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Senior white house correspondent chris jansing and patrick murphy the host of taking the hill and ayman mohyeldin. and chris, let me start with you of what this charge of desertion and the degree of desertion and that is important about if he is convicted. >> reporter: that is right. there was the charge of court marshal but a lesser charge could carry up to five years. the question is is there a deal that has been worked out. jim miklaszewski from the pentagon reported in january this was the most likely charge and they may consider giving him time served.

Officer to make sure there were problems for guys and girls that maybe had been in theater for 12 months or in a previous tour and wanting to know about their history or circumstances and been involved in events such as ied explosions and know about my men and women. and so i think the corporate responsibility are pushing that to the background and those people in charge of bergdahl at the time of his desertion, i think there is a responsibility to them as well. >> so at 3:30 today we will get confirmation as to how they will proceed. and one thing i can confirm from nbc news is if he were to ...

Terrible plane crash less than a mile from where they live as a crow flies less an a mile from where they live in the french alps. >> and because of the time of the day, they have left the site and five policemen are guarding the area overnight. nick thank you for your time we appreciate it. and we want to get to the other story as it has developed within the last 30 minutes. sources telling nbc news that bowe bergdahl will be charged with desertion when the u.s. army command provides an update. it has been a year since he has been returned as part of an army exchange. after he left his base...

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Behind his desertion and what happened to him while he was held. >> and i don't know that we've gotten the psychological confirmation with his ptsd and as someone who has served and knows the military so well and what it is like to be in a conflict zone one can only imagine there is some type of ptsd that he suffers from especially being held captive for five years. the big distinction is from the u.s. army as to whether or not any charge will be whether he left with the intent never to return. >> and served in combat on over six combat tours in iraq and ofg.ofg ofg -- and afghanistan. and the...