if his situation improves medically. that will be up to him. as we understand it from his lawyers, that it was his request to be taken to the military hospital out of all the options he could have gone to. >> ayman mohyeldin live in cairo. >>> quite a bombshell to say the least from bradley manning. the former army private revealing today that he wants to live out the rest of his life as a female. manning, who was sentenced just yesterday to 35 years in prison in a military prison in the biggest classified document leak in nation's history has asked to be called chelsea. in an exclusive interview on "today" his attorney said his client wants to begin hormone therapy immediately. >> as far as the hormone therapy, yes, i'm hoping fort leavenworth will do the right thing and provide that. if fort leavenworth does not, then i am going to do everything in my power to make sure they are forced to. >> they said, quote, inmates are treated equally regardless of race, rank, ethnicity but...