Were getting stunning new evidence that bergdahl would be executed by the taliban. And while many were shocked, critics say the price was too high. President obama says the prisoner swap controversy was whipped up in washington and hes making no apologies for trading five taliban detainees for bergdahl. Our correspondents are standing by. Lets go to barbara starr. Barbara . Wolf, the pentagons position is remaining the same. They leave no one behind on the battlefield but there are plenty of questions for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Bowe bergdahl may have tried to escape his captors on at least two occasions, a u. S. Official tells cnn. But until the army can talk to bergdahl directly, they wont know for sure. However, a u. S. Official says we have reason to believe there were times he tried to escape bergdahl may not have fully talked about his time in captivity but he is recovering after nearly a week of medical care. The pentagon says he is now speaking in english to the medical staff,
Abdelsalam, escaped to syria. And now were also learning of a planned second wave of attacks against transportation networks, schools and jewish targets in france. Were covering that, much more this hour with our guests including the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, congressman Matt Thornberry. Expert analysts also standing by for latebreaking developments. Lets go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. She begins our coverage. What are you learning, barbara, about this threat, this new threat of an imminent attack in kabul maybe in the next 48 hours . Wolf, the u. S. Embassy issuing this warning earlier today. There are some 10,000 u. S. Troops plus a good deal more hundreds of American Government personnel spread out across afghanistan. This warning from the u. S. Embassy about the potential for an imminent attack in the capital of kabul warning americans to use extreme caution. A u. S. Official telling me they believe this threat is emanating from the Al Qaeda H