speaking with wikileaks. wheeler joins us next in an exclusive. >> if true, this could be the most significant and dangerous mistake at the trump presidency. >> here we go again, the destroy trump media. they cannot get enough of "the washington post." at "the new york times" story about the president sharing information with russia and i hope this investigation ends. the newsroom a newsroom reportedly erupted in applause as the story broke. are they supposed to be unbiased journalists? coming up, will explain in our fake news roundup weighing in on the unprecedented white house leaking and much more. >> it's an extraordinarily curious development, if it turns out to be true, if it's an accurate transcription, it looks like the president of the united states directly and personally tried to obstruct a criminal investigation. >> house oversight committee chairman jason chapin says he wants to get to the bottom of this. g.o.p. oversight is going to get the comey memo, if it exists, i need to see it sooner than

gavin mcfadden, a film director of wikileaks who died three months after seth rich. there were 44,000 e-mails and more than 17,000 attachments from the dnc that rich transferred to mcfadden between january of 2015 and may of 2016. that's just a few months before seth rich's murder. that is the same number of e-mails and attachments that wikileaks claims to have release during the dnc e-mail leak back on july 22 of 2016. that's 12 days following rich's murder. last night, wheeler ao to fox5 the city was covering up the investigation. they have a source inside the police

this is what he said about julian assange and wikileaks. >> wikileaks is an important focus of our attention. to my mind, it crosses a line when it moves from being about trying to educate a public, and instead just becomes about intelligence porn, frankly. >> intelligence porn. a new phrase that will undoubtedly be used a lot here over the next 24 hours, matt miller. what did we learn about the fbi's investigation into wikileaks, if anything? >> i think we learned it's ongoing, as it has been for some time. i think we learned that they are very seriously considering charging, along with the justice department, considering charging wikileaks with a crime. and i'm sympathetic to what they're trying to do. but you have to look at the precedent that sets here. if they can find that wikileaks conspired with a foreign intelligence service, conspired with someone who is hacking into our systems, that would be one thing. if they're just going to charge wikileaks with publishing classified information, however, it's difficult to see how you do that without subsequently setting the stage for charging

speaking with wikileaks. joins us next in an exclusive. >> if true, this could be the most significant and dangerous mistake at the trump presidency. >> here we go again, the destroy trump media. they cannot get enough of "the washington post." "the new york times" story about the president sharing information with russia and i hope this investigation ends. the newsroom reportedly erupted in applause as the story broke. are they supposed to be unbiased journalists?jo coming up, will explain in our fake news roundup weighing in on the unprecedented white house leaking and much more. ut tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take e

we ended up learning it from wikileaks. we ended up having a brand-new term that is very popular now , because ourews press did not do their job. woke up and people realized that and that is what stopped hillary from becoming president. it was not because of donald trump, it was not because of russia. because russia did the job the american press should have. where were you? i watch cnn every day, i love you guys, but at the same time, i have seen so much attack on our current president, and there was so much it annoying what went on over the last eight years. where was the condemnation or of whatestigation president obama was doing in iran or iraq, excuse me. host: we covered thoroughly what happened over the last eight years and we are c-span. mississippi, democrats line, good morning. good morning, sir. i would like to say i believe james comey is directly responsible for trump being president. the way he came out about 10 days before with the investigation supposedly in winter case and found her assistant had some issue

through gaf in mcfadden, a film maker of wikileaks who died tree months after rich's murder. there were roughly 44,000 e-mails and more than 17,000 attachments present the dnc that rich transferred to mcfadden between january of 2015 and may of 2016. that's just a few months before rich's murder today d.c. police is yet to respond with a formal statement but did tell fox5 that the homicide detectives were telling fox5 to stand down from the investigation, it's absolutely fawtion. today mayor bowser calling these same allegations preposterous. >> i don't think i particularly talked to the dnc. they came in to talk to us with the setting family with the family. what did you do about the stand down order? a. certainly not. that's preposterous. >> fox5 also reached out to the fbi washington field offers and today they got back to fox5, the communications office tells fox5 the agency denieses any involvement in the investigation into the murder of seth rich and has referred the questions to d.c. police. paul wagner is live from the scene of seth rich's family with more reaction fr

that's julian and wikileaks. and what's happening in this scene is they've just learned that there's a password for the state department cable for 250,000 state department cables have been published by a journalist and was now potentially going to be released online. they were warning the state department. >> for all of those persons who have been and for that matter still are hillary clinton supporters who think that julian aang is the enemy, the devil incarnate, you say what? >> okay. what they publish from the dmc and podesta was published by the "new york times," the "washinington post" it was cleay news wore think. not everything they published but what was going on with bernie sanders' campaign was kn news worthworthy. i think what's conflated is another issue that has come clear that there was a hack in the dnc that -- according to the government. they haven't released a lot of information, evidence. but according to the government there was a hack into dnc and rnc and they used an intermediary or what jam

the investigation wikileaks -- .gainst wikileaks it was all caps in extreme secrecy. it is a secret grand jury. suspect it is already there. email remember for the revelations, there was confirmation of an indictment. we have over time, through freedom of information request, found evidence of this investigation. it is clear f from sessions' statement and clear from others statements that it is imminent. but now the battle that we have to fight is the right of asylum. julian assange has been grantetd asylum by ecuador. the political persecution is clear. it is a balance. be willing to not respect asylum and therefore, risk all the potential people they want too protect just to get julian assange? or will they respect the right to asylum? that is the question we have to answer the following months. amy: edward snowden has called on donald trump did drop investigation into wikileaks enjoying a socialist of p join more than 100 others in signing an opepen letter from the courae foundation to president trump that calls prosecuting wikileaks "a threat to all free journalis

swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into a rape allegation against the wikileaks founderjulian assange — his lawyers claim victory. he's been a fugitive, holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, avoiding extradition — but scotland yard says he'll be arrested if he tries to leave sick and sneaky — labour's assessment of the conservatives plans to means test winter fuel payments. russia condemns an american air strike, on a pro—government convoy, in syria. tv entertainer rolf harris is released from prison. the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures... british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use digital technology to monitor planes from miles away. and a bbc reporter and his twin have managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system — which is designed to prevent fraud. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. prosecutors in sweden have dropped their seven year long investigation, into rape allegations against the founder of the wikileaks website, julian assange. he's been a

the wikileaks the wikilea ks founder, the wikileaks founder, julian assange, is claiming a victory after prosecutors decided to drop their investigation into his alleged assault. british police say if he left the ecuadorian embassy which he has been in forfive left the ecuadorian embassy which he has been in for five years, left the ecuadorian embassy which he has been in forfive years, he left the ecuadorian embassy which he has been in for five years, he would be arrested. out into the fresh air. cheering. on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy, julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory, for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge, why my children grew up without me. that is not something that i can forgive. it is not something that i can forget. but the prosecutor in sweden hasn't cleared julian assange. she said that, in his absence, she simply couldn't pursue the case any further. translation: the decision to discontinue the investigation is not based on an asse

. >> i'd like to talk a little bit about wikileaks. in january, the fbi contributed to an ic assessment that concluded that wikileaks is a known outlet of foreign propaganda. do you stand by that assessment. >> yes. >> do you believe that wikileaks released sensitive and classified information? >> yes. >> do you believe any of wikileaks disclosures have endangered american lives or put atinterests? >> i believe both. >> help me understand why julian assange has not been charged with a crime. >> i don't want to comment on the case. i don't want to confirm whether or not there are charges pending. heapprehended because he's inside the ecuadorian embassy in london. >> i asked questions about the status of the investigation. it seemed clear individuals were polite and kind and responsive to the request, but across the ic, it seemed there wasn't deliberation about wikileaks and julian assange and this question. is the agency participating in dialogue about whether or not assange created crimes? >> i don't know where you got the impression b

one slide read "without the support of people like glenn, wikileaks would fold.ach big area intended to spread disinformation to discredit both been greenwald and wikileaks." the director spoke to the former ceo about these plans. >> it seems like you're trying to attack a journalist here. >> you know, i don't want to talk too much more about glenn greenwald, but other than what -- ip loosely previously said, there were so intent to attack journalists. not a my part. i guess i should say -- i should generalize that to say i would never just hourly attacker journalist other than if i felt there was a journalist in my mind i was acting unethically, that -- that is fair game for having a public discussion about. nermeen: so that was the hb gary ceo speaking in the documentary "we are legion." barrett brown hummocky explain what hb gary is and is significance of what happened? >> what they were doing was significant. we saw a number of contractors aligned with the doj going after private citizens. it is very nefarious combination of state and corporate actors, waskno

wheeler claims there is evidence that shows rich was communicating with wikileaks. fox5's marina maracco joins us now with the update. >>reporter: 24 hours after we first reported breaking allegations made by rod wheeler, this private investigator hired by seth rich's family we are breaking down questions that have been asked and those that remain unanswered. now, rod wheeler is a former mpd detective and for the past 30 days he's been running a parallel investigation into seth rich's murder. today they confirmed the association saying in part the services of the private investigator who to spoke press was offered by the rich family and paid for by a third party and contracturally was barred from speaking t enforcement or the family unless explicitly authorized by the family. fox5 family is named as clients of capital investigations on a contract signed by joel rich, seth rich's father. a family spokesperson that ed beau to you ski, a businessman from texas was financing. ed has spent the last six months with the seth rich family. he personally introducedded them to

when fox5 first learned yesterday afternoon there were claims that set rich may have sent calls to wikileaks our first was to set rich. i spoke with aaron rich, set rich's brother and both times he asked that fox5 not include the family in any of our reporting. after interviewing rod wiehle fox5 reached out to peter newsham and the department's communication office and as of 5:00 today we are still waiting for a response to that direct yir inquiry. now yesterday rod wiehle a private investigator who says he has been working for the agency tells fox5 that he had confirmation from an fbi source telling him that there had been communication between set rich and wikileaks. here is that part of the interview. the police department, nor thebi haven't been cooperating at all i believe that the answer to solving his death lies on that

the bridge that could completely shatter the narrative that in fact wikileaks is working with the russians. now, if true, this could become one of the biggest scandals in history and could mean that he could have been murdered under very suspicious circumstances. according to former homicide detective rod wheeler who had been hired by the rich family to investigate the killings, newly discovered evidence shows is a 27-year-old former dnc employee he was in fact communicating with wikileaks before he was gunned down in washington, d.c. that was back in july of 2016, july 10th, while he was walking home. seth rich shot in the back, left for dead. police have been characterizing this as an attempted robbery gone wrong. it is a problem, not an explanation because the assailant didn't take anything from rich. not his phone, his wallet, his watch, his necklace. they were still on his person at the scene of the crime. while there were several key questions about why he was

wikileaks is a source protection organization.ever having exposed one of our sources over ten years, that's why sources trust us and they come to us. i can't comment on other people's statements about our sources except to say what we have said, which is that our sources are not state parties. >> sean: it gets more mysterious by the minutes. if it was true, we don't know yet, if it was true that seth rich gave wikileaks the dnc emails, one that blow the russian collusion narrative that the media has been pushing out of the water? here with reaction is jay sekulow. i look at this and with all that we heard with no evidence, none, admiral rogers and james clappe clapper, the media runs with it. based on what he said with a dutch interview. saying that it could be seth rich, what is your take on what he said? >> he pointed out what would be obvious to a prosecutor or detective. i've served in multiple capacities in government, i've represented das, i was a deputy state attorney general for cases. i'm familiar with this area. if you l

it wasn't a robbery, was he talking to wikileaks?ate, if he did, does this blow the russian collusion narrative out of the water? jay sekulow will join us. the world has lost the media and political giant, the founder of the fox news fox news channel roger ailes has died at the age of 77. m without him, i would not be on your tv set right now, later in the program, i'll share with you what roger meant to me ou any wo? ou any wo? no sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv and gaming system. luckily, the geico insurance agency recently helped baa baa with renters insurance. everything stolen was replaced. and the hooligan who lives down the lane was caught selling the stolen goods online. visit geico.com and see how easy it is to switch and save on renters insurance. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedi

people can argue that this conduct of wikileaks, and my view, a huge portion of wikileaks activities have nothing to do with legitimate newsgathering and informing the public, commenting on important public controversies, it's simply about releasing classified information to damage the united states of america. people sometimes gets an 11 -- cynical about journalists. they don't do that. they will almost always call us and say is there anything up out those that will put lives in danger? and then work with us to try and accomplish their first amendment goals by safeguarding those. wikileaks involves no such considerations whatsoever. it just pushes it out in order to damage. >> thank you. >> senator franken. >> thank you. good to see you, mr. director. i'm going to kind of pick up where sheldon whitehouse, senator whitehouse was going. are you familiar with a report called the kremlin playbook? >> no. >> this is an expert report that exhaustively documents russia's past efforts to undermine european democracies according to the report, russia is known to cultivate close ties with bus

and a word with the wikileaks founder julian assigned, as chargesrops their rape against him. --julian assange as sweden drops their rape charges against him. good evening. the french president, emmanuel macron has been visiting french troops based in mali, highlighting the importance he places on fighting militants in the region who he says a pose a threat to all of your. europe.f speaking at a news conference in the city where some 606 -- some 1600 french soldiers are based, president macri said he will -- president macron said france will continue to shoulder this battle while other countries have a place to play as well. >> germany is investing more than enough in military. this is like walking with germany can make us more efficient when soldiers lives cannot be saved. macron speaking there. the french army is deployed in several regions across south africa. we take a closer look. infranch intervened in mali january 2013 at the request of the president of mali. jihadists drive out in the country's north and keep them from marching on the capital. france carried out dozens

amy: i mean, president trump endorsed wikileaks, right?e said, "i love wikileaks," during the campaign. >> yeah, when it was releasing things that he liked, yeah. any system of power will do that. "you release information that i like, it is great. but i don't want to be exposed." amy: professor noam chomsky in conversation in april at the first parish church in cambridge, massachusetts. when we come back, he will talk about the media's coverage of the trump administration and his new book "requiem for the american dream: the 10 prprinciples of concentration of wealth & power." we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we return to our public conversation with the acclaimed linguist and dissident noam chomsky recorded in april at the first parish church in cambridge, m massachusetts. speaking of entities that president trump does not like, he calls the press the enemy of the people. the enemy of the people. can you assess as the media assesses, t

until julian assange wikileaks postings of american secrets. assange gets the very clear message from the british authorities that they won't arrest him and comply with an extradition order, i don't think he is going to be leaving. as you mentioned in the introduction, the metropolitan police service year in london have said, yes, there is still an outstanding arrest warrant and the fact that he is in breach of his bail conditions and while the original charge has gone away, that arrest warrant remains in place. the home office is also clear that it does not comment on whether or not it has received extradition requests from other countries. so, at the moment, julian assange doesn't know whether he has any safer in regard to the possibility of extradition, when he was yesterday. just be absolutely clear, if julian when he was yesterday. just be absolutely clear, ifjulian assange where to decide he would step out of that embassy and be arrested by the met over the allegations that he had breached his bail conditions, there isa breached his bail

assange, of course, runs wikileaks.ikileaks published a number of documents and the collateral murder video, which put america in a bad light, and of course, most members of the public who saw or heard any of this material saw or heard it through the mainstream media, other organs of the press around the world. but those people are not threatened with punishment anywhere because there is a great difference between what chelsea manning did on one hand, and what assange, wikileaks, and rupert murdoch did on the other hand. the risk that was facing assange, if he was to be extradited to sweden, sweden and america had a kind of witness exchange agreement, which would have meant he could have been extradited or shifted from sweden to america without the formality of extradition. that would put him at great risk of being treated in the way chelsea manning was being treated and that risk remains depending on what donald trump's mood is from day to day. so, i think, unfortunately, for his own safety, assange will have to stay i

when fox5 first learned yesterday afternoon there were claims seth rich may have sent e-mails to wikileaks our first call was to seth rich's family. i spoke with aaron, seth's brother and both times he asked fox5 not include the family in i reporting. after interviewing rod wiehle fox5 reached out to peter newsham and the department's communication office and as of 6:00 today we are still waiting for a response to a that direct inquiry. yesterday, rod wiehle a private investigator who says he has been working for the rich family and is also a fox news contributor told us he had confirmation from an fiive source telling him that there had been communication between seth rich and wikileaks. here is part of that interview. the police department, nor the fbi has been forthcoming. they haven't been cooperating at all i believe that t solving his death lies on that computer, which i believe is either at the police department or either at the fbi. i've been told both. you have sources that the fbi saying that there is information that could link seth rich to wikileaks? a. absolutely. >> and that'

wikileaks founder, julian assange, says he will not "forgive or forget", after swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into a rape allegation against him. he's been a fugitive, holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, but scotland yard says he'll be arrested for a separate offence if he tries to leave. labour is accusing the conservatives of a savage attack on vulnerable pensioners over their manifesto plans to means test winter fuel payments. we are going to make changes for the payments winter fuel payments but we will continue to ensure that the least well off pensioners are protected. russia condemns an american air strike, on a pro—government convoy, in syria. it came as president trump embarks on a visit to saudi arabia, the first foreign trip of his administration. tv entertainer rolf harris is released from prison. the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures. one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use digital technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. a bbc reporter

and what they concluded was that there is no way to prosecute wikileaks. obama justice department, without also prosecuting "the new york times" and the guardian and a whole variety of other media outlets around the world that have published thousands and thousands of documents that are top secret and classified because of what you just said, which is it's against the law for someone in the government to steal information and give it to a reporter. it's against the law for someone to hack into e-mails and steal those e-mails, but it's not against the law for somebody who receives them, but who didn't participate in the crime itself, to publish them and to report on them because it would be a huge threat to press freedom if you start criminalizing the publication of information. >> going back farther in history, can you compare and contrast it with those who remember the pentagon papers? papers published by "the new york times," but is it on the same -- is it like that, only 2017 version? >> i couldn't agree more with that example. and, in fact, if you reme

shows he made contact with wikileaks with gavin mcfade en. they said rich provided faden with e-mails and attachments, rich was murdered near his dc home on morning of july 10, his wallet, cell phone, watch not taken. wikileaks 11 days later, showing how to hurt senator bernie sanders at polls those results in resignation of debbie wassermann schultz who was chair of the dnc, and 3 top officials because of the obvious conclusion portrayedweed clinton campaign. rich's contact with wikileaks corroborated by private investigator, former dc detective rod wheeler who was hired by third party to investigate, rich family spokesman claiming that report is unsubstantiating, and said even if tomorrow an e-mail is found that is not high enough are about of evidence as e-mails can be altered -- those words of family spokesperson, who is also a democratic crisis management and public relations expert. my next guest said there is some degree o exchange between rich and wikileaks that occurred before his date, the man hired to investigate the case by a thir

she's always first to go to external factors, be it james comey, wikileaks. we didn't hear any mentions of the original sin of her campaign, which was her e-mail process. i know democrats are so sick of talking about that. >> which is what comey was investigating. >> it certainly did affect her trust. i'm going to be really interested to see what she's been writing. she says when i'm not walking in the woods, i'm writing. because the last books that she's written, "hard choices" and "living history," these are books written by someone who had a political future in front of them and the expectation now is that is beyond hillary clinton. is she going to be less cautious and more forthcoming about her thought process. >> yes, and she kept teasing about the book, it's coming out in the fall and wait until revelations come out. that didn't look to me like a woman who has her political career behind her. she seemed to be much more comfortable in talking about this and talking about donald trump where she said, for instance, people like her don't need a tax cut. tal

. >> reporter: blaming vladimir putin and wikileaks. >> every day that goes by we learn more about some of the unprecedented interference, including from a foreign power whose leader is not a member of my fan club. >> reporter: she says it was not a perfect campaign, but no mention of her failure to go to wisconsin, to campaign earlier in michigan, connect with rust belt voters in pennsylvania. all blue states that went for donald trump. or why the first female nominee could not win a majority of white, college-educated women. >> i was on the way to winning, until the combination of jim comey's letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. >> reporter: clinton's explanation that wikileaks dump of her campaign manager's e-mails planned to distract from the "access hollywood" tape. >> within an hour or two of the hollywood access tape being made public, the russian theft of john podesta's e-mails hit wikileaks. what a coincidence. >> reporter: what about her responsibility for failing to have a better

and a law enforcement source tells nbc news that rich's e-mails related to wikileaks. >> i think it's bad enough that as a city, we lost a citizen like seth rich. the fact that this is irresponsibly connected to a broader fictional conspiracy adds to that pain. >> now, rich's family also released a statement yesterday denying the details of the fox news story, saying in part, quote, we are a family who is committed to facts, not fake evidence. >>> an update now to monday's deadly crash on the suitland parkway. one. three people killed was a rising star in the local music scene. ♪ >> london dior was also known as artist londy. her boyfriend and another friend were also killed. the victim's grandmother said she wants londy to be referred for her music. >> she has awesome social media just sending their condolences and they're crying out to us, they're loving us, showing her so much love. >> her family is still arranging funeral plans but they say the memorial service may be open to fans. >>> well, officials at union station are trying to figure out how pornography started playing on a b

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a former house speaker said this sunday about rich's death. >> having given wikileaks something like 23,000 -- i'm sorry, 53,000 e-mails and 17,000 attachments. >> reporter: here are the facts. washington d.c. police say they found absolutely no evidence having looked at rich's computers that he was ever in touch with wikileaks. his death they say appears to be the result of a botched robbery. fox news reported last week that an outside investigator found evidence linking rich to wikileaks and then retracted that story yesterday. today, rich's parents in an essay in "the washington post" said of the conspiracy claims, the amount of pain and anguish this has caused us is unbearable. >> they feel like their son's legacy is hijacked and taken away from them. it's almost as though they're reliving the murder again. >> reporter: fox's sean hannity insists there's more to come on the story. >> out of respect for the family's wishes for now, i am not discussing this matter at this time. >> reporter: now hannity is beginning to lose advertisers over the issue. >> what you're seeing with this

seth rich was in contact with wikileaks.not only that, he claims there has been law enforcement coverup. brian: griff jenkins live in washington. this is breath-taking breaking development. griff? >> brian, ainsley and steve. breaking indeed and developing at rapid pace. bombshell seth rich suggesting he was in with wikileaks last summer. let me take you back here in the nation's capitol. last july. seth rich was shot and killed on the way home from a bar in a trendy northwest neighborhood here. police initially saying that they believed it was a botched robbery but questions remain but the investigation still open. now, a year later, according to a parallel investigation by former d.c. police, homicide detective and fox news contributor rod wheeler there is evidence rich had contact with wikileaks. that evidence on a laptop belonging to seth rich, showing he was talking with iraqis. wheeler says this sound like a coverup. >> i want to find out who called that mat man's death so e can put them behind bars. if there is anybod

involving wikileaks founder morning.... involving wikileaks founder julian assange.weeney is at the live desk. headline being heard around the world right now... in the last few minutes sweden announced its dropping its rape investigation into wiki leaks founder julian assange. assange has been holed up in a room at the ecuadorian embassy in london for the last 7 years. he feared if went he were extradited to sweden, that he would then be turned over to the us to face charges for releasing us secrets on wikileaks. at this hour, theres specualtion he could leave the ecuadorian embasssy as early as today. its unclear where he might or how uk officials will treat this. certainly a major story unfolding right now in london. neighbors in a southeast washington neighbors in a southeast washington mm after a car fatally strikes a six year old boy. residents held a birthday party for xavier lucky. he was hit by a car while crossing the street on his 6th birthday. now his family is asking the city to make changes to the street, to stop this from happening again. so far no cha

i was on the way to winning, until the combination of comey's letter on october 28 and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people that were inclined to vote for me a and got scared off. ask yourself this, within an hour or two of the hollywood access tape being made public, the russian theft of john podesta's emails hit wikileaks, what a coincidence, you just can't make this stuff up. did we make mistakes? of course we did. did i make mistakes, oh, my gosh, yes, you'll read my confession and my request for absolution. but the reason why i believe we lost were the intervening events in the last ten days and i think you can see, i was leading in the early vote, i had a very strong, and not just our polling and data analysis, but a very strong assessment going on across the country about where i was in terms of, you know, the necessary, well, votes and electoral votes. and remember i did win more than 3 million votes than my opponent. so, it's like, really? >> i see a tweet coming. >> better than tweeting about foreign affairs, i would be happy to be the diversion, because we go

it was wikileaks that exposed embarrassing dnc e-mails during the presidential campaign. fox news is reporting that within 96 hours of rich's murder, the fbi was aware of thousands of e-mails between seth rich and wikileaks. but an fbi spokesperson told me today, the bureau did not examine rich's computer. he said the fbi didn't have rich's computer. a lobbyist who has posted $105,000 reward in the seth rich murder case. he's doing his own investigation. do you think that seth rich was communicating with wikileaks before his death? >> i don't know. i don't know. i want to see the e-mails from rod says he has. i've got to see the evidence. we just don't have any evidence. >> reporter: but you don't think it was a robbery gone bad? >> it was not. >> reporter: now hear from kevin donahue, deputy mayor for public safety. he says all of this conspiracy talk is wrong and painful for seth rich's family. >> it's bad enough that as a city we lost a citizen like seth rich. the fact that this is irresponsibly connected to a broader fictional conspiracy adds to that pain. and it's so

from these organizations is that what they do to wikileaks and if they do charge julian assange with espionage, if they do criminalize what wikileaks is doing, that is a threat to journalists everywhere. regardless of what you think of julian assange as a person or the allegations that originally surfaced i i sweden, this is a tactic that the u.s. government uses all the time. that is what the whole and by the journalism program is part of in the military. embedded journalists -- remember victoria clarke during the invasion of iraq, an embedded journalists were basically fair game. if we end up killing you, that is your problem. if you are inveterate, you are working with us. look at the way journalists talked about this recent israel leak story in the oval office with the russians were there. cnn come all of these publications rushed in front of the cameras and microphones to say, we coordinated our coverage with the u.s. government to make sure we would d not say y this r this. that is fair. you should ask the government when you are publishing documents, led t to your argume. the

. >> i'd like to talk a little bit about wikileaks. in january, they contributed to the ic assessment that was a known outlet for foreign propaganda. >> do you stand by that assessment? >> double they've released classified information? >> yes. >> do you believe that wikileaks has put american lives at risk or american interests? >> believe both. >> can you understand why julian assange has not been charged with a crime? >> well, i don't want to comment on the particular case because i don't want to confirm whether or not there are charges pending. he hasn't been apprehended because he is inside the ecuadorian embassy in london. >> i sent a letter to the attorney general a number of weeks ago asking questions about the status of the investigation and it seemed pretty clear, though, individuals were polite and kind and responsive to our requests. it seemed that across the i.c. there wasn't much deliberation about wicky leaks and about julian assange and this question. is the fbi participating in any interagency dialogue about whether or

swedish prosecutors drop their investigation into a rape allegation against the wikileaks founderjulian assange — his lawyers claim victory. he's been a fugitive, holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, but scotland yard says he'll be arrested for a separate offence if he tries to leave. labour is accusing the conservatives of a savage attack on vulnerable pensioners over their manifesto plans to means test winter fuel payments. i willjust i will just make i willjust make it absolutely clear. a labour government will maintain the winterfuel clear. a labour government will maintain the winter fuel allowance asa maintain the winter fuel allowance as a universal allowance for all older people. russia condemns an american air strike, on a pro—government convoy, in syria. it came as president trump embarks ona it came as president trump embarks on a visit to saudi arabia. tv entertainer rolf harris is released from prison. the former entertainer was convicted and sentenced in 2014. also in the next hour, digital departures. one british airport is to abandon its air traffic c