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>> yeah, it was, and, you know, so i guess i got my wish with regard to that. >> yeah, bergdahls defense cited, you know, his treatment in captivity as a reason for him to avoid prison time, saying essentially hes been through enough as a hostage. i heard you say you dont think he gets the right to call himself a hostage. >> right, essentially he was a volunteer, now, wasnt he? so i guess -- >> by walking off youre saying he volunteered to be a hostage? >> exactly. >> do -- hes actually now -- m...

Sisters there with you. what precedent does this set? if you decide to dessert your post almost like you walk free now. >> make a great point we have an all-volunteer force now. weave know what we are signinsignup for. you absolutely must know as a veteran, particularly these types of wars, where you are out there and so remote that you have to know that your brother and sister to the left and right of you is going to stand firm with you. and servely not dessert you. he pled guilty to misbehavio...

Was an element that the judge considered when he thought about prison time? could he have constituted that as prison time, as some sort of punishment? >> absolutely. these military judges weigh everything. and truthfully that was probably the biggest consideration, the fact that he had been held prisoner for five years under very torturous conditions. many have said that this has been the most torture a u.s. service member has received since the end of the vietnam war. to those five years in cap...

Happening as a result of what she had published in her book? >> i havent talked to her since the piece came out. and her book is going to come out. i do think one of the questions that reporters are going to chase, now that she says she considered putting joe biden on the ticket instead of hillary clinton, did joe biden know about this? who else knew about this? how close was this to actually happening? arthel: definitely does kick off a lot of questions. bob cusack, i have to leave it there. go...

Was held hostage by the taliban, same group back in 2008 while he was working along the pakistan border. so, shawn, thank you for being with me. >> yeah, thank you you. >> first is your reaction, no time? >> i think its the justice was done today. i think you can get that sense in court, that justice was done. and it was the u.s. army acting perhaps, if i may say this, standing up to political and media pressure. and as a former hostage, when bo bergdahl told every second in captivity feels like...

Four of his five years in captivity. bergdahl didnt really show any other emotion. he was shaken going into the courtroom and visibly leaving it as well. kate? >> all right. nick, stand by with us. much more on the breaking news ahead. bowe bergdahl sentencing coming from fort bragg from the trial -- from the -- from all of the hearings this has been the sentencing phase for the army sergeant. no jail time. a dishonorable discharge for bowe bergdahl. were going to have much more of this breaking...

Spent in captivity against the suffering of those who took part in searching for him. bergdahl apparently plans to appeal against the dishonorable discharge, so he will actually continue to serve until that appeals process and appeared his attorney says hes been through a terrible ordeal and, "glad its over." >> shep: jonathan hunt, thank you. president trump headed to asia where they will top the despite war fallout from it back in d.c. details on the presidents trip right up. and that you look...

Did. i would tell you that you shouldnt look at this sentence as no jail time. i mean he spent five years in captivity with the torturured and treated extremely badly. the other thing to keep in mind is since he was recovered, he cooperated with authorities and with the investigating officer all throughout that. the general who investigated this said he couldnt have been more pleased. he did provide good information to the intelligence authorities about his in captivity and in the taliban and he...

Discharge. the decision on sergeant bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our country and to our military, president trump wrote in the tweet. bergdahls defense lawyers had argued for no jail time since their client spent four of the five years in taliban captivity in a cage and pled guilty to misbehavior before the enemy and assertion. they argue he was abused as a child and suffered from mental problems, including a form of schizophrenia. the prosecution sought 14 years imprisonment. th...

The judge also gave him a dishonorable discharge, reduced his rank from sergeant to pride and said he must forfeit pay for ten months. sessions face up to life in prison after pleading guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. after he left his base, they captured him and held him for five years. they freedom in 2014 and a prisoner exchange with the obama administration. they recommended as a prison sentence for 14 years. they decided the service members who were seriously hurt while...