Tomorrows vote means to the desperate families who fled their homes. I didnt see anything but bullets going by. Until i hit the ground. And dday remembered. He was a pair trooper with the 80 secondary born when he jumped behind enemy lines in nomady. And we begin tonight with the latest on the release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. He was handed over by the taliban on saturday after being held for nearly five years. His freedom is being celebrated but the controversy is intensifying over the terms of his release and the circumstances surrounding his capture. We begin our coverage with randall tink sto pinkston in wa. Reporter for now this u. S. Military hospital in germany is the temporary home for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Officials say the former prisoner of warm is being treated for conditions that require hospitalization, including nutritional issues. But they released no other details siting privacy rules. On saturday, taliban fighters in eastern afghanistan turned berg call over t
Minimum wage set to rise to 15. Five taliban fighters held at the Guantanamo Bay in cuba for years have been exchanged for one american prisoner Bowe Bergdahl. Republicans accuse the Obama Administration of violating laws regarding transfers and settling a dangerous precedent. The white house fought back today. Prisoner exchanges are not uncommon in armed con flicts. Without getting into specific assurances they included a travel ban, information sharing on detainees between United States and qatar, and allowed the defense secretary chuck hagel and the Security Team to determine that the threat by the detainees to the states would be mitigated, and the transfer was in the u. S. National security interest. Among those denouncing the swap is hamid karzai said to be angry about the deal. Randall pinkston joins us from washington. What other rehabilitations have reactions have we heard . A lot of criticisms from the chairman of the house, mike rogers, and a member of the senate armed commi
Wage to 15. Five taliban fighters held at the Guantanamo Bay prison for 12 years have been exchanged for one army prisoner, Bowe Bergdahl the idaho. Republicans accused the Obama Administration of violating detainee transfer laws. Today the white house fought back. Prisoner exchanges are not unman in armed conflict. Without getting into specific assurance, i can tell you that they included a travel ban, in fact sharing on the detainees between the United States and qatar. I can tell you the assurances were sufficient to allowing the secretary of defense, chuck hagel, in coordination with the National Security team to determine that the threat posed by the detainees to the United States would be mitt dated, and that the mitigated and that the transfer was in the u. S. National interest. Among those denouncing the swap is hamid karzai, said to be angry about being kept in the dark. Randall pinkston has more. U. S. Officials do not know how much longer Bowe Bergdahl will be treated in a h
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,
Celebration. We asked how do we decide who gets rescued. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy. A military touchstone and now a cloud of questions. We dont leave americans behind. Thats unequivocal. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Breaking news to tell you about at the top of the show. Were just learning this morning a second u. S. Military jet has crashed. This time an atef super hornet plummeted into the waters of the california coast. Keep in mind this is the second crash of a military jet in less than 24 hours. A hairier jet went down in a california neighborhood just yet. Flames and black smoke rose from the wreckage on the streets in the town of imperial, california. People had to run for safety. Three homes were absolutely destroyed, but amazingly, no one on the ground was hurt and the pilot managed to eject. Cnns Barbara Starr and kyung lah are following the story. I want t