Repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Today, that detention without charge has been found by the highest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary detention. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton squared off thursday in a heated debate over the role of money in politics. The debate took place in New Hampshire days before tuesdays primary there. Sanders repeatedly questioned clintons progressive credentials while clinton , accused her opponent of an artful smear in suggesting she could be bought by political donations. Well have more on the debate after headlines. A United Nations panel has officially concluded wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained and should be allowed to walk free. Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in london for more than three years. He wants to avoid extradition to sweden over sex crimes allegations, which he has repeatedly denied. And for which he is never been charged. He fears sweden would extradite him to the United States, where he could face trial for wikileaks revelations. The u. N. Panels judgment is not legally binding. British foreign secretary Philip Hammond dismissed it as ridiculous. Julian assange spoke just before our broadcast today. We will bring you excellence of what Julian Assange had to say as well as his lawyers and we will go to oxford to speak with a former u. N. Repertory on arbitrary detention. Its firstas confirmed three deaths of patients infected with the zika virus who had contracted guillainbarre syndrome an apparently connected disease that causes paralysis. Colombia has recorded about 100 cases of the syndrome believed to be linked to zika. Overall, colombia has confirmed more than 20,000 zika cases. Meanwhile, spain has confirmed zika in a pregnant woman, marking the first known case in europe. Here in the United States, Florida Governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency in five counties affected by the virus. All of the florida cases were contracted abroad. The United States has embraced an offer by saudi arabia to join ground operations against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in syria. The news comes as peace talks on the fiveyear syrian conflict have broken down. White House Press Secretary josh earnest said he hoped the talks would begin again by the end of february. Whohe u. N. Representative has been responsible for trying to mediate these discussions did announce he talks have been paused. He has used that terminology primarily because he expects the talks to resume before the end of the month. And we are obviously hopeful that that will happen, and were going to continue to try to encourage both sides. Encourage both sides in that direction. Amy the aid Group Mercy Corps says intensified fighting and airstrikes have cut off the main humanitarian supply route to the syrian city of aleppo. Turkeys Prime Minister warned up to 70,000 people may be fleeing to the turkish border. The United States has called for russia to halt its Bombing Campaign in syria immediately. In australia, thousands of people rallied across the country to protest plans to deport nearly 270 asylum seekers, including 37 babies, to the Island Country of nauru. The protests came after a court upheld australias offshore detention of asylum seekers. Meanwhile in the United States a , bill passed by a House Committee in florida would allow the Florida Governor to use military force to block refugees from entering or resettling in the state. In egypt, an italian phd student has been found dead, his body half naked and covered with apparent signs of torture. Giulio regeni went missing on january 25, the fifth anniversary of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak. He had reportedly written about egyptian labor unions for an italian newspaper, using a pseudonym over safety concerns. His body showed signs of cigarette burns and head injuries associated with abuses by Egyptian Security forces. Newly released emails show top officials in michigan governor rick snyders office knew of a spike in legionnaires disease linked to flints contaminated water long before Governor Snyder told the public. Last month, snyder said he had only learned of the surge a couple of days prior. But emails released by progress michigan show snyders office knew of the outbreak last march. Nearly a year ago. The Michigan Democratic party has joined calls for snyder to resign. The water crisis began after an unelected emergency manager appointed by Governor Snyder switched flints water to the corrosive flint river. In other news from michigan, a judge has sentenced former Inkster Police officer William Melendez to at least 13 months and up to 10 years in prison for pummeling unarmed africanamerican floyd dent in the head 16 times during a traffic stop last year. Melendez, nicknamed robocop, has been sued repeatedly for excessive force. Judge evans spoke for nearly 30 minutes at melendezs sentencing wednesday. The one image that struck out to the court was looking at mr. Dent in his cell shaking his in disbelief of what had occurred to him. Was indicative of what he was thinking, i would have thought this what crime did i commit . Being a black man and a cadillac, stopped for a minor Traffic Offense by a group of racist Police Officers looking amy the state department has found a dozen emails containing classified information sent to the personal email accounts of former republican secretary of state colin powell and top aides of his successor, condoleeza rice. Powell received two classified emails, while rices aides received 10. Powell disputed the classification of the messages, telling nbc news i wish they would release them so that a normal, airbreathing mammal would look at them and say, whats the issue . the review is part of the fallout over Hillary Clintons use of a private email server as secretary of state. Protests against the Transpacific Partnership trade deal continue after the 12nation pact was signed thursday in new zealand. And washington, d. C. Two cancer , patients were arrested after linking arms and refusing to leave the lobby of the building that houses phrma, the trade association that has pressed for expanded monopolies in the tpp. Zahara heckscher spoke as she was arrested. Im here to Tell Congress [indiscernible] it would make cancer medicines even more expensive. We cant afford the tpp. People with cancer cant afford the tpp. It is a lifeanddeath issue. Amy to hear the full interview, you can go to democracynow. Org. In other news from the pharmaceutical industry, the former Hedge Fund Manager dubbed the most hated man in america after he hiked the price of a lifesaving drug by more than 5000 , has refused to testify before congress. Martin shkreli founded turing pharmaceuticals, which purchased the drug daraprim and hiked the price from 13. 50 to 750. He was questioned thursday by members of a House Committee, including utah congressmember jason chaffetz. What do you say to that pregnant woman who might have needs no income, and she this drug in order to survive . What do you say to her when she has to make that choice . On the advice of counsel, i invoke my fifth amendment and respectfully decline to answer your question. Amy after refusing to answer any questions, Martin Shkreli took to twitter, writing hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government. Shkreli is out on 5 million bail on unrelated charges of cheating hedge fund investors. Two antichoice activists behind the secretly filmed, heavily edited planned parenthood videos have turned themselves in to authorities and posted bond. David daleiden and Sandra Merritt were charged in connection with videos that were edited to falsely accuse planned parenthood of profiting off donations of fetal tissue. Last week, a grand jury in texas tasked with investigating planned parenthood instead decided to indict the antichoice activists. David daleidens attorney has said he will reject a proposed plea deal. Harvard medical School Students have delivered a petition to their administration calling for more diversity, including a new dean with a commitment to social justice. Out of 165 students in harvard medical schools current firstyear class, only two identify as black women. And in an update to a story weve been following on democracy now , an undocumented guatemalan man who was recovering from a gangrene infection he contracted while in immigration custody has been deported. Angel rosa, father of four u. S. Born children, says he was kept in a cell with an overflowing toilet, prevented from showering and then placed , in solitary confinement. He contracted a gangrene infection which caused his rectum to swell shut. Rosa was deported wednesday, a day after advocates and attorneys filed a medical neglect complaint now under review by the department of homeland security. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Juan welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. In their most heated debate of the campaign, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and vermont senator Bernie Sanders sparred last night in New Hampshire days ahead of tuesdays primary. Sanders repeatedly questioned clintons progressive credentials while clinton , accused her opponent of an artful smear in suggesting she could be bought by political donations. Amy the most Heated Exchange during the msnbc debate began after Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of being part of the political establishment. Rachel, yes, secretary clinton does represent the establishment. I represent come i hope, ordinary americans. And by the way, who are not all that enamored with the establishment, but im very proud to have people like keith , theon in the house cochairman of the house progressive caucus. I have to jump in here because, honestly, senator sanders is the only person who i think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president , as exemplifying the establishment. And ive got to tell you [applause] really it is really quite amusing to me. Being part of the establishment is, is in the last quarter, having a super pac that raised 15 million from wall street, that throughout ones life raised a whole lot of money from the Drug Companies and other special interests. To my mind, if we do not get a handle on money and politics and the degree to which big money controls the political process in this country, nobody is going to bring about the changes that is needed in this country for the middle class and working families. Yeah, but i think it is fair to really ask what is behind that comment. You know, senator sanders has said he wants to run a positive campaign. Ive tried to keep my disagreements over issues, as it should be. But time and time again, by innuendo, by insinuation, there is this attack that he is putting forth, which really comes down to you know, anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any Interest Group has to be bought. And i just absolutely reject that, senator. And i really dont think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you. And enough is enough. If youve got something to say, say it directly. But you will not find that i ever changed the view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received. And i have stood up and i have represented my constituents to the best of my abilities, and im very proud of that. Know so i think it is time to end the very artful smooth that you and your campaign have been carrying out in recent weeks, and lets talk about the issues will stop lets talk about the issues that divide us. Quick lets talk about ok lets talk we both agree with Campaign Finance reform. Lets talk about issues. I want to reverse citizens united. Lets talk about issues. All right, lets talk about why in the 1990s, wall street got deregulated. Did it have anything to do with the fact that wall street provided spend billions of dollars on lobbying and Campaign Contributions . Well, some people might think, yeah, that had some influence. That we pay, does by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, and your medicine can be doubled tomorrow and theres nothing that the government can do to stop it. You think it has anything to do with the huge amounts of Campaign Contributions and lobbying from the also feel industry . Lets talk about Climate Change. Do you think there is a reason why not one republican has the guts to recognize that Climate Change is real, and that we need to transform our Energy System . Do you think it has anything to do with the Koch Brothers and exxonmobil pouring huge amounts of money into the political system . That is what goes on in america. I am not [applause] there is a reason. You know, there is a reason why these people are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view, it is undermining american democracy and it is allowing congress to represent wealthy Campaign Contributors and not the working families of this country. Amy that is Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debating for the first time oneonone in New Hampshire before next tuesdays primary. To talk more about thursdays debate and the overall democratic debate, we are joined by two guests. Bertha lewis, is the founder of the black institute and cofounder of new york working families party. She is also the former head organizer and ceo of acorn. She has just endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. This is her first broadcast appearance to do that. Lee fang is an investigative journalist at the intercept, covering the intersection of money and politics. He is joining us from san francisco. Overall, your response . This issue that were just laying the first excerpt of around whether Hillary Clinton represents the establishment, and most important, the significance of money and politics, bertha lewis . Thank you, amy, thank you ,juan, for having me. It has been a while since i have been here and i am happy to be here. But this is what really disturbs me, and it can i say the word pisses me off . That somehow or another, you know, i believe this innuendo i do believe it is this artful somehowece is that people are not complex. You know, are you a true progressive, art you a true progressive, establishment if i close my eyes, and sounds like what the republicans do. I am a black woman in america. Conservative, sometimes i am liberal, sometimes i am progressive, sometimes i am a socialist, and sometimes i am radical. So if you want to talk to me as a voter, then you need to see me not as some monolithic thing, but also, if you want to go against an opponent that is running, then this label establishment, moderate, to me, it is just like doing what the republicans do. And we can only do with folks if we put them in a nice, neat little box. Lee fang , what about what has come fort in the last week or so, who is more progressive . Do you think it matters . As bertha said, this is an attempt to pigeonhole people improperly . Thank you so much again for having me. Last nights debate was really heartand getting to the of what the Democratic Party means, i think it is a very healthy debate. It is a little bit silly to obsess over titles or names. The