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And questioning the way that this was, they think, mishandled, even high ranking senators like dianne feinstein that aren't pleased with the situation. if an individual like bowe bergdahl was hearing this, it could impact some of the reintegration process which could take six months or more. >> six months or more. the public polling is now coming out. we're finding out that the public at large is not in support of his rescue. that would be a very difficult thing to come home to. they are going to bring him back eventually to texas in this integration process. how long it will take, that's not ...

Prisoner of war in afghanistan until his release last weekend. here's what the president told nbc's brian williams about his decision to trade those guantanamo bay prisoners for bergdahl. >> it was a unoon muss -- unanimous decision among my principals in my government and a view that was shared by my -- the members of the joint chiefs of staff and this is something that i would do again and i will continue to do wherever i have an opportunity if i have a member of our military in captivity. we're going to try to get them out. >> martin savidge joins us live from san antonio, texas where bergd...

>> thanks for having me. >> what do we understand about the current condition of bowe bergdahl, physically, mentally, what are you getting a sense of? >> the doctors are telling us that he's in stable condition and improving steady every day. they're of course working very hard to bring him through this reintegration process carefully, in a measured deliberate way. we do hear that he is improving, that he's engaging with the medical staff there. that he's talking. so the signs with are in a boss direction right now. >> to be clear for people who don't understand these types of situations, how ...

Reintegration process designed by the army. phase one is called initial recovery, including emergency medical care, early psychological support and meetings, debriefing him on any specific information he can share about where and how he was held. sources say, that's already taken place at a forward operating base in afghanistan bergdahl is now in phase two in landstuhl called decompression to make sure he's ready for regular social contact. >> decompression, almost as it sounds, is a chance between the intense captivity period of the fear of death all the time and intense period he's about to ...

They're not in great health. they're going through a reintegration process of their own. and one official told me if they ever come up on the grid again, if they ever see them close to a battlefield, that recapture is not going to be an option. that they will simply be eliminated, one official said we've been down the capture route. we've exhausted it. >> that certainly is for anybody that follows the intel community, they always get their man. if these guys show up anywhere a drone will be five minutes behind them. thank you, richard engel. transparency from the taliban but not the u.s. gover...