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Charge of jumping bail if he ever tried to leave. assange also faces extradition to the u.s. to stand trial over his weeks of thousands of diplomatic documents. emerging from a closed door briefing with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. this is a second day of meetings with rosenstein with the senate and this morning with the house. not all of them heard what they wanted to hear. congresswoman maxine waters from cafornia is here. maxine, thank you for joining us. i see you pout on your glasses o read something there. is it part of your reading of rod rosenstein? >> no, i thought it was...

Commencing. >> james: the proper war assange says he's battling is against the u.s. a classified state and defensive part on wikileaks. candidate trump praised assange and wikileaks for posting emails from the hillary clinton campaign. they are now talking about the wikileaks founder, including attorney general sessions last month. >> we are going to step up our efforts on all leaks. this is a matter that has gone beyond anything i am aware of. >> james: it is that fear of extradition that's the main reason he is in hiding. the u.s. is not confirming any indictment is prepared. the u.k. does s...

Cody kazless who was featured in the hbo documentary "the jinx." detective thank you so much for being here today. first of all, here we are 15 years later and you're right back at square one effectively. it isn't your case. but can you see the same things playing out right now that you had to deal with back in 2000? >> thank you for having me. yes, it's like deja vu. his attorneys are practically saying the same thing they said before my trial when he was taken into custody in pennsylvania and extradited back to galveston, texas. >> because he had jumped bail. >> because he pled for six weeks...

He just had neurosurgery. we don't know how long ago that was. and either he needs his pain medication or an evaluation from a doctor right here in new orleans. >> it is such a remarkable series of stories culminating in what's happening right now. he has a terrible history with jumping bail. do we have any idea whether he's going to get any offering as he heads to another state? >> reporter: well that was established well before this hearing. the prosecutor asked for and received a no bail hold on him. so that is not even an option at this point as he remains in the jail here in new orleans. ...

Dates on january 9 the day high has to return on posting this picture. he already has to be back in court january 9. two other major charges. it could be that this judge thought there is no way he is jumping bail when he has that much skin in the game. the purpose is tonal make sure the person shows up. >> that is the theory of it. but the purpose of bail is to keep bad hombres off the street. >> in most states of the union that is true. >> they do it here they just don't admit it. >> they don't. and mayor de blasio actually supported a change in the law that allows judges more discretion in c...