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Own, by his own choice and they want to know why did he do this? what were the circumstances of his captivity? was he held against his will the entire time he was in captivity? there are lots of questions, very few answers at this point. bill: he is still in texas. he will live in barracks and have two other soldiers help him readjust. steve hayes, thank you for that pro washington. >> thanks, bill. bill: 11 minutes past. martha: after being criticized by journalism groups for quote, censoring t...

On that end and having to comply with the things that are asked of him here in the days and weeks ahead. >> no question about that. two things, colonel, in terms of medication, look, this was a man who was held in captivity. one would assume that he is probably on some pretty strong medication, whether it be anxiety, whether it be to normalize. were never going to know whether he is. but how is that going to effectively impact the questioning? >> well, he has to be able to answer it the question...

Well-being and his overall sense of self and hopefully his ability in the future to explain his side of what happened that he needs to get back to a normal routine as quickly as possible. maybe thats what the psychiatrists are thinking. even as i say that, i dont know. all i can do is look at the spokesperson from the army and i have to believe, more speculating, they are going to keep an eye on him. they will make sure that whatever he has at his computer, he will be watched. i dont think we ha...

Their children, by themselves, accompanied by nonjews, mostly to england. the parents eventually were killed during the holocaust. but the kids grew up in england. these parallels are never precise, but its something our viewers might want to look back at as well, the whole kinder transport. gloria, we have to wrap it up, but go ahead. >> i was just going to say, thats why i think it was so important that the president should have actually gone to the border. and sort of borne witness to what wa...

Processing claims. 73 billion is expected to be paid out. this year half of the vas budget. it resulted in over payment for some and inflated success wait for the backlog. >> after six weeks of being released from taliban captivity for years. army sergeant beau bergdahl is set to resume life on active duty. bergdahl finished therapy and counseling and will begin a job at fort san houston in san antonio texas today. he is expected to meet with a two-star general in charge of investigating why did...

Mistake. was the mistake in the script or in her brain? keep in mind, most of the damage this week -- and i say damage, body count and buildings affected, most of the damage has been inflicted by israel. most of the ruins, she mentioned, are in gaza. now, on thursday on "world news," sawyer apologized. >> on tuesday evening, we made a mistake and i want to put up these pictures again. during an introduction on the story on the conflict, i misidentified these powerful images. the people in these ...

The photos surfaced through a pro taliban twitter account this week and people jumped to conclusions about why hes smiling while in captivity. let me take you behind the scenes here at cnn for a moment. this is a great example of journalism 101. cnn cautioned anchors not to speculate about why hes smiling in the photo. theres so much we dont know and we cant ask him. heres how erin burnett handled it. >> we dont know the context of the photo. and we dont know whether the smile you see here was n...

People who launched these partisan attacks have moved on to something else which im very grateful for for being a friend of the family. >> you have some perspective being a friend of the family and i want to show this photo again. keith, i think you probably view it a little differently than most having been held in captivity for five years. when you see this photo, what is it that you see as a former captive? >> first off, michaela, good morning. as a former captive i would say this. i was five...

♪ there are more questions today surrounding bowe bergdahl after a null released photo by the taliban on twitter. nbc peter alexandra has more from ft. sam houston in texas. peter? >> reporter: mika, good morning to you. today marks four weeks to the day since army sergeant bowe bergdahl arrived back home in san antonio with the brooke army medical center. bergdahl is in the final phase of his reintegration process as he faces yet more scrutiny. a few more weeks, is how much longer u.s. mili...

At ben-gurion airport in tel aviv and youre walking in the terminal and literally every 40, 50 feet you see a sign "shelter" then areas where you go to a shelter, a bomb shelter. the israelis are a pretty hardy folk, going on with their lives but theyre clearly concerned whether in jerusalem or tel aviv or other populated parts of the country especially down south near the gaza border. so its a tense time. theyve been through it before. theyre not happy about it. but they feel they got to do som...