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good evening, thank you for joining us, live edition of "ac360," a lot of breaking news in the special hour of "ac360." new revelations from the bergdahl affair from a closed door session on capitol hill. they are being shown a proof of life video showing they needed to act fast to get sergeant bergdahl back. the clip shows him in declining health and may indicate he was drugged, according to some who saw it. and also, the commanders believed him to be a good soldiers which is at odds from what we heard from others who
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served with him. and we're able to watch the tense moments when the taliban handed their captor back. the video is shown by the taliban who are now using it as propaganda in the region. there is much more to it, which is why we're taking a look. >> when we got to the area we first saw two big planes roaming overhead. then three helicopters came to the area and landed only 15 meters far from me. our arrangement was that once the helicopters are on the ground three people from the other side would get off the helicopter and stlee from our side including the captive would move towards the helicopter to hand him over. we waited in the area for around ten minutes before the helicopters arrived and there were 18 mujadin.
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flighters with me in the area and we had armed them. we told them that once they arrive in the area, they were too afraid and worried that they shook hands only with two people and gave a left hand to a third one. we handed them over the american soldier who was captive with us and then they didn't spend any time on the ground and in hurry they ran back to their helicopter. they first asked us about the health condition of the captive and told us to tell them the truth if he was not well. but we saw him that he was fine and we told them that. when he first saw the helicopters he became very happy. but they left very quickly and we didn't get the time to convey them our messages. we were given assurance by our leaders that nothing would take
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place. but we took our armed friends there only for the safety of ourselves because you never can trust your enemy. >> as you said, that is being used in the entire region of pakistan, the entire video runs considerably longer. it is also the only moments we have of the moments bowe bergdahl came to freedom. >> reporter: the eight-minute propaganda video contain s intriguing clues about sergeant bergdahl, his captors, and his retrieval. his eyes were not used to natural light or signs of emotion? at one point bergdahl manages a brief awkward smile, evidence of happiness or nervousness. one captor taps him three times
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on the soldier and says don't come back to afghanistan, next time you wouldn't make it out alive. an ominous threat. a taliban narrator sets the scene. >> we waited in the area for around ten minutes before the helicopters arrived and there were 18 mujahadin fighters in the area with me and we had armed mujahadin fighters on the peaks in the area. >> he was carrying a white plastic bag, the contents unknown. then, the unprecedented meeting between the u.s. special forces and the taliban leaders. hand shakes, he places his hands on his chest, another quickly frisks bergdahl. the taliban narrater discusses it.
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>> he told us to tell them the truth if he was not well. but we saw that he was fine and told them that. >> the soldier kept his eyes locked on the taliban even as he walks backwards. bergdahl keeps his eyes focused straight ahead. he is stumbling, the legs of a man repeatedly shackled or just a nervous walk across the terrain. at the helo, bergdahl is patted down, much more thoroughly . a precaution against a bomb or ied. >> and jim sciutto joins us now, are the details and the circumstances under which he disappeared from his post coming out? >> that is right, we're getting details on the investigation, the military did when he first disappeared and it corroborated some of the story and knocks down others. corroborates instant allegations from the fellow soldiers in that he wandered off the post more than once before. it knocks down another story
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that had been out there that he left. this report has no details of that. but also as you referenced earlier on paints something of a conflicting picture of him. his commanding officer said that he was a good soldier. but it also says that his fellow soldiers said he had talked about many times leaving, perhaps walks across the mountains to india from afghanistan, and that he had sent back many of his most valued objects, valuable objects including his computer home, a sign read by investigators that he was planning to leave. >> and there was also word that defense secretary hagel called the bergdahl family. do we know details of that? >> we do, i think there is a gesture of reassurance, the secretary aware. he reaches out to the family and the message was according to a senior administration official that our focus, meaning the pentagon's focus is on bergdahl's well being, his
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health and reintegration. and we're told they encouraged the family to do the same and reassured them that they would continue to do the same, and that he -- of the military, as he recovers in captivity. i think the reassurance that a family who has already gone through a lot in the last five years, but going through a lot more. >> jim sciutto, thank you very much. between the details, the continuing outcry, surrounding the deal with freedom. navy seal commander, former coordinator of the hostage embassy group in baghdad. and he escaped after seven months in captivity. also correspondent steven ferrell, who too was captured in afghanistan. he was rescued. steven, let me start with you.
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when you take a look at this video obviously it is a very different situation. you were actually rescued in a firefight. what do you see from this video? what stands out to you? >> the taliban know what they're doing, the propaganda, certainly with cameras. i know when we were taken from the very first minutes with the propaganda they bundled us in the car, taken us to different places saying they had blown up. saying various military bases, this is the area we control. you don't know whether it is true, it was a very keen effort to put that out. >> it is also a group, which they were in power, said you can photograph them. the images can't be taken of people. the fact that they have such an on-line presence and use the propaganda effectively, i mean, it is kind of a big change for them. >> yes, the event like this happens, you see the spin from all sides, the taliban are very quick with the spin. they know what the intended
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audience is looking for. and they know the signals to put in. they always try to portray the americans as cowards or as insulting. and there is a man standing over bergdahl in the car, the dominate figure, that comprises everything we've seen of them before. >> and the pictures whether he appeared or was a deserter, just to lose sight of what this young man must have gone through over the last five years you have been very quick to point out you were taken for seven months which to me sounds like a lifetime as well. you say it is a quarter of the time bergdahl was taken. but it is important people not lose reality of the sight what his life has been for five years. no matter the circumstances of what happened when he left. can you describe what the impact is of being held? >> time goes by, you feel more and more isolated. and you're doing things that they tell you to do. i mean, there are videotapes
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they made in captivity. some people criticized that. i made the same kind of videotapes. there is a question about this tape that comes out that apparent apparently, a concern about his health. i made a video stay which was never made public where i went under orders from my commander. they made me weep. i was play-acting, but i was very concerned they were going to kill the afghans who had been abducted with me. my family said you looked so broken, so lost, i said are you kidding me. i was sort of doing what i was told to keep all three of us li alive. >> and for you, your captivity was a number of days but just psychological what was it like? >> it doesn't compare to years. but they moved us around a lot. you have a central core guard team with you. but others would come and go. so as you maybe tried to build
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up a relationship or at least get them down to hostile or less hostile, somebody would walk in the room and completely change that dynamic, and it would start all over again. that that was exhausting after four days, i can't imagine over several years. >> what does you learn about the process, that kind of shapes the way you look at this situation? >> well, as david just alluded to, that -- and steve about the propaganda value and they're very choreographed on how they do this. he was held for several days in baghdad, the videotapes he made, he was beaten beforehand, they roughed up his hair and they told him to cry. they said we want you to cry on camera. that so is part of the message. and in every case we looked at the proof of life videos to try to determine health situations. but these groups, the taliban,
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they go out of their way to make it look like this guy is about to die, they raise the stakes of the game, the sense of urgency, that the stakes are raised. that the ransom is paid, or whatever it may be. >> i remember hearing at the time, that is -- i just cannot imagine surviving something like that. the impact of that, being in a hole in the ground for that long. >> well, i went out within about four hours, five hours of the rescue. i went out with the fbi team to try to collect information. i was literally in the hole in the ground, basically an underground cellar, i wt was abt four feet tall, and there were nine hostages at one point held in this space. when we de-briefed an iraqi male, he had been there for
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about four months, this kid weighed about 80 pounds and literally couldn't walk without the help. much like bergdahl was walking, this iraqi boy literally had to be carried. he could not walk without help. it is common for these guys and the fact that bergdahl is blinking, he probably has not been out in the sun his entire captivity. obviously the taliban were concerned there might have been a predator overhead. this would explain the condition he had. >> it is just incredible. i appreciate you being here, and steven, thank you so much for being on. i want to come back shortly on another aspect of the story, and turn to another video being used in the propaganda. five guantanamo detainees, apparently they will stay there a year, monitored for time. and presumably by american intelligence, serious questions remain where these five men are. joining us from qatar, ivan
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watson. ivan, so little is known about how these five commanders will live in qatar, what have you learned? >> well, we're still trying to piece it together. it is clear they're not going to be detained. they're going to be free citizens able to live in this city, the capital here, presumably they would be on some kind of compound, reportedly their families will be able to join them. they will not be allowed to leave the country for a period of at least a year, anderson. that seems to be one restriction on them. and then a question for after that is where would they go? they don't seem to have passp t passports right now. so would qatar give them passports? we don't think so. based on its past history with other immigrants here. the afghan government are not big fans of these former high-ranking officials in the former taliban regime. pakistan maybe is a possibility.
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back but it is fighting its own taliban insurgency. so the question where these guys will go a year from now? will they be able to live? will they be funded by the taliban or the qatari government. those are big questions. >> and the police state, do we know if they will be limited? are they free to go to the mall and hang out? >> you know from the indications we've gotten, anderson, they are not going to be terribly restricted. i would be surprised and i'm speculating a bit here based on what i've been told from people who know this country very well. qatar have accepted officials here, i have met syrian dissidents, for example, a high-ranking ambassador, they're under close scrutiny by the
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qatar state. so i doubt these guys will be able to walk around and start to give press conferences any time soon. but we're told they will be free citizens and can move around. that seems to be part of the deal, just restricted. they can't leave qatar for a year after this prison swap. >> ivan watson, thank you very much. and be sure to set your dvr, you can watch cnn any time you like. coming up, others say troops lost their lives because of him. also tonight there are american civilians being held captive tonight. we'll tell you their stories just ahead. with 7 antioxidants to support cell health. age? who cares. nicewhat?nch? aflac! so this is who you brought to help us out? oh yeah, he's the best. hmm... he doesn't look like he's seen a tool in his life. oh, he doesn't know anything about tools. aflac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac! but when i broke my arm, he lent a hand. he paid my claim in just four days. four days? wow!
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there is a reason why the bowe bergdahl affair stirred such controversy, despite the fact many considered him a good soldier, and some considered him a deserter. some went so far to say that his disappearance cost american lives. those are the allegations, the fact-check from pamela brown.
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>> reporter: some who know bergdahl say they want him brought to justice and claimed disappearance led to the death of fellow soldiers. >> what he did had second and third effects that rippled through the area. those affects harmed soldiers. >> soldiers say that when bergdahl left in 2009, their primary mission changed. they were ordered to go find him in the province. >> we were going on intelligence we received, whether we were there to actively search for bergdahl or whether we were there to talk to just the locals to see if they knew anything and do a presence patrol. >> reporter: over the next three months at least six soldiers were killed in that same province, but whether bergdahl had anything to do with that is murky. these military releases on the soldiers' deaths have few details only say they died from roadside bombs or fire. one soldier believes there is no way to link the deaths to
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bergdahl. >> the soldiers died because they were out there doing their jobs as soldiers. which is running patrols. looking for the enemy, doing movements to contact and doing their jobs as soldiers. >> reporter: former military officials tell cnn there were numerous operations going on in that province, not all related to the search for bergdahl. the taliban was gaining strength there, attacks were on the rise according to confidential military releases to wikileaks. they realized the situation in afghanistan was worse than thought. >> the fact is the province is worse than originally thought. and any time you flood the area with soldiers that will wind up getting the people killed. >> reporter: even if the casualties can't be directly traced to the search, bergdahb
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critics say it led to the deaths. >> the government would have to prove the intent that he was not going to return. when he left he had no intention of returning back to that post. and any service members who died were dying trying to rescue sergeant bergdahl. >> pamela brown, cnn. and an additional perspective from somebody with significant experience on the ground. dan o 'shay joins me, there is criticism, do you think that is fair criticism? >> well, indirectly these soldiers would not have been out on search missions for bergdahl that died. and there was information that six died that were out searching for him. the facts brought up earlier by the captain, indirectly, yeah,
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you have to hold bergdahl and his actions accountable. for wounds and ultimately killed in action for troops. >> there are some claiming he is basically responsible for every american combat death in that province in the months after he disappeared. do you think that is fair, or is that a stretch? >> no, that is a stretch. listen, patika province, that is one of the most dangerous regions, in fact my last couple of months as an insurgent adviser late 2012, that is a place where every patrol is fraught with danger, every time you leave the wire you have the potential of attacks. it was a hot area, and you can't blame bergdahl for everything that happened in the area. but without question, i get comments from guys who say they went out on specific missions to look for bergdahl and sustained
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shots. so yeah, there is deep resentments, and the perception is reality. so you have to accept that. >> with that factor, and according to whatever move the military decides to take -- >> the bottom line is bergdahl will be heldab accountable for what he did that night. did he leave his post? did he abandon his post? did he desert? was he up for treason, listen, that is military, every time you leave the wire you have to accept that. those should not come into play in terms of charges against bergdahl. the public perception is reality. that is what he has to do. regardless he has already been convicted in a large swath of the military population, and a lot of factors are coming out. but the reality is he will be examined upon his conduct and his conduct alone. and then they will decide if they put him up and potentially
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court martial bergdahl. >> and certainly there are a lot of military officials who want to hear directly from bergdahl not only from his experiences in captivity but also the circumstances leading up to his disappearance. thank you, dan o 'shay, thank you for being on. up next, what the bergdahl case means for other americans being held captive in the middle east. i'll speak to the daughter of warren winestein, still being held. also, bergdahl's childhood, and what is considered to be unconventional. what we know about how he grew up in idaho. make it happen. (crowd) oh no... introducing verizon xlte. hey guys, i got it right here! we've doubled our 4g lte bandwidth in cities coast to coast. so take on more. with xlte. for best results, use verizon.
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. the families of other americans who have been held captive in the middle east have been watching the fallout from the bergdahl case probably more than anyone. they hope that the controversy that sprung up around it won't jeopardize what they want more than anything else, for their loved ones to come home. in a moment i'll speak with a daughter whose loved one has been kidnapped in pakistan. and more on the families whose loved ones were kidnapped. >> reporter: it was sent from this man, by then, the american, bob levinson had been held for five years. >> i am running very quickly.
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33 years of service to the united states deserves something. please help me. >> reporter: levinson is a retired fbi agent last seen off iran's kish island in 2007. his family said he was working as a private investigator but later revealed he was working for the cia. they are desperate to find him. >> dad, if you can hear us, we love you, we miss you and we're doing everything we can to get you back. >> in the fall of 2010, iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad told larry king on cnn that iran has no idea what happened to levinson. >> so you have no idea? >> no. >> reporter: in april, 2011, levinson's family received these photos. it is believed to be the last they have heard of him. a thick beard, chains on his wrists. the message is clear. he needs help.
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levinson marked a terrible anniversary. >> they disappeared nearly a year and a half ago while traveling in afghanistan. the ap says she is american and was pregnant at the time. he is canadian. her family received two videos last year in which the couple is asking to be freed from their taliban captors. u.s. law enforcement believes the videos are authentic, but it is not clear when they were made. >> reporter: coleman refers to her child in one video but a child is not shown on screen. their families say they are innocent tourists who wandered into dangerous territory. the motive for their abduction remains unclear. neither family has received any ransom demands. >> i'm 71, i'm a consultant. i was working in pakistan when i was captured by the muhajadin.
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>> reporter: he was kidnapped from his home in pakistan in 2011. >> i appealed to the president of the united states and the morning government to intervene on my behalf. >> a year later, another proof of life video. >> i am not in good health, i have a heart condition. >> the al-qaeda leader released a recording claiming the terror group is holding weinstein and demanding, among other things, an end to air strikes by the u.s. on tape, al-zawahiri gave thanks for the captor. still, no sign of warren weinstein. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> warren weinstein's daughter, alicia, is campaigning for the release of her father, she joins me now. alicia, when you first heard of bergdahl's release, what went
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through your mind? >> well, of course, i was thrilled for the bergdahl family, we all were. we dream of that happening. but you know the next thought in my mind was you know what does this mean for us? what does this mean for my father. and some real disappointment that my dad was not included in the exchange. >> you're also concerned about the negative response that bergdahl's release has gotten, can you explain that? >> we started to realize that the administration is going to be a lot less likely to do this again if it causes some political problems for them. so does that mean that the door is closed for us? for that kind of thing happening to bring my father home? >> when the state department was asked this week about other americans currently being held hostage they noted that sergeant bergdahl was a member of the military, saying that made this a quote, unique experience. that has to be painful to hear.
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>> it was incredibly painful to hear. and you know we were reading and following the media of course, because as i said earlier we were wondering what this would mean for us. and to read things like that, that one hostage is more worthy of freedom than another. or deserves to be brought home more than another hostage is just insulting. it is -- you know, it is true that sergeant bergdahl is a soldier and he deserves the respect of anyone who serves in the military. but my father is just as deserving of freedom as sergeant bergdahl as are all of the americans who are being held abroad. you cannot distinguish between these hostages. it is just -- you know, it isn't something that the families -- >> according to the administration, part of the reason they arranged for bergdahl's release was headline concerns. you also have very serious concerns about your dad's
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health? >> absolutely, i mean, my father at 73 years old. well, he will be 73 years old in july. he has a heart condition and severe asthma. and when the video came out of my father in december it was clear from that video that he is not in good physical condition. he was incredibly pale and gaunt. his voice was weak. and you know if health concerns are the thing that the administration is saying was the reason they brought out sergeant bergdahl, well, my father certainly is not in good health. and that is something that is very clear and visible. >> what is your message to the u.s. government? to the administration regarding what they are, or not doing right now to bring your zad home? is there something you want them, people to know? >> yeah, i want the administration to tell us what they're doing to bring my father home. to bring home the other american
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hostages. they have shown with this exchange that they can get this done. if they want to they can do this. so i know that they can do it for us. and they can do it for others, arre as well. and to me they can't just pick and choose, decide that it works to get one person out and then leave everybody else there. ambassador rice said the american people would never have forgiven the administration if they had left sergeant bergdahl where he was being held. and i don't think the american people would forgive them if they left anyone there. i don't think it is just about sergeant bergdahl, it is everyone. they need to bring these people home. >> and you're encouraging, you're hoping to get people to wear yellow ribbons or tie them up around their communities to keep pressure on and keep people remembered? >> yeah, exactly. and i have one on myself. and we're asking people to tie a ribbon to a lamp post. a tree, one of your wrist and
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tweet to the administration, tweet to the white house, president obama, let him know that we are thinking of these other hostages. that there are still people out there who deserve to come home. >> well, alisa, i know it is not easy to talk about and i appreciate you coming on. i hope this helps. thank you so much. just ahead, we'll learn more about bergdahl, his childhood, and people who influenced him growing up. plus, in poland, a video camera was lurking while president obama was working out. was it the employee, or the person who shot the video there in the corner? straight ahead. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts,
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well, the u.s. military has not said one way or the other if they think that bowe bergdahl is a deserter. shortly before he walked off he wrote to his parents about his disillusionment with the military and the united states. that said, his past, his upbringing is the often place to look for clues. what shaped him, a soldier, and caused him to leave his post in the middle of the night. george howell has been digging deeper into bergdahl's upbringing, here is what he found. >> reporter: to try to better understand bowe bergdahl you have to start here. the rugged terrain of the idaho back country, the back drop he calls home. his father explains it best. in a recent interview with "the guardian" before his son was released. >> this is where bowe played, through here when he was growing up as a kid. he and his friendings were all r
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these trees. and so it is nice to come up here and reminisce. so i wake up each morning and my first thought is my son is still a prisoner of war in afghanistan. and i need to do something about that. >> born march 28, 1986 in a small town here in the wood river valley friends say he grew up loving the outdoors. he lived a simple, unconventional life, some say. he was home schooled here. people close to the family say they had a lot of books and that bergdahl loved to read and was fascinated with learning beyond the mountains. >> i guess you can call him a seeker. he loved people doing the same things. he would go on fishing boats in allergy. he met people and joined them on
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their sail boat. he road his bicycle here from california and back. >> bergdahl accomplished a lot before the age of 23. you see him here on a high seas adventure right there in the green jacket. he spent three months on that boat with his hometown buddy, dylan fulmer. >> he is a good kid, strong as an ox. >> bergdahl was even interested in joining the french foreign legion, although friends say it never came together. later, he talked about going to uganda to teach self defense techniques to villagers targeted by militias. bergdahl learned about ballet while he lived inha hailey. >> bergdahl really wanted to expand his knowledge, like ballet, he went for sword fighting and ballet. >> in 2008, he decided to enlist
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in the army, a move that surprised his parents, although they were later supportive. later, he was sold on the idea to go to afghanistan and help the locals rebuild their lives and communities. but later, bob bergdahl would say, we were given a fictitious picture of an artificial picture of what we were doing in afghanistan. he literally walked away from the army in a remote region of afghanistan. >> as i mentioned, the town of hailey is cancelling its welcome home celebration, i understand they're doing it out of safety concerns? >> reporter: well, anderson, yes, it is really a matter of public safety for these officials who are worried they're not ready to handle the number of people who could converge on this town. there is so much media and they cancelled it as a matter of public safety. still, the support is strong here. you do get a sense the people are staying out of the politics.
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they're waiting for bowe to return home to hear the story from him. up next, when investigators learn about the two 12-year-old girls who were accused of trying to kill their friend. plus an update on her condition. and somebody took a picture of president obama working out in the hotel gym. why didn't they tell the person shooting the video to stop? we believe the guy on the left there is actually the one shot shooting the video. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. honestly, the off-season isn't i've got a lot to do. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work!
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crime and punishment tonight, police in wisconsin who say the 12-year-old girl who was stabbed 19 times and left in the woods has been recovering. two 12-year-old girls are charged as adults with first degree intentions of homicide. as we reported the three girls were friends and had a sleepover. before the attack, the friends were trying to model their attack by a website. they were charged as adults with this attempted murder. >> it is most likely that they will eventually try to do that. before that happens there will be a competency hearing, they will try to test their psychological senseability before they try to move this to juvenile court. in wisconsin it is mandatory because they are 12 that there will be a hearing to decide if
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this goes to the juvenile court. because of the nature of this crime and the state does not want to send a signal to other kids that this sort of thing is okay. >> so the guy who created the fictional character that the girls were trying to impress, released a statement. what does he say? >> yes, he created this back in 2009. it is just a photograph. it has taken off and turned into all sorts of stories. he released the following story saying he is deeply saddened by the tragedy in wisconsin, his heart goes out he's also not talking to the media at this time. anderson? >> you also spoke with the school superintendent. what did they say about the three girls? >> nothing that he knew at that time. nothing in their record or past indicated that they would be capable of something like this. that said, he also said that parents of some students have kept their students away from school. other students in class have
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asked for counseling at the school because they are concerned. they are concerned about other students that may be involved with this, may be taking this seriously. parents want to know that everything is cool at their school before they let them go back in this idealistic suburban town can get back to normal. >> are police sticking with the idea that the two girls tried to copy a fictional character? >> reporter: it reads like two teenage girls or preteens having a tiff online. it's shocking to see the disregard that they had for their friend. one of them saying to the officer, is it wrong that i don't feel bad right now? just shocking stuff in there. anderson? >> miguel marquez, thank you so much. susan hendricks has the 360 bulletin. susan? >> a jet has crashed in
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will drop his lawsuit against the nba. and baseball-sized hail wrecked havoc on a car dealership in nebraska. an estimated of $162 million in damage. you can see it's really bad. >> unbelievable. >> susan, thanks so much. up next, how would you like it if your morning workout was caught on video and then plastered online for the world to see. president obama, we share your pain. the question is, what was the secret service doing while the cameras were running. the one where you step up and save the day? make it happen. (crowd) oh no... . for best results, use verizon.
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you give up a lot of privacy when you're president of the united states. this is a video of president obama working out at a gym in poland. it does seem like a huge invasion of privacy. the secret service says it wasn't a security breach. mr. obama was not in any danger. he's in poland marking the solidarity movement and meeting with ukraine's new president. michelles cou michelle kosinski is traveling with the president. michelle, nobody seems to stop this s do we know the circumstances about who took this video? >> reporter: i think a lot of people felt that way. one guy commented saying, hey, i've been in hotel gyms before where security cleared the place
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out because seceline dion was going to show up. the white house will still not comment on it. the hotel where this happened said they will not speak of it. but at this point it doesn't look like it's anything sinister. just a polish guy in the gym in the very nice hotel where the president was staying in warsaw but it stuns a lot of people to see this video, the president of the united states. and obviously some private moments. you see him starting out his 30-minute workout with a big yawn and doing some huffing and p p puff set to a sound track. >> it shows how he's in a complete bubble and constantly watched at all times but i'm surprised, a, he didn't realize he was being videotaped and that there wasn't some secret service agent there who was aware that he was being videotaped.
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do they allow people in this situation to just videotape the president working out? i mean, i've never seen this guy before. >> right. i know we've never seen anything like this. this is not the kind of leak that we pekexpect to see on a t like this. but, yeah, that's the big question. how is this even allowed to happen? the secret service is commenting on it and they say they don't clear out the gym. the president does sometimes work out in a hotel gym. he likes to get that workout in and they don't make people leave. they don't make them put away their cameras. one secret service agent said it was apparent that people were taking pictures so i guess they don't mind. >> no doubt. i was on david letterman earlier and he has a bunch of jokes on it tonight but it made me feel bad for the president to constantly be under a microscope. i've had people take videotapes of me and i say, listen, i'll take a picture with you but it's
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just so cheesy. i just feel bad for the guy. michelle, i'm amazed to see this video. thanks so much. that does it for us. we'll see you again at 11:00 tonight. "cnn tonight" starts now. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. every picture tells a story but what story do these pictures tell? a haggard man in traditional taliban clothes surrounded by armed taliban fighter,s, a black hawk helicopter lands and he's given a quick pat-down and then wis beinged away. was he near death? had he become disillusioned with the army? our team of experts separate fact from fiction. plus, if you were writing the hollywood version of this story, is this the way you would write it? who better to ask than the

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