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>> reporter: yeah, well, i mean, theres no predetermined time frame for that to take place. certainly, the reintegration process, as theyre calling it here, the process of psychoanalysis and helping him to get back into society and back to his family, it starts in earnest here at this regional medical facility at landstuhl, but it will continue once he goes back to the united states. theyre not giving at the moment any type of time scale for that to happen. it could be the next few days, a week ...

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...

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...

What are his issues that theyre beginning to find out now? so, they say that theyre very sensitive to everything that hes been through, but its really going to be down to him. how much time does he need to sort of come through the phase where they feel and he feels ready to make that long journey, long-awaited, as well, journey back home, john. >> circumstances of his capture and all the controversy surrounding it right now. is that part of the discussion as they speak to bergdahl in these early...

Reintegration process which bars him from speaking to family members until he returns to the u.s. the army put on hold the rank promotion that he was due later this month, greta. in light of the new investigation. and that 15.6 army investigation that took place in the months after bergdahl disappeared, im told, is about 35 pages long and includes interviews with members of his squad. it concludes without a doubt that bergdahlismfully walked willfully walked off base and conclude he was a desert...

Spent fivers with people who think nothing of torturing their captives. sergeant bergdahl is reported in stable condition and will continue in san antonio where martin savage joins us tonight. hell continue with a re-integration process. what does that entail? >> reporter: we dont know when thats going take place. that decision is left up to the doctors in germany to determine when hell be fit to be transported. moment he is special team member tarksd vance member from u.s. army will receive him...

That is is part of the slow reintegration process. it will happen in good time. in fact, bowe.s father said over the weekend his son is having a hard time speaking english. steve warren told reporters here at the pentagon that bowe is being given nutritional supplements after being weaked during five years of captivity. his condition was described to us as stable. pentagon officials warn he is only in the second of a three phase reintegration process right now they are trying to gain his trust. ...

That might be useful on the battlefield today, thats part of the reintegration process thats happening here to help him psychologically, to help him physically. of course today in afghanistan a service member forces there was killed on the battlefield by the taliban, an indication of just how much any information he may have thats time sensitive about the taliban could be useful to u.s. forces there, that sort of information also part of the conversations, we understand, that hes having, ashleig...

Hands. how much will the military, the u.s. military, be focused on that? >> reporter: well, were told that the priority while hes here is his health and his mental well-being, but it is stressed as well that the reintegration process is part and parcel. medical, psychological, but also providing that military awareness, military information of precisely what happened at the time of his capture, what happened in the intervening five years. overall for the military, if you stand back and walk bac...

But national security investigators say they acted to save bergdahls life. rear admiral john kirby. what is the very latest with sergeant bergdahl? whats the update? hows he doing? >> well, i think you heard it really well from nic there. hes at landstuhl, and hes know hes beginning now this reintegration process. a team of doctors are certainly looking over him. as nic said, this process will take as long as it take. we wont go any faster than sergeant bergdahl is ready. >> do you know if serge...