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Continue to be patient, and kind to those around you. [ speaking in foreign language ] youre not forgotten. you are not forgotten. >> hmm. absolutely chilling. i want to bring? ed lavin darrow, following the story for years, especially this story of the family trying to keep the idea of the captivity of bowe bergdahl alive and ed, saw there, viewers saw there, the beard that his father grew, the fact that he learned at least some words in a language that his captors could understand to try to co...

Released and now in the air en route to qatar. we just heard from the white house. they told us to expect president obama to speak from the rose garden about the release of bowe bergdahl at 6:15 eastern time. in the meantime, the people closest to bowe bergdahl never gave up hope that he would someday come home. here is cnns jake tapper. >> get me! release me, please! im begging you! bring me home, please? bring me home. >> reporter: that is bowe bergdahl the only member of the u.s. military in ...

Back before life returns. >> good evening, we have breaking feuds, president obama is about to speak from the rose garden about the release of u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl. lets listen. >> this morning, i called bob and janney bergdahl and told them after nearly five years in captivity, their son, bowe is coming home. >> in their home, he dies from injuries. >> with days with family and friend which all of us take for granted. but while bowe was gone, he was never forgotten. his parents thou...

Makeup yet this morning because theres a lot of tears of joy. everybody is extremely happy. >> have you had a chance to talk to his parents? >> not yet. weve been giving them personal time, because i know over the five years its been an emotional roller coaster, and for them to actually know theyre going to be able to put their arms around their son again, i cant imagine what theyre feeling right now. >> talk about the lengths that his parents went to, to keep the idea, the knowledge of their so...

Viewers in the united states and around the world. if youre just tuning in, this dramatic, dramatic information, and that is, sergeant bowe bergdahl, the only prisoner of war in the u.s. has been recovered from, we believe, afghanistan. and theres so many plots and subplots to how this went down, but one of the things we cant forget is that this is a man who was a boy, who grew up in a town where everybody knew him, and that town was hailey, idaho, and we want to go by phone to hailey, idaho, to...

Guantanamo. i suspect there are other elements of it, rather than just a straight-up exchange. i suspect there were broader political elements as suggested earlier by the discussion of the fact that our president just announced policy initiative in afghanistan. so a lot of things are going on. but certainly what you need is to make sure that everyone is supposed to release him, actually does, and you want to secure, a safe and secure area for where that reliease is to take place. >> after nearly...

They were later released and allowed to return to their hotel. so there was this contact and discussion to facilitate that release. obviously youll remember that a couple months ago, or six weeks ago or so, there were these vienna document military observers who were held for over seven -- over a week in slovyansk. they were eventually released and we hope the two groups who remain in captivity are released, too. theres no excuse for taking impartial and international monitors hostage. >> the as...

Week or to be missing this week. theres another team that was picked up on monday outside of donetsk and has been missing for five days. there were 11 picked up wednesday and later released that evening and another four plus their translator last night. this is obviously unacceptable and outrageous that these international observers who are there to provide an impartial view of whats happening on the ground to help facilitate deescalation of conflict who arent taking sides in any way that these ...

They dont have names yet. they are not ready for primetime staying close to mama. the woman will be on exhibit later this month. they are too cute. >> this is only the second time in history that snow leopards have been born in captivity. this is huge. >> less than 150 alive in the u.s. only 4,000 worldwide in the with wild. >> you can be part of naming them because there will be a contest to name the cubs coming up in the next few weeks. there you have it. you can help to name them. what would ...

The cub brother and sister are barely over a-month-old and are already 6 pounds each. >> look at how timid they are. they dont have names yet. they are not ready for primetime staying close to mama. the woman will be on exhibit later this month. they are too cute. >> this is only the second time in history that snow leopards have been born in captivity. this is huge. >> less than 150 alive in the u.s. only 4,000 worldwide in the wild. >> you can be part of naming them because there will be a con...