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That our own james rosen broke, documents suggesting bowe bergdahl may have collaborated with the enemy. i asked his members of patrol about that. watch. >> i want to start with you, evan, the team leader of the team bergdahl was on. what do you make of the latest reporting by james rosen, that he converted to islam, fraternized with captors and declared himself a warrior for islam by august of 2012? >> initially after he left, i mean, we knew that he had deserted. we knew that he was trying to ...

Up to us and said, hey, there was an american crawling through the weeds that way and they pointed -- >> in the direction and thats the lead we followed. >> i was on the patrol, too. >> i was, too. >> they said he has no weapon or no gear f. you know infantry men, on patrol we are slammed with gear. so they said that it was weird, he was by himself. you guys are never by yourself. >> you never go anywhere without your weapon. >> you never go anywhere by yourself. >> evan, the leader about what w...

Up to us and said, hey, there was an american crawling through the weeds that way and they pointed -- >> in the direction and thats the lead we followed. >> i was on the patrol, too. >> i was, too. >> they said he has no weapon or no gear f. you know infantry men, on patrol we are slammed with gear. so they said that it was weird, he was by himself. you guys are never by yourself. >> you never go anywhere without your weapon. >> you never go anywhere by yourself. >> evan, the leader about what w...

This news just broke hours ago right before i sat down to speak with the men who served with sergeant beau berg daowe b. in a 30-man platoon. its the first time they have been together since they left afghanistan. were joined by six members of bowe bergdahls platoon. thank you for wing here. i want to start with evan, the team leader, what do you make of this latest reporting he converted to islam, talked with his captors and declared himself a warrior for islam by august of 2012? >> initially a...

Or left from his unit remain murky. we have yet to receive a final determination from the pentagon let alone hear from bergdahl himself. some of his fellow troops have been speaking out including sergeant evan, his team leader the night he disappeared and the soldier was seeking out the enemy. >> i was standing next to the radio when they heard that there was an american in a village about two miles from where we were at. its a village that has a very large presence of taliban. the american is i...

Jim miklashefski put it in stark terms exactly who we let go. >> u.s. military officials tell nbc news the five top taliban leadered freed are considered among the most dangerous in guantanamo bay. in secret documents obtained by wiki leak, all five were classified as high risk likely threat to the u.s. and are recommended for continued detention. >> well, this video posted on the internet appears to show the former detainees greeted with hugs as they returned to as theyre going to remain under ...

>> we obviously have not been interrogating sergeant bergdahl. he is recovering from five years of captivity. with the taliban. >> today president obama defended the decision to get bergdahl back. >> regardless of the circumstances, whatever those 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 them. >> reporter: it comes as allegations continue to swirl thatburg dall deserted his unit. evan who was bergdahl...

They had seen an american soldier crawling through the reeds earlier that day, and pointed in the direction of a village. and then he also said that in the ensuing couple days, he heard an interpreter pick up over the chatter that is listened to, the walkie-talkies that the taliban and insurgents speak to each other over, information that there was an american soldier who had come to a village known for a lot of taliban activity, seeking to talk to the taliban. so thats the team leader, evan, wh...

Jim miklashefski put it in stark terms exactly who we let go. >> u.s. military officials tell nbc news the five top taliban leadered freed are considered among the most dangerous in guantanamo bay. in secret documents obtained by wiki leak, all five were classified as high risk likely threat to the u.s. and are recommended for continued detention. >> well, this video posted on the internet appears to show the former detainees greeted with hugs as they returned to as theyre going to remain under ...

Decided not to appeal this decision. and tom corbett said he opposed same-sex marriage but wasnt going to appeal the decision because he saw where it was headed. i certainly didnt mean to say we didnt need a supreme court decision, i do think we need a supreme court decision. i think exactly the strategy that evan outlined has been very successful, to work state by state, and make progress in each state. but also fight hard for a supreme court decision that will finally give us a uniform act. >>...