p.j. crowley had denounced the conditions of bradley manning's detention when speaking at a seminar and mighty a student in the audience asked him to talk about the elephant in the room and crowley responded that what his colleagues at the defense department were doing was ridiculous and counterproductive and stoop. and i thought that was a promising sign that not everybody within the obama administration was so blindly following the path that somebody there still realize the holding someone who has not yet been convicted of any crime under such conditions was unreasonable and yet just as we saw that in a flicker it was quickly put out on sunday afternoon crowley abruptly resigned under reported pressure from the white house so where is the president had been up until this point shying away from any responsibility or a clear stance putting it on the pentagon to decide whether manning streeton was appropriate or not by firing crowley has he now made his stance very clear joining me from capitol hill is us congressman dennis kucinich congressman kasich thank you so much for joining us tonight no

p.j. crowley should have actually resigned as he there let's take a look e.j. crowley resigned his post state department spokesperson yesterday this just coming after his comments saying that bradley reading's treatment is stupid counterproductive and ridiculous you know what the state department thinks about this but a d.c. residents let's find out how to productive probably stupid you're supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. and so i don't think that that is indicative that he is being considered innocent until proven guilty if he's already being tortured everybody could have their day in court and could be treated with dignity or were you surprised to learn that he was in solitary confinement had been forced to strip naked and had been essentially tortured does that surprise you. well it doesn't surprise me considering all that happened with you know iraqis and you know finding out that those who were put in jail were treated unjustly and they were you know the same thing happened with them so it doesn't surprise me the government cover that up and i

p.j. crowley he was fired at the as the spokesperson for. secretary of state clinton for saying that bret bradley manning's situation is confinement circumstances not not that he's there or how he's being treated or ridiculous counterproductive and stupid or you've commented on this i was wearing well you know it's true it's true that i believe that the truth shall set you free but mr crawley's case and also got him fired and we should take note of that as we persist in our efforts to address the plight of private manning but we should also express our appreciation for the unfettered honesty your p.j. crowley who in a moment where he was called upon to give an assessment of what exactly the way he saw it he did and so we. be grateful for that. congressman as to say thanks so much actually i don't so you are great having. in an office building here the wisconsin capitol volunteers are ramping up their efforts to get signatures to recall republican senators who approved walker's bills one of those republican senators randy hooper may have othe

p.j. crowley called manning's treatment quote ridiculous counterproductive and stupid and was forced to resign. well meaning scott or denounce the pentagon for stripping his son of his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would. come on you know our silence as a family and say you know this you know you crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusting manning's jailers i've been saying probably in confinement and i can tell you probably is not doing well but if i could see really getting excited. to believe that i think whistleblower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning a hero i want his sample if courage for other people. the more that other people realize. the descriptions which are gone to give us the word of being a traitor. to have you know the truth. appreciate it but everybody that we. were before being arrested it with thirty five others for refus

p.j. crowley after barack obama spoke about it finally the new york times decided to editorialize it finally people have decided that it's really going on but is it still just a couple hundred people that really care enough to come out and protest only. it's not all on our own at firedoglake we've organized more than fifty thousand people in support of bradley manning and there are tens of thousands more across the globe more than thirty cities around the world held rallies for bradley manning yesterday in show solidarity and what we're seeing now is quite different than when you first started covering this story back in december when very few people actually knew let alone cared about the conditions in which bradley manning was being very unjustly held in which he is continued to be held we're seeing now something that is that is waking up and that frankly for bradley manning's abusers as well as president obama who with one phone call could stop this torture it's too late for them to contain this the momentum is building and it's a matter of time for this to really pick up a lot momentum t

crowley. p.j. has served our nation with distinction for more than three decades. i wish him the very best." crowley rarely traveled with secretary clinton, and sources say they weren't close. crowley's interim replacement michael hammer, former national security spokesman, is considered the top contender for the position. >> mitchell: witt johnson in washington. thank you. and we'll be back. >> mitchell: and finally this evening, satellite images out today taken over japan before and after friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal the scope of the damage. this is the before and after view of the now heavily damaged fukushima nuclear plant. other images like these show how a landscape of homes and green fields has simply been wiped out. the same is true in sendai where the once brightly covered roofs of homes have been replaced by a sea of mud. meanwhile, in miyagai, the coastline and valley once easily definable, are now simply covered in muck and destruction. nothing remains. and that is the "cbs evening news." i'm russ mitchell in new york. good night. c

p.j. crowley is not some sort of you know east coast liberal hippie running around and trying to stop wars anywhere he's a democrat but he is he is he has spoken out from the harshest terms against bradley manning and against wiki leaks who do you think that he was speaking for when he called this treatment i'm just stupid and. which is why i thought i mean so do you see a split within the obama administration on this bradley manning case well brought obama picks and chooses certain spots to look tough on foreign policy to look for him on immigration to look tough on issues that he's actually. genuinely weak on and bradley manning is the is the you would say michael would say unfortunate victim of this he's the exception that proves the rule in the broad obama i'm weak on foreign policy. play he's been used as a scapegoat he said i would be tough tough for being on bradley manning look out of it look at who we're going to lock down in quantico so i'm not you know i don't know the the specifics of the case i don't know how much they know about what he's done and they may feel he has more in

p.j. crowley called manning's treatment quote ridiculous counterproductive and stupid and was forced to resign. while manning's father denounced the pentagon for stripping his son as his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would come out of our silence as a family and say you know now that you know you've crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusting manning's jailers i've been seeing growth in confinement so i can tell you probably is not true because well like it's really not a good mother she probably thinks the final whistle blower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning a hero but i want his example to give courage for other people and the more that other people realize that the descriptions rick you're bound to give us the world traitor. to the american troops. appreciate everybody that we. had to go there before being arrested it with thirty five

p.j. crowley stepping down over comments he made about the treatment of bradley manning and we asked you at home if you thought the crawlies firing that the president obama had taken ownership of manning's treatment all that quantico and here's what some of you had to say and i got to say it was not very kind to the president raj response i grew up learning that a man is innocent until proven guilty but with mr mannix treatment it seems as if he's guilty until he's proven innocent his treatment is that of a convicted terrorist shame on the obama administration doug kaiser replies it appears that president obama is trying to get alignment behind him by firing all those who are speaking out against it that's one way to do it mason sky says everyone keeps waiting for the president to speak on the bradley manning face when he's going to speak where is he on this issue i think his silence speaks volumes and jerry marielitos sounded off on facebook saying obama is continuing the worst of bush's policies and even expanding so he hasn't been a leader he's been more like a dictator now as always we

p.j. crowley has resigned.e after he caused a stir with comments about the suspect in the wikileaks case. crowley described the army treatment of bradley manning as ridiculous and stupid. manning is being held in solitary confinement. in a statement yesterday crowley said he took responsibility for his remarks and given their impact has submitted his resignation. >> a hacker group called anonymous released documents about bank of america this morning. they say the e-mails expose corruption and fraud at the largest u.s. bank. the documents concern improper mortgage processes at the bank which were used to foreclose on homeowners. anonymous supports embattled wikileaks founder julian assange who was forced to shut down his site after being arrested on suspicion of committing sexual assault. >>> we'll take a quick break. we will have your weather forecast in just a bit. first, though, this is the "cbs morning news." from nasal allergy symptoms. they can hit you year round... indoors or out. achoo! oh to have relie

p.j. crowley called manning's treatment quote ridiculous counterproductive and stupid and was forced to resign. while manning's father denounced the pentagon for stripping his son of his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention needed i mean it's shocking enough that i would come out of our silence as a family and say you know now that this you know you crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to her genius they say the president could do better than simply trusting manning's jailers i can sing brother in confinement and i could tell you probably is not to me as well but if i could see nothing to fight about bracketology but i think if i were whistleblower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking to be a ground war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning a spirit if i want his example to be heard for other people and the more that other people realize that the description is richard to give us a real world traitor. the truth. not appreciate it but everybody that we are looking at setting the record before being arreste

p.j. crowley has quote following criticism of the jail treatment of bradley manning the soldier who is awaiting trial for allegedly supplying a vast trove of secret information to wiki leaks eight is believed to have resigned on the white house press shop after telling a small group at a university that private mannings treatment was ridiculous counterproductive and stupid private manning is confined to a window that southwick twenty three hours a day and does not allow pillows and blankets at night at a press conference on friday president obama is sure that it asked the pentagon if private manning was being mistreated by the pentagon had said. israel will go several hundred homes trish settlers in the occupied west bank the announcement came a day after pointed israeli settlers were stabbed to death in their home to children and the baby were among those killed with palestinian extremists suspected palestinian leaders have refused to continue to meet with israel and to new settlement construction which breaches international law was halted. this is not c. coming to you live from moscow we'll

p.j. crowley about the case of alan gross and here's what he had to say. but then as a contractor receiving taxpayer money from us the idea if you're not aware of what you want you know no i didn't say that i brought it up. you know we of course have oversight over. you know contractors around the world. but i've as to precisely what he was doing and its relationship to an existing contract i'll to first. while so you know here are trouble saying anything at all uncomfortable see have you know blackwater committing murders in iraq and getting away with it we have contractors doing. some person of work in cuba getting away with it but hey they're contractors we don't know what's going on we can't be held accountable i mean there's nothing wrong with this picture that's why it's just private enterprise at work it's not bad government whatever government does all some of this is this is part of the picture to always always always no matter what we the we're doing good it's for the good of those people in fact us the idea agency for international development s

p.j. crowley is quit following criticism he may. harsh jail treatment of bradley manning was sold hughes awaiting trial for allegedly supplying a vast trove of secret information to wiki leaks the senior aide is believed to have resigned other white house pressure after telling a small group of a university that private manning was treatment was ridiculous kind of productive and stupid private manning is confined to a windowless cell for twenty three hours a day and is not allowed pillows or blankets that night at a press conference on friday president obama assured journalists that he'd asked the pentagon if private manning was being mistreated and the pentagon said no. israel would build several hundred homes for jewish settlers in the occupied west bank that announcement came a day after five israeli settlers were stabbed to death in their home two children and a paper you were among those killed with palestinian extremists and suspected palestinian leaders have refused to continue talks with israel until new settlement construct

p.j. crowley has quit following criticism he made over the treatment of bradley manning the soldier who is awaiting trial for allegedly supply a vast trove of secret information to weekly leaks the senior aide is believed to have resigned under white house pressure after telling its small group at a university that fly that manning's treatment was ridiculous counterproductive and stupid private manning is confined to a window that cell for twenty three hours a day and does not allow the people of blankets at night at a press conference on friday president obama showed john let's turn to the point that manning was being mistreated and that the pentagon had. it's a row will build several hundred homes the church settlers in the occupied west bank the announcement came a day after five israeli settlers are stuff to death in their home two children under a baby were among those killed with palestinian extremists expected palestinian leaders have refused to continue talks with israel until new settlement construction which breaches international law is halted. by you're watching r.t. live from

p.j. crowley when speaking to students at a seminar at mit one member of the audience asked growly to please address the quote. elephant in the room the u.s. torturing a prisoner and in military brig and reportedly according to those who were there without pause he said what's being done to bradley manning by my colleagues at the department of defense is ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid so now we have the state department openly criticizing the defense department we have a clear indication of tensions of disagreement a crime as i said within the obama administration and thank god right at least somebody in this government still has their wits about them and sees it fit to question the way that this kind of treatment to one of its own citizens were left on this country but unfortunately it's not the person i'd like to go for most at a press conference today president obama was asked about the statement and you know what he's that he said i've asked the pentagon if the procedures are appropriate and meet our standards and they said that they are you know and maybe you shouldn't be a

p.j. crowley has quit following criticism he made or treatment of bradley manning the soldier who was awaiting trial for allegedly supplying advanced sure that secret information to weaken links the senior aide is believed to have resigned under the white house after telling a small group of university their point of the writings treatment was ridiculous counterproductive and stupid is confined. to twenty three hours a day and does not have to pay those of blankets right at the press conference on friday president obama assured john that if you are the printer going to was being mistreated and that the pentagon has said. israel will build the full hundred homes in jewish settlements in the occupied west bank then also came a day after five israeli settlers were starved to death in their home so the children under a baby were among those killed with palestinian extremists suspected palestinian leaders have refused to continue talks with israel until new settlement construction reaches a national voice. earlier this week russia's republic of chechnya hosted a normal star much widely seen as a ma

p.j. crowley and it was actually asked whether the u.s. had rolled out the idea of arming rebels libyan forces and he said no that's not off the table because at this point by frankly nothing is off the table all options are still up in the air but my question is who exactly would we arm right i mean it's not like there is a unified opposition group here and no options are off the table or all options are on the table is like saying we don't know that's what they're really so we don't know what we're doing here maybe it be a little bit better in. more convincing and transparent they said that might not go over be big with the international community or the american people so they don't say that but frankly as i said before this is got to be handled very carefully because we're seeing u.s. policy collapse u.s. policy has been shaking hands with tyrants in order to protect oil that policy's falling apart on the other hand the us had for at least the last twenty years i could argue for the last sixty five years a nother paul so you know it wa

p.j. crowley called manning's treatment quote ridiculous counterproductive and stupid and was forced to resign. well meaning spotter denounced the pentagon for stripping his son of his clothing and forcing him to stand at attention naked i mean it's shocking enough that i would. come on you know our silence as a family and say you know now then this you know you crossed the line this is wrong protesters here denounced obama and say guantanamo bay has been brought to virginia they say the president can do better than simply trusted manning's jailers i've been seeing brother in confinement and i can tell you probably it's not to me well if i could see you really having a father at all that you're going to be fine whistleblower daniel ellsberg responsible for leaking the vietnam war logs known as the pentagon papers called manning i fear for his. courage for other people and the more that other people realize. the description is richer bond together says the world traitor. truth. appreciated by everybody that we recall having done the right before being arrested with thirty five others for refusi

p.j. crowley stepped down under pressure from the white house. last week while speaking to students at mit, he called the treatment of private bradley manning." >> ridiculous and stupid." manning is in solitary confinement and most recently forced to sleep naked, which the military described as a precaution to keep the 23-year- old soldier from hurting himself. >>> still ahead on ktvu, channel 2 news at 5:00, the suffering in japan is brought home by the dozens of villages devastated bit earthquake and tsunami. >>> pump prices did crossed the thresh hold and we'll tell you which bay area city now has gas averaging $4 a gallon. >>> in one north bay city it's art for art's sake. in the absence of the budget money for school programs. >>> it's not too early to apply for a summer job at one of the bay area's summer fun spots. . >>> rescue crews from around the world are still arriving in japan. this was the scene at tokyo's narita airport. first-responders from germany and taiwan checked in, ready to assist local crews with search- and-rescue efforts

p.j. crowley resigned sunday after saying the military's treatment of army private first class bradley manning was "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." manning is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents. he's being held in solitary confinement. and at night, he was being stripped and made to wear a suicide-proof smock. the events in japan will not change u.s. plans for more nuclear energy. a white house spokesman said today, "it remains a part of the president's overall energy plan." but several european countries began reassessing. switzerland suspended plans to replace old nuclear plants with new ones, and germany delayed a decision on extending the life of its nuclear plants. >> we want to form an independent investigating commission with the task of undertaking a new risk analysis of all german nuclear power plants. this based on currently available information about events in japan, especially looking at the security of the cooling system. >> holman: at least 195 nuclear power plants are operating throughout europe. of 19 plants under construction in europe and asi

p.j. crowley is now out as the state department's chief spokesman. he resigned yesterday after describing the military's treatment of the main suspect in the wikileaks case as both ridiculous and stupid. crowley made those comments about army private bradley manning last thursday. >>> now, to an embarrassing blunder by a tea party favorite, expected to make a run for the white house. minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann, got her states mixed up when she told a crowd in new hampshire, that they should be proud of their state's role in the war. >> you're the state where the shot was heard around the world, at lexington and concord. >> the first shots were fired in massachusetts. oshe later went on facebook to acknowledge the mistake. she noted that new hampshire should still be proud. >>> plenty of office time today will be spent pouring over those ncaa march madness brackets. this year's number one seeds are ohio state, kansas, pittsburgh and duke. now, pitt is 1 of the 11 big east conferences that made the deal. that's the most of any conference.

p.j. crowley said the treatment of bradley manning by the pentagon is ridiculous and counter productive and stupid. i'm wondering if you agree with that. thank you, sir. >> on point number one, when i spoke to prime minister kan, i specifically asked him about the nuclear plants and their potential vulnerability as a consequence of the earthquake. he indicated that they are monitoring the situation very closely. so far they have not seen evidence of radiation leaks. but obviously you've got to take all potential precautions. and i've asked steve chu, our energy secretary, to be in close contact with their personnel to provide any assistance that's necessary, but also to make sure if in fact there have been breaches on the safety system of these nuclear plants, that they're dealt with right away. with respect to private manning, i have actually asked the pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. they assured me that they are. i can't go into details about some of their concerns, but some of thi

p.j. crowley set for 1:30 that are new. reporters will talk about the president's comments with muammar gadhafi in the situation in the country. is that a plaintiff in the u.s. millet terry to ask potentially rapidly in libya at the. c-span 2 that are 1:30 eastern. until then, journalists and political analyst at the salt lake club discussed the dumping them egypt, libya and the middle east. contact with the foreign media's coverage of the antigovernment protest in the role of the son of libyan leader muammar gadhafi. this is about 90you minutes.stii >> sir, your name? t >> what is your take on theuld u humanity -- can i ask you tohe hold the mic closer? there's a fallout if sanctions are put in place? please remember in iraq, in december 50,000 children died during the sanction period while it was put in place. your take on both. followed from the violence, as for the sanctions. >> thank you. >> who'd like to start up? what is your fear of what the humanitarian impact would be for the sanks -- sanctions or indeed just ongo

p.j. crowley spoke with reporters today about the obama administration's humanitarian efforts in libya. president obama announced in a white house news conference today that u.s. military aircraft would fly in egyptian leaving libya back home to egypt from makeshift camps in tunisia. it's about 50 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the department of state. sorry to be late but we thought it was important to wait until the president finished baking before we came out. a few things to mention. this morning the secretary met with warren minister sikorski of poland to review a wide range of issues with our nato allies including our security relationships, develop vents in in the middle east afghanistan eastern partnership to manage -- initiative in our newly established democracy dialogue. the secretary informed the minister how poland can sheriffs democratic experience and play a helpful role. the country is now experiencing their own dramatic changes to democracy. they also discussed cooperation on energy issues including our new agreement to expand cooperation on clean energy init

p.j. crowley of the state department said that the treatment of bradley manning by the pentagon was ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid. i am wondering if you agree with that. thank you. >> on point number one, i spoke with prime minister kan and specifically asked him about the vulnerability of nuclear plants in response to the earthquake. he indicated they are monitoring the situation closely. so far they have not seen evidence, but they have to take all precautions. i have asked our energy secretary to be close contact -- we are in close contact with their personnel to provide any assistance if necessary, but also to make sure that if in fact there are breaches in the safety system on these nuclear plants that they are dealt with right away. with respect to private manning, i have asked the pentagon whether or not the procedures regarding his confinement are appropriate in meeting our basic standards. they assure me they are. i cannot go into details about some of their concerns. some of this has to do with private manning's safety as well. >> [unintelligible] >> i think i gave you

p.j. crowley is stepping down days after publically blasting the pentagon for its treatment of suspected wikileaks informant private bradley manning. manning's lawyers say he's been forced to strip and remain publically naked for extended periods of time. it's now 7:21. let's get to meredith, matt and al. >> thank you very much, savannah. now a check on the forecast from mr. roker. >> we'll start by looking at the forecast in japan. they have rain moving in and chilly conditions. a low of 39 in sendai. tokyo with a high tomorrow of 56 degrees with a 20% chance of showers. the prevailing winds, the jet stream now, strong winds 135 miles per hour jet coming across from japan into the pacific northwest. again, no problems hopefully from radioactive cloud or leaks, but, again, we keep an eye on the upper level winds. >>> good morning. showers continue to stream over the bay area. they're spotty and are beginning to subside. we do have a good line along i-80. you want to take it easy out there this morning. also starting to see the south bay really clear up. and this will be the case for first part of

p.j. crowley of the state department said that the treatment of bradley manning by the pentagon was ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid. i am wondering if you agree with that. thank you. >> on point number one, i spoke with prime minister kan and specifically asked him about the vulnerability of nuclear plants in response to the earthquake. he indicated they are monitoring the situation closely. so far they have not seen evidence, but they have to take all precautions. we are in close contact with their personnel to provide any assistance if necessary, but also to make sure that if in fact there are breaches in the safety system on these nuclear plants that they are dealt with right away. with respect to private manning, i have asked the pentagon whether or not the procedures regarding his confinement are appropriate in meeting our basic standards. they assure me they are. i cannot go into details about some of their concerns. some of this has to do with private manning's safety as well. >> [unintelligible] >> i think i gave you an answer to the substantive issue. >> [unintelligible] >

p.j. crowley said the treatment of bradley manning by the pentagon is ridiculous and counter productive and stupid. i'm wondering if you agree with that? thank you, sir. >> on point number one, when i spoke to prime minister kahn i specifically asked him about the nuclear plants and their potential vulnerability as a consequence of the earthquake. he indicated they are monitoring the situation very closely. so far they have not seen evidence of radiation leaks. but obviously you've got to take all potential precautions. and i've asked steve chu, our energy secretary, to be in close contact with their personnel to provide any assistance that's necessary but also to make sure that if in fact there have been breaches in this safety system on these nuclear plants that they're dealt with right away. with respect, with respect to private manning, you know, i have actually asked the pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards? they assured me they are. i can't go into details about some of their concern

p.j. crowley spoke. this is heated press reports 37 people died today in and around tripoli, libya.so answered questions on the mexican president's comments on damage to u.s. relations due to the cables by with the leaks. -- wikileaks. >> you have been hanging out with those white house guys. [unintelligible] >> i wish to accentuate the word "briefly" today. the briefing has not started yet. we have to formally banged the gavel and declare this in session. let's do that. we will ban the gavel and declared this is in session. good afternoon and welcome to the department of state. if we could start off with a brief tribute, today we are saying goodbye to wgtwo very god friends, press officer jenny staub. she is leaving washington. she has been a great supporter of many of you to the last couple of years. she will be reassigned to portugal, as cultural affairs officer. we will have to find a reason to go to portugal. we certainly thank jenny who has been an outstanding press officer, and a great friend and colleague of ours. likewise, shortly, the secretary will bid farewell to rich fu