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>> that wont solve the problem created by the hobby lobby case. i am curious to see whether that is something you can see conservatives and republicans getting behind. they are offended of the suggestion that this is about birth control. this seems like a good test case of that. >> they did fight to get emergency contraception available over-the-counter and republicans fought them every step of the way. the hobby lobby ruling didnt happen in a vacuum. the reason why republicans feel the need to ...

Over-the-counter. it was fought for a decade to make sure emergency contraception was over-the-counter. >> that wont solve the problem created by the hobby lobby case. i am curious to see whether that is something you can see conservatives and republicans getting behind. they are offended of the suggestion that this is about birth control. this seems like a good test case of that. >> they did fight to get emergency contraception available over-the-counter and republicans fought them every step o...

True. there was a preliminary injunction by a judge -- federal judge who is the only judge in wisconsin who is a frequent flyer to koch brother junkets and hes against the idea of any kind of money and thats become reviewed by the court of appeals. he ordered the destruction of the evidence in this karks seventh circuit put the ka bash on that. dont destroy evidence. the investigation is on hold and may indeed go forward. theres no sense they are going to necessarily win. in fact, theres a very ...

Videos authenticity but are reviewing it regardless. we know that the transfer was peaceful and successful and our focus remains on getting sergeant bergdahl the care that he needs." i think the two words there, peaceful and successful, stand out, christine, because when ive been talking to senior administration officials about this exchange, one thing that they do point out is that this might have been sort of a first test case as to whether or not the u.s. and the taliban can do business when ...

Do. that was affirmed by the secretary of defense, affirmed by the chairman of the joint chiefs and affirmed by the commander in chief. >> the commander in chief today is in warsaw, where he met with ukraines president-elect. this visit to europe supposed to be about ukraine and the u.s. role in europe, but of course, the bergdahl decision and the presidents defense seems to be hanging over every single move there. senior white house correspondent jim acosta is traveling with the president this ...

Experience during that time with the ukrainians experience there with the russian forces. but getting back to bowe bergdahl and this video, this remarkable video released by the taliban, i can tell you that the pentagon is reviewing it. they dont doubt its authenticity. they are noting in the video that handover was peaceful and successful. and that really follows a conversation that i had with senior administration official yesterday about this exchange. and she was saying to me that this might...

Needs." interesting to note in that statement there that they described this transfer as peaceful and successful. i was talking to a senior administration official who really was not commenting on the video but, really, the exchange itself, who said that, look, you know, this was in some ways a test case, a first test case to determine whether or not the u.s. and the taliban can do business. yes, the taliban, they are dangerous, yes, they are the enemy of the united states. they have killed many...

Taliban showing the transfer into u.s. hands of sergeant bowe bergdahl. we have no reason to doubt the videos authenticity, but we are reviewing it regardless. we know the transfer was peaceful and successful and our focus remains on getting sergeant bergdahl the care that he needs." and that really echoes, before this video even came out, what i heard from a senior administration official yesterday, who was talking about the actual exchange, noting the fact that it did go down somewhat peaceful...

There is a high recidivism rate and that makes it difficult to disintangle ourselves right now. this is a high test case right now. loose house arrest for five taliban commanders who were described as the worst of the worse. >> some of the push back coming from what were learning more about the conditions surrounding bowe bergdahl and how he came to be captured. we should report a senior u.s. defense official tells cnn that the army did, in fact, have a fact finding investigation, so-called 15 s...

Prisoner exchanges. so in that sense this is very much in line with what happens when hostilities end, he is specially since the health of sergeant bergdahl was at issue. this will come up on capitol hill. people saying he shouldnt have been released will have to answer as to how they might have reacted should he died in taliban captivity. >> were awaiting word as to just what his health was like during the final days the decision was made. >> thats right. >> josh, you argued in one piece that t...