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According to amnesty international. and they say that, really, the issues underlying in china remain that have not been dealt with. certainly, if you went on to the square today and unfurled the banner just as a lone protester, youd be thrown into the back of a van very quickly. christine? >> and we know that google was blocked yesterday in china, and we know that if you tried to google or you tried to use a search engine to learn about these events, the chinese government very successfully can ...

Bergdahl, saying his condition required hospitalization, particularly a focus on dietary and nutritional needs after nearly five years in taliban captivity. i spoke to one of the medical officials earlier on, within the last half hour or so, and he tells me its a relative concept. theres a situation with stomach problems, immunization problems that exists on a sort of relative level in afghanistan. it has to be treated here in hospital. so, hes in a stable condition, is continuing to be treated....

Back to the united states. they did expect controversy and blowback but they thought the blowback would be over the release of those taliban members and frankly the start of a very rough debate of what youll see the white house escalating the release of these guantanamo bay detainees. what youre hearing as far as the rhetoric from the president is saying, the war is coming to an end. weve got to do something with these folks. these taliban, they emphasize, have no american blood on their hands, ...

Circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if he is held in captivity, period, full stop, we dont condition that. >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be , we still get an american soldier back if he is held in captive tie, period, full stop. we dont condition that. >> sounds familiar because i just said it. the soldiers will continue to speak out and they are the opposite of pleased as pie. two spoke with a fine laugh name...

Taliban, we obviously have not been interrogating sergeant bergdahl. hes recovering from five years of captivity. with the taliban. but let me just make a very simple point here, and that is regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity, period. full stop. we dont condition that. and thats what every mom and dad who sees a son or daughter sent over into a war theater should expect from not just the...

Into a report that came out in 2012 on bergdahl, ran in "rolling stone." very insightful at the time. maybe even more so now. he joins us. pleasure to meet you. thank you for your service. >> appreciate it. >> now youre one of us. lets talk about what you learned report thong situation. when you see this video, what strikes you about this? lets look at what we are able to see here as we move the video forward. lets see. start playing here. here we go. barbara was just talking about the hood was ...

>> i said i didnt like his presentation, thanking allah. lets get this discussion rolling. frank lynn reed, california, i have an honest question. why of it offensive for the sergeants father to use the word allah. because allah approved. jihad is driven by allah in the mind of these killers. god of islam is not offensive. within the context of the war on terror, citing allah was inappropriate. from florida, i have a question, if sergeant bergdahl is a deserter why was he promoted during the cap...

Until that happens, anybody anyone, including the white house, could withhold judgment and not turn this into a political talking point. now lets go in-depth on the bergdahl. the political storm shows no signs of clearing any time soon. tom foreman has that. >> reporter: the bergdahl deal is under siege. the president saying it was clear and clean. one army sergeant is coming home. >> we still have one army sergeant coming home that was in captivity. full stop. we dont condition that. >> >> repo...

Captivity. on the former question, though, the military says its going to open a new round of investigation, a new investigation into the circumstances under which he was taken. is that the sort of thing at this point, which is now necessarily going to be infected with the sort of politics, that have attended this decision to free him from afghanistan or do you have any concerns that that can be fairly adjudicated given the way this has turned into a huge firestorm on the right now? >> the fact ...

>> the video caused the protest. i guarantee you that they had made up their mind to do this in the same -- >> -- they or the president. >> the president. heed two stories about afghanistan. one guy that the taliban captivity back. im getting all of our troops out by 2016. they consciously put these two things together. its blown up in their face. >> thats a serious accusation. >> well, i think its true. there is no other conclusion. there is no intel to suggest these guys were now safe to relea...