rushing to trial? or do they want this to drag on? delay, delay, delay. especially in a case like this where passions are high and there is a lot of attention. that s also why this bail decision is so important. because if he had been in rikers island for the months prior to trial he would be telling his attorneys i can t stand this. get me to trial. now he will be in a relatively comfortable apartment and which will certainly be cramped and frustrating to him because he can t live his normal life. but he will be eating normal food and he will be sleeping in a normal bed. he will be able to see people. he will not be pressing his lawyers to go as fast as he would be if he were in rikers island. he does have some excellent attorneys. benjamin braffman. if you were to ask people in the know in new york city, who is the best trial lawyer in new york city, i think ben braffman would get more votes than anyone else.
this hour, concerns that there are potential targets at risk by cutting homeland security funds. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with deadly new clashes today in syria as security forces try to break up anti-government protests in a number of cities. human rights activists say that at least 34 people were killed. they say to end the crackdown or get out of the way. here is arwa damon. reporter: wolf, when we see the images coming out of syria, the path that the regime continues to take seems pretty clear. they are aiming to clear. a voice yells off camera. this is video said to be from the city of hopes, which has seen many protests in recent weeks. it was posted to youtube. cnn cannot verify its authenticity or when it was shot. but one opposition activist told cnn on friday that the security forces fired straight in crowds of demonstrators and the syrian human rights information link reported a mounting death poll throughout the day. a simila
london, a judge set bail for julian assange if he could come up with the money. he will be under house arrest. swedish authorities say they will not appeal the bail decision. wikileaks has angered and embarrassed world leaders and governments by publicizing secret u.s. documents. snow, ice and frigid temperatures, bitter cold weather wont release its grip on the eastern half of the country. indiana expected to get more snow today. drivers got stranded by the blizzard like conditions in indiana. these are pictures from a cnn i-reporter. we heard from him and we just wanted to say how awesome the gas station people
julian assange turned himself in to british police last week and fighting extradition to sweden where he faces sex crime allegations. the lawyers says a number of high profile figures have come forward offering to help pay his bail. outside the courthouse today, a flood of reporters and photographers houred the team, and a crowd of wikileaks supporters, some in masks, held signs and cheered at news of the bail decision. they claim he is being railroad because his website is provoking fury over the leaked cables. and now jonathan hunt in new york on a new statement from julian assange. and first to london with the latest on the appeal. what are the terms of the bail? what are the concerns with folks in sweden? reporter: the bail granted under strict conditions. he has to put up the equivalent of $315,000 in bond. some lebanontys are offering to
from london to berkeley, california. the common bond? wikileaks and two men at the heart of what many consider treachery, others consider heroism. julian assange was granted bail from sweden. he s wanted there for a sex crimes case. just within the past few minutes, we learned that the swedes are appealing the british bail decision, so assange won t be going anywhere for the next few days. in berkeley meanwhile, half a world away, a vote is expected tonight on a resolution declaring bradley manning a hero. he is being held in a military brig in virginia on charges that he leaked to wikileaks, video of innocent people killed in baghdad in 2007. there you see that video.