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They want the nfl to compensate them for what they say are lifelong injuries. Now they have one of the games greatest players ever helping to lead the fight. Reporter hall of fame quarterback dan marino is now suing the nfl. Former Miami Dolphin joining 14 other players in lawsuit taking on the league claiming the nfl knew about the longterm dangers of concussions and purposely misled players about the risk. The complaint didnt specify marinos or his condition but did say he suffers symptoms of brain injury caused by the representative, traumatic, subcon cussive or con cussive head impacts sustained during nfl games and or practices. More than 4500 other other players with currently suing the nfl as part of a class action but the hall of famer is one of the most prominent names. About two weeks ago another lawsuit was filed claiming players were given pain killers and narcotics by team doctors and trainers. Some not medically licensed. To keep them playing even while hurt. The players in the suit say those drugs did longterm damage to their health. Nobody ever in my entire life ever spoke about the issues im going to have with my kidneys. Reporter in a separate case the judge rejected a proposed 765 million settlement for in fact saying she didnt believe there was enough money to kefr up to 20,000 retired players. All of this just as the issue has gone all of the way to the top. President obama last week calling together a concussion summit and proposing 30 million in funding for concussionrelated research. Concussions are not just a football issue. They dont just affect grown men who choose to accept some risk to play a game that they love and that they excel at. So the ball is now back in the nfls court. They hoped the settlement was going to be the end of the litigation but now it looks like they might be back to square one. Andy, thank you for starting us off this morning. Were going to follow troubling new questions this morning about the controversial release of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Later this hour president obama will be speaking in poland. This is a live look at the podiums where he will be joined the polish president. He very likely will face tough questions about the prisoner swap that freed bergdahl and whether it broke the law. Also this morning bergdahl continues to recover from startling charges coming from fellow soldiers that he left his post and triggered a search that may have cost american lives. But Hillary Clinton is now entering the fray. We do have a tradition. And is a subscribe to it. Its a tradition that i think is not only one embedded in our military but in our country, and that is we try not to leave any of our soldiers on the field. All right. Lets get over to Barbara Starr live at the pentagon for us this morning with the latest. What are you hearing right now, barbara . Good morning, kate. You know, hero or deserter, everybody seems to have a name to attach to Bowe Bergdahl right now but the pentagon says until they hear the facts from him, they do not know exactly what happened. Within hours of army Sergeant Bowe bergdahls release social media lit up. A Facebook Page saying, Bowe Bergdahl is not a hero, but a desse desiter who left his post. Josh served with him. As soon as he is able and as soon as he is fit i do believe that he needs to be questioned and basically tried, if necessary. Any of us would have died for him while he was with us. And then for him to just leave us like that, it was a very dig betrayal. Reporter family and friends of fellow troops saying that these soldiers were killed in attacks searching for bergdahl. But the administrations position, the u. S. Had a solemn obligation to search for and rescue him. Let me be clear. The United States of america does not leave our men and women in uniform behind. Ever. Reporter one reason, u. S. Officials tell cnn there was classified intelligence indicating bergdahls health is failing. But now that he is back, Officials Say they need to hear directly from him, did he deliberately leave his post and why. Some of the confusion . An initial incident report says bergdahl was not on guard duty as some suggests at the time of his disappearance in 2009. A classified cable released by wikileaks detailing taliban radio intercepts saying they grabbed an american at a makeshift latrine. May be bergdahls state of mind. As soon as we gone afghanistan and things started to turn a little bit harder for all of us, he immediately started separating himself away from us and everyone in the platoon started gravitating more towards the afghan soldiers. Reporter but pentagon Officials Say if bergdahl was troubled did his teammates report it . And of course an initial investigation conducted five areas yeah go when this all started could not be completed because bergdahl couldnt tell his side of the story. Now they say here at the pentagon they want to hear from him. Kate . Right, barbara. Thank you pnc. President obama is in poland this morning. Were expecting he could be asked about bergdahls release when there is a brief press conference they will be holding. Lets bring in senior White House Correspondent jim acosta traveling with the president. Obviously the president s quick european trip has many other focuses but this has followed him on this trip. Reporter absolutely, kate. I just talked to a Senior Administration official in the last several minutes who said the president now expects to be asked this question about Bowe Bergdahls release, the legality of it, whether or not it was really worth the price of exchanging this p. O. W. s release for the five taliban fighters who were freed from the u. S. Attention center in guantanamo and what the Senior Administration official said, kate, is that the president wants to own this. He fully believes this is the right thing to do in the words of this Administration Official, the white house had a small window of opportunity. They had a proof of life and they took this opportunity to free Bowe Bergdahl and they really are no questions about it at this point according to this Administration Official. The white house from the top down was pretty much a unified front when it came to this question. Now they do know that because this is quite controversial back in washington, you not only have republican critics but also some democrats on capitol hill saying that the white house should notify members of congress, key members of congress about this deal that was in the works. They do know that this is going to overshadow at least the first part of this threenation trip for the president. Hes here in poland to talk about Eastern European security and reassuring nato partners hes going to be announcing a 1 billion fund to increase military exercise in this region to counter the russian flet after the invasion of ukraine. So some of that is going to be overshadowed but according to the Senior Administration official this president wants to have a debate about closing the u. S. Detention center in aga guantanamo and that he wants to end this war in afghanistan. And as this Administration Official was saying, chris, if theyre going to close the prison at guantanamo, they might as well get something out of that process. And if that includes freeing a p. O. W. Then thats exactly the course of action theyre going to take, chris. New line of analysis. Let us know when the president is taking questions and we will get those answers live hopefully about him being asked about Bowe Bergdahl. Right now lets take the questions that we believe hes going to be asked to unpack them with james spider marks, cnn military analyst, former commanding general. General, thank you for joining us. Lets punch point these. The first issue is, were going to release these bad guys but were going to monitor them. A lot of skepticism about that. Have we ever monitored men like this successfully before . Sure. I mean, thats what our cia does. We run sources all the time and we have operations that are exceptionally well planned, very thoroughly executed. Thats the main charter of the Central Intelligence agency and our Intelligence Community at large. There is a collection, as you well know, of capabilities that are out there that will come together under the control of the cia so that we can keep an eye on these five taliban leaders as they work their way back into society and their reintegration. Thats the story here. We need to take our time in terms of getting too far ahead of the story visavis bergdahl. But we have a charter and we have a capability to make sure we can stay on top of these five guys in qatar as they move forward. The perception is we have a hard time finding guys like this so the implication is if youre going to let some go you will lose track of them. Youre saying you have confidence they can be successfully controlled, in essence . You know, chris, i have to have confidence that thats what our Intelligence Community is charged with doing. I mean, this is what they do. Thats why they exist. If we cant raise our hands and say, yes, we have to take this on, yes, we can do this, man, we have spent a heck of a lot of money and invested decades in an infrastructure and capability that we have to acknowledge is on life support if we cant do this fundamental task, albeit tough, albeit very, very difficult. But we have the technology and we have the focus and we have the manpower and we certainly have the leadership to get this thing done. I have to be. Ive been a part of this and i have to have the confidence this is going to take place. All right. So optimism until we have proof to feel otherwise. You said dont get ahead we need to have that optimism. I got you, general. You said dont get ahead of the bergdahl aspect of this story. Let me ask you. These are allegations, suggestions without proof about his walking off, possible desertion. Even if the ugliest of the allegations were true, would that change your analysis of whether or not this was a good deal, this was the right thing to do . Chris, not at all. Not at all. This is a young american. We cant conflate the two issues here, which is the terms of bergdahls capture and the terms in the conditional release of these five taliban in thisses exchange. We have to presume even if this proves out as youve indicated the worse of the worse and this kid is a deserter and hes the worse young soldier that ever populated the platoon at the lowest levels and abandoned his buddies, he aband abandoned, he left behind his buddies in battle, if all of that is true we have to presume that we need to get him back and get to the bottom of this so the presumption needs to be lets figure that out after we get this young man back. We cant allow to have this occur where he dies in front of us at the hands of our enemies and we have a capability. We have an opening to get this accomplished to bring him back to figure out what went wrong. The bottom line, chris, is that if he is found if he is charged, if theres an investigation, there will be, and if hes charge with offenses under ucmj we need to bring him down to path and this is difficult because it is wrapped in an amazing amount of emotion here. We sneneed to bring him to just. General, i want to keep you with us. Were going to bring you back because we want to have more of a discussion on this, especially with the implications of this deal Going Forward now that we hear that cuba is saying, hey, maybe well do a deal like this. This is just one of the stories were covering. A lot of headlines for you so lets get right to michaela. Your headlines at this hour. Business owner from yemen who has been living e ing iing in u york is facing charges after police say he plotted to kill u. S. Military members as vengeance for american actions overseas. Officials say he had been charged with has been charged with two counts of receiving and possessing an unregistered firearm silencer. The fbi says it has been investigating elfki for over a year. Politics taking center stage with primary races being decided in eight states today. Voters going to polls in california, south dakota, new mexico, montana, new jersey, alabama and mississippi where longtime senator thad cochran is trying to head off a tea party challenger. Tight security incumbent president Bashar Alassad widely expected to win another term. Tt it is the first multicandidate election in three years. Ten of thousands of people have been killed and millions more displaced. Quite a chilling story out of wisconsin. Two 12yearold girls now charged as adults for allegedly luring a friend into a park after a sleepover, then. Stabbing her 19 times. Investigators say the girls were acting out Horror Stories from a website. Court documents show one of the victims stab wounds were so close to her heart she was one millimeter away from certain death. She is said to be stable this morning. Well have much more on this very chilling story in our next hour. All right. Weather really playing quite a big role in the midwest today. Karen maginnis is in for indra petersons. Good morning. We are looking at a significant, Severe Weather outbreak. It doesnt look like much now even though weve had reports of hail across the North Central nebraska. By this afternoon perhaps about midday we could see some rotating thunderstorms which could produce tornadoes. There are about 3 Million People in this moderate watch area, moderate risk area. A much broader area all across the midwest. What you need is moisture, heat, lift, and rotation. Severe flooding has high potential between two and four inches of rainfall expected. Essentially along interstate 80. Sandwiched between interstate 70 and 90. That runs from omaha to grand island to north platte into des moines, northern sections of missouri. I think kansas city, you could see some thunderstorms, but the higher risk moves along that warm front which is traveling towards the north. Area of low pressure is going to cause that spinup at 3 Million People at risk today for tornadoic activity. Thank you very much. A preeppreciate that. Indra petersons is chasing tornadoes. Lets take a quick break here on new day. President obama is about to speak in poland. The question is, what will he say when, if asked, about why this deal was made for Bowe Bergdahl. And also, the accusations that the president may have broken the law on this deal. Did he . Were going to take you live to warsaw as soon as theres word of his speech. Also ahead. Hall of Famer Dan Marino is suing the nfl. He is saying the league knew about the longterm Health Effect of concussions and withheld the information. Narrator these are the skater kid whoa narrator that got torture tested by teenagers and cried out for help. From the surprised designers. 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I start with you, surprised marino joined this suit and what do you think it means for the perception within and without the league . Women, i cant say im surprised because there are a lot of names on this list, this growing list of prominent player, hall of fame players, pro bowl players. I think what this does is set this into a new category because dan marino is a household name in the sport of football, hall of famer, iconic individual who was never known to be lazy, who would not be known to make a money grab. This guy is changing the game for the players in terms of the perception of whats happening here with this suit. Joey jackson, i hand you a big bucket of cold water for you to throw on this excitement. He does not claim to have an injury. Can he join a lawsuit if he does not claim an injury . Well, certainly he could. The issue would be whether or not at some point the symptoms manifest themselves, certainly concussions are something that over a long period of time could have a debilitating affect upon people. So i do think, chris, that he has standing to enter it. What the specific injuries are will have to be proven ultimately in a court of law. If that does not occur then of course his claim will be dismissed. Joey, do you think this settles, 767 million was not enough the judge said because you could have 20,000 players involved. Do you think it settles . I think it could. The nfl certainly, chris, does not need negative publicity like this. Its a multibillion dollar industry. I think Everybody Needs to ensure, the nfl certainly, that the players are as safe as they can be. Obviously the argument will be is that if you are a player you assume the risk. Players know and cory could speak to this being a former play erk its tough out there. But the question then becomes, yes, it is tough but nfl, if you knew there was a causal relationship should you not at least, chris, put me on notice so i could make an educated choice. Coy, joey pointed Something Else that im surprised how much we hear when this story comes up with people saying, coy, look at your neck, look at the size of you. You knew what you were getting into. You built your body for this game. You know it is violent. You had to expect these things to happen. And now its just too late to complain. Whats your take . Well, that neck you speak of has a tight ttanium plate with screws in it. The player, of course they know there are risks as they are with any profession, albeit a much greater risk and more significant injuries that occur in this profession. The problem is unlike other professions if a player doesnt get back out there, when they come back to work, if theyve been gone too long they might get fired. Theyre forced and pressured to get back on that field. And the case here is that they dont know how significant these injuries are. They dont know or didnt know until now what we know now is that chronic traumatic, that protein that forms can be debilitating years after they leave the game. The players just want to make sure they are compensated, have medical treatment. If the time arises where theyre not feeling well, theyre not feeling healthy, i think thats the main thing we need to realize. The players know the risk but theres that pressure to get back out there and perform. Whats the however . Now, that is true. But that is also a personal choice, right . I mean, theres money involved. These are people who are well compensated, right . And as a result of that, you can make the choice. And you have sponsorship deals and other things. You want to perform. But if you know that its a dangerous sport, obviously thats a decision that you have to make. So the fact that you went out on the field, thats on you. Joey, i think youre hitting it right on the head. Thats thing. We now know. Thank goodness we know because of media, the problem that are arising because of head trauma. The players then didnt know. I was one of them. I was rushed back on the field too soon and not knowing how significant these injuries were. We all know now. It should never happen again. These players are just going back and wanted to be compensated should anything develop with their health in the long term. I tell you, this is a complicated issue and you guys are laying out why you have the practicalities versus the legalities. I tell you an even tougher issue is what do you do Going Forward . Can you change this game . What do you do with our kids . There are a lot of issues here to unpact. Coy, joey, thank you for breaking us break this down. Thank you, chris. Appreciate it. Kate . So let the nba finals fun begin and of course that means all the trash talking that comes with it. The spurs proclaim they are going to get their revenge and dethrone king james but lebron, not surprisingly said, not so fast, andy scholes. What do you know . Good morning, kate. After taking down the thunder in the western conference finals tim duncan says the spurs wanted the heat in the finals and this time theyre going to win it. Well, the twotime defending champions heard those comments loud and clear. Lebron says the heat are ready for the rematch. They dont like us. They dont. I can sense it from his comments over the last couple of days. They wanted this. They wanted us. We will be ready for the challenge. Nba finals tipoff thursday night with game one in san antonio. Our trending or bleacherreport. Com this morning is the crazy prices new york fans are paying for the stanley cup final. The rangers of course playing in many for the cup for the first time in 20 years and the cheapest ticket just to get in to Madison Square garden for game three is around 1,000. Meanwhile, for game one and two in l. A. You can get in to watch for around 360 bucks. So, kate, potentially you could actually if youre a new york fan fly all of the way to l. A. , buy at this times to the game and get back for the same price you can see it at Madison Square mard den. The mystique of watching it in new york is something you cant pass. He just made both arguments for us. And then you forget the fact that i am neither a fan of either, neither a fan of neither. Hockey in indianapolis. Sorry, kate. I know. I had to take on another team. I took on the red wings. I dont know if that was smart or a mistake. Her husband is from detroit, you know. It makes more sense that way. Yes, it does. How is the baby doing . He is doing fabulous. All right. He was very loud last night. That matters more. It will get ugly up in here because we got mick from the west coast and your boy out of queens right here. Ah. The canada u. S. Didnt go so well for me last time. Double or nothing. Wagering. Thanks, andy. Coming up next on new day, man hunt over after a threeday search a man accused of carrying explosives is finally caught. New details this morning about the demons that he says he may have been battling. Weve been telling you the president is in poland. Hes about to speak. And we believe hes going to address the controversy surrounding the prisoner swap about freeing Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. How will he answer those questions . Well bring it to you live. Thits not the limit yoursh hard earned cash back card. Its not the confused by rotating categories card. Its the nocategorygaming, nolookpassing, clearthelaneim goingupstrong, backboardbreaking, cash back card. This is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. Unlimited 1. 5 cash back on every purchase, every single day. Ill ask again. Whats in your wallet . Honestly, the offseason isnt ive got a lot to do. Thats why i got my surface. Its great for watching game film and drawing up plays. Its got onenote, so i can stay on top of my todo list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. With skype, its just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. Alright, russell you are good to go alright, fellas. Alright, russ. Back to work you could be hanging ten. What are you waiting for . Seize the summer with up to 40 off hotels from travelocity. Welcome back. A nationwide fbi manhunt ended overnight, ryan chalerr chambern was taken into custody and they uncovered a stash of explosives in a raid. His arrest coming just hours after disturbing reports that chamberlain released a bizarre online post. Cnns dan simon is following it for us in San Francisco and joining us with the latest. Kite a sto quite a story of intrigue. The arrest that took place here in a pop play place for tourists and locals alike. Why he came here is his motive for allegedly possessing those explosives but there is growing evidence he was only intending to take his own life. Get up. A threedamon hunt over. Fugitive Ryan Chamberlain captured near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. After being spotted in a local bar earlier monday. He put up a little bit of resistance it looked like but there were so many officers he didnt really stand a chance. He was going down. I didnt see he was armed with guns or explosives or nothing like that. Reporter 42yearold arrested for allegedly possessing explosive materials in his home. The bomb squad using a robot to search his car before going in. Chamberlain, a Media Consultant b wellknown in political circles, even work for then mayoral candidate gavin newsom in 2003. Those who worked with the political operative are disbelief. Flabbergasted. Out of character for anything i know about ryan. Reporter now a note titled goodbye posted on chamberlains Facebook Page may offer an explanation. In it he writes a his lifetime battle with depression, the project sport, a Marketing Company he says was sold for over 1 million but he saw none of it. And a struggle with relationships, including this passage, i met the one. Everything was perfect, then she just stopped. The threepage letter ending simply, thank you im sorry, i love you on monday prior to his arrest, chamberlains alleged latest tweet denies all charges. A panicked update to my letter that should have posted by now, he allegedly wrote, nothing in the reporting is true, no stashes, not armed. That is him. Reporter a u. S. Law enforcement official says investigators can now definitively say the posting was made by chamberlain. So was this some kind of Suicide Attempt or a broader sinister plot . We hope to know more when authorities hold a News Conference this morning in San Francisco. Chris and kate, well send it back to you. Dan, thank you very much. Well continue to talk about that. Amazing story. Lets go back over to poland right now. President obama just landed on the ground. Hes meeting with the polish president and president obama is making a statement. Lets listen in for just a second. Im proposing today as a reminder that every ally needs to carry their share and truly invest in the capabilities of the alliance that are needed for the future. Of course president and i focused mostly on the situation in ukraine and perhaps poles know better than most how precious freedom truly is, poland and your president have displayed outstanding leadership in recent months. We agree that further russian provocation will be met with further costs for russia including if necessary additional sanctions. Russia has a responsibility to engage constructively with the Ukrainian Government in kiev to prevent the flow of militants and weapons into Eastern Ukraine. Russia also needs to be using influence with armed separatists to convince them to stop attacking the Ukrainian Security forces. Lay down their arms and enter into the political process. Meanwhile the United States and poland will continue to support ukrainians as they embark on political and economic reforms. Were prepared to help facilitate a dialog between the ukraine katrina government and separatist row regions. I look forward to discussing this with president elect tomorrow. Finally, president komorowski and i talked to shared prosperity including the trans atlantic trade and Investment Partnership which would boost trade between the United States and europe including facilitating potential energy, exports from the United States into europe. We agree that there are more steps that can be taken to diversify europes energy sources. Thats important not only for europes economy but also for its security. And thats a topic that ill focus on later today when we meet with other central and Eastern European president s. So thank you, mr. President , again, for your partnership and your hospitality. I could not be more grateful to have the opportunity to join tomorrows celebration ins Castle Square and a chance to address the polish people. All right. You hear the president dand polish president. Now theyre going to be talking questions. Were going to be listening in. The first questions are normally two and two. We questions from polish press, International Press polish press as well as the International Press. We will be listening in. Do we have translations of the question . All right. Well continue to listen in. The p as you saw right there is going to be meeting with Central European leaders later this afternoon. Meeting with the polish president today talking about the issues facing europe right now. The crisis in ukraine, russian provocation, and what that means. Lets listen back in. The polish president is taking a question, so we assume its not about bergdahl. So lets take a quick break here on new day. 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And natos relationship with russia, i think, will be one in which if russia is observing basic International Law and principles, there should be cooperation between russia and nato, where russia violates International Law and international principle, nato will stand firm in asserting those principles. All right. The first question from the american side will come from hickler with the associated press. Thank you. I wanted to ask you if you have learned more about the circumstances of Sergeant Bergdahls capture and whether he could face any punishment given that the pentagon has concluded that he left his unit. Also, could you respond to Congressional Republicans who say that you violated the law by not notifying them 30 days in advance and that the transfer of the taliban prisoners could put americans at risk. Did your willingness to, you know, go around that 30day requirement see a urgency to close again tan no no now that youre sending in afghanistan. President com the United States has always had a pretty sacred rule and that is we continue leave our men or women in uniform behind. And that dates back to the earliest days of our revolution. We have consulted with congress for quite some time about the possibility that we might need to execute a Prisoner Exchange in order to recover Sergeant Bergdahl. We saw opportunity. We were concerned about Sergeant Bergdahls health. We had the cooperation of the a qatarys to xe suit an exchange and we seized that opportunity. And the process was truncated because we wanted to make sure that we did not miss that window. With respect to the circumstances of Sergeant Bergdahls capture by the taliban, we obviously have not been interrogating Sergeant Bergdahl. He is recovering from five years of captivity with the taliban. He is having to undergo a whole battery of tests and he is going to have to undergo a significant transition back into life. He has not even met with his family yet, which indicates, i think, the degree to which we take this transition process seriously, something that we learned from the vietnam era. But let me just make a very simple point here, and that is, regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity, period. Full stop. We dont condition that. And thats what every mom and dad who sees a son or daughter sent over into war theater should expect from not just their commander in chief but the United States of america. In terms of potential threats, the release of the taliban who were being held in guantanamo was conditioned on the qataris, keep an eye on them and creating structure in which we can monitor their activities. We will be keeping eyes on them. Is there the possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us . Absolutely. Thats been true of all the prisoners that were released from agaguantanamo. There is a certain rate that takes place. I wouldnt be doing it if i thought it was contrary to the American National security and we have confidence that we will be in a position to go after them if, in fact, they are engaging in activitieses that threaten our divisioefensedefen. But this is what happens at the end of wars. That was true for george washington. That was true for Abraham Lincoln. That was true for fdr. That is true for every combat situation, that at some point you make sure that you try to get your folks back. And thats the right thing to do. Would you clarify should bergdahl face thats not something that were discussing at this point because our main priority is making sure that the transition that he is undergoing after five years of captivity is is successful. Right now the polish president is addressing a question as to whether or not the assurances the president gives are enough. We will get back into that if theres new news to be made. Lets bring in cnn politicalen list and editor and chief of the daily beast dr. John avlon and spider marks, military analyst and former commanding general of the u. S. Army intelligence. We heard the president say it doesnt matter if he deserted. There is a duty to bring back our own. Something else was brought up here that id like to get your take on first, general. Timing. Talk to us about timing, that the war in afghanistan is ending and why that was also relevant here. Well, the president is unilaterally declare that we will no longer have soldiers and Service Members in combat in afghanistan and our wars are, quote, winding down. We have not written any declarations. We have no agreements from any enemies that that is, in fact, the case. Im not being dramatic but what i am stating is that what we have learned about our enemies is that over the course of the last decade in a couple of years is that we are in a constant state of conflict. Their efforts and there are opportunities to take advantage of the United States and its open society sun ending and they will go to any means to achieve that. So i think its unfair for us to portray this as a winding down and a declaration of end of hostilities. We are in a constant state of war and we have to address it in those ways. Its a bit disingenuous to say the war is over, ergo, were going to return this guy as quickly as possible. I think the return of bergdahl is the right thing but its not because of those conditions. John, weigh in on how does the timing of the winding down of the u. S. Involvement in afghanistan, how does that play in . It seems it has, into the president s decision . He said very clearly this is what happens at the end of ends of wars. Fdr did it, Abraham Lincoln did it, this is what happens. He made a case of the fact because the war is winding down, troops withdrawing which is clearly a priority of this president and americas longest war that he wasnt going to leave a soldier behind, p. O. W. Situation. This kind of swap much more likely to unhappen at the height of the involvement. Absolutely. And this is a president who is determined to get troops out of afghanistan absent a small residual force. He wasnt going to let a vietnam era type p. O. W. Exist. This is a murky case of what we know and what colleagues have said about the conditions in which bergdahl left his unit and captured by the taliban. That was a defiant president making the case that we did the right thing as a message from the commander in chief to the mothers and fathers and soldiers serving that we will leave no soldier behind. General, lets take bergdahl out of it for a second. The president said theres an assumption that gitmo is going to close. And if it is going to close and if the hostilities are going to end and you are going to wind up releasing, whatever verb you want to use, the people you now have detained, isnt it better to have Strings Attached to some of them when many may just be releas released . Chris, very true. In this particular case i think what we need to do is make sure that those strings, as youve described, associated with the five taliban that are now in qatar are extremely tight and woven tightly around a precise and well executed operations to make sure we dont lose sight of these folks. Thats what our National Intelligence infrastructure can do and must do. But i also think that the presumption that those that remain in gitmo are going to be released is not appropriate. I mean, there is still justice that must be done and there are conditions around what their conditions will be Going Forward. It wouldnt i would presume the alternate, which is they are probably going to remain some form of custody someplace. I want to get your take on that because he does say he did answer the lingering question. Is there a possibility that these men, some of them, may get back into the fight . He said, absolutely. There is every time anyone is released from Guantanamo Bay. Do you think the president made the case enough to answer that question . Was it worth it . He straight up said that there is a possibility that these folks could get back to bad business against the United States. What he called a high recidivism rate. Lets be clear. The commanders are under loose house arrest in qatar. We dont know the assurances. We dont. He also said if they get back to bad business well go after them. There was a clear im police it threat. One of the reasons why its difficult to disintangle oursz from guantanamo because a lot of these people who are being held there are bad actors. There is a high recidivism rate and that makes it difficult to disintangle ourselves right now. This is a high test case right now. Loose house arrest for five taliban commanders who were described as the worst of the worse. Some of the push back coming from what were learning more about the conditions surrounding Bowe Bergdahl and how he came to be captured. We should report a senior u. S. Defense official tells cnn that the army did, in fact, have a fact finding investigation, socalled 15 sticks report and concluded in the months after bergdahls disappearance, discusses the likelihood he left under his own free will. The commander h signed it said the door was left open for final con clugs until hearing directly from bergdahl. Thats what weve heard. Thats what the pentagon told Barbara Starr, they want to hear now Bowe Bergdahls side of the story. The idea of it just being speculation, more than that. There has to be due course of law. The president clearly not wanting to answer that part of the question and saying, regardless of the circumstances chris and kate . Go ahead, general. Just very briefly. To johns very point. I think what we need to focus in on now, the construction rux of is how is Congress Going to get information about what is going to happen . What will the dni going to do in terms of bringing forward to both the house and Senate Select committee on intelligence that very classified operation that needs to take place to give the assurances that these folks are not going to disappear over the horizon . I think we need to get to the bottom of that. And then the whole congress will get an unclassified version of that. Thats right, general. Thank you very much. Spider marks, john avlon, thank you as always. Coming up next on new day, a gruesome and sinister murder plot by two 12yearold girls, if you can believe it. 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President obama surrounding the situation around Bowe Bergdahl. He spoke about the prisoner skop and said it is the right thing to do. Take a listen. But let me just make a very simple point here, and that is, regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity, period, full stop. We dont condition that. Meantime, speaking of the condition, there is a report out there was an investigation that suggested that bergdahl did walk away on his own. And those who served with him are tell that same kind of story and they are worried about the impact on families who lost loved ones looking for Bowe Bergdahl. Lets discuss the politics surrounding this situation which are growing more and more bitter. We have kevin matt, cnn political commentator and republican strategist and former Senior Adviser to bill clinton and the writer for thenewyorker. Com. It is easy to go after the particulars of this deal and rightly so. However, the shock coming from lawmakers specifically republicans that this came out of nowhere, is that a little bit of political theater . This has always been the deal on the table. Well, i think theyre making theyre making it justifiable case that they believe that the president may have broken the law. So i think that thats why theyre going to be a certain level of oversight hearings now to really investigate that fully on whether or not the president went through the proper legal protocols in order to engage in an agreement like this. And i think that they are also serious questions by lawmakers up on capitol hill, whether or not a deal like this would incentivize further kidnappings. You did hear criticism come from p Something Like Lindsey Graham who is a an important voice on National Security concerns like this. Richard, what about that legal question . Why not . I mean, the president tried to answer that question in his press conference saying the whole process was truncated because we didnt want to miss that window. Is that a good enough excuse to not notify congress . Well, i dont think you need an excuse, nor do i think we should be talking about excuses. I think the president this morning made a very strong case for why he did this. Dianne feinstein said the president should have notified the key committees that this was in the works. There may be legitimate questions that member of congress have around why the 30daytime period rule was not addressed specifically. And im sure the president and his team will have the appropriate answers for that. But i think the president made an incredibly strong case this morning for why we never leave anyone on the battlefield. This is consistent with strong standing american policy. Its not a new policy. Its consistent with International Law. Its consistent with everything weve always done in the whole history of u. S. Warfare. I think people who are complaining today, its part of the republican partisan atmosphere thats been created in washington. Where every move the president makes is criticized. They want to criticize everything. These are the same people who before were criticize that he wasnt doing enough to get this guy out. Part of it is but part of isnt. A point of push back with kevin is that you knew about this deal all along. Dont act shocked. Its how you did it here, richard. You did it by going around congress and it breathes a lack of confidence in how you do business as an administration and you have not stated a good reason why the law was circumvented. I dont know what the administrations position is exactly on this issue because they havent said what it is. Because they dont have a good answer. Listen, i think what the president suggested this morning is that congress was well informed that this kind of deal was in the works. So they obviously think they met whatever requirements the law imposed. Well, look, just on that point. Its not up to the president to decide whether or not he thinks the congress was well informed or not. I think there are still legitimate criticism and legitimate frustration on capitol hill that they didnt know enough about this. So i think the president , you know, richard, you make the argument that he made a strong case. I think he was very dismissive and two audiences are not going to be as dismissive about the conditions of this case. First is the congress and he has to have a Good Relationship with them. Secondly, is the American Public. Still remains more questions than there are answers right now. That has to be a legitimate concern for this president right now. I think the American People are satisfied that the president made good on our countrys sacred commitment to families on p. O. W. S to bring everybody home. The American Public will be satisfied this morning that is what the bit was doing around those were the actions he was taking. Kevin, how does it matter that the timing involved here that you come to the end of the war, that the president actively wants to close Guantanamo Bay. You may wind up having people released without any strings, at least here while you are releasing dangerous people, at least youre doing it in a way that there are some conditions on them where you may not have it with the other ones. Lets listen to a bite on this from the president to give us context and you respond. Go ahead. Right. The release of the taliban who were being held in guantanamo was conditioned on the qataries keeping eyes on them and creating structure in which we can monitor their activities. We will be keeping eye on them. Is there the possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us . Absolutely. Your take. Well, i think general spider marks made a point earlier during your conversation, chris, where he talked about the level of whether or not there is an official declaration of an end to a lot of our engagement there. I think that remains a question. And again, i think this is something where the president is is really going to have to build a strong case up upon oh with congress as it relates to justifying some of his actions. Richard, do you think this is a this poses a potential problem for the president . Theyre not talking about those explicit assurances that the qataries have been able to provide, able to keep eyes on these five taliban members. I dont think this is going to be an issue. I think the republicans are trying to create a sideshow on this like they try to create around everything. I think the president acted c consistent b with longstanding american policy and in keeping with our commitment to bring every member of our armed forces home, as the war winds down. He made a p. O. W. Exchange. Its a tough decision. Its always one of the toughest decisions a president can make. There are obviously, you know, involved a balancing of the issues. We have to do everything to make sure that these people that were released out of Guantanamo Bay do not, you know, continue to cause what is is everything . We dont know. I mean, these are the kinds of things, these deals are often made in secret. Obviously we made a deal with the quatarys. What do you do, hey, you know, maybe cuba will do a deal like this . What about the cia operative being held in iran, robert levenson, do you make a deal with them . Were not at war with cuba. And, you know, i think that each situation has to be taken on its own. But this was clearly a p. O. W. Swap. I dont think this sets new ground. This is not a new kind of policy. This is totally consistent with what weve done historically. Those situations would suggest something different. I dont think thats what were doing. I just want to disagree with richards trying to frame this as a republican democrat thing. I never used a term democrats on capitol hill. I said congress. I think members of congress, republicans and democrats, are going to give and i believe that theres a justifiable level of oversight over this particular deal. And remember, there were democrats that voted for law that said that the president had to consult with members of congress 30 days before any prison transfer. You offer signing but he signed the law so he knows whats in it. Sh this should not be turned into a partisan thing the way richard tried to frame it. Thank you very much. One thing is for sure, theres nothing simple about this case that were watching play out right now as Bowe Bergdahl transitions back to regular life, if you will. Thanks so much. Lets get over to michaela. Headlines at this hour. A business moaner from yemen who lives in upstate new york is facing charges this morning after police say he plotted to kill u. S. Military members and others as vengeance for american actions overseases. Officials arrested mufid elf ge geed and he planned to kill Shiite Muslims in new york. Police in San Francisco from captured a Media Consultant who had been on the run for dies. Ryan Kelly Chamberlain was arrested overnight near the golden gauge bridge. He had been the subject of a nationwide manhunt after they found explosives and a deadly chemical inside his San Francisco apartment. Monday morning a strange note detailing his, quote, dark moments was sent to his facebook connections. Right now he is being questioned by police. Hall of fame quarterback dan marino is among 15 other nfl players suing the leg over concussico league over concussions. 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Were going to show you right now. Irony does not get more obvious than that. When a judge and a lawyer decide to take it outside instead of deciding a matter in the court of law. Amen. Okay. So across the country, another type of fighting is going on. Its primary day in eight states. One race in particular has drawn a lot of attention. The Republican Senate battle in mississippi. Why . Well, thats where the incumbent thad cochran is trying for a seventh term. The race has been neck and neck and down and dirty. Lets get more from chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Reporter defeating a 36year Senate Veteran in your own party is no easy task. So Chris Mcdaniel is bringing the conservative cavalry to mississippi. Its wonderful to be in the magnolia state to just do whatever i can to hopefully help and not hurt the cause. Reporter sarah palin from alaska and even rick santorum, former senator from pennsylvania. Join me in supporting Chris Mcdaniel. 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Rescues a soldier from captivity and moments ago the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark dempsey responded by saying bergdahl is innocent until proven guilty. So the main thing becomes what were the facts on the ground . Lets get to matthew, retired Army Sergeant and was a platoon member with Bowe Bergdahl. He says he knows what the facts on the ground were. Sergeant, thank you for joining us on new day. And thank you for your service to the country. Thank you. What were the facts on the ground as you understood them at the time when Bowe Bergdahl disappeared . The facts on the ground were, he left his weapon and his equipment to supplies and walked off to either join the taliban or do Something Else only he can answer that question. What was the feeling on the ground about what had happened to him . Well, the general feeling was that he deserted us and walked off and left us. And you felt that way even though he left all his supplies because to some that would suggest that youre not planning on being gone that long if you dont have any supplies. How did you take it . I took it as you would never leave to begin with without your equipment or your weapon. So thats suspect from the beginning. I dont believe he had any intention on coming back. You think this was a plan of his, that he was going to try to leave . I think it was definitely premeditated with the emails he sent to his father, mailing his stuff home before the mission. I believe it definitely shows intent, premeditation, and those are the facts. Thats what happened. Did you guys look for him . Of course we looked for him as hard as we could. Everybody looked for him. Everybody in the country who could. What did you discover about which way he had gone and any evidence of what his intentions were . Well, we discovered that he was seen by locals in various different areas on his own, walking about on his own free will, not with anybody else but just acting alone. What was going on before he disappeared . What was his state of mind . What had he told his fighting buddy buddies . I dont know his state of mind. He made some comments about he could get lost in the mountains and just thats one of the comments that he said to me. I cant really speak for other people, what he said to them. Lost in the mountains meaning he would like to go and adventure . Once again. I dont know. Thats what he said. Im assuming lost in the mountains would mean walking off by yourself into the mountains. And as you know, there was a report at the time done that does suggest that he left of his own free will, as you are saying. Let me ask you, sergeant, does it matter to you the circumstances under which he came to be churd acaptured and whether or not the u. S. Should have done anything it could to get him back . Of course it matters. It matters to me. It matters to everybody in my platoon, company, every Service Member on the ground in afghanistan conducting mission, putting themselves in harms way for somebody who willingly walked off to do whatever. Either way, he put people at risk. We do know that troops died trying to retrieve Sergeant Bergdahl. So let me ask you. Would you have made this deal to get him back . No. Simple as that. Yep. Why not . I believe its good that hess back home, that were going to get him care, get him what he needs to recover. But i dont believe trading five prisoners out Guantanamo Bay for him was the right thing. Then it would be something that would be seen as more worthwhile to you . To me, with everything surrounding it and the circumstances that permit, i think it would be a lot different for many people if it was under different circumstances. If the sergeants watching, what do you want him to know . Just that theres a lot of people that want the truth, they want to know why you left, what your intentions were, just want you to answer for everything thats happened. I know this isnt an easy topic for you. I know youre angry about a lot of the attention surrounding this deal but i appreciate you coming on new day. Sergeant, i appreciate your service to the United States. Thank you. Thank you. Kate . Coming up next on new day, legendary hall of Famer Dan Marino is suing the nfl. Hes saying that the league knew about the longterm health eching effects of concussions and did not tell the players. [ male announcer ] this one goes out to all the congestion sufferers who feel like theres a brick on their face. Who are so congested, it feels like the walls are closing in. Who are so stuffed up, they feel like theyre under water. Try zyrtecd® to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms. So you can breathe easier all day. Zyrtecd®. 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He said congress had been consulted over the years about a prisoner swap and had to act fast over concerns about bergdahls health. He also said he will ask congress to support a european reassurance anybo Reassurance Initiative up to 2 3w8 billion. To the laisest now in the search for flath 370. The New York Times is reporting scientists plan to release detailed information today about a mysterious noise, possibly that of an ocean impact. The low frequency noise described as a dahoomph was picked up halfway across the indian ocean to receivers off of australias coast. The acting veterans after fair chief sloan gibson vowing swift action to end agency abuses and get thousands of veterans off of waiting lists and into hospitals and clinics for medical care. The agencys Inspector General is nowing looking into 42 separate facilities amid claims wait times were manipulated for thousands of veterans which cnn was first to report. Gibson was deputy va secretary under eric shinseki. He was appointed by the president after shinseki resigned last friday. Minnesota couple ended married with a splash. They were on the dock for pictures. Use can see that Wedding Party was too much for the dock. And, oh, no, really, it collapseded. Sending most, but not all, of the Wedding Party in the water. It happened an hour before the ceremony the couple says despite the sure price dunking, the wedding only started ten minutes late and just a bit soggy. So theres your headlines, chris. Everybody was safe, so its okay, to have a chuckle out of it. It was interesting to see how the guys had that look of resignation on their face. The women are scrambling trying to save the dresses. The guys are like, were going down. Its kind of hot anyway. Something else that is breaking overnight we want to talk to you about. Hall of fame quarterback dan marino suing the nfl over concussions. Marino is arguably the most iconic star to take the league on this issue. Question is what will it mean for the future of the litigation, the game, and what impact will it have on thousands of other players who have are retired now and are suing because of the damage they say they suffered. Lets get danny in here, cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney and clinton portis, twotime pro bowler, one of the plaintiffs in the previous lawsuit against the nfl. Its good to have you with us this morning. Clinton, when you hear the name dan marino joining the suit, what does that tell you about the significance of this problem . I think its a serious issue. When you see a guy such as dan marino who is fresh off the tv, who has been the face of the nfl for so long, come and participate in this lawsuit, i think and then hes saying that the nfl hid this information. So i would think dan marino knows a lot about this situation to wait this long to join into the discussion and add himself on to this list. So i think its an interesting i think its an interesting moment for this lawsuit. Lets go back and forth on the points that will be raised here. The first one, danny, dan marino is in. Hes a big name. Youre in the nfl. You dont want to hemorrhage any type of good will in this situation and bad reputation. Thats exactly what this will bring. Does it make you settle sooner . In fact, the strange thing about the lawsuit, chris, is that technically it already settled back in january. All the parties came to an agreement. But a judge here in the Eastern District in philadelphia actually blew up the settlement because the judge didnt think it was fair. And that, more than dan marino joining, that plus, now a celebrity name, sends a signal to the nfl that the amount that you may want to pay, even though you may have tentatively reached a settlement, is not enough. So i think between that opinion in january from judge brodie and now, a big name like dan marino joining the Law Enforcement, the nfl better be raising its expectations in terms of how much its going to be on the hook. Danny, quick take on this. Cant the nfl say, we dont care if dan marino joins. He doesnt even say hes injured, he doesnt even have an injury . Sure, theyre going to defend the case against all of the plaintiffs. And just because dan marino hasnt alleged any very serious injuries in his complaint doesnt mean that much. Complaints are drafted with just a short and plain statement when theyre in federal court. However, the nfl has already indicated that it wants to settle this case and, indeed, tried to settle and did Reach Settlement terms earlier this year. Its the court that said, no go, thats not enough money. So the nfl has to be wondering, how much do we have to pay to get out of this lawsuit . Whats the answer to that, do you think, portis . What numbers miks makes sense here . 767 million was not enough because you may have 20,000 plaintiffs, 20,000 former players with injuries. Whats the right number . I dont think you can look at a right number. I think when you look at how this is structured and the period of time that its supposed to be paid out, over years, you know, this fund is supposed to take care of guys thats playing right now, that havent came for it. So to go back to dan marino when you say he dont have any serious injuries, you cant judge migraines, you cant judge memory loss. Like no one can tell you you remember something that you dont remember. So i think that dan marinos case at the time that he played and he was probably one of the best quarterbacks of all time, when you look at this situation, i think for dan marinos case, migraines could kick in. When you look at guys such as Terrell Davis who is known for migraines, its so many guys who have migraines later in their career, headaches all the time, lights, so stuff that you really cant judge, you just have to go in and take someones word. I dont think dan marino will get on this stage and lie about his issues. So maybe because he was on tv for so long its never came out, hes never admitted it. So as to say, oh, guys, i feel some type of way. But for him to come out and make this statement is big. And i think when you look at numbers for the nfl to say if 20,000 guys do come on, thats 15 more i mean, 15,000 more guys than we already have. 5,000 guys and growing at this moment. So if you youre looking to take care of 15 more thousand people with this money it wont be enough. It will run out in no time. Clinton, the main pushback is this. You know what youre getting into when you put on a helmet and pads. Thats why you put them on. You know its a contact sport. You actually dont know what youre getting into. I think for so long this is a game. You know, you go through middle school. You go three high school. You go through college. And this is always a game, a game, a game that youre supposed to love. Once youre with the nfl this is big business. Once you hit college this is big business. So the fact that this is big business is such a huge stage, theyre making a lot of money. And its no expense to the players because we do sign up for it. Its something that we want to participate in. Its something that we want to do. But i dont think if you tell me, i mean, i love fast cars. If i get in a fast car, well, this car is going to crash in 15 minutes, im not going to get in no matter how bad i want to get in that car. So i think when you look at this situation, its the same. If i dont know, i had never sat down in the concussion seminar for the nine years that i was active and said, well, there is whats happening to you at the year one. This is whats happening to you after year two, year three, and so on. So with that being said, we dont know. We dont know the specifications as you see with other lawsuit that came out, guys go in the locker room, the training room and youre getting treatment for stuff that you dont know. So many injuries where in the real world you dont ice and stem. You go to the doctor. You get treatment. Youre off. You dont get days off in the nfl. You have to go out and be tough. You have to have a mentality to recover tomorrow. I cant go and sit and say well im down for two weeks on my own. Two weeks is, well, if you can play in two weeks what can you give me today . Can you give me something . Can you give me anything . The next thing you know the a twoweek injury im back on the id and playing and saying im not at 100 . But you dont go on the field saying, i got to be 100 . Nobody in the nfl is at 100 right now. I hear you. Clinton portis, thank you for laying out the reality. Danny, thank you for laying out the legalitys. Kate . Coming up next on new day, two 12yearold girls are being charged as adults in an alleged property plot to murder a friend. Why prosecutors say the website gave them the idea to stab the victim 19 times and leave her for dead . Its a horrible story. Were going to talk about it coming up, what happened. Also ahead, plus a bizarre twist in the family feud surrounding radio legend casey kas kasem. Why did his wife throw meats at his daughter . You know that dream. On my count. The one where you step up and save the day . Make it happen. crowd oh no. Introducing verizon xlte. Hey guys, i got it right here weve doubled our 4g lte bandwidth in cities coast to coast. So take on more. With xlte. For best results, use verizon. When we arrived at our hotel in new york, the porter was so incredibly careful careless with our bags. And the room they gave us, it was beautiful. A broom closet. But the best part, worst part, was the shower. My wife drying herself with the egyptian cotton towels, shower curtain defined that whole vacation for her. Dont just visit new york. Visit tripadvisor new york. With millions of reviews, a visit to tripadvisor makes any destination better. Disturbing details this morning about an alleged plot to kill involving 12yearold girls. Two girls now charged as adults for luring a friend into a park after a sleepover, then stabbing her 19 times. Because theyre charged as adults Media Outlets including cnn are showing their images. The girls were acting out a horror story from a website. The victim barely alived crawl foed her own rescue. Shes still in the hospital. Rosa flores is following developments for us. There is nothing you can really say about this . This is such a sinister case that took two preteens fascinate with a fictitious character on the internet to allegedly stabbing a 12yearold girl to impress them. The details play out like the plot of a horror film. In the morning the suspects went to davids park and lured the victim into the woods near big ben road south of drive to play a game. Reporter two 12yearold girls are accused of inviting their friend to play hide and seek after a sleepover. But police say they had much darker intentions. Once there, one suspect held the victim down while the other suspect stabbed her 19 times in the arms, legs, and torso. Reporter suspects Morgan Geyser and annisa weir, middle School Students spent months planning the attack on their friend. The suspects fascination with slender man fictional internet character that often appears in Horror Stories and videos led to the attempted murder plot, according to police. The website known as creepy past a wiki that posts Horror Stories portrays him as the leader in order to gain respect and climb up to his realm, a user must commit murder. One of the young suspects told authorities. Severely wounded, the victim managed to crawl out of the woods where she was found by a bicyclist. According to Court Documents, she was one millimeter away from certain death. Maybe the stab wound struck major organs but incredibly and thankfully the victim survived this brutal assault. Reporter the suspects are facing attempted first degree murder charges and will be treated as adults. I recognize the young age but its still unbelievable. Reporter the parents of the young suspects in shock about the brutal attack. Morgans parents are very sad about what has happened. Theyre horrified. Around our condolences to everyone. Reporter now, police say that both suspects spoke openly about the incident with investigators. The girls were arrested hours after incident and their bail is is set at 500,000. Cnns attempts to reach the suspects attorneys have not been successful. The victim remains in stable condition. Kate . Rosa, thank you very much for that. Lets get insight from cnn Law Enforcement analyst tom fuentes on this. This one leaves you shaking your head. Have you heard of anything like this before . Such young girls being motivated from a horror story website. Good morning, kate. No, i havent. I think, you know, weve seen an incredible amount of violence committed by boys, usually late teens or early 20s. When they act out. And to see that in girls is unusual. And then to see it in girls this young, 12 years old, seven more unusual. I think that, you know, from the indications of their early reporting they talked to the police and it didnt appear that they were very remorseful about the whole thing, that they planned this for months. It wasnt a heat of passion or sudden anger where they burst out. They planned this to assassinate their friend and try to get in good with this fictitious slender man character on the internet. This is almost like a junior mafia. You have to kill to make your bones. Its just incredible. It is incredible. One of the girls even telling investigators that bad part of me wanted her to die. The good part of me wanted her to live, according to some reports. I mean, i think you hit one of the parts that is so startling about this, this wasnt a spur of the moment thing. This wasnt a fight that t got completely out of control. From all indications they were plotting this for months and they didnt just stab this other young girl once, they stabbed her 19 times. What is the investigation into this going to include . Is there much of it considering that the girls were appear to be so open with investigators already . Well, i think the big thing is that how many other people, especially children, are out there looking at this website . Have there been other murders committed, you know, elsewhere in the country based on people trying to make their bones with slender man. So is this an isolated incident or could there be more of these that we havent heard of, you know, maybe somebody was killed and disappeared and people assumed it was a run away child when it could have been someone murdered by a friend of all things, and hidden in the woods or thrown in water or some other way hidden. So thats part of the investigation im sure. And then, of course, did anybody else see this coming, did they talk to other classmates, were other kids in their school also looking at this website, talking about the website, discussing this at all. And then, of course, what are the parents see or hear or know . And thats one of the thats one of the things that were talking about two 12yearold girls, middle School Students. Folks are asking very honest question which is, this had to have been on someones radar, that they were spending so much time on this website. I mean, one of the girls even believed that this slenderman paranormal political made up fictional figure, she even thought that he was real, that he could read thoughts, that he was watching her. Shouldnt this have been on someones radar . Thats a legitimate question . Certainly. And you would think so and hope so. But if these girls were locked in their room and yelling out to their parents, im still doing my homework, mom, and the parents thought everything was normal and if they werent talking, you know, about sinister things at the dinner table or maybe their parents didnt have that much contact with them, we dont know that. But those are all areas for discussion here. Of course theyre going to look into that website, right, to see if there was any communication or any kind of provocation coming from this website. Right. Yeah. They will be looking at that website. But the unfortunate thing with the internet is that you have literally thousands of these kind of websites. I mean, weve seen thousands of websites convince people to become jihadists. So the motivation for people to do things based on what they have discovered or learned about or been encouraged by the internet is pretty phenomenal. The internet, you know, were seeing more and more is an extremely powerful tool and it can reach anybody anywhere if theyve got the computer connection. Especially the young and impressionable minds of two 12yearold girls. They are now charged as adults with first degree a tempted murder. Important to just reiterate has rosa flores pointed out, the young girl who was the victim in the case, she is now, they tell us, in stable condition, recovering from her wounds. All right. Lets take a break. Coming up next on nnew day, te fight over legendary radio voice kay si casey kasem is now getti odd. Why his wife threw a hunk of meat at his daughter. Well be right back. We asked pe, how much money do you think youll need when you retire . Then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. I was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. Im going to have to rethink this thing. Its hard to imagine how much well need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. So maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. If we want to be ready for a longer retirement. Honestly, the offseason isnt ive got a lot to do. Thats why i got my surface. Its great for watching game film and drawing up plays. Its got onenote, so i can stay on top of my todo list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. With skype, its just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. Alright, russell you are good to go alright, fellas. Alright, russ. Back to work welcome back to new day. A strange twist in the sad saga of casey kasem. The 82 radio legend, hospitalized under a court order obtained by one of his daughters. Kasems children are locked in a bitter family feud with his wife. His erupted in a bizarre confrontation all caught on tape that involved raw meat. Ah, families. Michelle turner joins us now. This is a hard one to follow. It gets stranger, more bizarre and sadder, all in one, like you said. This family feud continues between ledgeary radio host casey kasems wife and his daughter. Two judges expanded the power of kasems daughter, a decision his wife is clearly not happy about. In the order of king david, go ahead and take me reporter shocking developments in the family battle over ailing radio host casey kasem. A dramatic scene on the front lawn of this Washington Home between kasems wife jean and eldest daughter kerri, who arrived with an ambulance sunday to take her father to a hospital. Will you reporter after reportedly refusing to let paramedics in the house, jean kasem yells at the media and her stepdaughter, while the 82 yard icon is eventually loaded into the ambulance. Mrs. Kasem went further, citing a bible verse, and throwing a pound of raw meat at kerri. In the order of are king david, i to the dogs. Jean really shot herself in the foot, because whats going to happen is the judge is going to see this video. This is nothing but a page out of loony tunes in the mind of a judge. Reporter kasems wife and daughter have been facing off in a legal battle over the right to determine his medical care. Kasem suffers from a disease, a debilitating form of dementia amplgts stage three bed sore, lung and bladder infection. In my opinion, not being taken care of to the full extent. Reporter on friday a washington judge ruled in favor of his daughter. Shame on these children. Shame. Reporter jean unleashed her anger at a News Conference later that day, playing cell phone audio of her father moaning, claiming he was protesting the judges decision. This follows a period last month when kasem briefly had gone missing an jean checked him out of the nursing home without notifying his family, despite the daughter being granted temporary ownership over her father. Youre seeing egos driving everything and its sad after bringing so much joy to millions of americans for decades, that this is what the final chapter of his life looks like. Indeed. That next chapter will happen on friday when apparently the judge will listen to argument whether the californians conservators will be held up. Another california hearing scheduled for june 20th. At that time the court will decide whether to make kerri kasems conservatorship permanent. Just sad all the way around. Really all you can say about it. End of life issues are horrible, and no family is immune. We say it again and again. Doesnt matter what money or fame you have. Indeed. Thats a good point. This one is far from over. From that story to one completely different. 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Whether its building the worlds most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. At boeing, one thing never changes. Our passion to make it real. Welcome once again to new day. Tuesday, june 3rd, 8 00 in the east. We begin with a growing controversy over the release of Sergeant Bergdahl and actions taken by the Obama Administration to free him. Earlier in poland president obama addressed the criticism saying the United States has a duty to its troops. But let me just make a very simple point here. And that is, regardless of the circumstances, whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if hes held in captivity. Period. Full stop. We dont condition that. A defiant president there, but critics of the prisoner swap charge the president was crossing a line and breaking the law to gain bergdahls freedom. Our coverage begins this hour with jim acosta, traveling with the president in warsaw, poland. Jim . Reporter good morning, kate. Thats right. You heard the president during that News Conference with the polish president defend the decision to conduct that trade, that secured the release of u. S. P. O. W. Bergdahl in exchange for five taliban fighters kept at the Detention Center in guantanamo, the president saying there was an opportunity to rescue Bowe Bergdahl and save him from any further harm while he was being held by his taliban captors. The president saying that this was a legal trade, despite those questions that are being raised in washington. He said he also received assurances from the qatari government, which helped facilitate this exchange that those taliban fighters who are being freed from guantanamo will be kept under travel restrictions. Heres more of what the president had to say. The release of the, the taliban who were being held in guantanamo was conditioned on the qataris keeping eyes on them, and creating a structure in which we can monitor their activities. We will be keeping eyes on them. Is there the possibility of some of them trying to return to activities that are detrimental to us . Absolutely. Reporter now, weve also heard in the last several minutes Administration Officials trying to bolsters president s case he made here in warsaw. One Senior Administration official putting out a statement that had the United States gone ahead and fulfilled its legal duty to notify congress, the administration notifying Congress Might have put Bowe Bergdahls life in jeopardy. That is one reason the administration is saying why they did not notify congress as is required to under law. One other very important thing to point out, kate and chris, during this News Conference, of course, all of this overshadowing the real purpose of the president s trip, and that is to bolster ties with Eastern Europe and reassure nervous Eastern European partners about any type of russian agres with might see. He did say later on in the week if he has a chance to talk to russian president Vladimir Putin, that there is a possibility for repairing u. S. russian relations but also want to make the point, to president putin, separatist in Eastern Ukraine need to stand down. Hell convey that message to Vladimir Putin if the two get a chance to cross paths, as expected later on this week. Jim, certainly plenty to deal with over there. Appreciate the reporting. Back to the bergdahl story. The sergeant himself is facing questions surrounding how he came to be americas last prisoner of war in afghanistan. A military report suggests he left of his own free will as opposed to being taken forcefully from his post. Some are calling him a deserter. No one heard from bergdahl. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said he is innocent until proven guilty. Whats the best sense of the reporting surrounding his disappearance . Reporter one of the facts is, no one ever are the roed the taliban infiltrated bergdahls base, that they were crossing its wire and he was kidnapped add the hands of the taliban while on the base, but still the bottom line, pentagon Officials Say, is they need to hear the facts from bergdahl himself. Within hours of army Sergeant Bowe bergdahls release, social media lit up. A Facebook Page saying Bowe Bergdahl is not a hero, but a deserter who left his post. Josh corder served with him. Soon as he is able and fit i do believe he needs to be questioned and basically tried, if necessary. Any of us would have died for him while he was with us, and then for him to just leave us like that, it was a very big betrayal. Reporter family and friends of fellow troops saying these soldiers were killed in attacks searching for bergdahl, but the administration igs position, the u. S. Had a solemn obligation to search for and rescue him. Let me be clear. The United States of america does not leave our men and women in uniform behind. Ever. Reporter one reason, u. S. Officials tell cnn, there was classified intelligence indicating bergdahls health is failing, but now that he is back, Officials Say they need to hear directly from him. Did he deliberately leave his post and why . Some of the confusion, an initial incident report says bergdahl was not on guard duty, as some suggest, at the time of his disappearance in 2009. A classified cable released by wikileaks detailing taliban radio intercepts saying they grabbed and american at a makeshift latrine. Key, may be bergdahls state of mind. As soon as we had gone to afghanistan and things started to turn a little bit harder for all of us, he immediately started separating himself away from us, and everyone in the platoon, and started gravitating more towards the afghan soldiers. Reporter but pentagon official its say if bergdahl was troubled, did his teammates report it . A Senior Defense official tells cnn it will now be up to the army whether to reopen the investigation that began five years ago into bergdahls disappearance. Barbara, thank you, Barbara Starr live at the pentagon for us. The controversy aside, the struggle will continue when he returns to the United States. Our next guest knows exactly what really hes going to be going through. Held hostage for 5 1 2 years by a colombian militant group along with two other americans and 12 colombians. Once bergdahl returns to the United States, reports say hes expected to continue his treatment at the very same San Antonio Facility where stanceal recovered from his captivity. Great to see you. Good morning, kate. Nice to be here. Of course. Thank you very much. So tell me, from different parts of the world, but still you were held for almost the same exact amount of time. What are these first days, what is this initial part, of what theyre calling the reintegration process. What is he to expect . What is it like . Its initially for all of us. It was almost like an emotional overload, or shock. You know . Almost like your system cannot you go from zero to 100 miles an hour instantaneously, and its hard to receive and process information, as you normally do. Its hard to relate to things, because youve been basically on hold, as we were for five and a half years. The analogy, almost like an old vhs tape. Hit fast forward, you could hear bits and pieces and see the screen but really couldnt understand. Its overwhelming for somebody when they first come back. You go from, for lack of a better term, the stone age to the modern world in about 30 seconds. Its tough. He is just in the beginning days of this. He has not yet been in contact or seen his family. Thats part of the process. What is that initial what was that initial meeting or those first interactions like for you . Well, the interactions were tough. I remember when we got to army south and you have to remember you have a team of people there in san antonio that are training for years, day in and day out, to handle this process, and its a threephase process, and initially when you first get back its the medical assessment. How are you physically . They do the initial there. But then they start to get you prepared to make decisions to handle things, to integrate with your family. And i had two 5 1 2yearold boys i had never seen in my life and i remember when the doc told me, keith, youve got about 30 minutes with your family the first time, but we dont know if youll be able to make it 15 minutes into it, sensory overload, almost. Such an emotional reunion, so traumatic in one serngs but happy sense, happy on the other. A lot on you. They slowly get you back to doing normal things 15 minutes first seeing my family, i needed a break, i came back a few hours later, weeks later, we extended that. Its a lot to take. Too much to take at least in the initial moments. Ive seen that your mother described it, described you in the first couple months or so after your return, that you were just floating around. What does she mean by that . She used to always ask me to land. It was kind of a joke in the house, but, you know, there was so much coming at us, and we were not used to dealing with the day to day activities of life. Think about it. For us, i dont im not familiar exactly with Sergeant Bergdahls conditions but at some point we were chained to trees for days on end. Your day inof vos maybe a bath if you gheet one or a bowl of lentils and rice. You see what we get on a daily basis, in our daily lives, it was tough to handle that. I would go from one thing to another. Never could slow down and focus. That takes time to adjust back into that. Its just a process. We can call it reintegration, but the people there in san antonio know what theyre doing and i think theyre key to his health when he gets back. What was the key for you . When did that change . When did you feel more grounded, if you will . What was the key . Well, you know, i was talking to tom house, who was with me just a few days ago. The both of us related back and forth maybe 2, 2 1 2 years into my freedom, did i feel like i started really to stabilize. It was a long time, but initially, for a few months we were just, as i say, kind of floating in the sense that, you know, were e were overwhelmed. We were very fortunate, because what happened at army south and what happened with our families, and we had a tremendous support network. Nome u not only us, Sergeant Bergdahls family themselves have been prisoners. Hes not the only one that is going to need help. Everybody will be in this reintegration. Its the support network around thaw is very important. We were very fortunate to have that. Absolutely. The controversy surrounding his rescue has nothing to do with this reintegration process, but do you think when he finds out about it, if hes even aware of the controversy, will impact that process . You know, i dont know. Its just my opinion. You know, i think how he deals with the process, it mayic pact that, but i can tell you this, the people at the recovery center, to a man or a woman there, my experience with them is, theyre not thinking about that. Theyre thinking about a sdwloob they have to do, and that they have to train to do and its to get this soldier back and healthy. What happens outside of that or whats on the peripheral, i dont think that comes into the decisionmaking. Does it even enter into his world right now . You would assume even if he hasnt seen his parents yet he surely isnt hearing of all of the news reports about his rescue yet . I dont know. And i can give you a quick example. When we got off the helicopter, there in the hospital, they took the three of us together into what was an emergency room of the hospital. They had put three beds, and the doctors there knew we had been stuck together 5 1 2 years and did not want to separate us the first night, and they turned on the news, on the televisions but kept the volume off. That was one small step to let us kind of reintegrate and get back into, you know, society and the world, and see what was going on around us, but we couldnt hear the news, they didnt want to overwhelm us or shock us. Im assuming, i dont have direct knowledge, that theyre doings same with him there. All calculated and controlled to help that process be as easy as possible. I mean, i know you went to that facility, but you could be a really good help in that integration process, if they would reach out to you, because your experience could really help in how, for the entire family, and how he can get back to a quote unquote normal life. Keith stansell, great to see you. Thanks so much. Have a great day. Appreciate it. Take a look at more of your headlines. A Business Owner from yemen whos been living in upstate new york is facing charges this morning after police say he plotted to kill u. S. Military members, vengeance for american actions overseas. Officialaled say he was charged with two counts of receiving and possessing and unregistered firearm silencer. The fbi has been investigating him for over a year now. Hall of fame quarterback dan marino is among 15 former nfl playe erers suing the league ov concussions. Nearly 5,000 other players previously filed suit. The new civil claim alleges that nfl knew about a link between concussions and longterm Health Problems yet concealed it. In Court Documents, the players claim theyre suffering symptoms consistent with brain injuries. The nfl did not respond to cnns request for comment. Were going to speak to former players later in the hour about this. Maybe the tea partys last best chance to unseat a republican senator this year. The mississippi primary race between incumbented that cochran and conservative challenger going down to the wire. Cochran is seeking a seventh term in the senate. Voters are going to the polls in seven other states today as well. California, south dakota, new mexico, iowa, montana, new jersey and alabama. Well be watching it all. Absolutely. Thanks. Coming up next on new day, the release of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl has many concerned about the taliban fighters freed in the prisoner swap. One of those concerned is senator john mccain, a former p. O. W. Himself. Well speak with him live, ahead. And then a dramatic finish to a massive manhunt in San Francisco after Police Uncover an explosive stockpile in a california mans apartment. What was he planning . Ahead. When la quinta. Com sends sales rep Steve Hatfield the ready for you alert, the second his room is ready. You know what he brings . Any questions . 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The arrest took place here at chrissy field, a popular place for tourists and locals alike. Why chamber layne came sheer not clear and not known why he was allegedly possessing xploes irans but growing evidence he was intent on taking his own life. Get down reporter a threeday manhunt over. Fugitive Ryan Chamberlain captured near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco after being spotted at a local bar earlier monday. He put up resistance. So many officers, he went down. Reporter the 42yearold arrested for allegedly possessing explosive materiels in his home. The bomb squad using a robot to search his car before going in. Chamberlain, a Media Consultant well known in San Franciscos political circles and working for then mayoral candidate gavin newsom in 2003. Those who worked with him are in disbelief. Flabbergasted. Just out of character for anything that i know about ryan. Reporter now a note titled goodbye on his Facebook Page may offer an explanation. In it he writes about his lifetime battle with depression, the loss of project sport a Marketing Company he says was sold for over 1 million but he saw none of it and a struggle with relationships, including this passage, id met the one. Everything was perfect. Then she just stopped. The threepage letter ending simply, thank you. Im sorry. I love you. Thats the guy were looking for on the guy. Reporter on monday prior to his arrest, chamberlains alleged latest tweet denies all charges. The panicked update, nothing theyre reporting is true. No stashes. Not armed. It is him. That is him. Reporter a u. S. Law enforcement official says investigators cannot definitively say the posting was made by chamberlain. So the question still remains, was this a possible Suicide Attempt or was there something more sinister at play . We hope to no more from a press conference later this morning. Back to you. A lot of questions still remaining. Thank you. Coming up next on new day, the uproar continues over the prisoner swap that freed a captured american soldier. This morning president obama is defending that exchange that radio leased five taliban leaders, but did he convince his critics . Senator john mccain is joining us to weigh in on this controversial decision. Im jane and i have copd. Im dave and i have copd. Im kate and i have copd, but i dont want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. Thats why i asked my doctor about breo. Oncedaily breo ellipta helps increase airflow from the lungs for a full 24 hours. And breo helps reduce symptom flareups that last several days and require oral steroids, antibiotics, or hospital stay. Breo is not for asthma. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. It is not known if this risk is increased in copd. Breo wont replace rescue inhalers for sudden copd symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. 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Back to work welcome back to new day. The growing controversy over the release of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Earlier this morning president obama defended the decision to trade bergdahl for five taliban prisoners saying we dont leave our men and women in uniform behind. Critics of that decision, like our next guest, worry that this trade could put the lives of american servicemen and women at risk in the future. Joini ining us, senator john mc. You know all too well what it is to be a p. O. W. You were one yourself for over five years. And as we always have, we thank you for your service and commitment to this country, before we even begin the discussion. Thank you, chris. Now, specifically, to the current situation, i noticed that you tweeted, or retweeted jay tappers article about the speculation of circumstances surrounding bergdahls departure that maybe he left of his own free will. Do you believe he deserted, and even if he deserted, does that matter in terms of efforts to save him . Those are both excellent questions, chris. Theres overwhelming evidence and testimony coming forward that Sergeant Bergdahl left of his own free will, and that will be the subject of investigation. That does not mean he shouldnt have been brought home. The problem that i have, and many others have, is what we paid for that release, and that is, releasing five of the most hardened, antiamerican killers, brutal killers, who are, by the way, also wanted by, by the International Criminal court for their incredible brutality, and the fact that within a very short time, if the past proves true, theyll be back in the battlefield putting the lives of americans in danger in the future, and thats what most of us find incomprehensible, that the taliban should be allowed to pick the dream team, as my friend Lindsey Graham called it, and send them to qatar, and obviously, they will be back in the fight. 30 of those who have already been released from guantanamo have reentered the fight, and this is the top. These are the people that have blood of thousands on their hands, at least in one case. So you have to understand what was done in exchange for the release of Sergeant Bergdahl. The issue of surprise and shock comes up here, senator. This deal had been in the works for years. The president says he consulted with congress about this potential trade. Were you consulted with . No, and ive talked to members of the intelligence committee, congressman rodgers, senator chambliss. We were at the meeting where they were talking about releasing some taliban as confidence measures to movenegotiations forward, as long as two years ago. There was never discussion that any of us know about this straightup and all of the aspects of this trade for Sergeant Bergdahl. And thats just a fact. Schematics. On whose side, senator . Is the president hiding the ball of, what types of taliban guys were involved . Or is your side hiding the ball that you knew, but you didnt know everything, so youre going to say you knew nothing . Well, we were never told there would be an exchange of Sergeant Bergdahl for five taliban. We told they were considering, and we steadfastly, both republican and democrats, rejected the notion that they were going to release some of these taliban in exchange for, confidence Building Measures so that negotiations could continue. What we were briefed on was an entirely different scenario from the one that took place. Look, im not one who believes that congress should bind the hands of the president particularly as commander in chief. Thats not my problem. My problem is, what we did in exchange, which could put the lives of american servicemen and women in grave danger in the future, unless you believe that this conflict is over and that the taliban and al qaeda have stop wanting to destroy america and repeat of 9 11, then, fine. But theyve not, and theyre not, and they are growing, despite what the administration says. They are a growing threat to the security of the United States. The director of National Intelligence clapper says the syria iraq area, now taken over by al qaeda. Theyre going to plan attacks on the United States of america. These are the best at it. If it is true, as the president says that it is the end of hostilities in afghanistan, if it is true that the president says hes going to close gitmo. If you look at this deal through that lens, isnt it better to release guys like this with some Strings Attached, a plan in place, than to just release them without any plan, which may happen in the future anyway . Well, it was never planned to release them. They were judged time after time as too high a risk to be returned. The plan, which wed werent seeking, is to move them to the United States of america. Ive always favorrd closing guantanamo because of the image it has to people throughout the world, but the plan is, what were were trying to implement, at least at some point, moving these hardcore, highrisk people, too great a risk to be released, to facilities in the United States of america. All right. Now, the issue of the 30day law. You are not making that an issue. As youve said, you dont want to bind the hands of the president. Thats for other republicans to make that argument. Lets skip that, though. And i want to get to Something Else that is urgent. That does concern you. That does go to what we knew when. The situation with the v. A. Theres no question of your commitment to the troops. Thats not what this is about. However, your home state, front and center, with bad abuses for as long or longer than any others. Did you know and why was it allowed to go on so long . Well, ive known about it since 2008 when i gave a speech saying that we had to give flexibility to veterans, to get other capabilities to have their Health Care Needs taken care of. We wrote numerous letters, have klain ed complained about it on numerous occasions, treated over 2,000 cases brought to our office since january of 20013. Just recently i received a reply to a letter that i asked general shinseki where they basically denied what was happening. In other words, we did not know and were not told by although there were complaints from veterans which we investigated but were outright lied to about this waiting list. It was concealed until this whistleblower and others have come forward. You knew there was trouble, but didnt know how bad until the revelations . Thats exactly right. Thats why the majority of our cases handled in our office were veterans cases, of one kind or another. Ive known there was trouble in the v. A. For many, many years and thats why i wanted to change fundamentally the way that we treat our veterans, by giving them the ability to go out and get the health care they need and want. And in conjunction with senators tom coburn, richard burr and jeff flake youre going to introduce to conference the veterans choice act on june 3rd, 1 45 p. M. Eastern time and youre going to try to address the pressing issues that are raised here, because its easy to trace the blame. Weve done that well. Making a change Going Forward has always proven the biggest challenge. Hopefully we do better this time. Nobody appreciates the need better than you, senator mccain. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you, chris. Over to you. Chris, time for the firch things you need to know for your new day. Number one, president obama defending the decision to bring army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl home. Earlier in pollland he said, bottom line, the u. S. La a duty to bring soldiers back who have been in captivity. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is being called a deserter by some fellow soldiers saying americans died looking for him after he abandoned his post. The San Francisco man on the run for days after Police Uncovered explosives at his apartment is in custody this morning. The fbi says Ryan Chamberlain was arrested monday night near the Golden Gate Bridge. Hall of Famer Dan Marino, filing a new lawsuit against the nfl claims the league concealed the longterm Health Effects of concussions in order to keep players on the field. It is primary day in eight states and mississippi, 36 year state senateeran thad cochran, trying to hold off his seat. Update the five things to know, go to cnn. Com for the latest. Coming up next on new day, gone without a trace. A family vanishes from their home with no sign of struggle or plans to flee. A new cnn special report examines the mcstay family murders. What happened to them . 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Mmm, some alarm clock you turned out to be. Mattress discounters welcome back to new day. In february of 2010, a young family of four vanished from their home in suburban san diego. Gone, really, without a trace. Then nearly four years later, and 100 miles from their home, mother, father and two young sons found dead in the mojave desert. How did that get there . Number one. Who killed them . Number two. Thats the focus of a new cnn special report airing tonight called buried secrets who murdered the mcstay family . Randi kaye is joining us with much more. This is fascinating, and so scary, and so mysterious, kate. Talking about a family of four. Joseph and summer mcstay and their two yun sons, disappeared in february without a trace. Left the home, it appears that way, very suddenly. There were eggs still open on the counter. Bowls of popcorn for their two Young Children in front of the television. Two beloved dogs they treated like family members still tied up outside. Its hard to understand what happened. One neighbor Security Camera caught their Isuzu Trooper leaving the home and neighborhood about 7 45 that night, but you couldnt see who was inside it. So thats why theres such a mystery. We do have a clip from our documentary tonight. This sort of sets up what happened as the rest of the family was learning that the four of them had disappeared. Reporter monday, february 15th. 11 days after the family went missing. Michael called the sheriffs department, who came to the house to investigate. They immediately alerted homicide. Then, investigators did something Patrick Mcstay finds unbelievable. They dont put any tape on the crime scene tape. No 2340e69s on the door. Nothing. They just locked the house back up and leave to get warrants. It doesnt make any sense to me. I think youve got a family thats missing for a week. And theyre still not going to call it a crime scene . Reporter it took san diego investigators three days to obtain the warrants they needed to complete a full search of the home. But during those three days, the mcstays home remained unsealed. Which allowed josephs brother, mother and friend access in and out of the house. I wouldnt go in there unless i called, you know, the sheriffs department, and they said i could. So i had permission, i cleaned up the kitchen, because it was disgusting and the trash can from diapers sitting there all of that time, you know. It was terrible, terrible smells. She was cleaning. We were looking for bank statements. I mean, i think she was just reaching for evidence. Reporter wasnt it, though, a crime scene . No. It was not deemed a crime scene, because there was no sign of forced entry. There was no signs of foul play at the house. Reporter michael says investigators gave them the okay to remove some items from the home. With their permission, i grabbed his computer, what would be joeys computer, and the st card. Got the pictures. Got that downloaded, and then i had to put that back prior to them issuing the warrant. Reporter back in texas, patrick could hardly believe what was going on. The first thing im thinking, youre going to destroy evidence . I was just certain items that might have been really key to the big mystery of why they left that house are gone. Touched. Moved. Cleaned up. Its ridiculous. So one of the things they thought happened, at least, for the san diego sheriffs department, which was in charge of this investigation, they assumed the family crossed the border into mexico. A key piece of evidence. A Surveillance Video from the Mexican Border showing a family of four that very much looked like the mcstays. And the rest of the family was sort of split on, was it them or wasnt it them . They also found evidence they were searching for passports on the home computer and paperwork required to take children into mexico. They focused on that. Meanwhile, the bodies were found about 200 or so miles north of the mexico border. Unbelievable mystery. The bodies just their bodies just found late last year. Right. In november of last year, and these two shallow graves, and, of course, authorities arent telling us anymore what was in the graves or how they may have died just yet. A lot more ahead. Randi, thanks, its a cnn special report buried secrets. Who murdered the mcstay family . Airs tonight right here on cnn. Coming up on new day. Ready . The category jeopardy champions. The clue . The woman who won jeopardy the most. The answer, in the form of a question, of course. Who is Julia Collins . Well speak with the champ live. Shes racked up more wins than any other woman on the show. Hi, champ. This is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. During the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. At night and when its cloudy, we use more natural gas. This ensures we can produce Clean Electricity whenever our customers need it. Whats your favorite kind of cheerios . Honey nut. But. Chocolate is my other favorite. Oh yeah, and frosted whats your most favorite of all . Hmm. The kind i have with you. Me too. Free hot breakfast options. Hampton, enjoy our you did a great job. It looks good . Then fuel up with Double Points or double miles on your next getaway. Make every stay more rewarding and feel the hamptonality winning for 1999, this new england writer is the last person to win an oscar for adapting his own novel. 30 seconds, players. Good luck. We come to Julia Collins now, our champion. And her response was michael shaiman, is incorrect. So its going to cost you everything you had. He is our new champion with 22,600. Welcome to the winners high level. From last nights jeopardy marked the end of Julia Collins historymaking run on the hit game show jeopardy. After 20 games, she holds the number two spot for the most consecutive wins in the shows history, and the most wins by any woman contestant. Taking home an eyepopping 428,100. Dont forget the 100. Nope. Collins is trying to catch up with the grand master who won 74 straight games a decade ago and is here in our studio. We can hardly stand it. Such a delight to see you. Welcome. We dont want to say sorry, because you didnt way. Congratulations. You must feel fantastic. Thank you. I do. I couldnt have asked for a more wonderful time on the show. Everything comes to an end. Well said. This happened last night . Yes. So whats was it like in that moment . Did you think you were sure of the answer or just needed to go for it . Well, you make your bet, before you see the clue. So i thought i think this guys going to really go for the win. Who ended up winning. So i dont know. I may not have made the same bet if i had it to do over again, but he got the answer right and i got the answer wrong. So he was going to win, win no matter what. How do you balance, the achievement youve had sheer ama here is amazing, unparalleled. Number two alltime. How do you balance the two . Its disappointing, were ut part of what helps me get through it is that ill be back for the next prize money. Ill be back for the next tournament of champions. So its not the end of the line for me playing the game. True. So much fun to be up there playing, hitting the buzzer prp its a great experience so im glad its not completely over for me. Do you think it will change going back to the champions . Do you think youll change your strategy or stick to the same strategy youve been going with . Im not sure. I probably will mostly stick to the same strategy. Click on the buzzer. Click on the buzzer. Thats key. No matter your strategy, thats a key component. That wont change. You had actually tried out for the game before, got a case of the nerves. Is that what did you in. Oh, yes. I definitely think that was it. You do a mock interview. I couldnt string words into a sentence. How did you come about for the second time . The second time i knew the tryout process and knowing what to expect made meality mo a lo relaxed. Hows life going to be different . Im not sure. I mean, im sure. So thats different. Its been a whirlwind. Im kind of just seeing how things go and enjoying this, enjoying the excitement while it lasts. It seems there is absolutely no down side to this whole experience for you. No. It couldnt have been better. I had a wonderful time playing. A wonderful time playing the episodes. Having a great time. What are you going to do with all of that cash . Probably im going to save it. Good for you. Pay taxes first. Good. Do you feel compelled, do you think, if you were the champ, to answer every form of the question . You asked that question, why . Because you could be a champ. Got me on thatthats why shes the champ and im the chump. Do you feel like that . The game is still afoot . Youre still in game mode . A little bit. I hear things and think, oh, ill remember this in case i get it as a clue. Interesting. Oh its still on my mind. Thats unbelievable. In terms of how you prepare. This is the part that i i think i would get overwhelmed with. I would feel compelled to do all of this reading and research. Youre like that now. Well what did you do to sort of keep present in it, but also be ready to go . Well, before i went on the show i did study quite a bit. I reread old textbooks. I got some reference books to make sure i knew what the different shakespeare plays were, and plots. I studied quite a bit. Once i got on the show, once i was up there i tried not to stress about the things i didnt know. There were plenty of thing ice didnt know. Whats your favorite category . Probably literature. I read a lot. Even though it kind of wound up leading to the question that let to the end of the reign, its still the favorite . Still the favorite. I had a lot of success with it. You will never forget that answer. I wont. So proud of you. Congratulations. Enjoy this. Thank you for having me. Go travel. An amazing achievement. Really is. Awesome to have you here on new day. Well, thank you. It is awesome. Coming up, bravery in action. We got more good stuff for you. A 7yearold boy takes on a man he says was trying to grab his friend. The story ahead. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. She can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. My mom works at ge. My mom works at ge. Honestly, the offseason isnt ive got a lot to do. Thats why i got my surface. 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He dhochose to fight to save hi friend. And he kicked him in the side of the leg is what he just said. His brave actions surprised his family. Of course they did. I cant stop talking about it, because im just in a state of shock. Still by him being so young and he did that for a friend. Thats amazing. Most would be scared, compliant. Not him. Marcy runs home flustered, but safe. Her mom had only gratitude that he was there to save the day. We call him our little hero. Yes. He was very, very we were blessed that he was there. They are safe, he is gorgeous and he is a hero. Good for him. Youre the good stuff, my man. Appreciate you doing the right thing at the right time. A lot of news this morning. Over to Carol Costello in the newsroom. Thanks a lot. Have a great day. Newsroom starts now. Happening now, in the newsroom, a p. O. W. And a president. You make sure that you try to get your folks back. And thats the right thing to do. The law. Did president obama break the law . Yes. 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