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To learn what has transpired in the past years. >> why did susan rice say he served with honor and distinction? it was clear to the military, as soon as he left, what had happened according to his former fellow soldiers? >> andrea, as chairman dempsey said this morning, we need to give sergeant bergdahl an opportunity to tell his story. he hasnt even spoken to his family yet. theres a whole transition process that goes on. keep in mind, he spent five years in captivity in the most horrendous con...

Sergeant bergdahl, he is recovering from five years of captivity. >> traveling with the president in poland, the chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown", chuck todd. chuck, this is such a fascinating series of events, first the jubilation in the rose garden on saturday and then the attacks from members of congress. a lot of criticisms from democrats and u.s. allies to me and others off camera and president playing defense and more so when he was asked about it the first c...

Controversy. the obama administration exchanged five top taliban leaders, prisoners of war in return. a price that some republicans in congress say was too high. but some of several bergdahls fellow soldiers are calling for him to face a court-martial for desertion. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the military will not ignore potential misconduct but general demps see defended the deal to free americas last known prisoner of war. he wrote, the questions about this particular soldi...

Because of falling objects. were out there in minus 40. >> did you ever find a mammoth? >> no. were not digging deep enough. >> it is a dangerous profession. whats the worst thing youve seen? >> well, ive seen fatalities in the woods. one of our projects in russia earlier we had a death. russia, its not a place where you can call a helicopter in, just dial 911 and call a helicopter in. we ended up putting the guy on a log truck and his -- his body on a log truck and sending him down to the camp ...

Series of and indications we became increasingly concerned about his well-being and his safety in general, not that we werent always concerned about his safety in captivity, but in particular as things got to recent weeks here. without going into much more detail there in terms of the indications and the intelligence, i can tell you we had very good reason to be so concerned and that really is what drove the speed with which we moved. >> theres been two lines of criticism in reaction to the anno...

High-ranking members of the taliban, according to "the washington post." they included taliban armys chief of staff. the former chief of taliban security. the former deputy chief of intelligence, senior commander, and the former interior ministry of the taliban government. today in poland, president obama defended his decision to swap these five leader for one u.s. soldier. lets watch. >> we get every soldier held in captivity. full stop. we dont condition that. >> a year from now, if were still...

His capture. >> ultimately, he needed to come home. we dont get to pick and choose which p.o.w.s deserve to come home. if a guy is in captivity and we have the opportunity to bring him back, he should be brought back. in bergdahls case, i mean, so many of us have already spent so much of our lives being obligated to care about bergdahl, being forced to risk life and limb for bergdahl. and the fact is, it doesnt make any sense to still be angry about it, but it still needs to be brought to light....

Doesnt mean -- not even a front in afghanistan. the whole place is a battlefield, number one, when she talks about honor and distinction, she is talking to the fact he was promoted twice. lets not try to politicize against susan rice. let me ask you a question, if we were dealing with a different headline today, if the headline were that bergdahl had died in afghanistan and we were sitting here talking about that today, you would be attacking the president for having done nothing, am i right or ...

Dog bergdahl of tweeting with the enemy, and over at fox, some are saying bog bergdahls beard looks suspicious. >> he has learned to speak pashto, the language of the taliban and looks like a muslim. >> really? he said he was growing his beard because his son was -- because his son was in captivity. your son is out now. if you no longer want to look like a member of the taliban, you dont have to look like a member oof the taliban. are you out of razors? >> this implication is nasty and transpare...

Up towards the kabul area. you were on your compound, constantly attacked and just across the border in pakistan where a bunch of taliban and al qaeda who literally had pretty much free movement across the border there. >> okay. lets talk about being held in captivity, because i know that you were in the course of your job held in captivity. its difficult i think for people to understand why bowe bergdahl isnt with his family right now. why didnt military officials invite the family to germany? ...