about politics of ecuador as well as other countries but again according to this source close to wiki leaks those claims have been false or the u.k. fashion designer vivienne westwood is a friend of the son she told us why it is important that he gets back on line we're very concerned about the fact that she can't have visitors the moment and it's really important that he's got access to the world by all the exposures thirty manages to do he's a weasel war hero he exposed american war crimes they want to be concrete and you know is it is just my friend a nice brilliant arm a fashion designer called vivienne westwood and i see him quite regularly and a supporter whenever i can. a petition calling for the communications blackout to be lifted has already been supported by over thirty thousand people it opens with a letter signed by a group of prominent intellectuals artists and activists demanding that the whistleblower be allowed to exercise his freedom of speech where songe took refuge inside the embassy back in two thousand and twelve after being accused of rape in sweden a case later put on hold

about politics of ecuador as well as other countries but again according to this source close to wiki leaks those claims have been false the british fashion designer if you had west would is a friend of us and she told us why it's important that he gets back online. we're very concerned about the fact that she consol visit the moment and it's really important that he's got i access to the world by all the expose that's he manages to do he's a reserve war hero he exposed america and supports him whenever i come a petition calling for the communications blackout to be lifted has already been supported by over thirty thousand people it opens with a letter signed by a group of prominent intellectuals artists and activists demanding the whistleblower be allowed to exercise his freedom of speech now a song refuge inside the embassy and twenty twelve after being accused of rape in sweden a case that was dropped by stockholm it was about our fears leaving the embassy and being extradited to the u.s. where he faces charges of espionage australian journalist john pilger says a lot more than is currently at

about politics of ecuador as well as other countries but again according to this source close to wiki leaks those claims have been false the british fashion designer vivienne westwood is a friend of our songs she told us why it's important that he gets back on line we're very concerned about the fact that she can sell visitors the moment and it's really important that he's got i access to the world by all the expose the t.v. manages to do he's a he's a war hero he exposed america war crimes they want to be concrete and you know this is just brenda nice really and i'm a fashion that brenda nice really and i'm a fashion just. seemed quite regularly and supportive whenever i can a petition calling for the communications blackout to be lifted has already been supported by over thirty thousand people it opens with a letter signed by a group of prominent intellectuals artists and activists demanding the worst be allowed to exercise his freedom of speech a song she did of course take refuge inside the embassy in twenty twelve after being accused of rape in sweden that's a case that was dropped by offici

press organizations internal workings but they're not they're going after wiki leaks which is in the business of stealing many of those who dislike wiki leaks who consider it to be a extremely problematic organization would say that this kind of lawsuit against them is perfectly acceptable one has no. first amendment ramifications i disagree i think a broad interpretation the first amendment would cover wiki leaks so i would hope that news organizations would focus not on what leaks but rather on the principles that are at stake if this is a successful campaign against wiki leaks it would have ramifications for other news organizations news organizations should be concerned about that aspect of it was. discussed in other media stories that are on our radar today with one of our producers flo philips flow this past week unesco announced that it's giving its world press freedom award for two thousand and eighteen to an imprisoned egyptian photojournalist mahmoud abhisit but this hasn't gone down well with the authorities in cairo has it and they've made their own happiness known egypt's foreign ministry says who's bette

wiki-leaks and george papadopoulos. all of those dnc lawsuit and even some democrats on capitol hill are having an issue with that. >> i actually think is lawsuit is ill-conceived. i am not supportive of it. i think we have a serious criminal activity by the russian and those within the trump campaign. to make this political is actually the wrong thing to be doing. i am not interested in a political tit for tat. i am interested in getting to the truth. if there is criminal conduct engaged in, holding people accountable. >> bret: with that, a lot of news. our panel. tom writer for the washington examiner. and leslie a radio host and matt contributor with the hill. matt, let's start with the dnc. some people saying this is a fund-raising cam bit. other saying it's an effort to get people deposed and continue this thing even if these investigations wrap up. how do you see it? >> it's the dumbest political move in a long time. it makes it all about politics. those of us on tv every day to explain this investigation with russia is about

damaging information about his democratic rival hillary clinton the lawsuit also names wiki leaks founder julian assange and those are the headlines the listening post does next. getting to the heart of the matter if mostafa kinsey the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peaceful unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story and talk to how does iraq. rescue work and. what were the cause i got a lot coming out there. i never felt like a wife watching strike before and that. hello i'm richard just burn you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week mission accomplished again allegedly syria the media on red lines humanitarian intervention and the need for military action the enduring sexism on italy's airwaves have a talionis missed their weinstein moment facebook and its fact checking initiative in the philippines provoke a backlash from supporters of president to tear tech and one state on t.v. channel in mos

leaked damaging information about his democratic rival hillary clinton also names wiki leaks founder julian assange and those are the headlines the listening post does next. getting to the heart of the matter if more stuff i can do the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peace for unification is the only option for prosperity of south korea hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. rescue workers. suffer. right now. were the cause. was.

wiki leaks founder julian assange for alleged collusion in the twenty sixteen presidential election they accused russia of informing trump advisors of a cyber attack that leaked information about hillary clinton those were the headlines i see in half an hour for the al-jazeera news hour. and wiki leaks highly explosive documents can still be published anonymously that otherwise would be withheld through nondisclosure or censorship. according to wiki leaks all documents were checked for authenticity one major aim is to force corporations and intelligence agencies to abide to more transparency and social responsibility to shed light on their well kept secrets which cover up illegal and immoral behavior. in the us to get on here as he. does. on. dog in afghanistan. also afghanistan saying this just as a rhetorical counterattack which is like something out of. it is to say no no no you do that. and. unfortunately. the us press is sort of. so. that pretty prince this nonsense so what he needs reveals very concretely very strong accurate documentation how the us is our own records shows that it was involved in one way or another in the deaths of more than one hundred twenty thousand people in iraq and af

is going a little overboard in response assigned to wiki leaks have been behind the release of thousands of confidential documents over the years those despite the whistleblower being unable to leave the embassy in central london as he'd face charges in the u.k. and a possible extradition to the u.s. john kiriakou again told me ecuador is refusing to buckle under pressure from other countries. you know this isn't a one sided thing i'm sure that the ecuadorian government is under great pressure from the united states from the united kingdom perhaps from sweden maybe even australia which is where julian is originally from so certainly there are two sides to this i am sure there's a lot going on behind the scenes that we just don't know we understand the background to this case we also understand how important transparency is and freedom of speech and freedom of the press we wanted the ecuadorian government to know that. the us has impose new sanctions on russia targeting twenty four officials and business people as well as fourteen entities the russian foreign ministry has reacted to the measures saying the u.s. is trying to impose its

those times. the d.n.c. is suing a rush the trump campaign a wiki leaks alleging their twenty sixteen campaign conspiracy. grand conspiracy. we didn't doctor that that's a file photo. in this grand conspiracy hillary was a perfect candidate and the reason you hardly ever saw a yard sign with her name on it was because wiki leaks hacked the yard signs and made them all say trump or bernie and julian assange right now is sitting in the ecuadorian embassy in piles of hillary yards. therefore the corrupt democrats are now suing wiki leaks trump and russia and yes the republicans are corrupt too but pointing that out feels like it was like the laughing when your senile grandpa leaves his fly down i mean it just says cruel at this point. but luckily while the corporate dems are caught up with conspiracies are. other people genuine election activists are actually fighting for a more legitimate system and this month the appellate division of the new york state supreme court affirmed the that electronic ballot images are subject to public disclosure pursuant to new york's freedom of information law this means that

those times. the d.n.c. is suing the russia the trump campaign to wiki leaks. she's going to twenty sixteen campaign conspiracy. grand conspiracy. we didn't win dr that that's a file photo. in this grand conspiracy hillary was a perfect candidate and the reason you hardly ever saw a yard sign with her name on it was because wiki leaks hacked the yard signs and made them all say trump or bernie and julian assange right now is sitting in the ecuadorian embassy in piles of hillary yards. therefore the corrupt democrats are now suing wiki leaks trump and russia and yes the republicans are corrupt too but pointing that out feels like it was like the laughing when your senile grandpa leaves his fly down i mean it just says cruel at this point. but luckily while the corporate dems are caught up with conspiracies are. other people genuine election activists are actually fighting for a more legitimate system and this month the appellate division of the new york state supreme court affirmed the that electronic ballot images are subject to public disclosure pursuant to ne

electronic and apparently trump gleefully welcomed russia's help those were their exact words and then they say that julian a song of wiki leaks posted the documents because he supposedly shared their goal of damaging the democratic party and claim to this is just part of the multitude of investigations of five in total into alleged russian collusion and it all started with the intelligence report that came out in january of twenty seventeen that claimed that president putin ordered an influence campaign to undermine faith in american democracy none have any success or found any evidence so far so this seems to be the next chapter in the democratic party's crusade against the trunk campaign and russia but this time they're looking for compensation for damages inflicted upon the d.n.c. so we're just going to have to see what happens with. a legal and media analyst law and i was doubtful that the lawsuit will be successful in a court of law. and there's a couple of things up about this complaint i being of a lawyer in looking at this notice that first of all it is a there is no connection of the dot says we say it is a series of

problems and apparently trump gleefully welcomed russia's help those are their words and then they say that julian a song founder of wiki leaks host of the documents because he supposedly shared their goal of damaging the democratic party and claim to this is just part of the multitude of investigations five in total into alleged russian collusion and it all started with the intelligence report that came out in january twenty seventh that claims that president clinton ordered and influenced campaign to undermine faith in american democracy and none have any success or found any evidence so far so this seems to be the next chapter in the democratic party's state against the trunk campaign russia but this time they're looking for compensation for damages inflicted upon the d.n.c. so we're just going to have to see what happens when. we spoke out it's illegal and media analyst mano he's. successful or will be successful rather in a court of law. there's a couple of things are about this complaint being of a lawyer looking at this notice that first of all it is a there is no connection of the says we say it is a series of narrati

alike and apparently trump gleefully welcomed russia's help those were their exact words and then they say that julian a song founder of wiki leaks posted the documents because he supposedly shared their goal of damaging the democratic party and claim to this is just part of the multitude of investigations five in total into alleged russian collusion and it all started with the intelligence report that came out in january twenty seventh and that claimed that president putin ordered and influenced campaign to undermine faith in american democracy and none have any success or found any evidence so far so this seems to be the next chapter in the democratic party's crusade against the trunk campaign in russia but this time they're looking for compensation for damages inflicted upon the d.n.c. so we're just going to have to see what happens with. the legal and media analyst a lot of these doubtful lawsuit will be successful in a court of law. and there's a couple of things up about this complaint i being of a lawyer and looking at this notice that first of all it is a there is no connection of that got to as we say it is the series of

alike and apparently trump gleefully welcomed russia's help those were their exact words and then they say that julian a song founder of wiki leaks posted the documents because he supposedly shared their goal of damaging the democratic party and claim to this is just part of the multitude of investigations five in total into alleged russian collusion and it all started with the intelligence report that came out in january twenty seventh and that claimed that president putin ordered and influenced campaign to undermine faith in american democracy none have any success or found any evidence so far so this seems to be the next chapter in the democratic party's crusade against the trunk campaign in russia but this time they're looking for compensation for damages inflicted upon the d.n.c. so we're just going to have to see what happens with. the legal and media analyst law and whether the new suit will be successful in court. and there's a couple of things up about this complaint by being of a lawyer looking at this notice that first of all it is a there is no connection of the da says we say it is a series of narratives a story abou

trump and apparently trump gleefully welcomed russia's help those are their words and then they say that julian a song founder of wiki leaks host of the documents because he supposedly shared their goal of damaging the democratic party and claim to this is just part of the multitude of investigations five in total into alleged russian collusion and it all started with the intelligence report that came out in january twenty seventh that claimed that president putin ordered and influenced campaign to undermine faith in american democracy and none have any success or found any evidence so far so this seems to be the next chapter in the democratic party's crusade against the trunk and russia but this time they're looking for compensation for damages inflicted upon the d.n.c. so we're just going to have to see what happens with. yes discuss this with us legal media analyst law and l thanks for joining us good to have you on the show was always the trump russia clues investigation it started quite a long time ago didn't the whole scandal has been going on for the world for quite a number of months now what i think the democrats

and apparently trump gleefully welcomed russia's help of those were their exact words and then they also say that julian a song founder of wiki leaks post of the documents only because he supposedly shared the goal of damaging the democratic party what isn't discussed however is the content or the authenticity of the leaked e-mails and documents which hasn't been disputed at all so go figure but this is just part of the multitude of investigations into alleged russian collusion and it all started with the old d.n.i. intelligence report that came out back in january of two thousand and seventeen which claimed that a lot of near putin ordered an influence campaign to undermine faith in american democracy none have reached any successor of found any damning evidence so far so this looks like just you know the next chapter in the democratic party is a crusade against the trunk campaign and russia but this time they're looking for compensations for damages inflicted upon the d.n.c. so we're just going to have to see what happens with. perhaps not all that surprising move coming from members american reporting live from washington d.c. t

those . in this two thousand and ten us state department cable made by wiki leaks the u.s. assistant secretary of state const china a very aggressive and play nation economic competitor with no more. ultimately the aim of the united states and iran for instance to dissolve the mechanisms where access to resources that are strategic that are absolutely essential to several key industries in the united states as well as access to petroleum are secured that it also provides a counterweight to china china is also in somewhat of a race to acquire as many minerals and. petroleum and other natural resources that it means for its industries the united states though it may more longer be a major manufacturing power its military industries are heavily dependent on minerals that can be only source then africa. the establishment of africa calm was key for the consolidation of u.s. interests in africa but when the pentagon wanted to set up its headquarters on the continent things did not go as planned is america shipshape i don't believe you're going to see. us you can see as you see af

leaders and wiki leaks the party's saying never before has a candidate conspired with a foreign enemy to become president we'll go to washington and will ask what is this mean for robert mole those russia investigation also coming up students across the u.s. walk out of class to mark the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine high school massacre but congress in the white house is still have not acted to tighten gun control so is anyone in the u.s. capitol listening this time around and a blast and then should have happened in seventy years ago today experts defused an unexploded. bomb in the heart of berlin the danger was so high that tens of thousands. plus the end of a sporting a premier league soccer club arsenal announcing that coach arson of england will step down at the end of the seas if he's been in charge for more than twenty years. i'm brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us there have been three official investigations two still running into possible campaign collusion between donald trump and the russians tonight and a lawsuit to that list the democratic national committee is suing president donald trump's campaign leaders the russian government and weiqi leaks t

how those e-mails found their way into the media food chain in the first place cybersecurity specialists say the hackers who infiltrated the d.n.c. servers were russian julian assange and wiki leaks have stuck to their policy of neither confirming nor denying who their sources are saying only that the source is not the russian government and it is not a state party wiki leaks acquired the files and started publishing the emails for months prior to the two thousand and sixteen election and it was not alone no major u.s. media outlets ignored the story it was for better or worse considered newsworthy these were stolen conversations and i don't think that journalists took proper care to to vet them it's not that they weren't true but the motive in releasing them in order to demonize the democrats when there was no such comparable effort on the part of republicans that was not handled well journalists just rushed into print without considering the source without considering what was behind them without explaining it to their readers and this had the effect of perverting the political discourse the twenty six thousand election was highly partisan it was highly divisive i think too tha

those a leak--y a lea. cnc filed a lawsuit that named members of trump's campaign as well as russians and wiki leaks founder assange. >>> former u.s. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is not supporting president trump for re-election. two months ago, president trump fully endorsed romney to run for a seat in the u.s. senate for the state of utah and romney accepted the president's endorsement. on saturday, the former massachusetts governor romney did not win his party's nomination for that senate seat. that means he'll have to compete against a state lawmaker in a republican primary vote in june. . what does that mean? let's talk about it with scott lucas, a professor of international politics of the university of birmingham. this romney story begs the question how much about his candidacy is about the ongoing republican dance about how close you go to donald trump, when you pull back from donald trump? because we have seen a mixture here when it comes to romney. >> that is a general question. and we have seen paul ryan decide to avoid it by not running again. but in the case of mitt romney, tha