about chelsea manning.himself faced life in prison after leaking the pentagon papers about the vietnam war. he was a high-level pentagon official who obtain the papers while working at the rand corporation. when we come back, we will speak to pulitzer prize-winning journalist green greenwald of the intercept. this is democracy now. back in a minute. ♪ [music break] mostmusic by brazil's famous samba school, and last carnival and rio de janeiro, getting a perfect score for honoring a councilwoman who was assassinated on most a year ago. this is democracy now!, andcracynow.org, the war peace report. i'm amy goodman. chelsea manning sent back to jail after refusing to answer questions about wiwikileaks and julian assange. manning has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to appear for questioning about her 2010 leak to wikileaks of hundreds of thousands of state department and pentagon documents about the u.u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan. to talk more about the jailing of manning, as well as other issues,

says she did not know what it was in regards to chelsea manning has refused to testify and has been sent to jail now manning's lawyers have actually requested that she be put on a home consignment essentially in house arrest rather than being taken to jail because of her medical needs now ever the judge apparently came forward and said that actually u.s. marshals could indeed handle her medical needs and that she would be locked up so at this point we understand that chelsea manning has been taken into custody for refusing to testify and now manning was aware that this was a possibility and actually spoke up prior to today's events saying that she was willing to go to jail in order to not be forced to testify and she feels that the grand jury process actually favors the government have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings that they have they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things their nefarious goings on to happen so i am i am in general opposition of that kind of of this kind of proceeding taking place i believe in the

well chelsea manning who spent seven years behind bars for leaking u.s. military information she apparently is once again locked up now from what we understand she was called to testify before a closed grand jury now it's being widely reported that the case it was involved with was involving julian assange and wiki leaks they wanted chelsea manning to testify against wiki leaks in this closed grand jury proceeding however it's not confirmed she has come forward and said that she does not know what the case is in regards to. now from what we understand prior to her arrest she did say she would be willing to be arrested for not testifying and that she did not believe in the grand jury process that the the method of centrally detaining people and forcing them to testify favors the government according to her analysis of this is some of what we heard from chelsea manning prior to her recent detention have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings that they they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things their n

chelsea manning is being held at a virginia jail after refusing to testify in front of the grand jurywas investigating wiki leaks founder julian assange but now her attorney saying they will file an appeal for her release judge hilton did find her in contempt in open court well who is certainly a typical outcome for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous courage our primary concern at this point is her how well she is confined manning anti-secrecy activist and former us army intelligence whistleblower has said that she objects to the secrecy of the grand jury process and that she has already revealed everything she knows i have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things you know various goings on to happen so i am i am in general opposition of that kind of of this kind of proceeding taking place believe in a grand jury process i don't believe in the city the secrecy of this i have no problem explaining what happened and i've done it before why we should go through

former us army intelligence analyst chelsea manning was jailed on friday after refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating the whistleblower website wiki leaks before entering the courthouse manning said she was prepared to go behind bars for her beliefs manning has already served seven years in prison for leaking a trove of classified documents related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan but president barack obama commuted her sentence in twenty seventeen. did your porter all also is here with me to break down this whole chelsea manning situation first of all what do we know about her jailing and why was she willing so willing to go to jail in the first place was a first of all a judge in virginia ordered manning to jail for contempt of court of the she refused to testify before this grand jury investigating wiki leaks now for those who don't know a grand jury is a different thing from a from a trial jury the grand jury is there to decide if there is support for criminal charges. what exactly the jury the grand jury is investigating is secret basically we know it has to do with

did of your porter all of is here with me to break down this whole chelsea manning situation first of all what do we know about her jailing and why was she willing so willing to go to jail in the first place. first of all a judge in virginia ordered manning to jail for contempt of court of the she refused to testify before this grand jury investigating wiki leaks now for those who don't know a grand jury is a different thing from a from a trial jury the grand jury is there to decide if there is support for criminal charges and what exactly the jury the grand jury is investigating is secret basically we know it has to do with wiki leaks. and this is one of the things that manning objects to this whole secrecy around the around the grand jury now just a reminder that the u.s. has been investigating wiki leaks and its founder julian assange for many years now and manning she leaked documents to wiki leaks which ended up exposing cover ups and potential even war crimes by the united states government. now this is perhaps one of the most famous pieces of the footage that shows an air to gr

army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning is back behind bars after refusing to testify to a u.s. grand jury in a case against wiki leaks. this saturday the ninth of march i'm calling bright r t h q with your headline news this hour first the venezuelan foreign ministry is accusing the united states of orchestrating and celebrating an ongoing power outage in the country said to be the worst in decades. while in venezuela people calmly handled the consequences of electrical sabotage the entourage of donald trump was celebrating and enjoying with guilty perversion the suffering of the venezuelan people a few weeks ago the mature regime blamed the corners for causing a large electric group blackouts we have now received the first video of what caused the not unprecedented nationwide black county in venezuela where there is poses bring nothing but darkness. electricity stations across about as well as shut down during the thursday evening rush hour bringing public transport to a standstill the power supply is gradually being restored in some parts of the capital what you're seeing he

army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning is back behind bars after refusing to testify to a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks. your company this is our team international and just after a four pm here in the russian capital my name's union o'neil we begin with breaking news on the program a security alert being triggered at one of moscow's main earth ports after a mortar shell it's believed was discovered in the luggage of a u.s. embassy staff member that's according to the russian foreign ministry well for more on this story let's cross over to medina. just minutes old this story what do we know from what indeed was the russian reaction as well. well quite a bizarre story happened to me to the airport this saturday now one u.s. embassy employee trying to take more of her shell through the airport in his luggage now it was reported that it contained no explosives but it did have a detonator the mortar shell was revealed to to be in the luggage during a routine x. three chaco right at the entrance of the airport it was confiscated to but the u.s. diplomat continued his journe

army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning has been jailed for refusing to testify in front of a grand jury and a case against the wiki leaks co-founder to going to sound manning's lawyer says they'll appeal for her swift release. this is an appealable order judge children did find her in contempt in open court well it's certainly a typical outram for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous courage our primary concern at this plane is her how well she is confined chelsea manning first came to fame in twenty ten after handing over classified sensitive military data to wiki leaks she was sentenced to thirty five years in prison and spent seven of them there before being commuted by then president obama the whistleblower was aware that she could be taken back into custody. i have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things you know if arius goings on to happen so i am in general opposition of that kind of of this kind of proceeding taking place i believe in the gr

i am confused chelsea manning's claims that it is surrounded by secrecy. yeah, grand jury are secrets. you are a witness, you can come outside and tell us what you are asked or what you said. i invite you to do it. >> jeremy bash, quick last word, do you think americans are clear eye of how they define wikileaks? >> no. carol is reflecting a sensibility that you want to be careful in charging criminally that any that received classified materials and publishes in the name of transparency. wikileaks is an agent of the russian federation. for national security prosecutors, this is an entirely different matter. >> can't think of three better guests to help us talk about the news we've witnessed today. frank, carol, and jeremy bash. sincere thanks to the three of you for sticking around with us on a friday night. coming up, according to donald trump, manafort's judge says there is no collusion with russia. we'll review what the judge actually said when we continue. finding dental and vision insurance plans can be confusing. confusing like why am i sitting here

to the us where former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning was jailed on friday after refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating the whistleblower website wiki leaks before entering the courthouse manning said she was willing to go to jail for her beliefs manning has already served seven years in prison for leaking a trove of classified documents related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan the president barack obama commuted her sentence back in twenty seven tame. well for more on this to help us break it down i'm going to go from did always news desk thanks for joining me well what more do we know about yesterday's appearance and jailing so the judge a judge in virginia ordered manning to jail for contempt of court after she refused to testify before this grand jury investigating wiki leaks now if you don't know a grand jury is different from a child a trial jury a grand jury is there to determine whether there can be support for criminal charges and what exactly this grand jury is investigating that's a secret or we know it has to do with with wiki leaks and this is on

much the program you saw me was hollower chelsea manning is back in prison that soft tissue refused to testify in front of a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks co-founder julian of songs manning's lawyer says they will fight the sentence. this is an appealable order judge children did find her in contempt and hope things work well is certainly a typical out for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous courage our primary concern at this point is her how well she is confined chelsea manning formerly known as bradley manning first came to prominence in twenty turnoff to hunting classified military data to wiki leaks it cost her a thirty five year jail sentence however after seven years of that sentence manning was released by then president obama was it was aware she could be taken back into custody i have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow. things you know if arius goings on to happen so i am i am in general opposition of that kind of this kind of proceeding tak

army whistleblower chelsea manning is back in prison that is after she refused to touch manning's lawyer plans to appeal against the sentence this is an appealable order judge hilton did find her in contempt in open court well it's certainly a typical for this kind of proceeding as everybody has tremendous courage our primary concern at this point is her well she is confined chelsea manning a formerly known as bradley manning first came into prominence in two thousand and ten after handling classified military data and sending it over to wiki leaks it cost her thirty five year jail sentence however after serving seven of those years manning was released by then president obama there was a blower was aware she could be taken back into custody. i have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things they are notorious goings on happened so i am i am in general opposition of that kind of the secrecy of this i have no problem explaining what happened and i've done it before why we should go through this

whistleblower chelsea manning is once again in jail that story much more after a short break this is our international. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm sure. i'll see you then. question countries are very reluctant to recognize the fact that assad is one like formally and also to admit that they were perhaps wrong. in the early stages of the war so. undermined the reconstruction process by the prolongation of sanctions i think it was in countries. as you ation where this is serious we can start to you know ways in which he started to power russia and iran not by the west and by the g.c.c. . international and u.s. army whistleblower chelsea manning is back in prison that is after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks founder julian assange lawyer plans to appeal the judge's order. this is an appealable order judge hilton did find her in contempt of court who is certainly a typical out for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous cou

army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning is. refusing to testify. against wiki leaks. twenty four seven news from russia's capital city this is our international my names you know mail and welcome our top story the venezuelan foreign ministry is accusing the united states of orchestrating and celebrating an ongoing power outage in the country said to be the worst in decades electricity stations are shut shower of thursday evening bringing public transport to a standstill the power supply is gradually being restored in some parts of the capital this is the cmon bowl of our international airport in caracas where all flights have been suspended opposition leader the interim president one. government is to blame well the u.s. pointed the finger at two years of corruption and investment. venezuela's defense ministry has called the outage an act of sabotage i mean i guess. it will be after all we have seen after the statements from the spokesperson of the north american empire and those who support them here no one can be so naive to believe this is a random event it is an a

. >>> chelsea manning back behind bars tonight. a stunning turn of events for the former army private freed by president obama, now jailed again for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating osive new allegation. >>> a powerful group ofome u.s. women's so t fairness on and off the field. >>> and whoopi goldberg shocks the audience by revealing a medical scare so serious she said she almost died. >> i came very, very close to leaving the earth. >> tonight, a health warning everyone should hear. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" wies >>> good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. we begin with breaking news from chicago where actor jussie smollett has just been indicted on 16 felony counts for what authorities say were false claims, being the target of a racist and homophobic attack by strangers. the "empire" actor was arrested last month for allegedly lying to police, accused of orchestrating the attack to enhance but tot finds himself in even deeper legal trouble. our miguel almaguer has late details.epter: not seen

whistleblower chelsea manning is in jail once again we'll have more on that story and others off of the short break. it's a really interesting duel between two dystopian nightmares a brave new world and making a horn as they say you know you're in heaven there and that's like a brave new world with the soma is essentially you're clicking on discrediting yourself and then recreating your soft through video. that would be more like i think brave new world the soma. digital. and then the us has more of a ninety four when it comes to an actual cell phone natural gladwin surrounded by t.v. cameras. it was not me or . those environments standouts in the original now after two five years ago out because relations were more punitive but now the relation is very very close intertwined saw i think it's ok to have a new treaty and you negotiation. welcome back to the program you are sol he was a blow at chelsea manning is back in prison so after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks co-founder julian a song's mining's lawyer says they will be fighting the sen

army whistleblower chelsea manning is back in jail that is after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks founder julian assange manning's lawyer plans to appeal against the ruling. this is an appealable order judge hilton did find her in contempt in open court who is certainly a typical for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous courage our primary concern at this point is her how well she is confined. chelsea manning formerly known as bradley manning first came to prominence in two thousand and ten after handing classified military data to wiki leaks it cost her a thirty five years jail sentence however after serving seven of those years manning was released by then president barack obama was a blower was aware she could be taken back into custody though i have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things you know and if various goings on happened so i'm i am in general opposition of that kind of of this kind of proceeding takin

he has tremendous courage higher primary concern at this point is her well she is confined to chelsea manning first came to prominence in twenty ten after hunting classified military data to wiki leaks it cost her a thirty five year jail sentence however after serving seven of those years manning was. released by then president obama the whistleblower was aware she could be taken back into custody. have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things you know if arius goings on to happen so i am i am in general opposition of that kind of of this kind of proceeding taking place i believe in the grand jury process i don't believe in the seeking the secrecy of this i have no problem explaining what happened and i've done it before why we should go through this in a secret closed hearing with only the prosecutor no lawyer. well what did happen more than seven hundred thousand confidential documents that he was here some of what was revealed i warning you may find some of the following images disturbing. tha

whistleblower chelsea manning is once again in jail that story much more after a short break this is art international. it's a religious thing duel between two dystopian nightmares a brave new world and i see a form where they say you know you're in heaven there are no. like the brave new world of the soma is essentially you're clicking on discrediting yourself and then re crediting your soft through video. that would be more like but i think brave new world the soma. digital. and then the u.s. has more of the night before but it puts you in an actual cell an actual google ad with surrounded by t.v. cow. there was no trade or labor in those environments standouts in the original nafta fifty five years ago . out because relations were more purity economy but now the religion is very very close intertwined saw i think it's ok to have a new treaty and you negotiation. international u.s. army was about were manning is back in prison and that is after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks founder julian assange manning's lawyer plans to appeal agains

technological chelsea manning was jailed this week with an indefinite sentence until as the virginia judge said she purges about the circumstances of a revealing to the world the extent of nato nation war crimes her case arguably encompasses philosophical concepts of the nato military industrial complex ranging from freedom to neo colonialism to the illusion of consumer choice i'm joined now by skype from to be honored by one of the world's most popular living for lots of his subject some i welcome to going underground before we get on the philosophical concept of the rest of the news your thoughts about chelsea manning the former intelligence operative who was of course tortured we had p.j. crowley over the state department will give out that she's been jailed again what do you think. i don't think it's especially not on an event on i think it's more of a kid here sign of the day but out of the industry of the american establishment to get good young astonished. that classic you better whatever it is are doing because what they are putting pressure on her to give her mark dot dot ab

government's quest to jail julian assad joining us today to discuss the latest imprisonment of chelsea manning is a journalist who's been following manning story since she first made headlines the managing editor of shadow press kevin gusto thank you so much for joining us kevan . thank you for having me and i think number one i think the biggest thing everybody is kind of wondering about this is how long could joe see manning be held for by the u.s. government this time around what do we know how long this poor woman is going to be in jail. to be honest it's indefinite at the moment because she's in prison until this grand jury is no longer impaneled and it's up to eighteen months is what we've heard that you can be in jail when you are held in contempt but if the grand jury's renewed and it continues and this investigation is ongoing for more for additional months and she's in jail so long as this contempt charges hanging over her head. so many have stated that she sacrificed her freedom as i said in order to protest the u.s. grand jury. system which is incredibly unsettling kevin what is it

government's quest to jail julian assad joining us today to discuss the latest imprisonment of chelsea manning is a journalist who's been following manning story since she first made headlines the managing editor of shadow proves kevin gust thank you so much for joining us evan. thank you for having me kevin i think number one i think the biggest thing everybody's kind of wondering about this is how long could joe see manning be held for by the u.s. government this time around what do we know how long this poor woman is going to be in jail. to be honest it's indefinite at the moment because she's in prison until this grand jury is no longer impaneled and it's up to eighteen months is what we've heard that you can be in jail when you are held in contempt. but if the grand jury is renewed and it continues and this investigation is ongoing for more for additional months and she's in jail so long as this contempt charges hanging over her head. so many have stated that she sacrificing her freedom as i said in order to protest the u.s. grand jury system which is incredibly unsettling kevin what is i

and also, chelsea manning, who has been held in solitary confinement since being sent back to prisonch 8 after refusing to answer questions befofore a grand jury. she had been subpoenaed for questioning over her 2010 release of wikileaks of hundreds of thousands of state department and pentagon documents about the wars in iraq and afghanistan. david is right that there was a big difference between obama and clinton when he came to foreign policy. she was very critical of obama for not being more confrontational with putin, for refusing to bomb syria, for refusing to send lethal arms to ukrainians, for working with russia on the iran deal. obama was right that hillary clinton would have been externally dangerous because she wanted to be way more provocative toward russia and i watch you did not get a chance to do that. it would have been very dangerous for the world, although the trump administration is doing now. as for chelsea manning and wikileaks, the trump administration has made no secret of the fact they want to prosecute wikileaks for the crime, and their eyes, of disclosing c

liberty. ♪ >> ed: a judge sending chelsea manning back to jail. ing she knows and opposes the secrecy of the grand jury process. she gave the website classified records and u.s. secrets and has been serving 35 years in prison before the president, president obama back then, commuted her sentence. wiki leaks is at the center of the russia probe. the cia called the website a vote unquote hostile intelligence service. jillian turner is reporting live in washington. good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, ed. chelsea manning convicted of illegally leaking hundreds of thousand of classified military documents to wiki leaks back in 2010, was taken into federal custody. federal judge found manning in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions when she appeared before a secret grand jury. the judge ordered manning to be held in jail until she agrees to testify or until the grand jury wraps up its business which, according to manning's attorney r could take up to a year and a half. >> as everybody knows, chelsea has tremendous courage. our pr