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Their families and those who risked their lives to put into captivity the five that now are released. >> yeah. there are some who say he did not earn distinction. he spit in the face of those who were trying to find him and in the face of all of america by deserting. more on this later on. meanwhile, its commencement speech time and lets take you to lebanon, missouri, where the high school principal, kevin lowry, there he is right there. you know, the pc police make it impossible to use the name...

If this was so urgent why did it take them four months to make the deal. dur the four months why didnt they have time to notify congress? >> thats why it looks as if they are trying to make up reasons to justify a presidential decision based problemly on the desire to begin to empty gitmo. and secondly, on the traditional idea of trying to get a captivity back. theres nothing new there. but the fact they had to come up with a new excuse today that they thought he might be killed, why would you s...

Hes hoping that one goes down the memory hole. tonight, the u.s. special envoy for after gap stan and pakistan and other white house officials walked over to capitol hill and did a rare briefing for the full united states senate on the administrations actions to end sergeant bergdahls captivity and get him home. that briefing was closed to the public. no cameras were allowed inside. but we were told that one of the things that senators were allowed to see that nobody had seen what were told is t...

Know for sure. however, a u.s. official says we have reason to believe there were times he tried to escape bergdahl may not have fully talked about his time in captivity but he is recovering after nearly a week of medical care. the pentagon says he is now speaking in english to the medical staff, 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 the point, showed senators a classified v...

A senior defense sfishl said doctor are so worried that they have told his family not to even contact him to say welcome back. how hard is re-entry? >> well, re-entry is the hardest thing and for some of them its harder than captivity itself. you know, the captivity is so horrific and some people mistakingly compare it to a jail sentence but when youre a prisoner you have a sentence. you know when this is going to end. you know a very firm end and schedule. you wake up at 6:00, theres going to b...

Could have been in a different place at a different time, rather than the place at the time of their death. >> after sergeant bergdahl, then private bergdahl, came up missing, we did a huge number of operations to try to stop the taliban from being able to move him across the border into pakistan, and we made a great effort. we put a lot of people at risk in doing that, but thats what you should do. thats what soldiers do for each other. so, it wasnt the wrong thing to do. i think were going to ...

Go out to sergeant bergdahl and his family. did i say that? im neither thinking of you nor praying for you. senator thad cochran. welcome home sergeant bowe bergdahl a grateful america thanks you for your service. and then america no longer grateful for your service. stephen lynch, same thing. great to hear that bowe bergdahl has been released from captivity. warmest regards to his family. ah but then as of this morning, delete. no more warm regards for you. warm regards hereby rescinded. congre...

The new issue of "time" asked this question. you can see it on the cover. was he worth it? erin baker is joining us now from beirut. amazing bit of reporting youve done, erin, a great recall. youve had a chance to interview some of these taliban commanders who had kept bergdahl in captivity, one of whom said to you, and ill put it on the screen, its better to kidnap one person like bergdahl than kid f kidnaps hundreds of useless people. now everybody will work hard to capture such an important b...

There is a classified report on the situation. yesterday ted state department, spokes marie harp was besieged with questions. >> you spent all of this time, five years to determine whether he was a deserter or not. >> he has been in captivity, lucas, i think he is probably the person who knows best what happened that night. >> i think his squad mates have the best indication. >> i dont think thats the case. >> ms. harp is entitled to her opinion but public opinion has definitely turned against t...

"homeland." gideon joins me exclusively. use the #askdon. first, the controversy over the release of sergeant bowe bergdahl. bergdahl pale, gaunt, squinting, possibly to adjust his eyes to the daylight. the picture of five years in captivity. the video obviously meant to be propaganda, a propaganda tool for bergdahls captures will hopefully shift to a soldiers life saved. it got me to thinking about brothers in arms, about how the greatest generation conducted themselves on the battlefield but...