excuse me, may of 2014, when about 800 people or so tried to get from morocco in africa into spain, and so it is not mexico. it is morocco, about 5,000 miles away. now, the trump campaign has responded saying that it was intentional, that they did it on purpose. why? in order to show, they say in order to show what would happen to america if there is an open border without a wall, that they did it on purpose and of course, in the very next sentence going after the biased mainstream media for not understanding that, but politifact actually goes through the winding road of this footage, which started out on italian tv and then it went, resurfaced on a republica tv video and ended up in donald trump s ad. now, whether they took it from the original source or whether they got it off the internet, we don t know, but they are saying that they intentionally did this
the equivalent of a misdemeanor trial that would have resulted in a maximum one-year sentence. i never remember a special court being upgraded to a general court. this is very, very unusual. and to my mind, it speaks to the courage of senior leadership. reporter: bergdahl spent five years in taliban captivity after walking off his outpost in eastern afghanistan on june 30th, 2009. a controversial some say illegal prisoner swap in may of 2014 led to the release of five senior taliban commanders held at guantanamo bay. and a rare rose garden press conference with the president and bergdahl s parents. the white house victory lap raised eyebrows in the military. bergdahl recently explained why he left his base in a 25-hour podcast. quote, doing what i did was me saying i am like jason bourne. i had this fantastic idea that i was going to prove to the world i was the real thing.
today army sergeant bowe bergdahl was arraigned on charges of desertion and misbehave before the enemy, offences which would bring a sentence of life in jail. today the army judge convened an article 39-a arraignment hearing, december 22nd, on fort bragg, in the case of u.s. army versus sergeant robert b. bergdahl. bergdahl said, yes, sir, i do, when asked if he understood the charges against him. he indicated he was satisfied with his defense counsel and deferred a plea until a later hearing. bergdahl may choose to be court-martialed before a panel or a military judge. back in may of 2014 as part of a prisoner swap, bergdahl was released by a group associated with the taliban after five years in captivity. in recorded phone calls shared with the serial podcast, bergdahl did not dispute he
ramadi fell in may of 2014. so what makes the iraqi forces think that they can now take it back, what has changed since then? well, the most important thing is greater resolve on previous occasions when they first encountered isis, they basically dropped their weapons a and ran. and now with greater political willingness and more training, there is more steel in the spine if you like. they have gone about this slowly and carefully. the work to try and work with the tribes around ramadi so that this is not another of those situations where they take the city is for a few days and lose it again. that will be the real challenge if they take the city how are they going to make sure isis never comes back. so what is the u.s. roll here, just air strikes or more? no, much more than air strikes. it s training, help on the
today the army judge convened an article 39-a arraignment hearing, december 22nd, on fort bragg, in the case of u.s. army versus sergeant robert b. bergdahl. bergdahl said, yes, sir, i do, when asked if he understood the charges against him. he indicated he was satisfied with his defense counsel and deferred a plea until a later hearing. bergdahl may choose to be court-martialed before a panel or a military judge. back in may of 2014 as part of a prisoner swap, bergdahl was released by a group associated with the taliban after five years in captivity. in recorded phone calls shared with the serial podcast, bergdahl did not dispute he walked away from his out post but claims he did it to draw attention to issues he had with his leadership. he says he later changed his mind and tried to make his way back to the base. if convicted, he could face life in prison.