the g-7 summit in brussels. note, the g-7 summit, not the g-8 summit. russia, vladimir putin won t be participating. but we ll be watching some of that body language. these two leaders, putin and president obama, may be crossing paths in the next 48 to 72 hours, so another bit of drama that will be unfolding during this trip that we ll be watching. a lot of important events you are following right now in warsaw. jim acosta, thanks so much for being with us, my friend. we will keep watching this breaking news, these first images of sergeant bowe bergdahl leaving the hands of the taliban/afghan militants and going into the hands of american special forces. but first, severe storms slamming the midwest, millions waking up this morning to dangerous winds, hail, flooding. we are going to break down the damage and where the threat is today. that s a man interviewino.for a job. not that one. that one. the one who seems like he s already got the job cause he studied all the right course
soldiers back. other questions and facts recording sergeant bergdahl will be dealt with at a later time. chief white house correspondent ed henry traveling with the president in brussels, belgium. seems the white house was having trouble focusing on this europe trip because there s so much being on the defense about the bergdahl situation. that s right. he s in brussels now because there s a g-7 summit where they want to push back on vladimir putin who s supposed to be hosting a g-8 summit right now. that got canceled because of putin s actions in the ukraine. and the president had a sitdown meeting for the first time with the new president-elect of ukraine. it was a great photo op for them to say, we have a little bit of good news in ukraine. he talked about the 25th year of solidarity, saying ukraine might have a bright future as well. but all of this being overshadowed by bowe bergdahl,
as howard kurtz just reported, vladimir putin answered questions during a four-hour call-in show today. one of the questions came from a 6-year-old girl who wanted to know if putin thought president obama would save him if he were drowning. quote, i don t want to be drowning putin replied. i don t think i have a close personal relationship with obama. i think obama is a courageous and good person. for sure he would save me. obviously such a hypothetical is highly unlikely especially because the two declined to work out together last year at the g-8 summit. both wanted to use the gym alone, if you remember. putin ultimately acquiesced and went for a swim in the nearby lake. charges will be dropped against
he raised the case with obama at the g-8 summit. that s huge. so it really seems like president obama isn t all that serious about closing the detention facility. to put on my sort of conspiracy cap which i think might be somewhat relevant in this, one would say one of the reasons he s being held in gitmo, here is a guy who has been held in solitary for hundreds of days at a time, who has undergone torture, who has been vocal this his dissent and could be a real liability for not just the american interrogation system, but also mi-5 and m ichi 6. we recently filed a freedom of information act request with the u.s. government. we heard back from the cia within six days that they could not confirm or deny that they had any records on this case. this of course is the agency that has come under fire from the senate intelligence committee recently for lying about torture and snooping on the committee. this report needs to be made public. we need to know the full truth.
case. russian troops dig in on the ukrainian border. defense minister offering his resignation. parliament says no. today president obama is in the netherlands at the hague for the nuclear security summit. the president joins 52 other leaders to discuss how to safeguard the world s nuclear materials. meantime russia being booted from the g-8 summit because of the annexation of crimea. now the g 7 summit meeting will take place in brussel. they have russian roop troops on the ukraine s border. they come into ukraine so the ukrainians can effect the crimea you can allow that.