freedom. thanks for joining us. being president of the united states requires some heavy lifting at times. in poland wasn't one of those times. check it out. commander in chief, lifting some weights. have a great weekend, everybody. see you next week. anger over the prisoner swap and those five taliban leaders now reaching a boiling point after days of criticism from the men who severed alongside bergdahl. >> raise your hand if you think he deserted? raise your hand if you have some question about whether he deserted. wow. >> i was surprised. that he's being treated as a hero before it's investigated. >> we are covering the story from every angle. in just moments, a live report from qatar where those five high

level taliban members are now free to roam the country. congressman lathe na on the secrecy of that view and how congress will investigate how it went down. also, pat buchanan takes a look at the question. did the president cross a line overstepping his authority and break the law? plus, crisis on our border. thousands of young children crossing into our country illegally and now, jan brewer siz homeland security is dumping them off to fend for themselves at bus stations and kcalifornia chrome goes for the triple crown. hello, everybody, america's news headquarters live from the nation's capitol starts right now. after spending more than a decade at guantanamo bay, those

five enemy combatants are now in qatar, which has promised to keep them out of the public eye, but critics charge they'll be back on the battle lines in no time. >> while the taliban five are basically free to roam around qatar, it has been said that they are not allowed to people other than family members, even when it comes to phone calls. we apologize for that. we will try to get amy back when we can. let's take a look at some fox news polls earlier this the week as the story was developing and made headlines. found out that 84% of those we asked thought the deal was either somewhat likely or very likely to lead more u.s. soldiers being captured in the future and as the first detail into the five for one prisoner change were emerging, approval of the deal was split down the

middle. what's become quite apparent now is that this story has raised big concern and anger from those who served alongside bergdahl. there are emotions running high as they react to his behavior before and after his capture. >> i would have done everything i had to do, cursing them, trying to escape, swinging on thechlt trying to steal a gun, shoot them. i'm not going to be a propaganda piece so my family can see me on the internet. >> this is not about politics. this is about the fact that bergdahl walked away from us, went to try to find the taliban. we were all there. there's not one person who was there that would say -- he's not a hero. he did not serve with distinction. it's a spit in the face to anyone who joined the army and anyone who died looking for him. >> now, the white house first floating the idea of a bergdahl exchange for gitmo detainees happened years ago and then

right now, some top lawmakers involved in classified briefings voiced their strong opposition. a congresswoman was the chair of the house foreign affairs committee in 2011 and joins us now. until now, she had not spoken out about those talks. let's talk for a moment, take us back to 2011. the big difference, the taliban detaine detaine detainees was too high a price to pay. >> that is an excellent question. why the secrecy and why the urgency and the white house has spun two different stories on that. the first few day, it was because his health had deteriorated to such an extent that his very life was in danger. they're no longer spinning that tale because all the indications

are that he may have had some difficulties that helped lives, but his health does not look like he's knocking on death's door. now, the president in an interview is spinning a new tale saying that a lot of this negotiation has to be dealt with in secret and he was afraid of congressional leaks. well, the reality is that we had this classified briefing in 2011. no one spoke about it. there were no leaks about it. the only leaks that were being done are from the administration and when they were saying is that they've been briefing members all along and that's why after the reports came out, that's when a lot of us who were at that qulasz classified broefing said boy, the story they're telling is totally untrue. the ranking members, that's the top democrats and chairman of the pertinent committees were invited to this briefing with all members of the intelligence community telling us why they had to do this deal and most of us there said, no way. we should not be doing that in change for taliban.

>> how hard was the push back in 2011 from members of congress? >> i don't want to speak for the democrats and i hope you have some of those ranking members there, but i know from the republican side, this wups who were there and it was not a big, classified briefing. just the chairs and top democrats of maybe five or six committees and i was chair as you pointed out of the foreign affairs committee, we were clear. we said there is no way we should be trading this soldier's life in exchange for a tral ban detainees because i think that this is a back handed attempt by the administration to eventually get to his dream, which is to close guantanamo, but just think of what a price we're paying. it's every armed forces official there, every soldier, airman, will have a price tag on his back because the taliban will know, hey, we want those guys freed from gitmo also for every soldier we get, we get five of

our guys out of guantanamo. it's wrong on national security, it's wrong for foreign policy initiatives and it's wrong as a precedent for future actions. >> i got to say, you were saying you don't want to speak for the democrats, but dianne feinstein has said she does not see there was a credible threat. she wasn't convinced there was a credible threat about bergdahl's health and also, back in 2011, leon panetta, defense secretary and former cia director, has gone on the record and said he has real problems about the possible release, bergdahl for those five criminals who are staying in gitmo, so that's coming from democrats, high pro file democrats and a former member of the white house, who referred to -- not the right deal to make. >> right. it was not the right deal then. they voiced their concerns, so why the change? that's the big question.

what happened in that white house, to the intelligence officials who then felt no need to continue to brief members of congress. they did not follow the law. 30 days, they're mandated to give congress before anyone is released from guantanamo. not only did they do this in secret, consult with congress, but violated the law which states that we need to be notified and i think this bodes badly for the rest of the obama administration. he cannot continue to do his foreign policy on the backs of the american people and say, your opinion and those of your elected representatives don't matter. i am the state and i will decide what is best for the country. that's a dangerous slippery slope for us in national security. >> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your insight. let's bring back amy kellogg who's in qatar with the latest ton situation regarding those released detainees. >> what i was trying to say is

that the taliban five are in fact free to roam around qatar, but they are not supposed to be speaking out under the terms of the deal. they're not supposed to be li aing. only talking to family members on the phone. however, we did finally get a statement from them in which they thanked qatar for its role in securing their release and they vowed they would stick to their end of the deal and of course, all eyes are on qatar for holding up its end of the deal and keeping these guys in country. it's been pointed out today there is a lot at stake for qatar. they're building a reputation as a country that makes things happen, but are quite secretive about how they get the job done. but it's taken a lot of heat from its neighbors that have been involved in violence in some parts of the arab world. it appears unclear at this point just where these five prisoners will be settling.

some are suggesting, sort of five-star villa accommodations, but this is just based on the speculation of some local journalists. there are undisclosed fighters living here, plus an entire afghan community with nothing to do with the taliban, so these guys are not likely to stand out. but when you see things like this, a suicide bomb attack on a convoy in afghanistan yesterday carrying one of that country's presidential hopefuls, it does make you concerned and if abdullah survived, the attack was believed to have been the work of the taliban and that is a reminder of how bold the group remains. the taliban five could return to afghanistan at the end of their year. living here, but that depends on whether or not they get used to the good life here. this country is one of the few in the region where there aren't big security concerns. people here feel safe and i even had a conversation with someone

here who said at one point, he hoped to move to the united states, but decided to stay here because he believes this place is the safest in the world. >> fascinating. thank you very much for that live update. fox news alert now. jan brewer offering scathing criticism of the white house this weekend, demanding to know why the feds are flying thousands of children into texas are now being left in her state. dumping them at bus stations to fend for themselves. dominic? >> yeah, quite astonishi ining developments. this weekend alone, we're going to see 1,000 illegal immigrant kids dumped in the state of arizona and it doesn't appear to be ending soon at all. they're being move frd the air base in san antonio in texas and other facilities in texas and just left to fend for themselves. jan brewer furious about this, issuing a statement that blasted

the white house friday saying this is a crisis of the federal government's creation. the fact that the border remains unsecure now apparently intentionally while this operation continues full steam ahead is deplorable. what is happening here is a collision of a humanitarian problem where we've got kids fleeing waves of violence in central america, particularly hondur honduras. basically, families who are arriving in large numbers over the border in it can to get to arizona and literally dropped off at bus stations in places like phoenix and tucson. some do get sent as far as new york and maryland, but they're given a handful of fruit and some socks and these items are told to just fend for themselves, which is difficult.

immigration authorities, they're saying what we don't want to do is lock up minors in detention centers and we don't want to split up families. but even local sheriffs who encounter these immigrants are saying this is a wrong that needs fixing fast. >> you're dumping people on, no notice, no contact, no communication. i think that is wrong. i think they have to be more transparent, so that local government, the communities, can somehow be part of the solution as well. >> the results coming across this weekend, arizona is having a new detention and holding facility on the border at nogales, and this is on top of the other total of children together with their mothers that arrived since memorial day weekend. so 2,000 people in the past two weekends alone and it just keeps coming in by the hundreds today. >> thank you very much. unfortunately, this story shows

us that these children are caught in a political cross fire and are being used as political pawns. if this were in another country, the u.n. would be stepping in setting up refugee centers. what do you think should be done about this crisis? you can send me your tweets and we're going to get to as many of your responses as we can and post them in our show this hour. back to our top story, the continue versy over the bergdahl swap has -- reassure nato allies worriy eied about putin. it has many questioning the president's leadership and this comes as a new poll shows only 40% approve of the job the president is doing right now. down four points from last month. joining us now, pat buchanan. welcome. great to see you again. i'm really anxious to hear your thoughts. the president in europe this

week. the spotlight though on what's happening back home. and the fact that many people are questioning what is the upside for the president on this, knowing his approval rating is low, but that he's involved in this prisoner swap where you have five high level taliban leaders there, who are being released in exchange for one sergeant with a questionable past. where do you see this thing going? >> you ask where is the upside, there is none. the white house had a ceremony last saturday, one week ago in the rose garden, that they thought would be a great public relations victory. as you said yourself, it's been a disaster for him. it's diverted him from attention to the diplomatic issues in poland and brussels and paris and normandy. it has deeply divided the president of the united states, the commander in chief, from the armed forces he leads. the bitterness and the out rage

of soldiers when susan rice went on national television last sunday to present this fellow as a man who fought with honor and distinction and was captured on the battlefield, that's the opposite of the truth that everyone knows. now, where did they get this? i think quite candidly, the president of the united states has been horribly served and i don't know who in white house is responsible for this debacle, but i haven't seen a public relations debacle like this in a long, long time. >> and you would know because certainly, you have been on the front lines there in the white house under several different presidents. let me call up sound right now where we hear the president defending his actions. >> we had a prisoner of war. whose health had deteriorated. and we were deeply concerned about and we saw an opportunity and we seized it and i make no

apologies for that. >> but then the story changes later in the week saying they were concerned about leaks from congress about this high level swap. >> he's saying we had a soldier who was ill and we wanted to get him home. there's nothing wrong about that and everything right about that, but the president did not discuss the fact that he walked into the rose garden and in effect, did something comparable to trading five nazi generals in return to getting private slow vak, the deserter, back. eisenhower would never have done that. whoever put the president out there to do this without informing him, we've had a five-day, six-day, seven-day fire storm from an event in the rose garden. who sat in the roosevelt room when they were deciding this say on friday, that we're going to bring the parents of bergdahl in and talk about the five people getting released. did no one in the roosevelt room stand up and say, are you folks aware this fellow's been charge

with desertion and maybe collaboration, that he's no hero and that a lot of folks from the military are going to be deeply angry about this and that our own people are going to be outraged who were giving away five taliban killers? think of our afghan allies. you just reported abdullah was the target of a terrorist attack. the future president by the taliban yesterday and they didn't know this was going to happen. and thai going to have to deal with this, these five people when the americans go home. i can't think of a single standpoint from this which is no a humiliation and defeat for the united states. if it were any kind of vikt ary for the united states, why are the talibans the ones showing the film an footage and the helicopter going away and don't come back to afghanistan. >> you recently wrote that showing the release of the taliban and the video of the taliban of the helicopter flying

away recalled an image 40 years ago when the helicopter was taking off from the roof of the embassy in saigon and you brought parallels to that moment in history. >> you saw the taliban bring this pale, sickly american back and say don't ever come back to afghanistan. then you see that helicopter going up there. to some of us of a certain age, we remember the helicopter going off the roof of that embassy and how hollow it was. what that message they were sending is good-bye americans, you've been defeated, here's your prisoner back. and why are they the ones showing the footage if they don't see it as a victory for them and a defeat for the united states and i do believe this is a diplomatic, political defeat for the united states and it's going damage and hurt our allies in afghanistan, the ones we leave behind. >> getting to us, always good to

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swap of five taliban prisoners. senators receiving a similar briefing this past week. seattle police saying the suspect in thursday's college shooting wanted to kill as many people as he could, then kill himself. that might have happened had a student not tackled the 26-year-old man as he reloaded his gun. a judge ordered him held without bail for allegedly killing one student. two others were injured. a 19-year-old girl still remains in intensetive care. tracy morgan in critical condition at this hour after a six-vehicle pile up on the new jersey turnpike this morning. he was riding in a limo bus that flipped over when struck by a tractor trailer. one of morgan's fellow passengers died in the crash. a federal judge ruled that state's ban on uninstitutional. come have begun issuing marriage license, but the state's attorney general says he will appeal. that's a quick look at some of

the stories at the bottom of the hour. now to our veterans and the health care crisis that continues to erupt throughout centers throughout the nation. news of veterans dying as a result of months long waiting times along with other allegations along with corruption and abuse has dominated the headlines. now, a poll saying more people believe prisoners at guantanamo bay are getting better health care than veterans at the va. it's not even close. congress is hoping new bills will help fix. >> and despite the departure of secretary eric shinseki, republican lawmakers are continuing to pressure the administration. >> this is the biggest health care scandal in the's history and america deserves to know whether the president is committed to doing whatever it takes to make things right.

you deserve to know whether he will personally step in and see this through. >> this while doing legislation sits in both chambers, the house passed the department of veterans act last month. it would allow the va secretary to remove anybody he deems underperforming. while the senate is working on a similar piece of legislation in a section creating veterans more access to alternative facilities, meanwhile, sloan gibson is moving ahead. >> we will be revising and enhancing our scheduling. our directive, the policy. all of these things designed to begin to earn back the trust of veterans. >> he says after reviewing 1700 veterans, 18 did die while awaiting care and the deaths are

tied directly to these lists, agency will discipline those involved. marco rubio has joined the voices push iing for the obama administration to do more to free that jailed marine being held in mexico. the marine sergeant being held in mexico -- with mind games being used against him by his fellow prisoners. >> they would have one guy sleep with me, like be on watch with me. for whatever reason. they were talking about hiring it. >> he was arrested in march after he took a wrong turn and drove across the border with three guns in his truck. he is maintaining his innama ad handling of the case is interesting given the taliban prisoner swap. two experts on the taliban, including one who was part of

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she died last week at the age of 86. the release of bergdahl and the five at gitmo. so many unanswered questions, but with the release, many are concerned about what the message is sending to the taliban and other terror groups. joining us now, robert, an author and documentary film maker who's been tracking sergeant bergdahl and he did this shortly after he disappeared and bridgette gabriel, well-known terrorism expert and author. welcome to the both of you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> let me begin with you. when we saw that video of the release of the taliban this week, you say there are some interesting messages here and that symbolism has been put out by the taliban. tell us more about your personal

reflections? >> omar already rejoiced, sending a message to his troops, the fact that the father, bergdahl's father on the steps of the white house, declared islam victorious. they looked at it as a victory because the father spoke in air b arabic and this is the prayer that basically throughout history, anytime the islam conquers a nation or a city, that islamists will gather and pray that prayer. this has been done throughout the 1400-year history of islam, so this is why the talibans are rejoicing. they're looking at this as a celebration, a victory and empowerment move for the talibans and the islamist troop, not only in afghanistan, but throughout the islamic world. >> robert, why did you set out to look for bergdahl and what were your initial thoughts as you searched for him? you also know a lot about the

haqqani network. >> on june 30th, 2009, i was an adviser for the commander of the area and we got a call that a individual had walked off the base and was situation was somewhat unclear, but as soon as we had people in the area, we knew that was an area for kidnapping. david rode of "the new york times" had just escaped and they were looking for another american, so weshl able to track them. within a couple of days, they had sold bergdahl to the haqqani network. we tracked him to pakistan and then were told to wave off. >> that surprised you, didn't it? >> yeah, because there was a lot of military activity after that which was unnecessary, because bergdahl was in pakistan. i don't have the opinion or activity this, but he did a good job of tracking him. his location was known for a long time, then he was moved around. we refound him and it was a mystery why he had spent five

years in captivity. >> we're hearing from a taliban who were already saying this release shows that america will negotiate with terrorists and americans will indeed become high valued targets going forward. exactly and they are correct. in saying that because now we have set precedence and this is why the leader of the taliban said that now, we can go after bigger people. like bergdahl and it endangers our troops all over the world. not only in afghanistan ar iraq where we have presence, but syria, nairobi, any place where we have not only american troops, but american diplomats serving overseas. we have set precedence. our enemy is learning from our distaste, but we are not learning and what president obama did with this move in swapping five high value leaders of the taliban for some deserter of our, has set precedents for

generations to come. >> are they saying that indeed, as soon as the troops from afghanistan, it's back to business as usual? >> oh, absolutely. we know already that some of the people that have been released are now back and getting ready to leave afghanistan, so basically, what you are seeing with these five leaders of the taliban that have been released, you are look at the future of afghanistan. these are the people who are going to be the leaders. they are respected. they serve in gitmo. they're looked at as heroes and this is what america will be having to deal with. >> go ahead, we're running out of time, but i want to give robert the last word here on his thoughts about what this is going to mean going forward and how concerned are you. >> first of all, i stayed with two of these mullahs when they surrendered in 2001. they were shortly renditions. the haqqani network, they're a very different group and have much different problems between

the haqqanis and the taliban that you'll see emerging over the next few months, but these people are useless. they went to school with omar. they should go to a war crimes tribunal. >> yeah, and those folks are very worried about his release, we're hearing it from different news reports and i understand what you're thinking about. i understand where you're coming from, but there are still a lot of folks concerned that these people will be back in the middle, not in the battlefield though. the taliban and the haqqani network. who knows going forward. thank you both for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. time for a quick break, but when we come back, nasa finally breaks into the broad band age and the results are out of this world. we'll tell you how they did it, next. and more on the horse the whole world will be watching in just a few hours.

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we are back. and it's the holy grail of horse

racing, the triple crown. and california chrome is just one race away from being the first horse to win the triple crown in 36 years. in just a few short hours, the colt will run longest and toughest race in the series, the belmont stakes. can he do it? well, john harris helped raise this horse, who is one race away from making history. john, welcome. great to have you here today. >> it's great to be here. california chrome is a really special horse. >> let's talk for a moment about the fact that history might be made in just a few hours. and tell us about your early connection to this award-winning horse. >> we are in central california near fresno, and he was conceived there and born there and raised there. and did his early training there. so we -- the whole crew, 40 people working there. and all of california is excited about this horse. >> i know we have some great pictures of the horse as a little baby, and they're awfully cute.

did you know from the start that this particular colt was a winner? or had something special? >> well, i would like to think that now. but frankly, at the time, i -- we knew he was a nice colt, but we have a lot of nice colts that don't go on to this spectacular career. but he looked good. of his owners knew. they were just so supportive. the first horse they ever had, and they were talking about he's going to win all of these big races. and he sure did. >> when they talked about that back then, were you skeptical, or were you saying, okay, there's a shot. >> well, i was -- like to be supportive. but i was probably skeptical. but i was happy for them, and i -- i was thinking they were maybe overly optimistic. but as it turned out, they were right on. >> what are your thoughts now, knowing that this is indeed a very special horse who could really make history in a very phenomenal way? what runs through your mind as

you wait for the next few hours to happen? >> well, it's really special moment, because he's such a horse that -- so many things go wrong raising a horse. this horse put it all together, and it's come up to this race well. and so it's really an emotional time for us. >> you expect the horse to win? you counting on him? >> i really do. i mean, i was cautiously optimistic in the derby, and i thought he had a pretty good chance at the preakness. an unforgiving sport. i think he could win it. >> i wish you and the rest of the crowd that had a hand in raising this special horse all the best and we'll be watching very closely in a few hours. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. that's going to do it for me here in washington. but "america's news headquart s headquarters" rolls on.

i'm uma pemmaraju, we thank you for joining us. and we hope you make it a great day, everybody. hello, i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters." >> i'm julie bandares. amid the growing controversy over the prisoner swap and bowe bergdahl, we now learn more about the former p.o.w.'s condition as he recovers in a hospital in germany. and actor and comedian tracy morgan hurt after a deadly car crash. more details on the multivehicle accident. and history could be made at the belmont stakes, as california chrome goes for the triple crown. the greatest prize in horse racing.