right now a slight delay in the sentencing for bradley manning. 15 minutes behind where we expected the judge would be for reading his sentence for leaking 700 classified documents to wikileaks but we will have the sentencing for you when it happens. breakings in out of the ft. hood shooting trial. accused shooter major nadal hasan has rested his case. the judge is preparing charges for the jury to consider. he is accused of opening fire at the texas military base in 2009. 13 people were killed. a new school year is about to begin with a cloud of controversy and uncertainty in philadelphia. the eighth largest school district is in the nation. education officials had to borrow $50 million just so they could start classes on time. and are still staring at more than $300 million budget hole. the american federation of
national level, continue to say that they don t want the money. but i think for the most part you re going to see a little bit of movement on that. like we were talking about before, you talk tough and then at the end perhaps you compromise a little bit. i think you re going to see that i think you ve already seen it to a large extent with a lot of the republican governors having accepted this expansion of medicaid and having accepted some of the other parameters of the obama care law, particularly the starting of health exchanges, sometimes in conjunction with the federal government, sometimes on their own. i think, you know, a lot of republican governors are reluctant to go with obama care, but also see it as something they can t really reject. yeah, jonathan allen, you didn t bring your tie, but you brought your a-game. we appreciate it. i appreciate that. thanks, guys. up next, we have the bradley manning sentencing. he received 35 years, but it s far from case closed. we r
parole sentence, he received a dishonorable discharge, was reduced in rank by one rank from pfc and also forfeiture of all pay and benefits from the u.s. military. the prosecution had asked for 60 years. the defense had asked for 25 years. so the military judge, colonel lind, leaned more toward the prosecution request with just 35 years. he was ultimately facing as many as 90 years in prison. but as i explained, it could be as little as ten years, once you throw in good conduct, time served, and a parole. nbc s jim miklaszewski with the latest on that sentencing. thank you so much, mick. you bet. we will be right back. mom always got good nutrition to taste great. she was a picky eater. well now i m her dietitian. .and last year, she wasn t eating so well. so i recommended boost complete nutritional drink to help her get the nutrition she was missing.
supposed to be which is that we have to use it for the purpose that it s intended which is just improve student achievement. michelle, good to see out the program. thank you so much. thank you. breaking news at the bradley manning sentencing. let s go to nbc s jim miklaszewski who just got word of what happened. what did the judge decide, mick? chris, the military judge in this case sentenced private first lass bradley manning to 35 years in the military prison for the leak of some 700,000 u.s. secrets to the wikileaks website. now that 35 years also makes him eligible for parole. in addition to that, he is going to get credit for the 3 1/2 years he has already spent in custody. so that could ultimately release reduce his time in prison with good conduct, of course, to as little as ten years. now in addition to the 35 years with parole possibly of
think that the politics of this have made it much more implicated and much more difficult for voters even to understand. lauren fox and alexander burns, thanks to both of you. i want to remind folks we are waiting for the sentencing of bradley manning in the wikileaks case and have that for you when it happens. in the meantime, another challenge in the middle east in addition to egypt for the obama administration. syria and rebel sources tell nbc news that government used a chemical gas on at least ten towns and villages around damascus this morning and the death toll could be more than 1,200. the syria government denies the attacks but this amateur video was posted online showing villagers being treated at a clinic. nbc news cannot independently verify the reports. to prove toe is the better choice for her, she s agreed to give it up. that s today? [ male announcer ] we ll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is do