it's me, julian assange. i've taken over your airwaves from inside a british prison. >> reporter: behind the scenes, former colleagues say the real assange was little different and began to act like a dictator with his colleagues. >> it's either his way or the highway. >> reporter: ironically, he says assange became enranged over leaks about him, that he thought were coming from inside wikileaks. was this you, assange wrote in an online chat to domscheit-berg. i didn't speak to "newsweek" or other media, he responds. assange replied, are you refusing to answer? he >> he's not the best person to deal with criticism, i would say. >> reporter: the exchange ended with, you behave like some kind of emperor or slave trader. assange -- you are suspended for one month, effective immediately. >> for being disloyal to the organization and, as he called it, insubordinate. >> reporter: others who have split with assange say his ego has gone out of control, including this man of iceland, who was part of the group's securi

assange wrote in an online chat to domscheit-berg. i didn't speak to "news week" or other media, he responded. i am investigating a serious security breach, assange replied. are you refusing to answer? >> he's not the best person to deal with criticism, i would say. >> reporter: others who have split with him say assange's ego has gone out of control. >> his specific words were i am the heart and soul of this organization. if you have a problem with me, you can piss off. >> reporter: the most serious issue, say former assange associates, is what happened to some $50,000 of wikileaks money that was supposed to go for the defense fund of army private bradley manning, accused of providing wikileaks with classified u.s. documents. manning's defense fund says as of this weekend, it has yet to never anything from wikileaks. >> it was irresponsible in a sense for wikileaks to call the people to donate money for the bradley manning defense and not deliver. >> reporter: at the same time, wikileaks is raising money for assange's defense fund. h

assange and his legal team feel they have covered. it's now up to today's high court judge to decide whether or not to grant him bail. >> that was john mcgwire talking a short while ago and julian assange is now at the high court in central london. with eel bring you the details precisely as they come to us here on bbc news. now unlimited damages. that's the cost for b.p. after it is being sued over the gulf of mexico oil spill. eight other companies also named as the authorities look to recoop billions upon billions of dollars. b.p. says the claim of negligence is still just an allegation though it will cooperate. here's our correspondent. >> when the deepwater horizon drilling rig exploded, it claimed 11 lives and released a plume of oil for months. it led to a deluge of lawsuits from local businesses seeking compensation. they have now been joined by the u.s. government. it claims that b.p. along with transocean and its partners caused the disaster through gross negligence by ignoring safety procedures. authorities are pressing for

assange is believed tonight to be hiding in england as the drive for his extradition to sweden moves ahead. alan pizzey has the latest. >> reporter: julian assange ismented for questioning over allegations of rape, swul molestation and unlawfull coercion. the swedish arrest warrant issued yesterday for assange will take up to 10 days to work its way through interpol, the british foreign affairs office, the home affairs office, and finally reach the serious organized crime agency in britain where the founder of wikileaks is thought to be hiding. but funding for his internet site has already been hurt. the online payment service paypal suspended the wikileaks' account overnight. this follows amazon.com's decision wednesday to evict wikileaks from its servers. cyberspace experts predict even more restrictions on donations in an attempt to shut wikileaks down. >> this is something that the u.s. government would dearly like to stop and i'd be surprised if this continues more than another week or two. >> reporter: the pressure is seen as a response to wikileaks' release of diplomat cables,

assange's arrest. >> i hadn't heard that. but that sounds like good news to me. >> washington is clearly desperate to stem the flow of leaked documents. but the wikileaks founder has yet to be charged with breaking any u.s. law. wikileaks is coming under mounting pressure. from pay pal to visa to mastercard, the major finance companies have stopped processing donations to the site. and some internet services are refusing to hoest the website. and tonight, julian assange is spending his first night behind bars. in cust did i -- in cust did i denied a full -- custody deny add full extradition hearing. we haven't heard the last of wikileaks. the flow of leaked classified cables is set to continue. >> frank gardner. the allegations this week involve claims of sexual misconduct against two female wikileaks volunteers which julian assange denies. one of the accusations is rape. from stockholm, here's the bbc's steven evans. >>> is stockholm julian assange's next destination? it is a cold place, particularly for someone accused of r

julian assange was just granted bail. let's listen. >> becauseprosecution, which was also extremely weak and inadequate has been challenged on the facts, that's why. there's no case against julian assange. we have a swedish lawyer here and we have so much more information and the fact that he's been in solentary confinement -- >> that is not mark stevens, that's the australian filmmaker who did a documentary on julian assange wikileaks. peter alexander was inside that courtroom, literally standing next to julian assange. peter, good morning. what's going on there in? >> chris, we want to give you a better sense of what happens right now. it is really a work in progress right now. we have just heard that the swedish authorities have said

assange will have to check in with police once every evening. he will have to be with electronic monitoring and also within the property during two four-hour periods during lunch and then overnight. i literally was sitting right next to julian assange and we made eye contact. we made eye contact immediately after the judge said that and as his attorneys and his supporters in the room came over to him, he gave a smile and a thumbs up. this is great british theater instd this courthouse for was the course of, what was that, more than an hour and 40 minutes in total before julian assange finally left, he was wearing a suit and why this is significant, as soon as that money is handed over, chris. julian assange the controversial and complicated figure could very easily walk out the front doors of this courthouse. >> peter alexander, keep up the great work. we'll check back with you later on. thank you, peter. >>> we're following the developing story that is mother nature and what a mess. the big winter whiteout caused nearly 100 cars and trucks to g

the judge rejected an appeal by prosecutors that assange would flee britain. he ordered assange to stay put at his friend's mansion outside london, wear an electronic tag and report to the police every evening. the decision to grant bail here at the high court is just the beginning of a long legal process. assange will be back in court for an extradition hearing early in the new year. >> i hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter. >> reporter: even while assange was locked up, his wikileaks website has been free to release hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. federal prosecutors in america are reportedly trying to build a conspiracy case against him. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> it's cbs moneywatch time on a friday. mixed day for stocks in asia. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. ashley, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. investors were cautious following signals china will not raise interest rates. japan's nikkei lost a fraction, while hong kong's hang seng ha

julian assange and the tea party. and probably it's the tea party because it's both back ward looking in terms of the effect in the midterm elections and that congress that the tea party put in power is going to be around for at least two years. >> so the past winners. 2009 was ben bernanke. 2008, president obama. 2004, george w. bush. 2001, rudy giuliani. 1992, bill clinton. so it seems like politics helps move you up on the list there, michael. >> yeah, and it is supposed to be for better or worse. you take a look at the very interesting 2001 pick. at the time, i remember being caught in the ferver of it thinking it should be giuliani and it shouldn't be bin laden. if it's really for abort or worse, it probably should have been bin laden. even individuals who are on the other side of the political fence from the tea party i think would have to acknowledge they had a profound impact on this cycle's election. >> so let me ask you since i mentioned the candidates, the unemployed american, to me that seems like that aff

allegations assange denies and calls dirty tricks. essentially, interpol is asking countries to be on the lookout for assange. >> interpol is sending a message to these countries that they should take whatever steps are practical to find julian assange and arrest him. >> reporter: a british newspaper, which published the latest batch of secret documents, reported that assange was in a secret location somewhere outside london. today, his lawyer denied he's on the run and said law enforcement officials know where to find him. he called the allegations not of prosecution, but a persecution. >> we're in a rather surreal swedish fairy tale where nothing has happened like this before in sweden or else in civilized europe. >> reporter: nbc's peter alexander is in stockholm tonight. >> the swedish prosecutor says at least for now she's not commenting on any of the allegations made by assange's lawyer. >> reporter: the allegations came after wikileaks made public thousands of secret documents about the war in afghanistan. was the timing a coin

and assange came in 23rd. so my question is this: people who believe and read the nation magazine, far left people, how could they think that assange is a hero when americans might wind up dead? >> because i don't think they are looking at the dead part. they are looking at the causing of chaos to collapse the system. they want the system -- >> bill: i know you don't buy into this theory but, i mean, they are all saying it. last night i was playing clips on the television show of this liberation and communist convention. they are having conventions now in los angeles. i have four people or five people on tape saying now is the time. cause the chaos. we want revolution. >> bill: always been a communist in this country and want the system what's different now. >> now they have organized each other. and like minds for instance i go back to al qaeda. al qaeda is not coordinated with, you know, the white house or coordinated with anything else. it's people of like minds that see an opportunity that have hated capit

but some of assange's former colleagues say the rape case has nothing to do with wikileaks and that assange should have resigned. >> i don't think that is justifiable. and that's why i did suggest that he would step aside. >> reporter: instead, she and the others have quit wikileaks and are now working to set up their own rival website to be called openleaks. a spokesperson for wikileaks said the former members are people with an agenda and that their description of julian assange is not accurate. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> people who know him say it was always kind of his goal, assange's goal, to get incarcerated because that would add to his fame in a way. >> of course with incarceration comes bail. it was close to $400,000. several wealthy supporters actually chipped in together to free him and one of those people, interestingly enough, is michael moore. of course the controversial filmmaker. >>> coming up, public school students who refuse to work up a sweat. >> why they're getting away with opting out of gym class. you're watching "world news now." >>> most of us growing up we

assange assange's lawyer saying, they will not spare expense to keep more assange in jail. assange released a statement dictated to his mother, christine, after she visited her son in prison. quoting "my convictions are unfalter. i remain true to the ideals i expressioned. the circumstances shall not shake them. this process has increased my determination that they are true and correct. we know visa, mastercard, pay pal and others are instruments of u.s. foreign policy it's not something we knew before. i'm calling for the world to protect my work and people from these illegal and immoral attacks." the latter part of the statement refers to operation payback in which online activists calls themselves anonymous crashed websites of mastercard and visa after those organizations cut business ties with wikileaks. assange's mother in interviews expressed gratitude as well as obvious concern. >> i told him how people all over the world in all sorts of countries were standing up with placards and screaming out for his freedom and justice. every time the news goes on i'm so glued to

assange says the u.s. government is trying to punish him for his publication of secret documents. >> he is very worried about his colleagues at wikileaks, but he understands that the organization is functioning. >> supporters continue to stand vigil outside the jail where assange is being detained. they say it is obvious that the political elements have continued his incarceration. >> with sweden appealing the decision to grant bail, i asked our correspondent in london what happens next. >> it is considered unlikely that this appeal will be granted. so julian assange can hope that he can leave prison within a couple of days. then he will actually have to appear in court again on january 11. until then, he has to surrender his passport and adhere to a curfew and where electronic tags. later on, there's another big court hearing which decides whether he will be extradited to sweden. so this is a big question in the weeks to come. >> we understand he has related to define message through his mother. what can

. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange may be a free man. the british high court granted bail to the computer hacker after rejecting a few arguments from prosecutors that he is a flight risk. his mom and attorney say they are thrilled with the decision. >> i'm very, very happy with the decision. i can't wait to see my son and to hold him close. i had faith in the british government system to do the right thing. >> as you can imagine we are absolutely delighted and thrilled with the results here today. we think it was an unnecessary appeal. i think it is unfortunate and it is clearly evident of a continuing vendetta on the part of the swedes against julian assange. >> he is promising a fight if they try to extradite him. the u.s. is trying to build a conspiracy charge. peter alexander is in london. what are you expecting to see in terms of assange being released on bail? >> reporter: contessa that is a good question. he is expected to be released tonight according to "the guardian" newspaper. it is a significant source, given they have releas

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assange will have that freely while he's out on bail here. >> assange spoke about what's to come from wikileaks in the days and weeks and maybe months to come. let me play that for you right now. >> as we have seen, wikileaks is a robust organization. during my time in solitary confinement and in the basement of a victorian prison, we continue to release media partners continue to write stories of the important revelations from this material continue to come out. we have approximately 2,000 cables into 250,000. >> tim, what are you expecting here? both in terms of what we might see from wikileaks and what we might see from the federal government. >> i agree with keith's assessment. the old line that a prosecutor his job is show me the man and i'll find the crime. and that's what i feel they're doing in sweden and probably doing here in the u.s. i've heard rumors of, oh, well, he can't be charged with the espionage, with the leaking classified stuff because he didn't have classified access, he's not an american. but maybe he's involved in a conspiracy. any time you hear the words consp

assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. >> shepard: his attorney says even if assange does go out on bail, he won't be completely free. by the way, some celebrities are offering to help him come up with that 300 grand. among them bianca jag garr and the film maker michael moore. greg palkot live in london. the bail comes with restrictions, right? >> yeah, shep. quite a few restrictions. first of all, he has got to come up with that cash. then he has got to give up his passport say he is not going to do any international travel. wear electronic tracking device. limit his movements including curfews to an agreed upon address, a house to the northeast of london, as well as showing up at a police station every day. the swedes weren't satisfied with this. washington might not either. shep no, mention of internet access. he can surf. >> shepard: what's next in the legal battle, greg? >> the appeal on the assange bail is going to happen in the next 48 hours. could be tomorrow. we think thu

assange. >> lisa myers here in the studio to start us off tonight. lisa, thanks. >>> as we mentioned, as all of this plays out around the globe, the secret documents keep tumbling out of wikileaks onto the web and newspaper front pages. the diplomatic cables revealed just today are all about afghanistan, a nation where the u.s. is in year nine of a costly war. afghanistan is depicted as a cess pool of corruption and everything is for sale, and its leader, hamid karzai, as unstable and erratic. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has been going through this latest round of documents. with us again from the washington newsroom, andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we knew the karzai regime was bad, but these cables show just how corrupt u.s. officials believe it really is. according to one cable cited by "the new york times" tonight, after afghanistan's new cabinet took office last january, the u.s. embassy wrote home that the agriculture minister appears to be the only minister that was confirmed about whom no al

assange still has not seen the full allegations against him. >> reporter: assange recently told a london newspaper sensitive material will be released to 100,000 people if anything happens to him or his organization. but for now, despite constant cyber attacks, wikileaks' service continues to hum. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >>> in other news, elizabeth edwards' battle with cancer appears to be nearing its end. this morning the estranged wife of former presidential candidate john edwards is resting at her north carolina home, surrounded by family and friends. her breast cancer has spread, and doctors have told her further treatment would be unproductive. edwards, who endured the death of a teenage son, and her husband's affair, says that it was strong will that kept her going. >> there are parts that were really just, you know, primarily pain, but in the end, you know, you reach for the things that are going to give you comfort. the beautiful things, the children, the people that you love and care about. >> on her facebook page, edwards wrote, quote, the days of our lives, for all

all of the support for julian assange a coincidence? look at his supporters and the latest is vladimir putin of russia who actually suggest that assange should receive the nobel peace prize for what exactly? throwing the world in chaos. germany said if you donate to wecky - wikileaks it is tax free. assange is six finalist for times person of the year. i don't remember the media lavishing praise on climate gate, mails. statement from the new york times reporter andrew rebkin. documents were acquired illegally and contain private information and statements never intended to the public eye and so they will not be posted here. it is so weird they will not do climate gate when they are looking for transparency. it seems the principle is more liquid than solid for those on the left. why? the reason they like it assange wants what they want. believe it or not, crazy as it sound and one of the hactivist said chaos for good. chaos for good. you remember the episode where i put all of the radicals and i said there are real radicals like ben jone

assange confirmed that. that is a continuation of what we have been doing for the past four years since wikileaks was founded. he added that the volume of material has increased, the upcoming bank material is 10,000 documents as opposed to hundred which is we have gotten in the other cases. which means he may have unleashed a torrent of information coming to him. >> yes, but charlie, he's also a man of our time. i mean, if you think about it, right? what is he mining? he's mining distrust in institution which is we see all over the place. he's mining distrust in large bank which is we see all over the place. he's mining distrust in nation states. people are sifrp thet frick that. people are helping him. i mean, people who are all over this political spectrum may share some of those same ideas but i don't think they share his ends or his goals or even his means. >> rose: he said that all the documents were redacted carefully. they're all reviewed and redacted either by us or the newspapers concerned, the "new

assange. >> reporter: swedish authorities want to question assange about claims by two women who met him in stockholm for a wikileaks' seminar in august, claiming that sex with assange was ultimately not consensual and unprotected. allegations assange denies. >> the european arrest warrant works and that doesn't dependent on who the person is, but what sort of crime a person is discussed to have been done. >> reporter: wikileaks is not backing down declaring on twitter that their editor and chief's arrest won't affect our operations and we'll release more cables tonight as normal. but the group refrained from releasing a huge cache of documents that assange said would be exposed if he was arrested or harmed. while he said little in court assange differed his own defense through an op-ed piece headlining "don't shoot the messenger for revealing uncourtsable truths." the highly charged circumstances around his arrest on full display when an armored police van with assange inside left the courthouse for prison. assange is due back in court for another hearing next tuesday. his lawyer sa

assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. >> and violence on the streets of rome as silvio berlusconi survived the no-confidence vote. and a new report saying the kla was involved in human organ trafficking during because of the war. the cause of the government calls the accused -- the allegations baseless. and in somalia, displaced people. we hear their forgotten story. and some of the nominees for the golden globes as the awards season kicks off. ♪ >> hello there. there were chaotic scenes around in court today while the founder of wiki-leaks fights extradition. his website has angered many governments by publishing an american diplomatic correspondents, but the swedes want him to answer allegations of sexual offenses that he denies. bail will also depend on him finding $315,000 in cash. >> julian assange's once nomadic international life style is now confined to a prison van. the man described as supporters -- by supporters as a free speech philosopher captured briefly through it

assange. many people believe mr. assange to be innocent myself included. >> reporter: assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes. two wikileaks volunteers accuse assange of sexual assault while he was in sweden in august. the 39-year-old australian handed himself in to british police tuesday morning. he denies any wrongdoing. assange has been hiding in the uk since his website unleashed hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. u.s. authorities say their release is a threat to national security and they have launched a criminal investigation. on a visit to afghanistan, defense secretary robert gates was happy to hear assange has surfaced. >> i hadn't heard that. but that sounds like good news to me. >> reporter: before handing himself in tuesday, assange told an australian newspaper the world must not shoot the messenger. while no arrest warrant has been issued in the u.s., assange's lawyers say if sweden plans to hand him over to american authorities, they will do everything in their

. >>> closing in -- wikileaks founder julian assange ready to turn himself in on rape accusations as more leaks hit his website. >>> and "dandy" don -- remembering don meredith, the glamorous quarterback who made us laugh as he put "monday night football" on the map. >>> good evening. we start tonight with taxes and breaking news. those politically charged tax cuts. they have been on the book since george w. bush was president. and there is late word tonight the fight over keeping those tax cuts has ended. president obama has agreed that everyone, including the wealthiest americans, will keep their tax breaks. so, what else was thrown in during the long behind-the-scenes negotiations? jake tapper is at the white house tonight with everything that's happened, right to this hour. jake. >> reporter: president obama came before the cameras this evening after days of deal making and announced that, in fact, a deal was at hand. >> i believe this bipartisan plan is the right thing to do. it's the right thing to do for jobs. it's the right thing to do for the middle class. it is the right th

one month to the day since julian assange was last seen publicly. the illusive founder of wikileaks remains defiant, now threatening he could expose another tidal wave of sensitive information if anything happens to him. >> reporter: it's a secret cache of unsensorored files. julian assange is threatening to release the archive of documents if his web site is shut down or he's arrested. assange told online readers that more than 100,000 people worldwide have already downloaded the heavily encrypted files. if something happens to us, the key parts will be released automatically, he wrote. the files are believed to include documents on bp, bank of america and guantanamo bay with one reportedly called insurance locked by a 256-digit cold that only assange knows. >> it's a ticking time bomb with a remote fuse so this bomb can go off the second that they release the key. and the key will spread around the internet in a matter of seconds. >> reporter: assange's lawyer defended the move on the bbc today, arguing wikileaks has been the target of attacks and

julian assange with our guest michael moore. assange is not contrite. we know they're instruments of u.s. foreign policy. it is not something we knew before. the blowback, the lunatic fringe calls for suppression of the free press. >> i think we also should be censoring the american news agencies which enabled him to be able to do this and then also supporting him and applauding him for the efforts. >> and assassination. >> i'm not for the death penalty. i'll illegally shoot the son of a -- >> on fox he says this. >> did i ever tell you how rupert murdoch's father made money, by leaking military secrets during world war i. the tax compromise. moody's says the tax cuts will p put it at risk. robert reich. and more death penanels in arizona. used stimulus money for transplant insurance now tells complaining arizonans -- >> i would ask them to send us stimulus dollars to support these transplants if that's what they want. >> does that sound crazy to you? not as crazy as this. this is how governor brewer sees herself. all the news and commentary and michael

scotland yard confirms assange refused to provide dna or fingerprints. his lawyer says they're going to appeal the bail decision and diane, fight extradition to sweden. >> jim sciutto, our thanks to you tonight. >>> and, we have a wakeup call now about america's kids. three weeks after we took you to china to see the ambition and energy of 1.3 billion people competing for the american dream. today, the new international reading, math and science scores were released, and chinese students left american teens in the dust in all three categories. we kept thinking all day of this scene we saw from our journey in china. these are third grade students pausing to massage their heads for relief because, they said, they study so hard. and they need to relax, in the third grade. david muir and i were talking about it, we traveled to china together. david? >> reporter: and diane, the numbers are stunning for the entire world. the shanghai stunner. you could call it. in fact, our own education secretary called the results the words that diane used, a wakeup call. ou

assange denies the accusations. the hearing then turned to the question of bail, saying the case is about sex, not wikileaks, the judge concluded assange had the means and cause to flee, ordering him to prison and back in court december 14th. he and his lawyers were confident that the judge would grant bail. they even offered conditions, including his wearing an electronic tag. in the end, the judge was not convinced. as an armored wagon carried assange to prison, supporters shouted "we love you." >> we love you! >> reporter: others carrying signs calling the case politically motivated. it's a charge his accusers' lawyer in sweden called nonsense. >> julian assange knows that what has happened in stockholm and in the other city with my two clients has nothing whatsoever to do with the wikileaks or cia. >> reporter: though their founder and leader is behind bars, a wikileaks source e-mailed abc news to say, tonight's stories and cables are already published. wikileaks continues to operate normally. scotland yard conf

the judge rejected an appeal by prosecutors that assange what fully britain. he ordered as sauj to stay put at his friend's mansion outside london, wear an electronic tag and report to the police every evening. the decision to grant bail here at the high court is just the beginning of a long legal process. as sauj will be back in court for an extradition haerl early in the new year. >> i hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter. >> reporter: even while assange was locked up, his wikileaks website has been free to release hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. diplomatic documents. federal prosecutors in america are reportedly trying to build a conspiracy case against him. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> money watch time on a friday mixed day for stocks in asia. ashley morrison in new york with that and more. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. investors were cautious following signals china will not raise interest rate. the nikkei lost a fraction and the hang seng had a late-day really finishing higher a quar

tonight, julian assange begins what even his own lawyer jokingly referred to as mansion arrest to the private estate a couple hours outside london. finally out of prison, as he fights extradition to sweden. triumphantly stepping out of a british courthouse this evening, julian assange stood before a worldwide audience, confident and upbeat. >> well, it's great to smell the fresh air of london again. >> reporter: the defiant wikileaks founder thanked his supporters and denied allegations of sexual misconduct in sweden that led to his arrest last week. >> i hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter. >> reporter: then assange left, making a brief appearance at his former safe haven in london. this prominent club for journalists, where he insisted wikileaks was unhurt by his absence. >> it does show that we are an organization that can withstand decapitation. >> reporter: in court today, assange was isolated behind steel bars. as the judge raised his bail requirements to $370,000, adding more restrictive conditions. including a curfew, daily visits to po

assange and his family is quietly proud. >> i remember that. he was always very angry about people gang up on other people. >> in the next few hours, more diplomatic secrets will be revealed. bbc news. >> hackers supporting wikileaks have taken a kind of cyber revenge on financial institutions seen as colluding with the american government. they claim their operation payback crashed the mastercard said. mastercard, visa europe, and paypal stop -- stop taking donations to wikileaks. we have this. >> the battle surrounding julian assange grows more intense by the day. it is becoming more intense in cyberspace. at three major companies have ended their relationship with wikileaks. now supporters are hitting back. hackers say they brought down the website of mastercard. the corporate site had experienced heavy traffic, but they said there was no impact on transactions. others said that their payment portal was unavailable for some hours. another on-line into deep explains why it stopped dealing with wikileaks. >> they wrote a letter. seeing any act

late this evening, assange arrived at this estate outside london. his new home for the next several weeks. >> very nice to be freed from prison. >> reporter: tonight, julian assange told nbc news that wikileaks will increase the speed that it publishes its archive of secret documents adding so far it's released less than 1% of the 250,000 diplomatic cables in its possession. brian? >> peter alexander in our london bureau tonight. >>> and to politics in washington now, a quick note on the president's tax cut extension. the house is debating and democratic leaders say they will vote on it tonight. some democrats, as you may know, are very unhappy with this compromised plan, saying it favors the wealthiest americans. now we go to the war in afghanistan. it was one year ago the president announced he was sending 30,000 more troops into that fight. tonight, the administration has a new assessment, a status report on the war touting progress but there are a lot of caveats. our white house correspondent savannah guthrie covered it today and is with us toni

even as julian assange reveals more documents threatening damage and embarrassment to the u.s. and its allies, the legal process to detain the wikileaks founder for allegation s of sex crimes is moving forward. >> in case he's arrested, he will fight the extradition from whatever country he's arrested in. >> while assange battles for his personal freedom, he's also fighting to keep his site online. the latest difficulty, paypal cut off donations for wikileak s saying the service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity. >> meanwhile, an internet game of cat and mouse continues with two american service providers dropping wikileaks and france, working to ban the site from its servers, too. still in sweden, assange's service remained safe in an underground former military bunker. >> as long as there are no legal claims from the proper swedish authorities they will stay. >> the 39-year-old australian computer hacker is wanted in sweden for accusations of rape and sexual molestation made by two women in a

assange in jail. this is really turning into a show trial. >> a high profile cast of characters is also jumping to assange's defense. bianca jagger was at his defense. >> joining us in the arena for more on the ruling, naomi wolf, author of the end of america, and jeffrey toobin. thank you for joining us. naomi, let me begin with you. you have been critical of the swedish government for bringing the case. you're basically saying had he not been the individual who released these documents -- >> absolutely. >> this law would not be brought to bear against him in this way. this is government from the u.s. to sweden and britden saying we're going to shut you down. you're saying that's wrong? >> i can't say conclusively until the man has his day in court. the women need their day in court. from 23 years of looking at how rape is treated, this is so anomalous -- >> does that bother you? >> no, not a bit. sweden has the right to enforce their laws however they want. >> selectively. >> the idea that sweden al

a fresh arrest warrant has been issued for julian assange. his lawyer said they are in the process of arranging meetings with british police. sweden and 1 cent to answer allegations of sexual assault. he has -- wants him to answer allegations of sexual assault. the web site began publishing thousands of confidential diplomatic cables. >> the battle between wikileaks and in authorities intensified. an arrest warrant for julian assange arrived at the crime agency this or even at -- this afternoon. he is believed to be in britain and could be arrested by police at any time. >> we are in the process of making arrangements to meet with the police. my concerns in order to facilitate the taking of that question and answer that is needed. >> julian assange is wanted for questioning in sweden over sexual assault charges. charges his supporters say are the result of political pressure and part of a wider campaign against him. >> there has been excitement by people in high places. under these circumstances, it is normal he would keep a low profile. >> t

it is as site -- julian assange is spending his first night behind bars. whichever way this case goes, we have not heard a lot from wikileaks. the flow of cables is set to continue. >> the allegations in sweden and called allegations of sexual misconduct among the female wikileaks volunteers, which julian assange has denied. here is steven evans. >> this is his next destination, a peculiar place, particularly for someone accused of rape and coercive actions. >> there are three people and know what happened. my good clients, and these two women these two women have nothing to do with wikileaks or the cia, nothing whatsoever. >> the justice and monetary -- miss -- minister was satisfied. >> i've seen the arrest warrant. that does not speak to what sort of crime a person has discussed being done. >> if he is extradited here to stockholm, then he could get extradited to the united states where his situation might be much more serious. the swedish prosecutor who once impact and in stockholm says that would not happen. >> she says it could not happen without the

assange would abscond if he was granted bail. he had access to money and the largest network of contacts around -- he had access to money and a large network of contracts around the world. he said there was no substantial risk of jumping bail. he only wanted to clear his name. the judge said that when mr. assange was in sweden, he cooperated with the swedish authorities and answer their questions. he stayed in sweden for more than a month. he had asked for permission to leave sweden and been granted it. in london, he appeared promptly with the metropolitan police. this is not the behavior of a fugitive or someone seeking to evade justice. this case is separate from the accusations he faces as head of wikileaks. in the united states, he is under attack for leaking 250,000 confidential diplomatic documents. many their believe he has launched an attack on the u.s., threatened at international security, and endangers american lives. federal prosecutors are building a case against him. he could face a very lengthy prison sentence if c