. >> wikileaks founder julian assange will be back in london this morning and wanted for questioning about alleged sex crimes. two lower courts have ruled against him. today, he'll ask britain's supreme court to hear his says. assange says the allegations against him are politically motivated. >>> washington, d.c. police are making sure dozens of occupy protesters stay out of mcpherson state park this morning. more than 30 were arrested overnight after refusing to leave. police had to use a cherry picker to grab some protesters from the top of a wooden structure they built. the structure was later torn down. >>> some unusual early snow in the southwest today. a winter storm that started sunday is continuing into this morning in new mexico with forecasts of up to 11 inches in some places. travel is hazardous on many highways and interstates with some of them now closed. snow could reach as far south as the mexican border.

assange is fighting his extradition amid all of this are whistleblowers being silenced in the u.s. and what is the future of whistleblowing in the federal government susan lindauer a former cia asset and a whistleblower herself join me in our studio early earlier today she told me why she thinks the whistleblowing is being criminalized in the u.s. . they are trying to but it's going to fail because the truth is truth will out there's no way to suppress the truth the internet is so strong that even if the corporate media will not cover stories it is possible now to get information directly from the net and that is why we keep leaks is being threatened and and prosecuted persecuted so badly because they're trying to scare the internet out of telling these stories and it's not going to work we are not going to back down when i ask you because we are seeing kind of a trend the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other

founded by anti-secrecy advocate julian assange posted a fraction of the many thousands of classified documents it was given about the iraq and afghanistan wars, and a trove of state department cables. >> this is bushmaster 7. roger. engage. >> suarez: among the most incendiary releases-- video from a u.s. attack helicopter over baghdad in 2007. >> oh, yeah, look at that, right through the windshield. ( laughs ) >> suarez: the gun crew killed 11 men they deemed a threat. it turned out one of the dead was a cameraman for the reuters news service. then, there were the state department cables showing u.s. efforts to curb iran's influence, and offering blunt appraisals of corrupt middle- east regimes. top u.s. officials gave no details, but insisted the leaks caused severe damage to national security. secretary of state hillary clinton was out front then, and again yesterday. >> it was a very unfortunate and damaging actions... action that

assange is fighting his extradition so when is a whistleblower a hero and when is he a criminal and with the man in case underway what is the future of whistleblowing in the federal government case madara is the author of this book the passion of bradley manning he joined me earlier tonight from our studio in new york and i asked him as whistleblowing being criminalized in the us. yes it is once again as we see in the case of bradley manning but i think the case of bradley manning will set a familiar historical pattern where whistleblowers are first. criminalized but then later seen as heroes this happened with dead ellsberg the sap that was karen silkwood that happened to a great many other patriotic whistleblowers in our history and what is happening now we mentioned a little earlier that the obama administration has been the most aggressive in prosecuting whistleblowers why are we seeing this this crackdown more so today.

today, the british supreme court agreed to hear an appeal by the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, against his extradition to sweden. he is wanted there to answer sex crimes allocation but he argues that he will not receive a fair trial. it has been nine months since a giant tsunami swept across japan killing more than 15,000 people and triggering the worst nuclear accident since chernobyl. today, japanese officials announced that the damage reactors are in cold shutdown. this is a crucial step on the path to recovery. >> explosions as japan's nuclear crisis began. nine months ago, the plant had been engulfed by a huge tsunami crippling the cooling system and pushing it into meltdown. the workers became known as the fukushima 50. men who risk to radiation to save japan. the prime minister has announced that they have finally stabilized at the reactor. >> since i took office, i have been saying that for japan to be reborn, fukushima had to be saved. the nuclear power plant accident needed to be stabilized. since the 11th of march, we have been working to get their reactor under con

. >>> julian assange has spent the past year fighting extradition from england. he lives under house arrest as he awaits a ruling on whether he will be extradited to sweden where is wanted on sex crimes allegations. >>> lawmakers in for another busy day on the hill today after negotiators came up with a compromise on a spending agreement. this will keep the government from shutting down. telework, there's more of a dead. they will have to decide what's next in the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. >> $28 before the deadline to government shutdown, congress agreed on a 1 trillion dollars federal spending agreement that covers entirely the fiscal year. >> it is a waste of everyone's time. >> a government shutdown would close to national parks and monuments and museums. >> if congress had to answer to a moscow, they would all but lost their jobs by now. >> -- if congress had to answer to a boss. extending unemployment insurance for millions of americans. >> i appreciate the fact they gave up on the millionaire surtax. >> congress also made significant progr

assange of case because julian assange took on corporate powers so they cut him off from pay pal from visa for master card and they isolated him same thing with alec baldwin he made a disparaging comment against a big corporation so the corporations cut him off so this is where you know that we're living in now you could argue that alec baldwin is in the top one percent i would say safely in the top one percent and yet he's not immune from having corporations simply delete him from the grid because they don't like what he says about a corporation so if he doesn't have any rights as a person to speak openly then what hope does anyone else who is not even anywhere near that level of wealth in being able to express their selves in this economy the answer is zero well ok so here this headline is obviously encouraging the united states population to get behind their fed chairman support his drive to flood liquidity around the world but the on the other hand of course s. and p. standard and poor's downgraded the outlook for europe they said they might downgrade fifteen european nations incl

assange case julian assange one of the founders of wiki leaks charged with sexual assault in sweden he faces extradition he's won his appeal to fight extradition what do you see in terms of that aspect of this as sort of a in direct incident in the case overall well the department of justice which is where the judge in the manning case comes from has been trying very hard to find a way to prosecute julius and i suspect that the one year torture of bradley manning in solitary confinement with forced nudity despite the record regulations the psychologist in quantico despite that they said don't do that to me is needed. that torture was because they want to maintain locate julia songe or the one manning to plead guilty they wanted to look that's what they want to meaning they did they were not able to break in with torture and they didn't get what they wanted so it's a real shame but i think that is also an example in this case the u.n. torture investigators still not allowed to meet with manning in the fischel capacity as another black eye view knows that i spoke to him very recently

. >> still ahead a dire prediction from julian assange. the wikileaks founder says we all need to be on the lookout. >> making over holiday diet busters and advise on how to tweak your favorite drinks. >>> holidays won't be the same without festive befr yajz but liquid calories can put the pounds on you. >> consumer reports has ways to shave fat and calories and michael finney has the low down for us. >> champagne, coffee drink was whipped cream are part of many celebrations. the consumer reports shop smart says you need to watch those calories. >> having just a couple drinks can be the calorie equivalent of a meal. >> this bailey's irish cream has 13 calories and this hot buttered rum, 400 calories and 30 grams of sugar and starbucks white chocolate mocha, 27 grams of fat, 95 grams of sugar. >> if you just have to have one, just skip the whipped cream and whole milk. that will save you 100 calories or more and fat and sugar autos a good choice? starbucks peppermint mocha. watch the alcohol. >> another way to cut back is skip creamy drinks

the justice department is currently investigating wikileaks founder julian assange. the court said he believed he was biased but did not immediately make a hearing. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >>> the war in iraq is over and american forces will be withdrawn by the end of the year. four units from the maryland national guard are still there. they don't know when they will return home. some will be sent to afghanistan or africa. it's a reflection of their roles both here and on the home front. >> the 175th is currently doing the peacekeeping mission in the sinai they were at andrews airforce base providing security. they also served in rafnlgt many were called up right after 9/11 to provide security. some were sent to hurricane katrina. >> right now more than 1100 members of the national guard from maryland are serving around the world. >>> the proposed merger between the two companies are closer. this week governor martin o'malley said the merger would have more benefits. it would mean more investments and jobs than they initially thought. the final d

loorng, loorng. >> reporter: julian assange managed to convince the judges his appeal should be granted. this will be his last and final chance to stay in the uk but judges said that on some points his argument was granted that perhaps they should take another look at the european arrest warrant. and it means he will not be extra indicted in the next few days. so he has won the right to stay in the uk at least a little longer while his appeal is ongoing, christine. >> how long will this process go on, atika? >> reporter: well, it's likely to go on at least for a few weeks possibly months, now gone on for more than a year. been under vert wall house arrest during that time. so it could go on for a little longer but, again, this is his last chance, his final appeal and after that, the decision will be made either to extradite him or keep him in the uk. >> atika shubert, thank you very much. >>> we're working to bring you several big stories at the top of the hour including iran's claim that it shot down a u.s. spy plane. now it's promising to take an aggressive response. we'll have the la

the supreme court has agreed to an inherent appeal by the founder, julian assange. it is against his extradition to sweden. he is wanted after sex crimes allegations but argues he was not given a fair trial. it will be heard in february. police arrested more than 100 people across europe after an investigation into child pornography. complex computer technology makes combating the spread of images more difficult. a report from the hague. >> it was one of the biggest investigations into child pornography. the organization intercepted a network of abuse that travelled across the continent. there were using file sharing technology to send a graphic videos to user's online. >> the content is beyond imagination. they betrayed physical and psychological abuse of the gravest kind. the scale is staggering, hundreds of thousands of hours of movie material that has been uncovered. >> the nature of these crimes made it harder to catch those responsible. it features scenes of the most graphic nature, including the abuse of babies and toddlers. investigators say it will take the

assange. he is wanted in sweden to answer sex crimes allegation but argues he will not receive a fair trial. the appeal will be heard in february. it has been nine months since a giant tsunami swept across japan killing more than 15,000 people and triggering the worst accident since chernobyl. today, japanese officials announced that the damaged reactor's are officially in what is known as cold shutdown. this is a crucial step on the path to recovery. >> they became known as the fukushima 50, the man who saved japan. raising explosions and meltdowns in the days when the nuclear plant was crippled. thousands of more have joined them inside. now, the reactors have been stabilized. >> since i took office, i have of insane for japan to be reborn fukushima had to be saved. -- i have been saying for japan to be reborn, fukushima had to be saved. we have been watching these to get the reactors under control. >> there is still an exclusion zone brown to the power station but today's news is encouragin

assange. bradley manning is charged with aiding the enemy by leaking thousands of secret documents to the website. the hearing is to determine whether it bradley manning should be court-martialed. former major leaguer barry bonds will find out the punishment for his obstruction of justice conviction. he provided even as a testimony to a federal grand jury investigating -- he evasive testimony to a federal grand jury investigating the steroids standar -- scandal. police are investigating a shooting in carroll county just outside taneytown. had been at the 3900 block of old taneytown road. -- it happened at the 3900 block of old taneytown road. the victim was flown to shock trauma for non-like threatening injuries. two more people are saw in connection with the shooting. it is unclear what prompted the shooting and the assault. >> a cold front went through very early this morning, and it took the rain out of the area. we saw some sunshine for a while this morning. now it is clouding up again. an

. >> the media got distracted by the personality issues with julian assange. it is a fascinating, dark, twisted story, whatever is true. " people got obsessed with it. >> that is what happens. >> we have a cover story on the kim kardashian wedding now. [laughter] >> you have to pay the bills. the serious side of kim kardashian. >> i do think it is a problem. we are undertaking a project next year, the kind of project inspired by the works project to have the team across the country of writers, artists, documentarians, photographers to document poverty in this country. it is the 40th anniversary of the book "the other america." we have this human-resources, people who want to do the project. they can do it in a way to tell the human stories. human stories are key. we can use the human stories to tell the story about the structural problems of poverty in the country so it has more than just a human interest quality. it could lead to change. it could lead to hearings. politically, it has resonance. millions of people are now squeezed in the middle class. they are

assange for the website. in an e-mail, manning said i want people to see the truth regardless of who they are. the secretary of state hillary clinton spoke out on the case this week. >> it was a very unfortunate and damaging action, action taken that was put at risk. individuals and relationships. >> supporters gathered outside of fort meade today. manning is expected to last through the weekend and some of the occupy group is expected to show support for tomorrow. >> a judge ruled this afternoon two penn state officials accused of la jolling to a grand jury must stand trial. the judge said that there is enough evident first case to proceed against the university athletic director tim curly and the university vice president gary schultz. during today's hearing, the punxsutawney phil state coach mike mcgeary testified that he -- the penn state coach mike mcqueary said he witnessed them in the shower and a claim that curly and schultz deny. >> and perjury can't be one person's word against another's. >> and tha

the justice department is investigating julian assange. manning faces charges of violating military code. officials said at least five people were shot at the offices of the edison utility company in california, which killed two employees and critically wounded two others. >> we are deeply saddened by this tragic event. we can confirm that the big guns were southern california edison employees at the facility in erwindale. we had four employees and one contract employee. >> the suspected shooter was among the dead, believed to have taken his own life. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> most of the weather is around the baltimore area. precipitation. you may have had a sprinkle or a flurry in your day. most of the precipitation is staying well to the south of baltimore. there is slightly more substantial rain activity in southern maryland. in the northwest france has a little snow mixed in as cooler air is into the weekend. it is kind of compact. it will be off the coast and pull away from us dur

assange, the founder of wikileaks? did he, some believe, control and direct an impressionable young man who now stands in the dark alone? steve kingston, bbc news, washington. >> now i can bring you some breaking news we received in just the last few moments. the italian government, literally minutes ago, has passed a vote on a new austerity program outlined by prime and esther mario monti. it has passed its first hurdle in the lower house in the past few moments and is expected to go to another vote in the upper house shortly, before it is turned into law. as we follow the unfolding events in the eurozone efforts to deal with the mountain of sovereign debt, the italians have passed in the lower house of parliament, a new austerity package. still to come on "gmt," defying the odds -- doctors in california preparing to send home one of the smallest premature babies ever to survive. the european council president has offered to the british what he called a technical role when eu and leaders meet at the end of january. bu

we need to decide this once and a for all but julian assange probably won't get it at the federal level. >> i think we need a group that everybody respects and doesn't have a political leaning. people applying to be a journalists should be basic non-aassociations, no contributing to parties. no dog in the fight. >> emergency rooms and hospitals everybody wants to come out at school and blogger school and make six figures. >> cal, i'm not going to put you on that committee. >> good luck cal. >> i think it used to be standards and rules generally accepted for what constitutes a journalist but there are none anymore. >> you say you have to have

a small -- victory for julian assange. he's still fighting in the u.k. for extradition. the latest is coming up. >>> and another mild day for december. we got up to 60 degrees and we're at 55 still. we have lottings of changes in the -- lots of chaps in the five-day forecast, including colder temperatures and some snow. we're tacking about that coming up. >> what is going on at redskins park? more than football, i hear? >> the redskins have changes, too, sue, and they're not all good. fred davis and trent williams will be lost for the season and that can come as early as later this evening. we'll update you on that as the nam six live from redskins park continues.  >> wikeleaks manager is not heading to sweden, not yet. the court granted the permission to overturn an order expediting him to sweden. he's been investigated on sex crime chance. he's got 14 days to submit a written request. >>> world marks are keeping an eye on europe to see if governments can keep an eye on their debt crisis. >>> the french president nicolas sarkoz, and merkel are worki

minutes ago we learned wikileaks founder julian assange won his chance to appeal against his extradition from the uk to sweden. he will make his case to britain the's supreme court. assange is wanted for questioning over alleged sex crimes in sweden. he's accused of sexually assaulting two women back in 2010. >>> also new this morning, syria facing sanctions from the arab league after it failed to meet a deadline. monitoring the government's response to protests. on sunday, at least 22 more demonstrators were killed. the number of deaths now reaching at least 4,000 since the government crackdown began in mid-march. syria's government says it will survive sanctions. >>> tense of thousands of people without power if last week's wind storms in southern california. forecasters warn another blast of high winds could be a problem this morning. that's raising big concerns in fire-prone areas like malibu and western los angeles county. 300 firefighters are in position this morning just in case. >>> also in position this morning, rob marciano in the extreme weather center. good morning, rob. >> g

almost all of it wound up on wikileaks, released publicly by its controversial founder julian assange. >> the strength of this material is that it is from people on the ground. >> reporter: that's exactly the government's claim against manning. if court-martialed and convicted, he could face the death penalty or life in prison. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, washington. >>> overseas tonight, clashes continue in and around cairo's tahrir square. at least ten protesters have been killed, and more than 400 wounded in three days of violence as egyptian troops cracked down on the protesters who are demanding the nation's ruling military immediately step down. today's protests have been fuld by an image sparking outrage around the world. it is of a woman being stopped by egyptian police, her head scarf pulled over her face. >>> in the philippines, a staggering death toll following torrential rains and flash floods. officials there say at least 650 people are dead, and more than 800 missing. many of them washed away as they slept. >>> tributes are pouring in from around the world tonight, remem

tightens the net around mastermind julian assange. underwrite killisnoo skate pro russian driving his attempt to win a couple of seconds on the road always const him his life. now a new conflicts erupted between britain and this time a treatment of so-called benefit tourists brussels has given london ultimatum to relax benefit all saying the country must hold out handouts to anyone who asks for them but reports britain's new spirit of non-cooperation a complicated. homeless and jobless this man's too embarrassed to be identified he came to britain from poland five years ago hoping to live a dream but the realities been a nightmare he claims the u.k.'s welfare state hasn't been fair on him. i'm a citizen of the european union five years ago i decided that this country would be my home i didn't come here to claim benefits i came here to work. david's what the government fears is a benefit tourist here to take and not to give back english is still a struggle and the state says he doesn't qualify for its handouts a serious accident eighte

and also online right now the latest on the rape accusations are faced by weekly leaks founder julian assange was given permission to appeal to britain's supreme court with the decision to extradite him to sweden. they are being debated by the us congress to stop online piracy could mean this start a web censorship in america according to critics of the proposal internet activist irish so as the move could also cripple copyright protection as well now it. the government doesn't just take down the infringing material it takes on the site entirely and it does it without even a trial to find out whether it's illegal or not and as you know copyright laws are extremely complicated there are lots of things that look like copyright infringement that turn out to be licensed in one way or another part of this is a larger crackdown on freedom of speech there's pretty much no other law that would give the government the power to censor the internet that wouldn't be laughed out of congress you know if you said the government needed to censor the internet to protect national security it would be w

assange appeal against extradition britain wants to send the sons to sweden to face questioning over rape allegations made by two swedish women he denies any wrongdoing but two lower courts have previously ruled against it now for the supreme court to agree to hear his appeal or sound as lawyers had to persuade two judges that is case raised the question of general public importance the appeal will be considered february the science claims the case against him is politically motivated in that if he's actually going to receive a fair trial. to the world's emerging economic powers russia and india are looking to become anchors of stability in a sea of global crisis said to meeting in moscow president with prime minister singh and discussed a whole range of pivotal issues from military and energy ties to the political troubles of their neighbors right now catarina groucho reports. as the crisis continues to readjust the world economic powers emerging economies like russia and india look more than sad today to remain firmly in the spotlight as members of the breaks group they alone encom

wiki leaks founder julian assange has won the right to have his case against extradition to sweden by the u.k. supreme court he lost a high court battle last month to hold his removal for questioning over alleged sex offenses which sanj says his case is politically motivated in this link with the release of thousands of classified u.s. diplomatic cables the whistleblower now has a fortnight in which to formally lodge an appeal meeting his stay in britain is stretching to twenty twelve. this must be one of most expensive car crashes in history surely take a look at these pictures from japan a fourteen crumpled super cars including ferrari's the sadie's even a lumber gainey strewn across a busy highway it amounts to millions of dollars worth of damage happened after a group of enthusiasm went for a ride. didn't turn out well witnesses say the car's reaching speeds close to one hundred miles an hour when the crash ten drivers were hospitalized for their injuries not serious. in just a few minutes it's crosstalk paid lavelle is guess debate what the future holds for russia's parliament af