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In order -- [ rockets firing overhead ] look, no one has the potential to achieve with palestinian reconciliation. its political geography. now the regionreally boiling. failure is not an option here. okay, we can say whatever we want. we can analyze, do whatever it is. but at the end of the day, failure is not an option to any of us. we began -- the egyptian effort signified a deescalation. now its not going to be easy. there will be many hurdles in the way. but the most important thing is to e...

Matter what, and he aint never changed or turned his back on me on nothing. >> mcmillen and tunstall had been friends for about three years when we met them at holman. >> it done got to the point to where its like if im thinking about something, before i can get it out, he can say it. and its vice versa. >> do you identify as gay? >> do me -- do i do? yes. >> youre gay? >> yes. >> i was fascinated by the friendship between kenyatta and tommy. kenyatta is openly gay and tommy was openly straight....

Humanitarian issue. we cant deal with these children in the way we deal with adult illegal immigrants. they come across at the hands of human smugglers. theyre all alone. they are young. they have no support system here. basically they are sent across and on their own and that leaves law enforcement here trying to deal with that situation. >> i understand theyre landing in different states without telling the governor. in massachusetts, for example, theyre coming in by the dozens into massachuse...

My leg had other ideas. >> i got a violent shove into the civilian work life with no guidance. all i had was military experience and a ged. i didnt have anything to roll on. so i was making 9 bucks an hour. >> i was a house dad for about six months. worst experience ever. >> mental stuff started to pile up, and i started drowning. i lost my job. tried school. was doing pretty good. and then you know, my support system fell out. i sat down on the sofa and i took my bag of chips out. >> and each s...

>> amazing. unfortunately, we are out of time. if you can very quickly, dr. liles, talk about how bergdahl is learning to do things on his own? he couldnt even make decisions for himself the past five years. >> that is the challenge. i appreciate the colonels service as he mentioned and, you know, this augmentation of going back to reality. his reintegration process is going to be very different because, you know, he was five years in captivity and no english speaking as far as we know. and inhu...

Facing compared to maybe what you faced during and after your captivity when you were in vietnam? >> well, i think, first of all, if he has, in fact, been in solitary confinement for five years that is a major problem. some of your leaders in solitary as much as four years but we had contact with other americans and then we had the last two years of the war when it was more live and let live, thanks to the american people who put a lot of pressure on the communists about our treatment we had tim...

>> go ahead. continue your thought. >> we have to remember that grief is a process. and its past reality to a new reality. hes in the grey area of transition. he has to create a new life. its never going to be the same. it can be as good or better as it was. he needs a good support system, love, acceptance, care, training around him. you dont ever get over something like he has gone through. you learn to live with it and make it a part of your new reality. >> its going to be a big reality check ...

You. right now, so many people are in place to assist you. in all the aspects of your recovery to full health, trust them. its okay, and give yourself all of the time you need to recover and decompress. there is no hurry. you have your life ahead of you. we continue in our minute-by-minute prayers for you as you go through this healing process, and we pray for your freedom. i think you may be very surprised at the number of people who have gathered you into their hearts at home in the valley, he...

Hope in you or for you. right now so many people are in place to assist you and all of the aspects of your recovery to full health, trust them. its okay. and give yourself all of the time you need to recover and decompress. there is no hurry. you have your life ahead of you. we continue in our minute by minute prayers for you as you go through this healing process and we praise god for your freedom. i think you may be very surprised at the number of people who have gathered you into their hearts...

I am not being cute. it is very, very hard to enjoy somebody away there all of your support system. hes right. i think it is a very good test. it is not the only one, but it is a good test. one of those in my list -- i wont give you all eight. do you miss each other when you are not together? it is the converse of that. i think you have to miss a person. thats a statement of truly loving them. >> jesse, do you wish you had this advice before you got married? >> i tell you what, about four years ...