glad to hear the actress will be joining the film as well. >> you're out of a job. >> see you back here tomorrow. same time,+++?xn city. was he a deserter or something worse. new questions on sergeant bowe bergdahl and the decision to trade five high-ranging taliban leaders for his freedom. martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum. critics say this deal has put our national security at risk. president obama defending this decision to release dangerous terrorists in exchange for bergdahl simply calling it quote the right thing to do. >> we saw the opportunity, we were concerned about sergeant

bergdahl's help. we had the cooperation of the qataris to execute an exchange and we seized the opportunity. bill: i want to begin with chief white horse correspondent ed henry traveling with the president in warsaw, poland, how did he defend this see significance, ed? >> reporter: they know the firestorm that has built up back home on this. in addition to the president's comments white house aides circulated a statement up sifting the administration did not break the law saying they did not give congress the 30-day notification of swapping these five cal ban commanders because they say bergdahl's life was in danger and they made the decision and had to go in.

>> let me just make a very simple point here, and that is, regardless of the circumstance, whatever those circumstance may turn out to be, we still get an american soldier back if he fell into captivity. period. full stop. we don't condition that. >> reporter: in terms of the administration saying bergdahl's life was in danger at the end, obviously his life was in danger for five years. the president -- what the president says is not being bought on capitol hill. bill: the constitution ago experts are saying he did not obey the law. but there are new questions about the president's rose garden appearance saturday

afternoon with the bergdahl family. >> reporter: my colleague james rosen spoke to administration officials back in the states saying they were stunned that the president appeared in the rose garden over the weekend given bergdahl's controversial statement on twitter and elsewhere. the administration saying they acting lawfully. the law says the secretary of defense can determine it's in the national security interests of the u.s. to release prisoner from gitmo. but as republicans like james inhofe say, whether he made that determination or not, these taliban prisoners who have been released put the nation nation at risk. >> you don't swap out and turn out people who were at the lead

kiming americans. bill: ed henry from overseas traveling in warsaw, poland liergd coverage. martha: questions of whether sergeant bergdahl was a deserter or potentially a collaborator with the taliban. pentagon sources saying many in the intelligence community had serious concerns that he may have deserted his post and working in some way with the enemy. what is the pentagon saying on this now? >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says he will not rule out investigating bergdahl for desertion. they are going to question members of his unit again.

however, general martin dempsey took to facebook this morning to urge people not to rush to judgment. he says the questions about this particular soldier's conduct are separate from our effort to recover any u.s. service member in enemy captivity. this was likely the last best opportunity to free him. like any american he is innocent until proven guilty. our army's leaders will not look away from misconduct if it occurred. the pentagon is waiting to hear from bergdahl this weekend. he was reducing to speak english. martha: i'm curious what the pentagon and the army believed him to be? did they believe him on awol? >> reporter: the army conducted

an investigation shortly after he disappeared and it was clear that bergdahl sneaked off pace, climbing under the wire, leaving behind his weapon and body armor. according to former unit members denouncing his american citizenship. he reportedly left a letter in his budge indicating he wanted to join the taliban. the pentagon is in an awkward position of having to be sensitive to bergdahl's need and critic who say there were strong indications in 2010 that he was a deserter or worse. martha: we'll be talking to john mccain. bill: soldiers who fought along bergdahl say he abandoned his post and they are angry some of our own troops have died searching for him. >> he did not serve with honor.

he took an oath and he violated that oath when he deserted his post and put others in jeopardy. >> i want him to face court-martial for desertion. bill: officials are trying to piece together the circumstances of the capture. administration officials say it's too early to say whether he will face a court-martial. martha: the release of sergeant bergdahl putting a new focus on the paktika province * in he was held. officials say attacks in that area increased after he disappeared. bill: a u.s. military hospital

where he is being fed a special diet. he's currently being interviewed by the military. a pentagoa pentagon spokesman ss not yet spoke on his family but he will as soon as they say he's ready. the army may still pursue desertion of bergdahl. martha: we talked about the rose garden air -- ceremony and whether there should have been circumexpect presentation. and will he be wearing a uniform when he come back. ' the polls are open for a controversial vote in syria. it's the country's first presidential election with multiple dmds more than 50 years.

-- with multiple candidate in more than 50 years. it comes amid a brutal war that has killed over 50,000 people. bashar al-asaad is expected to win that vote, no surprise there. the votes are being cast only in areas that are under strict government control. bill: the man community san francisco is over. police nabbing a potential bomber not too far from his own home. martha: a media mogul killed with 6 others in an awful crash. the charred shell that could shed light on what went oh tragically wrong. bill: five of the worst of the worst released out of the gitmo. the former president dick cheney

right that america just made a bad deal? >> i think this kind of transaction where you release five leading in the terrorists out of the guantanamo lead to the perception that the united states is withdrawing as soon as possible and cannot be trust bid our allies. when salesman alan ames books his room at laquinta.com, he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. so he knows exactly when he can check in and power up before his big meeting. and when alan gets all powered up, ya know what happens? i think the numbers speak for themselves.

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weekend. the "philadelphia inquirer" lewis katz was among those in the wreckage. the investigators are hoping the black boxes will give them some clue as to why that plane never been got off the ground. bill: a terrorist dream team released next change for a possible deserter who walked away from his post. >> i think there is a possibility these five people will go back into the battle. when you have the deputy commander for defense. these are people that are most likely to go back and launch strike or attacks against americans, against our friends and allies in the region.

the odds are they will do that and we'll end up paying another kind of price because of the transaction that's been negotiated here. welcome back, there is a lot to go or and i appreciate your time. the president in warp saw two hours ago suggested that the united states is committed to freeing prisoners of war. in your mind was bergdahl a prisoner of car or was he a deserter? >> i don't know the answer to that but there are allegations surfacing that indicate there bergdahl was not captured on the field of battle. but i think the fundamental point here that my friend behind say graham's words, this is the taliban dream team they just released. mullah omar has his cabinet restored. some of them are wanted for war

crimes responsible in at least one case the deaths of thousands of shiite muslims. they were judged and appraised at guantanamo on a periodic basis, and each time unanimously viewed as such high risk they could not be released or sent back to any other country. i can't tell you how dangerous these people are. and by the way, they were selected by the taliban. we are all grateful sergeant bergdahl is back in matter what the reason for it. but what is the price we may pay in the future in american blood in returner to releasing these five hardest of hard-core jihadists who are not only taliban but also al qaeda. bill: the president suggested

they could harm americans. but he also said in the same sentence he's confident we could go after them. >> let me get this straight. they do commit bad things, i.e, attacking america, then we can go after them? is that the iend of logic we use now when we release people who are judged high risk. 30 per of those we release have gone back into the fight and what he haven't recaptured those. i don't think the american people want the lives of their men and women in the military at risk on the premise we could go after them again. bill: you know more about the

government in qatar better than we do. what is their capability of doing that? >> qatar has played both side of the street as far as muslim extremists are concerned'. as far as i know it's only for a year. we know none of the conditions under which they will be kept under surveillance. what does that mean? bill: why do you make this deal as commander in cheech. >> this view we are ending the war in afghanistan, now part of it is bringing the last person home. by you know, the president may be ending the war in afghanistan, but the taliban and al qaeda are not ending the war in afghanistan. that's what's so incredibly bizarre about this whole premise. we are bringing our people all the way home and leaving

afghanistan to the tender mercies of the taliban and al qaeda. that in my view is an incredibly dishonorable way of honoring the lives those who have sacrificed. the president is carrying out a foreign policy of up reliability and weakness that we'll be paying a price for for years to come. bill: from brussels an hour ago the joint chiefs chairman dempsey said the army may pursue deserg charges against him. have you heard that? and what would be your reaction on that? >> reporter: my reaction is that's only logical. but what does that say susan rice again on sunday tell vague shows saying that mr. bergdahl served with distinction and

honor? she does a marvelous job on sunday talk shows. bill: senator john mccain, himself a prisoner of war for six years in vietnam. martha: he's a football hall of famer who set all kind of passing records in 17 seasons with the miami dolphins. but now dan marino is leveling serious allegations with against the nfl. bill: the city passing the highest minimum tbhaijt cup triand this may be just beginning. >> it's exciting for seattle, the state and the nation. we are about to turn back years of comeng policies that decimate mated the middle class in this nation. it's the little things in life that make me smile.

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bill: several hundred people are being urged to get to higher ground in colorado. the roughs are getting really high due to heavy rains and snow-packed mountains. martha: the seattle city council unanimously passed an ordinance that would increase the city's minimum raise to $15 an hour. it will be phased in over several years. >> it's an historic moment. it's been a tough decision on all side. i thought i would just show my support by being here. martha: other cities from new york to l.a. talking about following suit. but is seattle trying to legislate prosperity and will it

work? stuart varney is with us. good morning to you. they are happy because they say people on the bottom of the wage pool will be higher. >> reporter: this is a quantum leap. we are now trying to legislate wage overall, not just legislate a minimum wage. we are trying to raise wages overall in the city of seattle and probably elsewhere. that's a quantum leap. it's a ream sea change. what happens when this is actually gradually phased in? it will take 7 years to phase it in. what happens if you walk into the restaurant and you know the waiter earns $15 an hour plus benefits? are you going to tip as generously as you did? how about teams? are we going to pay $15 an hour to a 17, 18-year-old, don't you

think. > you -- don't you think other people will come in and take those jobs and the teens will be squeeze out. how about people who live in seattle who make less than $15. they will say i'm not working for this. i want more than that. that's called a wage inflation which results in price inflation. martha: all great points. you have to wonder what will happen if a place that tries this does not find it has an improving economy but has in fact declining economy because of some of the reasons you point out. but it urges employers to have fewer and fewer people. as few people as they possibly can. >> you use technology to get rid of the workers you can no longer afford. seattle is home to amazon and microsoft. it's prosperous city. could you do the same thing with

wages in chicago? they plan to have a big wage increase in that chicago and it is not prosperous. what if they raise the minimum wage in chicago? martha: they are convinced it will close the wage gap but it may do the opposite. thank you very much. we'll see you on this channel. bill: $3.35 an hour. i'm older. considerably. i'm at $3.35. that's how old i am. martha: you did a better job. bill: primary day. martha: the pentagon was against a prisoner swap for bowe bergdahl.

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>> the white house is dodge more questions over how the deal for sergeant bergdahl went down. two years ago this same deal was apparently on the table but the pentagon and director of national intelligence reportedly rejected that move. they believed was simply too dangerous for our troops to pull off some sort of rescue mission. how did all of this change? how did this transpire at this point? am bass store john bolton is the former ambassador to the u.n. why do you think that would be, in the past the pentagon and the cia said it's not worth the going in there frankly for somebody we think may have been a deserter. then it all changed. >> i think that it's a question whether the president is consulting with his top national

security advisers or informing them. two years of go they may have asked the question. this year it's very clear the president wants out of afghanistan. he wanted this prisoner back. i think even more importantly he wanted to give these five prisoners from gitmo * over to taliban as a sign of good faith. when the president says this is what i'm going to do, somebody like chuck hagel or somebody at the cia has to say okay, they can fight on principle or resign. there has been no change in the status of the five gitmo prisoners and no change in bergdahl's status. martha: to convince people you did the right thing you have to say what susan rice said on sunt

day shows. that he served with honor and he was dying. she said we don't have 30 days. they said he's a prisoner of war. which is a distinction that has to be made if you are going do this kind of trade. now there is a question if he's any of those things. >> the question of help doesn't excuse giving away five high-level terrorists. it's important for our military on the battlefield not to leave anybody behind. but let me ask you this. would the president or anybody else say if a foreign service officer were captured or an american mercenary or businessman were captured? we could leave them on the battlefield, it's just a foreign service officer. we have an obligation to all americans. but like anything else, the question is at what cost. if the military could have rescued bergdahl at the cost of 1,000 men killed or wounded? would they have done it?

100 men killed or wound? and the cost here was too high. martha: i think you are saying if i understood what you said in the beginning, the president wanted to use this as a vehicle to start to free som of these gitmo prisoner and he needed somebody like bergdahl to do that lnch. but i'm saying he also had to convince the american people he was worth that exchange because he was serving with distinction as susan rice said and not somebody who had deserted his post. >> if in fact bergdahl turns out to be a deserter then the trade is even worse. but my point is the trade is bad enough even if bergdahl was a soldier in good standing. martha: why didn't the president or susan rice or chuck hail say we don't leave anybody behind. but we do have questions for

bowe bergdahl when he gets back. but we don't leave anybody behind and that's why we did this. that's not the light they took sunday. >> i think they thought they could blow their way through it. the mainstream media would not look into this. people wouldn't react. who knows. the audaciousness of this white house knows no political limit. and i think they are prized to be on ought wrong side of the atlantic ocean today while this thing continues to blow up. martha: the president did suggest that there are questions out there about all of this and they would like to speak with him but that was not the line taken by defense secretary hail and susan rice over the course of the weekend. so in terms of ending the war. how important was that, do you think as a motivator for all of this? >> i think the president is surrendering in afghanistan. i think he's determined to find a way to get out even before the

end of 2016. if military guards at guantanamo bay let these five taliban officials walk out the front gate they would have been court-martialed but in effect that's what happened here. i think the president thinks he can make the political point, i'm ending the war in afghanistan. i think he's wrong but i think that's his calculus. martha: i think many at home would say that's what happened in benghazi, that we did leave that person behind. >> but the point is the president is trying to wrap himself in some military tradition. that's another political spin. it's a question all americans, even americans who do foolish things. i think we need the hear more about bergdahl. the main point though is these five taliban officials should never have been released under any circumstances.

martha: good to talk to you, sir. bill: voter head together polls in different states. 6-term senator ed across ran facing a tough fight from chris mcdaniel in mississippi. >> reporter: this race is so important because it's a real showdown went old guard and new guard in the republican partyer and the best chance for an insurgent candidate to pick off an incumbent. had cochran is asking voters to send him back to washington for a 7th term saying his seniority and connections in washington have been good for the state of mississippi bringing lots of federal dollars to the poorest state in the

nation. >> we have been involved in helping make those decisions as a member of the appropriations committee. we have had a fair allegation of fund and i'm glad to take credit for some of that. >> reporter: this challenger chris mcdaniel has the endorsement of the sarah palin and rick santorum. he argued cochran has been in washington too long and he's not conservative enough to represent the most conservative state in the nation. >> there is a reason all these conservative champions are down here endorsing his candidates i because had cochran hasn't been home, he hasn't been around us, he doesn't understand conservatives the way he should. he voted to fund obamacare, for goodness sake. >> reporter: chris mcdaniel is trailing come plan the polls

just outside the margin of error but it mate be that cochran does not make the 50 per necessary to avoid a runoff. so this could go to a runoff on the 24th of june. bill: a scandal involving photographs of senator cochran's wife at a nursing facility. how is that playing out? >> reporter: a big scandal a couple week ago. there is no question mcdaniels suffered a hit when four supporters of his were arrested in connection with this campaign. he denied any involvement in this and his numbers have held. there is no early voting to speak of. there is maybe 11,000 absentee ballots and that's it. it's about how many people they can get out to the polls. here in madison we have seen a brisk business which is

refreshing to see. it's all about early voting in so many other states. bill: thank you, john. martha: about 41 points down at the moment on the dow. also watching some monthly sales figures from automakers which could be an indicator. the dow was up 26 points yesterday. it's been moving higher steadily. bill: the halt of famer dan marino is looking for one more victory but this time in court. we'll explain people in the away. >> is bowe bergdahl just one shot in a bigger plan to empty guantanamo bay? >> i think the president believes he can take the five most dangerous people in gitmo

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players about concussion injuries. this is going continue to be quite a story for the nfl. bill: president obama vowed to close the prison at guantanamo bay in southeastern cue georgia- southeastern cuba, gitmo. good morning to you. let's motor through a bunch of things we have. how many left at gitmo? 140? >> 149. bill: is this the grand strategy? >> i don't think so.

149 guys from 29 countries. last year five detainees were released. guantanamo is closing by attrition. i think the president thought this would grease the skid and the politics are playing out the exact opposite. bill: turn it around. maybe the worst of the worse at gitmo. >> you have the architect of the 9/11 massacre. khalid sheikh mohammad on trial. you have other high-level people. 78 have been cleared for transfer. but the remainder are there for long-term militarier. >> military commission. bill: suggesting -- maybe the strategy is so brilliant these are the guys you release now and

negotiate. but there are still some bad bad customers down there. we cued up a couple of these. number one is mohammad nabi. a senior taliban official. what's he all about? >> he's one of the founding members of the taliban. he's somebody the taliban wants back. the taliban asked us two years ago what they wanted and told us who they wanted and these five guys are it. bill: mohammed fazal. wanted by the united nations for possible war crimes that killed thousands of shiite muslims before the taliban was beaten in 2001. >> this guy is not only a senior

taliban commander and was in command 9/11 but he's a former defense minister. he's somebody they wanted back and we gave it to them. bill: abdul fahtik likely had connections to al qaeda. ront aren't are these aren't low-level operatives. these aren't mercenary types. these are senior thought leaders and war commanders. these are the ones they requested and were after for a long time. john mccain told us mullah omar has his cabinet back. an amazing statement there. general martin dempsey from brussels said this was the last best opportunity to free bowe bergdahl. it's on his facebook page today. >> he may know something we

don't know. he is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. if he thinks that's true he better put forth the good in a closed hearing in congress. the war is coming to an end. but why release these five guise before the end of the war. that's the question the administration has to answer. bill: thank you. martha: a twitter account that's truly out of this world. take a look at the oceans of our planet from high above the cloud. more on this photo and the astronaut photographer who is quickly become an online sensation. billsensation. >> i heard some commotion. i got out of my car and started

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bill: an american astronaut tweeting photographs from space. well done. martha: the man wanted by the fbi for being a potential birminghamer is now in custody. this video shows ryan chamberlain. here is a look at his arrest. it was a nationwide manhunt. he was caught not far from his apartment in san francisco where

police say they did find explosive materials. will, how did they find him? >> reporter: several thing led up to his arrest. first there was a disturbing post on his facebook page, an apparent suicide note. then there was word that he used an atm in a local bar. a short time later a driver saw police surround a car. officers ordered chamberlain to get out of the car. wrestled him to the ground, slapped cuffs on him and took him into custody. >> i noticed there was fbi and homeland security. and i real. >> id from a story i heard this morning that it was him. >> reporter: authorities have been looking for chamberlain season saturday. they say that's when they found

he can ploalsive inside of his apartment and that launched the nationwide manhunt, martha. bill: president obama earlier today defending the release of the taliban dream team as some have called them. he says the release poses very little risk to national security but not everyone agrees with that. martha: jane fonda is getting all the attention. she'll speak at ucla. the vets are angry and some of the student are happy. book any flight or hotel and if you find it for less, we'll match it and give you 50 dollars off your next trip expedia, find yours

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>> president obama defending his decision to free five high core taliban soldiers to free bowe bergdahl, a soldier who may have

abandoned his post. the president suggesting the trade for the high level commanders doesn't pose a risk for american security. brand new hour on a busy day in "america's newsroom." i am martha maccallum. >> and i am bill hemmer. the president speaking in poland saying there is some possibility they will return to the battlefield and hurt americans but they will be under close attention in qutar for a year before giving the possibility of returning back to pakistan. >> we have confidence that we will be in a position to after them if they are engaging in activities that threaten our defenses. this is what happens at the end of wars. >> retired colonel bill cowhen

is here. >> great to be with you. >> one question that surfaced this morning are reports that the pentagon at various times in this period knew where bowe bergdahl was but for various reasons made the decision not to go in attempt to rescue. what do you think about that? >> i am not surprised we would have good intelligence on him. we get points where we know where some of these guys are where we can drop a rocket on him. not going in to rescue him means we put no troops at risk. we already realize lives were lost trying to get him back and no reason to put anyone, not one man or woman, at risk to try to

get a guy who was termed a pow and now he is a deserter and maybe a trader >> what is your take on the administration's way of taking this? susan rice said he served admirable and was very ill. >> we have not seen anything coming out indicating he was on a short timeline for living. there doesn't appear to be health problems. i think the white house thought they would have a great story of us getting a pow back and without looking into who he was they did whatever they needed to get him out the and run with a good story. they are finding out this isn't a good story. we got the short end of the stick and not only that the

shortest end we could have gotten. >> people have always known there were a lot of questions marks surrounding this situation if you were familiar with it. he was with the united states military and a lot of people are sympathetic to the desire to bring him back. i want to show you other video late this afternoon which shows these taliban members being embraced by their own. what do you think what the when you look at this? >> they will have rock star status wherever they go for a long time. we think by them being in qutar and not able to go back to afghanistan they can't play a role in terrorism. but africa command that overseas

all of the commands is head quartered in germany. so you don't have to be on the battlefield and personally engaged to have a hand in the forces against the united states or our allies. do detainies rejoin the fight? 614 have been transferred from gitmo and 17% have reengaged in some terror activity and another 12% are suspected of doing the same thing. fellow soldiers say he was a deserter and members of intel community think he may have been

an active investigator for the taliban. we have a guest to talk about this here. what is the possibility he was collaborating? if so, what by? byron smith is here. >> we should be cautious about it. we are learning about the bowe bergdahl story but the united states military has known about it for a while. they investigated it from the beginning. new york times reported that bowe bergdahl left a note saying he was disillusioned with the army and didn't support the united states activities in afghanistan and that he was leaving for a new life. so i think that makes his motivations pretty clear. and what is really striking politically about this is the white house could have framed this a different way.

they could have said he is a troubled young man who made a mistake but he is a soldier and we want him back and there would be a debate on what the united states should be doing about getting him back. and there wouldn't be a cover story saying he served with honor as susan rice said. >> if you are collaborating you are giving away information, right? >> the question is did he leave his post because he didn't support the united states activities in afghanistan, he wanted to go somewhere and smart another life or did he want to help the enemy? there is a difference between deserting and being a trader.

his motivation on leaving isn't clear at the moment. it seems the obama administration has created this story that he served honorably and with distinction. >> washington times saying they viewed him as a deserter and didn't want to put other soldiers in harms way. washington times saying the commanders were loathe to risk people to save this guy and pick him up and because of that we traded five taliban goys guys for him. they knew something was up. >> this story was going to come up. some of his colleagues were forced to sign agreements and were silenced.

i am confidant we will gethe story because people know it and they are motivated to tell it. >> why do you do the deal? strain your sense of logic and give us a theory. >> president obama said this morning this is what happens at the end of wars and bowe bergdahl was the only american held by the enemy in afghanistan. and it is something that the united states has wanted to clear up for quite a while. if you put all of the questions about desertion aside if he was captured in combat we would want him back. then there is the wisdom of trading the five members for them. that could have been debated had the president associated congress as required by law. meanwhile, some of the sergeant's former team members

have begun speaking out. they told megyn kelly he is no hero and they believe he violated his oath. >> i don't want to see him labelled as a hero. i want to see him face the consequences of his own action and possibly charges for desertion. >> if he is found to be a deserter what happens next? any proceedings? and we could be reunited with his family later this week. that question maybe coming up soon. >> a lot of layers on this story. more on this. and amid the controversy, president obama's leadership is under fire again. >> there is no question president obama's actions will make it more dangerous for americans abroad.

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damaged leadership. >> trading one american for five terrorist that might encourage americans to be kid napped all over the world. it has been u.s. policy not to bargain with terrorist. but made an exception. in war, hard decisions have to be made. and this five terrorist will kill again. >> bob beckle and rich lowry is here with us. why would the president keep putting himself in this position where people are questions his leadership on a deep level? >> you know, we have a policy we don't leave soldiers on the battlefield and we certainly don't leave them with the enemy. so the question is how do you get them out? he negotiated with countries who

are terrorist. qutar is terrorist because they fund most of the projects. so obama found himself in an impossible position. what is he going to do? leave him there? >> in order to sell this notion, this is what i keep going back to it, we are going to bring him home and trade him because we don't want to leave anybody on the battlefield. they tried to portray him as someone who is honorable and they will say you are going to trade five terrorist for someone who went a wall and deserted their post? keeping that going is going to be tricky with former soldiers saying that guy wrote a note and abandoned his post. >> i think the price is too high

to get him back. but if you don't think that, don't spike the football in the end zone. at best, this is a sad chapter ending. don't do the rose garden with this. >> was it necessary and why did the president put himself in that position? >> i agree about that. i would not have spiked the football. >> why do you think he did it? somebody said this is a moment we want to be captured forever. >> if this guy had broken the law, the uniform code of military justice for abandoning his post, he would have been arrested when he was picked. >> you don't believe it? >> i don't have the evidence. but he is a free man walking around. why isn't he getting ready for trial? >> because they said he was near death.

>> there is hospitals for prisoners. >> all of the indications are he walked off. the best reporting is saying that, the goy -- guys -- with firsthand knowledge say he walked off. and you have susan rice again relying on dishonest talking points saying he served with honor and distinction. >> she claims he was a prisoner of war. if this is a situation we don't know a lot that the pentagon understand about the situation why not say that? why don't they say we know things you don't know yet. hold the phone. don't jump to conclusions. >> it would have made sense to do that but it would make sense for all of us to not join in a chorus of people saying this is

a bad guy. a lot of people walk off base all of time. >> let me ask you this. why not go out there on the sunday so and say what i said. you will hear a lot about this guy, we heard them before, please hold your judgment, we felt it was important to bring him home. but that is not what they are saying. >> it isn't and that is where the message falls off. you are welcoming home a hero who has been abducted and five years with the taliban. you cannot that argument. it is difficult under the circumstances you see now. we should not indict him but not say he is a great american hero because there is implications he is not. why susan rice of all people who should learn about talking

points after the last round -- >> the only thing i can gather is if they didn't go out there with that story the american people be upset. >> the other part that is being oversold and the idea these five guys are not going back to the fight and we can trust qutar to keep them under close wraps which accept -- isn't -- going to happen. and after a year they go back and do whatever they want. >> the other thing i think is a good point is if you are going to get somebody, i would assume somebody knew about the more unsavory details of this guy assuming they are true and if you don't know if they are true the last thing you do is present him as a hero. they are smart politicians and they will not go out and say

that and know within a day they will get buried before. >> it happened before. there is a rolling stone that has been out there and all susan rice had to do was skim it. >> and that includes the e-mail that bowe bergdahl wrote about how he felt about america and the mission. thank you very much. earning the title of sibling of the year. how one little girl helped mom deliver baby sister. >> and toronto's crack smoking mayor making plans for the future. the first thing he says he is going to do when he is out of rehab. and then we will stop calling him the crack smoking mayor. >> do i smoke? no. have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stoopers.

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>> big question now. what should happen to sergeant bowe bergdahl if and when he returns into the united states? several team members talking public and calling him a trader. listen to this soldier. >> if you asked me three days

ago i would have said firing squad but i have to time to get less emotional. i think he should be tried as a deserter and court marshaled. i would like to see him in levinworth. >> we have john here a former navy seal. welcome back. deserter or prison of war? >> a man should be judged by had sum of his action. if he left his gear in that location and walked off his post there is no greater definition for deserting than that. when someone is labelled pow they get full benefits that come

along with that. what the dod should be retiring is whether or not he was a pow or a deserter. if he deserted and was kid napped it is totally different than being kidnapped off the post. and i think we are getting into muddy water over the moral of bringing him back and having rescued him whatever way we did through negotiations or not but bringing him back for moral is one thing but now it is someone who left his post and six people died trying to find him. >> general dempsey said the army may pursue the investigation of deserting. >> i believe they should pursue this heavily. you have to look at -- just like we are doing the background

check on someone coming into the fbi, you have to look at their values. i don't think it is any secret he had feelings for the afghanistan people or the taliban. >> he maybe back home at the end of next week is what we are hearing. what happens? does he go home to idaho? >> i have a problem with having a welcome home parade for him when you have six people that died. they should have a homecoming for the souls of the individuals that give their life for this guy. i can he needs to be treated based on what the evidence shows. if he deserted he has to pay for the price for that. we have to realize when you do something wrong in this country you need to pay the price

>> john gilling, thanks for talking about this. dempsey said it was the best way to free him. >> israel does this a lot but they back up the diplomacy with force. we are not backing it up with force. this sets a precedent for people all over the world who want to do us harm. yemen is a perfect example where they fund the war chest by kidnappi kidnappings. >> thank you again, john. well the presidential election is now underway in syria amid a devastating three year civil war there. it is the country's first multiple candidate election in 30 years but the syrian president is expected to win this election. the syria opposition is denouncing the vote as a sham.

conner powell is live with more on this election. will this do anything to end the violence we have watched for three year in syria? >> they are trying to present this as the first step toward ending the civil war. but it is one-sided. all of the voting is taking controlled in the government controlled area which is only 50% of the country. this election is being called a sham by many. brushard ruled the country after taking over for his father and this election is only solidifying his grip on the syrian government. so this election will do little to prevent any type of agreement. it will do more to solidify the two sides which are refusing to talk to each other.

>> militarily, who seems to have the upper hand at this point, conner? >> it isn't so much that the regime is stronger it is that the opposition is weeker and divid divided. iran and russia continue to fund the war also and hezbollah fires are streaming in from -- fighters -- lebanon. the islamic opposition fighters are fighting themselves and the secular fighters are poor equipped. >> conner, thank you very much. a story about a little girl proving she is a great best sister. a 6-year-old kept calm and helped mom who was in labor.

the mom called 911 but she was in too much pain so the little girl talked to the operator. >> she heard me screaming and she came in the bathroom. she was playing and said it is okay mommy, breathe. >> i wanted to help. >> she is sweet. job well done. >> she is far more calm than i was. she is wonderful. and the mom, too. >> she fought for that allowance. >> she needs a raise. remember the liberals were up and arms at rutgers over the commencement speaker? yup. they didn't allow rice. she pulled out of the situation to speak. and now vets are expressing

concerns of their own because they don't want to see jane fonda address ucla. >> plus this! >> oh, damn. did you get that? >> we got it. and we saw it. that is a train smashing through a truck filled with watermelons. >> oh, damn!

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camera. >> that sem high is about to get hit by a train. >> oh, damn. >> oh, damn. did you get that? >> oh, god. >> that is a train slamming into a tractor trailer filled with watermelon. the semi stalled on the track. the florida family came across the accident and record. no one was hurt. >> that is why we are laughing. water melons everywhere, though. vietnam vets are furious with the woman on the screen. james fonda. they are upset she was chosen to speak at ucla graduation

ceremony. the head of one of the groups saying we hate her and it makes me sick to see her get this attention. let's go to the panel. we have jay and jehmu greene here. welcome to both of you. >> good morning, martha. >> tylar, do you believe they have a point? >> of course they do. jane fonda is a trader and was against the war and protested the war which is everyone's constitutional right but she travelled to the enemy. she aided and abedded them and toured and took pictures with them and put on an entertainment show and broadcasted ten times

on radio station denouncing american troops in america as being war criminals. it had a demoralizing effect. >> she called it an unforgivable mistake. she said she was an emotional wreck and might have been set-up. but she takes full responsibility for her actions as an adult. i find this is odd timing with rice being not allowed and then you have bloomberg and his

speech. >> i agree with bloomberg where we have gotten too far down the road. but look the war pulled this country apart. the veterans deserve to speak their mind and boycott what they want. we have to get away from the myth that being anti war means anti soldier. if they boycott jane fonda. that is what they fought for and we should respect that but we should respect anti-war positions >> she travelled repeatedly and broadcasted on enemy airways. >> given that and there were

objections to rice speaking and i feel like what bloomberg said we are denying students hearing all sides of the story. it should be noted she was going to speak at the ucla school of theater, film and television -- an area where she has quite a few achievements, right? >> sure. but if they are going to invite anyone that has done anything of quality in life on film or were introduction why don't they invite roman planski. >> i wish he would show up and they could arrest him.

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