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Son alone on the battlefield. >> reporter: then in may of last year after several years of negotiating the obama administration agreed to release five taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay for bowe bergdahl. he was brought to this field in a remote area of khost province and handed over the a u.s. special forces unit. one of the soldiers told bowe bergdahl on the chopper ride out, we've been looking for you for a long time. and brooke interestingly enough, bowe bergdahl is 28 years old. he spent most of his 20s in the hands of the taliban. ironically enough he turns 29 this saturday. brooke...

That there will be a reference to an article 32 proceeding the equivalent of a grand jury in the u.s. military. they will hear from witnesses, witnesses will be cross-examined, evidence will be evaluated, and then there will be another huge decision do you take this to a full courts-martial, brooke? >> ed i know that you've covered him in texas, he's been in san antonio, he's had this administrative job there. has he been out at all since he's returned as a result of this prisoner swap, has he been out in public did he ever meet with his parents? >> as far as we know we do not know if there's ...

He's found to have done that but there's much larger strategic fish to fry here in afghanistan. >> ed lavandera wrapping this up bowe bergdahl's had a job at this location in san antonio, texas. what has he been doing these last however many months? has he been exposed to members of the public? how has he been living? >> we understand he's at ft. sam houston which interestingly enough you heard the colonel there in ft. bragg say this is where these proceedings will take place. everything will happen very close to where he currently is. he was brought straight to san antonio texas, after he was...

Will be brought before him. ed lavandera is standing by. he's been following the story from the get-go. and he's the one that broke these charges at the top of the last hour. ed just for people who are just tuning in run through the charges that sergeant bowe bergdahl will be facing. >> well two very serious criminal charges. one of desertion and the other one misbehaving before the enemy. so these are two serious criminal charges that bowe bergdahl faces. remember, back in august after bowe bergdahl had returned home and gone through a period o of treatment and psychological counseling that h...

Guantanamo bay? all as part of this agreement with the taliban, they were swapped for bowe bergdahl who by the way, was promoted and received pay the entire time he was held captive by the taliban. so i've got ed lavandera, i've got barbara starr, they've covered the bergdahl story extensively. welcome back to the two of you. as we await this official statement from the army. barbara let me just begin with you. why don't we run through these initial charges and explain to me what this will mean for him. >> well it's very serious, brooke. desertion. it doesn't really get more serious than that....