these servicemen spoke out of justice and righteousness. you could see it in their eyes, the anxiety of the military men and women to say he walked away from his base, he endangered all of us. i can t believe the white house didn t take that into account. how do they clean it up now? what they really need to do now is be forthright and say, many questions we should have disclosed from the start exist about sergeant bergdahl s behavior and we will get to the bottom of it. they re still basically saying this should be a joyous moment, a rose garden ceremony. and anything else, yeah, we ll get to it eventually. they need to change the emphasis, change the tone. a serious issue needs to be looked into. i hope the military will look into it. they usually do. they did it with the case of pat tilman. they need to do so now. the american people want to know what actually happened. there seems to be a pattern here of having to clean up after an event and here we are again.
which did not involve the controversial swap of the five taliban prisoners at guantanamo bay. u.s. personnel, we re told, were tasked to set up talks with pakistani leadership with direct ties to the taliban and an option on the table was cash. but in december 2013, the second option to free bergdahl, according to the military intelligence source, was, quote, put on hold after the team was told the administration wanted to pursue the prisoner swap. within the last hour, the state department did not dispute other options were considered. i think broadly speaking, we ve concerned all options to get him back. this was judged to be, again, recently from we believe what was the best, probably last chance to get him home. what s significant here is this change in strategy based on our reporting in december of 2013. and this is important to the time line because it leaves open ample opportunity for congressional notification, which did not happen in this case. so we know that
0 more importantly the american people have been burned by a website that s been dysfunctional. so he got burned? he still has his health insurance. it s extraordinary. chuck todd also asked the president if he had confidence in kathleen sebelius and the president had an answer, but he did not answer mr. tood s question. i think he said i think she would be the first to admit if we had to do it all over again she would be the first one to ask how things are working. he did not answer whether he has confidence for kathleen sebelius who has taken responsibility for the stinkin website but with this particular catastrophe, with the computers if i thought my signature plan was rolling out, i wouldn t be golfing the sunday before. i would just sit there and go can we run through a test run here before i get on my polo shirt and go outside. the past isn t looking good for anybody, including the president. i heather: at this point for the benefit of those i hope for the bene
pat tilman is making an impact across the country and at his hometown. we go to his high school where his mother was back on the campus, george? the very special night for the high school. you know, they have named the football stadium after pat tilman and now the first home game of every season will be known as the pat tillman legacy classic. tonight the guest of honor was his mother. the high school faithful cheered her on. mary tilman returned to the football field where her son, pat, was a star player 20 years ago, he went on to play in the nfl for the cardinals. he was a national hero when he replaced his football uniform with a u.s. army ranger one. two years after entering the army, he was killed during a friendly fire incident, his family was devastated. we are finally in a place now that we can enjoy the good memories and not have them be so heavy. and so, that is a good thing. it s very positive. leland high school has not forgotten his sacrifice, they gave hi
that the entire story was all part of a military cover-up. all the generals were lying. can t be sure. can t tell you. it s a guess. i don t know. i don t recall. precisely how i learned that he was killed. find out that the military were the very people that lied to us. it s outrageous! filmmaker explores this controversy in the new documentary the tillman story and joins us here right now. first of all, what inspired you to do a movie about pat tillman, an american football hero turned soldier? i think any filmmaker would have jumped at this opportunity. it doesn t come off as a documentary. you couldn t write this stuff. it s got more twists and turns than an nfl playbook and has an inspiring story, taking on the u.s. government. this this very inspiring family. and, of course, pat tillman is a great american hero who, you know, i think any filmmaker who jump at the opportunity to tell his story.