questions are already being raised how these groups operating right under the nose of the pakistani government and security officials in pakistan s largest city. this isn t the tribal areas. this isn t some remote area. this is an urban area. in fact, questions are going to be raised about intelligence officials and the strength of that intelligence and what s being done to try and control these militant groups that are operating in major cities now. john? these are important questions with international implications. saima mohsin, thanks for being with us this morning. all right, new details this morning about bowe bergdahl s five years in captivity and his recovery since being freed. according to the new york times, the former p.o.w. says he was tortured in captivity, kept locked in a metal cage for weeks at a time as punishment for trying to escape. more on that in a moment. this morning, bergdahl reportedly walking the halls of the hospital in germany, talking to medical staf
that metal cage for week, maybe months at a time in the dark, he seems healthier than expected after being held for five years as a taliban hostage. he s walking and talking and is wearing his military uniform but apparently doesn t want to be called sergeant. carl parker is joining me from landstuhl. can you tell me more about these kinds of details? reporter: it was interesting to listen to that debate that you had with your guests there because even getting the medical details on the ground has become very tricky because of the political firestorm around this case. the medics here at landstahl have not issued any update about his health status since the weekend and they are citing patient privacy and then this morning when they saw the
again those key details we re learning this morning from the new york times that he s told his caretakers that he was kept for weeks at a time in total darkness in a metal cage for his efforts at trying to escape his captivity which really runs against a lot of this criticism that we re hearing, that in some way he cooperated and k collaborated with the taliban. karl penhaul, thank you so much. we appreciate it. the u.s. trade of five high-level taliban detainees for sergeant bergdahl, as you know, has caused a firestorm on capitol hill. senator john mccain will be on state of the union with candy crowley. listen to what mccain told cnn s anderson cooper back in february about a potential trade for bergdahl s release. so if there was the possibility of some sort of
hey there, everybody. it s noon in the east, 11:00 a.m. in memphis, 9:00 out west. we re glad you re right here. i am t.j. holmes in today for alex. we have two new reports to tell you about what life was like for sergeant bowe bergdahl during five years in captivity by the taliban. bergdahl is currently at a military hospital in germany. the associated press now said he told officials there was torture involved. he was tortured and beaten by his captors. the new york times said bergdahl told medical officials his captors locked him in a metal cage for trying to escape. the times reports the 28-year-old is physically able to travel, but he is not emotionally prepared to return to his family in idaho. meanwhile, strong new reaction today from key lawmakers and government officials to the controversy surrounding the release of five taliban
cnn s carl penhaul joins us live from land constitutional. can you give us details what we re looking about his imprisonment? the information coming out is limited. they say they re bound by the rules and regulations and department of defense is setting them. they say they are bound by patient confidentiality. even the medics at land constitutional are surprised, now that they ve seen details come out from a senior defense department official quoted by the new york times talking about bergdahl s physical and psychological conditions. certainly, yes, as part of that story that he appears to be telling, the new york times says that bergdahl has told his psychologist he was kept for weeks at a time in total darkness in a metal cage, and that in punishment for trying to escape captivity. what we re also learning from that report in the new york times is that right now, simply on the physical level, he really