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Know just how beautiful of a person she was. how much she loved music. how grateful she was to be able to perform for a living. how proud she was of her son and how much she loved him and her par near and her family and her friends. she was really -- she was just full of love and light and every good thing in the world. >> heidi, thank you so much for taking time to talk to us. >> thank you. >> full of love and life. just ahead on the same day that sergeant bowe bergdahl is charged with desertio...

The enemy against army sergeant bowe bergdahl. kidnapped and held in haqqani and taliban custody for five years in pakistan before the obama administration rescued him last year by swapping him for five prisoners held at guantanamo. bowe bergdahl already did five years in captivity in taliban custody. if hes court-martialed on the desertion charges, hes facing up to five years in prison on that count. the misbehavior count, he could face up to life in prison. even though our congress will do alm...

Back in may of 2011 let me just read you one of the documents. it says the secretary of the army have put special trust and confidence in the patriotism valor, fidelity and professional excellence of bowe bergdahl. he is therefore, promoted from specialist to sergeant. now, the military will tell you that when someone is held in captivity, did they get their regularly scheduled promotions. he also has several hundred thousand dollars in back pay. its becoming clear the defense will make the clea...

Back mosul. >> u.s. army target and former taliban p.o.w. bowe bergdahl has been charged with desertion. >> he disappeared from the battlefield in afghanistan in 2009 and spent five years in captivity. now he could spend the rest of his life in prison. heres our barbara starr with more. >> reporter: sergeant bowe bergdahl released by the taliban after being held captive for five years, could face imprisonment at home. the army now charging him with desertion, and "misbehavior before the enemy. t...

One of those missions that we know u.s. personnel carry out. but we do not much talk about in this country. the drone base in eastern afghanistan from which we launched drones, not only in afghanistan, but in pakistan. congress will also be forced to talk about afghanistan, at least in partisan and inflammatory ways this week, with the news today from the u.s. army that the army is bringing charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy against army sergeant bowe bergdahl. kidnapped and h...

From the beginning, many americans thought the deal was bad for the country. but the president and his ache lights acolytes disagreed. >> certainly anybody held in those conditions in captivity for five years has paid an extraordinary price. that is is really not the point. the point is that hes back. he is going to be safely reunited with its had family. he served the united states with honor and distinction. >> another embarrassment for ambassador rice. because, according to the army, bo bergd...

It is according to the military this is another typical day for sergeant bowe bergdahl. in other words, he has not been taken into custody. he is not being held. you will remember he came to san antonio last may shortly after he was released from captivity. for two purposes. one, to get him medically fit again and the other to put him through a reintegration program. a program they specialize here that helps former p.o.w.s come back to normal life. once he completed that program, he was given a ...

And said this is a slam dunk. we cant charge him with a lesser offense because it is obvious what he did. i have to believe thats true. >> conviction? >> we are talking about the military -- the military does not go easy on its own members who betray them and betray the united states. >> you have taken the oath and out there with your buddies and side by side with them and you walk off the post. >> his fellow platoon members are seen on various tv shows saying he walked off and they are angry. >...

>> there are no excuses for my behavior. i never thought of myself as a racist and i never considered it a possibility. but the bottom line is if the words said in that chant were mean hateful and racist. >> parker price, the other student expelled issued a written apology. bowe bergdahl held prison anywhere afghanistan for five years is being charged with desertion. it raises new questions about the controversial prisoner exchange that brought bergdahl home last year in exchange for five tali...

And taliban custody for five years in pakistan before the obama administration rescued him last year by swapping him for five prisoners held at guantanamo. bowe bergdahl already did five years in captivity in taliban custody. if hes court-martialed on the desertion charges, hes facing up to five years in prison on that count. on the other count, the misbehavior kourngts he could face up to life in prison. even though our congress will do almost anything to avoid talking about the war in afghanis...