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What about bergdahl himself? his doubts about the war, his interest in islam? here we go. my first guest is retired u.s. marine corps general james mattis, the former commander of the u.s. central command under which afghanistan falls. general mattis, you are a retired four star marine general. thank you for your service and for being here. i understand, sir, that a horseshoe from the bergdahl family home in idaho used to hang outside your ops center, so, clearly, this has been on your radar scr...

Qaeda/taliban will pose a threat to the united states of america and the men and women who are serving. >> what the president has done here is sent a very clear message, an incentive, that if you can get your hands on an american serviceman or woman, you can trade them for as many as five terrorists. >> these are all high-level people. this is not low-level. this is high-level, and these are people that basically have the ability to go back and hit the ground running. >> now, the white house sug...

Price for that mans release, for bergdahls release was just too high. and while they say the u.s. should do all it can to release any american p.o.w., they worry about the fallout of this deal. >> we are glad that sergeant bergdahl is home, but the exchange of five hard-core, hardest of the hard-core al qaeda/taliban will pose a threat to the united states of america and the men and women who are serving. >> what the president has done here is sent a very clear message, an incentive, that if you...

But it still didnt answer the question whether he intended to go or not. >> it doesnt answer why he originally left his base. but the officials ive been speaking to said v said that wasnt part of their calculation. this was an american serviceman who was missing. they had to try as best they could to figure out where he was and to present possible options for getting him back. >> so tim, the administration is talking about bergdahls health. they played that 30-second video you just heard the sen...

Points. one being currently with what russian president putin is doing, he wants to send a signal the u.s. will be there for its allies in this region. and is going to stand up the way the u.s. stood up against the soviet union. of course, this controversy back home is overshadowing that speech. this controversy about bowe bergdahl. bottom line is the administration now having to deal with the fact you have not just republicans, but democrats like diane feinstein in washington suggesting the pre...

And thats just bickering around the edges. >> all right. im going to leave it there. i want to thank you both for your time this evening. and let me say this. i think the issue here is that we have an american serviceman that should not be prejudged, certainly not abandoned, left to perish because of some speculation, unproven allegation. even if they prove to be right, they should be proven in a military process here, or other legal process. but we cannot now set a precedent that were going to ...

Mark jacobson is a senior advisor of the trueman national security advisory. mark, thank you for being here. so we tried to layout the facts in an impartial manner what we know about bowe bergdahl and the audience can make decisions. its discomforting to talk about, negatively, in any way about an american serviceman who has been returned to american soil, but do you as somebody who has defending him and defending administration see why that is taking place? >> megyn, thanks for having me. i do ...

Relations and intelligence committee. you have done the same thing the president did -- >> absolutely not. let me say a couple of things. no one is lamenting the fact an american serviceman will be back with his family. the presidents considerations have to beyond that. has to be about acting in the national security of the united states and has to be about following the law. number one, the president has violated the law here. the law is very clear. he must get congressional notification 30 day...

Mark jacobson is a senior advisor of the trueman national security advisory. mark, thank you for being here. so we tried to layout the facts in an impartial manner what we know about bowe bergdahl and the audience can make decisions. its discomforting to talk about, negatively, in any way about an american serviceman who has been returned to american soil, but do you as somebody who has defending him and defending admi taking place? >> megyn, thanks for having me. i do understand why the discuss...

States does not negotiate with terrorists, and the white house is insisting today thats not what happened here. >> when we are in battles with terrorists and the terrorists take an american prisoner, that prisoner still is a u.s. serviceman or woman. we still have a sacred obligation to bring that person back. >> sergeant bergdahl has not spoken to his parents. his dad says bow -- beau is having a hard time speaking english and coming home is going to be long. >> beau has been gone so long that ...