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. >> right now doctors are examining sergeant bergdahl in germany before his return home after five years of captivity. they say that his health was dee tear yating and that is why it is critical to secure his release. right now, we go the landstuhl, germany, and ayman, what do we know about the rehabilitation process for him? >> well, right now, the officials are tight-lipped about the overall conditions, and difficult to get any kind of assessment about what his state of mind is at the moment,...

Five years is a seemingingly endless long time. but youve made it. >> and at that news conference, bowe bergdahls father, baseball, says his sons rehabilitation and recovery in germany may prove to be delicate and difficult. >> yeah. and as ed tell us it may take some time. >> reporter: bowe bergdahls parent have not had the chance yet to speak with their son who is in germany getting medical treatment there. they say it is all by design. that they have a handpicked team of specialists that will...

Were freed in exchange. this is new video of them. youre seeing pictures right there as they arrived in qatar from guantanamo bay. did the deal put more americans at risk? lets start our coverage with nic robertson in germany where bergdahl is getting medical attention before being flown back to united states. nic, whats the latest? >> reporter: kate, hes now into his second day of treatment here. what doctors are doing is looking at his physical well-being, mental well-being. they call it a rei...

In place to assist you in all of the aspects of your recovery to full health. trust them. it is okay. give yourself all the time you need to recover and decompress. there is no hurry. >> when you listen to the parents of bowe bergdahl sending a personal message to their son the issue of his recovery from afghanistan this weekend is not complicated. you can hear and feel the absolute joy that they are getting their son back. bowe bergdahl will eventually go home after his medical recovery in germ...

Story, barbara star, thank you so much, are just phenomenal to hear them and so soon, so soon after this recovery. senior defense official tells cnn sergeant bergdahl will undergo a reintegration process at land stul regional medical center in germany. >> when hes ready to leave there for the u.s. hell likely go to the brook medical center in san antonio. we bring in nic robertson by phone, at the land constitutional regional medical center. what do you know about specifically the negotiation ...

A dive and having to recompression. if he comes up to fast it could kill him. >> so the reintegration process is going. he was taken from bagram in afghanistan to the landstuhl arm base in germany and will be there maybe a week and will go from germany to a facility in san tomorrow, texas and the reintegration process he will be physically and mentally evaluated looking for emotional damage, all the brainwashing that took place and we dont know how long that will take. we do know on june 28, the...

Qatari government said to the u.s. that it would take steps to protect u.s. national security interests. the big question becomes -- what happens after a year? the five detainees will be held in qatar for a year. what happens after that? how can qatar guarantee that the u.s. national security interests will be secured beyond that year? that is, craig, what i anticipate will be the focus of the debate moving forward from here. craig? >> kristen welker at the white house. were waiting on bob and j...

Correspondent nick robertson is in germany. give us a sense of what is expected to happen. what does the reintegration process look like? >> reporter: yeah. it doesnt have a time frame. i guess thats the headline here. it really depends on sergeant bergdahl himself. there are several components for this. part of it is medical to make sure that hes physically in good condition. part of it is psychological. part of it is to meet the needs of the department of defense, what time sensitive intellige...

Ahead. >> im so looking forward to seeing your face after these last 5 1/2 years. long, long years. and to giving you a great big bear hug and holding you in my arms again. never wanting to let you go. >> we havent talked to beau yet. we havent called him on the phone. theres reason for that and thats because beau has been gone so long, that it is going to be very difficult to come back. im proud of how much you wanted to help the afghan people and what you were willing to do to go to that lengt...

That can help buffer that exposure to something that oftr. but youre right, there are many families and even first responders who may feel compelled to know exactly what happened and at their own time and pace with a sense of control to be able to have access to that can be an important part of that reintegration process, of that terrible information. >> and there are some things useful that can be gleaned from these tapes, right? wrou you wrote a book on school security. arent you interested in...