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Vietnam to help people in captivity to kind of readjust to life. they want it to happen as soon as they grab him and he gets on a helicopter they care for medical needs, listen to anything hes saying because anything he says off the bat will be useful from an intelligence perspective. hes in phase two. >> by the way, you were an intelligence operator, special forces in afghanistan and f-18 pilot. you have background and experience. phase two would be more -- >> i was not special torss but served...

Know for sure. however, a u.s. official says we do have reason to believe there were times he tried to escape. bergdahl may not have fully talked about his five years in taliban captivity but recovering after nearly a week under u.s. military medical care. the pentagon said he is now speaking in english to the medical staff treating him. participating more in his recovery treatment. and is resting better. the administration continues to insist bergdahls health and safety were at risk and to make...

Bergdahl was drugged not sick per se in the proof of life video that led the obama administration to make a deal to bring him home. >> the only video we have seen of the 28-year-old sergeant is this one, the new video, since we lease e released by the taliban. he was whisked away to germany. a short time ago we received confirmation that a reintegration team from san antonio military medical center is on standby in germany waiting for word when they can transport bergdahl back to the united stat...

Looking for him. >> yeah. i do want to talk about what i can tell you about what i know of prisoners of war and when they are in captivity, they are trained by the military to stay alive. we dont know why he was doing what he was doing but everything that comes out of there is propaganda. everything the taliban puts out is propaganda. they want us to believe that. i dont know whether they did or didnt but they want us to believe that and his job is to stay alive. >> great reporting. >> coming up...

That last part of what the official said in terms of -- the jeopardy to this young army sergeants life if the details of this deal were disclosed. do you think that adds more urgency to the situation. if the president had gone ahead and disclosed the operation in advance and given congress 30 days then you had potential for it to like? >> this is the explanation the administration has been trying to got out over the last few days. fran like not very clearly. last night we were told by certain ad...

His captivity and theres only a couple of ways to get around that. >> a former vice chief of staff for the u.s. army vouched for the substance of the intelligence reports. >> from talking to a former senior intelligence officer, he read one of those reports and what james is reporting is consistent with what he had also read himself. >> democratic senator dianne feinstein told bloomberg news said she was unaware of any threat on bergdahls life. a report -- kbiettleed conflict that may affect ber...

>> honor and distinction. rice may know about what its like to be attacked on talk shows but susan rice is standing firm. our cnn senior correspondent jim acosta is live in normandy. >> reporter: jake, we wanted to ask susan rice about the reports coming out of capitol hill, that they had to keep the mission to free bergdahl secret or his life was in jeopardy. we also talked to her about the comments that she made last sunday saying that bergdahl served with distinction. >> jim, we were very con...

Literature or even talk about religion that americans engage in when they two to north korea. >> charles armstrong is a professor of korean studies at columbia university. professor, thanks very much. >> thank you. were also learning painful new details about u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahls treatment during his five years as a captive of the taliban. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr has been working her sources. what have you learned, barbara? >> good evening, wolf. a senior u.s. off...

Vietnam to help people in captivity to kind of readjust to life. they want it to happen as soon as they grab him and he gets on a helicopter they care for medical needs, listen to anything hes saying because anything he says off the bat will be useful from an intelligence perspective. hes in phase two. >> by the way, you were an intelligence operator, special forces in afghanistan and f-18 pilot. you have background and experience. phase two would be more -- >> i was not special torss but served...

The switch ignition problem, a flaw that was linked to 13 deaths and maybe even more, by gms own admission. follow me @jaketapper. the full story on bowe bergdahl. thats it for "the lead." im jake tapper. i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." mr. blitzer? >> jake, thanks very much. happening now, a courthouse attack a gunman armed with explosives and a rifle launches an assault on a georgia court building. how a deputy may have prevented a slaughter. bergdahl kept in a cage....