, and i believe that the only way that mr. assad will leave is if mr. assad believes that he can't stay. thank you. >> i'm an under grad eight student at the london school of economics. i was just interested because you mentioned iran and obviously with the bravado between iran and israel that that's always a wore egdevelopment. how do you feel a syrian regime change would link to that. you mentioned it would be the greatest threat to iran in 20 years or so. surely it can worryingly provoke iran into, you know, some form of aggression or action. >> well, i think the first thing that happens is that the connection between iran and hezbollah and their for instance in lebanon is dramatically reduced. i think that the iranians have syria as really their only arab client state remaining. i don't think there's any doubt that with the loss of syria they lose their connections to hezbollah. they lose their influence over lebanon. perhaps mr. maliki might think a little more often about how close the relations are that he should have with iran, and with that loss

goes on to say that although the government is considering mr assad as application it will not. their fear and the judicial processes of either the u.k. or switzerland now all of this comes just one week after the supreme court of the u.k. rejected a bed they assigned as attorney to reopen the extradition case all and radek national security and human rights director for the government accountability project also author of this book right here the whistleblower and the american taliban join me in the last hour i asked if this came as a surprise take a listen at first blush it comes as no surprise to most people but actually. it's a smart move by a songe and it shouldn't be a huge surprise if people recall julian assange interviewed ecuador's president. on r t. and so it has been a friendly country towards them and as you noted since they are a signatory to the un declaration for human rights they do you have an obligation to review it and i do believe that we have a part of the exchange between us and correct let's take a listen. why did you want us to release all the cables giv

passed his application on to the relevant department in quito and while the department assesses mr assad as application mr sonner will remain at the embassy under the protection of the ecuadorian government goes on to say that although the government is considering mr assad his application it will not interfere in the judicial process of either the u.k. or so. in now all of this comes just one week after the supreme court of the u.k. rejected a bed by a saunders attorney to reopen extradition into the case joining me now for more on this developing case is jasmine radek national security and human rights director for the government accountability project she's also also the author of this book the whistleblower and the american taliban welcome to the show jazz lead so i guess first off want to get your reaction to this news doesn't come as a surprise i think at first blush it comes as no surprise to most people but actually. it's a smart move by a songe and it shouldn't be a huge surprise if people recall julian the songe interviewed ecuador's president. on r t. and so it has been a frie

agree with you about mr. assad. this is an international war criminal.eeing more and more defections out of the syrian warmed forces. very difficult to get confirmation about whether people were poisoned two weeks ago. we're going to need some time for this to unfold and see what kind of action the syrians closest to the top will take. >> last question, professor. you just used the perfect word to describe globally what's going on. a butcher. which is unfortunately, the history of the world has had too many butchers and now we get to see too much of it or maybe it's good we get to see so much of it. because it forces you to have to deal with it. but what is the end game though? in other words, as professor of these studies, statistically, culturely, what tends to be the best path to stop a butcher? >> it's either going to be a regional intervention nar force, diplomatic, economic, sometimes military. it's going to be a guarantee of safe passage of the butcher in their family to some little resort on the caspian sea or an assassination. >> thank you so mu

which mr assad is crisis actually actually got more published a t. about the boyfriend of many people rather mr baggs i want to make sure i touch of that if you could in a couple of words express what you think will happen to his large if he gets to the us. if you get to the us well i mean they haven't even managed to come up with a how many long long ago had to consider this a year or two now they haven't actually come up with a charge against him i mean you've got americans on t.v. talking saying that he should be killed or executed. in their life all eyes are wide attack of terrorists. well i mean what he's accused of is leaking their secrets which may or may not be an offense depending how he got hold of them and what he did with them and that's why there's no charge against him but we've seen what happens with our own citizens when there is extradited to the u.s. . you know what might be fairly minor charges that they're incarcerated in the hellhole prisons you know probably solitary confinement if they're lucky and they're kept there for months

even as mr. assad spoke, heavy shelling again rang down on the stronghold from the opposition in homs which has been under siege now for months. witnesses say they saw a huge military convoy heading towards that region. >>> for only the third time in history, one of the nation's governors is facing a recall election. wisconsin republican scott walker will face his democratic challenger milwaukee mayor tom barrett on tuesday. many voters are upset that walker stripped collective bargaining rights from state employees. walker says that even if he remains in office, he has no plans to overturn the wisconsin law. >>> here is some news that john edwards probably doesn't want to hear. rielle hunter is coming out with a tell-all book this month. she says, his former mistress and the mother of his 4-year-old daughter, the book's publisher says it tells the truth of what happened between hunter and edwards. he was accused of using campaign money to hide their affair but the jury was deadlocked and the judge dec

others and use its position in the arab being to bring increased diplomatic pressure to bear on mr. assad. i also continue to have significant concerns about iran's efforts to exert influence in iraq. i look forward to hearing the nominee's thoughts on this issue and an assessment of the u.s.'s ability to diplomatically mitigate the negative effects of iranian influence in iraq. despite the continuing challenges there is positive news to build upon. this was reflected in a recent public opinion survey by the national democrat institute. found that 48% of iraqys believed that iraq was headed into right direction. oil exports have increased by 20% this year to nearly 2.5 million barrels a day. american companies have increased their presence in iraq and as mentioned violence levels have, in fact, decreased. we are seeing signs of progress but this progress is delicate and fragile. in october of last year the state department became the lead u.s. agency in the country. the u.s. embassy in baghdad is the biggest presence in the world with approximately 16,000 staff and contractors. questions

be the united states says mr. assad must go. for that, secretary of state hillary clinton leads russia's agreements. coordinating with the russians would be difficult. despite what the russian foreign minister says, so far, moscow is continuing to give president assad material support. if so, that is bad news for the united nations peace plan and its offer, kofi annan. he is meeting the permanent members of the security council in geneva tomorrow. it is starting to look like a last-a ditch effort to save the plan. there is no plan b, an alternative to the united nations process. in truth, the violence in syria has steadily escalated throughout the series of international initiatives, and president assad himself has made clear he is prepared for a fight to the finish and is expecting a long war. >> we have seen a lot of drop in cairo over the past year, and today, we saw something quite different yet again. for the first time ever, and egyptian president went before his people and effectively set -- i am one of you. he stood befor

beware of the trail will go global cable networks because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by foreign interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups for the western powers are really playing with fire trying to generate killings and mass civil war inside syria in order to have an excuse for military intervention or diplomatic political and military intervention we can see that there are definitely criminal organizations operating inside syria as they have done in libya and they are still doing in libya in all these organizations are financed trained and armed by the western powers. the struggling eurozone has been dealt a fresh blows spain has become the largest economy so far to ask for help as it admitting it needs one hundred billion euros to prop up its beleaguered banks the cash will be fed directly to a special fund ultimately responsible for the money however this plan let spain avoid committing to additional cuts imposed from the outside as happened in

said beware of the table the global cable networks because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by foreign interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups for the western powers are really playing with fire trying to generate killings and mass civil war inside syria in order to have an excuse for military intervention or diplomatic political and military intervention we can see that there are definitely criminal organizations operating inside syria as they have done in libya and they are still doing in libya and all these organizations are financed trained and armed by the western powers. cooperation between moscow and beijing is in full force with president porton taking russia's top business leaders to china as week a handful of agreements on investment banking were signed and both nations say they hope to top last year's record trade of eighty billion dollars the reports from beijing. who could have thought half a century ago when china and russia clashed over di

should be being prosecuted now during the signs and so it's a real shame that the transparency that mr assad has brought to the world is being met with the fear and repercussions that's being thrown against him because what he has done merely has been getting out the truth and that truth is what's really frightening the united states. we've been following a saudis case from the start so if you're wondering how this story began and to our web site r.t. dot com here's a taste of what else might catch your eye while you have a super power suit is no longer the stuff of science fiction this was coming out that grabs the attention of the u.s. military. in the shower of shame that billion dollar highway fails to withstand the patter of rain is it simply gets washed away. egypt's supreme constitutional court has thrown the country's future into disarray just ahead of the weekend's presidential runoff is dissolved the islamist dominated parliament which means months of campaigning rallying in three rounds of voting and now down the political drain the highly contentious decision was to uphold the ri

should be being prosecuted now during the songs and so it's a real shame that the transparency that mr assad has brought to the world is being met with the fear and repercussions that's being thrown against him because what he has done merely has been getting out the truth and the truth is what's really frightening the united states which watches regularly you'll know we've been following you such as case from the start so if you wondering how the whole story began you want to remind yourself so on my website. also that they were this good is it a superpower a suit that is no longer the stuff of science fiction the get go that wall as this wall climbing out of grabs the attention of the u.s. military great big vacuum cleaner on his back they have it does the job that she doesn't have a power also a shower of shame a billion dollar highway in russia's far east fails to withstand the patter of rain doesn't it just disappeared it gets completely washed away what pictures online. the ears enforcement of immigration control is inhumane and has gone far beyond the blocks borders according to a rec

said beware of the cable global cable networks because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by foreign interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups for the western powers are really playing with fire trying to generate killings and mass civil war inside syria in order to have an excuse for military intervention or diplomatic political and military intervention we can see that there are definitely criminal organizations operating inside syria as they have done in libya and they are still doing in libya in all these organizations are financed trained and armed by the western powers. still ahead this hour arrival route find out where trees hope to nicaragua are in the building of a new coast to coast waterway which could threaten to rival the panama canal. from bad to worse egyptians currently mired in political turmoil face another danger that threatens both the economy and the health of the region. but first an upcoming report by the international monetary fun

should be being prosecuted now during the songs and so it's a real shame that the transparency that mr assad has brought to the world is being met with the fear and repercussions that's being threatened against him because what he has done merely has been getting out the truth and the truth is what's really frightening the united states i want to talk a bit more about bradley manning and his case his lawyers claim he's not being allowed to a fair trial presumably you agree why do you think this is allowed to happen. well this is allowed to have because the government denies that it's going to make the example of bradley manning to send a warning to anyone else who will report crimes on the behavior and war crimes in fact the trial has been a charade beginning he was held in solitary confinement for nearly a year before human being charged the president states the commander in chief has announced him guilty on videotape the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the highest those are the two highest military officials the commander in chief and chairman joint chiefs of staff have also announce

and if i can just go back to the arrest warrant things it's very very important and mr assad is really just the most high profile case of many many of these cases now and the british courts have no power to actually look at the evidence against somebody and decide whether there's a proper case to answer they are obligated it's really just a pyroclastic formality once the paperwork been fielding correctly the courts are obliged to extradite people now if i can just say something quickly about the appeal it was very are i was at the court when that when the judgment was rule was read out and the appeal was based on what's a proper judicial or thorough t. now the british parliament and assume that meant i judge or a court requested extradition actually facts comes from the prosecutor and the judge really sorry the supreme court ruled that even though the british parliament thought and he its intention and been under the legislation that this extradition could only be requested by a judge or a court it could be done by a prosecutor which is actually a get centuries of english law which say

should be being prosecuted now during the songs and so it's a real shame that the transparency that mr assad has brought to the world is being met with the fear and repercussions that's being thrown against him because what he has done merely has been getting out the truth and the truth is what's really frightening to the united states. we've been following us on this case from the start so if you're wondering how this story began at our web site r.t. dot com and that is a taste of what else i might catch while you're there today i see but i see it is there the longer the stuff of science fiction is this well spiderman and i were carving out for grabs the attention of the u.s. military. and the shower shame at billion dollar highway russian spy reste fails to withstand the pattern of rain as he gets away. the e.u. is enforcement of immigration control is inhumane and has gone far beyond the blocks borders according to a recent report by amnesty international western saw center explains ongoing policy failures have become a growing headache for native europeans too. it may be called the europ

and fox news because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by florent interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups the western powers are really playing with fire trying to generate killings and mass civil war inside syria in order to have an excuse for military intervention or diplomatic political and military intervention we can see that there are definitely criminal organizations operating inside syria as they have done in libya and they are still doing in libya in all these organizations are. trained and armed by the western power still to come on our t. and offer you should refuse to tell you in banks restrict loans or struggling businesses forcing them into the clutches of what khoza no struggle to survive plus . russia intends to join nicaragua and building its ambitions in post to coastal waterway which threatens the rival to rival the famous panama canal. but first the kremlin is backing iran's drive for a peaceful atomic energy the assurance came dur

mr. al assad wasn't something we haven't heard before, rob.e continues to say that what syria is facing is a war from outside, facing terrorist gangs from outside and that syria -- what syria is doing right now is protecting its itself and defending uchts from what's happening from these outside forces. now, in addition to all of that, you have denied what happens and saying that his armed forces have nothing to do with a massacre last week saying the monsters don't commit what we've seen and that we need to prepare ourselves and defend ourselves from all of that. now, we're seeing all of this in the midst of a lot of political pressure prosecute the outside world, from the international community, for still ask the syrian government to stop the violence. the kofi annan peace plan that's been trying to stop the violence and ask the syrian government repeatedly to stop the use of heavy gunfire and heavy weapons in populated stros, but it doesn't seem to be happening yet. >> we've heard that the military is on the move, tanks are heading into ea