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Commentary coming out in the letters. theres a reason why the written word has never faded from history, from time. present day, common day. people love the written word. we tend to be more insightful. so this is probably whats happening in his mind. he doesnt know if hes ever going to see his family again. he may think hes going to be -- could die at any given day. so i think his mentation is coming out in his letters. lofty thoughts. prosaic and cryptic. the flood of emotions that you go throu...

Because that reintegration process is challenging. if anybody can relate to a holiday time with family and friends theres always chaos that goes on. so you can imagine that after five years in captivity, not knowing what to expect. not knowing what to say. theres a lot there that im sure hes still going to need to be briefed on before he even meets his parents even for a few moments. >> thats interesting because from my perspective i would think one way would be once you come back you would want...

Into the hospital and seemed to do so in a functional manner. we allowed him to get settled in to the hospital and into his room, and his environment, and we are going to be planning more comprehensive testing and consultations, stuff that was not done during phase two. >> regarding his mental state, from a psychiatrists perspective, we see people in captivity are fundamentally normal people going through an abnormal event and they develop coping skills to live in that abnormal situation of capt...

Purported to be from march 23rd saying leadership was lacking if not nonexistent. the conditions look to be bad and getting worse for those the ones risking their lives from attack. what do these letters tell us about his state of mind and if he deserted his post. >> there are two letters, and we are having to try to extrapolate what he must have been thinking at the time. was he writing them under duress? almost absolutely. the taliban might have been telling him what to write. you can see it a...

Bergdahls to bowe in captivity including a photo of jani bergdahl and bob with his beard. did you deliberately not want to release that particular photo just because of privacy issues, or was there more to it? >> privacy issues but also jani is veiled, she wears the same kind of veil that i wear when im in the field in kabul or especially in the countryside where you might come across someone who holds very fundamentalist beliefs. i also did that partly to show respect for their culture, but als...

Process back home, well, in san antonio, where he is going the family would have been sent there before his arrival, staying in a hotel. the accommodation nearby with quick access to him when he is ready. but im told that the quick access, may be just 15 or 20 minutes on the first day. like everything, everything is parceled out as he can handle it. >> yeah, i talked to others who came back and said 20 or 30 minutes with their family, even that was overwhelming. as i said, we learned about bowe ...

Not because it is sergeant bowe bergdahl. it is being done, the u.s. army says, because this is what they do for all returning captives that have been held. that is, those in the army and those in the department of defense. he has a personal recovery team, its called. there are hundreds of people that are part of this team. yes, theres doctors, yes, theres psychiatrists, but other members you may not think about. there is a chaplain. there are attorneys. there are financial advisers. theres tran...

Letters do you think? >> they are definitely unusual. there are a number of things you would have to point out. those letters were written when he was in captivity. clearly written when he was under duress. other people who have been held captive have said they have been ordered to write letters and told every word word for word. we dont know because he has written them, whether those are his views or anything. you have to take that with large grain of salt. they are unusual. grammar is wrong. s...

The family is not here according to the military. the family has put out a notice of their own saying they are wanting that are privacy that the particular time. no indication of when that reunion will take place. and that strikes a lot of people as odd. >> i have felt that to be odd all along, but who am i to judge. those letters that have surfaced with such bizarre spelling errors that seem so curious, one of them spelling situation with a c. is there anything to be made of -- are they coded, ...

>> breaking overnight, bowe bergdahl back in the u.s. arriving in texas just hours ago ready to start the next step in re-integration. did he desert? new letters he sent while in captivity may answer the question. we are live with the latest. target baghdad also breaking this morning the terror group isis now moving toward the iraqi capital. american contractors evacuating. the government is asking for help. what will the u.s. do now? get down with the gov. chris christie like youve never se...