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A legitimate inquiry to what actually went on. >> do you think this will feed into the summer of hearings. about benghazi. >> benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. >> those hearings. >> six or seven on the irs. >> these days the republicans will criticize president obama for whatever he does. was bergdahl a hero or deserter. >> lets give bergdahl a chance to tell his story. >> he walked off willingly. would you oppose an operation or swap to get him back. >> puts a whole different light on that. >> pres...

Nearly five years in captivity with afghan militants and so thats the real focus. the medical effort at the moment along with his psychological state. a great deal of focus being put on sergeant bergdahls reintegration into society. >> matthew, its interesting. weve been looking at the video as youve been describing bergdahls condition and a member of the taliban is holding what looks to be a white flag. it does seem for all intents and purposes like an old-fashioned prisoner exchange that would...

Into thursday, looks like even new york city and washington, d.c., expecting thunderstorms. could be strong to severe at times. but by thursday afternoon, it moves nicely off the eastern seaboard. thats the good news. >> where it belongs, far, far away from us. karen maginnis, thanks so much. all right, were covering breaking news this morning. a new video, this new video showing bowe bergdahls handover after five years in taliban captivity. amazing. also, a dramatic primary day that could c...

She never lied. she had the moral courage and fortitude, though, rachel, to come forward and let people know that they are lying about her record. and i give her credit for that. >> patrick, let me ask you one last question, it is a political question. as you say, there isnt a reason to conflate the actions of sergeant bergdahl and the wisdom and the ethics of whether or not he should have been brought home as an american soldier in captivity. on the former question, though, the military says it...

Circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity, period. >> president obama is in poland on a four day european trip. for more reaction, we turn to ed henry. >> the president is here in europe all week trying to reinsure allies that we are there for them in russia invades. on this foreign policy issue, you have not just republicans, but democrats charging the president broke the law by not giving congress a 30-day notice about this prisoner swap. ...

Committee, someone well respected around here for her seriousness on these issues, wasnt even consulted or notified, as the law required. >> but the american soldier is on his way home after spending five years in captivity, arent you happy about that? >> we are, of course. no one is lamenting the fact that an american will be reunited with his family in the united states but thats not whats being criticized. the process by which it was done has put in danger now countless american men and women...

Affiliates. not with the afghan people. >> senator, thank you so much. this is what happens here, outside the meeting room, the microphone starts, people wait, the door then closes, does anything happen? were on it. hello, everyone. im dana perino, along with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, eric bolling, and greg gutfeld. its 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." america got its first look today at the handover of sergeant bowe bergdahl to u.s. forces in afghanistan. the taliban r...

U.s. base in germany cautioned officials and family not to reach out and even say welcome back just yet. the white house has been forced to call several members of congress to apologize for not telling them about the deal and president obama is on the defensive as he continues his european trip. abcs john karl is in poland. >> reporter: here in europe to talk about defending our allies the president found himself defending his own decision to strike a deal with the taliban. >> regardless of th...

Captivity is finally coming home. >> i mean, they do look like they were surprised because the depth of criticism that youve heard, particularly from his fellow soldiers. you know, you should have known that really because if the stories are true that they were forced to sign nondisclosure agreements, you knew the troops had given accounts where they said he did this voluntarily, so you should have predicted this was going to happen. you know, on the other hand, it is good news and there is poli...

I think the interesting thing about this deal is it could have been done two years ago, you know, this exact same deal. and because of pressures from congress and because the white house wasnt willing to pull the trigger, it wasnt. we left bowe to sit in captivity for another two years. >> when you say this deal could have been done, you believe an exchange could have been done with much lower level taliban guys. >> no. it was in our reporting it was these five guys. >> so it was always these gu...