i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the bbc is reporting that the united nations panel investigating the case of wikileaks founder julian assange has ruled he has been "arbitrarily detained." the u.n. says it will not confirm the report until friday at 11:00 a.m. geneva time. assange first complained to the u.n. in 2014 that he was being arbitrarily detained since he could not leave the ecuadorian was in london without being arrested. he took refuge in the embassy in 2012. assange wants to avoid extradition to sweden over sex assault claims, which he has repeatedly denied. he says he fears sweden will extradite him to the united states where he could face trial for publishing classified information. amy: jillion assange had called for his arrest warrant to be dropped if the panel ruled in his favor. earlier on twitter he announced -- "i shall exit the embassy at noon on friday to accept arrest by british police as there is

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. today marks the one year anniversary of president obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for war against the islamic state. the request came six months after the u.s. began bombing iraq and syria. speaking on february 11, 2015, obama unveiled the resolution at the white house flanked by vice president joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, and outgoing defense secretary chuck hagel. >> today my administration submitted a draft resolution to congress to authorize the use of force against isil. i want to be very clear about what it does and what it does not do. this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. it supports the conference of strategy that we have been pursuing with our allies and partners. systemic and sustain campaign of airstrikes against isil in iraq and syria support and training for local forces on the ground, including the moderate syrian opp

i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. ermeen: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. tonight, four republican presidential contenders will face off in houston during the final debate ahead of next week's super tuesday primary, when delegates in texas and 10 other states, along with american samoa, will be at stake. this comes as billionaire businessman donald trump easily won the nevada caucus tuesday night, capturing 46% of the vote in his third consecutive victory. trump thanked supporters during a victory speech in nevada. >> so we won the available goals, we won with young, we the old, we won with the educated, we won with the poorly educated. i love the uneducated. you know what i really am happy about because i've been saying a prolonged time, 46% with the hispanics list of 46%. number one with hispanics. i am really happy about that. >> trump! bemeen: donald trump will one of five candidates who face off in tonight's debate. donald trump is featured in a new report