Nearly ten months ago the u. S. Military and president obama celebrating the homecoming of Bowe Bergdahl his freedom secured in a prisoner swap after five years as a hostage of the taliban in afghanistan. But today military officials formally accuse bergdahl of desertion. Jamie . Reporter the bergdahl said has been controversial from the start when he allegedly walked away from his post in afghanistan. He put his fellow solders at risk, and then the white house ended up making this highly criticized prisoner swap sending five taliban captives to live comfortable lives in qatar. After a lengthy investigation any army is charging sergeant bo bergdahl of violation of military law. The u. S. Army forces command has thoroughly reviewed the armys investigation during the 2009 disappearance in afghanistan, and formally charged Sergeant Bergdahl under the Armed Forces Uniform code of military justice. Reporter there are two counts article 85 of the uniform code of military justice, desertion w
Traveling from spain to germany. In nokesville kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Leon thank you, kevin. We have breaking news this hour coming in. U. S. Military officials have Just Announced that Bowe Bergdahl will be discharged with desertion and mistreatment with the enemy. He was returned to the u. S. As part of a Prisoner Exchange last may. Alison for the first time today, we heard from the wife of a man found murdered in a d. C. Hotel last month. And new details about the person of interest that police want to talk to. Brianne carter is live in northwest with the new information today. Brianne . Brianne alison new tonight, police are confirming the person seen here in this flyer described as a person of interest is in fact, a woman. One captured on this video here in this hotel behind us on 14th street northwest. Now, this also comes as were hearing as you mentioned for the first time from the wife of the man that was found dead inside this hotel room. Today, speaking through tears, kim v
Keep them. Senator rand paul calling for an independent investigation. He joins us live. Ambassador mark lip efforts interview since surviving the knifing in south korea. How he remained so calm during such an attack this march 11th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today. Sadly we start with tragic news. Breaking news. An Army Helicopter crashes with 11 Service Members on board during a night Time Training exercise in the Florida Panhandle. Jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon. What can you tell us . Details are sketchy this morning, but the news is pretty grim. Military officials tell nbc news it is feared that all 11 Service Members that were aboard that helicopter during a Training Exercise were killed when the helicopter went into the gulf of mexico just off the panhandle florida coast. The accident occurred at about 8 30 last night when there were two helicopters in
Theres overnight roadwork from 4th to the Center Anchorage so well show you how its breaking down for your morning commute coming up. Thank you. Some breaking news now out of florida. 7 u. S. Marines and 4 soldiers are missing after an Army Helicopter crashed during a night training exercise. It happened last night at Elgin Air Force base near pensacola. The area was under a fog advisory at the time. A base Spokesman Says the fog is affecting the search this morning. Searchers have found some debris but so far, they have been unable to find anyone on board. Fbi agent and police readed vietnamese cafes last night on a crackdown on illegal gambling. Authorities simultaneously served search warrants at 11 locations on the eastside of the city. They carted off up to 100 video gambling machines. The fbi was tightlipped about the operation. Were serving search warrants and arrest warrants in the area. Gambling at the cafes has made them hotbeds of prosecution, drugs and violence, according t
Violence. Investigators say the machines can generate 1,000 to 5,000 a week and the large part of the money is believed to finance gang activity. Now, the Police Departments vice unit has been targeting these vietnamese cafes for years now and have been under investigation for illegal sexual activity. We found the galaxy club on mckee road offering up lap dances 20 a pop. The city shut it down after our report last year. As for the gambling raid several people were taken into custody. Its unclear how many people are under arrest at this time. Kiet, there have been a number of shootings and homicides at these establishments. Is there any link to the violence and the gambling machines . Reporter so investigators found that these gambling machines were the Common Thread throughout a lot of these instances of violence they believe that a lot of that violence linked to turf wars among gangs because theres money involved in these illegal gambling machines. Live in East San Jose, kiet do, kpi