A couple hours ago he was brought out of that Ecuador Embassy and he could be headed to the United States soon. Police went in when the ecuadorian government released the asylum he was using to be holed up there. He looked a lot different than when i met him in the past few times. Hag ard with a grizzly beard. Angry, screaming. Assange is famous or infamous for the classified information that he has leaked from the state department and also from the pentagon via his wikileaks website with the help in part of then Bradley Manning. Most recently he is famous for the 2016 leaking of Democratic National committee, dnc and Hillary ClintonCampaign Messages and documents supposedly with the involvement of the russians. He is actually here for a little background fleeing Sexual Assault charges in sweden from many years back. Those have been dropped. He faces charges here for jumping bail and that could hold some kind of penalty. But now according to the reports the department of justice will be explaining in a couple of hours what the charges are that he could be facing and what kind of extradition could be involved, including in those charges possibly espionage. Conspiracy. Arrest indictment was revealed last fall by accident. He wont give up without a fight, guys. Here is just a little bit of what his lawyer put out today. The u. K. Courts will need to resolve what appears to be an unprecedented effort by the United States seeking to extradite a foreign journalist to prosecute. Bill why do we care about what he did or didnt do as we work our way through this story . They time very crucial information back in 2010, information about movements of u. S. Troops on the battlefield in both afghanistan and iraq. Names and information related to the folks that weve come in touch with when weve been out there in the field, important informants that if the names come out they could be in real danger from the enemy, whether at the time it was taliban in afghanistan or al qaeda in iraq or other groups in iraq. Also compromising information, embarrassing information for embassies around the world doing some very sensitive information. Again, the other side is he is putting out information freedom of information. I think the interesting thing to note here, bill, is that for years ive talked to him over the years. For years he has been worried about being extradited to the United States. At the time in the Obama Administration they were a little fearful treading on the First Amendment rule. Now even though President Trump at first flirted with wikileaks when he was releasing the information by the dnc, now he is really going to be extradited or tried. It could be a long process. Bill Julian Assange, this word from Justice Department our producer at doj says assange age 47, the founder of wikileaks arrested today in connection. Federal charge conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password and let me bring it up here, charged in computer hacking conspiracy is what it amounts to. Thats the headline from the department of justice. Finish your thought and well go forward. That relates to what the u. K. Government is saying. Their word was computerrelated charges. Were also expected to hear from the foreign secretary here. It is and can be a long process, this extradition process. The u. S. And u. K. Are tight right now. U. K. Has its own problem with brexit and doesnt want a distraction with fighting with the United States. One key thing, bill, we heard it from the ecuadorian government, apparently the u. K. Prom iltioned ecuador that they would not allow an extradition of an individual to a country where he could face the Death Penalty. Whether there was some agreement between the u. S. And u. K. That a Death Penalty would not be involved remains to be seen. That was an important point. Something im sure the assange side will be bringing up as well. Bill good reporting there, greg palkot from london. Audience, be patient. Ifm agreeing to break a password to the u. S. Government. On march 2010 assange engaged in a conspiracy with Chelsea Manning to assist manning in cracking a password scored on u. S. Department of Defense Computers and goes on from there. Cracking the password would allow manning to log onto computers that was a username that didnt belong to her and it goes on for four or five paragraphs. Main story today department of Justice Charges just announced. Well be back on the full analysis and what you need to know on Julian Assange momentarily. Six minutes past the hour. Julie another alert now. President trump says he may call in more troops to deal with the record surge of migrants at our southern border. The president s comment comes as several hundred more migrants set out from honduras heading to the u. S. And the shakeup goes on at Homeland Security with acting ice director announcing his resignation. President trump ill have to call up more military. But our military cant act like a military would act. The situation there deteriorates its pretty elastic in terms of demand on us. I would expect shortly here to have another request for assistance. Julie kevin corke joins us live from the north lawn this morning. Good morning. Like many will tell you in the trump orbit, change can be a have thing. Change is a constant not just here at the white house but among his senior people. Even though he likes to shake things up and change things, the changeover at ice was a surprise. A man who spent virtually his entire career trying to protect the American People, ron vitiello. He is now out at ice. This is one of those circumstances, julie, where you have a person who feels like he is doing all he can to stem this flow, this massive flow of illegal immigration, but with fairly little success in some ways because you still have them coming. Even though he is doing a great job according to many on the groungd. He is now out. Let me share a statement from kirstjen nielsen. During his tenure leading ice ron has been unwavering advocate for the dedicated men and women who enforce our immigration laws and protect our nation from the illegal entry of drugs, human trafficking, Trans National criminals and more. On behalf of dhs i want to thank ron for his service and dedication and we wish him the very best in this next chapter of his career. Now the change is a reflection of the frustration by the president. It is a crisis, julie, by any definition. Massive surge of foreign nationals attempting to enter the country, many claiming asylum. The president will do anything and everything to secure the border and to protect the American People, julie. Julie kevin corke. Thank you. Bill bring in guy benson. A lot to analyze on the Julian Assange news. Good morning to you. I dont know if youve seen the statement from the department of justice reading through it here the charge relates to his alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States. Lets react on this first. I think this is a positive development. Julian assange, i dont think, is a freedom fighter. You might argue some of the transparency he facilitated could be a good thing. The evidence is pretty clear and our Intelligence Community believes he is an asset of the kremlin, a hostile power to u. S. Interests and we have National Security secrets for a reason. He helped expose them. I hope he gets a fair trial, which he should. I hope he gets extradited to the u. S. And faces justice. Bill in the at the same time refers to Chelsea Manning. Used computers to transmit to wikileaks. The u. S. Government thinks there was conspiracy between the two of them. One other big headlines is bill barrs testimony from yesterday. Let me take you back to the Senate Committee first. Listen to this. I think that spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. The question is whether it was predicated, adequately predicated. Im not suggesting it wasnt but i need to explore that. Bill is there evidence to support the action . I think that was his bottom line despite the headlines that are suggesting that this was a clear spying effort. What he tried to clear up throughout the day was that we need to figure out if there is evidence to suggest that the spying was warranted. Go ahead. The hyperventilation over the word spying has been strange to me because there was undoubtedly spying on u. S. Citizens connected to the Trump Campaign during the 2016 president ial cycle. The question as barr correctly asked is was that predicated on something legitimate . Did that investigation arise from something where the origins in the u. S. National security interest. We have some of those answers, not all of them. I think every american should be concerned about that. We know that there were fisa warrants issued, for example, based heavily on a dossier that was paid for by the opposition party. Now, there may have been other factors at play here. Trey gowdy is a guy i trust and he looked at some of the intelligence. He believes the f. B. I. And d. O. J. Acted appropriately based on the evidence they had. There is an Inspector General report in this. I welcome those conclusions and what barr said ought to be not terribly controversial. I support exactly what he testified. Bill that report should be out in may or june. Were on Mueller Report watch that could come any moment. Thank you for that, guy benson in washington, d. C. Julie, 12 minutes past. 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I dont know exactly what that justice will be but the idea that well have the opportunity to question and for Julian Assange to stand for the charges he has been the things he has done. I think thats a good thing. One is justice, the other thing is well get some information particularly about russian involvement in the election. Bill thats interesting. Some people see him as a hero. You see him otherwise. He broke the law. People who break the law if theyre convicted they need to pay the price. Bill what i would say some people see him as a heroes, others a villain. Youre in the latter category. Do i have that right . A villain if he is convicted of a crime, yes. Bill yesterday toward the end of the hours long hearing with bill barr you had this exchange with him. I just want to make it Clear Thinking back on all the different colloquys here, i am not saying that improper surveillance occurred. Im saying that i am concerned about it and looking into it. Thats all. If there is something you want to amend, alter, correct, we would welcome either you to do so. If i review the transcript and see a problem ill let you know. Bill a lot started with a statement he made earlier saying i think there was spying during the 2016 campaign. We have entered into the definition of surveillance or spying, sir. How would you sort through that today . I would say that were those who are critics of the president and those who perhaps critics of the attorney general are overemphasizing the word spying. I think the attorney general made it clear. I was in the room and with the attorney general for two hours. My takeaway is while he was talking about the efforts that commenced the investigation, were they based upon Legal Authority . And this idea of spying, he corrected or he made clear what he was talking about and he has a belief, a concern was his word, that something may have happened that was inappropriate and the question is did that occur . Thats a very valid request of an attorney general to find out what the facts are. And this overreaction to the word spying seems to me just to be about partisan politics. Lets find out what the facts are. Weve had a lot of people demanding answers about the Trump Campaign involvement with the russian interference in our election. We want answers. I think the same thing applies here. The people who are wanting those answers ought to want onss in this issue of the investigation and whether unpredicated as the attorney general might say spying occurred. In other words, unauthorized, illegal. Something without a warrant. Bill i took notes on three questions from yesterday and with quick answers, too. Have you overruled any redaction with the mueller team . He said no with the Mueller Report. Have you spoken to the white house . He said no. Have you spoken to bob mueller about obstruction . Yes. Went on to explain for a prosecutor was there a crime or was there not . Do you think there were other headlines from that hearing that we might have missed . I think youve highlighted three important things and what my take from that hearing was, the attorney general is doing his job as he should. He has been open and straightforward with members of our committee. I agree with him that he shouldnt be telling us every decision until its put in context. He shouldnt be describing every issue until we see the report. And one of the things that i was able to confirm in my questioning of the attorney general is he intends to release the Mueller Report that has redactions in it. He is not intending to release a report of his that describes the Mueller Report. And so i think there is great value in the American People and in congress seeing what is in the report. I understand the legal qualifications of what must be excluded. And i think the attorney general expressed himself perfectly. We now await the report that he says is coming. Bill democrat jack reed of rhode island said what maybe at some point its may or june we get the answers on that. When do you get the Mueller Report, your best guess . Well, if history is practice maybe over the weekend. Thats happened the last time. The attorney general has said at the end of the week or next week. That could mean a couple of things. So sometime i would think very soon, maybe while congress is out of session for easter. Bill were watching the calendar. Thank you for your time, jerry moran, the chairman of the committee from yesterday. Thank you, sir. Julie senator Elizabeth Warren doubling down on calls for a wealth tax and she looks to use her own tax returns to do it. Plus a warning to users of amazons alexa about exactly who may be listening when you talk to her. For a nasty cold, take dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. Whoa and vaporize it with an intense rush of vicks vapors. Ahhhhhhhhhh dayquil severe with vicks vapocool. 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