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Months spread eagle suffering physical abuse and illness and trying to escape. that description was released on the same day that bergdahl was charged with desertion for leaving his post in 2009 before being captured and held by the taliban. here's part of today's announcement of the charges. >> sergeant bergdahl is charged under the uniform code of military justice with one count of article 85 desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and one count of article 99, misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command unit or place. >> as we've been reporting toda...

Enemy by endangering the safety of a command unit or place and has referred the case to an article 32 preliminary hearing. >> bergdahl faces potential life in prison on the charge of misbehavior before the enemy five years on the desertion charge. he also faces dishonorable discharge reduction in rank and forfeiture of all of his pay. he may face court-martial if the charges aren't dropped preliminary hearing. k.g., let's talk to you for a second. they avoided the death penalty. why do you think they did that? >> yeah, i mean, i don't think it's going to be necessary in this particular case. i...

Duty and misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command, unit or place, and has referred the case to an article 34 preliminary hearing. again, sergeant bergdahl is charged under the uniform code of military justice with one count of article 85 desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty and one count of article 99 misbehavior before the enemy, by endangering the safety of a command unit or place. as you recall, sergeant bergdahl disappeared june 30th, 2009 from combat outpost in paktika province afghanistan and was subsequently captured. regarding next steps...

The second page which they did not read has to do with what means you're guilty. for instance under 85 which is desertion with intent to shirk important or hazardous duty, there are five different ways that you can prove you're guilty of that, and on the specific elements of article 99 which is misbehavior before the enemy by endangering the safety of a command unit or place, there are four different counts, four different ways to prove guilt, and again, up to life in prison for it. so what are those five things and the four things for article 99? we'll go through them chapter and verse in det...

Tried to be a counterweight to china in the region. he does have a trip scheduled to china in the coming months. >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. boston is taking its security to new heights ahead of tomorrow's marathon. besides having police on the ground, boston will have eyes and ears everywhere, thanks to high technology. and noses on the ground thanks to a specialized canine unit. >> reporter: everyone is going to feel the extra security here tomorrow. racers can't bring backpacks on the course. spectators are told not to bring coolers. and to expect to go through metal ...