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Bergdahl to those american special forces following bergdahls five years of captivity. this all went down on saturday in eastern afghanistan. the only translate the message on the tape was for bergdahl not to come back to afghanistan or in essence he would die. in the video bergdahl does look pale. he does look sick. lets talk about this with a military lawyer and a writer for "rolling stone" and former afghanistan veteran. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> matthew, thank you so m...

Battlefield a year and a half from now, theyre a challenge for the afghan government and if theyre that concerned, the afghans may put them on trial. >> colonel wilkerson, someone who spent a career and life in the military, what do you make of the spectacle of an american soldier being essentially tried in absentia for desertion via cable news and websites? >> this is no surprise to me. ive learned that both political parties, particularly my own and people like john mccain and ted cruz, and ot...

In his condition, but they say hes basically in a stable situation right now. he does have some health problems but as barbara starr was mentioning, there are privacy issues concerning what they can reveal about what treatment hes getting. theyre saying part of his treatment is to do with nutritional and dietary problems. as a result of his captivity for nearly five years in afghanistan, in pakistan as well, at the hands of the taliban. these are the issues theyve announced, they said theyre foc...

There wont be terrorists, in this case, the taliban war cabinet. as one afghan told me earlier today, the charles mansons of afghan society handed over for us. no one disputes and no one is arguing that sergeant bergdahl should have been brought home. but we are questioning the price we paid for him. >> all right. general, i want to get this in. we learned a 2009 investigation, pentagon investigation, into bergdahls disappearance concluded he left on his own acard because his weapon, night visio...

Sergeant bergdahl was captured in the first place. was he seeking out the taliban? and as these images come in, were going to talk about the controversy of how this exchange played out, because it does rage on. we have live, team coverage, all the angles beginning right now. so, welcome back to "early start," everyone. im john berman. >> a lot to go through this morning. im christine romans. 32 minutes past the hour. this morning were seeing for the very first time the moment bowe bergdahl was h...

This. i heard about it this morning speaking to a rotary club, and it is one of the big questions that they had, what are you going to go do the president, and why did he do it this way? why secret? why does he believe he can work outside of the law? >> and let me play for you the president and his explanation of why this happened. >> regardless of the circumstances, and whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back held in captivity. period. full stop. w...

Five years in captivity would take its toll on anyone. of all the things youd miss, your family would likely be top of the list. so why hasnt sergeant bergdahl who was freed on saturday from the taliban, been able to see his family yet? it turns out it is a very complicated matter. not just because of the questions about why bergdahl went missing in the first place. thats something else. our anderson cooper had a chance to speak with keith, who was held hostage by farc rebels in colombia for fiv...

Whatever his intent was, these young men suffered a great deal. but there should be due process. we should hear from both bergdahl innocent until guilty is what dempsey said today, but there should be an investigation. i said this last night. i dont think he necessarily left that base intending to harm anyone. i think maybe he didnt understand what was out there. and i guarantee just based on my own time in captivity that he regrets that decision and he regretted it every day of the last five ye...

Circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity. period. >> reporter: and he played down the risk of the taliban commanders release. >> is there the possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us? absolutely. thats been true of all the prisoners that were released from guantanamo. >> reporter: the need for secrecy and speed trump the need in realtime. on capitol hill intelligence committee leaders from both p...

Grenades, the army special forces land and they take bowe bergdahl away, up into the air and to freedom where he remains in the military hospital. i want to bring back peter berg again, our national security correspondent jim sciutto. a couple other things struck me. bowe bergdahl looked really scared in your mind. tell us why you think that? >> well, we know hes been -- i dont think -- were not exactly sure how often he was moved. my guess is very infrequently. we know he made one move when he ...