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♪ >> welcome back to "outnumbered." american's opinion of former secretary of state hillary clinton is the lowest it has been since 2008. new numbers coming in as clinton goes on a media blitz for her new memoir. a poll finding 54% of americans view her favorably. that is down slightly from february and a huge drop from may 2012 when her favorability was at 66%. of course that was before the attack in benghazi that killed four americans. so, bernard what do you make of this? do you think, do you think this drop is because of benghazi and that it is going to follow her if she runs for preside...

Fallen apart, they would let everybody know that this had been a possible swap for their son. since the talks were off any way, i suppose they decided that talking publicly might start something. and that was where this dramatic story stood at this time two years ago in may 2012. that's when they said this is about bowe. and the u.s. had been trying to talk to the taliban about bowe bergdahl and stability in afghanistan, about a bunch of different things, about the taliban's prisoners at guantanamo. but the taliban did break the talks off in 2012. that's where things stood. as bowe bergdahl's ...

Bowe from the u.s. army. they were told never to say that publicly. keep their son's name out of the press. they had hopes their son might be coming home and apparently the talks stalled. talks were off and they decided to go public. bowe bergdahl's parents talked in may 2012 to their local newspaper, the idaho mountain express and the "new york times." the "new york times" confirmed in their article, in their interview with mr. bergdahl's parents that when the times got that first leak, a few months back, about those five named taliban prisoners potentially getting a ride home sometime soon. ...

Asking his son's captors to release him. >> we ask that your nation diligently help our son be freed from his captivity. >> reporter: may 2012 the u.s. government acknowledged it was engaged in talks with the taliban to free the soldier. two years later it finally happened, in a controversial prisoner swap. exchanging bergdahl for five detainees at guantanamo bay cuba. folks from bergdahl's hometown waits his return. >> we're waiting for bowe to have his freedom. >> reporter: a close friend of bergdahl's family, sue martin, transformed her coffee shop for a hometown hero. but on some social me...

On youtube. >> we ask that your nation d diligently help our son be freed. >> reporter: may 2012 the u.s. government acknowledged it was engaged in talks to free the soldier. two years later it finally happened, in a controversial prisoner swap. folks from bergdahl's hometown waiting for his return. a close friend of bergdahl's family sue martin transformed her coffee shop for a hometown hero. but on some social media and statements by his former platoon members his service is viewed in a much more critical manner. some say he was a deserter. there are claims he was critical of the war effort....