they can continue to uphold chelsea manning as a hero. can just ignore the hold gender issue. because russians are not hearing it. so they can continue to promote bradley manning/chelsea manning as a hero, because that is a very anti-american cause, because it makes him look like a hero, makes the united states look bad, which is ultimately what the agenda is about. and they can sort of waive away the whole transgender issue, and how it will affect the russian government, and the transgender people. because the people are not actually seeing today what russia is broadcasting. >> now, james, if you had been successful in changing the subject of the show and those other people were actually willing to engage in a discussion of the anti-gay laws, i assume you would have been willing to do that, too? >> of course. yeah, absolutely. but that is not what they wanted to talk about. the only discussion that they have had of the anti-gay laws on russia today have been completely one-sided. completely staged. utterly cynical conversation, apparentl

military now assumes responsibility for this is who chelsea manning is bradley manning no longer exists and arguably never really did chelsea manning is her real identity and the u.s. military should respect. coming up the phone lines are now open for your take my take live segment so i want to chance to ask me a question live on the big picture or give us a call at two zero two nine zero four twenty one thirty four if you are talking to you after the break. the worst year for the. white house. is it possible to navigate the economy with all the details to. keep you up to date by decoding the mainstream. take my take a lot of our phone lines are now open so if you want to share an opinion make a comment ask a question live on the air give us a shout out to zero to nine zero four twenty one thirty four if you're outside the united states the country code for the united states is one at that number before our number let's go to our first video comment of the night from. a town says frankfurt thought that syria and i said i love your show i love you you're doing a great job and a couple th

military now assumes responsibility for her this is who chelsea manning is bradley manning no longer exists in arguably never really did chelsea manning is her real identity and the u.s. military should respect it. coming up the phone lines are now open for your take my take it live segment so you want a chance to ask me a question live on the big picture give us a call at two zero zero two nine zero four twenty one thirty four maybe i'll be talking to you after the break. the more. pleasure to have you with us. led mission. critical free in-store charges free. agency three. three stooges. my take a lot of our phone lines are now open so if you want to share an opinion make a comment ask a question live on the air give us a shout to go to nine zero four twenty one thirty four if you're outside the united states the country code for the united states is one at that number before. let's get to our first video comment of the night frank from philly. takedowns is frankfurt still not that serious and it's and i love your show you're doing a great job and a couple things i want to address

let's start with bradley manning who wants to be known as chelsea. plans to undergo hormone treatment to live his life as a woman. how exactly will that happen if the military prison where he's sentenced says the army does not provide hormone therapy. >> the military says that bradley manning or chelsea manning is entitled to psychological counseling, but that they are not required to provide hormone therapy for him so i think we can expect a legal battle as his attorney says they intend to make sure he is able to get this hormone therapy. >> if there is a legal battle are you saying there could be a chance that taxpayers pay for that therapy? >> if it goes in their way but i think that the military has said that they are not required to do so. it's going to be an interesting fight. >> shift to politics. the clintons are busy vacationing in the hamptons. is it really r&r or research and development perhaps for a presidential run? >> i want to know do the clintons know how to vacation? >> define that for me. >> she is in her office with a beachfront v

well you hear bradley manning now wants to be referred to as chelsea manning he requested hormone therapy to which the army said no he's going to live in a male prison there's obviously a lot of personal drama involved bradley manning has struggled with his gender identity for a while now in two thousand and ten he wrote to his supervisor that he joined the army to quote unquote to get rid of it of course has been a struggle for him we heard his defense talk about talk about this but his attorney also said the stress that he was under was never an excuse because that's not would drove his actions. he said what drove his actions was a strong moral compas he said that because for most media here personal drama becomes the main story and it overshadows everything bradley manning has actually done and it's easier to talk about his sex than about foreign policy and the human cost of war and that's what grabs the headlines and we see everybody jumping on it and then someone is going to watch the story and say ok this is where it's coming from and that kind of a narrative could be convenient for

wrote as i transition into this next phase of my life i want everyone to know the real me i am chelsea manning i am a female given the way that i feel and have felt since childhood i want to begin hormone therapy is this possible so isn't the military obliged to provide hormone therapy to manning isn't isn't this like you know somebody is diabetic you give them insulin this is this is in the d.s.m. this is a definable medical disorder. i don't think that takes place should be a blast to. a ford i mean there are a number of different disorders and we can have the debate over whether or not this is a disorder and i think that did most of it is done it's ok that's right but still at the same time listen put this up to the taxpayers and sales and say ok fine you have a convicted. you have a convicted i'll say traitor in private maybe about what she was convicted of he was convicted of you know leaks say treason i say trees that's my blood but you know a bit of the normal there appears less expensive than a high blood pressure medication or actually saw it was less expensive than the brand name cho

i am chelsea manning. i am a female. given the way i feel and have felt since childhood i want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. i also request that starting today you refer to me by my new name and use the femme anymore pro -- the feminine pronoun." >> the army prison where it is being held does not provide hormone therapy. manning's lawyer says if they don't do the right thing, end quote, the end to a nice spike lee movie, they are forced to do so. manning plans to ask the white house for a pardon with his lawyer noting, quote, the time for the president to protect whistle-blowers rather than punishing them is now. for more let's go live to this dog. >> from now on that dog will be called stupid. remi, you claim to be a lawyer. once he becomes chelsea, can he just leave prison? technically, chelsea didn't leave the document. somebody else did. some guy who doesn't exist, his name being bradley. this is genius. >> it is brilliant. i will advise all of my clients on who get convicted -- well, none of them are

announced that he wants to spend the rest of his life as a female and asked to be referred to as chelsea manning one of the defense psychiatry at trial testified that manning has narcissistic tendencies and i wonder if there's anything to that in the sense that she's announcing this in this very big public way no i think this is really trying to let people have the answer that they wanted she never really wanted this to be public to begin with and when the information came out you need to understand the she gave it to her in a limo in a very private setting in a one on one chat never expecting this to be public now that it is unfortunately you have to deal with it in a public manner chelsea manning's attorney also said his client never wanted personal issues to become the main story and overshadow the debate that the whistleblower wanted to start through the leaks in washington i'm going to. be watching the weekly hit on the after a short break we take a look at the latest allegations against the n.s.a. coming from top secret documents leaked by edward snowden that and other stories shortly stay

announced that he wants to spend the rest of his life as a female and asked to be referred to as chelsea manning one of the defense psychiatry at trial testified that manning has narcissistic tendencies and i wonder if there's anything to that in the sense that she's announcing this in this very big public way no i think this is really trying to let people have the answer that they wanted she never really wanted this to be public to begin with and when the information came out you need to understand that she gave it to her in a limo in a very private setting and a one on one chat never expecting this to be public now that it is unfortunately you have to deal with it in a public manner chelsea manning's attorney also said his client never wanted personal issues to become the main story and overshadow the debate that the whistleblower wanted to start through the leaks in washington i'm going to check on . you watching weekly here in r.t. live from moscow after a short break we take a look at the latest allegations against the n.s.a. coming from top secret documents leaked by edward snowden stay wi

american history meanwhile bradley manning has revealed that he would now like to be known as chelsea manning and live the rest of his life as a woman. is joining us now live from washington d.c. a very interesting new twist gaius so what can you tell us about manning's announcement and how will it affect the situation around his sentencing. well you know your how it's going to affect the sentencing. it's how it may affect the appeal process and maybe maybe he could be part of we don't know that but upon bradley manning's request we now have to refer to him as chelsea manning he or she also requested but we're going to go with he for a while and then then we'll figure out how we refer to him here in the news but he also requested hormone therapy the army responded to manning's decision to see to see corman therapy with a statement that said the army does not provide hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery for gender identity disorder the do was be that's united states disciplinary barrett says implemented risk assessment protocols and safety procedures to address high risk factors identif

bradley manning reveals he'd like to spend the rest of his life as a woman called chelsea and says he will request a presidential pardon after being sentenced to thirty five years for leaking america's secrets. government pressure on britain's guardian newspaper over the publishing of n.s.a. leaks causes the european council to ask london exactly why it's resorting to intimidation tactics. and life out of prison egypt's deposed leader hosni mubarak has left jail for health arrest despite facing retrial on charges he ordered the killing of protesters our top stories this hour. international news in coming live from studio center here in moscow has just turned nine pm here this is the whistleblower bradley manning's defense will follow requests to the u.s. president to have the former army private manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars for disclosing the largest amount of classified data in american history meanwhile bradley manning has revealed that he would like to be known as chelsea manning and the rest of his life as a woman what he's going to as the details. a

. >> coming up, bradley manning says to: chelsea as he heads to militaryfamous potential area. >> the goal is to be comfortable in her skin. to be the first -- the person she never had an opportunity to be. >> an announcement why manning waited until now. >> eissler thunderstorms on doppler -- isolated thunderstorms on doppler. a beautiful view. sun and clouds. 80 degrees downtown. >> bradley manning -- >> he is requesting corpsman treatment and a change in name. he would now like to be referred to as chelsea manning. his attorney made that announcement on the today show. >> chelsea didn't want to have this be something that overshadow the case. wanted to point until the case was done to move forward. >> she wants hormone therapy. are you want to sue to force the government to give her home went there but she -- hormone therapy? not indicated that would be her desire. as far as the hormone therapy, yes. i am hoping they would do the right thing and provide that. if they do not, i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that they are forced to do so. >> manning was sentenced

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manning announced he wants to spend the rest of his life as a female and once to be referred to as chelsea manning. >> a psychiatrist testified that manning has narcissistic tendencies, and i wonder if anything is with that, because she is announcing this in a public way. >> i think this is really trying to let people have the answer that they wanted. she never really wanted this to be public to begin with. when the information came out, you have to understand that she gave it in a very private setting and in a one-on-one chat, never expecting it to be public. now that it is, unfortunately, you have to do with it with it in a public manner. >> the attorney says she never wanted this issue to overshadow the story about what was released in the leaks. >> after a short break, we take a look at the latest allegations against the nsa coming from top- secret documents leaked by edward snowden. that and other shortly. stay with us. >> the weekly continues here on rt. there is new information from edward snowden, saying that the nsa has been listening in on the united nations. >> america's national securi

i am chelsea manning. i am a female. given the way that i feel, and have felt since childhood, i want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. >> suarez: the announcement has raised legal questions over whether the army provides that therapy. the soldier will serve time at leavenworth maximum security prison in kansas. the prison has 515 beds and no female prisoners. manning's attorney says he plans to fight for his client once again. >> a fort leavenworth spokesperson said, "we don't have certain treatment, that's not what we give." i'm going to change that. >> suarez: manning's request has put a spotlight on an issue that's often overlooked and how the military handles it. estimates vary but one analysis from the williams institute at u.c.l.a. suggested as many as 700,000 americans may be transgender, though many fewer may have taken hormones or surgery. currently, most insurance plans will not cover treatments or surgeries involved with sex changes. there was an earlier gender reassignment involving a veteran. th

manning made it clear with these words in a letter read on the "today" show this morning, "i am chelsea manningvate bradley manning plans to live the rest of his life as a woman. his struggle with identity issues is something that did come up during the sentencing phase of his trial with the defense team showing this photograph of manning dressed as a woman. while the army does not provide hormone therapies, there are different standard for federal prison. manning is headed to leavenworth, but his lawyer says he will fight for the prison to provide hormone therapy. and that means that, well, you could end up paying for it. we should note that cnn will continue to refer to him as bradley manning since he has not yet legally changed his name. i want to discuss all of this with a friend of bradley manning's, laura mcnamara. she communicated six months with manning online as zina jones before she identified herself as a transgender and changed her name. she was a defense witness in manning's trial. laur lauren, thank you for being here. can you talk about your relationships with manning through the