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>> bob bergdahl released this video three years ago. it wz the first time he had spoken pubically about his sons captor. >> strangly to is some we must thank those who have cared for our son. >> he attempts to connect to his sons captors. >> our sons safe return will only heighten public awareness. that said, our son is being exploited. its past time for bowe and the others to come home. >> but sergeant bowe bergdahl is coming home to a fire storm of criticism and his father is being criticized ...

Prior to the hand off. moments later, a blackhawk helicopter with whats believed to be u.s. special operation forces flies into the area. the end of the video shows troops patting bergdahl down during the exchange and eventually loading him into the helicopter and flying off. now, while not officially confirming the tape, the pentagon says, quote, there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video. now, back in washington, however, the white house today is holding a closed door meeting wi...

Years. >> reporter: bergdahl use as veiled reference to the controversial issue of detainees in guantanamo bay to connect with his sons captors. >> no family in the united states understands the detainee issue like ours. our sons safe return will only heighten public awareness of this. that said, our son is being exploited. its past time for bowe and the others to come home. >> reporter: but sergeant bowe bergdahl is coming home to a firestorm of criticism, and his father is also being criticize...

It has been 50 days since boko haram captured the school girls. they have banned demonstrations calling for their safe return. >> in a statement this monday the police commissioner said the marches cause security threats. the nigerian government has faced heavy criticism for its response to the crisis. new york police say theyre looking for a suspect who may be responsible for two fatal stabbings in east new york. an 18-year-old woman was stabbed to death and then on sunday a 6-year-old boy wa...

Release. what questions will drive an investigation for you? >> well, first of all, we are focused on, as we have done -- accomplished in the last few hours, the safe return of sergeant bergdahl. he is a member of the united states armed forces. second, our priority now is to give him all the care he needs so that he can be integrated back into society, and, third, is at the same time the reunification with his family. thats our focus now, and thats going to continue to be our focus. >> but is t...

By the taliban over the weekend in exchange for five detainees. bergdahl has been held for nearly have a decade. the only american p.o.w. from the war in afghanistan. chief correspondent jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: less than 12 hours of bowe bergdahl departed bagram air base, chuck hagel thanked troops there for his safe return. >> this is a happy day, as you all know, for our country, for our armed forces because we got one of our own back. >> reporter: but just how bergdahl was free...

>> well, first of all, we are focused on, as we have done -- accomplished in the last few hours, the safe return of sergeant bergdahl. he is a member of the united states armed forces. second, our priority now is to give him all the care he needs so that he can be integrated back into society, and, third, is at the same time the reunification with his family. thats our focus now, and thats going to continue to be our focus. >> but is there anything that concerns you that has raised a red flag to...

>> it was a complex series of emotions. at first i just wanted to make sure that it was accurate, and then once i found out it was truly accurate, i just -- it was just a wonderful sense of relief. i think the jubilation will come, but right now im just overwhelmed with relief and gratitude, gratitude that everybody worked so hard to guarantee his safe return. >> sue, i understand that you lost your son zain who was a firefighter in a motorcycle accident, and im certainly sorry for your loss. i ...

That stephanie oneill told me about the bible that bowe left behind with his father before being deployed overseas to combat. he said that he left a bible with his father. and when there was news that bowe had been taken captive by the taliban, bowes father opened up that bible, and it was bo bookmarked on a page of psalm 12:5. that psalm, it reads, in part, i will set him free, set him in the safety for which he longs. and that is part of a plaque. theres plants that were -- trees that were pla...

President obama spoke about the transfer in a rare saturday rose garden speech. >> while beau was gone, he was never forgotten. his parents thought about him and prayed for him every single day. as did his sister sky who prayed for his safe return. he was not forgotten by his community in idaho or the military which rallied to support sergeant bergdahl through thick and then. >> reporter: congressional leaders are complaining they didnt get 30 days in advance as the official law requires, but th...