Cnn getting an up close look where constant enemy shelling has been draining morale. troops admit that they are weary but they won t stop fighting. and neck ic robertson has more. reporter: barely out of the armored troop carrier, incoming arti artillery. we ll just wait in this little basement until the shelling is over and then when it is safe they will move forward. a few minutes later safe to come out of the army outpost. last night was hard, a lot of shelling. we re told the soldier still shellshocked from an empty tank rocket attack. we ll get back in the vehicle, try to get a little closer to the frontlines. ten days ago, these troops push
The nominee. i hope he is. he is the most qualified in the race. we have a lot of great candidates in the race for the white house. i m proud of so many of them on our side of the aisle. i wish we had one less in donald trump. we ll wait and see because donald trump is known to lash out once he s challenged. we ll wait to see what response you ll get for your calls. like i say, we both call it like i see it. i respect that in donald. we just see it very, very differently. that is clear. congressman, thanks for joining me. thank you. a reminder to all of you, we are just days away from the next major test for front-runner donald trump and jeb bush, who the congressman supports, and all of the republican candidates. the last republican presidential debate of the year. only on cnn. that is tuesday, december 15th. ahead for us, bowe bergdahl speaking out for the very first time. ahead, why he says he left his army outpost. what it was like those years in captivity and why he compares himself to a movie character.
Beyonce but they re still a blast off. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. well, thank you so much for joining me. i m pamela brown. at this hour with berman and boulduan starts now. break news. a manhunt under way for several terror suspects believed to be connected to one of the paris attackers. the focus, switzerland and the threat, they say, is very precise. plus, love him, hate him. donald trump now with his biggest lead yet at 35% support. is the establishment warming up to him or plotting a takedown? and sergeant bowe bergdahl in his own words. for the very first time we re hearing his reasons for leaving his army outpost, eventually becoming a taliban hostage and why he brings up the movie
Consensual is a word cosby uses throughout the deposition and to talk about the quaaludes. we have reached out to his publicist who has no comment at this time. we have not been able to get a copy of andrea s deposition. we reached out to her attorney but given the confidentiality agreement, she cannot make comments at this point. incredible revelations. we are going to have one of the lead accusers on with us later this hour. how it all fits together. also breaking overnight, at least eight afghan soldiers killed five others wounded in a nato air strike. probably a friendly fire incident. two helicopters struck an army outpost near kabul. the army spokesperson saying an investigation is under way. a debate with the nuclear
retrieval operations under way. only five survivors have been found. flags at city hall have been lowered to half staff in honor of the victims and an investigation is under way. up to two earthquakes within weeks. an urgent need for aid in nepal. the death toll in nepal, india, china, from the quake has rizse to 125 people. u.s. searchers found no sign of an american military helicopter disappeared on tuesday while delivering aid. here s will ripley with more. reporter: the end of a full day of searching and no seen of the missing marines. army outpost. center of the search-and-rescue effort. for the missing helicopter and many people still trapped in the mountains. one by one, military helicopters carry survivors from the earth quake ravaged him lay yeah. the government hoped by now to focus on relief.
Executed. she hasn t been seen for over a year. but they are sort of pushed out of the way and maintained silence for a long time. but he has shown a ruthless side that we haven t seen since his grandfather, going after rivals or potential rivals and having them executed. this is something we haven t seen in north korea for decades. charles armstrong, professor of korean studies at columbian university. now to nepal where the death toll from the most recent tremor stands at 96. 18 others were killed in india and china. meanwhile, nepalese and officials found no sign of a american helicopter that disappeared on tuesday. this army outpost is center of a search and rescue effort not only for the missing help
Toll in nepal stands at 76. 18 others were killed in india and china. meanwhile, no sign of an american military helicopter that disappeared on tuesday. it was trying to deliver eight with six american marines and two nepalese service members on board. here is phil ripley with more. tend of a full day of serving and still no sign of those missing u.s. marines. this army outpost the center of a search and rescue effort but also for the many people still trapped in the mountains. one by one, military helicopters carry survivors from the earthquake ravaged himalayas. the government hopes to focus fully on relief. but instead it s occupied by urgent rescue from tuesday s massive earth in nepal in just over two weeks. i have never seen this kind of devastation in my lifetime. many have nothing left but each other. we were hearing that in some places most of the houses
We have details on the government s desertion case or bergdahl. we re learning what could be the defense. let s get details from the pentagon barbara star. after being charged before the enemy, bergdahls defense maybe taking shape. he told army investigators that he did not intend to desert. his plan and intention was to walk to the next nearest army outpost in eastern afghanistan in july 2009 in the middle of taliban country that he was walking to report and what he thought or believed at the time to be a lack of leadership, order and discipline in his unit. that was his intention. that s what army investigators
Against sergeant bowe bergdahl not just charged with deer issings but base mist behavior before the enemy. bergdahl left his post in afghanistan in 2009 was capture and held captive and tortured for five years. for the first time we are learning what his defense could be. here s our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. sergeant bowe bergdahl s defense may be taking shape. defense officials tell cnn bergdahl has told army investigators he did not intend to desert that his plan, his intention, was to walk to the next nearest army outpost in eastern afghanistan into july 2009 in the middle of taliban country that he was walking to that outpost to report what he thought, what he believed at the time to be a lack of leadership order, and discipline in his unit. that that was his intention.