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All right. we are back here live in washington, d.c. we are continuing to follow breaking news. the whe house announcing that president obama in one of his final acts as presidency. this is a big one, he is offering a commutation of the sentence that chelsea manning received. 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 th...

The sentence should fit the crime essentially. and that's what he is susceptibly saying in the manning case. and that's what he's saying in the other cases which mostly involve non-violent drug offenders. people who were sentenced in the '70s, '80s, during mandatory sentencing periods where there were much different penalties during so the-called war on drugs. the president's view and those of others that the lengthy sentences have destroyed families, have taken especially minority men out of the population, out of the work rcand hurt families as well. but of course, to some extent, the march ...

Crime of violence, was a very long sentence. on the other side, i don't have to tell you, steve, this will be viewed as very controversial, particularly among conservatives and other folks in the national security community who feel that leaks, something that's been back in the news recently, national security leaks against the state must be punished. so it's a big, probably the biggest commutation or pardon action we've seen from president obama. >> this is always the drama at the end of the a presidency. who will get a pn, who will not. thank you for that. ron allen meanwhile at the white ho...

Comments that were during the martin luther king weekend of all times. and comments right before his inauration. the totally inappropriate time to do all of this. that's why i'm not attending the inauguration. >> all right. congresswoman judy chu, thanks to both of you for joining us. >> thank you, steve. we have breaking news now from washington. we to want let you know about, the white house just announcing hundreds of sentence come ewations. obama has a few days left. among those just announced, former army specialist chelsea manning. diplomatic cables to wikileaks back in twen. manning w...

Because of the -- i would also think that the transgender identity of chelsea manning may have played a role in all of this. you know the administration has been very sort of an opponent of transgender rights. gay and lgbtq community. so that may have played a factor. frankly in the days leading up to this, when asked about this, the administration often emphasizes there's been a military process that has gone under way, there's been a trial, a sentence, they seem to put a period at the end of it. so frankly it's a little surprising that they did this. however, this is among 2809 other commuta...