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We could see his family members in the front row just behind him, his aunt, a cousin openly crying, weeping and wiping tears as the judge decided to sentence him to 35 years. where does that fall? prosecutors were looking for 60 years. the defense had asked him to be sentenced to no more than 25. but when you break that down, bradley manning is already getting credit for nearly four years of pretrial confinement. so that brings it down to a little over 31 years. he's only mandated to serve at least a third of that. so it is possible that with parole bradley manning could be out of prison in ab...

He could have faced up to 90 years. i think the judge considered his age. i think the judge also took into account that he seemed to apologize, not so much for what he did but the harm it may have caused to the country. >> well, in the presentencing hearing, bradley manning's attorney presented all of the information of what happened during his childhood. they intimated that perhaps the army should have known about his problems and not, you know, made -- and not given him such access to sensitive information. that's what i'm saying. will the judge take that into account, too? >> i think so. yo...

I'm carol costello. we'd like to welcome our international viewers from around the world because we have important breaking news to pass along to all of you. private first-class, at least he used to be, bradley manning has been sentenced now. she would announce his sentence and she has. he's been sentenced to 35 years behind bars and he's been dishonorably discharged. chris lawrence is there at ft. meade, maryland. bradley manning sentenced to 35 years in prison and dishonorably discharged. here to talk about the sentencing is page. prosecutors wanted 60 years. he got 35. did the judge take in...

Different than manning, going directly to a foreign agent and directly giving them the information. at no point did the government prove that he knew that the documents would end up in the hands of al qaeda. the defense has been arguing that he was a troubled man, that this was someone who was struggling with his gender identity issues, that he was exploring how to become a woman, and that as the united states soldier, especially serving under don't ask, don't tell, and deployed to iraq, that he had no way to really communicate that ordeal with that. the prosecutors had argued that this senten...