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Welcome back to "the lead." im jake tapper. our national lead, the widely respected record breaking podcast quietly debuted its second season this morning, quietly until people who rushed to download it crashed the server. this time serial is taking on the controversial story of bowe bergdahl, the u.s. army sergeant who spent five years in taliban captivity. bergdahl was brought home in a quite controversial and possibly illegal prisoner swap with the talib taliban. he was then charged with dese...

Alongside the washington bureau in these terror investigations. and then the u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl opening up about his time in captivity, how he was kept in the dark for five years and why he wanted to emulate the movie character jason bourne. but is this such a good idea to be talking and talking and talking before you even face a jury? well discuss. marie callender knows that a dutch apple pie can make any occasion feel more special. so she makes her pie crust from scratch. and s...

A danger to the lives of the men in that company. >> reporter: he says he wanted to show he was a super soldier, like jason bourne. >> all those guys out there who go to the movies and watch those movies, they all want to be that. but i wanted to prove that i was that. >> reporter: it was a decision he would re-live during his next five years in taliban captivity, bergdahl, a 23-year-old private first class at the time wrapped his head in a scarf and walked away. bergdahls former platoon mates s...

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They knew they needed us healthy to be able to negotiate. >> as the days turn into weeks and then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy is in the hands of muslim students. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover. >> the militants who have held hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> ab...

About. thats probably the kindest interpretation. do donald trump is forceful about it. saying, thousands and thousands. he said to george stephanopoulos, it was well reported at the time. not by the "washington post," not by the associated press. they all conducted investigations to try to figure out what, if anything, happened. there was even a report, carol, about a federal investigator going to look, because there were rumors going around this had happened. they couldnt substantiate it. lets...

Have seen, thats led to countries not knowing absolutely vital information. we saw that with the train attack, we saw this with the belgian -- the french isis fighter attacked the jewish museum in belgium, chris. >> thats why the silver lining of what happened in germany today is you had the french being preemptive, dealing with the germans, the coordination was there. it didnt amount to anything, but thats okay, the system worked. paul cruickshank, clarissa ward, thank you very much. appreciate...

Westminster in 2009. western hostages who have been released have recalled that when he held them in captivity in isis, he was a particularly brutal captor. well, tonight, this breaking news is that we are getting reports as yet unofficially confirmed, but we are getting reports that jihadi john has been targeted in a u.s. military air strike in syria. this news is just coming in at this hour. were still awaiting further details. but nbc news is reporting tonight that at least according to one u...

They have been moving towards the town of sinjar. we ourselves from the top of mt. sinjar heard the constant coalition air strikes. evidence now still today around us as they claim substantial process. the kurds say to the west of sinjar, they have taken a village called ar carbara which many say is on the route here. vitally important because many want to see it back in the yazi there, pushed out into captivity. it sat, that town, sinjar, on a vital artery, a vital road between the self-declare...

They are looking to the find something to confirm what so far are theories about how the plane was taken out of the sky. it was unclear to our source whether the two-hour typer theory was based on surveillance intercept or physical evidence uncovered in jit. martha: we have seen beheading and taking people into captivity. we havent seen this more al qaeda-like action on their part. reporter: exactly, and how is prosecutes its wars, if isis is proven to be behind it. it could prompt the russians ...