there. a lot of stress for him just because this is a different type of event that he hasn t experienced before. the cameras there, and at the back of anyone s mind in that situation is knowing what these people will do when they get a camera out, and that is execute someone. that also had to be in the back of his mind there, carol. mike, you were embedded with soldiers in afghanistan, and there s so much controversy swirling around bowe bergdahl. do you think seeing these pictures will change minds? no, i don t. look. in the field, and we talk about this in the hornet s nest, family has fight, family has fluids and problems. but when you re in a combat post, all you have is the guy to the left of you and to the right of you. if a guy walks off the base, he s still part of your family.
videotape. mike betcher, if you could look at that and gave us your opinion. he looked disoriented to me. it s almost as if he s not used to daylight or there could have been dust. if you look at the location chosen, there was a lot of dust blowing, that particular area in far southeastern province, i know it well. there are some trees and forested areas and arid, kind of desert-looking hills. they specifically, it looks like, chose an area that was open like that so they could keep an eye on the taliban placements around. it s a fascinating, fascinating video. i ve never seen anything like it. i know. nic robertson, the taliban holding up the white flag and on the video they say american forces were flustered which they didn t look flustered to me. it s just strange to see.
nerves. mike betcher, nic robertson, thank you so much. the controversy surrounding bergdahl s release is raising questions of trust, too, about president obama. we ll talk about that after the break. a selling machine! ready for you alert, only at lq.com. how much money do you think you ll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i m going to have to rethink this thing. it s hard to imagine how much we ll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement.
to history and that s what always drew me to journalism and that s what draws me to the front lines of journalism. it is that front-row seat to history which god has blessed me with and you know something? i ll keep going back. as far as i walk and not slow the soldiers and marines down which i don t do. i don t know why. i think i hide pain very well. but as long as they re out there, i ll be going out there covering them. you re a great story teller, beautiful writer and a beautiful, passionate undertaking, as well. your message to vets this weekend? thank you for everything you ve done for all of us, for us 99 percenters. thank you. i know what that thank you means because i ve seen the blood, the sweat and the tears that have been spilled for us. i can t thank you enough. mike, thank you for the message. great to see you again, my
from the mountains and valleys of afghanistan, they captured real video of real american heroes. and then turned it into the hornet s nest that opened friday. mike joins me now. good to see you, mike. good to talk to you again, fredericka. we worked together at nbc and then here at cnn and now who knew? now you re a movie producer. so you know well yeah. you know afghanistan and iraq by way of being a war correspondent like no one else. taking incredible risks. over the years we watched your stories every evening on nbc, on cnn and abc. what did you want to capture in this movie that two or three-minute story on television just simply couldn t tell? well, i felt that to really truly tell the stories of brotherhood and sisterhood there among our troops on the ground you had to spend years at a