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Fell asleep. hes out on $50,000 facing several charges and expected in court later today. walmart says they will take full responsibility if its driver is to blame. former star of "30 rock" and "sat night live" was returning home from a show in delaware. his family has been by his side in the hospital. the soldier may be ready to come home, but he needs more time to deal with the emotional wounds suffered at the hands of the taliban. the 28 -year-old says he was tortured in captivity, locked i...

Hes not suffering from any serious physical problems beyond a gum problem and a skin disease, that because of the exposure that he had to the elements during his time in afghanistan. were also told that hes weighing in about 160 pounds, which for a guy of 59" is a pretty good weight. no sign of emaceation. also, interestingly, a pentagon official tells us hes calling on medical staff to refer to him as private 1st class. he doesnt want to be called sergeant, the rank to which he was promoted dur...

Language well enough to communicate effectively with the taliban. he complained about his food. he was getting too much lamb. wanted vegetables and fruit. he was given that. thats what this source with the taliban says. but also that bergdahl said true to his christian faith. he wanted to observe christmas and easter. he was able to do that. the taliban also say they gave him reading material. also islamic reading material and english reading material. and that he was able to exercise on occasio...

Severity, though, of the threats. lets bring in our correspondent, barbara starr, at the pentagon, nic robertson, in doha, qatar. nic, what more have you learned about bergdahls time in captivity, those five years? >> yes, wolf, i talked to a taliban source, someone woz familiar with some of bergdahls captivity, not all of it. this is someone whos had information thats proven accurate in the past about westerners held by this same group of taliban inside pakistan. he said when bergdahl was first...

Attorney general michael mukase wr whether president obama broke the law by not notifying congress and talk with retired four star general jack keane about the military principle leave no soldier behind. as more details of bergdahls disappearance and captivity come to light, growing calls for a full investigation. >> well sit down with parents who believe their son was killed searching for bergdahl, and a member of his unit that says that bergdahl is absolutely a deserter. plus, was it just the ...

Landstuhl, germany this morning. good morning, karl. what can you tell us? what do we know about his condition today? >> reporter: good morning, christine. were here at the gates of landstuhl medical center, waiting to see if theres any update this morning from bowe bergdahls team of physicians and psychologists, because we know every morning that team gets in a huddle to decide whether bergdahl is well and fit enough to head back to the u.s. to continue his treatment at that medical facility in...

Bundys supporting law enforcement officers and the way it was played out by militia and other radicals on the far right, they have put wind into the sails of this movement that ultimately in some sense may have led to this latest bloodbath. >> thats incredibly frightening to think about that, mark potok from the southern law poverty center. appreciate your time. >> thanks. this morning, we want to talk about sergeant bowe bergdahl recovering after five years in captivity. back in washington, l...

Hes triing to figure out what normal is being depreefd and cared for by medical people and psychological people. when he sees his family, hell have another transition of what normal is because what was normal before is not normal now. he has to create a new normal every day until he stabilizes, which is going to take time. >> the reports now that hes in the hospital he doesnt want to be called sergeant. he was promoted while in captivity. he wants to be called private first class. what do you th...

The lives of everybody that hes serving with on the line, but more importantly for some people who have criticized me for saying that i didnt understand what a father would do when his son was in captivity, no. the second point, he put his son in harms way and in danger by not doing -- they all, by the way, when sons or daughters are in afghanistan, i certainly talked to several people this weekend, you had contact numbers. you could pick up a phone and say, my son is in trouble. hes writing thi...

Keeping an eye on them. we have confidence in those requirements. >> what kind of things? >> im not telling you that they dont have some ability to go back and get kofed but they also have an ability to get killed doing that. >> the bam administration will be forced to defense the decision. nick, to you first on this, you have been in touch with taliban source sources and have accounts that dont al qaeda jibe. what are the taliban saying now? >> this is a taliban source who has some knowledge of...