for the mandate to still be in place before the end of the year. jon: critics of the program make the point that it s not just the website that is the problem. it s, in their view, the design of the entire program. sure. and the website is getting a lot of attention now because it s the most it s the portal by which a lot of people have tried to get through and have not had that much success. you analyze the two aspects of it, the sub stand substance and then the website and the access and democrats on capitol hill also say they re very aware of it. jon: and you ll have things to talk about tonight on special report , i m sure. you ll be on this evening. thanks. and we ll have more on the president s remarks and show you how the media have been covering the whole bap bam care rollout. that s on our news watch panel.
leaking of classified documents to wikileaks. the former army intelligence analyst now says he wants to be known as chelsea manning and says he hopes to undergo female hormone therapy while in prison. so is he a him or a her? witness this exchange on the today show. is there a chance that she, as we re now referring to her, would be then transferred at some point to a women s prison? i think it would be far down the road and probably if she had that is sex reassignment surgery that we don t know if she actually wants and, by the way, the army has said it doesn t provide hormone therapy or gender surgery, so if they want to go down that road, they re going to have to sue to get there probably. jon: so doesn t that mean she is going to remain a he for a very long time? let s talk about it with our news watch panel, judith miller is the pulitzer prize-winning reporter and author, kirsten powers a daily beast columnist,
guy because you want the least amounts. in this case, he s facing life and i don t think there s going to be any reduction because of the amount of the counts, the racketeering and homicide accounts. if he gets guilty, it looks like life will be the only option. patti ann: the testimony has been gruesome, hard for the jurors to erase that from their mind. thank you for joining us. jon: president obama has been speaking in very personal terms about race after the george zimmerman verdict sparked protests nationwide. so how did the media cover the president s remarks and the demonstrations? our news watch panel next. plus a powerful storm rolls through nearby phoenix, dumping heavy rain and causing some serious flooding. the latest on the clooef uu uup cleanup still ahead. i have two eight foot doors and the water started rising, rising, rising.
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