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Aiding the enemy. if convicted he could face a life sentence. private mannings plea comes more than 1,000 days after his arrest. last month a military judge awarded manning nearly four months off any sentence, ruling the military illegally punished him with harsh conditions at a marine corps brig. trace, we heard a lot here but we hear from bradley mapping in court today. reporter: yeah, we finally heard why he says he did it. he thought the documents would be embarrassing to the united states b...

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Of night in lame duck. >> he says this is leadership. >> bologna. >> reporter: and democrats will also go after the language in the bill. the president had a preplanned appearance scheduled for michigan on monday. jon: mike tobin lye -- live in chicago, thanks. heather: he is accused of leaking documents to the wikileaks web site, but army lawyers for private bradley manning continue their push to have the case dismissed. why manning says he was mistreated during his confinement in the military ...

For at least 23 hours a day, making him sleep naked for several nights. when he went even convicted of anything. military officials say they didnt mistreat him, claiming he was a maximum security detainee who posed a risk to others and himself. jonathan hunt is with us. lawyers are arguing that he didnt leak these documents? >> no, theyre not arguing that he did not leak the documents. in fact, his lawyers say he will plead guilty to leaking those documents if the charges are reduced. so far the...

Texas, chwhich would have been changed his perspective and the importance of that group. lets play what john mccain said this morning on "morning joe." hes brig up the investigation of benghazi and he believes it will have an impact on what we see in florida with some voters. let me play it. >> youre seeing some anger and a lot of enthusiasm out there on the part of veterans and active duty military. how much that actually matters, i dont know. you know, joe, theres 1.6 million veterans in the s...

>> reporter: 14 people total across the mountainous waves and the two-hour flight back to land. jenny fields was one of the pilots. >> as we left the scene, some got emotional realizing they had left shipmates behind. >> reporter: partly because two sailors are still missing. this chopper going back to look. this boat featured in "mutiny on the bounty" and "pirates of the caribbean." about kuft accustomed to those seas. look at it in this video two years ago, and the ships captain facebooking "i...

In the 1962 film "mutemy on the bounty" was at the center of a real-life drama today. the ship was battered by hurricane sandy and sank. the crew had to be rescued. david martin has the story. >> reporter: coast guard rescue swimmer dan todd was lowered into 18-foot seas 90 miles off the coast of north carolina. he swam to one of two life rafts holding 14 survivors. >> theres two people remaining in there. >> reporter: the three masted ship-- h.m.s. "bounty" was sailing from connecticut to ship-...

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