Tonight we begin with the breaking news. At this moment, Top White House officials just finishing briefing the senate. It was a closed door briefing on the prisoner swap in which Bowe Bergdahl gained his freedom. Officials from the state department, the Defense Department, and National Intelligence were all present. And were going to hear from one Top Republican who was at this briefing in just a moment. But first, there are major developments in the case today. First of all, we got the images of the handover. These are the first ones weve seen. The moment bergdahls taliban captors turned him over to special forces. That video released today by the taliban. U. S. Officials say theyre reviewing the video. Were going to go through it frame by frame, coming up. Youre going to hear what they said and be able to watch this go down. Its pretty stunning video. Also today, new details from the Army Official investigation into bergdahls disappearance. Bergdahls commanders referred to him as a g
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 wipes flying overhead, a twinengine plane approaching the meeting point. And then suddenly like a scene out of the movies the special forces blackhawk helicopter. Two taliban immediately escort bergdahl towards the chopper, waving a white flag. Three u. S. Special operations commandos approach, shaking hands with the taliban militants. They pat down bergdahls back and immediately begin escorting him to the helicopter. In bergdahls left hand, the plastic bag. The contents. Wave back to the militants as they run towards the chopper. They pat bergdahl down again, this time in a deliberate and thorough fashion, presumably a swipe for explosives right before loading him in. This facetoface exchange lasting less than ten seconds before they were off. A mess
Celebration. We asked how do we decide who gets rescued. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy. A military touchstone and now a cloud of questions. We dont leave americans behind. Thats unequivocal. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Breaking news to tell you about at the top of the show. Were just learning this morning a second u. S. Military jet has crashed. This time an atef super hornet plummeted into the waters of the california coast. Keep in mind this is the second crash of a military jet in less than 24 hours. A hairier jet went down in a california neighborhood just yet. Flames and black smoke rose from the wreckage on the streets in the town of imperial, california. People had to run for safety. Three homes were absolutely destroyed, but amazingly, no one on the ground was hurt and the pilot managed to eject. Cnns Barbara Starr and kyung lah are following the story. I want t
There was this the next morning. He served the United States with honor and distinction. The white house pr operation really failed on this one. The suspicious circumstances of bergdahls disappearance and claims he had been a deserter, have been known for years and yet there was no acknowledgement of that from susan rice. After the prisoner swap, this story got personal and political fast. But it is robert bergdahl, the father, who is also causing controversy. He has learned to speak the language of the taliban and looks like a muslim. Hes also somewhat sympathetic to islam thinking allah right in front of the president. Thank you, bill oreilly for demonstrating how to conduct a Smear Campaign against a military family. It went on and on like that. Many congressional tweets i mentioned, many from republicans, they were deleted. Heres how some of oreillys opponents on msnbc did try to muster a defense. Prisoner exchanges are common place in armed conflict. Ronald reagan gave 1,500 missi
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