. e appeals for e fxtradition ended in the court. taking refuge in the london embassy, apparent applying for asylum. and with this on the eve of this decision and claiming no threat. >> i expect that the foreign office knows this was a mistake. and there is obvious both practical and legal objections to lift this. and the practicality is in russia you dispose diplomats to similar treatment. >> so julian assange's d diploamacy with no mediation in sight. >> this is in a serious diplomatic round. south africa riot killing at least a dozen men. the shooting happened at the lonmin marikana mine, not far from johannesburg. the scenes of how the regime dealt with protests. >> trouble at the mine had been brewing for days. weapons drawn and already used. dispute over the wages. we work hard, this miner said, but we can't afford to send our kids to school. all we want is money. we are not fighting anybody. thousands of south africans who worked

mr. assange's activities with wikileaks in the united states of america. he is wanted in sweden on allocation of serious sexual offenses. >> he would also face british charges if he left the embassy while united states has yet to show its hand legally. with neither the uk or acquittal in governments likely to back down, this seems to be a chance of a prolonged standoff, from which only high charging international lawyers might benefit. meanwhile, julian assange may not be in prison, but he is certainly confined. so mr. assange will have plenty of time to gaze out at the expense of cars dropping off customers while the british government bides its time. >> the ecuadorean president has fallen into a trap of its own making. they have and the embassy the sitting talent from hell who could be there for another 25 or 30 years. rose? the model for us now is just play it cool. go back into behind-the-scenes talks with the ecuadorean. >> and what of the longer term? bradley manning, the u.s. soldier accused of providing wikileaks with most of its information, faces

the gaze of the leafleting only want to stop his extradition of mr assange is viable they seem to have countries outside of the european union are no good aren't seeing he's still a person now safety and integrity and that's really so these are all of these and this tradition has been assigned to the united states mr assigns would not have lost their trial when i was in the c.l. is he would be tried by a military trial because in the military courts and we think it will not be clean he will not be treated the respectfully he will be treated no one with this respect and i mean the way in which he's human rights will. law to be respected and there will be diogenes to assign it will also have to respond to the investigation that has been the started in sweden we know going to and that can be you the attitude of this within the government has been very top of the fence and they have kept him from exercising he's fooled rights to supply our fair defense sounds good i'll do the talking the deal still knowing killing look i'm stuck on the escalator sink with the past is the computer and that

mr. assange's activities at wikileaks with the attitude of the united states of america.e is wanted in sweden for allegations of serious sexual offenses. >> britain has threatened to raid the embassy in order to arrest assange. a british foreign spokesperson said -- the british threat was condemned by ecuadorian officials as well as former diplomats. sir anthony brenton told the bbc that a british breach of diplomatic immunity would "make the world a very different place" with diplomats everywhere vulnerable to punitive action by host governments. ecuador has as the organization of american states to hold a meeting august 23 to discuss the diplomatic crisis. numerous supporters of assange have gathered outside ecuador's embassy in recent days. this is paul madrid. >> we believe the decision taken by the ecuadorian government is the correct one. we support the government's decision, which is a decision based on human rights and international commissions that support this type of petition. >> to talk more about the significance of these developments, we are one to go first

mr. assange. but i do not believe that the british government has the legal basis for entering the ecuadorian embassy. but the moment mr. assange leaves, he will be arrested and he will be deported to sweden. >> shepard: now we're hearing mr. assange himself is soon going to speak live in london, outside that embassy where british investigators could conceivably snatch him right off the street. "the fox report's" correspondent jonathan hunt is in our newsroom tonight. if this does happen, jonathan, i guess it will be his first appearance in public in months. >> yeah. we haven't seen him in public since he went into the ecuadorian embassy, almost exactly two months ago, shep, so this would be an extraordinary appearance, if julian assange decides to make it. now, the question is, if he steps outside, even one step outside of that embassy. does he lose the ability to be shielded from the british police? if he is on the top step, for instance, of that embassy, will they move in and arrest him? now, i

mr. assange and listening to his own arguments, shares his fears and assumes there is evidence which allows us to presume that he could face political persecution if the appropriate measures are not taken. assange fears that sweden could extradite him to the united states where he could potentially face charges over the publications of thousands of controversial diplomatic cables. in reaction, the british foreign secretary reaffirmed his commitment to this country's commitment to extraditing julian assange. >> we will not allow mr. assange safe passage out of the united kingdom, nor is there any legal basis for us to do so. am i to was also quick to squash rumors that local police were preparing to move on the embassy. >> anyone who has seen our note knows there is no threat here to storm the embassy. we are talking about an act of parliament in this country, which stresses that it must be used in conformity with international law. >> police have surrounded the ecuadorean embassy. it appears both sides are settling down for the long haul. >> what will london's next move be now that ecuador

mr. assange safe passage out of the united kingdom. >> reporter: the british prime minister taking a tomorrow hand after ecuador's nation announced it was granting asylum to assange. he's been hiding out in the london embassy per two months to avoid extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning on sexual miscut allegations. >> under our law with mr. assange having exhausted all options of the appeal, the british authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him to sweden. we fully intend to do so. >> reporter: he denies the allegations and more concern after arriving in sweden, he will be sent to the u.s. the wikileaks mastermind upset officials in washington. dispatches about the wars in iraq and afghanistan on his own whistle-blower website. >> this is not about his activities at wikileaks or the attitude of the united states of america. he's wanted in sweden to answer allegations of serious sexual offenses. >> reporter: the state department insists the u.s. has nod had any role in the development. >> this is an issue between the ecuador ans, the brits, the swedes. >> re

mr. assange will not have a fair trial.r military courts and a cruel treatment will be applied and he may be sentenced to life in prisonment or death. >> reporter: it looks like julian assange will make a direct challenge to british authorities by making his statement outside of the ecuador embassy on sunday. >>> later on "starting point," soledad will talk to john n negroponte. >> it will be interesting to what he has to say. let's get you up to date. big election news to tell you about. cnn is now calling witnesconsin toss-up. 49% say they back president obama with 45% supporting romney. that's within pt margin of error. wisconsin has voted for a republican for president since ronald reagan. >>> five people are in custody after the shooting deaths of louisiana deputies. a shooting at a steel plant led officers to a nearby trailer park where they are ambushed. >>> get this, a horse drawn carriage ride in midtown manhattan went terribly wrong. the horse got spooked and broke the carriage in half and went galloping up broadw

mr. assange having exhaust ed all options of appeal, we will not allow him safe pass acknowledges out of the united kingdom. >> ecuador says british counterparts demand they hand over assange. or police would enter the embassy. the ecuadorians call that an open threat and violation of diplomatic immunity. >>> the u.n. security council has decided to end its observer mission in syria. the decision represents the international body's failure to halt violence that killed more than 17,000 people. nhk world's widad franco has more. >> reporter: on thursday, united nations is stopping the peacekeeping operation in syria. they decided formally not to renew the mandate that will expire on august 19th. instead, the u.n. will have a much smaller liaison office in damascus. >> the mandate is over. as you -- the dismantling will starten a few days. there will be what is the most important thing, a u.n. presence. >> reporter: the mission was deployed in april of this year with its mandate to monitor the situation and help end the violence. despite the efforts, fighting between government troops and op

mr. assange's presence on your premises, this route is open to us. standoff. this evening, in the face of ecuadorian indignation, the foreign secretary stuck to his guns. >> there are no time limits that is a problem more for the embassy and for mr. assange than for this country except for the fact that we are going to fulfil our obligations under the extradition act to sweden. >> reporter: so where on earth does this go now? well, absolutely nowhere, for julian assange. he's stuck. >> woodruff: curious about other famous asylum-seekers? you can watch a slideshow -- that includes roman polanski, sitting bull and others -- on our website. >> brown: now, agriculture and climate change in michigan. it's been a summer of drought impacting corn and other crops around the nation. but northwestern michigan has faced a different problem that's placed its signature cherry crop in grave danger. our report is part of our series on "coping with climate change". and again we turn to hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: how far can you spit a cherry pit? at the national cherry

mr. assange would not be extradited to the united states, they wouldn't agree to that, either.ar to us in addition to the fact that we hear a secret indictment has already been issued, that the end game here is bringing julian assange to the united states. there's sort of a silent entity within this. >> a secret indictment from where? >> from the united states. >> but publicly the u.s. is saying they are not putting pressure on london, the uk or any other country in this matter. should we take them at their word? >> ironically, it's too bad that wikileaks isn't around so we can get to the bottom of this. as we know from the document dumps the u.s. and uk and other governments said a lot of things that simply were not true. the question really is based upon how the u.s. has treated bradley manning, here in the military brig in terms of secret trials and abusive conditions, is it reasonable to expect that julian assange, who we expect would be accused of publishing these documents, would he be treated in the same manner. i think any reasonable person would say he probably would.

mr. assange, or take him, should he step outside? >> britain has no right to do so. it would be a grave violation of international law and would be very stupid because it could entail very -- international consequences. the two sides remain stubborn. there will be a long waiting period, and i should recall the fate of the cardinal who remained for 15 years in the u.s. embassy in budapest. that is a very long time and not very pleasant for the embassy people. >> what about ecuador? does it have any recourse under international law? >> there is an additional protocol to the conventional diplomatic relations, which permits every party to bring additional adjudication. i do not know whether ecuador will do that, but it will mean that it will be protected proceeding. it will cost a lot of money, and that person will remain in the ecuadorean embassy for a lot of years. this is not very comfortable. >> it is not. but it raises the question about the whole pr circus going on now. very bad press for britain. isn't diplomatic immunity a cornerstone of diplomatic relations? >>

internationals who that did any good politics or modeling on the other hand so does the us in the mr assange shelter requested asylum to edward or to me and he has a list of the five which is a country that has kept my very good as a dialogue on relationship with stephen and with that you kate neil as well up until now he does when he was honest different distinguished absolutely geezer who are in peace for a stand she's. after the trial on the legal process that is starting to sway then some of these guarantees have been one says he's telling the local that he's not extradited to a third country again this is they weren t. that a leg to stand up to get us not figure of a special people not to be a fly on the deck for elaine hill any woman get hold of the kid in about the u.k. when he calls me down to set a neighbor continually to communities showed a willingness to reach an agreement that is the one who does this we can they have requested to this to a dish cover a man with a good will that is illegal but i hope that nobody is showing us who to trust and whether made it clear first we'd the

hague provides it changed nothing it does not change the fundamentals of the case we will not allow mr assange safe safe passage out of the united kingdom nor is there any legal basis for us to do so hague also denied any suggestion that british police would storm the embassy so for in territory under international law to arrest but that's not what ecuador inferred from a letter it says was delivered through the british embassy in quito in response that could or played hardball. when it was no national law could be used in this way in any intrusive way in any diplomatic facilities any place in the world it shouldn't be used to threaten or blackmail the sovereignty of any other country and they called a summit to try to deal with this threat so that this fact doesn't go unpunished because. the scary part the part that i found completely incredible and outrageous is the british threats to. actually go in and try and extract your a massage i must say to see british police running the embassy was it an act of intimidation that should not be allowed is not allowed under so i could talk in the middl

mr. assange is he is in there, apparently, reportedly in a windowless room eating takeout sleeping on airt mattress and that is life forever for him right now. >> bill: doesn't he have to go to ecuador. >> no, can he stay in the embassy. if he steps outside on british soil, is he done. so the embassy, and most people know, this is ecuador? >> yes. that's ecuador territory. >> the car that comes to pick him up is ecuador. the problem is you have to walk on ground to get from the embassy into the car. once you get out of the car to get into the airplane, you have to walk on ground then, too. that ground does not belong to ecuador. it belongs to the u.k. >> bill: assange is in the embassy for the time being and then they will try to smuggle him out somehow. i would imagine -- >> -- the u.k. says you have got to go back to sweden to face these rape charges. >> he said it's all a reuse. foundation get back to the united states answer the charges on wikileaks. >> bill: a muslim man went through a red light. muslim man afghan heritage and the police start to chase him. roll the tape. what makes

mr. assange. >> well, sorry, the fact is that he is here and won a political victory, but in fact, it does not change his situation, because he is stuck inside and unable to get out. and sweden says they want him for questioning. so in terms of what is happening on the ground, it changes very little. >> all right. atika, keep us posted. >>> he never made it as a musician inside of the united states, but somehow he became bigger than elvis in south africa. well, now he is making a comeback. >> thanks for keeping me alive. >> he is on stage and the crowd is just going wild, and they are singing and crying. for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. my brother doesn't look like a heart attack patient. i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i'm a fighter and now i don't have that fear. try capzasin

mr. assange conveniently forgot those inconvenient truths when he made his appearance on the balcony of theorian embassy in london. instead, painted this as a global conspiracy orchestrated by the united states against wikileaks. he sought to portray himself as a journalistic martyr. listen. >> we must use this moment to articulate the choice that is before the government of the united states of america. will it return to and reaffirm the values, the revolutionary values it was founded on? or will it lurch the precipice dragging up all into a dangerous and oppressive world in which journalists fall silent under the fear of citizens must whisper in the dark. >> state department spokesperson victoria nuland talked about all of that today those are all wild assertions and a complete side show, shep. >> shepard: there is certain irony. >> certainly is. if julian assange is looking for a country in which in his words journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution he need look no thursday fan ecuador. just last year president raffle -- three he cannives from a newspaper thrown into jail fo

outlets and even the banking world have commented on julian assange many labeling him as a threat to u.s. national security now they say it's because mr julian assange helped expose lots of classified documents of the u.s. government but these documents at the end of the day compromise the integrity and the credibility of the u.s. government it exposed a lot of secrets that the public was not aware about aware of particularly when it came to u.s. foreign policy the way the u.s. was carrying out its conduct out war and overseas its involvement with other countries and this is something that many u.s. officials and members of the media said was quite alarming and threatens the security of the u.s. some did not mince their words and i went so far as to call for his assassination and speaking of that want to take a listen now to some of the songes harshest critics. the reason i'm saying to you foreign terrorist organization is that they are engaged in terrorist activity. what they're doing is clearly aiding and abetting terrorist groups that using information against americans. information warfare is warfare and julian assange is engaged

mr president it's hard to believe that julian assange had no contact with ecuadorian officials prior to requesting political asylum because he needed to be certain that there were dory an embassy would ensure his safety did you discuss this option with him before hand. no we didn't i didn't talk to mr sands personally but if i'm not mistaken at some point the situation became suit hands that he said he was thinking about seeking asylum in an embassy the haps even in ecuador's embassy was sure he would be allowed to stay when he entered the embassy so i think mr sanchez discussed it with the embassy staff since he i believe entered after hours so they must have been expecting him any person seeking asylum in ecuador as embassies will be safe we will see to their needs but after that we will consider granting them asylum with all due thoroughness if the person in question is a criminal we will never grant asylum to him but why do you think julian assange strolls ecuador and not another country only mr sands can answer that and the fact he did is the best response to this smear campaign