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President obama on the decision. >> it was a unanimous decision, my principals in my government and the view that was shared by the members of the joint chiefs of staff. and this is something i would do again. and i will continue to do wherever i have an opportunity if i have a member of our military who is in captivity. we're going to try to get them out. >> joining is now is david road who spent seven months in captivity. former navy s.e.a.l. and former hostage coordinator during the war in baghdad. and we're hearing more about what bergdahl attempted to do, attempted to escape, held in cage...

Secret. we're advised by contractors to do that. and the result of that is that there is very little pressure on the u.s. government because there are people today who are kidnapped. it is not public, but there is no pressure on the u.s. to act. so it is incredibly difficult and there needs to be a coordinated approach from all of these countries about how to deal with these cases. bowe bergdahl was held so long, i was held because pakistan was not securing these territories where they have the safe haven. >> and david, when you talk about the parents and focusing on them, how they look, does ...

Middle of all of this? maybe they could step back and announce some new sanctions burk again, putin, more violence, more talk of the weapons plays into putin's con spespiracy the that it is all a cia plot in the ukraine, and any of the images of the pro russian demonstrators being killed is go g ing to be helpful to putin and disastrous to the overall situation. >> david road, always good to have you here, and former ambassador william taylor, thank you as well. >> thank you. checking the news feed, a federal judge is expected to make a key ruling of same-sex marriage in ohio. the judge is s...

And i want to bring in david road, investigative reporter to reuters and david crane who is an ambassador to ukraine. and ambassador, samantha powers calls this very tense. are they on the brink of civil war? >> no, it is not civil war of ukrainians against ukrainians, but it is russian aggression that the ukrainian military and the security services is obligated to counter. and so this is not civil war, but it is aggression by the russians. >> and the question is, what does the west do about it? i want to look at a couple of things. talk about the possible escalation of sanctions that ambassa...

There have been some democrats who have just not put money into her coffers or lent their support in significant enough ways. that's something we've beening thatting it out here on the trail. >> absolutely. hard with his name recognition being so high, as you well know. thank you very much for the live report. pakistan is on high alert after a u.s. drone strike this weekend took out the taliban's number one in a very volatile region there. the success of the strike isn't drowning out increasing criticism of u.s. reliance on drones abroad and demands for more transparency from the obama admin...