team said that the army sergeant is sleeping and eat on a regular schedule. but most interestingly of all, they re saying bowe bergdahl is gradually being told about the media coverage not only surrounding his capture five years ago, but more importantlies, the details of his release which is very controversial around many circles in the united states. specifically, the criticism that came from his fellow soldiers that serveded with him in afghanistan. some of those soldiers have come out and called bowe bergdahl a deserter. he deliberately left his post in afghanistan before he was captured. and these medical experts say these are the kind of details that must be gradually reintroduced to help bowe bergdahl reacclimate and work his way back into society. but many more details than that are not being released at this point. as far as we know, bowe bergdahl still has not spoken by phone with his parents or seen them. and they say that say decision
the only translated message was for bergdahl not to come back to afghanistan. as you can see in this video, bergdahl does not look healthy. he looks pale and is shaky. let s talk about this with our senior international correspondent nic robertson along with former cnn war correspondent mike betcher who has a document out called the hornet easiness hornet s nest. nic, i ll start with you. what stands out in this video? reporter: this is not the pre 9/11 taliban. today s taliban has a slick media operation. it should be no surprise to anyone that they released video of bowe bergdahl s handover.
get him. breaking overnight, the first images of the actual bowe bergdahl swap emerging on the taliban s website. chanting praise for their leader, 18 armed taliban militants seen standing in wait perched on grassy hills in a valley, guns and rocket launchers at the ready. the narration says this meeting took place at 4:00 in the afternoon in eastern afghanistan. at the center of the action, a silver pickup truck. bowe bergdahl seen inside sitting in the back seat. bergdahl dressed all in white, he appears to be nervous, blinking, shaky. bergdahl seen talking with one of his alleged captors. at one point the army sergeant even cracks what looks to be a smile while talking and then wipes his eyes. seen flying overhead, a twin engine plane approaching the meeting point.
back. it s good to have him back here too. all right. sergeant korder, thank you for sharing your insight this morning. i appreciate it. bergdahl s homecoming was secured by the release of these five men. former high ranking members of the taliban imprisoned at guantanamo bay. they are now in qatar. cnn s becky anderson caught up with attorney general jay johnson in abu dhabi after he met with officials in qatar about these men. what have you been told that their citizens are safe from those men delivered to qatar? i was in qatar to speak at the conference of the airline industry. i also met with local officials in qatar. i would say we have a very important relationship with qatar right now on a number of fronts. they ve been very good partners with us in national security on a number of fronts. people want to know how these men are living. it s reported they are living
to learn more, visit citi.com/easierbanking more on that extraordinary new video released on a taliban website. a former captured army sergeant bowe bergdahl s release to u.s. special forces. 17 minutes long. it shows the transfer of