alert. the president reacting to the uproar over the release of bowe bergdahl. and also general motors ceo calling the automake ares internal probe deeply troubling after faulty ignition switches are linked to indicatings. and a year after edward snowden's revelations on surveillance. what law makers are looking to do now. >> fox news alert and the growing four storm over the release of five top taliban leaders. law makers on both sides of the aisle have more questions than answers after a briefing by top administration officials. we'll pick up there. welcome to a new hour of happening now. i am jennaly. >> i am eric shaun in for jon

scott. despite the back lash president obama is standing behind the deal to free bergdahl. >> i make absolutely no apologies to make sure we get back a young man to his parents and that the american people understand that this is somebody's child. and that we don't condition whether or not we make the effort to get them back. >> the president said no apologies and a pentagon spokesman in germany said bergdahl's health is improving. criticism and allegations are stacking up. intelligence sources questions if he deserted his post but if he actively and willingly collaborated with our enemies. >> kathryn harris is live in dc digging up what she can about. this what are we learning about

bergdahl's capture. >> reporter: the exact surroundings are not known to the public. he willfully walked off of the base. it is a 156 investigation and a testimony from bergdahl's fellow soldiers said he walked off of the base. separately an intelligence source said there was another investigation this time by ncis and we are seeking confirmation of that report and whether documentation pelonging to bergdahl was uncovered. the administration and senior military commanders are urging caution on prejudging the case. >> bergdahl's health is a part of this. from the announcement he was released. are we learning anymore about his condition today. >> reporter: the senate wide classified briefing.

they were shown a video. they demanded proof of life. dick durbin who attended the meeting and spoke to reporters found the proof of life video was convincing evidence that the u.s. government needed to move quickly. and the ranking member of the senate intelligence committee were not convinced by what they saw. >> it appeared that he was drugged and that he was barely responsive in the video itself. it was not a long video. you can't conclude a whole lot from it from the stand point of serious health issues. >> the proof of life was five months ago in december. at that time he was impaired. >> reporter: the briefing begins this hour and will be asking if the urgency was based on the six month old proof of

life video or other supporting inteleigence. >> it will be interesting to see what is there. and a bipartisan group of law makers said the briefing failed to address the concerns ranging from justification of the deal or if the terrorist will pose a danger to americans. kress wallace joins us now to talk about. this chris, reflecting on the last week, it is important to underscore the bipartisan nature of the complaints to the white house today. when democrats complained about shinseki in the va scandal, that put pressure on the white house for action. what is the impact of the democrats saying they don't really understand the white house's justification for bergdahl's trade? >> it is similar that it makes it bipartisan, the president did talk about scandals or

controversies being whipped up in washington, it is hart to paining it partisan. on the other hand with the shinseki case, you can't throw somebody overboard. it was a decision made by the president in the highest level ands counsels with the top advisors, there is not a easy fix as this was in the shinseki case. >> it took a while to get to the fix and so many questions about the va scandal and our viewers have questions about as well, chris. on this topig of bergdahl, there is politics on both sides. both sides are saying the other side is playing politics. what stands out to you as you watch this unfold as to what people say and action could follow? when do we see the poll teches turn into something more than just claims on both sides? >> there is not much that can be done. the deal is made and five

taliban fighters are in qatar and the terms of release are set. the only thing that seems to be done is a decision on what they will do about bergdahl? will they hold him accountable for the actions. and there was talk that five years in captivity is enough punishment. and others believe if he deserted his post he is pay a price for that and that might be a court martial. the thing that struck me since last week and we have played it over and over again. it is the president's rose garden new's conference with the parents of bowe bergdahl. and i was talking to a bush administration, how far would you have kept the president bush

away from the bergdahl parents? he said a million miles. he is a deserter, but we bring him to full justice but not leave him stranded over there. that is an argument one can make. you can make the argument as to whether or not the trade was right or not. the israelis sometimes trade a thousand prisoners for a single soldier. and put the president with the partners and arm and arm and as opposed to the soldiers who believe their sons were killed searching for bergdahl. that was a brave miscalculation on the part of the white house. they thought it was seen as a celebration and brought our guy home and it is anything but that. >> what happens with guantanamo? there is a lot of questions about the politics surrounding that. and harry reid made a comment

on. that and we'll play that quickly. >> my own personal opinion, guantanamo has been there far too long. and i think that we should get them out of there as quick as we can. we have been held up from doing that by the republicans not wanting them to be tried here in the united states even though our record here is quite good. i am glad to get rid of five people. >> and question for someone like senator wñreid. democrh%ts have control of the house. will the democrats do something on gitmo and we want the detainees released and we heard senator cruz will try to stop that. what is coming down the pike if it comes to that? >> i think if there was a feeling on the the part of the democrats or white house that we got rud of bad guys, then

getting the rid of the rest of them might not be as bad and it would be easier. but lindsay graham who is not most right wing of senators and is moderate on issues came out and said if the white house or september democrats want to make a push to empty the prison in guantanamo there could be impeachment proceedings doing be brought against septemberor obama. if they thought it would be a stopping force it has had the opposite impact. >> it is thursday, and we'll see you on sunday, chris. thank you. >> you bet, thank you, jenna. there is a big line up on fox news sunday. chris will be speaking to general mccasy. >> he was looking for a traitor

and deserter so said the mother who had a soldier killed. their loved ones were killed searching for bergdahl. the family was told that he was died hunting for a taliban commander, but now they know he was looking for bergdahl. his twin brother appeared and he said that bergdahl's parents appearing in the rose garden was in his view inappropriate. people who joined the military over a decade or so did so in a time of combat and they were certain to have their lives put in danger and none theless joined it is military to fight for our counsel row and fulfilled their mission with respect and honor. to me, those are the people who

deserve those ceremonies. >> lieutenant anders saved the lives of six of his fellow soldiers and jumped on top of a rocket grenade and killed him but saved the others. he left behind a wife and two children. >> sergeant bergdahl's ceremony in his hometown was cancelled. for years they followed the ordeal decking the streets with ribbons and signs and the color yellow being the sign and thinking about bowe bergdahl. and the city received a flood of hate mail and angry calls from those who believe that bergdahl deserves punishment and not celebration. >> on the heels of the bergdahl swap, we are getting word that the obama administration may let someone else out of gitmo. this detainee was train nothing afghanistan in the terror camps

before 9/11 and he is calid. and he appeared before a judge. and he would be having the same restrictions as those five detained in qatar. >> one year in qatar and hopefully trust them. and there is monitoring there and prevent it from happening. but this is no guarantee. this is high level and these are the people who have the ability to go back and hit the ground running. >> he said he went to afghanistan to help the poor and teach the qura n. >> a facility that may have put lives of hundreds of veterans at risk. and nsa secret surveillance

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the center in wichita, kansas confirmed there was a secret waiting list and putting 1400 vets in danger. they did not receive any medical care. and acting secretary sloan gibson is in phoenix and addressing the allieses in the report. what difference that makes for the veterans day-to-day seeking health care is yet to be answered. >> we are learning more about how the americans feel in the wake of the va scandal. popercent said outgoing secretary eric shinseki should have resigned and 35 percent said he is have been encouraged to stay in the job and 13 percent unsure. >> 59 percent said they disagreed with the way the president dealt with it. 29 percent said they approved and 12 percent were not sure exactly about this. >> and the va trouble is one

scandal dogging the white house. could that change the midterm elections and what does that mean to voters. go to fox news.com and/happening now. click on the conversation. the senate intelligence committee trying to move forward on reign in government spying. this is after a year after eric snowden exposed the government spying. hi, peter. >> next hour is part of continued congressional debate over regulating the government bulk election of american records. we'll hear from the agencies that rely on the very programs. doj and nsa and fbi and dni and the senate considers the u.s. freedom act. the measure would end the collection of data.

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>> the terrorist group boeka haran slaughters hundreds of innocent civilian and it is nigeria military failed to react. >> this is another atrocitty carried out bite islamic group that is holding 200 kidnapped school girls in the west african nation of nigeria. these new attacks happen in the northeast of the country where boko haran is establishing an islamic state. using tactics to kidnap the school girls two months ago. militants were dressed in the uniforms of nigeria soldiers and drove in the same pick-up trucks used by the army and told villagers we are here to protect

you and had them gather in the village. gun men opened fire and as many of the villagers ran from their lives and chased and gunned down by more gun men on motorcycles. one village leader claimed that the nigeria military was warned of an attack and did nothing. the lack of action has been highlighted by the kidnapping of 200 school girls in nigeria. a video purporting to show the girls was released by boko haran several weeks ago. they are holding the girls in a vast and densely wooded area. president obama has sent military advisors to assist the nigeria military. and the president there claimed while they know where they are. it is impossible to mount

a rescue mission without risking their lives. boko haran is fighting nigeria five years and killed 2,000 people this year alone. >> jenna, the world's most influential western leaders are meeting in one place, they are meeting in belgium. and we'll tell you who was snubbed. sdmshgs a stabbing suspect in court pleading not guilty and said i did it just arrest me. immediately following that horrific stabbing. and up next, the legal panel will weigh in on the tragic case. >> she should be celebrating with her prom with friends and classmates. instead we are mourning her death and we are trying as a community, to understand the senseless loss of life. óqoqú

back to our top story. growing outrage and fire storm and release of sergeant bergdahl. and now it is following president obama in europe. speenging in brussels in the g-seven meetings, the president responded to the critics and

strongly defended the controversial swap. >> we have a basic principle, we do not leave anybody wearing the american uniform behind. we had a prisoner of war whose deteriorated. and we were deeply concerned about it and we saw an opportunity and seized it and i make no apologies for. that >> the pentagon said bergdahl's health had been in danger, but it is improving daily. the army sergeant is recup operating in a hospital in germany. >> growing controversity may be taking a lion's share of attention. but there are other pressuring issues on the agenda. the president is warning russia that it faces now sanctions unless it meets certain conditions.

wendall has more. >> reporter: we got's briefing from the aides traveling on air force one. the g- seven is united in the goal of getting russia to quit destabling ukraine. after russianexed crimea and what was scheduled to be a g- eight in sochi, russia was rescheduled for seven people in brussels and mr. putin was not invited. leaders are trying to talk approximate how to stop putin and how to move the troops back to the bases and how to get him to talk to the ukraine president elect. one of the differences is over the french plans to sell advance

war ships to russia. president obama hasn't been able to get president holland that it is a bad idea. >> i recognize it is it a big deal. i recognize that the job's in france are important. i think it would have been preferably to press the pause button. president hollande made a different decision. >> tonight he has dinner with president hollande in paris. and no one expects the french leader to change mind. the british have substantial russian investment and make it difficult or at least expensive for the europeans to put pressure on moscow. eric? >> ahead of prom day. a stabbing suspect pled not guilty. christopher attacked marion

sanchez for rejecting a prom invitation. he confessed to police saying i did it, just arrest me. and now the attorney is he might basis the case on the mental health of the client who is on the anti- anxiety medications. this is the victim right now. the 17-year-old alleged defendant is nosprosecuted as an adult. weighing on this is the trial attorney. let me start wu. >> how did the defense attorney claim insanity if he was in the right mind and told police i did it, arrest me. legal ensanity is not what we think a crazy person can be. not only a crazy person that can communicate or say anything. legal insanity defense is the defendant's burden to prove. they have to prove at the time

he didn't know the distinction between right and wrong. >> he has to prove that he had a mental illness or condition that prevents him from knowing that. all we know he is currently on anti- psyche tick drugs. when did they start after or before? what was the mental state before and what did the psychiatrist say. and was he let go? there are so many questions and you have a court evaluation for the insanity defense. and it is very, very difficult to prove. and so many people on anxiety type of medication these days, it is across the country. how do we deal with that. >> just because someone has mental illness. and anyone who stabs somebody to death is not a well adjusted person and has mental problems.

>> it is probably used as a defense of last resort. he had blood on his clothes and admitted it to the police. and insanity is used because there is no other defense. that show he did understand. >> i did it arrest me, you know, your attorney has to say. what happened to you in the past? and there is a possibility that he truly doesn't understand right from wrong. i did it doesn't mean that i anyhow what i was doing would lead to death or wrong act. that is a distifrpgz legally and very difficult. >> and you know, the lawyers challenge the police. he never said that is not thorough. maybe he could claim that? >> and they will have to get

a judge to rule it was inadmissible. if he said to the police. i did it arrest me, it is really little basis. >> that is an excitable utterance. >> and it is a statement of interest. and it comes in as an admission and so it is hard to knock that out. >> we'll turn to another case in michigan. a tragic case. a man claimed insanity in a triple murder child. he stabbed his wife 59 times and slashed the throats of his children. this it man claimed financial pressures and he couldn't handle everything and allegedly killed his family. >> he knowingly said i was stressed and i was out of my mind, but that is not a legal ensanity defense in michigan, that could come in his

sentencing that he was under duress. but insanity in michigan is the same as we talked about. he had to not know what he did was wrong. in some of the understanding of this it case , it seemed like he knew and planned and said i was crazy, yeah. you slit your wife's throat. and yes, you were crazy. but legally were you crazy. not so sure. one got his back pack off and he started to stab his son allegedly and how did he get around that. >> he was lay nothing wait for the two children to come for. and he looked up human dissection and travel plans. he fled to india and was extradited. that was a consciousness of guilt and understanding of what is wrong. >> you are looking at the son that was killed and such

a tragedy with the domestic situation and of course, the daughter stabbed to death and eventually before a jury. >> jenna. eric we are going to change topics here and talk about how the technology is revolutionizing how we look at historic objects. the smithsonian institute taking advantage of three d printing. >> reporter: changing museums by allowing us to get closer to historical objects all thanks to the modern tech itnology. for years vincent worked building wooden models in the smithsonian institute. a place where history is talk every day. >> would you believe to learn

history, history needs to be felt and touched. >> yes, really to engage in the history of america and natural world, you need to be able to touch it. >> and that's why he abandoned the wood working for three d laser presenting. a advanced method of recreating historical objects. three d is so precise, it is traps forming the way we as human beings relate to our pass. >> this is a throw d printing of president obama based on a life mask when he was president. >> they put blaster on top of his face and cast it out of plaster. and our team had a scanned it. >> reporter: they have the

flight suit and touch david livington rifle and enable dinosaur fossils. they are able to hold it in their hands. that is something that is a game changer. >> and the smithsonian is allowing the laser information to be down loaded from their website. that means anyone did have the historical objects in their home? >> that's right. we are talking down the smithsonian and down load the data and print it. >> reporter: it will open up history to everyone. that is it from here. back to you. >> does that ensphire you to do a plaster? >> reporter: it is colto have lincoln's life mask in his hands and that is amazing. >> and the forethought to do that. you get a sense of what he looked like. >> they did a life mask before and after the war and you can so

the change in his face of going through the civil war. >> i would love to so that. thank you so much. and to take a look at this. dash cam video. a struck smashed by a school bus and didn't even stop coming up. >> and tomorrow marks 70 years since the dl day invasion. there is a smoke review. stay with us. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu.

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i am gretchen carlsson. today on the real story, an exclusive interview with writers who talked with the members of the taliban that held bergdahl for five years. when asked if the taliban is going to be ensphired to kidnap other americans? and see the fish, it is a groirp and pretty tasty. this is three times the size of me. we'll talk to the guy who reeled in the big one in the top of the hour. >> in the meantime scary moments for a 13-year-old girl from minnesota. she was standing waiting for a school bus with a dash cam. and the bus stops for her, yeah. you see that. a semitruck nearly hit the girl. and the truck keeps going. the truck was going 50 miles per

hour. i was in tears. i was terrified for her. i mean she hadn't upon been paying attention she could have been dead. and i thank godev day. >> wow, we are told that the the driver of the semiturned himself in to police to confess. >> in 12 hours the beaches of normandy will be the site of a great american landing. they plan to recreate the mission tomorrow as part of the 70th anniversary of that historic day. hi, rick. >> reporter: the national war plane museum spent time and money to restore the whiskey seven to the original glory and i had the privilege of flying on the model c40 a. and one of the men who jumped

out television 70 years ago. >> on june 6th, 1944, more than 13,000 u.s. army paratroopers jumped to battle german troops. leslie palmer cruise junior was part of the work. >> we went out like clock run and running. >> this is the actual plane that private cruz jumped out of. the pilot and his crew are prepping for the flight of their lives and taking the vintage war plane back to normappedy and a jump team planning to recreate the leap out. >> it is a chance of a lifetime to be involved in a historic event. >> leslie cruise 90 years old will not make the dive this time but in nor mandy for the ceremony.

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the senate voting to confirm silvia burwell as the head of the health and human services department. if confirmed, burwell, who's served as the president's budget chief and who was unanimously approved for that, will replace outgoing health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. we'll keep you posted on this. in other news, if your friends are pregnant or maybe the news anchor you watch on a regular basis, chances are, you could be next. yes. according to a new study, pregnancies actually may be contagious, especially among longtime friends. women whose friends are expecting are more likely to have a baby within two years. and researchers say there's a few reasons for this. one, women may become more open to the idea of having children after seeing their friends go through it. and another is that friends don't like being left out.

but we had a little cluster of people having babies -- i'm like the last in the line. do you feel risky hanging out with me? >> don't look at me. >> we'll see. maybe you need a profile. there it is. all eyes on the belmont stakes this weekend as california chrome goes for a possible triple crown. but many in the horse industry turn to a reverend who's worked behind the scenes for many years. >> turns out people can find god in some of the most unlikely places, even at a racetrack. with one of racing biggest days coming up, belmont park's chaplain is busy taking care of those who take care of the horses. reverend humberto chavez works at several tracks throughout the country.

he says he believes it's a calling. chavez focuses on the backstretch workers, the area of a racetrack where the horses are stabled. he reaches out to jockey, trainers, exercise riders and those who groom the horses. the reverend prays with the workers to help them take on the challenges of the sometimes dangerous industry, a particular challenge for them is living apart from their families as triple crown fever bears down on belmont, chavez is carrying out business as usual in the barns, what he refers to as his church. >> there are still things happening, whether it was the belmont stakes or not, there will still be things happening, crisis that we would need to attend, situations that would need our ears and our efforts to be involved in. our job here is to help 365 days a year. >> andrew lakeman knows of chavez's work firsthand. he was paralyzed after falling

from a horse during a race seven years ago. >> he was the first one there. he did a lot of running around and he took really good care of me through all of my rehabilitation. >> the racetrack chaplaincy is completely funded by donations. a colorful display in outer space. what's exactly going on up there? we'll tell you about this image from a telescope as nasa gives us a new glimpse of our universe. [ female announcer ] this allergy season,

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galaxies 5 billion to 10 billion light years away. >> absolutely amazing. beautiful. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> have a great day. "the real story" with gretchen starts right now. we begin with a fox news alert. hi, everyone. i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. the white house continuing to look for support on capitol hill for the deal that freed army sergeant bowe bergdahl. all this after administration officials held that closed-door briefing for senate lawmakers last night. but so far, it's apparently done little to quiet critics from both sides of the aisle. the controversy also reaching all the way to bergdahl's hometown of hailey, idaho, where officials have decided to pull the plug on a homecoming celebration citing safety concerns. president obama addressing the issue overseas today doubling down on his decision to release the five taliban commanders held at gitmo. >> we had a