explained as i transition into this next phase of my life i want everyone to know the real me i'm chelsea manning i'm a female given the way that i feel i have felt since childhood i want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible i hope that you will support me in this transition now of course several times during manning's hearing her sexual identity was brought to the attention of the court and the photo was released of her dressed as a female and although manning has always felt this way she in no way wanted her sexual identity to interfere with her trial indeed it's incredible that one of the most prominent whistleblowers of our time is a transgender woman and even more inspiring is the fact that chelsea came out in the face of such adversity while the world was watching her declare her womanhood however now questions are being raised as to whether or not the military will pay for her home when they're happy while she's in prison and the army's responded to many requests for hormone therapy with a statement saying the army does not provide hormone therapy on sex reassignment. for gender id

equality and for those who might be confused about what this even means and who are looking at chelsea manning explain really quickly what it what does it mean to be transgender trench gender person and for the purposes of this conversation is just basically a person who was born and raised as one gender or raised to some point you know might have just been to be age two or three but now lives their lives or wants to live their lives as. of another gender and why is it the army discharges those who are transgender why is it looked upon as a psychological disorder and not just the sexual identity well i think the army regulations that disqualify transgender people from military service are are outdated that they're based on old stereotypes and old prejudices and i don't think they're going to stand for very long. i think it's very likely they'll be transgender people serving openly in the military very soon and there's already hundreds or thousands of transgender people serving in the military they just can't do it openly and that particular primary next question which is we already saw don't a

announced last week he wants to be referred to as she and will call himself chelsea manning. e then, the media has been scrambling to figure out how to refer to manning. with nbc agreeing to call manning she. he is not a she. should we? rick, let's start with you. >> the leaks were done by bradley manning and the conviction was done on bradley manning, but it looks like the punishment is going to be for chelsea manning. in my book, if someone wants to be called a woman because they are in transition, you have every expectation to say let's call them a woman. but bradley manning is still a man at this point. he voiced his decision he wants to become a woman. i think in time you can start calling he she. right now, it is bradley manning, a he, and he leaked the intelligence. >> of the american psychiatric news association, they talk about it as gender disphoria. it should be chelsea manning. >> if i described myself as a tree, would barbara walters ask me what i want to be? >> i would. >> he does not want to be a she in the federal prison. you mentioned the study. you are 13 tim

chelsea manning, formally known as bradley manning, is set to serve a 35-year prison in kansas. >>> we're getting new details at a water main break in montgomery county. scott, what are you hearing >> we apologize. we're obviously having audio difficulty with scott's mike there. some yogurt cups are being taken off grocery store shelves today. a type of mold may be responsible for swelling in some of the owe gurtd cups. the affected cups came from the facility in idaho, which only produces 5% of the company's products. the company says it's working with grocery stores to remove and replace all products. >> the nation's most comprehensive report on drugs and alcohol was released this afternoon, and it reveals that prescription drug abuse is down. but as nbc's erika edwards reports, the use of an illegal drug is up. although it's now legal in colorado and washington, marijuana is the most wadely used illegal drug in america. and its popularity is growing. >> in 2012 nearly 19 million people were users of marijuana. >> that's up from 14.5 million in 2007. heroin use has also risen significan

now to another whistleblower chelsea manning formerly known as bradley uses her legal last resort the private sentence of thirty five years for the biggest leak of data in u.s. history a plea for a presidential pardon from obama as more on the story right now. from around the world for an annual music festival with breathtaking performances right in the heart of the russian capital. section for more stunning images of this event. i think church. bombings and shootings in iraq have left more than twenty people dead many of them women and children who were executed by government just south of the capital and this brings the death toll to more than one hundred fifty since the beginning of the month jeffrey steinberg of the executive intelligence review magazine believes terrorists are thriving on a neighboring crisis. the spillover is enormous and the whole region is facing a grave crisis iraq is in a very fragile situation it borders are in syria so you. can you rock forces moving back and forth across their border and of course the back to the saudis funding the sunni insurgency that i

welcome back to break in the set so a lot has happened in the last two weeks chelsea manning came outas a woman egypt remains in chaos and the u.s. is gearing up to bomb syria a move that could potentially jump start world war three while the international community is focused on a solution to syria there's another devastating situation unfolding in fukushima japan recently japan's nuclear power agency tepco reported that three hundred tons of radioactive water is being used to cool the reactors has been pouring into the pacific ocean every day since the tsunami but if that wasn't bad enough it turns out that the radiation levels reported thus far are grossly underestimated tepco just admitted that radiation levels are actually teen times higher than what was reported previously in fact near the tank the levels are high enough to kill an exposed person in just four hours right now two hundred thirty million sieverts of radiation every hour are being measured from one tank alone what does that mean one person is only allowed an annual exposure of fifteen million seabirds when you do th

either he would be on the run or would end up like chelsea manning.ther way, it would be difficult to communicate with him. that he knew that he would end up in russia. glenn is still in contact with him through encrypted e-mails. we still have some contact with him. it is a complicated story to report. assumey be wrong, but we communication will be intercepted. that is part of the story we are writing about, which is why people need to be on plane told the material. it is not an easy story to report. had,e impact that this has ,uch like the wikileaks reports theseu expect ramifications, the explosiveness it has had in various countries? >> the bit that is missing about the american debate, the president places great emphasis on the fact that americans do not spy on americans in american territory, as if that was the only thing that mattered. i thought it was interesting that mark zuckerberg of facebook said, that is no interest to us if we are building an international business. americans have not quite understood the anger of other germany,or exampl

you talked about bradley manning, wishing to be known as chelsea manning, you talked about him as being a whistleblower, but some say manning endangered americans overseas by releasing cables to wiki leaks giving countries insights to our perspectives, and endangering droops overseas. how do you square that? >> he did that, revealing the information to our enemies. wiki leaks - it's a responsible organisation that took the information out that could hurt someone. >> do you think it redacted enough? >> yes. if there had been people killed, you would be hearing about it. i don't think there's any evidence to that. they said that the information was turned over to the enemy, that's us, the american people. we know more now about what was going on in the middle east, and how we were committing killing and things going on that we didn't know about. it's the same way with daniel elsberg. when elsberg revealed - it was based on a lie and iraq was based on a lie. >> as a member of congress who served many terms, president obama comes into office and changes. the rhetoric changes from the day he

chelsea manning is facing 35 years in jail. rights groups are urging president obama to take a sympathetic stance. >> the cleveland kidnapper, ariel castro, has been found dead. officials at a prison in ohio say castro appears to have hanged himself in his cell. castro was jailed for life without parole last month for holding three young women captive for years and subjecting them to rape and beatings. he had been separated from the jail's general population. >> bad luck if you live on one of the 83 islands that make up then walk to -- up vanuatu. >> the united nations says that the islands that live on the so- called ring of fire are at the greatest risk of natural disaster. >> that's because of a large number of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and he islands are also located on a cyclone belt. -- and islands are also located on a cyclone belt. >> germany placed 146. >> natural disasters can often have very different impacts. when parts of germany were hit by devastating floods earlier this year, eight people were killed. whe

they're so worried it is quite all of us if you read through the transcript of the trial against chelsea manning and see what kind of arguments were raised there and how often we kill this was not mentioned in the trial that there is a very strong possibility that the next target is to you know science and it might . already be an indictment against him and all the others in our organization we see as well the escalating war against to those who commit the act of journalism and this is escalating from month to month the argument is this is the bradley manning was the first whistle blower and he was history who has been. prosecuted and found guilty on the basis of. journalists will come next it could possibly be we could lose all the media organizations it's a real possibility and we norval do on investigation in the us too we could leave which as we know go on for three years and probably cost. quite a sum of money because it has been cited as one of the biggest criminal investigation in la times in the u.s. so it is a very worrying situation coming up and more discussion our top story on the cr

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. >> it is quite obvious if you read through the transcript of the trial against chelsea manning and see what kind of arguments were raised there and how often wikileaks was mentioned in the trial that there is a very strong possibility that the next target is assange. and there might also already be an indictment against him and others in our organization. we see as well the escalating war against those who commit the act of journalism. and this is escalating from month to month. the argument is this -- manning was the first whistleblower in u.s. history who has been prosecuted and found guilty on the basis of espionage. journalists will come next. it could possibly be wikileaks. and all the media organizations. it's a real possibility and we know about the ongoing investigation in the u.s. into wikileaks which has now been going on for three years and probably costs quite a sum of money, because it has been associated as one of the biggest criminal investigations in modern times in the u.s. so it is a very worrying situation. >> just to remind you, if you miss something on air here

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being on last month chelsea manning was sentenced to thirty five years in prison for leaking classified military and diplomatic documents while she served in iraq as an intelligence analyst in the army in two thousand and ten and he is now asking president obama for a pardon on tuesday her lawyer david coombs officially submitted a petition for pardon commutation of sentence to the justice department and president obama in it many claim she acted out of love her country and a sense of duty to others anticipating such a request the white house announced last month that it won't it will consider a pardon for manning just as they would for anyone else but given how aggressive the white house and department of justice have pursued leakers of confidential information including using the espionage act against more people than any other presidential administration in history combined it's unlikely many will find much sympathy in the oval office. still ahead on our team who can forget that powerful plant explosion in west texas that state's fire marshal wants to prevent similar tragedies but th