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be tried by the jury or a military judge. the hearing lasted just 11 minutes. bowe bergdahl could face more than ten years in prison. his next court date is january 12th. nick valencia is on the case for us at fort brag. also joining me is former federal prosecutor anita robins. nick, to you first. a a very short hearing. tell us what happened. reporter: it was over just about as fast as it began. 10:00 p.m. sharp, ten minutes before it started, bowe bergdahl entered the courtroom relatively incon speckously. we didn t see any family or friends inside the courtroom. 50 people inside even split between military personnel and members of the media. had he showed up wearing military dress. you could see a small scar on the back of his head. when walking in he had a slight limp on his right side the
before a panel or a military judge, and the judge also inquired if sergeant burg dal wished to enter any motions or plea at this time. sergeant bergdahl deferred. all of these decisions to a later hearing. k colonel fredrickson also announced that judge colonel jeffrey r. nance has been detailed for all further judicial hearings in this case, and the date for the next scheduled hearing will be january 12, 2016, here on fort brag bragg. our nick valencia was in the courtroom watching the process live a and he is joining us on the telephone from fort bragg. nick, tell me about the inside of the courtroom, and no camera, but a couple of sketch, and there is a entirely different feeling when you are feet away from the accused. certainly, and we were feet away from bowe bergdahl and he made his way into courtroom,
to take care to protect. you mentioned the u.s. role. they re advisers there, primarily at the air base, not forward with the iraqi security forces in ramadi, and there are coalition air strikes that are taking place. there was something like 140 munitions expended in the last 24 hours in and around ramadi to try to support the iraqi security forces in this attack. nbc news national security producer courtney cubey, appreciate that update. bowe bergdahl appears before a military judge. what was said inside the ft. bragg courtroom, that s next right after the break. at&t knows the best kind of holiday. is the kind where everyone gets what they wished for. make this holiday extra happy when you buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. like the samsung galaxy s6. buy one get one free. so spread some cheer. and capture every minute of it. right now at at&t, buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones.
we have tremendous amount of gun violence and it really affects the police in a bad way. they re always thinking, always thinking of busy places, worst case scenarios. eugene o donnell, thank you very much. we ll get the latest details out of philadelphia as they finish their briefings very shortly. right now, we want to head live to ft. bragg, north carolina, where bowe bergdahl, making his first appearance in front of a military judge, sarah dallof is outside the court. what just happened? as we expected, it was a very brief hearing, lasting ten minutes, very cut and dry during the arraignment. sergeant bergdahl deferred his plea to his next hearing, scheduled for january 12th. he also deferred his decision to if he would like to be tried by a judge or by a military jury. he answered all questions that the judge put forth, but other than that, did not speak in court. when he did speak, he stood, he was in his dress uniform and