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Having had experience and he s a commander of commanding demands, decided to speak the harsher rather than some sort of plea arrangement which a special court martial would otherwise provide. what do you expect to happen today? what do you expect in terms of any potential surprises as we move forward in in case? i think surprises are unlikely. now all of the public is in this situation. there will be probably an affirmation but mabd even a discussion of when that will take place. i ll be surprised if there are it might pop up. the government may deep side ....
And the first video we have seen of the army sergeant since returning to the u.s. in 2014. this after appearing in military court this morning and deferred entering a plea at the arraignment and could be facing life in prison. the 29-year-old also asked about the defense team. the military judge skszed the rights held by the accused, inquired on the record regarding current military counsel and civilian counsel. he indicated he was satisfied with his defense counsel. bergdahl is charged with desertion in 2009. he was then held captive by the taliban in afghanistan for five years. mick, i want to go back to you on this. it is controversial, this case, from the start but explain why bergdahl could face life behind bars. reporter: well, initially, it was thought that he would be charged with only desertion and ....
Repeated lies. but not in the minds of trump supporters. hillary clinton had the chance to teach trump supporters the dignified way of dealing with a statement that isn t true, a statement that cannot be supported by fact. she could have shown donald trump supporters what humility and dignity and honesty looks like. instead, she used the trump tactic against trump. joining us now hunter walker, national correspondent for yahoo! news, matt k. lewis, senior distributor for the collar and author of too numb to fail and sam stein, huffington post and msnbc contributor. sam stein. yes. having heard my case about why a classic apology would have been a nice thing to see here. ....
Army sergeant bowe bergdahl left a military court, arraigned on a pair of charges stemming from his decision to leave his post in afghanistan on 2009. he deferred his plea in the his next hearing which will take place january 12th, three weeks from today. bergdahl deferred his choice of whether to have a judge or military jury trial. the entire hearing took just about ten minutes, we expect to get more information when we hear from the military public affairs officer about half an hour from now. also, in texas, the grand jury there in the sandra bland case will return to work after the holidays to decide the fate of a state trooper. over the summer, this police dash cam video was leased by the texas department of public safety showing bland pulled over for failing to signal a lane change. ....
Plea here? well, there is always a potential to plea. i don t think that the factual issues in this case are that complicated on the question of guilt or innocence. i think the evidence is relatively clear and even his own statements in these podcasts are evidence against him that indicate he made a decision to abandon his post and to leave in circumstances where it would qualify as desertion. i think there is a good possibility that his defense counsel are discussing with him the option of offering a plea of guilty in exchange for limiting his risk of penalty, probably in the form of avoiding jail time. the real issue in this case is what is the appropriate puni punishment and that s a much more complex issue. because in a military court, it is a very advanced process in determining what the appropriate penalty will be, and the court will be instructed to select a punishment that fits the not only the crime, but also all the ....