Now he wants to live out the years as a woman. With being to around the world. I am suzanne malveaux. I am ivan watson filling in for michael holmes. I would like to welcome viewers in the u. S. And around the world to our program. This is a tragedy, rooms full of dead bodies, many of them children and they have been the world demanding action now. These images very difficult to see, very disturbing, they are said to come victims of a nerve gas attack in iraq. These are the bodies of children were talking about, wrapped in white cloth and lined up shoulder to shoulder outside a makeshift morgue. Rebels say it is proof the Syrian Government used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of civilians near damascus, maybe as many as 1,300. The Syrian Government denies the claims. Officials have yet to allow a u. N. Weapons inspectors team access to the site where the attacks allegedly took place. Fred joins us from damascus. Cnn is one of only a few International News networks reporting from inside the country. I know you just got there. You have already had time to visit a government run hospital. What are people there saying about this alleged chemical weapons attack . Were just starting to scratch the surface and find out what happened yesterday. The interesting thing at the Mesa University hospital that i visited earlier today, they told us that yesterday around the morning time they got mass casualties and it was clear there was massive fighting going on in those areas where that alleged chemical weapon as tack took place. They said there was lots of bodies in and the loads had severe wounds and none of them showed any signs of being subjected to any sort of chemical agent. It was something i found very interesting. Also, we managed to speak to a couple of people that live in neighborhoods adjacent to the ones where the attacks allegedly took place and also said, yes, there was a lot going on yesterday and war planes over head and artillery raining down on the areas. They said they did not feel any chemicals in the air and did not have any trouble breathe and didnt feel strain. They say they dont believe any chemicals were used. Of course that doesnt disprove the images were seeing, the horrible images that you were talking about before. We are of course reporting from the government controlled side of damascus and therefore a lot of the people are sympathetic to the Assad Government and certainly from the reports were getting here they say they dont believe that chemicals were used in those attacks. And these are survivors that you have been talking to . Reporter these were hospital staff. They didnt let us talk to any of the patients themselves. One of the reasons is they were still seeking further permission for us to be there but they did allow to us speak and the other people were residents of the areas that are adjacent to the ones where these attacks took place. And consistently all of those people were saying that there was a massive military operation going on and what sorts of agents were used in the military operation is very much unclear. Of course all of this is still very circumstantial as we try to dig deeper and see what exactly took place there in very much close to central damascus. These alleged chemical attack came almost exactly one year after president obama warned that any such attack would trigger American Intervention and he called the use of chemical weapons this red line. This morning senator john mccain told cnn the u. S. Needs to hit syrian air fields and planes as well. It is obvious from the pictures when you see the dead bodies of children and women and others stacked up and the fact is it is already established that he has used it before, so as i said, it shouldnt surprise us when we use it again. It is horrific, and outrageous and the president a year ago said they would be if they crossed a red line there would be response. We know now of course that they have already used it. I am sure and confident that they are used it again, and that we use it again unless they are rained in and prevented from doing so. And you know, ivan, what is so difficult about this is fred was saying they cannot determine first of all who is doing it on either side and dont really understand what exactly happened yet. That is something the Obama Admistration is trying to figure out. Before they act. This is a red line that seems to continue to move. Absolutely. And senator mccain of course one of the most vocal people in washington for the policy coming from washington and of course a big critic of the Obama Administration as well. Well, our chris cuomo will be talking about president obama and probably asking questions about this and about some thorny u. S. Foreign policy issues and his exclusive interview will come tomorrow here on cnn. Well be watching and in egypt Hosni Mubarak was released from prison today and transferred to a Military Hospital. This is in cairo. He will be under house arrest. Mubaraks release is raising questions about whether the arab Spring Revolution in cairo and egypt was all for nothing. It was the revolution that forced mubarak from power in 2011. The man who replaced him, Muhamed Morsi was ousted in the july 3rd coup. Right now egypt is in turmoil. Want to bring in Nick Paton Walsh that joins us and first of all explain to us whats happening here. Mubarak has been released but in a Military Hospital and still faces serious charges regarding death of protesters. So what has been the response and the reaction, the fact that he is kind inform this limbo area . Reporter well, there has been limited reaction in many ways. We havent seen the massive popular protests you may have thought would be provoked by a move like this presumably with military consent. A day of some drama in many ways, prosecutors saying a few hours ago they have authorized his release from the prison where he has been a number of months to the Military Hospital. We saw a helicopter lift off from the prison. Egyptian television showing it land near the hospital grounds and ambulance it seems there to ferry the former president inside the Military Hospital and talking about an 85yearold infirm man here. We havent seen him in any of the pictures but it is almost showing the army taking back into its arms literally the former president of egypt, and you really would have thought that this was a huge gamble for the military and the administration at a time of such volatity in egypt over the brutality of the crackdown over the last week still fresh in peoples minds and it may also have been the reason why they felt safe to make this kind of move and perhaps they wanted to show loyalty to the old guard here. Perhaps they wanted to look after their own and felt that maybe people are tired of protests and unrest and have enough of a curfew and Security Force presence on the streets to deal with any protests and most importantly were not seeing that at the moment. And the timing is astounding here. The military is continuing the crackdown as you said. Today the spokesman for the group was arrested and he is just the latest Muslim Brotherhood member to be taken into custody. Is the military trying to send a message it is very much in charge right now . Absolutely. They have been dominating the past few days. Weigh hear from state media repeated arrests and the sunday of the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and since then lower figures, again and again, names popping up and having been arrested and they are pretty much booted off the political stage here. The government is taking authoritative control and does have i agree of support for what it is doing despite a lot of people dismayed. Were seeing really i think egypt waking up to the fact it may have turned back significantly despite perhaps people aware that the presence on the streets can really bring down governments. Thanks, nick. Reporting from cairo overlooking the nile river there. Also in the middle east today, Israeli Forces say at least three rockets were fired from southern lebanon towards israel and lebanese reported that four rockets were fired towards what they call the occupied palestinian lands. Sirens sounded after the missile it is were launched according to channel 2, there are no reports of injuries. Israeli Defense Forces said one rocket was intercepted between two cities in northern israel. The others fell outside of israeli territory. Bradley manning is beginning his prison sentence with a stunning revelation here. The army private says that he wants to live as a woman. He plans to seek hormone therapy behind bars. This is in leavenworth, kansas. He made his announcement a day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified military documents to wikileaks. His struggle with gender identity came up during his trial and a picture released by the military shows manning in a wig. Joining us from washington, chris, explain this for us. We saw mannings attorney appear on the today show this morning. He is not asking for gender reainsoment surgery, so he is specifically asking for hormone treatment. Is that something that the military system, the prison system, can actually comply with . Not voluntarily, suzanne, no, because it is not so much a prison issue as a military issue. The army does not provide hormone therapy much less sex reassignment surgery. So basically even if Bradley Manning was a soldier in Good Standing and walked into a regular army base, the medical clinic, they would not prescribe him these hormones. His attorney is basically going to have to sue the army to force them to try to do this. I spoke with Army Officials that said basically that manning will be treated like any other prisoner and that the assignment to Fort Leavenworth where he will serve his sentence is based on gender, all male facility and right now this official said manning is still a man in body, and so thats where he will serve his sentence at leavenworth where they do not provide hormone therapy. Chris, if he was able to get some kind of hormone treatments, who would pay for them . It would be the government and ultimately the taxpayers, if he was able to force the military to change the policy to do so or perhaps down the road if he was able to petition on medical grounds to be transferred to a federal prison because the civilian courts have actually been a lot more lenient on this. There are prisoners in the civilian prison system that have received hormones and actually prisoners who have lawsuits right now trying to argue that the prison system should pay for full sex reassignment surgery, so getting transferred out into federal prison might have a better chance there. Thank you, chris, a remarkable wrinkle, unexpected turn in this drama around manning. Up ahead on around the world an american reporter has become the story rather than reporting it. Staging a protest, get this, on russian state run tv. And here is something you dont normally see at the beach. Check it out there. It is not a pleasure boat. Well see this in a minute. Grrrr ahhh lets leave the deals to hotels. Com. Oh my gosh this is so cool. Awesome perfect save up to 30 plus an extra 12 off with coupon. Now until labor day. Only at hotels. Com too small. Too soft. Too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progressos new creamy alfredo soup. Inspired by perfection. 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A level three danger warning has been issued at this point with which is considered serious. That is the highest it has been since the earthquake and tsunami triggered that meltdown at the plant back in 2011. The star of the popular tv show prison break is coming out and blasting the russian government. Actor Wentworth Miller revealed he is gay in a letter to organizers at a Film Festival in st. Petersburg. He told organizers as a gay man he cannot attend because of russias new antigay laws and miller isnt the only person protesting russias new rules in a very public way. An american reporter appeared on russians english Language Tv Network russia today. He was booked on this show to talk about Bradley Manning, the american soldier convicted of sending those classified information, the documents to wikileaks, and he had Something Else in mind. I want you to listen to this. I am not really interested in talking about Bradley Manning. I am interested in talking about the horrific environment of homophobia in russia right now and let the russian gay people know they have friends and allies and solidarity from people all over the world and were not going to be silenced in the face of this horrific repression. He hijacked the show and do the russians get to say this and hear the protests and what he is saying here . Not in this case, no. It is really designed for overseas audience and as you heard they broadcast in english there and it is being described by some as a soft power exercise for the russian government and others believe it is a prop gant anetwork and editorially they take a different view from what they describe at Mainstream Media and what it normally means o air they report critically on alleged hypocrisy on the part of western government and rarely if ever critically on the russian government. They have been reporting on this antigay propaganda law and reporting really more on the outrage and the reaction overseas than the law itself and raising questions, asking questions about the reaction and whether or not it is reasonable, justified, and what could possibly be motivating it. And remarkable that he came equipped with those rainbow suspenders as props to push the point home. The antigay laws in russia, they ban anyone from publicly supporting gay relationships. You can be jailed or fined. While this is a very controversial around the world, a majority of russians actually support these laws so how effective are the protests in russia . It is an important point, ivan. The majority of russians support the laws. It is conservative country and culture and very closely aligned with the Russian Orthodox church and big parts of the country are muslim as well and independent polls show most people back it. In the shortterm, no, the protests will not change the law. Gay activists say they know this and appreciate the support and the solidarity and they also say they know that for these attitudes to change in the country russia will have to change from within. To follow up here, this is not something you will see in russia and i imagine because of International Media attention they will be able to see that on the enter net and would be able to watch in a different forum, yes. Very true, yes, the Internet Usage rates are really soaring so all the International Reporting on this issue and any others can be accessed by people in this country and so many people using it, and having a big impact on the Political Landscape of this country and it is for the moment the one uncensored platform for dissent here. All right. Phil black, thank you very much. Appreciate it. It seems like almost every month or so we see the Russian Police cracking down on attempts, the lgbt pride para s parades. You and lived there for a time and you said it wasnt like that before. I was there in the late 90s and there were so many problems at this time, enormous problems, but i dont remember this kind of animosity. I do remember seeing pretty on outrageous gay clubs in moscow that were the scene of, you know, center of a lot of n