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Been a proponent of it. were seeing quite the migs x o opinions at the town halls. an official has confirmed mike flynn did speak to russians ambassador before the inauguration of the president and sanctions with russia did come up. exactly what flynn said is unclear. they say theres nothing indicating flynn made any promises or acted improperly during the call. the president declining to respond to the report saying, quote, he was unaware. the kremlin called the reports incorrect. to talk more ...

Theres a man hunt underway at this hour. he is intensifying to find the attacker. and cnn commanding general for europe and retired lieutenant general. nice to see you. thank you for being here. i want to start with you. isis is claiming responsibility. what jumps out at you. >> we havent seen isis claim in turkey before. the remember was that theyre hoping beyond hope mistakenly that the turks wouldnt align for the russians and the turks would pull away from the fight as a result of earlier att...

Inherits is keeping the nation safe. we looked at donald trumps plan for a border wall earlier. he has some other foreign oels ideas that could also shake up americas approach to global affairs. how to deal with russia. with nato. the war against isis to name a few. i want to bring in two of our national security experts. we have cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling, served as commanding general for u.s. army in europe in the 7th army and with us, cnn counterterrorism analyst ph...

[ speaking arabic ] >> arwa is joining us from a much safer location not too far away from mosul in erbil, iraq. so arwa, whats the latest on the battlefield. >> as you saw in that clip there, we were taking cover behind the humvees as best we could as the counterterrorism special forces were pushing forward towards what was a christian enclave, a small town, they advanced from three different directions coming across what are now fairly common isis tactics, truck bombs, suicide car bombs, as we...

Hearing officer makes recommendations to the commanding general who is the one who decides what will happen to the soldier, what charges will be brought. you had the article 32 hearing officer actually recommend something less than a general court-martial. they recommended a special court-martial, akin to a civilian misdemeanor trial. the commanding general in this case overrode that decision and said, no, we want this soldier going forward, we want a full-blown court-martial and hes facing a po...

The original recommendation, as you know, was on the misdemeanor level. what is the significance of the superior officers saying lets go for more severe possible outcomes. >> not necessarily a misdemeanor. it was a special court martia that could adjudge a sentence of no more than a year. the court martial convening authority decided to prosecute in a general -- the commanding general can decide anything he wants, in a case where a recommending officer would represent a special court martial and...

Instead the commanding general made the call to say, we will try him by general court-martial for deserting his fellow troops, which he clearly did, and you have segments of his platoon that say in the very least he decerting, and aiding and abetting the enemy, which he will get a life sentence for if found guilty. i have to give kudos to the general and the army for overcoming the political pressure and say honor matters. >> if they had done what that preliminary officer was recommending, he wo...

Version out, without bergdahl being on the witness stand. that is very astute of his lawyer to do that because if he puts, puts bergdahl on witness stand then the prosecutors get to cross-examine him. instead he put people to whom bergdahl spoke, high-ranking pentagon civilian and general dahl, who were investigating. bill: you could prove easily he deserted, right? >> yes. bill: he left post. >> yes. the question was it a one-day desertion he planned or was it aiding the enemy as it turned out ...

Decide. >> okay, so the process, like you said, is now in the hands of the commanding general. how long does he have to decide? and then what happened next? >> well, right now, the report has not yet come out by lieutenant colonel who is the investigating officer for the article 32. he is going to make a written determination, deliver it to the commanding general. the commanding general will then decide and he doesnt really have a time period. listen, this case has been going on since last march...

>> wow. >> reporter: so what are you doing? a show vote. the president is more than happy to have this. hillary clinton running on this in new hampshire saying protect womens health, stand up. theyre more than happy to do it. >> thank you. beau bergdahls attorney saying he will not testify. before the enemy in texas, we have charles hadlock. charles tell us about the attorneys argument here. >> reporter: hi, ari. closing statements are about to begin here in just a few moments. the testimony i...