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We haven't heard his story. we know he walked off twice and he came back to his post. a deserter doesn't do that. why did he go off? we don't know. there are a lot of different reasons. to call him a deserter in the media i think is just going way over the line. >> here's the problem, is that we can't talk to him. we don't know what he was thinking. there is no way we can know his motive. but if you look into the eyes of those soldiers who say he deserted and they were there, you need to report that. and then when you finally hear bergdahl's side of it, then the decision can be made. >> okay. ...

Prior to the hand off. moments later, a blackhawk helicopter with what's believed to be u.s. special operation forces flies into the area. the end of the video shows troops patting bergdahl down during the exchange and eventually loading him into the helicopter and flying off. now, while not officially confirming the tape, the pentagon says, quote, there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video. now, back in washington, however, the white house today is holding a closed door meeting with senators about the swap. members of the house intelligence committees including the top democrat...

So an accident, no. it would have to be done on purpose. >> al, i said some nice things about the ntsb in my opening comments and i really made them, but is there anything investigators can do other than what we're all doing, and i guess everybody is, just coming up with ideas. but is there anything that could be done until we find something of an airplane? >> well, things have been done already, governor. i know that the board has sent out air traffic control specialists, investigators. and they can take the factual information that is being put out between the controllers, the hand-off of th...

It would have to be done on purpose. >> al, i said some nice things about the ntsb in my opening comments and i really made them, but is there anything investigators can do other than what we're all doing, and i guess everybody is, just coming up with ideas. but is there anything that could be done until we find something of an airplane? >> well, things have been done already, governor. i know that the board has sent out air traffic control specialists, investigators. and they can take the factual information that is being put out between the controllers, the hand-off of the malaysians, and go...

So an accident, no. it would have to be done on purpose. >> al, i said some nice things about the ntsb in my opening comments and i really made them, but is there anything investigators can do other than what we're all doing, and i guess everybody is, just coming up with ideas. but is there anything that could be done until we find something of an airplane? >> well, things have been done already, governor. i know that the board has sent out air traffic control specialists, investigators. and they can take the factual information that is being put out between the controllers, the hand-off of th...