chelsea manning is not a threat. chelsea manning has been in jail since may of 2010, was 2013 guilty in august of president obama cutting short that sentence by two decades. in alabama. opposes the president's actions yesterday. go ahead. say, i i would like to think it was terribly wrong because it gives other people ideas that they may be able to do this thing. i'm a student of history. 1700s, you seee , theyappened in france began to change laws because they did not believe in one country, they believe the world should all be one big goal. you have good countries and that countries. in some places, he would be killed instantly. this country don't do that. but if you commit a crime in this country, you should pay. ought notl government to be in the business of picking because someone's life is to us that and they think they are a woman. tony in florida. supports the president's actions yesterday. support. betweenthe difference being a draft dodger and -- trump and his doctor should be in the slammer. dodge with aaf

at times, it seemed chelsea couldn't quite agree onjust times, it seemed chelsea couldn't quite agree on just how to get there. whilst they were proud about their route, it was tottenham charting their own course. kristian erikson the first to go close. much of the talk had been of chelsea's extraordinary run, but that of dele alli has not gone unnoticed either. still, the second—half to come. for chelsea, the record began to feel further away. their chances limited to just further away. their chances limited tojust a further away. their chances limited to just a few. dele alli seemed almost unstoppable. his and spurs' second more than enough to win. the blues' success ending at white hat lane, but where these sides go from here is what really matters. white hart lane used to be known as three point lane to chelsea fans, such was their dominance here, but in the last decade they have only won once here in the league, so it wasn't the walkover that some chelsea fans had predicted. chelsea didn't play as well as they have. let's hear of it 110w well as they have. let's hear of it now

>> there are clear differences between what chelsea manning did and the way that chelsea manning has been treated and edward snowden. but i do reject the idea that they are using edward snowden as to justifytep ladder this. the reality is, president obama should have issued a full pardon to chelsea manning and should never have allowed the kind of abuse that she has endured to go on for this. let's remember, chelsea manning did not justly be collateral murder video that showed the killing of iraqi civilians and journalists from the reuters news agency, did not just released the state department cables that showed all sorts of blackmail, cajoling, corruption, support for dictators around the world -- it was one of the most incredible moments in the history of democracy in this country where people actually got to have the curtain pulled back and to see how the government functions in private and how it contradicts the public proclamations of the united states being this beacon of hope, the shining, you know, the city on top of the hill. and chelsea manning provided the iraq war logs t

it was 1—1 at anfield tonight as leaders chelsea were held by liverpool. despite missing what would have been a winning penalty and drawing for only the second time this season they have still stretched their lead in the table to nine points, as arsenal and spurs both slipped up as well. we'll head live to anfield in just a moment but first here's nick parrott with the story of the match. jurgen klopp has been making heavy weather of things at liverpool of late. defeat to chelsea would be the fourth in a row at anfield making it that worst home on the 93 years, but the men in red made the better start dominating early possession and almost going ahead. the premier league leaders weathered the early storm when luis released a lightning storm. it appeared they didn't hear the referee's whistle, not that they could have done much to stop that free kick. liverpool weren't about to roll over. this should have got them back on level terms. if that made anyone think it wasn't going to be their night, they made the most ofafar be their night, they made the most of

now, one is -- involves chelsea manning. you might remember chelsea manning, the army private who provided sensitive documents to wikileaks. chelsea manning's sentence has been commuted by president obama. let's bring in cnn justice correspondent evan perez. evan, tell us about this. >> this is a bit of a surprise, jake. chelsea manning served about seven years of a 35-year sentence, and president obama has decided to commute that sentence. she will be released in may, according to the white house. now, this makes a total of 1385 commutations, 212 pardons, a total of 1,597 acts of clemency by this president, far outpacing his previous presidents from reagan to bush to obama. so, this is a big number that president obama has issued today, 209 commutations, 64 pardons issued today. the big name obviously, the surprise name is chelsea manning, a 35-year sentence now seven years is what she has served so far and she'll be out in may. another big name on this list today, jake, is james cart right, the retired general who was accu

you have to release chelsea immediately, not wait until may. so, yes, it seems that he -- brent: sorry about that. we have a delay here, which is why we kind of run over each other. let me ask you, ellen, assange appears happy to come to the u.s., provided all his rights are guaranteed. what right is he referring to? ellen: i think you'll have to ask him what he is referring to. i believe the u.s. government, when it says it will want to prosecute people, it observes the rights of the criminal justice system, the rights of due process, the rights to a speedy trial, the right to petition to see the evidence against them. he should be afforded all rights. i'm not sure what rights he doesn't think he will have. now, to be clear, there has been no public charges, no public indictment against julian assange in the u.s. it is not even clear that there is one forthcoming. so i think he believes that there are charges or maybe charges. but that hasn't been proven. brent: let me pick up on this final press conference from president obama today. he would

nine years he's been at chelsea. a couple of premier league titles, fa cups and a champions league winner, and 377 appearances. he joined from locomotive moscow. he is on his way back to moscow, but this time it is with zenit st. petersburg on a free transfer. that's not been confirmed yet but we expect that to be done by the deadline. leonardo are lower, he has been outspoken in the last few days, saying he was promised a moved away —— a move away from the club of possible. —— leonardo ulloa. a last ditch is coming from sunderland. that has been rejected by leicester city. it seems that against his wishes he is going to have to stay at the club. bit of a frustrating one for both him and sunderland. let's finish with emmanuel adebayor. he, of course, is talked about so often on transfer deadline days. remember a couple of years ago when he very nearly signed for west ham from tottenham. welcome he isn't leaving a premier league club because he has been a agent since he left crystal palace last summer. but he

chelsea manning had been sentenced to 35 years in prison. the president now offering a commutation, of course this is something any president can do. pretty much as blanket authority when it comes to commuting sentences, when it comes to offering pardons, there is always a flurry of activity, a flurry of speculation in the final days of any administration, sort of the last chance for a lot of people who are looking for a commutation or certainly remember bill clinton pardon, march rich on his way out of office, that caused extreme controversy, bill clinton's poll numbers sunk because of that george h.w. bush, casper wineburger, the iran contra figure in his final days. this is something very much a part of president bush's legacy, and this will become part of president obama's legacy, the decision to pardon chelsea manning who of course had the source of leaks for wikileaks, it loomed very large over national security, over international affairs and american politics for the last few years and probably will loom large for the years to come.

let me tell you about chelsea manning. formerly bradley manning, accused of a major leak, a 2010 leak to wikileaks that revealed american military and diplomatic activities across the world. manning spending less than seven years behind bars, down from 35. not on the list of commutations and pardons today, infamous nsa leak or edward snowden. snowden has been holed up in russia. he has tweeted his support for manning, writing "mr. president, if you grant only one active, c. please free chelsea manning. you alone can save her life." it's ironic that five days ago wikileaks tweeted that if manning were granted clemency, julian assange would avail himself to extradition to the u.s. to face possible charges. here is what he told sean hannity about manning. i'm quoting "we've never said chelsea manning is one of our sources. a child they have said they are buddy even if someone is arrested and convicted and even if they were to plead guilty, we still don't say whether they are one of our sources or not." outrage on capitol hill

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

pedro has surely sealed it for chelsea! on a night where some thought their season would unravel, chelsea proved their resolve. their lead at the top is now seven points over tottenham. their main man is in a very different place. harry kane ended the week he became a parent with a hat—trick against west brom. a match ball that will make a nice souvenir for someone. the little girl has been great.

they the campaigns for chelsea manning's pardon began the day she was convicted. president obama made it his one of his final acts. it is a decision that will please as much as it will anger. gender issues, trader, wiki links, whistleblower, how controversial will this be? reporter: this comes as part of a series of commutations that president obama issued as he leaves office. standard practice or an outgoing president. this is the one that is perhaps the most high profile. during the trial, which i covered in 2013, people looked at chelsea manning, or bradley manning as she was then known, in 2 lights. you had the section of the public that thought she was a whistleblower sharing seekers that shouldn't be secret. you have the people who thought she was a traitor compromising national security. this commutation has been lobbied for a long time, from the moment chelsea manning was convicted. in november, chelsea wrote to the president saying she did not want a pardon, she wanted a commutation. saying that she took responsibility for what she has done. katty: we hav

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

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chelsea manning put wikileaks on the map. can you be in favor of wikileaks and praising them on one side and then critical of chelsea manning? >> to me the whole business is about leaks in the first place. this particular situation today with chelsea manning comes in the middle of this furor with donald trump accusing the intelligence community of leaking. all this does is elevate and say this is how it can work. here is one person, an army private, who gave this stuff to wikileaks. i mean, it could have been "the washington post." it could have been any number of media sources. the point is what this does is highlight donald trump's complaint exactly. >> it also speaks to the new world that we have where if you gave it to "the washington post" they would hopefully presumably vet it, decide what to release and what not to. this speaks to the buzzfeed story. when you just have a data dump -- >> shovel it out. >> and shovel it out. what we have created is a situation where a low level intelligence analyst gets to decide for the

i don't agree that what chelsea manning did represented treason. i do think that she harmed american national interest and she put real people at risk to the diplomatic cables. a number of them revealed source in different place -- >> pj, let interrupt you. if you are harming the american national interest and are you disclosing information you know you should not, how is that sort of not may not treason in terms she wasn't charged with it how is that not a serious offense? >> it is serious offense. in 35-year sentence was a serious punishment. we have to distinguish between a civilian court of justice where you put people to maintain public safety and military court which is primary purpose is to reinforce good order is discipline we have here is a balance where the message coming out of the manning case was if you do this it will be severe consequence but her is was a unique case. her struggle in uniform, abuse at quantico, the failure of the military to put network security many iraq. there was extenuating circumstance that i for one having serv

chelsea would get the third. a sublime moment of skill from pedro to create a chance he finished himself. perhaps no better place to show your champion credentials than at the home of the champions. adam wild, bbc news. the white chelsea without the key man up front. we are not without i was. john bennet is here withjohn watson. not without i was. john bennet is here with john watson. let's start with that. in the lead up to the match it was all about diego costa and his absence, but it didn‘t seem to matter today. an impressive performance from chelsea. nobody expected the hero to be marcos alonso. he had only scored once the chelsea before this. two goals for him. pedro, great bit of skill. he was the hero, perfect from tonio conte to win without diego costa. twice this season they have been without him, twice they have one. they scored six goals, a lot of people said they can't cope without costa... does this mean he is going to go? they are talking about an offer from to go? they are talking about an offerf

white hart lane has not been a great place for chelsea to go in recent yea rs. place for chelsea to go in recent years. 2—0 down with less than ten minutes to go. thank you for that. you can follow this on the bbc news app. download it from your app store. brazilian side chapecoense will sign up to 20 new players for next season. there are some of them — that's rossi, nadson and douglas grolli. the team lost 19 players and also coaching staff in a plane crash in november. the team will also reserve shirt numbers for the three players who survived the crash. a new cycling world record for the hour was set today. this is the man who did it — robert marchand — and he's 105 years old. hugh schofield has more. 92 laps, 22.5 kilometres, robert marsh and has done it again. the frenchman is already the time the record—holder of time trial for centenarians, but now he is the record—holder for centenarians aged over 105. robert marchand has always been a fitness fan. he has been a gymnastics champion and a boxer. he never smoked, drinks only the occasional glass of wine, and he exerc

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

chelsea won the replay 4—0. work together! plenty has changed since then, including promotion to the championship. but the challenge of facing chelsea remains the same. the toughest draw we could have got. the toughest draw we could have got. the leaders of the premier league, away from home, as tough as you can get. but it is one we are looking forward to. hopefully we will compete and give a good, the account of ourselves. there is a lot of belief in our squads. the players believe they will not be overwhelmed with playing at stamford bridge. we have played a big stadiums, in front of big crowds. the occasion is not going to affect us. we just have to turn up and stick to the game plan. it is not exactly a level playing field. bradford's squad cost under £18 million, chelsea's over 415 million. brentford's owner has put about £90 million into the club, roman abramovich has invested at least £1 billion at chelsea. with both clubs hoping to build new homes, brentford's will cost £55 million, chelsea's over nine times that

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

a row but was stopped last night by tottenham, they were simply superb at white hart lane, beating chelsea 2—0. 20—year—old dele alli scored two headers so chelsea were defeated for the first time since september. man of the moment last night, seven goals in four matches for dele alli, an incredible run of form for tottenham who have won five consecutive matches in a row. let's hear from the goal—scorer who got two last night, dele alli himself. there is no need to talk before the game, everybody knew how big it was, you could see from the first whistle how badly the fans wanted it. it is aways nice to score but more important that we got that win today. yes, that means tottenham are 110w today. yes, that means tottenham are now in third position, not a com plete now in third position, not a complete disaster for chelsea, five points clear at the top of the table and their manager antonio conte is slightly disappointed they did not manage to match that record but he knows his team are well placed in

dele alli, getting both goals for the home side who are now seven—points behind chelsea. conte's blues had been unbeatable in october, november and december, but they came undone at white hart lane. chelsea are still five points clear at the top, but their defeat will give spurs, now in third,

there was much of the intensity and aggression that typified the encounter last may that saw chelsea end tottenham's title hopes, but with both teams employing three defenders at the back, the game was rarely stretched, and chances were at a real premium. that was until one minute into stoppage time at the end of the first half, when england midfielder dele alli found himself in an ocean of space in the chelsea penalty area to head past thibaut courtois and put spurs ahead. it came from an uncharacteristic lack of communication in the chelsea defence and some lovely movement from the goal—scorer. and it's now 2—0 with the second a near replica — denmark's christian eriksen floating in another lovely cross from the right which alli duly nodded in, past courtois. so after 13 games unbeaten,

the welsh family of chelsea manning say they are overjoyed that chelsea will soon be free adding, "we hope that chelsea will be able to get on with the rest of her life and that she finds happiness and fulfilment in whatever she chooses to do. there will always be a welcome for her here in wales." more reaction to that reduction in sentence after the sport. dan evans is 2—1 up against seventh seed marin cilic in the second round of the australian open. evans lost the first set 3—6, but fought back to take the second 7—5, and third, 6—3. it's currently 4—3 with evans a break up non—league lincoln city beat championship side ipswich town 1—0 last night in their third round fa cup replay. it's the first time they've got this far since the late graham taylor managed them in 1976. another non—league side, sutton united, also made it through. they beat league one afc wimbledon 3—1 in their replay. they're at home to leeds in the fourth round. europe's captain will be able to choose four players for next year's ryder cup in france. it's part of a revamp of the qualifying sy

chelsea simply continue to deliver. on the face of it all seems well at sta mford on the face of it all seems well at stamford bridge. there is a premier league home win in a row and an 8—point gap to second placed arsenal. to finish the speculation. he played. he played very well. he scored. and yeah, i'm pleased for him. and pleased for our team. please to the fans of the club. and i think that today finish all types of speculation. arsenal have moved up to second place in the premier league, but only after some very late drama at the emirates. the home side's winner came in the 97th minute. arsenal took the lead in the 59th minute. mustafi with his first goalfor arsenal. they had to play the last 25 minutes with ten men. granit xhaka shown a straight red card for this tackle. then came the late goals. burnley were awarded a penalty in the 93rd minute. andre gray scored and burnley thought they were celebrating a point. but then in the seventh minute of added time, arsenal won a penalty themselves and alexis sanchez

liverpool, could trim the gap on leaders chelsea to three points if they beat sunderland. we played already with those two together, it is an opportunity already but actually, i do not want to give david moyes any information about our line—up! johanna konta is through to round

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

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

president obama reduces the sentence of chelsea manning, the soldierjailed for leaking classified documents. i'm kasia madera in london. australia says it will restart the search for missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 if new information comes to light. and the wrong ivanka. how donald trump managed to tweet a british woman with the same first name as his daughter. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 2:00am in the morning in the swiss resort of davos, where president xijinping has told a gathering of elites from across the world that china wants to be a champion of free trade and stability. mr xi made no direct reference to donald trump, but his comments are in stark contrast to mr trump's "america first" vision. the chinese leader warned against a trade war with the us, saying there would be no winners. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. he arrived with full security detail. the president of china, here to speak to an eager audience of political and business leaders. mr xi didn't actually mention president—elect donald j trump. he didn't need t

alison: and now the top story move by a controversial the white house to commute the sentence of chelsea manning. private who army stole and then leaked secrets to wiki leaks, sentenced to 35 years in prison, and continues his life as a woman. alison: thanks to the decision, she will get out of prison this spring. jay korff has the ripple effect this could have. while some insist that chelsea manning has served more than enough time behind bars for her crime, others argue she is still causing harm to the nation's national security interests. nearly seven years ago, bradley manning was arrested for linking hundreds of thousands of documents to wikileaks, divulging sensitive military and in may, chelsea manning, now identifies as a woman, released from prison. president obama committed the bulk of her 35 year sentence. while some lot at the army forlligence analyst exposing human rights violations, others were reviled manning as a traitor who caused great harm to national security. critics are blasting the president's commutation is outrageous. >> chelsea manning pleaded guilty to very ser

chelsea manning was found guilty. was sentenced for crimes and she acknowledged wrong doing. >> now wikileaks founder julian assange indicated in the past he would agree to an extradition request to the u.s. if manning was free. no word on how that idea is progressing and as for edward snowden he can stay in russia at least until 2020. >> so many twists and turns to explore here with that story. we'll be doing that throughout the program. thank you. president obama shocked many in the pentagon and the intelligence community by commuting the sentence of manning. why did the president do it? we'll discuss that, next. and you're talking to youro doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira can lower your ability

chelsea manning is the person who gave birth to wikileaks essentially. this is what the white house has been citing. i also think there is a humanitarian side to the decision. we will hear more from the president. >> and the fact that she is in a male prison. why not transfer her to another prison? i was told that she is facing an uncertain fate behind bars. i will also say that i asked the question was there a deal with assange that perhaps he would return from prosecution. he tweeted that possibility. my source said no. he did make this promise. >> there was no returning. he has been held up expressly to avoid sweeten. and sexual assault. and i will be extradited to the u.s. if he does, and it remains to be seen that he followed through. chelsea manning put wiki leaks on the map. this exposed the diplomatic cables. thousands of foreign diplomat who is were confiding and they said can i really talk to american diplomats and the iraq war diaries and thousands of documents that is the view in the defense community. u.s. confidential abroad. >> bob gates i

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

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

many people are saying that is chelsea meang-chelsea manning is responsible for. this mike barrick ex-cia operative who was on "fox & friends first" he said she is responsible for the death of americans by releasing other secrets. steve: there is no doubt. and there is the immanuel of bradley manning early on now chelsea manning who is sitting in the men's department at fort leavenworth in kansas. she is a traitor. and the "new york post" says it best. obama let as traitor go free, spring a leak. this is anger. you have democrats and i republicans. a lot of people are dispointsd. listen. >> i think he is dead wrong, absolutely dead wrong. this is treason espionage at the highest level. what private manning does, what chelsea did absolutely found guilty 35 year sentence should full out that sentence, should basically serve that sentence out. >> chelsea manning pleaded guilty to serious crimes leaking highly classified information that put at risk the lives of our troops and our diplomats and our intelligence officers, allies who have helped us around the world it c

our top story this hour: president obama reduces the sentence of chelsea manning. the us soldier, who's due to be released in may, was behind one of the country's biggest leaks of classified information. welcome to the programme. our other main stories this hour: britain's prime minister spells out her goals for brexit. the uk, she says, will leave the single market, but will seek new trade agreements and aim to control immigration. the president of the gambia declares a state of emergency, just days before he's due to leave office. russia's main opposition leader talks to the bbc and tells us what he thinks about president putin and donald trump. hello, i'm sally bundock. in business: weighing up the wish list. business leaders give us their take on theresa may's plans for brexit as the pound starts to sink again. and mark zuckerberg gets a real grilling in a us court room, as he defends the origins of facebooks virtual reality headset. president obama has commuted the sentence of chelsea manning, formerly bradley manning, the american soldier who was found guilty

president obama says he's comfortable with his decision to let former army private bradley, no chelsea, manning out of prison. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is herded to tell us how what the president t said about this controversy is sitting with his own national security team. >> president obama's final news conference, the first question was about chelsea manning. >> i feel very comfortable that justice has been served. >> mr. obama said he focused on manning's case and not the larger issue of wikileaks and its founder julian assange brady concluded the 35 year sentence was excessive. >> she had served a significant amount of time. it makes sense to commute and not pardon her sentence. >> in 2010, then private bradley manning, who identifies now is chelsea, gave wikileaks documents and secret military reviews of guantanamo detainees, cables and war reports from afghanistan and iraq. ash carter and top army leaders advised the president against the move because a senior defense official said the leaks likely contributed to the rise of vices and accelerated the ar

the leading goal—scorer of the chelsea. a lot of talk about potential interest from china, whether or not there is a potential tra nsfers. whether or not there is a potential transfers. he is clearly unsettled, otherwise you would not be leaving him out of the starting line—up. antonio conte is saying it is a back injury which kept costa out of the game. of course there is the rumours of the fallout. chelsea are leading in this game. marcos alonso with the goal. right footed finish. and, yeah, decent finish. leicester city playing with the new formation, three upper back to match the aussie. it didn't work in the first half of the first half, if you know what i mean —— to matched chelsea. alonso scoring the only goal so far. leicester did improve and they are still in this game. it is 1—0. but diego costa. marcos alonso with the goal so point west ham, a hugely impressive win for them they have something to shout about. in the lead up to this, a great golfer andy carroll, it has been about dimitri payet, another not

to some, chelsea manning is a traitor. the house speaker paul ryan said this commutation is treachery. more than 100,000 people signed the white house calling for her release. 100,000 people signed the white house calling for her releaselj think house calling for her release.” think it was the right decision. you have to look at what happened, the information she released. and more over her acceptance of responsibility for what she had done, and the fact that they never found her guilty of aiding an enemy. yes, she released information that did compromise us interests both domestic lee and abroad but you have to put her punishment compare to others similarly situated —— domestically. she has been injail close to seven years now, which is severe compare close to seven years now, which is severe com pa re two close to seven years now, which is severe compare two sentences are those received, which were far less. asa those received, which were far less. as a formerfederal those received, which were far less. as a former

chelsea manning is guilty of a serious crime. chelsea manning went through the criminal justice system, the military jus sis system, served more than six years in leavenworth. she was also sentenced to a period of time that is much longer than those who have been convicted of comparable crimes. the president made a decision to receive a commutation. he made a decision based on all those factors. certainly we don't take julian assange's recommendation prior to this statement, the tweet from a week ago, that has not been a factor in the president's decision. >> the president has spoken about manning directly. he did in 2011 at a fund-raiser. we were able to obtain the audio. i've put lower third on the bottom of the screen so people can read if you can't hear it. let me play it for you. >> you could hear him loud and clear there, manning broke the law. the real question, of course, is is it hypocrital of him to now reverse course and have sympathy for chelsea manning? >> well, i don't think the president would say he didn't break t

and what might chelsea do about it? clearly in the short term they have decided not to pick him but they are going to have to resolve this. january still has three weeks to run. that's right. we have seen situations. we have seen one at west ham with payet, that bilic has said he is not going to play a player thatis he is not going to play a player that is unwilling to play for the club. will chelsea be in that position? diego costa has the lack isa position? diego costa has the lack is a key component in what has turned into a successful title drive. the key thing is that roman abramovich has no intention of playing diego costa. he has the money to follow through his beliefs. the question is, can he get diego costa onto the field and performing in the way he has done the first pa rt in the way he has done the first part of the season? leeds are up to third in the championship, after beating derby 1—0 at elland road. chris woods's headerjust before the break was enough to give garry monk's side their fifth straight wi

you can hear spurs try to hold chelsea's winning street later on on channel five live. that is all from sports day. there will be more later on this evening. you are watching bbc news. the top stories. senior foreign office diplomat, sir tim barrow, is to become britain's new ambassador to the eu — it follows the resignation of sir ivan rogers, who criticised ministers for "muddled thinking" over brexit. a man's charged with causing the deaths of two cousins by dangerous driving, as they crossed a road on new year's eve in oldham. the retail giant next warns of a challenging year ahead, after its shares take a tumble due to a drop in sales in the run up to christmas. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's the brexit secretary david davis has been urged by his labour shadow keir starmer to clarify the governments plan for leaving the eu. it follows an attack on the government from sir ivan rogers britain's departing eu ambassador, following his resignation yesterday. sir tim barrow, political director at the foreign 0fficer will replace sir iva