while the soldier was deployed in iraq dr were asleep first met with private manning only weeks after manning arrived just outside of baghdad and in till may twenty sixth of two thousand and ten he met with him semi regularly to discuss his his progress during a time of what was later determined to be gender identity issues if you will during that span of course and before before it too private manning was releasing a drove of classified information to the web site wiki leaks including hundreds of thousands of state department diplomatic cables kuantan it will be assessment files and significant action reports from the afghan and iraq wars as dr worsley fielded questions from defense attorney david coombs this morning he went into great detail about the handful of meetings that he had with private manning from december two thousand and nine into may two thousand and ten during those meetings he said private manning explained that he didn't really have much of a support group whether back home in the united states or in iraq when it was the prosecution's term to cross-

in on private manning's testimony came out of a very very emotional part of the day he took the stand moments after his sister actually took the stand and answered questions from the defense attorney david coombs for around twenty minutes during those twenty minutes she pretty much gave a oral biography of the life of private manning from infancy until his adolescent years and his sister explained how the family was growing up with two alcoholic parents and had very you know running around from one state to another living in hotels living in a rental homes and you showed how private manning was from twelve years old one point you know driving around with his mother making sure she didn't overdose from vikki didn't even a very traumatic childhood to very alcoholic parents who you know would fight would scream would yell in kind of raised a bunch of issues and he said still playing today but what manning said when he went to the judge as you said you know i had a lot of issues and that's no excuse for what i did however i am sorry and i want to be a better person i want to move forward

i have not heard anyone sing i wish i was private manning. -- saying i wish i was private manning.they will think twice about revealing unclassified information. >> do you think that information has been heard? rex they were unabashed about seeking this. that is all about politics and has nothing to do with justice. in terms of whether it has been heard, at least in my office, it has not stemmed the flow of people coming forward. edward snowden is an example of someone who found the manning case and all these act prosecutions to be instructive in terms of how the u.s. would engage in overkill and try to seek blood from a turnip in any way that it could. i do not think it would be a determined -- a deterrent to other whistleblowers. >> does this confirm a lot of his suspicions about facing trial in the united states and how difficult it is nowadays to mount a whistleblowing defense case? >> whistleblowing is not a defense in a criminal case. it does not provide an affirmative defense and the kurt -- all the courts that have heard these charges, none of them have been sustained. in t

saying gee i wish i was private manning i think folks that have seen what he's been through don't want to be the next private manning and they're going to think twice about revealing classified is made you think of messages been heard you know i know the prosecution was a very unabashedly about the fact that they were seeking sixty years in order to send a message to me that it's all about politics and has nothing to do with justice in terms of where they were spent heard at least in my office where we represent whistleblowers it has not stemmed the flow of people coming forward and i think edward snowden is a good example of someone who found the manning case and all of these espionage act prosecutions to be instructive in terms of how the u.s. would engage in overkill and try to seek blood from a turnip in a way that it could so i don't think it will be a deterrent of other whistleblowers jumping off from from mr snowden does this kind of confirm a lot of his suspicions about facing facing trial in the united states here and basically how difficult it is nowadays to mount a whistle b

breaking news this hour whistleblower on a private bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years in prison after he was found guilty of america's secrets to weaken leaks. moscow mass hysteria rebel claims that syria's government launched a major chemical autonomy of damascus are denied by officials and locals accusations coincided with the arrival of yuan and that's to gauge. britain on leashes it's on the towel now as to the debate on surveillance targeting publications journalist and even that partners were pulled from the media's reaction. this is a lie from moscow on breaking news this hour whistleblower bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars the former all the private league's thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks will also be dishonorably discharged producer untrue blake is in the courtroom when the sentence was read out and joining us now live andrew andrew nice to see so you were in the courtroom so can you tell us why that's ok to tell us the details. yeah i finally was here today we're here in fort meade maryland after w

. >> ifill: then, army private bradley manning gets thirty-five years in prison for releasing classifiednformation to wikileaks. we wrap up today's developments in his court martial. >> suarez: a new report says the national security agency can access a large swath of all u.s. internet traffic, including the content of emails. margaret warner digs into the details. >> ifill: and we continue our look back at the march on washington 50 years on. tonight, reflections from one of its organizers, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. >> it was startling to see so many people come. and i remember standing at the lincoln memorial, looking out. look, looking out was what was the sight for me, because i could not see the last person. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the syrian gover

. >> woodruff: now to the conviction of private manning and gender issues related to that case and more broadly. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: just days after bradley manning was handed 35 years in prison over the largest leak of classified information in u.s. history, the army private is bringing another issue to the fore. the soldier, who long struggled with gender identity, announced on thursday the preference to live as a woman named chelsea. in a statement read on nbc's the "today" show, manning said: >> as i transition into this next phase of my life, i want everyone to know the real me. i am chelsea manning. i am a female. given the way that i feel, and have felt since childhood, i want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. >> suarez: the announcement has raised legal questions over whether the army provides that therapy. the soldier will serve time at leavenworth maximum security prison in kansas. the prison has 515 beds and no female prisoners. manning's attorney says he plans to fight for his client once again. >> a fort leavenworth spokesperson said, "we don't

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a defense lawyer says private manning could actually go free in fewer than seven years when he would be in his 30's, because of that wikileaks calls the sentence a strategic victory. last month a military judge called private manning guilty including espionage for passing along hundreds of thousands of documents against wikileaks. the same judge pronounced a sentence today. in addition to the prison term bradley manning is getting dishonorable discharge and give up his pay. as guards walked him from the courtroom this morning supporters shouted words of encouragement and bradley manning's lawyer says he plans to ask the president of the united states for a pardon and the white house says: >> there is a process for pardon applications or clemenciy applications i believe they are called. i'm not going to get ahead of that process. if there is an application that's filed by mr. manning or his attorneys that application will be considered in that process like any other application. bill. >> shepard: there automatic appeals process no word when that gets started. he is slated to do his ti

. >> a military judge sentences private bradley manning to 35 years in prison. the former intelligence in the located classified document to wikileaks. prosecutors were hoping for a heftier sentence. >> well, the judge presiding over the court-martial split the difference. prosecutors just days ago in a sentencing phase asked for 60 years for bradley manning. obviously the defense attorney came in much lower than that at 20 years. the judge splitting the difference at 35 years. still it has to be said something of a surprise. this same judge, an army colonel denise lind, had thrown out the most serious grievous charge aiding the enemy. she said after the end of the court-martial, after the proceedings in court that it did not meet that threshold. 35 years seen by some, particularly the legion of manning supporters around the country as particularly draconian. it must be noted there isn't a lot of recent polling as far as public opinion is concerned but the majority of the american public believes the manning prosecution should have gone forward. as far as the wh

private manning is no differentr >> bradley manning's attorneyy wants the pentagon and taxpayere to pay for gender reassignment surgery, the pentagon made it clear that will not happen. in a statement, an army spokesperson wrote: the army does not provide hormone not replacement therapy and they are treated fairlily with: we asked taxpayers if they should foot the bill. >> i would probably say no. >> people told us given the fact he is convicted of leaking classified materials taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for any gender therapy for privatehera manning. >> my opinion is you forefet any rights to benefits from the taxpayer. >> manning is expected to serve his term at the military prison at fort leavenworth, kansas which does not offer hormone or gender reassignment surgery. >> the antiperspirant went on te tell us all inmates are considered soldiers and treated with access to mental health professionals including adi psychiatrist, psychologist andst social worker and behavioral science expert and manning's lawyer says a legal fight will be launched to get manning the therapy demanded i

bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars the former army private who leaked thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks we'll also be dishonorably discharged manning's defense is planning to call on president barack obama to release an ati producer andrew blake was in the courtroom. well denise lynn just handed down a sentence of only thirty five years and i say only because private manning came into this case looking at potentially a life a life sentence he would have faced life had he been found guilty of aiding the enemy and then when the conviction was finally handed down a few weeks ago he was downgraded to a potential maximum sentence of only ninety years so thirty five years is really much less than a lot of people had expected and even the prosecution asked the court for a minimum of sixty three years ago that he was first picked up outside of baghdad iraq he was deployed as an intelligence analyst at the u.s. army and he was arrested and charged with a number of crowds related to his admitted role with the anti-secrecy website wiki leaks man

private bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years in prison after he was found guilty of handing america's secrets to wiki leaks. former egyptian president hosni mubarak will be set free after a court ordered his release despite a pending retrial over his involvement in mass killings during the two thousand and eleven revolution. a massacre or mass hysteria rebel claims that syria's government wants a major chemical attack near damascus denied by officials and locals accusations coincide with the arrival of u.n. investigators the top story this hour. international news and comments live from. moscow it's just eight pm this is so to our breaking news that bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars the former private who leaked thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks we'll also be dishonorably discharged producer andrew blake was in the courtroom. colonel denise lynn just handed down a sentence of only thirty five years and i say only because private manning came into this case looking at potentially a life a life sentence he would have

i want to go to president obama defending the military's treatment of bradley manning. >> private bradleyanning, i am actually asking the pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and our meeting our basic standards. they are surely they are. i cannot go into details about some of their concerns, but some of this has to do with private manning's safety as well. >> can you talk about this? it is the reason your forcibly the state department for you and do you regret your comments or do you feel they were appropriate given how bradley manning was treated, being ?tripped naked at night, etc. >> to be clear, i resigned from the state department, i wasn't asked to leave. i did so because having a public disagreement with the president of the united states -- i served at the pleasure of the president and i thought in light of our disagreement publicly, i could no longer effectively serve in my position as his foreign- policy spokesman. that was my decision and no one else's. i certainly stood by what i said. i thought the treatment o

you make of so we got sentence penned pending when when this airs it'll be rendered already on private manning on mr snowden in russia on we give leads what's your overview of this whole thing well i think there's no better way for americans to have a real sense of where we've arrived than to do what i did a few weeks ago which was to rerent to the movie enemy of the state from one thousand nine hundred ninety eight i'm in that movie you'll remember that larry because you're in it playing yourself on the end of the movie that's a that's right in the very end of the movie after during which an innocent person will smith has been pursued by all the technical for vive of capability of the n.s.a. which by the way the movie was a little ahead of its time but which it definitely has it now it's a very realistic movie right now i'd like to see it reissued and have every american see it but entries been pursued by all this innocently. by some actual rolled n.s.a. national secure. the agency factions at the end they have you on the screen saying where do you asking the question where do you draw the li

just one day after bradley manning was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison, the army private dropped a bombshell on nbc's "today," in a statement read by savannah guthrie. >> i want everyone to know the real me. i am chelsea manning. i am a female. >> reporter: from this day on, manning asked to be called only by the name chelsea and the female pronoun "she," not "he." the evidence was already out there. this photo of manning wearing a woman's wig and lipstick was presented by defense lawyers during manning's military trial for leaking u.s. secrets as proof of transgender issues. but manning wants to take it one step further toward actually becoming a woman. >> given the way that i feel and have felt since childhood, i want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. >> reporter: a statement from the military prison at ft. leavenworth says the army does not provide female hormone treatment or sex reassignment surgery. manning's lawyer promises to take it to court. >> it is cruel and unusual punishment not to provide necessary medical treatment. >> reporter: transgender advocates ar

something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison instead of telling you how the public is reacting to this news we're handing our microphone directly over to the citizens bradley manning didn't commit any crimes would be like is if you shot me and the camera man said hey i've got this footage of this crime and he. you know put it out there for justice and instead of trying you they try him and it doesn't make any sense it would appear to me that the manning verdict would be sending a message to edward snowden i'm sure he's listening. you know because it's a really similar situation and i think they're doing a good thing because the american people are basically enslaved and they're you know they're told what to do by the media and they follow orders if you look at the apac

the week's man headlines here on the. u.s. private bradley manning faces more than a century in prison after a court martial finds him guilty of the most charges in america's biggest leak of classified data. edward snowden slips out of a moscow airport ending his weeks of transit limbo this after russia grants the fugitive whistleblower a year's asylum much to the fury of washington. also the british resident in the guantanamo bay detention center describes daily assault by the guards as we start our own investigation into the claims of torture. deadline for a decision on the rebels in syria passes the books determination is shaken by the syrian opposition is growing radicalism and the fear of a terrorism backlash from the unprecedented number of europeans who are now joining the fight. thank you for sharing your sunday with us here on r.t. you just in time for the weekly with me rule research. private bradley manning was this week found guilty of america's biggest leak of restricted information with almost all charges in his court ma

whistle could turn someone's entire life upside down this is certainly the case for army private bradley manning who was just found guilty of nineteen of the twenty one charges filed against him including six counts of espionage collectively these guilty charges could still send the whistleblower to prison for over one hundred years and while the final sentencing remains to be seen the verdict sends a clear message from the federal government bad p.r. for the powers that be could land you behind bars for the rest of your life this chilling effect is the reason why waste fraud abuse and even war crimes going to counted for the last decade a steady crackdown on those who are exposing damning truths is slowly morphed into a full blown war on whistleblowers so to talk about how the whistleblowers survive i'm joined now by the man who literally wrote the book on how to be a whistleblower tom devine legal director of the government accountability project thank you so much for coming on tom thanks for having so tom let's talk about the verdict the bradley manning trial nineteen of the twenty one charge

whistle could turn someone's entire life upside down this is certainly the case for army private bradley manning who was just found guilty of nineteen of the twenty one charges filed against him including six counts of espionage collectively these guilty charges could still send the whistleblower to prison for over one hundred years and while the final sentencing remains to be seen the verdict sent a clear message from the federal government bad p.r. for the powers that be could land you behind bars for the rest of your life this chilling effect is the reason why waste fraud abuse and even war crimes going to counted for the last decade a steady crackdown on those who are exposing damning truths is slowly morphed into a full blown war on whistleblowers so to talk about how the whistleblowers survive i'm joined now by the man who literally wrote the book on how to be a whistleblower tom divine legal director of the government accountability project thank you so much for coming on tom thanks for having so tell let's talk about the verdict of the bradley manning trial nineteen of the twenty one cha

. ♪ >>> a military judge sentences private bradley manning to 35 years in prison.he former intelligence kiwikil. mike viqueira, prosecutors wanted more than that. let's manning the maximum sentence according to lind would have been 90 years. the prosecutes asked for 60. [ technical difficulties ] >> and an altruist in the name of transparency. some 700,000 documents were leaked, among them, richel as you know that video of the attack on 11 individuals who ended up being non-combatant. a mistake on the part of these pilots, he has a camera slung over his arm, did one of the journalists. that video, while the advocates bradley manning. there are protests already being planned throughout the course of the day. one outside the white house this evening who say he is being unjustly maligned. these charges are totally unjustified. they put him on something of a pedestal, although it has to be noted as far as the american public see what the impact of a case like this will be. thank you so much. >> okay. >>> there are calls for an ininvestigation after syrian opposition gr

she addressed private manning, private first class manning. owngraded the private first class to private e-1. she told him he is dishonorably discharged. he will have to forfeit all his allahnesses and pay. -- allowances and pay. he will do 35 years in jail. the exact number was with credit of 1294 days. from where most of the press was sitting it was impossible to see manning's reaction. we know he did not say anything. that was it. we know the, maximum possible sentence was 90 years according to the judge. the u.s. government said they wanted at least 60 years. they wanted him in jail until he was 85. his defense team said they thought 25 was fair because they thought he was a whistle-blower. 35 years, gregg, will put him in jail until he is about 60 years old which will allow him in theory to get out at some point. he said he wanted to go to college. might not be time for that but he will do now, at most, 35 years. he is eligible for parole after one-third of that sentence is complete. back to you. gregg: peter doocy, thanks very much. so, y

>> reporter: bob, the army today very quickly said no to private manning's request. a pentagon spokesman released a statement saying: officials told us manning will get the same medical care as any other army inmate. what that means is he will get counseling, but not a gender change. >> schieffer: were people surprised that this came out today, wyatt? >> bob, his actual request to change genders, that was a surprise, but manning's problems with being a man were part of his defense during the trial. at one point, he released a photo of himself dressed as a woman to his army psychologist. in closing arguments, his attorney argued that manning's leak of all that classified information could be partly explained by manning's stress, the stress he felt in what the attorneys said was "the hyper- masculine army environment." >> schieffer: okay. well, thanks, wyatt. the fate of major nidal hasan is in the hands of the military jury tonight. the former army psychiatrist is charged with premeditated murder in the shooting rampage that left 13 soldiers dead, more than 30 others w

. >> and we're just an hour away now from the sentencing of army private bradley manning for providing classified information to wikileaks. >> and we are starting off on a quiet side. we did have clouds along the coastline. later on today you can expect 60's coast side. we will be talking about red flag warning coming up at 6:15 a.m.. >> we are not tracking any hot spot for your ride or around the bay area. there have been no major incidents reported to. you can see the backups are in both the left and the right side. the metering lights have not yet been activated but they will be likely in the next 10 minutes or so. the only real slowdown is on interstate 580. >> breaking news out of the south bay. san jose police are investigating a shooting outside a senior assisted living center in south san jose. kron four's will tran is live at the scene with what we know. >> this shooting took place, the shots were fired by a security guard. he actually lives here or was it coming to visit. he noticed that four suspects were trying to break into vehicles. he fired two shots and hit one of the s

. >>> plus, army private bradley manning gets 35 years, but may only serve seven. >>> playstation 4 versus xbox 1. prepare for battle. >>> and just another day at the beach in russia. >> good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. disturbing images out of syria of a suspected deadly gas attack. they're difficult to watch, but syrian rebels say they are important to show. it's alleged evidence of what may be the worst chemical weapons attack anywhere in the world in more than 20 years. the syrian government denies using the chemical weapons and it's something president obama warned against a year ago. >> we have communicated in no uncertain terms what every player in the region that that is a red line for us and that there would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons. >> yusef gamal al-din is live with the latest. >> reporter: the world is still trying to get its head around the tragic events in damascus, in syria, are we understand from various sourgs sources that a attack may have taken place. the shocking footage that we

just one day after bradley manning was sentenced t 35 years in a military prison, the army private dropped a bombshell on nbc's "today," in a statement read by savannah guthrie. >> i want everyone to know the real me. i am chelsea manning. i am a female. >> reporter: from this day on, manning asked to be called only by the name chelsea and the female pronoun "she," not "he." the evidence was already out there, this photo of manning wearing a woman's wig and lipstick was presented by defense lawyers during manning's military trial for leaking u.s. secrets, as proof of transgender issues. but manning wants to take it one step further toward actually becoming a woman. >> given the way that i feel and have felt since childhood, i want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. >> reporter: a statement from the military prison at ft. leavenworth says the affirm does not provide hormone treatment or sex reassignment therapy. manning's lawyer promises to take it to court. >> it is cruel and unusual punishment not to provide necessary medical treatment. >> reporter: transgender advocates argue

something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison instead of telling you how the public is reacting to this news we're handing our microphone directly over to the citizens bradley manning didn't commit any crimes would be like is if you shot me and the camera man said hey i've got this footage of this crime and he. you know put it out there for justice and instead of trying you they try him and it doesn't make any sense it would appear to me that the manning verdict would be sending a message to edward snowden i'm sure he's listening. you know because it's a really similar situation and i think they're doing a good thing because the american people are basically enslaved and they're you know they're told what to do by the media and they follow orders if you look at the apac

manning." that's right. private bradley manning plans to live the rest of his life as a woman.dentity issues is something that did come up during the sentencing phase of his trial with the defense team showing this photograph of manning dressed as a woman. while the army does not provide hormone therapies, there are different standard for federal prison. manning is headed to leavenworth, but his lawyer says he will fight for the prison to provide hormone therapy. and that means that, well, you could end up paying for it. we should note that cnn will continue to refer to him as bradley manning since he has not yet legally changed his name. i want to discuss all of this with a friend of bradley manning's, laura mcnamara. she communicated six months with manning online as zina jones before she identified herself as a transgender and changed her name. she was a defense witness in manning's trial. laur lauren, thank you for being here. can you talk about your relationships with manning through these chats in 2009. what sorts of struggles did you guys talk to each other about? >> wel

. >> all prisoners should be treated with health care and a private manning is no difference.di whiletorney wants the pentagon and taxpayers to pay for his gender reassignment surgery, the pentagon made it m clear that will not happen. in a statement, an army spokesperson wrote the army does not provide hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery. inmates are treated equally regardless of rank, race, ethnicity or sexual orientationn we asked taxpayers if they t should foot the bill. >> i would say no. >> people told us that given the fact that he is accused of leaking the materials taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for the surgery for manning.ning >> manning is expected to serve his term at the military prison at fort leavenworth, kansas, which does not offer hormone or gender reassignment story. fox 5 news. >> good morning. live look outside right now. coming up on 4:30678 it's friday. so you can't go wrong with that end of the week. we're head together weekend. it's not raining at least right now. it's not raining. we'll check in to tucker to seee what we have in store for the rest of