Blackhawk Down Case News Today

Farwell who contributed to the report on bergdahls disappearance, also a veteran and served in the same area of afghanistan as bergdahl. also a reporter embedded with the u.s. troops in afghanistan. best-selling author recently of "the most faithful spy." great to have both of you with us. alex, the u.s. military has this motto, right, leave no soldier behind. and you just heard toms reporting. in this case, was it the right thing to do? is there ever a case where it isnt? >> no, i dont think th...

Central to such efforts, a military touchstone found in the army ranger creed, he will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy. >> its often unspoken. i dont know that its written or codified. but if youre taken captive, were going to do all we can to get you back. >> reporter: that commitment has led to amazing moments such as the special forces rescue of private jessica lynch, captured in iraq. >> and he told me were american soldiers, and were here to take you home. a...

Looks into the matter, it is a never before seen secret until it came out front now. >> for 30 years it was one of americas biggest cold war secret, locked behind tons of steel and concrete, buried 40 feet underground, a massive structure built to hold congress in case of a war. >> the prospect of a large-scale nuclear war created a sense of vulnerability. policy-ma policy-makers, because they knew they were among the first targets of such a war. >> literally hiding in plain sight the bunker was...

Tied every day, i couldnt walk out to the helicopter. >> had to have two of the special forces people help me out. and they gave me sunglasses because the room i was in was just totally dark all the time. >> wow. so when you see that, you think, i mean, he could have been walking because he had been shackled? or stumbling as he looked. >> thats the way it was in my case. he was similar. i dont know for sure exactly what his case was. but in mine, because my muscles had become so weak from being ...

Tonight we begin with the breaking news. at this moment, top white house officials just finishing briefing the senate. it was a closed door briefing on the prisoner swap in which bowe bergdahl gained his freedom. officials from the state department, the defense department, and national intelligence were all present. and were going to hear from one top republican who was at this briefing in just a moment. but first, there are major developments in the case today. first of all, we got the images...

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And i think that should concern all of us. >> but if the reality is, though, that republicans wanted this soldier freed, and it was going to come with a price. i mean, guantanamo bay is sitting there. its hard to imagine there would be any deal that didnt involve a prisoner swap. of course your committee had heard than possibility for a long time. even though of course they did not observe the window of 30 days in terms of telling you. is it fair to say you thought there would be a prisoner swap...

At this, seth? >> i think what stands out to me is the fact they had a camera waiting to film this whole thing. they were clearly prepared to put out information on websites. mullah omar had a statement ready. they had video in qatar when these guys landed, the five individuals. and they had video ready pour the handover. this was part of a much broader effort of propaganda, that they were really ready to take advantage of. >> which may perhaps explain why the president went ahead and made a big...