Morning. Im christine romans. And im john berman. Great to see you today. Its june 2nd, 4 00 a. M. In the east, and youve made it, youre free. That was Sergeant Bowe bergdahls mother sending a heartfelt message to her son as he recovers this morning in a german hospital after nearly five years in captivity. Bergdahls newfound freedom touching off a firestorm on capitol hill, critics accusing the president of breaking the law and crossing the line by negotiating with terrorists, this as new questions are raised about the circumstances involving bergdahls capture five years ago. Some soldiers who served with him are calling him a deserter. Lets bring in our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson, who is live from landstuhl, germany, this morning, where bergdahl is being treated. Good morning, nic. Reporter good morning, john. What were being told here is that his care is being well taken care of, that his health is a priority. This is a severalstep process. No one knows how lon
Installation of physical welfare taken care of. What he learned what he saw while held captive. But all of this began such a long time ago. After almost five years of captivity in afghanistan scared i wont be able to go home. Reporter Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is free and safe. Now, new details emerging about the secret recovery effort three years in the making. According to u. S. Defense officials a socalled proof of life video sent of the now 28yearold last december incited them to broker a secret deal. Officials say the soldiers sickly appearance putting them on an advance timetable. The deal, swap these five taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for bergdahl. Release me, please. Im begging you. Bring me home. Reporter according to the wall street journal, after days of waiting, the talibans call to meet finally came. U. S. Defense Officials Say it was just around 10 30 in the morning on saturday. When 18 armed taliban fighters led bergdahl to the Meeting Point near th
Captured american soldier and is also in the middle of an International Sports bribery scandal. You can bet that youll be hearing plenty about qatar in the week ahead. We wanted to know how the countrys reacting to the part they played in the freedom of beau bergdahl. For the tiny country of qatar, this has been an extremely important development, but you might not realize it looking at the morning newspaper. This is the gulf times. The lead story is some rather esoteric story about qatars heritage to go digital. Somewhere buried in the middle of the front page and watch how they phrased it obama thanks qatar for assistance as taliban free american soldier. And that speaks volumes to how this country views what it did. Very few details have been given of their involvement. They will only say that the talks were mandated by the emir himself. That they were long negotiations. That they were part of the countrys basic humanitarian principles of foreign policy. And when i asked a question
Called. When we were called, mr. Crump said they had been trying to get the federal, the fbi, the federal government involved without, without success at that time and that is why they wanted me to come in. Shortly after we started the autopsy, channel 5, im sorry, after we started the autopsy, then there was announced they would do another autopsy which is fine because it shows the interest and the concern, the federal government has in this kind of death and, youre all here because many black men die of accident, of homicide, every day in this country, and rarely, and never as far as i recall has the president of the United States got involved. The only other time the president got involved was i remember, when Charles Manson did his thing. You guys werent born in those times and he was upset about it but not in a civil rights way. I think that, understanding what is happening and, one thing i want to add here though, mary case is the chief medical examiner in st. Louis county, she i
Wisconsin. He is speaking in janesville, wisconsin. Donald trump in Wisconsin Holding a town hall this hour. Ted cruz holding an event in madison. John kasich looking ahead to new york hoping to plant a flag in Donald Trumps town flag. I feel like alice in the brady bunch right now. Were going to start with the Trump Campaign in the high stakes. Several polls suggest donald trump is trailing there. Lets get to Jason Carroll in wisconsin. Donald trump has ground to make up in that state. Do they think they can do it before tomorrow . He made up ground here in la crosse, wisconsin with a crowd thats come out and excited to see him. But he has some ground to make up in the state trailing behind ted cruz in one poll by 10 percentage points. Trump doing what we can to go after kasich. He says hes littering up the race and hes the one taking votes away from trump, not away from cruz. Even having said that, hes still predicting a win despite the terrible week last week, unable to articulate h