as chelsea manning was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for giving the documents to wikileaks. just before leaving office president obama ordered manning to be released in may of this year. the sentence that she received was very disproportionate relative to what other leakers have received. reporter: but there s been no presidential reprieve for edward sn snowden, the form earp nsa contractor whose 2013 revelation of secret government surveillance programs left him fleeing charges of espionage. this guy is a bad guy and, you know, there is still a thing called execution. reporter: and accepting asylum in, of all places, russia. our anderson cooper repo reporting. i want to bring in now cnn senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources brian. leaks have revealed some very important developments in our history and have really been news. how difficult is it for the
good thing. doesn t hurt to build that rap oar as we all know. thank you. still ahead from edward snowden all the way back top deep throat, a look at how washington s history has been paved by leakers. you tell me what you know and i ll confirm. i ll point you in the right direction if i can, but that s all. just follow the money. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time. stay with me, mr. parker. .saving time when it matters most. stay with me, mrs. parker. that s the power of and.
anything that they consider light electronics, you re going to be able to keep in your lap and use the whole way through. you re not going to have to turn them off any more. you still can t activate your cellular service. that is supposed to be turned off. not going to be allowed to make any phone calls while the plane is flying. but, again, for a lot of people who wanted to get a jump on their novel and pass that time while they re sitting on the runway for a long time, you know, wanted to finish the watcher when that announcement comes on. so annoying when they make you turn it off. chris lawrence in washington, thank you very much. senate admitted breaking company rules so who would hire former snsa leaker edward sn snowden. sn snowden is wanted by the u.s. on espionage and theft charges. snowden s lawyer will not reveal
i m poppy harlow. thanks for joining us on new day saturday. five things you need to know to start your day. in egypt, number one. very disturbing. supporters of ousted president morsi saying demonstrators fired into a crowd of protesters. what we are hearing somewhere in the range of 21 to 75 dead but, again, no confirmation exactly on those numbers. there are also reports that possibly more than a thousand people have been wounded in those clashes. number two. the justice department will not seek the death penalty for edward snowden, that is what attorney general eric holder wrote this week to russian authorities. holder say snowden should not be given temporary asylum in russian srussia because reports he would be sentenced to death are not true. number three.
and some claim security forces open fire on them and the military denies that saying it used nothing more than tear-gas on the crowd. edward snowden was not supposed to be at the airport, and he likely thought he would be in iceland or venezuela, at least anywhere instead of being stuck in the airport, and they say snowden s fears are overblown and it s time he be returned to the united states. and we want to bring in the foreign affairs jill doherty, and this is a nightmare for snowden and there has been pressure now from several fronts in the obama administration to get him back to the united states. as you and the viewers know, there is no extradition treaty between the united states and russia, and that s one of the issues. russia is saying he could be