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Apparently wrote, what are you learning? >> two late letters, one sent i 2012, one in 2013. in one of them he is aware of the investigation into his disappearance, and he urges his parents to tell those in dc they have to wait until all of the evidence is in. he complains about the security on his base and the orders he got as a soldier and said the situation was not safe for him or the afghans working with them. >> he starts rambling at times and you point out his handwriting is not necessarily...

Is the daily beast reporter who obtained those letters that he wrote to his family. roy hallums is an american contractor who was kidnapped in iraq and spent near lay year in captivity. kimberly, lets start with those letters. what was in them? >> well, there were two. one sent in 2012, and one in 2013. they are in some cases the first one is pretty rambling. it talks at first about that he is being fed, he is getting water, and then some parts of it are blocked out, presumably by the taliban. a...

Debating, but theres no question the right wing media complex played a role. laura ighraham pounded cantor on the radio for weeks. and then she had a rally for dave brat. >> i kind of wish thinking about this that president obama would have thought this through a little bit more and maybe, you know, forgetting sergeant bergdahl out of captivity. instead of sending five taliban mvps over there, he could have just traded one eric cantor. >> she led the eric cantor charged. but many followed. ann c...

Parents of a soldier whose been held in captivity welcoming their child back, your heart leaps for them. i think the white house believed that they could embrace that moment and that anyone who raised concerns about these senior terrorists being released, they would vilify as you dont care about our soldiers. what they didnt count on was so many soldiers who served with sergeant bergdahl decided they had to speak up and speak out against this deal and didnt count on the american people understan...

Something that doesnt require defending holding a religious belief whatever it may beand making it sound incriminating. the sound line of innuendo that dogged president baracks first campaign. and these attacks rest on ape veape -- rest on ape ve very unameri precedent. there were kncomments about threats to the bergdahl family. >> since last week, some have attacked the community members, as they supported the bergdahl family in their attempt to get their son back from captivity. very sadly it ...

Will he see them as soon as he lands, or is that still in the future? >> we dont know. and we dont know whether they have spoken by phone. we do not believe so. the military has said it does not believe so. there may have been some very private communications. we just simply dont know. the family typically is expected to be at the first place back in the united states that is the typical procedure. but nothing is really ever set in stone. were told when everybody is most comfortable with it, the...

>> can i just say, i would love more information. i would love to, you know, have a chance to see this. but the lack of empathy in this question for this. he could be a sympathetic for the taliban. we will know. it will come out. he was kept in captivity for five years. there has been an emotional toll on him. can we give him like a week to recuperate without casting this in a nefarious light? >> we need to make sure that he is kept safe after the whole thing has been bungled. yes, joe? >> mika,...

Probably took the lead in bumping him out. listen to her addressing a brat rally. >> i kind of wish, thinking about this, that president obama would have thought this through a little bit more. and maybe, you know, for getting sergeant bergdahl how far captivity, instead of sending five taliban mvps over there, he could have just traded one eric cantor. >> i mean, thats pretty -- thats pretty rough. >> yeah, i mean, i think they always -- guys like boehner, they viewed as someone whos a squish a...

The congressman. how did you take it? >> it is misleading. i think its a goofy question. this soldier is being -- hes not being held at landstuhl. he was sent to landstuhl to get medically evaluated so he can be reintegrated back with his family, hopefully with his unit. unlikely thats going to happen. but he needs to get his act together. this is five years of captivity that hes been held. so there is a long process. its unprecedented in that regard in, in that we havent seen it most recently. ...

Has seen defense secretary chuck hagel after a republican member of the house armed services committee asked him why bowe bergdahl is still in the hospital 12 days after being released from five years of taliban captivity. >> youre trying to tell me that hes being held at landstuhl, germany, because of his medical condition? >> congressman, i hope youre not implying anything other than that. the fact -- >> im just asking the question, mr. secretary. >> im going to give you an answer, too, and i ...