91. 00 we look at the legacy of his 30 years in power. A warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky air and now this tuesday was day 2 of wiki leaks founder Julian Assange is hearing on extradition to the us where the whistleblower was wanted on espionage and hacking charges if handed over he could be facing a 175 Year Prison Sentence for his role in the publication of classified Intelligence Data madeira 2 to has the details. Day 2 with crown courts and we have the song cheering supporters happy night in full force again we can hear them chanting throughout the proceedings now we had the defiance talking today talking about why these allegations should be thrown out of course they talked about mr mannings involvement in the release of the 2002006200 extension 7 iraq documents the iraqi diaries and obviously the release of the collateral murder video saying that she felt that her conscience required her to release those documents. Julian assange as she was handcuffed 11 times prior to the course of these hearings stripped naked twice and his case files called the skated after the 1st day of his extradition hearing according to his lawyers thats been told and they complained of interference and his ability to take part but of course the court has said that they cant intervene in this so we will have to see whether the prison authorities do actually come forward and answer those questions as to why that happened now we did manage to talk to former british diplomats and whistleblower craig murray under julian reasonably well the. Very obvious evidence of his mental and physical deterioration this is how. The people. I was when i was in solitary confinement in effect many months in solitary theres a little more contact no not allowing contact and this was not allowing his papers stealing all his papers to be embassy not allowing him a computer. To start. From United Nations special the patrolling tortures or use of minds to psychological torture and i have no i dont know what i see the person i know i couldnt i can feel he is. Suffering the effects of torture i have no doubt about that in my mind at all why i think its entirely politically motivated. Cover. The interesting thing of all. Struck every single observer ive spoken to is just how amazingly hostile openly hostile the magistrate is to every federal defense is also just. Plainly the entire these are for the prosecution of the 1st place. Beauty in the United States of the evidence of americas war crimes and corruption which with the leaks expose. With weve finally got to finish whatever it is all put fury of a playing out in court i think anybody who believes this is a genuinely independent political process is very naive indeed. Well the prosecution has argued that a stange knowingly put hundreds of lives at risk when he published troves of classified u. S. Military files without redacting names and other Sensitive Information washington claims that following those leaks in 2010 source is it disappeared in iraq afghanistan and iran that we can found or is also accused of encouraging the whistleblower and Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to hack the pentagons Computer Network now as long as defense team have sought however to counter those allegations by trusting the case with previously undisclosed information they claim the publisher actually warned then secretary of state Hillary Clinton about the leaks so as to ensure the safety of the individuals whose names appeared in the documents theyve also stressed that her songes activities are protected by the principles of press freedom his lawyers have also strongly rejected the assertion that he encouraged manning to hack the pentagon saying her own testimony disproves that allegation or furthermore they say extradition would undermine their Clients Health and that prison conditions in the u. S. Can be inhuman and degrading or kevin owen spoke earlier to wiki leaks editor in chief about the proceedings. Whats happened today and what you make of the arguments for julie songes extradition presented so far yesterday we heard very shallow and hollow arguments from the u. S. That have since that yesterday afternoon and especially this morning been torn apart by the lawyers of julian our science they are basically present going to the judge that she has to take into consideration that the extradition request is based on fabrication and they can easily be proved by publicly available information cheerio that is available to you in the states so the abuse here is that the English Court is being misled by americans they are trying to abuse the process of exhibition does it feel like when you walk in does it feel extremely heavy almost what it feel like the conditions at the Court Hearing here are totally inadequate for a hearing of the officer bordens julian is in the dock behind bulletproof glass he has indicated often that he has a hard time hearing whats going on in the room its a rather small courtroom and thats. Very small space for the public a very small space for the media and this is. Somewhat not what i expected for a very important to hearing you think youd ever get a fair trial in the u. S. My primary concern is will you get a fair trial here the u. K. Its important that the outcome here is just that its monitored every abuse is highlighted on a day to day with a basis. Which is for time and pick champion and top insurance one and most far is facing fresh media scrutiny so if it claims he repeatedly lied to us doping officials about his alleged use of a controversial supplements and they have ski has more. This summer the whole of Great Britain will be glued to their screens rooting for the nations prize athlete 4 time olympic champion runner more or will they and you panorama documentary by the b. B. C. Has cost further doubt on whether more farah success was cleanly won dont fall back to salazar who coached her move to. What to do when course the main Sticking Point is the role of former coach Alberto Salazar who was banned in october 29th for 4 years from any sports activities he was the head of the controversial nike oregon project until the u. S. Antidoping agency suspected he may have banned the doping rules one of those substances he used was l. Carnitine designed to speed up muscle and heart recovery for athletes its considered legal indows this which did not exceed 50 millimeters over 6 hours salazar however reportedly invented a new method of administering l. Carnitine through intravenous injections which itself sparked questions from u. S. Antidoping authorities it hasnt been secret that more have had injections of the substance prior to the law on the marathon in 2014 but the new documentary opens a fresh can of worms namely about the relationship between salazar and u. K. Athletics meed barry head of Long Distance running it still employed by the organization in 2014 he reportedly flew to switzerland to obtain the karni team in a form which could not have been acquired in the u. K. He did not document this trip even though he had to hes called the u. K. Athletics dr rob chakravarty reportedly administered the injections to more and yet he didnt report it either even though it is against the rules to prevent he later said he simply forgot to do that due to over working and travelling to germany better than usual occurrence this is very specific medicine was required to source to great difficulty given against the initial advice of the dogs being the work he said he recalls of it and there were dishonesty quo. But the even more bizarre case of forgetfulness occurred with more himself when you saw the investigators came to question him 1st he staunchly denied that he used l. Carnitine left the interrogation but then came back and changed his account having spoken to barry fudge. Never taking comments in injections at all i just wanted to come clean sorry go and i did take it at the time and i thought i didnt usual comes back for me but at the time i didnt remember more farrahs lawyer says the athlete just didnt get the question now having seen the documentary the u. K. Antidoping agencys c. E. O. Nicole sapp said said the agency was ready to cooperate and even called usada is investigation robust we thank the Panorama Team for their efforts the program is another example of the importance of Investigative Journalism regards in Integrity Matters in sports u. K. And to doping Agency Support of the u. S. Agency with their investigation into the nike oregon project we believe the u. S. And to do in agencies investigation was extensive and robust but just a month ago the u. K. Openly refused to hand over more all to doping probes to usada for retesting now theres no word whether this these new revelations would lead to the much sought retesting of ferrous probes because who knows what kind of further controversies surrounding the pride 5 of britain sport such a move would uncover after this latest panorama bombshell wealth or shall i just unfold with both lecture Ellis Cashmore and Swimming CoachMarco Hendricks for their full from the scandal. Im sorry i just dont buy the fact that someone or some people could be so forgetful if so injects a substance into you you dont forget you can just walk away and say no they didnt do it and there sometime later say oh i forgot it happened it keeps a now this is all thru pleated over the last 24 hours we did nothing that wasnt compliant with water protocols you know if this is our connotate is ok if administered in the right dosage errors but theyre also saying it may not be within the spirit of sport what does that mean you know this to me is it is so a very legal or is it theres no 2 ways about it and if there has been a violation of a wada code then im afraid u. K. Athletics has to be brought to justice so i sing thats all a little bit funny what happened now and this time. At 1st more far set i dont take. And suddenly it seems he has he taken it and the u. K. Asleep because a station chief medical officer says it was legal and nothing was documented its for me or a big lie sometimes i wonder if. Its or a doctor saying that people are stupid imagine the same thing happened in the russian this time would be blocked again for the next or another for 4 years but the same like knowledge in the u. K. Is a small scene. 3 days of mourning have been announced in egypt after its born the president Hosni Mubarak died on tuesday at the age of 91 but back said as the countrys wealth head of state for 30 years before he was deposed during the arab spring protests that erupted in cairo in the early 20th paula slayer polls. Hosni mubarak leaves behind a mixed legacy on the one hand he is credited with turning the egyptian economy into a market one and also mediating in a number of middle east conflicts ensuring also that the israeli egyptian peace treaty that was signed in 1909 remained in place but on the other hand he came to symbolize everything that people thought was wrong with egypt widespread corruption economic stagnation and political repression and now he came to power after the assassination of anwar sadat he saw that us as a nation up close and he spent much of his nearly 3 decades in power making sure that islamic extremists would never come to power and that a police state would ensue now we felt some of that heavy handedness when i reported from Tahrir Square in the early part of 2011 myself and the other journalists often felt the brunt of tear gas that was sprayed at us and this sometimes 1000000 protesters who came out to the streets at the same time i would often have a laser beam shining into my face i remember asking some of the protesters what they felt would be the legacy of mubarak and they say that he had managed to unite egyptians ironically unite them against his own leadership it was just it was people who are still arriving now in times square as you can see heating oil and occupation. Peoples voices here are loud but theyre being drawn down by 16 that mig 21 is trying to hit me but it is not going down without a fine small boat was forced to resign and that resignation was welcomed by washington despite the fact that for the better part of 3 decades he had been a close ally of the United States interesting lee in 2011 in the year that he was signed washington gave Something Like more than 1000000000. 00 in military aid to egypt now mubarak was replaced by morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood who proved to be one popular and leave. Egypt in a situation that was even more unstable than it had been before. We have heard from the current president. He said that mubarak was a military leader and a war hero and 3 days of mourning has been declared in the country. Ideal darwish is the Political Editor of the middle east magazine and he shared with us his recollections of meeting Hosni Mubarak. I dont do them several times and there was a good really good sense of humor when i interview them at my panama hat then said oh i like your advise that i would love to see it fall delusion your chin were meaning its yours im afraid your existence is it is too big to fit you know he was really relaxed with his of your mother. Who is big. To fit him he said thats a very of it would have you actually considered. At cafes and bars as a 2nd career so i stood well least front to mr president there is copyrighted you cant use it so anyway so he cant actually theres a horse and. He was quite relaxed about it and he also let society be modernized and the other nazi and allowed his nomic evangelists on t. V. And passed through islamist laws he tried to make existing be a more islamic then theres a mess hes actually fighting and that actually led to islamization as your chance to sightsee making who like daraa in afghanistan and that way for the Muslim Brotherhood took up. So to come in the program leading Us Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders has provoked anger with words of praise and fidel castro not after the break. The point is should we actually be charging for education because this is where we charge for things is because its a benefit to the person who is buying it and thats the audiology took over education about 30 or 40 years ago but the perspective of education was originally that education is a. Benefits to society in general i wouldnt want to live in a Society Without doctors or engine is what happened without economists. Saying it of being a profit benefit and ignoring the public means that were ignoring that the skill basis we need for a Sophisticated Society and putting the burden of that skilled bices on the individuals and what we turned it into is just now the China InstitutionPublic Higher Education become a for the version of a real estate scam that is not the basis for a functional society. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to us on the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back from the front runner for the Us Democratic partys 2020 president ial nomination has provoked bipartisan anger by storm she defending Literacy Programs in Fidel Castros cuba these selfstyled socialists remarks were initially made in a c. B. S. Interview in which he also stressed that he condemns all forms of both or tarion ism with very opposed to be authoritarian nature of cuba but you know its unfair to simply say everything is but you know when fidel castro came into office you know what he did he had a Massive Literacy Program its not a bad thing. Senator sanders comments on fidel castro are ill informed and insulting to thousands of for radians castro was a murderous dictator who oppress his own people his Literacy Program was an altruistic it was a cynical afr to spread is dangerous philosophy and consolidate power after 4 years of looking on in horror as drum cozied up to dictate is we need a brother didnt who will be extremely clear in standing against regimes that violate human rights a brode we cant risk nominating someone who doesnt recognize this fidel castro left a dark legacy of forced labor camps religious repression widespread poverty firing squads and the murder of thousands of his own people but is sure bernie lets talk about his Literacy Program. The Campaign Team of Bernie Sanders his rival Mike Bloomberg was quick to try and capitalize on the divisive comments opposed to this series of satirical tweets but the hashtag burning on death blunt the mansion and leave the month senator lavishing praise the number of tyrants and perceived strong men however it later deleted them off the face in criticism of my colleague Daniel Hawkins got reaction from some of our guests Bernie Sanders saying this thing at a time when the Democratic Partys already split its the vibe that its going through perhaps a bit of a p. R. Image here across this i mean this is a really bad decision isnt it sanders to me shows his integrity here look hes been sayin