will go to the site of the military trial for the latest with kevin gosztola and speak to attorney chase mader, author of, "the passion of bradley manning." and we go to turkey. all think we need it and parts of our lives. this is just the tipping point. >> what began a week ago as a small protest against demolition of trees in istanbul park have grown to a nationwide protest. we will go to turkey for the latest. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the military trial of bradley manning begins today more than three years after he was first detained. he is accused of disclosing a trove of u.s. cables and government documents to the whistleblowing website wikileaks and the largest leak of state secrets in u.s. history. on saturday, hundreds of manning supporters rallied outside the barracks at fort meade, maryland where the trial will be held. we will have more after the headlines. hunger striking prisoners at guantanamo bay have written an open letter asking military doctors to stop contributing to what they call abusive conditions. the letter cal