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Environment. and then the family members which compromise the most important part of your life for the three of us did for sure, that you havent seen somebody for five and a half years and i had a little boy that was 10 years old and didnt come up to my shoulder and then 16 and 65" coming out and someone i didnt recognize. all of those things together or the changes that just abrupt change is a lot to handle. and its a lot to process. so, for us, three of us that were hostages, we had fairly lar...

Describing how prisoners behaved? i dont think we did. so i would just say, you know, be skeptical and realize this is a big political issue. its dividing the country. and, you know, whos got what agenda here. >> david, good to have you on. keith, thanks so much and my best to your mom on the program last week and lovely. thanks a lot. >> have a great night. thank you. >> thanks. set your dvr to watch "360" whenever you like. the killings in las vegas and the neighbor who saw something, in fact,...

Do it seems help the u.s. carry out drone strikes in the area and doesnt seem plausible to have bergdahl out playing soccer where anyone could see him, that could trigger a drone strike. the taliban thought that the drone strikes and drones try to kill me to eliminate the valuable prisoner they had. we have to wait for more information. >> keith, im sure youre not surprised to hear nine days, sergeant bergdahl has not spoken to his family. your reintegration with your family carefully orchestrat...

Thats not how war works. and not how national security is addressed and my heart goes out to sergeant bergdahl. whether he is innocent or guilty. im glad hes home, but in exchange for that, you cant put americans lives in danger. >> senator mccain, i appreciate your time. up next, a hostage survivor share what is bergdahl faces. keith stanza was held captive for five years. he went to the same hospital in texas where bergdahl is expected to go. also severe weather pounding the midwest. a loo...

And setting up a home, that type of thing. its a long process, and the parents are going to have to really be the strong anchor for their son. >> keith, i dont want to ask anything too personal, so dont answer if it is. but are you a different person than the person who was first taken? has this experience forever changed you in some way? >> absolutely it has. i hope, and i would hope the people around me would say im a better person for it. anything that i can take from it and turn into a posit...

Person who has been through this and the experts. what would you counsel them? >> well, i think that would be good advice if they could enlist the help of someone like keith, mark and tom and others who have been held hostage so long and are trying to reintegrate into normal life. the family is going to have to be the rudder and the rock and the anchor and the guide and take care of so many details that are not even anticipating yet. just minor things giving drivers license and just getting back...

Up next, a hostage survivor share what is bergdahl faces. keith stanza was held captive for five years. he went to the same hospital in texas where bergdahl is expected to go. also severe weather pounding the midwest. a look at that video with millions of people potentially in harms way. there are tornado watches and warnings. we have the latest ahead. ♪ ♪fame, makes a man take things over♪ ♪fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow♪ ♪fame, puts you there where things are hollow♪

There arent that many people that can relate to what bergdahls family has been going through. john mccain is one. keith stanza is another. he was reunited with his family after being held for five years in columbia. he went to the same facility where sergeant bergdahl is expected to go. in 2003 he was taking part in a counter narcotics mission for the pentagon when his plane wept down. the colombian military rescued him. he was rescued with 15 other hostages. he joins me now live. along with his...

And we appreciate it. well, the army and the staff at bamc have it all well planned out. not only for the hostages who were released, but for all the family. and they couldnt have been more wonderful in terms of pacing everything very carefully so that keith and mark and tom would not have been overwhelmed. we only had half an hour on our first visit with him. after the tears and the hugs, they took him away and let him rest and then the next day we were able to have lunch. everything is careful...

John mccain is one. keith stanza is another. he was reunited with his family after being held for five years in columbia. he went to the same facility where sergeant bergdahl is expected to go. in 2003 he was taking part in a counter narcotics mission for the pentagon when his plane wept down. the colombian military rescued him. he was rescued with 15 other hostages. he joins me now live. along with his mother. appreciate you being with us. you were held for five years and you went to the same r...