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Chambliss was live talking how the administration was denying congress the information about the bowe bergdahl prisoner ex-change. congress is out of the loop, the administration hasnt explained. more information is needed. while doing the interview, the administration was conducting a classified briefing for all united states senators to explain those act things. senator chambliss walked out of the briefing to go on fox news to complain he couldnt hear what was being explained to him so he left...

Some lawmakers continue to slam the obama administration for keeping them out of the loop. >> the president made a unilateral decision without any consult with the congress. >> you dont trade known terrorists without consulting the congress. thats the law of the land. >> the five worst people have now been let go. >> this is an administration that flat cant be trusted on these types of issues. >> the only people that didnt know we were negotiating with terrorists are the american people. >> this...

The few people who said, he was actually, perhaps, notified beforehand, one day beforehand, which still would not have satisfied the law, but he was asked about that again today and listen to what he said. >> we all know that the president had a very short period of time to make a decision, he made a decision to bring him home and im glad he did because in my opinion, based on nothing that was in the classified briefing, in my opinion, every day he was there was a day closer to his dying. >> how...

And we were deeply concerned about it and we saw an opportunity and we see fit and i make no apologies for that. reporter: he heard him talk about his health deteriorating. they saw a video from six months ago that backs of the president and say bowe bergdahls health was deteriorating. the public and say the inconclusive and again six months old. the bottom line is the top republican o on the senate intelligence committee says he is stunned he in the top democrat on the committee dianne feinstei...

The loop. >> it was like they didnt trust die y diane and me yet she and i knew about the bin laden event for months and months and months. >> reporter: the president today seemed to dismiss the controversy as another example of what hes called foepy scandaled. >> im never surprised by controversiys that are whipped up in washington, right? thats par for the course. >> reporter: the bipartisan chorus of criticism of releasing the five taliban fighters suggested this may not be going away. >> thi...

Some lawmakers continue to slam the obama administration for keeping them out of the loop. >> the president made a unilateral decision without any consult with the congress. >> you dont trade known terrorists without consulting the congress. thats the law of the land. >> the five worst people have now been let go. >> this is an administration that flat cant be trusted on these types of issues. >> the only people that didnt know we were negotiating with terrorists are the american people. >> this...

>> i dont think thats the case. >> there are a lot of reports about trying this deal. we may have more about this we will see. there will be a briefing in the senate where white house official the give them a better idea of what led to this decision and why again the president went around the law and left congress out of the loop. heather and ainsley. >> so many questions to be answered. doug luzader live for us. thank you. this brings us to look who is talking. charles krauthammer says the ad...

About any deal for bergdahl. >> we were at a meeting where they were talking about releasing some taliban as confidence measures to move negotiations forward as long as two years ago. >> reporter: despite the president himself today stating congress was kept in the loop. >> we have consulted with congress for quite some time about the possibility. >> reporter: the bad feeling among high ranking members of congress tonight is bipartisan. it comes with some surprise and dismay that the transfers w...

And in an issue of this kind of concern to a committee that bears the oversight responsibility, i think you can see that were very dismayed about it. >> there has not even been the weakest case, in my opinion, made that he was suffering from a health standpoint to the degree to which a decision had to be made immediately. >> you also saw senator saxby chambliss, the top republican, hes pretty steamed, too. he had harsh words for the administration when i asked him about it earlier today. >> sena...

>> it is enough, congressman to, give you the information after the fact? should members of congress been kept more in the loop. we heard susan rice saying yesterday that over a period of months there had been some updates about the fact that obviously, they were trying to get bowe bergdahl back, but in the final analysis, should there have been a notification? >> well, the rules in place for a reason, and i believe that where you can, you come back to congress. i also understand that under thos...