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Surre surreal, the rose garden ceremony, saying thats not what you do in the presidents backyard. this should have been quiet, low key. this should have been handled very differently, and then perhaps could have minimized some of the -- i dont think it would -- >> to make sure people watching know, the idea that bergdahl may have deserted his post or by all accounts from the soldiers who served with him at the observation post, thats been out there, it was published in "rolling stone" in 2012, "...

A couple of bridesmaids. >> what would your wife have done? >> the first per ferkt test for that couple. >> and then they still said "i do"? >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for watching. ill see you back here tomorrow. in the meantime, "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. so what really happened when then private bowe bergdahl disappeared? his former team leader who was there that night is here to tell us. im jake tapper. this is "the lead." he just walked away. thats exactly wh...

Bergdahls team leader when he was there and when bergdahl vanished. thank you for joining us. >> yes, thank you for having me. >> so the night this happened, you were all at this small observation post. it consisting of two bunkers, youre in one of the bunkers and be bergdahl was supposed to be in a pup tent and how did you learn that he was gone? >> the first thing said to me was someone called up to the bunker which was called op-2, our call sign up there. they said op-2, is bergdahl up there?...

They tell cnn he purposely left the observation post. an afghan child said he saw an american soldier walking by himself. on nbcs "meet the press" sunday chuck hagel deferred questions about how bergdahl came into enemy hands. >> im not surprised that there are still questions and until we get the facts exactly what the condition of sergeant bergdahl is we cant go much further and speculate. >> reporter: sls on the ground at the time tell cnn insurgents were eight to take advantage of the massiv...

Afghanistan. jose badget says that sergeant bergdahl is no hero. one of the significant contributions to the mission was to get real heroes killed. he joins us. good evening, sir. >> hi, how are you? >> good. why do you say that that is he no hero? what do you know about him? >> i wasnt in his platoon personally so i dont know him directly. the people in the second platoon were the ones closest to him. but when he walked off the observation post and they looked for and did their checks in the mo...

Feinstein, apologizing after the defendant defended from warsaw, poland, the action involving the prisoner swap, and two, new information from the leader, this team leader in afghanistan who was with bowe bergdahl. new information surrounding his leaving. jake tapper and jeff toobin joining me. jake, let me begin with you. you have just interviewed this team leader, talking to you about after bowe bergdahl left -- i should say, was no longer at his post, what did he say to folks in this village?...

Exchange for bergdahl. though trading four hostages or prisoners of war is not unprecedented in american history this latest swap has opponents. >> youve sent a message over tory al qaeda group in the world that says that there is some value now in that hostage in a way that they didnt have before. >> reporter: the obama administration defends the deal. >> the united states of america does not leave our men and women in uniform behind, ever. >> reporter: bergdahl is currently in germany where hi...

To get him home, does it matter how he came to leave the observation post or any of the questions, jeremy? >> no, i dont think it does. in fact, in all of the conversations that i was in and chris was in it as well, about a potential deal, that never came up. nor should it. >> but everybody knew it. you all knew it. >> we were worried about the stories and the claims. no one ever said he walked off or he was taken and therefore we shouldnt try to get him back. >> it didnt enter in at all? >> no....

Health care professionals deem him fit to endure one. what do you think? >> i mean, by no means do i think he needs to be pulled out of the hospital and brought before anybody right now during this time. i mean, i do understand that his family has had him gone for this period of time without any or very limited contact with him and i understand that they probably want to, you know, reunite some of those bonds, even soldiers in prison get to speak to their families from time to time. so i underst...

Narrative of bergdahl leaving on his own volition. he had told soldiers who ive spoken to some day if the deployment wasnt good he was going to leave and try to walk to china or try to get away. >> theres some ambiguity, some murkiness. was he at a latrine in the middle of the night and he was snatched or did he actually leave on his own volition? >> i dont know anybody who served with him who thinks he didnt leave on his own volition. i spoke with people who saw the intelligence reports at the ...