i do support what president obama has done for chelsea manning. was just watching an interview on cnn where glenn greenwald was invited to talk about this. he was saying how chelsea was in iraq and witnessed so much that is wrong. it is the right thing for president obama to do. i agree with the first comment you read on facebook. also snowden. thank you so much. host: erin in silver spring, maryland. line for those who oppose the president's decision. caller: manning betrayed his fellow soldiers. there's no excuse for this. that our commander-in-chief pardon a traitor in war -- host: mercy, good morning. caller: i do support that because i think manning -- chelsea manning is a great heroine. without him, we never would have known what was going on. that other guy was saying he betrayed his fellow soldiers. shows not required to fealty to his fellow soldiers, it is to this country. what was happening over there was flying right in the face of everything this country stands for. i think chelsea manning should have been released a long time ago. unfo

chelsea manning attempted to commit suicide twice last year. joining us now are two of her attorneys. nancy hollander is manning's appellate attorney. chase strangio of the aclu represents chelsea manning in a lawsuit against the pentagon for denial of medical care related to her gender dysphoria. also with us is the intercept's .o emy scahill, author welcome to democracy now! chase strangio to your response? >> first of all, i want to thank you and everyone who supported chelsea over the years. this was a mass mobilization effort, keeping her story alive, led by chelsea herself and all of the people who made sure that nobody forgot the justice that she fought for in the incredible symbol of democratic principles and advocacy that she really embodies. yesterday was an incredible day for us, those who care about her. as i said time and again, president obama really had her life in his hands and it is such a relief he acted on the side of mercy and justice. amy: have you spoken to chelsea? >> unfortunately, we haven't. that is a bit concerning, bu

and when they see someone like chelsea manning leak highly classified information that reveals those ces and then they see our president not take seriously the criminal penalties that our military justice system has imposed on private manning, it will cause them pause in whether or not they can cooperate with america and remain safe in the future. so, this is not just past harm, this is ongoing future harm as well. >> i want to ask you also, he also pardoned, president obama pardoned the former vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff retired four-star general james cartwright who pleaded guilty last october to a single charge of making false statements to federal investigators. this is from an investigation in 2012 about who provided information to reporters about the virus, the virus that crippled the iranian nuclear program. do you have any reaction to general cartwright being pardoned? >> jake, i don't have as firm a grasp of all the details in general cartwright's case. i think he's taken responsibility and he recognize he ought not to have conducted some of those interviews that

among those just announced, former army specialist chelsea manning. diplomatic cables to wikileaks back in twen. manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison. but with president obama's actions today, she will go free on may 17th. msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melbe recross examination. there was a lot of buzz in the last few days about whether president obama might do this. is this a big surprise? and take us through what this means. >> it is barely surprising. it is clearly the most prominent and probably the most controversial communation of president obama's entire time. chelsea manning convicted of serious national security crimes against the state. a long sentence reflecting what prosecutors thought he or later she after elective sex change surgery should face. and those are prosecutors working for the obama justice department. this is a very big statement coming out of the white house. that they think enough time has been served and as you were mentioning, a very big difference. we've seen some commutations where you're shaving a few years

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he's saying as well in five more months he will be free, addressing this to chelsea manning much course. thank you for what you did for everyone, chelsea. stay strong awhile longer says edward snowden. >> we're going to get more reaction right now. democratic senator robert menendez of new jersey, key member of the foreign relation iz committee. senator, thanks very much for joining us. >> good to be with you, wolf. >> all right. so, president obama just commuted chelsea manning's sentence, we pointed out she was sentenced to 35 years in prison, three or four years ago. respond to this. why do you think he did it? did he do the right thing? >> well, i don't know why he did it and so i'll look forward to hearing his reasoning because i just heard about it. but the reality is i have serious concerns about equivocating sentences when national security is at stake. what happened here is that literally hundreds of thousands of documents were released. it put national security at risk. it put individual operatives at risk. it put our national interests at risk with other countries. and at a t

please free chelsea manning. you alone can save her life." it's ironic that five days ago wikileaks tweeted that if manning were granted clemency, julian assange would avail himself to extradition to the u.s. to face possible charges. here is what he told sean hannity about manning. i'm quoting "we've never said chelsea manning is one of our sources. a child they have said they are buddy even if someone is arrested and convicted and even if they were to plead guilty, we still don't say whether they are one of our sources or not." outrage on capitol hill. the lion issuing the following statement. "this is just outrageous. chelsea manning's treachery put american lives at risk and expose sensitive secrets." and he adds president obama leaves and plays a dangerous president that those who compromise our national security will be held accountable for their crimes. i should point out there's one other note. this is important. we are told this is not it. we thought this was the extent of the commutations and pardons by the white house. we are told b

chelsea manning is a trans-gender woman, originally serving under the name of bradley manning while ine army before announcing that she prefers to go by chelsea. this will confirm an earlier release than thought. some thought that the president wouldn't touch it. it was a controversial case. the military urged against any commutation. chelsea manning will be released in may of 2017. we have a lot going on. i did want to raise this with our white house correspondent. i did want to touch on this with ben stein. i don't want to hit you broadside. indulge me. it's between this and the commutations of other inmates. this is all rolled into this same ball here. what do you make of it? >> we're seeing the real barack obama, an extremely left wing race-based ideolog. the great majority of these people, the sentences that he's commuting are african americans. he's showing himself to be anti-law and order. i hate to say this, but anti-military. i love the fact that he's commuting the sentence of the person involved in leaking and the democrats are going screaming berserk and leaks that hurt the

chelsea manning was serving a 35-year sentence. she served six years, six and a half years of that sentence for leaking about 750,000 defense and state department documents. in the last few months, she's been the subject of a tremendous outpouring from the human rights community, which have argued that she was suffering in this prison, in the military prison, because, as you know, she's been suffering, she's been struggling with gender identity issues. as a result of this, human rights groups from around the world had collected signatures, trying to get president obama to grant clemency to her, and that's exactly what he did. it this was done over the objections of the pentagon and other people inside the government, including the national security officials who felt that this went too far and came as a surprise as well because wikileaks was put on the map by chelsea manning's leak. and, as you know in the 2016 election, the obama administration has made a big deal about the role that wikileaks played in the russian intelligence di

during the trial, which i covered in 2013, people looked at chelsea manning, or bradley manning as she was then known, in 2 lights. you had the section of the public that thought she was a whistleblower sharing seekers that shouldn't be secret. you have the people who thought she was a traitor compromising national security. this commutation has been lobbied for a long time, from the moment chelsea manning was convicted. in november, chelsea wrote to the president saying she did not want a pardon, she wanted a commutation. saying that she took responsibility for what she has done. katty: we have had hints from the white house how they compared chelsea manning to edward snowden. that is crucial. earlier today the white house press secretary was asked questions ahead of the anticipated commutation of chelsea manning's sentence. clear that edward snowden declined clemency and the difference was that chelsea manning went through a court-martial, took responsibility for the leak, and served time. edward snowden left the country. katty: the outgoing american ambassador to the united nations

>> chelsea manning's yes. >> compassion. a president can pardon anyone. i think that chelsea manning should be pardoned and obama is doing the right thing and basically suffering what i think could be called cruel and unusual punishment given his situation, basically what obama is doing is extending mercy and compassion. nothing wrong with that. >> ryan does commuting the sentence give a thumbs up to future whistleblowers or leakers? is he encouraging leaks on donald trump's watch? >> i don't think so, chelsea manning has spent seven years in prison, in some pretty tough circumstances. she was convicted, went through the criminal justice system, and served time. so i don't think the fact that he's chopping off a huge chunk of that sentence is going to make future whistleblowers think i'll get off easy, only have to spend seven years in prison. i think this was unusual case. i think she had the backing of a lot of the lgbt community and there were issues around that. and look at the difference -- if you ask me the same question about snowden, i would say w

and a year later a judge granted manning's request for a formal name change from bradley to chelsea. behind bars, manning was maced on suicide watch after trying to kill herls twice in the last year. tonight, the white house is defending manning's sense commutation by drawing the distinction between manning's case and edward snowden, who remains in exile. >> chelsea manning is somebody who went through the military, criminal justice process, was exposed to due process, was found guilty, was sentenced for her crimes, and she acknowledged wrongdoing. mr. snowden fled into the arms of an adversary and has sought refuge in a country that most recently made a concerted effort to undermine confidence in our democracy. >>> pamela brown joins us with more. was this really a surprise? has the white house been signaling they would do this for a while? >> reporter: it is a surprise. the obama administration has been tough on government leaks. according to "the new york times," the administration prosecuted such cases, nine or ten, more than past presidents combined and chelsea manning is someone

critics are blasting the president's commutation is outrageous. >> chelsea manning pleaded guilty to very serious crimes, leaking highly classified information and putting lives at and caused the world grave harm to our national security. jay: the obama administration indicated that manning has served enough time. >> chelsea manning is guilty of a serious crime. chelsea manning went through the criminal justice system, the military justice system, has served more than six years in leavenworth prison. chelsea manning was also sentenced to a that is much longer than those who have been convicted of comparable crimes. saidthe wikileaks founder that if manning was granted clemency, he would agree to be extradited back to the u.s. no word on whether the wikileaks founder will follow through on that. alison: also today, president obama pardoned the former vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, retired marine general james cartwright, who pled guilty to making false statement to investigators when questioned about leaking information to journalist. it involved efforts to cripple the ira

chelsea manning, the american soldierjailed for all nations. chelsea manning, the american soldier jailed for leaking classified documents, will be released after having her sentence commuted by president obama. the australian government says it hasn't ruled out a new search for missing malaysia airlines flight mh370. and donald trump tweets a british woman with the same name as his daughter and get some advice about being more careful on twitter. that's where the action was. to advise him not to spend so much time on twitter. it would probably be counterintuitive in this situation. live from studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and iam in the swiss resort of davos, where the chinese president xi jinping has called a gathering of leaders from across the world his comments are in stark contrast to the america first division from donald trump. the united states said there would be no winners in a trade war. he arrived with full security detail. the president

chelsea manning was found guilty. was sentenced for crimes and she acknowledged wrong doing. >> now wikileaks founder julian assange indicated in the past he would agree to an extradition request to the u.s. if manning was free. no word on how that idea is progressing and as for edward snowden he can stay in russia at least until 2020. >> so many twists and turns to explore here with that story. we'll be doing that throughout the program. thank you. president obama shocked many in the pentagon and the intelligence community by commuting the sentence of manning. why did the president do it? we'll discuss that, next. and you're talking to youro doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira can lower your ability t

the reduction of chelsea manning's sentence means she's only served three years out of a 35—year term in 2013. during the trial, manning's lawyers said their client struggled with gender identity disorder. soon after, it was announced that bradley would be known as chelsea and live as a woman. she's being held at a male prison, and tried to take her life on two occasions. i'd say 12 to 16 months, her mental state and her condition have deteriorated significantly. she became depressed and there was clearly a real risk to her wellbeing, if not her life, if she had remained in this prison. julian assange thanked those who campaigned for chelsea's release, and edward snowden, who also leaked government secrets, tweeted his thanks to president obama. but the republican speaker of the house, paul ryan, said president obama's decision to cut short chelsea manning's sentence was outrageous and sent a message that those who compromise national security won't be held accountable for their crimes. one of president obama's final acts in office will please as much as it will anger. a baby has been

in a way chelsea manning gave birth to wikileaks. this is going to be difficult to the president to explain to the american people and we're going to hear the constitutional lawyer explain this. how the person who gave birth to wikileaks is somebody who should get all these shelves and snowden needs to be where he is. we understand the differences but a traitor is a traitor and i think the president is going to have to explain that. >> and some would believe she put the troops' life in danger and that some died. >> and of course the president's thought about all this. >> stick with me, everyone. donald trump is still three days away from taking office. a new world order already taking shape. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may i

now, some of the day's other news, and within the past few hours president obama has commuted chelsea manning'snce for leaking documents to wikileaks in 2010. the 29—year—old transgender us army private, born bradley manning, will now be freed on 17 may instead of her scheduled 2045 release date. she was sentenced to 35 years in 2013 for her role in leaking diplomatic cables to the website. the leak was one of the largest breaches of classified material in us history. i spoke to our north america reporter rajini vaidyanathan, who has been following the story. effectively, it means that chelsea manning, according to the white house, is due to be released in may this year. now, this comes as part of a wave of communications and pardons that the president issued today. it is one of his last acts as president. it is usual for an outgoing president to issue pardons and commutations, but of course the commutation of chelsea manning's sentence is most high—profile. now, there was a huge campaign ever since 2013, when she was convicted, for her sentence to be commuted orfor her to be pardoned. and even

chelsea manning, bradley manning, chelsea manning got 35 years for violating the espionage act, stealinggovernment property, government fraud, multiple counts of disobeying. leaking documents to wikileaks that would put military members on risk. that's different from other things president obama may be referring to. this guy, gal now, putting a lot of americans at risk. maybe people died because of some of the things that were leaked. at one point we were going to go after chelsea manning or bradley manning for treason. a capital crime. open to the death penalty. president obama commutes the sentence after he said seven years. it's three years since the conviction. this is insane. you're absolutely telling people who may be thinking about it, you know, seven years. if you get 35 and no chance of parole, that's a different story than getting out in seven years. >> greg, it's ten times longer than the next harshest sentence which was given to a former fbi agent for doing the same thing. at 20 times as long as the most severe sentence ever given for any such action prior to the obama admini

you might ask as i did why didn't you move chelsea manning to another prison then? i think we'll get the answer on that tomorrow. we know that intelligence community aghast at this. we know that lots of people at highest levels of the defense department were agauft at this because believe it sets a bad precedent. white house says it doesn't set a precedent if you consider the distinction between the two men material which they say is. snowden and manning need to be considered separately in their point of view. controversial and hard case. >> talk about the political ramifications. democrats and republicans are reacting. >> more so republicans. haven't heard outcry from democrats yet because in difficult position. don't want to look seympathetic to somebody many consider a traitor. but down the road, republicans outraged by this, and it's fine, think it's fine to be outraged and angry, but they've got to be careful what they say right now. wikiweaks is the same organization that helped undermine according to intelligence community the democratic national committee, t

wick leek founder has weighed in on communation of chelsea manning sentence. ero. >>> one of the big questions he going to face where he decide to commute chelsea manning sentence. did not support the communation. thank you for watching. we'll see you tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. eastern. set your dvr. get behind the scene video and so much more. "hardball" starts now. >>> foreign and domestic. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, there are two loud voices across the country. vladimir putin accusing the obama administration of undermining legitimate of donald trump. john lewis openly denying trump's legitimacy. i part with putin. is it possible theus

weijia jiang has detailed. >> reporter: president obama commuted the sentence of private chelsea manning, a transgender former army analyst convicted 2013 of leaking intelligence documents to the website wikileaks. br manning who went by the name of bradley went to prison for espionage. defense secretary ash carter did not support the president's decision. senator john mccain said it's a grave mistake. in her application for commutation manning expressed remorse for her crimes writing i have never made any excuses for what i did. she has been compared to form irnsa contractor edward snowden who leaked classified information on u.s. spy programs but the white house said there's a difference between the two. >> chelsea manning is somebody who went through the military criminal justice process plc. mr. snowden has pled to the arms. >> she tried twice to commit suicide. manning is now set to be released on may 17th. weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll ask political strategist dan senor about the president's decision to commute chelsea manning's sentence

national security team. >> president obama's final news conference, the first question was about chelsea manning. >> i feel very comfortable that justice has been served. >> mr. obama said he focused on manning's case and not the larger issue of wikileaks and its founder julian assange brady concluded the 35 year sentence was excessive. >> she had served a significant amount of time. it makes sense to commute and not pardon her sentence. >> in 2010, then private bradley manning, who identifies now is chelsea, gave wikileaks documents and secret military reviews of guantanamo detainees, cables and war reports from afghanistan and iraq. ash carter and top army leaders advised the president against the move because a senior defense official said the leaks likely contributed to the rise of vices and accelerated the arab spring. after the afghan records were published, to intelligent sources said that the taliban went on a killing spree, murdering everyone who might be working for the u.s. government. experts say the impact went further. >> the wikileaks operation was extremely damaging because it un

chelsea manning was known as bradley manning to a record 35 years for providing hundreds of thousands of government documents to wikileaks. >> tonight in a shocking move, president obama is allowing chelsea manning, the army private convicted of stealing and leaking hundreds of thousands of documented videos to be a free woman in may. the reaction on capitol hill and beyond has been swift. >> for the president, especially the president who made so much about posing the national security and it's disappointing. >> in 2009, they stole hundreds of thousands of classified and sensitive military files as a 22-year-old army intelligence analyst. he gave them to the website wikileaks that published them causing a ripple effect in the united states and around the world and putting wikileaks on the map. mannings's disclosure included videos of air strikes in baghdad that launched decisions. that included embarrassing cables. manning confided in an associate about the disclosure who is alerted authorities in 2010. the defense said manning was a naive whistle blower who wanted to shed light on v

intelligence, chelsea manning. manning was one of 209 inmates whose sentences were commuted by the president tuesday, but it's the last act of clemency for manning that has critics up in arms. weijia jiang has details. >> reporter: president obama commuted the sentence of private chelsea manning, a transgender former army intelligence analyst convicted in 2013 of leaking sensitive documents to the anti-government website wikileaks. manning who went by the name of bradley went to prison for espionage. defense secretary ash carter did not support the president's decision. house speaker paul ryan called it just outrageous, and senator john mccain said it's grave mistake. in her application for commutation manning expressed remorse for her crimes, writing i have never made any excuses for what i did. she has been compared to former nsa contractor edward snowden who leaked classified information on u.s. spy programs, but the white house says there's a difference between the two. >> chelsea manning is somebody pcriminal j

president obama has commuted the sentence of chelsea manning, the american soldier, formerly bradley manning, who was found guilty of providing us intelligence documents to wikileaks and sentenced to 35 years in prison. she has served seven years. it is a high—profile and controversial move, just days before mr obama leaves office. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan, who covered the original trial, has the story. chelsea manning was responsible for one of the largest leaks of government secrets in american history. born bradley manning, it was while serving in iraq that the low—ranking private hacked government databases, hacking more than 700,000 classified documents tojulian assange‘s wikileaks organisation. request permission to engage. that included this classified video showing us forces machine—gun iraqi civilians, who they mistook for insurgents. and also 250,000 diplomatic cables from across the globe, and nearly 500,000 military records, which detailed american military tactics, and revealed the names of afghan informants. but the main outcome was that it caused huge embarrassment

chelsea manning's is sparking controversy. why did he do it? the man to answer that question. josh earnest. this will be our last time doing one of these with you at the white house. it has been a good ride and we appreciate the access you have given us. >> i appreciate the opportunity one last time. >> you will get no pass. why would you commute the sentence of 35 years to 6 making it to 7? why do that with someone that leaked 750,000 pages and videos of often very sensitive material with an administration that had been very hard line on leaks. why do this? >> well, listen, chris, chelsea manning committed some serious crimes and she has served nearly 7 years in prison to, as punishment for the crimes. she took responsibility for committing the crime and expressed remorse and served her time. the 7 years she has served behind bars is consistent with the sentence that was handed down to other people that committed similar crimes and the president believed this was an appropriate punishment in part because she took responsibility for them and exp

now verified non gmo and gluten free. >> >> chelsea manning has served a tough prison sentence. feel very comfortable that justice has been served on that a message has still been sent. >> to commute private mannings sentence was a mistake. private manning is a traitor and should have not been turned into a martyr. private manning's actions compromised national security, endangered american personnel downrange. >> bret: the commutation still a focus in washington. vice president-elect. president and his final news conference making the decision on the commutation for chelsea manning, who leaked classified documents to wikileaks. even against the advice of his defense secretary and top army officials at the pentagon. we'll start there and look at his last news conference. let's bring in our panel. steve hilton, susan page, and charles krauthammer. steve, your thoughts on the presidents events of this action despite his own people saying don't do it. >> i think we shouldn't dismiss it out of hand. there is a class here between the personal and political. on a personal level, you ca

government confirmed this material that was leaked out by bradley/chelsea manning was found in bin laden ainsley: he is giving clemency to bradley manning or chelsea manning. the democrats are complaining about rebel wikileaks turning this election in donald's favor. brian: a need for intelligence not to be shared. steve: i wrote this down. a prominent blogger wrote this giving classified information to wikileaks is good as long as it only endangers national security and not democrat careers. brian: fantastic. so we know he is replenishing the enemy by releasing these terrorists from gitmo and telling everyone in the intelligence community the stuff that you have doesn't matter that much. good combination on exit interview. like high school senior never these worry about high school again but we are stuck in high school we have to deal with what you are doing. ainsley: doing what promises to do this good be goodening for him. steve: look for more commutations probably bowe bergdahl. >> great job on that interview on the president-elect. goofed to sigh guys this morning. we want to get ri

>> neil, chelsea manning's change is besides the point when it comes to the crimes she committed. >> neil: do you think it would have been the same i remained bradley man something. >> i can't read barack obama's mind. his answer didn't hold weight with me. the fact is she got a 35-year sentence for serious crimes. she would have been up for parole in a few years. if she was going to be released early would have been better than a sensational high profile, much discussed presidential pardon because of that signal that extends to those people around the world that now doubt whether the american government will be able to keep their identity secret if they decide to cooperate with america. >> neil: all right. so you noticed and didn't get any world that lgbt groups and others arguing on her behalf didn't influence this decision? >> neil, i can't read the president's mind. it's certainly not an issue for me. what i care about is the crimes that she committed and the signal that we're sending around the world. >> neil: one of the republicans said the crimes he or she committed, the gender

president obama commuting the sentence of chelsea manning three days before he leaves office. it's an incredibly controversial decision. it will set manning free. he served seven years of a 35-year sentence for stealing classified information and passing it to wikileaks. the outrage tonight fast and furio furious. lindsey graham issuing this statement -- "manning stabbed his fellow soldiers in the back by releasing classified information and putting their lives at risk. president obama, granting clemency, slapped all those who serve honorably in the face." and tom cotton also harshly critical of the decision saying, "we ought not treat a traitor like a martyr." manning's supporters have argued her sentence was excessive. she tried to commit suicide twice in the past year. as a transgender was confined to a prison in fort worth, kansas. pamela brown, a stunning commutation. >> reporter: this is. this about of clemency is a surprising move far president that's taken a very tough stance on leaking during his time in office. as you mentioned, while supporters of manning are celebra

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chelsea manning has served a tough prison sentence. so the notion that the average person who was thinking about disclosing vital classified information would think that it goes unpunished, i don't think would get that impression from the sentence that chelsea manning has served. it has been my view that given she went to trial, that due process was carried out, that she took responsibility for her crime, that the sentence that she received was very disproportionate relative to what other leakers had received and that she had served a significant amount of time, that it made sense to commute and not pardon her sentence, and you know i feel very comfortable that justice has been served and that a message has still been sent that when it comes to our national security, that wherever possible, we need folks who may have legitimate concerns about the actions of government or their superiors or the agencies in which they work that they try to work through the established channels and avail themselves to the whistle blower protections that h

but a lot of people watching this with more interest than just what happens to chelsea manning. manning admitted gi ted guilt wa plea deal, expressed remorse. disclosed she was transgender, anxious, depressed, suicidal. sentence not commuted because he's not sentenced yet but pardoned is general james cartwright. he was a top pentagon general, pleaded guilty three months go was facing two years in jail for lying to investigators about leaking to reporters about the u.s. and israeli cyber attack on the iran nuclear arm s program. you remember the so-called stux virus. reporters said and general cartwright said in the investigation and his trial that he leaked to confirm to reporters that there had been that cyber attack so they would not publish it. the reporters he talked to asked for him to be pardoned. so summing up, obama says he wants to be known as the second chance president. chelsea manning could be out of jail in may. general cartwright will never go to jail. >>> russian president vladimir putin is accusing the outgoing obama administration of spreading fake allegations.

chelsea manning will now be released from the prison barracks at fort lechk worth in may. g has already served more than six years and has transitioned to live as a woman. >> the president's actions probably saved chelsea manning's life. >> reporter: aclu attorney noted his client, who spent long stretches of time in kol tear confinement has twice attempted suicide in the last six months. >> the reality was, there was no way she was going to survive another 28 years in prison. >> reporter: the former army intelligence analyst, then known as bradley manning was convicted of giving secret documents to wikileaks. manning said, i have never made any excuses for what i did. at the time of the leak, the white house said the disclosures put american lives at risk, but on friday, spokesman josh earnest indicated manning's remorse was persuasive. >> as chelsea manning has acknowledged, the release of the information that she provided to wikileaks was damaging to national security, but disclosures by edward snowden were far more serious and far more dangerous. >> reporter: both consi

thank you for everyone who campaigned for chelsea manning's clemency. ur courage and determination made the impossible possible. >> but on capitol hill joe manchin said the shortened sentence was wrong. and gave a green light to hacking and espionage. >> manning stacked his fellow shoulders in the back by releasing classified information and put their lives at risk. president obama by granting clemency to manning slapped all of those who serve honorably in the face. >> and saying it dilutes their sacrifice. >>> president obama granted commutations and pardons to more than 200 other people including james cartwright. many cartwright pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators about leaking to journalist it's. and baseball hall of fame willie mccovey has been pardoned from a tax invasion to 1965. in a statement, he said i want to express my sincere gratitude president are obama not only for his kind gesture on my baffle but also for his tireless service to all americans. >>> is this morning, donald trump wakes up at trump tower, his

what i find more surprising is some of the contributes, though, of the release of chelsea manning are the same ones who are not coming out and being as forceful about the russians hacking into our systems. it's just a very bizarre situation that we're in right now. democrats the law and order party, political party when it comes to the russians and quite frankly the republicans when it comes to chelsea manning, they're the ones that are law and order. very bizarre.

that is chelsea manning, she already served seven that is chelsea manning, she already served seven yearsshe already served seven years in jail but the president decided to commute her sentence. that will be one of the big talking points obviously. the president perhaps will be reflecting on the last eight years and perhaps what he thinks the next four years of the trump administration might look like. we're waiting for that press c0 nfe re nce look like. we're waiting for that press conference from the president. it's being hailed as a victory for disabled people. doug paulley, who uses a wheel chair, took legal action because he couldn't board a bus in leeds, when a mother with a pushchair refused to make way for him. todayjudges at the supreme court ruled that the bus company's policy of "requesting" but not "requiring" other passengers to move was not good enough. our disability affairs correspondent nikki fox reports. it has taken almost five yea rs of legal battles to get to this point. how are you feeling? elated. but finally, doug paulley had his day in the highest court in the co

we wish him the best. >>> the president commuted the 35 year prison sentence of chelsea manning the former army private convicted of leaking 750,000 pages of documents and videos will be released in may. no word from the trump team yet regarding the decision on manning. but the move has stirred up significant controversy. the president made the decision over the objection from his own secretary of defense ash carter. manning released the secret documents in 2010 through wikileaks which has been advocating for her release. of course in the past election, wikileaks and its founder julian assange released documents that were hacked by russia with the aim at helping donald trump win the election. let's get to nic robertson from london. nic, what are you learning? >> the white house has commuted manning's sentence because she has accepted responsibility. she has shown remorse. twice in the past 12 months, she's tried to commit suicide over six years. that was the rationale over it. we have in london julian assange, held of wikileaks, holed up in the ecuadorian embassy since 2012 because he said

three days left before he leaves office, president obama has commuted the prison sentence of chelsea manning. the former army private who gave hundreds of thousands of military documents to wikileaks. manning was an intelligence analyst serving 35 years. the longest sentence ever given for a leak conviction. now manning will soon go free. the speaker of the house, republican paul ryan saying, manning put american lives at risk, and that the president has set a very dangerous precedent. we begin with martha raddatz. >> reporter: she is one of the most controversial prisoners in america and tonight president obama has ordered that 29-year-old chelsea manning be released in may, cutting short her 35-year sentence. manning burst onto the world stage in 2010, one year after returning from a deployment to iraq. the low-level analyst -- known as bradley manning then -- providing wikileaks with some 700,000 military and diplomatic documents. embarrassing the united states in the eyes of the world. this is one of them -- a secret video manning said showed the "true cost of war." you see u.s. soldiers

chelsea manning to be released early as 0bama massively reduces her 35 year sentence.on one level, this is what presidents do. it is like the resignation honours prime ministers give in the uk. there is also lots of controversy about whether this is good or bad. what i picked up this morning is that julian assange under wikileaks sat in the ecuadorian embassy in london unable to leave for the last five years or so, last yearsaid, if for the last five years or so, last year said, if chelsea manning was to be released, he would go back to the united states to face justice. that was united states to face justice. that was before donald trump became the president elect. let's see whether or not the real intent behind what 0bama or not the real intent behind what obama did was to see ifjulian assange will go and face justice in america. fascinating. anthony joshua, the british world boxing ibf champion. a very gentle man and a very violent sport. around 19 hours ago there was a picture of himself, which we haven't shown, it is his copyright, which he has put on twitter, pla