or the problem of refugees coming from cuba to florida could decrease as cubans wait to see what will happen in the wake of castro s death. shepard: they have been predicting that for decades. thank you from the newsroom. prison officials in oklahoma are ready to execute a convicted killer with a drug used to put down animals. first, the details, he will be put to death, in theory for strangling his cell mate nine years ago. at time he was already serving three life sentences on rape, robbery, and shooting convictions. and this evening, in what many legal experts consider to be a first, oklahoma will use a chemical in his execution that is the main ingredient in the drug here for dogs, for putting down dogs. officials say the switch was necessary because of a nation-wide shortage of the drug that is part of the lethal
shepard: if you are hurting, that is a lot of money, that is a big deal. guest: it is a house payment, or vacation, or payment on car or two cars. shepard: sometimes the narrative the politicians take is for the division and congress coring they need, and sometimes we worry about social security going insolvent and sometimes it is wonderful depending which way the wind blows. guest: you wonder what the drop top priority is. but it will only be if place for a year, 12 months and this is where the democrats step in saying look, it is not going to only last a year, you will come back and want more of this and we will do it year after year after year like the bush tax cuts which were supposed to last 10 years but now, guess what, they could be renewed. i have no confidence. no confidence at all.
i hope to continue my work and continue to protest my innocence in this matter and to reveal as we get it, which we have not yet, the evidence from the allegations. than while he awaits the extradition hearing on january 11 he will stay at a country mansion north and east of london about two hours, owned by sort of freelance journalists and he will stay there. he has to report to the local police station each day and in true english country side fashion the police station is only open between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. so he will check in each day and on christmas, it is closed to she will go to his home to check on him. shepard: and a newly released cable, a series, from wikileaks today. jonathan: a couple of interesting ones.
successful fight. shepard: release was hours after the high court upheld the bail. he is wanted in sweden on sex crimes charges and is not, and not for releasing the diplomatic cables. prosecutors argued he was a flight risk but the court did not agree. and jonathan hunt is in the newsroom. a victory for assange but this is the beginning. jonathan: this is one battle. the war has to be fought. the next hearing is the extradition on january 11th, swedish authorities trying to get him back do sweden so they can question him about the alleged sex crimes that allegedly took place there. his lawyer tells me that could be a preliminary extradition hearing and he expects a full decision on whether he will be sent back to sweden some time in february. julian assange says he will fight all the way. listen.
didn t want to embarrass the community, i am the salvage santa and i am a deacon in the church and . sometimes i get to think of it and i thought i shot him in the back the first round because his back was to me and i thought, am i going to jail for shooting him in the back? so many things went through my mind and i got that out of my mind and we are dealing with it today with the news. shepard: have you watched the video? guest: no, i haven t seen anything or read the papers and that night, after the shooting, they took me to the hospital for precautionary measures, and i could not get my heart rate down because of the adrenalin and it had me hey wear and they tell you that is what will happen at the shooting school. and it did. they put me to sleep and kept me in the hospital with my wife to protect me. and i woke up yesterday morning.