bradley manning now chelsea manning. was the original whistleblower who gave wiki leaks them most important information on the afghan war logs the film from the helicopter or isis is going to spin in. the diplomatic papers all came from bradley manning. the way the u.s. ministry of justice sees it julian assange is didn't just receive information from an informant which would not constitute a crime journalist do have the right to acquire information from sources even if it is classified the american government claims that assad conspired with private manning who helped him access classified information intending to harm the united states. the u.s. hopes to prove that just sound is a spy not amounts. to charges they are absolutely to come. to terms the other journalism or media publications. during a sound being a publisher is put in prison for being a publisher for no other reason than being a publisher. there are no rules to the game. if for each turn a list in the united states should feel awkward to a scene and runnin

, julius and ethel rosenberg, modern cases, daniel ellsberg, protester at the pynnvietnam wa, bradley manningin 2010, and edward snowden prosecuted in 2013. >> so the supreme court has changed its mind about some of the provisions of the espionage act, and we can talk about that. congress has the core of it, people would be surprised to know that there are laws in the books that deal forcefully with interfering with the united states ability to mobilize intensive war. >> set the stage for us about the period in which this case arose. we're gonna do that with video. we'll show some protests. songs and pictures from america at the dawn of the new century, as the country was making its decision about whether or not it was going to be involved in the great european war. let's watch. >> i didn't race my boy to be a soldier. i brought him up to be my pride and joy. . ♪ ♪, there would be no war today, if father said i didn't raise my point to be a soldier. >> beverley gauge, woodrow wilson was president, and being courted very strongly by our allies to help in the war in europe. how contentious was

we haven't even talked about bowe bergdahl or bradley manning stealing state secrets or abandoning your they in some ways spun those people as heroes. you know, so it all depends on where you sit. if you love the country and you believe you shouldn't be surveilling political opponents, you understand why roger stone got the treatment he did with this commutation. you look back at the obama years and see a very different lens. jedediah: yeah. and also the media story when you compare those numbers between president trump and president obama, people just don't know that information because the media has selected outrage. so people don't know. if you brought those numbers up and talked the about obama and over 1,000 people would say no way because a vast majority of the public injects media that -- pete: they would never -- right. jedediah: it goes back to that media problem. in another story, president trump wearing his mask as he visits soldiers at walter reed military hospital, the first time he was spotted publicly with a mask. david spunt live in washington with more. >> reporter: goo

bradley, the white house press secretary 's official announcement said this. "roger stone has already suffered greatly. he was treated very unfairly, as were many others in this case. roger stone is not a free man has the president acted legally in your estimation, bradley? >> he has the constitutional authority, i agree with john on that, but this was a brazen, corrupt abuse of that pardon power. you got to give donald trump credit here, he has boldly gone where virtually no president has ever gone before. he is acting like a little mafia don. he has said this is my little foot shoulder, i don't care what my justice department said, i don't care what my jury said, that i don't care what the judges said, the sky covered up for me, this guy took the fall for me, and he didn't t me out, he didn't turn, so i'm going to reward my foot soldier at commute his sentence so he can go about his business despite the fact he committed white-collar felonies. donald trump does not care about the rule of law, he cares about protecting his own family and his friends. >> shannon: john, what about that? every president commute or pardon someone and there is controversy involved in some of the cases they do. they

. >>> the man whose walk raised tens of millions to help battle the coronavirus made him an international hero, became a knight today. matt bradley reports tonight from london. >> reporter: captain thomas moore had to walk a long way, 100 laps to be exact, to finally meet the queen. and today this national hero and world war ii veteran became a knight. in a private, socially distant ceremony at windsor castle the queen could be heard congratulating the captain, even commenting on his age. the queen herself, 94 years old. seemed to have left captain moore star struck. >> never, never, ever did i imagine that i should go so close to the queen and have such a kind message from her that was really outstanding. >> reporter: it all started with a modest goal, raise a thousand pounds to help britain's health system fight coronavirus by doing 100 laps around his back garden before his 100th birthday in april. he raised a staggering $30 million. but from now captain tom will be sir tom. >> no one could ever believe that in that time this would happen to me. >> reporter: matt bradley, nbc news, london >>> up next, personal thoughts on the

we have been telling you, the -- joseph bradley wrote the majority opinion, it was only four pages long. and here is a portion of what he had to say. when a man has emerged from slavery, there must be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen. >> >> and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws. and when his rights as a citizen or a man are to be protected in the ordinary modes by which other men's rights are protected. on the whole, we are of the opinion that no countenance of authority for the passage of the law in question can be found in either the 13th or 14th amendments of the constitution. you both alluded to this earlier. but what's the key aspects of his opinion? >> so i think the first aspect and the one that has really become resonant lies in the state action doctrine where essentially the court strikes down -- the outcome of this case is they strike down section 1 and 2 of the civil rights act of 1875, the provision to have public accommodation and then also there was a punishment that was there in the civil rights act of 1875. and i think when they say that we -- that congress did no

time to let the old ways die ♪ ♪ takes a lot to change a man ♪ it takes a lot to try ♪ maybe it's time to let the old ways die ♪ >> that's bradleyger songwriter from alabama, a new album "reunions." great to have you on. i'm a huge fan. we've been listening to you throughout this pandemic. my husband and i both really miss live music and appreciate the new music we have been able to experience. so let's start there. i mean, what has changed for you about making pandemic? it's so completely different to experience as a fan, and i can't imagine what it must be like for you on the other side. >> it's weird. it's definitely weird. i can still make music. i just don't get that immediate feedback that i got playing shows and on tour. i'm very fortunate. we've got a four-year-old daughter and i've got a loft ways to record and write and work here at home. i can sort of stay in the house and weather the storm for the most part. had this happened to me ten years ago before i really had a lot of success, when i was still drinking and driving around in a van, i would have been in a much worse situation. there's a lot of artist friends that