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right now, white flags, handshakes, robecket propelled grenades. the handoff of bowe bergdahl to american special forces. also, more backlash over the bergdahl deal. the question now, could president obama have anticipated all the criticism, taken some steps to avoid it? right now, a brand-new interview, hillary opening up about her husband's health, her plans for 2016 and, yes, even her hairstyles. we'll have the details. hello, i'm wolf blitzer
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reporting from washington. let's start with a new video showing the release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl after five years in captivity. it's a rare view of the taliban and american special forces. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr takes us through the highlights. >> reporter: chanting "praise for their leader" 18 armed taliban militants seen standing in wait, perched on grassy hills in the valley, guns and rocket launchers at the ready. the narration says this meeting took place at 4:00 in the afternoon in khost province, eastern afghanistan. at the center of the action, a silver pickup truck. bow bergdahl seen inside, sitting in the back seat. bergdahl, dressed all in white. he appeared to be nervous, blinking, shakiy. bergdahl seen talking with one of his alleged captors. at one point, the army sergeant even cracks what looks to be a smile while talking. and then wipes his eyes.
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seen flying overhead, a twin engine plane approaching the meeting point. and then suddenly, like a seen out of the movies, the special forces blackhawk helicopter descends. two taliban militants immediately escort bergdahl towards the chopper, waving a white flag. three u.s. special open races commandos approach, shaking hands with the militants. they pat bergdahl's back and immediately begin escorting him to the helicopter. in bergdahl's left hand, a plastic bag, the contents not yet known. the commanders wave back to the militants as they run to the chopper. they pat bergdahl down again. this time in a deliberate and thorough fashion. presumably a swipe for explosives right before loading him in. this face-to-face exchange lasting less than ten seconds before they were off. a message later emerges. don't come back to afghanistan.
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>> barbara is joining us from the pentagon. our chief national correspondent jim sciutto is here as we. barbara, that message, don't come back to afghanistan, that was followed by the words "you will not make it out alive." was that directed at bergdahl, was it directed at all americans? i know we've had a translator. >> yes, i think it's hard to say at this point. don't come back to afghanistan was on the video that they knew the world would see. the language, you know, you won't get out alive, to bergdahl, from one his captors. look, it's all taliban propaganda. they deliberately filmed this. they edited it. it was very highly produced. they put it out on their internet site, knowing that the world would see it. it's propaganda. >> your thoughts, jim? >> i think it's interesting, there's been a lot of speculation from 30 seconds of video. barbara's right, you can't glean that much, you can't make conclusions, but there have also been allegations about what
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bergdahl did, you know, walking off base deliberately, was he a collaborator? when you see those interaction, don't come back to afghanistan, you may not live the next time, that doesn't sound like the interaction between a captor and his captives in a stockholm syndrome kind of way. even when you looked at him in the car, it looked like his hands might have been bound. so, you know, there had been reports in the past that he attempted to escape. i think it's too early to say the full story on this. some indications show his story is very complicated. >> they posted, barbara, the taliban actually what, about 16, 17 minutes of footage. i assume u.s. intelligence analysts, they're going to carefully go through all of that, frame by frame, to get some information potentially. what are you hearing? >> well, look, they're going to go through it frame by fraud and they're certainly going to talk to the special operations team that was there to get any insights from them, as well as bergdahl.
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you know, it's pretty interesting for the special ops guys to get such a close-up look at how the taliban operate, how they parade themselves on that hillside. they've been fighting each other for many years. this was quite an extraordinary event. all of these moves you see on the videotape, wolf, were choreographed ahead of time. all of the arrangements about how the turnover would happen, you know, how many people would be there, would they be armed, would they not be armed, how it would all go down. all of it arranged ahead of time. it looks like it all went very smoothly. i think one of the most interesting things is the special ops guys did not linger on the ground. they got bergdahl on to that chopper and they were out of there as fast as they could be. >> i'm sure there were other choppers and planes hovering overhead as well. they wanted to get out of there quickly. it's pretty rare, jim, to see something like this. >> extremely rare to see special forces like this in action, particularly the kinds of teams
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that would be involved, team s.e.a.l. 6, delta, we don't know, but it would be at that level. i was embedded with special forces during the iraq invasion. that was by arrangement. another time in eastern afghanistan i came across special forces during an operation. we filmed them. they came up to us and took the tape and destroyed it in front us. they don't like to be filmed. in part, because it shows the world, the public, how they do things. looking at this video, you get some indication. civilian clothes. beards. wearing the arab or middle eastern scarf. and the kind of helicopters they use, et cetera. we know u.s. officials will be looking at this for intelligence. i'll bet you the taliban were watching as well. >> i want to show our viewers, barbara, some video of sergeant bergdahl over the years. he was taken, what, in june 2009. take a look at the various images we've seen. in this most recent video of his release, at least to the naked eye, he looked relatively healthy, he walked on his own volition. he did not need some help in
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walking from the truck over to the helicopter. it looked like he was in relatively good shape. what are you hearing? >> well, i think most people at the pentagon are saying let's wait and see. we simply do not know. there are privacy act issues here that he has every right to, so the details of his medical condition are not being released at this time. he was able to walk to the helicopter. but, look, we don't know what other issues are in play here. we don't know if he has internal issues, systemic issues. we don't know anything really factually about his health, other than the u.s. has been saying it has information he'd been in deteriorating health. not on his death bed. nobody was claiming that. but deteriorating physical condition. and the medical research over the years has definitely shown, they've monitored a lot of p.o.w.s. people held in these captivity
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conditions do suffer health problems. and they suffer long-term health problems that can really plague them for years. in bergdahl's case, we simply don't know the answers yet. >> one case, of what barbara is saying, when jessica beau cab be was released, they found she had a kidney innext. when they got this proof of life video, when military experts looked, they saw signs his health was declining, which was one reason for the increased urgency to make a deal. >> jim sciutto, barbara starr. bowe bergdahl undergoing medical treatment at the u.s. facility in landstuhl, germany. he may be there for an while, we're told. what happens next will likely depend on the state of his health. our senior international correspondent matthew chance is there in landstuhl for us. matthew, has the army released any updates on his condition? any change since he arrived there on sunday? >> they say he's making progress
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in his condition, but they say he's basically in a stable situation right now. he does have some health problems but as barbara starr was mentioning, there are privacy issues concerning what they can reveal about what treatment he's getting. they're saying part of his treatment is to do with nutritional and dietary problems. as a result of his captivity for nearly five years in afghanistan, in pakistan as well, at the hands of the taliban. these are the issues they've announced, they said they're focusing on. they're not being any more specific than that. in addition to that, though, wolf, there are the psychological concerns. the fact he was held for so long. basically on his own, without any other contact, as far as we're aware, with other prisoners. this will have an impact on him psychologically as well. that's something we're deeply concerned about. the process of reintegration. he's currently engaged on before he can be introduced back to society at large is going to be a painstaking one. there's no set time frame for it either. they're saying that pace will be
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determined by the -- that the rate at what he heals and starts that process of reintegration himself, wolf. >> has he been in direct contact with his family in idaho? >> you know, we don't know that. we've been asking it, kind a couple times a day of the officials we've been in contact with. they're not confirming or denying it. part of the reintegration process will involve potentially here at landstuhl some kind of interaction with family members. we don't know whether he's been in contact with him or not. nor do we know whether investigators have yet had the opportunity to get his side of the story. remember, there are some big questions about the circumstances into which then private bergdahl fell into the hands of the taliban. this would be their first opportunity to talk to him about what exactly happened. at this point, we don't know whether those questions, his opportunity to tell his side of the story has actually been made or been given.
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>> we don't know when he's going to be flown to that u.s. military facility in san antonio, texas, either, right? >> no, that's right, we don't. we thought it could be very soon after he arrived. then we heard some reports it could be a few days later. now it could be next week. we haven't been given a firm time line on that. they're saying that's the definite -- the objective at this point, for as soon as possible, as soon as it's medically and psychologically capable of being reintegrated in that way, going back for that, what i think will be a dramatic homecomi homecoming. they're going to do it as soon as they can. no, they haven't given us an exact time frame when that's going to be. >> matthew chance in landstuhl, in germany, thank you. just ahead, the video showing bergdahl's release by the taliban. standing by to offer their take
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analyst bob bair. and the dean from the school of advanced international studies here in washington, d.c. let's talk a little about this video. first, why would the taliban release the video, from their perspective, what's in it for them? >> first of all it has propaganda value. secondly, they also have a constituency they need to explain to what happened, why did they make a deal. i think they're very keen to get ahead of the ball game and set the parameters for a pr explanation for the release of bergdahl before we do so. >> would the u.s. side as well, bob, i didn't see anybody with cameras on the u.s. side, also be shooting video of this for whatever reason? if they did, would they consider releasing it, now that the taliban has released 16 or 17 minutes of their raw footage? >> almost definitely not. special forces, special
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operations, don't like to record combat incidents or an exchange like this. their very secretive. they would prefer the taliban not release this. by the way, these guys are incredibly brave to fly into that area on their own, one helicopter. it's really quite remarkable. >> it is remarkable. when you think about it, it was very well choreographed. there must have been extensive discussions going into this transfer of bowe bergdahl. it seemed both sides knew exactly what they had to do and get it over with. >> the role that the contract play, because it's their trust on the line. if the taliban had done something funny or dangerous, then it would have reflected very badly on qatar. >> the president spoke with the premier of qatar. the qataris put this deal together. what's the significance?
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i know you looked at the video. did you see any significant? for example, the raised hood on that vehicle, anything along those line, what do you make of it? >> i find it interesting, the commentary, you know, the sub script is once we leave afghanistan, why can't we be friends? they almost regretted that the operators didn't stay and talk to them and have three cups of tea or whatever. i find it very curious. it was a good piece of propaganda. as vali said. it's the taliban basically saying, look, the americans are leave, they didn't get what they want, our destruction. it was almost a statement of victory of some sort. >> does this embolden the haqqani network? it was the haqani network that actually controlled bowe bergdahl for, what, five years, inside pakistan. that's the assumption. the haqani network deemed a terrorist organization by then hillary clinton, secretary of state in 2012. does this video get them more
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recruitment opportunities? >> they are as bold as can be. as bob says, they're already saying they're leaving the united states, we're leaving. at some level, they also accepted the authority of the greater taliban leadership in this case. >> you mean mullah muhammad? who's disappeared exactly. >> he's the one who released the statement that he is the one who cut the deal with the emir of qatar. so they're under the taliban leadership. secondly, as bob says, there's an element in this video which argues it is possible to make a deal. it is possible to have a diplomatic solution to things. and i think the taliban very much want to tout that. that it's possible, now that we're leaving, for us to have a live and let live arrangement. >> i've watched the entire 16, 17 minutes. we've translated into english everything that was heard by the taliban troops who were there, whatever they were saying.
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they did, in fact, seem sort of disappointed it was going so quickly. i think they wanted to have a little chat with these special operations forces. they were tis appointed, disappointed it moved as quickly as it did, what do you make of that? >> well, think the operators were very polite in an american sense but they really wanted to sit down. i think the taliban in particular is telling us in this message and the release that, hey, we would like to be part of the new, you know, new afghanistan government, we're rational, reasonable people. for the most part, the haqani network is. they're vicious fighters. but they're not entirely, you know, haven't gone over the abyss. >> near the end of the tape, we hear one of the taliban fighters saying when he first saw the helicopt helicopters, he became very happy, but they left very quickly, we didn't get the time to convey our
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give us perspective in what's going on there. this is not just an isolated incident. >>cy think it actually goes to the fact the president means it when he says he wants to get out of afghanistan, he doesn't want to lose any loose ends behind, nothing that will embarrass us later. secondly, i think this president has not clearly broken with the bush administration policy that we do not negotiate or talk to our enemies. there has been talks for secret, now open with iran. there has been talks with the taliban. this is actually the first deal with the taliban after two years back and forth with them. this is a new sort of precedent with this president, using diplomacy and negotiation, to at least get certain things out of adversaries that the previous administration was not able to do through just confrontation. >> on the whole, you think this was a good deal? >> i think it's a good deal for the united states. we cannot be leaving afghanistan and leaving an american there that the taliban may use in any which way, unpredictably, to put us in a bind. i do think it's good now we're
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leaving. there's an example for the afghan government to follow up with the taliban about a negotiated settlement to end this conflict. >> clearly, bob, qataris and the emir of qatar played an important role. these five taliban prisoners, they're free to walk around. i assume they'll be watched in qatar. they can't leech tave the countr a year. this is video. they got a hero's welcome when they landed in qatar, just as bowe bergdahl was being reunited with the u.s. military forces. bob. >> wolf, this -- the important thing here is that qatar is a good spokesman for militant islam. it's a good friend of the united states. it doesn't surprise me at all that they negotiated this. there's a lot of militant islamic groups there. they're trusted by them, as they are by washington. there's a big american base. i think these guys will stay there and will be relatively
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quiet. qatar has a very sophisticated police force. they won't be able to fly out. i doubt they can get through the ports as well. and their honor is attached to this. as voli said. and they're going to do their best to manage this to washington's favor. >> the u.s. military central command still has quite a facility there in camp oci li ta, just outside of doha, qatar, i've been there, i've seen it. it's robust. even though the qatari government doesn't like to discuss it. thanks very much for joining us. bob, thanks to you as well. coming up, more on this story, also, what documents released by wikileak what those documents say about the capture of sergeant bowe bergdahl by the taliban nearly five years ago. up next, hillary clinton's views on the bergdahl swap when she was secretary of state. officials say she wanted a tougher deal. gloria borger standing by to discuss with me. we asked people a question,
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welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. the prisoner exchange that freed the captured american soldier bowe bergdahl has touched off a major legal debate. the political firestorm as well. by not notifying congress about the release of prisoners from kw guantanamo bay, did the obama administration make things worse? today, saying the obama
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administration should have taken a harder line in try to make a deal. >> it's not the best deal we could have gotten. it's the deal they wanted. i don't think there's any real effort. would you just take one, would you just take two? i don't think they fought very hard to not release five because they're look for ways to get rid of these people. >> our chief political analyst gloria borger has been looking into this, doing some reporting. if the president or his white house chief of staff or secretary of defense had consulted order notified members of the house and senate, might some of the political uproar have been mitigated, if you will? >> i was speaking to one national security source today, who is not inside this administration, but who said, you know, sometimes you don't want to ask a question when you know what the answer's going to be. >> because they would have been opposed. >> because they would have said no. look, these are discussions, wolf, that had gone on for years with congress about the question of rescue, for example, or the
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question of some kind of a trade. this issue had been brought up. it was very clear that there were -- it was controversial. and so, you know, notification is one thing. consultation is another. when you hear the democratic chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee complain that she wasn't notified, the question i have is, you know, it's easier to complain about process than it is to complain about substance. she may also disagree on the substance but it's easier to talk about the fact you weren't notified. we don't know what she does believe on this. you know, i think they would have been able to get some people inside the tent with them, maybe. >> yeah, i think even white house officials acknowledge they should have notified dianne feinstein, mike rogers, respective chairs of the intelligence committee. they even apologized. says the deputy security adviser called to apologize. >> but if they had consulted her
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and she said no -- >> the president had clearly made up his mind what he wanted to do. as a courtesy, he should have -- they should have notified -- they themselves acknowledge that. >> i agree. >> hillary clinton, she's now speaking out, offering sort of tepid support, right? >> i think what you see from people is sort of -- they're walking a fine line. they're all walking a fine line. nobody wants to belie the international conversations that were had. my reporting shows a couple of things, wolf. one is there were internal debates going back a year or two over this question of a rescue. and, you know, ironically the rescue of -- i mean the murder, killing, of osama bin laden complicated all of this. because, you know, if he were, for example, being held in pakistan, do you risk really angering the pakistanis even more with the rescue? did you have the intelligence to know exactly where he was, you know, those kind, of issues.
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and then on the issue of a trade, you know, that was also complicated. what would you get out of it? the same questions that are being asked publicly were also asked privately. >> it's interesting, some republicans, including some idaho senators, lawmakers, who were originally very support impl supportive of the freedom for bergdahl, they're sort of not discussing it anymore. >> look, there's a lot hypocrisy going on. i think one thing people agree on is that the notion of getting him home is important. because it is a way to keep faith with americans who serve. the notion that you leave no soldier behind. the president is winding down this war in afghanistan. getting rid of everybody there who is american. no soldier left behind. everybody agrees with that in theory, okay, and they believe that the president needed to
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make an effort to get him back home. i don't think anybody is complaining about that. i think the real question that comes, and this is where people change their minds is, was this the trade he should have made? that is a question that will remain open. i think there are members of congress asking for documents to be declassified. i think we're going to unspool this as the weeks unfold. >> gloria, thanks very much. up next, documents released by wikileaks give us some of the details about army sergeant bergdahl's capture by the taliban. brian todd is going through those documents. later, hillary clinton talks about politic, her marriage and more with "people" magazine. you're going to find out what she's now saying about possibly running for president of the united states in 2016. awesome, amazing, that's epic, bro.
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some of his fellow soldiers are calling sergeant bowe bergdahl a deserter. some say he just walked away from his post. the question of what really happened will likely come from bergdahl himself as part of the u.s. military's investigation. we heard from defense secretary chuck hagel in brussels talking about bergdahl, the allegations that he deserted. >> until we get facts, until we have, as secretary of the army mccune noted, review of all the circumstances, it's not in the interest of anyone and certainly i think a bit unfair to sergeant bergdahl's family, and him, to presume anything. we don't do that in the united states. we rely on facts.
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and you mentioned me being a sarngant as well. it's not my place as a former sergeant in the united states army, which i am very proud of, to decide who's worthy of being a sergeant and who isn't. i think any further talk of that is irresponsible. >> documents released by wikileaks include some of the details about the capture of bergdahl nearly five years ago. brian todd has been going through these documents. >> these documents capture the confusion on the ground as u.s. army units were trying to assess what had happened and the taliban realizing early on they had captured someone of value. we have to say we cannot independently verify the authenticity of the documents. according to these reports, these are classified, just after bir he was captured, u.s. forces picked up a radio transmission, presumably from the taliban. an american soldier is talking and looking for someone who speaks english. indicates american soldier has camera. now, that does not really
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clarify the argument obs both sides, the claims on both sides on whether he did this on his own, on purpose, or whether he was captured by the taliban. that particular transmission does not clarify that. so we're waiting for, to see if there's any clarity. but it's clear the taliban realized early on that they had something of value there and they wanted to get something for it. here's another radio intercept of a taliban communication on july 1st. the day after he was captured. one guy said, i think he is big shot, that is why they are looking for him. another one says, can you guys make a video him and announce it all over afghanistan, that we have one of the americans. so they knew they could maybe get something for him. we called the army to get response to this, to see if they could commend comment. we haven't heard back. >> very early on, they made it clear, they wanted a deal. this is almost five years ago. >> it was very early on, july 2nd. another report from one of the
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wikileaks documents indicates -- this is from a u.s. soldier saying in his report, the elders in some of the tribes nearby were asked by the taliban to do a trade between the u.s. and taliban and he said the taliban terms are 15 of their taliban brothers in the u.s. jail and some money in exchange for then private bergdahl. he's since become a sergeant. they wanted 15 guys and some money in exchange for bowe bergdahl. obviously, that's not what they got in the end. they knew they could maybe get something for him or sensed it early on. >> they got five guys. as far as we know, no money. >> that's right. >> okay, thanks very much. up next, hillary clinton says she'd love to see the u.s. elect a female president. but will she run for that job? "people" magazine, her health, even her hairstyles. but first, today's american journey. the oldest living american has just celebrated her 115th birthday. happy birthday, gerolyn tally was born in georgia during
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using invokana® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may increase risk of low blood sugar. it's time. lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. ask your doctor about invokana®. on this day in history, 25 years ago, communist chinese leaders ordered a crackdown in tiananmen square. cnn's coverage of the anniversary has been blacked out in china, continuing a quarter century of efforts by the chinese government to expunge the nation's memory of that eve event. it's expected thousands of protesters were killed that day. hillary clinton is on the campaign trail, but the campaign
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is for the release of her brand-new book which is due out next week. hillary clint be's media campaign is cranking up the speculation about whether she will actually run for president. in the new issue of "people" magazine which hits newsstands friday, clinton talks about her politics, her marriage and a whole lot more. our senior political correspondent brianna keebler is here with more on what she's saying. >> we certainly get a look at her lighter side. hillary clinton was also asked about monica lewinsky and her presidential ambitions. hillary clinton, sitting down for an exclusive interview with "people" magazine at her washington home. as her newest book, "hard choices," hits shelves next week. on her presidential aspirations, clinton tells people, i know i have a decision to make. she says, we need to break down that highest, hardest glass ceiling in american politics. to have a woman president is something i would love to see happen, but i'll just have to make my own decision about what i think is right for me.
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her book rollout is certainly starting to look like a campaign. a busy schedule of appearances. >> let me shake a few more hands. >> interviews and calculated releases of parets of her ma'am war at the state department. just monday, she dropped this in a speech. she assured the crowd she has -- >> a lot of resilience, a lot of stamina. >> she also talks about her husband's health, saying he's had that tremor for years. it's nothing serious, just some sort of nerve pinch. people say he's too thin. he doesn't think so. he has an enormous amount of energy. >> saying i moved on. i think everybody needs to look to the future. clinton also reveals her indu e indulges since taking time off. >> it's all about location, location, location.
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>> and house of cards which she and bill totally bing watched and she was not demure when asked if she has a hair strategy. i'm at an age where i can pretty much do what i want. here i am whether you like my hair or not. >> she didn't joke about her head. she was asked about whether there were lingering effects about the blood clot and concussion. what she said was no, i rested, i recovered. but it was pretty interesting and i would say not necessarily a coincidence. >> she is putting it out there saying hey, a lot of people have had this. >> it's interesting. it makes her accessible. i think a lot of people would be
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curious about that. it speaks to the issue of health and age. she will be 69 if she were to run in 2016. so it's sort of speaks to questions about that sort of her saying you know, i am taking care of myself. >> take that carl. >> that's what she is suggest i ing. >> that is a primary race. one of the most primary watched in the space.
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>> unopposed. >> that's what tom says in iowa. up next we take you to the skies of one of the most important planes in aviation history. for a lesson on how its impact is being felt today. the eyes may be the windows to the soul. but in the case of the lexus ls... ...which eyes? eyes that pivot with the road... ...that can see what light misses... ...eyes designed to warn when yours wander...
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>> this week we're commemorating a milestone.
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today's enstallment, jonathan takes a look at the plane that changed the game for the airline industry. and for the u.s. military. >> it was the workhorse that helped win world war ii. it was the marvel that made passenger airlines profitable. an enduring icon of the era, it carried indiana jones to cairo as a raider of the lost arc. >> dc 3 was a major turning point. >> america's pantheon of planes that made history. >> the dc 3 was such a hugely important aircraft. it revolutionized the airline industry. >> the dc 3 was born in 1935. at first a few hundred of them were sold to commercial airlines but more than 10,000 were built for the allies in world war ii.
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from -- the sky train, the dakota and the goony bird moved soldiers and supplies across the globe. but goony? the dc 3 carried 21 paying passengers, more than ever before, and enough to make commercial air travel profitable for the first time. thousands were suddenly. there are lots of trained pilots and spare parts and the planes were sturdy. originally designed eight decades ago, there were dc 3s still in the sky today. the reason is in the sky. today's jet liners fly so high that the cabins have to be pressurized for people inside. the dc 3 flies relatively low so the aircraft does not have to endure the stresses of being
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squeezed and stretched every time it goes up and down. >> almost unbreakable. quite a few of them took hard landings. >> it can land just about everywhere. they don't really need a runway so it can stop pretty darn fast. high-tech is terrific but this tough old bird can take you just about anywhere you want to go. >> the dc 3 is not really the star exhibit. the spacecraft that pushed flight beyond the confines of the planet. but what it does represent is the innovation that defined an era, when passenger flight, aviation most of us know best,
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really took off. >> that's it for me. i will be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room in the meantime, newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> wolf, thank you. hi, everyone. we begin this hour with in american's longest war it may be the most trusting moment we have ever seen. we will watch this over and over and dissect it. the brief truce as soldier bowe bergdahl. the defense department says there is no reason to doubt this video. this is part of 17 minutes of footage during which the taliban congratulate