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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 dis information operation. the allegation is that the russians stole documents from democratic party operatives in order to hurt hillary clinton's campaign and leaked it to wikileaks. so a lot of surprise in what the president announced today. >> so wewikileaks is tweeting tonight, if he commutes her sentence, release date may...

The remaining sentence of chelsea manning. army intelligence analyst served almost seven years for charges relating to a massive 2010 leak which brought worldwide attention to wikileaks. manning's sentence of 35 years was by far the longest punishment ever imposed in the united states for a leak conviction. man willing now be released on may 17 of this year instead 2045. manning was also in the spotlight as a transgender woman. former bradley manning, she began her reassignment in military prison, the question of whether the military allows her to undergo sex reassignment surgery is still bein...

Then released via wikileaks. so, if they follow through on this promise would be an enormous event. >> wikileaks' tweet victory, obama commutes chelsea manning sentence from 35 years to seven, release date now may 17. >> we have edward snowden, of course, who has his own exile, as it were, in russia for his involvement in releasing documents. he's saying as well in five more months he will be free, addressing this to chelsea manning much course. 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. democr...

>> reporter: in an article published the day before the election, i'm going to d.c. to look at two spaces because my buddy donald, he f'd up. he opened his f-ing mouth. trump sued them for $10 million each. she served up counter suits. the president-elect and his legal team are dealing with depositions. in the days leading up to the inauguration, lawyers in both cases saying right now there is no chance of a settlement and the zakarian suit a pretrial conference is set for may 17 just beyond trump's first 100 days. >> the litigants, his opponents in those cases, and others will try to use thos...

Talking about. >> geeking out. >> kevin, finally can we talk "star trek" here? i want to talkbe about "star trek" here. >> in to darkness. >> hold on. may 17. j.j. abe rams is back to direct the film. he took on the new "star wars" episode 7. i can't wait to see this. it looks incredible. benedict cumberbacsh the villain. it was partially shot many imax. "dark night" flip from normal to imax in movie. looks phenomenal. the trailer rinse credible. look forward to seeing this. here is what he did with the first "star trek" and why it was brilliant. he made a movie for non-"star trek" fans and "s...