talks on wednesday, we spoke about the trial with kevin gosztola from firedoglake who has been coveringrial. he is the co-author of, "truth and consequences: the u.s. vs bradley manning." he joined us via democracy now video stream from his car in the fort meade parking lot. i interviewed him along with cohost during shaikh and we began by asking another the trial has been covered by the media. really is only being covered when the outlets in the u.s. media feel have an obligation to cover something read or example, this is the first day of the trial, that is something important. this is the first day of bradley manning's defense, that feels like something important. other than that, we are not going to see a lot of outlets. we have seen a small dedicated core group of individuals, which i have been a part, or independent journalist, courthouse news reporter who works in new york city, we have had a sketch artist who also happens to be the driver of the wikileaks draft ash which is quite remarkable does see that drive onto the base every single day. we have nathan fuller who is a report