this evening. they will talk about ukraine, just not with each other or in the same room. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. it has been something of a challenge, piecing together the events leading up to the capture of the events leading up to bowe bergdahl. but now cnn has uncovered some remarkable new claims from local afghan officials, not just about bergdahl's capture but about his actions in the moments beforehand. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr explains. what are these local villagers telling us? >> jake, it's important what you just said. they are claims. we can not independently verify any of this. but a local afghan security official who was on duty in the area when bergdahl was captured is telling cnn bergdahl apparently wandered into a village. the afghan villagers tried to