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and a civil war, international condemnation and threats of violence. yet the presidential election is moving forward. thanks for joining us. you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with the latest on u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl. he is recovering in germany. he will receive treatment at home. controversy is bruise about him. >> members of congress say they weren't informed about the prisoner swap that transformed five detainees from guantanamo bay and qatar. >> there was a near term

recovery to save sergeant bergdahl's life. the administration determined given the exigent circumstances, there was no guarantee the window of opportunity to recover him would remain open. it was the right thing to do. >> also speaking out, soldiers who spoke out with bergdahl say desserter. >> they say their anger is compounded because lives were lost trying to rescued the captured sarergeantsergeant. jay tapper has more. >> reporter: welcome news for bowe bergdahl's parents. >> five years is a seemingly

endless long time. but you've made it. >> but new details coming to light about how bergdahl's capture was. >> these are prisoners smiling. though trading for hostages and prisoners of war is not unprecedented in american history, this latest swap has opponents. >> you've sent a message to every al qaeda group in the world that says there is some value now in that hostage in a way that they didn't have before. >> reporter: the obama administration defends the deal. >> the united states of america does not leave our men and women in uniform behind, ever. >> reporter: bergdahl is currently in germany where his physical and mental health is in germany. his task is relearning english.

>> i hope your english is coming back. i love you. i'm proud of you. i'm so proud of your character. >> reporter: his parents' joy not with standing, more than a dozen soldiers who served with bergdahl call him a desserter. he saw an american soldier that morning walking by himself. on nbc's "meet the press" sunday chuck hagel deferred questions about how bergdahl came to be in enemy hands. >> i'm not surprised that there are still questions and until we get the facts exactly what the condition of sergeant bergdahl is, we can't go much further in speculating. >> soldiers on the ground at the time tell cnn that insurgents were able to take advantage of the massive military undertaking to rescue bergdahl with i.e.d.s and six americans were killed. staff sergeant clayton bowen,

morris walker, staff sergeant curt curtis, darren andrews, private first class matthew martinic, staff sergeant michael murphy. for their parents this moment will never come. >> bob, jenny, today families across america share in the joy that i know you feel. >> reporter: many soldiers are furious. the facebook page bowe bergdahl is not a hero was started by a former squad leader. it has 6,000 members. a petition for him going awol which is started hours after. they want a court martial for desertion. they tell cnn that the sergeant will not likely try sergeant, he may be promoted. >> you heard in jay's report, some of the anger directed at

bergdahl. one of his squad members tells cnn what they think should happen. >> he's at best a desserter and at worst a traitor. as soon as he is able and as soon as he is hit, i believe he needs to be questioned and tried. any of us would have died for him while he was with us. for him to just leave us like that, it was a very big betra l betrayal. >> and later we will hear from others who served with bergdahl and we'll see a very different reaction from his hometown. nato defense ministers are meeting today in brussels to discuss the crisis in eastern ukraine. >> they're worried about russia's influence and ongoing violence as separatists hope to wrestle control from ukrainian's government.

>> they say 500 separatist the attacked people on friday. five people were killed. >> several other people died at a government explosion in a building. >> there aren't too many government forces left in that part of ukraine's border with russia. diana traveled to the region. she explains why it's strategically important and prone to violence. >> reporter: very heavy fighting all day on monday in the an area in luhansk region. patrols for 700 kilometers between russia and ukraine. a border that is already fairly porous. there are fighters an heavy weaponry. we know that five militants were killed in this fighting, which involved very intense exchanges

of gunfire and what appeared to be rocket propelled grenades. the rebels moved in to local apartment buildings and continued to fire from within those buildings. now also in the city of luhansk there was an incident at the municipal headquarters building which was taken over by the rebels, an explosion there on the headquarters. it appears from social media videos to have come from the ground, from the square itself though the rebels claim that this was actually caused by a ukrainian military jet flying overhead. the video would appear to contradict that story. two major incidents in luhansk on monday. whereas, in donyestk where i am, it has remained quiet. more and more check points have been felt by pro russian

separatists. they're trying to prevent the ukrainian military from coming any closer from the city itself. diana magnay, cnn. now despite all this unrest, ukraine managed to avoid a shutdown. they paid a partial payment for a natural gas shipment. in return, russia delayed today's threatened gas shutoff until next monday while the two sides try to negotiate a payment plan. moscow says ukraine owes more than $5 billion. let's check some of the other stories we are following this hour. authorities have arrested a san francisco man accused of having explosive materials at his home. he was taken into custody near the golden gate bridge. police launched a man hunt for the man over the weekend. the fbi has not yet disclosed

what the man's motive was but say there was never any threat to public safety. >> president burgess? >> a. >> seattle, washington, now has the highest minimum wage in the united states. the city council unanimously approved a rate of $15. the increase will be faced in starting with large businesses in 2017. the federal min month wage is $7.25. the israeli government says they are extremely disappointed that the u.s. is working with a palestinian government. the government was sworn in. the u.s. says it will continue its financial aid to the palestinian authority because the cabinet is free from influence from hamas. an american pro football legend is suing the league. hall of fame quarterback dan ma

rhiya marino is among the others who are suing the nfl. back in january a judge rejected a $760 million settlement involving thousands of players. the judge said, not enough money. well, the government says it's a chance for citizens to choose their next president. others say it's a political farce. also, abdicating the thrown. why activists are demanding the end of the monarchy. the u.s. president takes his strongest action against climate change. no surprise, critics are outraged. whatever happened to good? good is choosing not to overshoot the moon, but to land right on it. good is maxwell house. ♪ good to the last drop

welcome back. madrid, protesters are demanding an end to the spanish monarchy.

>> thousands of demonstrators headed straight to the capital. they wanted the government abdicated. they're calling for a referendum on whether to abandon the monarchy in favor of a republic. prince philippe will discuss the success. we're in the spanish capital. al, riot police are on stand by. what's the scene right now on the streets there after those overnight protests? what portion or proportion of the country do you think wants to see an end to the monarchy? >> reporter: hi, rosemary. relative calm. the prime minister's cabinet will be holding an extraordinary

meeting on how to focus on effecting this transition from father to son. it will be later ratified and possibly in a few weeks he would be sworn in here. also this day we're expecting to see the king and the crown prince together in full military uniform presiding at a military event. we will see the outgoing and incoming at that event. now the streets after these tens of thousands of protesters in barcelona in dozens of spain's provincial capitals protested, but polls consistently show despite their call for a referendum, polls consistently show that they are a very vocal, some would say eloquent minority and the betting line is there will be a succession in power from the king to the crown prince. rosemary? >> al, let's look closer at

that. this is new for spain, isn't it? there's no law in the constitution regulating abdication and royal succession. talk to us about what the spanish cabinet needs to do to make this happen. >> reporter: from what we're hearing, it's a short bill sent to parliament instead of the long, voluminous bills that go on. this has a singular focus to put the legal mechanism in effect to be a change of power from the king to the next in line of succession. why hasn't this been in place in writing before? because it hasn't happened. because king juan carlos was sworn in as king after the death of francisco in power for four decades. there hasn't been any of that change since then. that's why they have to go through all of these mechanisms.

the prediction is this would happen in the parliament in two weeks' time. rosemary? >> madrid bureau chief, al goodman. rosemary, there is strong support as well as stinging criticism over the u.s. president's latest action over climate change. barack obama directed the environmental protection agency to cut carbon emissions by 30%. this has to happen by 2030. he made this move mandatory by executive order. this could top $90 billion. the cost to coal dependent economies will be far worse. >> if one is concerned about this issue, it has to be dealt with on a global basis. doing it one country only simply means we're going to handicap ourselves. this is the single worst blow to

kentucky's economy in modern times. nothing else even comes close to what this regulation will do to our state and its ability to compete. >> this is about protecting our house and it's about protecting our homes. it's about protecting local economies and jobs. >> mitch mcconnell says he will introduce legislation in congress this week to fight the plan. and just ahead, the day goes very dark very quickly in tehran. >> how this wall of sand and dust turn deadly in the iranian capitol. the search for the missing girl goes underground seven years after she vanished. from a simple misstep, to tripping over a rug, to just losing their balance. and not being able to get up from a fall can have serious, lifetime consequences.

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it has been 50 days since boko haram captured the school girls. they have banned demonstrations calling for their safe return. >> in a statement this monday the police commissioner said the marches cause security threats. the nigerian government has faced heavy criticism for its response to the crisis. new york police say they're looking for a suspect who may be responsible for two fatal stabbings in east new york. an 18-year-old woman was stabbed to death and then on sunday a 6-year-old boy was killed and a 7-year-old girl was wounded when they were stabbed in an elevator. it happened just blocks away from the friday incident. police say both attacks were unprovok unprovoked. sources tell cnn the british police will stand digging in waste land in portugal this week

as part of the continued search for madeleine mccann. the british girl was three years old when she went missing back in 2007. matthew chance reports. >> reporter: after seven years s searching for madeleine mccann, this is the area being scoured for any trace. they're using sniffer dogs and ground penetrating radar that can detect disturbed earth. british media reports at least two other locations in the area may also be searched amid new efforts to discover the toddler's whereabouts. madeleine mccann was on vacation in 2007. it's been one of europe's most enduring and disturbing issues. age just 3, she went missing from this apartment in the ocean club complex just five minutes' walk from the area now being looked at. her parents, jerry and kate

mccann, say they were at dinner when their daughter went missing and have for years led ab international appeal that has kept the campaign in the spotlight. last july british police reopened their investigation into her disappearance. >> don't really want them to have the burden of this, of having to keep looking and looking and looking and not being able to stop, you know? so we need to find her now. >> reporter: over the years there have been multiple leads, including new clues uncovered in a review of the investigation two years ago. british police say portuguese burglars may have been linked with a string of robberies at the time. one theory, madeleine disturbed robbers. in march, police said they were seeking an intruder who sexually abused five girls in portugal around the time of madeleine's disappearance. it's now hoped this patch of scrub land surrounded by holiday homes may yield something about the missing girl's fate.

matthew chance, cnn, london. time to check in with meteorologist alexandra steel. >> a dust storm blew in over tehran. how unusual is this and how did it happen? >> it is unusual in some regards although they do happen all around the world in very arid areas, from the sierra to the southwest portions of the united states. we've seen them in air zone ma many times. people weren't sure that this was coming and they certainly didn't know, although here in the u.s. the national weather service does have a sand storm advisory and a sand storm warning. here are some of the pictures though. it really is incredible. i'll show you on the satellite. that's what it is. a wall of dust that comes through in a myriad of factors that make this happen. scary. the visibility with this is so

low, really the scariest aspect of it is being out in a car because you hear so many times when these things happen there are 50 car pileups. let's get to it. here's the satellite picture, it happened 5:10 to 5:30. there's tehran. what's moving through, this purple, red, orange, the white, that's the clouds, the thunderstorm, and of course all the sand and dust and debris. so technically it's called a haboob. here's the deal. it has to be an aired area. as air is forced down and then this air is forced forward because of this thunderstorm that has a cold front with it. you really have to have very strong winds to boot. that kind of kicks up all the dust and debris and moves it. it's a wall of just brown dust that there's no visibility through. actually, these haboobs can get as high as 10,000 feet in the air. they're 10 to 30 minutes long,

sometimes longer than that. here's some of the images from it. one interesting fact, these are what happens. it's quick. it moves in quite quickly. it was incredibly hot, it went from 33 to 18. also, watch the winds. at 33, 89, down to 37. it comes in rigorously fast and furiously, temperatures drop precipitously, the rain comes and then it clears out. look at this. look at this massive tree trunk to the power of this. the power is unbelievable. i'll show you a couple more images. it's amazing. it looks like something out of a movie. >> visibility drops and high winds. when you get caught in one of these it's chaos i imagine. >> imagine not being able to see a meter in front of you in a car? >> yes. >> that's, of course, when we've seen so many of the deaths from this, whether from the u.s. or anywhere around the world.

you can't see anything. you're going so fast. it's a wall and you certainly don't even know it's coming. it does happen. we see them all the time. coming up, we'll check the hurricane season. >> yes, we will. we have a little more news on that. well, a new study shows that hurricanes with female names tend to kill more people than those with male names. >> is that right? a feminine named hurricane kills 27 more people than a masculine named cyclone of the same intensity. the authors speculate that storms with feminine names strike less fear in the public so they take fewer precautions. mind you, i would be terrified of a hurricane rosemary. >> how do you think i would feel about john? >> they say there are many factors involved in hurricane death tolls. the findings may be a statistical fluke. >> i'm going with that. >> hurricane rosemary striking fear everywhere. the release of a u.s.

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coast of the united states. you're watching "cnn newsroom." i'm john vause. >> i'm rosemary church. we want to welcome back our viewers in the united states and around the world. a check on headlines at this hour. ukraine's border guards said

they killed 5 people in luhansk. they were among five separatists who attacked the border guard. in luhansk seven people were killed in an explosion in a government building. activists in spain are calling on a referendum on whether to abandon the spanish monarchy. king juan carlos announced his public abdication. in the middle of a bloody civil war, syria is holding a presidential election. president bashar al assad is widely expected to win the balloting which has been widely derided as a sham. he's running against two other candidates, a former cabinet minister and a former parliament member. u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is recovering in germany, some of his fellow soldiers back home are blasting any notion that he is a hearing.

they say bergdahl abandoned his post and his selfish act cost the lives of other soldiers who searched for him. >> the pentagon says it has not made a final report on the circumstances of his capture but some who served with him claim to know the truth. >> only he knows why he did it and maybe one day we'll find out, maybe we won't, but the facts are is me and a lot of other people think that it was pre-planned and it wasn't just a spur of the moment thing. he was planning it out and then made it happen. being alone and walking far away and then getting captured, that's pretty much on him. >> desserter doesn't get thrown around often, but in the absence of orders, one leaving with the intention of not coming back, that is desertion. what he did had second and third order effects that rippled through the area and those effects harmed people and honestly i do -- i think the

situation was made more dangerous. >> well, despite the accusations against bergdahl, in his hometown there is only jubilation that the soldier will be heading back to the united states. ed lavendara traveled to the small town of haley, idaho, and has this report. >> reporter: they used to bring their son to this park in haley, idaho, when he was a child. there are four trees lining the play scape symbolizing each year he spent as a prisoner of war. a fifth tree won't be needed. >> reporter: he has no idea this was done? >> he has no idea this was done. they're here for him. as his mom said, to one day bring his children to, to see his trees. >> reporter: five years ago the banner that reads standing with bow was put up at the coffee shop where bowe once worked. the hare much seasons have honored him around his town.

residents who knew bob bergdahl watched his beard grow longer, a sign of solidarity for his son, but at night bob bergdahl immersed himself in the mission to save his son. bowe bergdahl was known around town as a talented marksman, a ballet dancer, and a young man curious about the world. his father learned the language of his son's captors in hopes of speaking to them directly keeping his clocks on the time of day in afghanistan, but through it all the bergdahls knew it would be up to his son alone to endure. >> i'm so proud of your character. i'm so proud of your patience and your perseverance. i am so proud of your cultural abilities to adapt, your language skills, your desire and your action to serve this country in a very difficult,

long war. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl's hometown has heard the anger over the terms of his release, the exchange for five taliban prisoners, the accusations from fellow troop members but here in haley, idaho, none of that matters. >> i think everybody has to take a little more time to listen and understand the situation before they make snap judgments. >> reporter: bowe bergdahl's family is awaiting one more call. a call that he will be put on a plane to the united states and the moment this mother and father have dreamed about for almost five years. >> five years is a seemingly endless long time but you've made it. i imagine you're more patient and compassionate as ever. i will see you soon, my beloved son. i love you, bowe. >> reporter: ed lavendara, cnn.

the u.s. is denying that this will set the stage for future exchanges. currently there are three other americans being held on foreign soil. >> they include kenneth bae, the korean american being jailed on charges of trying to overthrow the government. it's been reported that he was carrying out christian missionary work there. the u.s. aide contractor was jailed in 2011, alan gross. >> the longest held american hostage is former fbi agent bob levinson. he went missing in iran in 2007. iranian authorities denied being involved in his disappearance. >> the u.s. says there are no plans to arrange exchange deals for other hostages. the state department says each case is different. >> sergeant bergdahl is a member of the military who was detained during an armed conflict that obviously is a unique circumstance in any case, whether it's alan gross or

kenneth bae who are detained american citizens, we take every step possible to make the case and to take steps to ensure their return home to the united states. >> this seems to be especially in the alan gross case, the cubans have made it perfectly clear, not just privately, they were screaming it from the rooftops, that if there can be a residential resolution of the three remaining cuban five, alan gross will be freed. >> again, every circumstance is different, ned. i'm not going to speak to every circumstance from the podium, but this is a case where he was a member -- is a member of the military, he was detained during an armed combat. these were a unique set of circumstances. >> so working for another agency of the government makes a difference? you're not prepared to trade people for someone who was not serving in uniform? >> again, we take every circumstance and every case of

an american citizen being detained overseas incredibly seriously and we do everything we can to assure their return. >> and the obama administration insists it has not changed. they will not negotiate with terror groups. let's take a short break. syrian voters are casting ballots in a syrian election. >> they say it's a complete scam. we'll take a look at the controversial ballot. imagine if everything you learned led to the one job you always wanted. at university of phoenix, we believe every education- not just ours- should be built around the career that you want. imagine that.

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welcome back. the polls in syria's elections are incumbent bashar al assad is expected to win. he is running against two relatively unknown candidates. for most of the morning syrian television has shown voters casting their ballots.

western leaders and opposition groups say this election is a farce. >> a few numbers to keep in mind. the three-year conflict has killed an estimated 150,000 people. some opposition groups say the death toll is even higher than that. nearly 3 million people have fled the country due to the continuing violence. another 6.5 million have been internally displaced by the war. there were more than 5 million registered voters in syria in 2012 but large parts of the country are not under government control and there will be no voting in those areas. >> and just across the border inside jordan, the refugee camp is home to hundreds of thousands of syrians who were forced from their homes. >> ben wedeman asked them what it means for their war torn lives. >> reporter: in a life full of trouble, sometimes the simplest

diversions are what matter most. for the children in the refugee camp, flying homemade kites is the pinnacle of their day. they fled with their families from nearby syria to this dusty, desolate camp in northern jordan. where they now wait for the day, some day, when they'll be able to return home. but that day seems to be fading into the distant future as the syrian army has gone on the offensive and president bashar al assad is running in an election that camp residents say is a sham. here they speak in one voice. the elections, says jamall, are a fraud and a farce. hibba holding her two-month old son taha wouldn't give assad her vote but rather something else. i'd spit on him and hit him in

the face with my shoe, she tells me. he's reduced us to beggars. >> who are the people who will vote for him? the people he killed or the hundreds of thousands he has detained and disappeared? one of the slogans in the syrian president's campaign is together we will build it, referring to the destruction of much of the country. ahmed, the baker, doesn't miss the irony in the emptiest of promises. >> why did he destroy it in the first place, he asks? >> there will be no votesing in satony or outside of his control. only the people who left syria legally can cast ballots and almost everyone here fled across

the border. >> reporter: in this camp of 100,000 you'd be hard-pressed to find anybody who would vote for bashar al assad. they've voted against him with their feet. >> we did find one man who said he'd vote for assad with conditions. i'd like to vote for bashar, says zigdan, who lost his leg in the fighting, but only if he brings the dead back to life and he stops the mother's tears. if he does that, i'll vote for him. turnout here will be a resounding zero. ben wedeman, cnn, refugee camp, northern jordan. the man who became famous for poking fun at egyptian politicians is calling it quits. >> basam yusuf says he is ending his current show.

the current environment is not conducive to his show. he's worried for his family's safety. >> he crafted his program on the style of jon stewart's the daily show and stewart had this reaction in his latest episode. >> point is he's done a tremendous show under harrowing conditions. while they're not on work, they will inspire us all at this show. congratulations to them on a job very well done. skbl >> he had him on the show. >> a very big admirer. u.s. president barack obama is set to arrive in europe. >> we will get a preview of what he can expect. that's live from warsaw.

u.s. president has just arrived in poland, the first leg of a four-day european tour. from poland he will go to

belgium and it all ends up in france. cnn's jim accosta joins us. there is a live shot of air force one. so, jim, this does seem to be a rerun of the president's recent asia toure assuring nervous allies of the u.s. it is now not china but it's russia and the crisis in the ukraine. >> that is how the white house intended this trip to go. keep in mind for the first 24 hours of this trip the president is likely to hear questions about this controversial prisoner exchange that took place over the weekend in which the united states decided to swap five taliban prisoners from the exemption center in guantanamo for the release of p.o.w. bowe bergdahl. the president will be asked about that and so this will be the first time we hear from the president not about the release,

he did that on saturday. he's hearing from democrats about why he did not consult with congress blf engaging in this prisoner exchange. that will overshadow the first part of the trip. >> okay. he'll have to deal with domestic issues, i guess, because that has very little bearing on what many of those leaders want to hear about and that is that the u.s. will be there to support allies in the region beyond just a couple hundred troops in pole land, beyond those words especially in light of the major foreign policy speech that the preds delivered at west point which is about consensus building. >> reporter: that's right. i think we'll hear the president offer some words throughout this week to try to cement his legacy here on the world stage. while that legacy in the past couple of years has been about questions of his foreign policy, whether he's been tough enough

when it comes to the ukraine. the president as you mentioned, john, in that speech at west point has been very adamant that this is the right foreign policy for the united states at this time. you can't go willy-nilly into conflicts and instead to avoid these conflicts you have to engage in multi-lateral conflicts. you've heard the president throughout this week say that the united states and its allies and partners got together and basically came up with a sanctions program that held russia in check while they took crimea. they did not mount further incursions into eastern ukraine. now the united states is seeing russia pull back some troops from the ukrainian border. they caution, john, that they have not seen clear evidence that the russians are mounting an entire pullout from that region. they're keeping a weary eye on that process.

keep in mind there's a chance he may meet with the russian president later on this week. lots of high drama. >> i was going to ask you about that. must be a few awkward moments on the d day celebrations on friday. they may come face to face in a dinner with the french prime minister. >> two separate dinners. it will be fascinating to watch. >> jim, we appreciate that. jim acosta joining us live. thanks, jim. the atlantic hurricane season began two days ago, but the eastern pacific season, that began weeks ago and is underway. >> it's all happening. meteorologist alexandra steel is joining us from the international weather center with the details of what we can expect. >> things are quiet on the front here but in the east a high

probability. it is a tropical depression, it is 2e. you can see where it is. here's mexico, the gulf of mexico and the bay of campichi. you'll see this move north. this thing has some issues. you'll see it move very slowly. only moving at 3 miles per hour. what that means, slow moving systems are major rain dumpers. and the thing with hurricanes, what you see, the biggest threat and the biggest death toll comes from the water. you're supposed to run from the wind but you certainly need to hide from the water and get out of it and run away from it because that is the biggest killer. the biggest issue with this because it's so slow moving, it will dump an awful lot of rain, 10, 20 inches of rain, even 30 inches in higher elevations. this is a computer model. getting all the information and then if we're all in agreement, it's certainly good news. you can see for the most part the balance of them moving north

into the bay of campichi. certainly going to keep an eye on that. maybe you are traveling into the um u.s. for the next couple of days. if you are traveling to and from, we are going to see some tornadoes potentially. hail will put a slow down on some air traffic. des moines, omaha, kansas city. then that all pushes eastward as we head towards the next couple of days. through mid week. john and rosemary. we will see big time severe weather. flights will be impacted no matter whether you're going to or coming through. >> does seem to be the story. alexandra, thank you. i love this story. a high school senior in south carolina was brought to tears when his soldier dad popped up and surprised him at his graduation. >> nicholas sharp was giving a speech honoring u.s. service

members friday not knowing his dad is a few steps away. >> i had no idea. it's important to have both your parents here. with him being here, that concludes it. i have both my parents here. it is an amazing feeling. >> his father flew in from kuwait. it is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, but one woman's wedding day has been turned into a target for criticism after she used, well, some unusual decor for the train of her dress. >> she attached a kid to it. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: here comes the bride. >> omg. >> reporter: here comes the bride and the baby attached to the bride's wedding dress. >> horrible. is that a real baby? >> reporter: shall yeah, that's a real baby.

even some of the guests couldn't believe their eyes as she walked down the aisle to become shawnecarter brooks with her 1 month old. >> you can't do that to a babe jie? >> that's disturbing. was it padded or going bump, bump, bump. >> reporter: we don't know the details but we do know it caused internet insultsz to be showered like rice upon the tennessee couple. why not tie it to the bumper with some cans and old shoes, poor kid. >> that is so ridiculous and embarrassing too. >> reporter: okay, not everyone thought it was outrain gous. >> i thought it was cute. >> reporter: when i was a kid i loved when my friends and i would drag each other around on the blanket. i'm sure the baby had fun riding on her mother's kres. >> is this a baby? >> oh, jesus. >> reporter: that's kind of her reasoning.

she wrote on her facebook page, we do what we want, when we want as long as jesus is on our side. the 1 month old was awake and well secured on my train. >> she shouldn't be a mother. >> reporter: so how did the baby behave on her trip down the aisle? only thing we have to go on is a comment frat parents' wetting guests on the bride's facebook page. >> i thought it was unique. all i wanted to know is how she stayed so calm, lol. >> that's a stupid idea. >> reporter: the bride didn't respond cnn's request for comment but she e-mailed buzz feed saying, everyone entitled to their own opinion so all i have to say is god bless you. could the brouhaha launch baby trains as a wetting trend? jokesters photo shopped while others equipped no child left behind. we asked jerome about the special lady in his life. if she said to you, honey, i want to get married and i want to put my baby on the wedding

dress. >> oh, no, that's not going to happen, not on my watch. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i don't get it. >> it's pretty crazy. i like the no child left behind. >> that was pretty clever. >> yeah, very good. it's a bit of a way. >> what was she thinking? >> i don't know. i guess hands free. >> yeah. >> anyhow, thanks for watching "cnn newsroom", i'm rosemary church. >> i'm john vause. "early start" is coming up for viewers in the united states. for everyone everywhere else stay tuned for "cnn news stay tuned for "cnn news center." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com listen up, thunder dragons, it's time to get a hotel. hey, razor. check this out. we can save big with priceline express deal hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. she's cool. we're cool. priceline express deals are totally legit. check this, thousands of people book them everyday

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. happening now, new questions, new controversy over the prison swap that freed a captured american soldier and returned five terrorists to the taliban. this morning, new interviews with sergeant bergdahl's fellow soldiers, questioning how he was captured and the potentially deadly effects of his disappearance, this as lawmakers meet today on whether the president broke the law to carry out this controversial exchange. we have live team coverage, all the angles on this story. good morning. great to see you today. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> good morning. i'm christine romans. it's tuesday, june 3rd, 4:00 a.m.n