workout tips yourself and much more at cnn.com/fitnation. that will wrap things up for sgmd. stay connected with me. let's keep the conversation going on twitter. "new day sunday" continues right now with christi paul and victor now with christi paul and victor blackwell. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com well, good morning to you! grab your cup of choice, whatever it is. sit back and relax a little bit. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. 8:00 on the east coast. this is "new day sunday." this was supposed to be the horse. this was the one, wrapped in white carnations, enshrined in history, it was supposed to be california chrome as the winner of the triple crown. >> instead one of chrome's owners is blasting the results for his colt's fourth place finish. he is ticked off. >> at the line, tonalist managed

to win by a head. neither had run in the first two races, the kentucky derby and the preakness. the third place finisher didn't run in the preakness ever. >> it's not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. i look at it this way, if you can't make enough points to get into the kentucky derby, you can't run in the other two races. it's all or nothing. it's all or nothing because this is not fair to these horses that have been running their guts out for these people and for the people that believe in them, to have somebody come up -- this is a coward's way out. >> a coward's way out he calls it. now, look, this injury might have played into it as well. california chrome's front right hoof there. people are not happy, particularly that owner. >> senior correspondent richard roth was at the belmont for the running. richard? >> we understand that just last hour coburn doubled down on this position, this talk about the

coward's way out requiring all these horses to run all three. >> reporter: this morning on nbc's "today" show coburn repeated his thoughts last night right after the race. so he's not backing down. however, just a short time ago at belmont park, the trainer of california chrome, art sherman, was more generous indicating that perhaps his owner was speaking a little bit in the heat of the moment. let's listen. >> i think at the heat of the conversations with the press and everything sometimes you might get a little vocal and not really think about what he's saying. i think mr. coburn was mad because the other horses got a break, to be away for six weeks and freshening up from their last race, you know what i mean? he says, well, if you want to run in the triple crown, you should run in all races like the rest of us. >> reporter: sherman indicated

perhaps there would be a press release, maybe an apology from coburn. no indication of that, christi and victor, so far. horse racing needs a little controversy. you can say it's nothing bad right now for the industry because there's so much disappointment about california chrome. i heard you say, victor, we thought this would be the horse. i've seen seven other horses fail at the belmont in the last 17 years. it's amazing. >> there are people with the nose strips, the nasal strips that california chrome -- they were hoping for it. richard, thank you so much. >> thanks, richard. new this morning, we're getting new developments, and they're pretty dramatic. details about sergeant bowe bergdahl and his family. >> first of all, an fbi special agent tells cnn the bureau is looking into threats made against bergdahl's parents. >> we're learning more about bergdahl's capture by the taliban and how he's doing right now at that military hospital in germany. "the new york times" is also reporting today bergdahl says the taliban punished him when he tried to escape by locking him

in a shark cage for weeks in the darkness. >> the "times" says bergdahl is healthier than expected, walking and talking with doctors and has begun wearing his military uniform but does not want to be called sergeant. >> let's go to carl in germany. >> reporter: it is fascinating, how this story has taken on so many different levels, the human level, the military level, the political level and how all that is intertwining. here at lands actual the medics aren't giving too much specifics away about bergdahl's condition beyond saying he is stable, continuing to make improvements and showing improvements in the medical program. medics are saying he's not yet

ready to be flown back to the united states for continued treatment in the san antonio medical facility. but what we have learned this morning, as you suggested, are those details that have been leaked by a senior defense department official to "the new york times" and they're quite fascinating. it doesn't seem that bergdahl is suffering from any grave medical condition. yes, we're told he has some skin problems. we hear he has some problems with his gums, but those really due to the fact that he's been exposed to the elements for five years and maybe hasn't had the best kind nutrition either. also we're hearing he really doesn't want to be called by that rank he was promoted to during his time in captive. he still very much wants to be seen as one of the grunts. that's why he's insisted on being called private first class still. of course, one of the opportunities the psychologists are taking is to get him to come out of himself, to explain a little bit what happened to him during his time in captivity and

again those key details we're learning this morning from "the new york times" that he's told his caretakers that he was kept for weeks at a time in total darkness in a metal cage for his efforts at trying to escape his captivity which really runs against a lot of this criticism that we're hearing, that in some way he cooperated and k collaborated with the taliban. >> karl penhaul, thank you so much. we appreciate it. the u.s. trade of five high-level taliban detainees for sergeant bergdahl, as you know, has caused a firestorm on capitol hill. >> senator john mccain will be on "state of the union" with candy crowley. listen to what mccain told cnn's anderson cooper back in february about a potential trade for bergdahl's release. >> so if there was -- the possibility of some sort of

exchange, that's something you would support? >> i would support -- obviously, i'd have to know the details. but i would support ways of bringing him home. if exchange was one of them, i think that would be something we should seriously consider. >> cnn's candy crowley joins us live from washington. good to see you this morning, candy. senator mccain now calling the taliban prisoner swap for bergdahl a mistake. is this a reversal? >> he says not. any number of fact checkers says yes, he is. here is the detail he doesn't like, these particular five taliban members being released. he says they're high level. they're war criminals. these are big guys and should never have been released. i mentioned to him ten minutes ago that that's names were

already out there in connection with this prisoner exchange when he made that statement about, yeah, he would look at it favorably. he says not these guys. that's in his mind where he was on this. this is not going to be resolved. this is a mccain media kind of thing. you're going to have to go online and look at it and decide for yourself. as i say, a number of fact checkers have said, look, here is what is going on at the time. >> you're also talking to a retired general who kept in touch with bergdahl's family? >> yes. we actually had a panel of three retired generals to take a look at the whole thing. this notion that somehow bergdahl was less worthy of saving than others because of all these kind of rumors that are out there, the complaints and understandable complaints from his unit who felt that they were put in danger because he left, he went a.w.o.l. as you know, senator mccain and others are saying this just puts the u.s. in more danger.

it now says to other folks, take a u.s. soldier, not as a prisoner of war but as a hostage and a deal can be made with the u.s. in particular, they believe these five taliban members will eventually go back to the battlefield and be a threat. again, another conversation that's never going to be resolved because people are going to look at it differently. we thought the military point of view, especially from those who have been talking to the bergdahls all along since their son's captivity five years ago, we think it will be an interesting conversation. >> no doubt. candy crowley, thank you so much. be sure to catch her. she's on state "state of the un today at 9:00 a.m. eastern. walmart says it will do the right thing. if its truck caused the accident that killed one comedian and sent actor and comedian tracy morgan to the hospital. >> not only that, outrage brewing over the federal government's moves to bus more than a thousand undocumented

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some three to six months old, to her state. this has been happening since last month. >> more than 1,000 children could end up at the border patrol facility before the day is over. all of them were caught as they tried to cross the border in texas. >> these kids are a small sample of a much bigger problem. cnn's rosa flores has more for us. >> what's behind these walls in arizona has many angry. here is why. on the other side of these chin linked fences are children, hundreds of them, seemingly laying on the floor covered in thermal blankets. this is where immigration officials are moving more than 1,000 undocumented children to this makeshift detention center this weekend, just inside the arizona-mexico border. arizona's governor, highly critical of the move, releasing a statement on friday saying, quote, i am disturbed and

outraged that president obama's administration continues to implement this dangerous and inhumane policy. not only does the federal government have no plan to stop this disgraceful policy. it also has no plan to deal with the endless waves of illegal aliens once they are released here. if the obama administration put half the effort into securing our border as it has invested to institute this operation, our state and nation would not be facing this situation. this latest operation by federal immigration officials comes on the heels of an influx of women and children over the memorial day weekend, caught illegally trying to cross into texas. hundreds were flown to tucson, then bused to phoenix and left at a bus station to find their way. >> beginning on tuesday, we started seeing families dropped off including children, most under the age of five, some as

young as three to six months old. >> they're now being released on their own recognizance which means given authorization to travel and reunite with family members in the united states. >> reporter: it's this weekend's transport of the undocumented children that has called the entire operation into question. a spokesman for homeland security tells cnn the number of undocumented children crossing the u.s.-mexico border by themselves has increased substantially, calling it a crisis situation. officials say at least 60,000 children will try to cross into the united states this year alone. we should add that the influx of children coming into the united states without their parents actually has nothing to do with u.s. immigration policy. immigration attorneys will tell you that it has all to do with violence in central america. christi, victor? >> rosa flores, thank you so much. did you see the lightning? did you hear the thunder?

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well, keep it together and look out the window every so often, because it is turning into one very stormy sunday. we have threats of damaging wind and hail, specifically in the southern plains. >> and missouri people are recovering after severe storms, reported tornadoes there. they ripped through the area. you can see the damage here in st. peters. homes, businesses destroyed. let's go to cnn meteorologist karen maginnis in the weather

center. who is next? >> it looks like about 20 million people expecting a slight risk of an isolated tornado. mostly what we can expect is the hail and the high winds and maybe a few isolated thunderstorms. but the cluster of thunderstorms now breaking across oklahoma and texas, producing another round of very heavy rainfall. you may remember over the last several days the rain across this region has been exceptionally heavy. in some cases four, five, six inches of rainfall. there's additional rain on the way and some pretty big thunderstorms about to enter the dallas metroplex region. oklahoma city saw some thunderstorms earlier. now it's pushing on in across the arklatex region. some areas expecting four to six inches of rainfall. where you see this green shaded area from lubbock, to oklahoma city, springfield, little rock, that's the area that's seen quite a bit of rainfall. more in store. watch out for the isolated

thunderstorms in the south central u.s. today. back to you guys. >> thank you very much, karen. go make some great memories today. inside politics with john king starts right now. president forcefully answers critics who says he paid way too high a price for sergeant bowe bergdahl's freedom. >> we still get an american soldier back if he's held in captivity, period. full stop. we don't condition that. >> but word quickly leaks hillary clinton would have preferred a tougher deal, and republicans rush to say the president is putting americans at risk. >> you do not trade -- one person for five, the hardest of the hard core murdering war criminals who will clearly