hometown to find out what the folks there thing think about the big controversy. personally i think he switched over to the other side. dad and the son caution, you you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching under the circumstances tonight. of the taliban swap closing in on president obama. this may turn out to be the worst controversy the president will experience. right now he is catching it from all sides. far left acolytes are getting desperate in his defense. a a new u.s.a. today poll tells the story. 43% say it was wrong for the president to trade five taliban war criminals for sergeant bo bergdahl. just 34% belief it was the right thing to do. and tonight, there is new information. mr. obama says he made the exchange because he believed the sergeant s life was in danger. we had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorate ed and we were deeply concerned about and he we saw an opportunity a
judge who gave a child rapist 30 days in jail is punished by the state. megyn kelly with an update. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the blow back on president obama over the taliban deal that is the subject of this evening talking points memo. as the president gets set to mark the 70th anniversary of the d-day invasion in france tomorrow. he is under withering fire here at home. the trading of bowe bergdahl for five taliban war criminals has raised questions about his judgment and leadership. however, the president remains defiant. we have a basic principle, we do not leave wearing the american uniform behind. we had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorated and we were deeply concerned about and we saw an opportunity and we seized it and i make no apologies for that. delivered some bad news to mr. obama. when asked if you approve or disapprove of the taliba
also ahead, the montana judge who gave a child rapist 30 days in jail is punished by the state. megyn kelly with an update. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the blow back on president obama over the taliban deal that is the subject of this evening talking points memo. as the president gets set to mark the 70th anniversary of the d-day invasion in france tomorrow. he is under withering fire here at home. the trading of bowe bergdahl for five taliban war criminals has raised questions about his judgment and leadership. however, the president remains defiant. we have a basic principle, we do not leave wearing the american uniform behind. we had a prisoner of war whose health had deteriorated and we were deeply concerned about and we saw an opportunity and we seized it and i make no apologies for that. delivered some bad news to mr. obama. when asked if you approve o
questions about his 2009 disappearance. whether bergdahl was, quote, a deserter who simply slipped away for a short adventure and was then captured is one of the many mysteries the military is investigating. bre we don t have the details yet. but many republicans have now stopped even pretending they care about the facts. senator john mccain is a leading critic of the release. he said the administration s briefing this week failed to sway him. i learned nothing in this briefing nor did i expect to learn anything in the briefing. i can t comment on what went on there except that i didn t learn anything i didn t already know. he learned nothing from the briefing? maybe that s because he didn t listen to it. quote, senator john mccain stayed long enough to ask one question but left after shouting over an unsatisfactory answer. what a surprise he didn t learn anything. he was too busy shouting. and there s senator saxby chambli chambliss, racing out of the briefing before it
bowe bergdahl has been land basted by conservatives and a number of fellow soldiers that fought with him. say he was a deserter, walked away from his military post. with his harshest critics saying he did not deserve to be saved. he has yet to tell his side of the story and the full story remains unclear. classified military report from 2009 found that bergdahl seen here shortly before his return to american custody had twice walked away from signed areas before only to later return to his post. meanwhile taliban commanders tell nbc news they captured bergdahl when they discovered him walking alone outside his base. while he indicated he was frustrated with his countrymen, he said he did not intend to join their cause. back in washington, lawmakers including some democrats continue to criticize the deal to bring bergdahl home. president obama was spurred to act quickly by a proof of life video of bergdahl in december that suggested the soldier may have been near death. some