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Them throughout these years, not knowing his whereabouts. was there ever a moment, stephanie, that you guys gave up hope? tell us about that. >> i think as a community, we had our ups and downs, as did the rest of the country. there were times where we wondered, but jani and bob bergdahl never once gave up faith their son was coming home to them. they knew. it was never if bowe comes home. it was when bowe comes home. >> reporter: you guys got that news that you had all been waiting for, stephan...

Freedom is yours. i will see you soon, pie bmy be son. i love you, bowe. >> sergeant bergdahl was freed yesterday in exchange for five taliban detainees. theyre seen here being greeted with hugs in qatar. under the deal the detainees have to remain in qatar for one year. washington is enjoying a rare moment of agreement, bipartisan relief that the last american held captive in afghanistan has been released. but the way his release was secured has already sparked plenty of inside-the-beltway de...

As you go through this healing process, and we praise god for your freedom. >> were talking like this because we havent talked to bowe yet. we havent called him on the phone, although you all know we have the capability to do that with satellite technology. theres reason for that, and thats because bowe has been gone so long that its going to be very difficult to come back. its like a diver going deep on a dive and has to stage back up through recompression to get the nitrogen bubbles out of his...

Hometown of hailey, idaho. and erin mcpike is at the white house. first lets hear from bowe bergdahls parents who spoke just a short time ago. >> i love you, bowe. im so very proud of you. and, of course, all of your very large family would also like me to tell you that they love you also and are also very proud of you. weve been working very, very hard for your release these last five years along with the whole of our government, even other governments, and most especially, of course, qatar. ne...

Time. and i got a call from my daughter. she said you might want to turn around and come home and hear the good news. >> reporter: tell me about bowe. give a sense to our viewers at home what kind of person bowe is. >> hes a compassionate person. hes a man with an intro spektive air to him. hes enjoyable. hes pleasant. all of my customers just adored him when he worked here. i have gotten all good reports about bowe. everybody liked him. all of the employees liked him. we were all close friends....