the white house announced not a long ago that sergeant bo bergdahl is coming back to the united states. randall pinkston in washington d.c. can you give us the history on sergeant bergdahl's case? >> an interesting history and great day for the administration, no the to mention bo bergdahl's family. first word of his release came from the white house from president obama. the 28-year-old was the longe longest-held pow in the afghan and iraq wars. five years ago, bo bergdahl was a private first class. he had only been in afghanistan about two months when he was captured in june, 2009, by taliban forces. freedom came at 10:30 eastern time this morning. the u.s. military official says a few dozen special operations forces with support from multiple helicopters and overhead certain vail he knew and intelligence executed the operation. 19 taliban were present, but there was no confrontation, no gunfire. while he was in captivity, be bergdahl was promoted to sergeant today, defense department officials say he was able to walk to u.s. forces and communicate with them. he was taken by helicopt

sergeant bo bergdahl is coming back to the united states. we're live in the united states. randall, remind us about sergeant boberg doll's case. >> well, he was captured when he was a private back in june o of 2009. a month later the taliban released a video and it was confirmed that it was mr. bergdahl. he was held captive. we're not sure if it was afghanistan, pakistan, but between the two countries, but the taliban have held him. they have released several videos, it turns out not only in 2009, but they used them as a propaganda tool through the years in 2010 and in 2011 in his initial videos. he only gave his place of birth, which is idaho. his deployment to afghanistan, and the fact that he was captured in all of those videos is asked for the release of taliban detainees. bergdahl also talked about the fact that he didn't think that the u.s. needed to be in the war. of course, he was a prisoner of war, and obviously he was being subjected to coercion for any of the statements he was making. but it was always believed as analysts aj green pointed out that he would be us

the president making that call to bo bergdahl's family in haley, idaho. my thanks to you.he defense department. on the heels of that, i'd like to bring in our msnbc military analyst. the division commander and former national security council member. and ambassador christopher hill who joined us earlier on the broadcast. former ambassador to iraq. thanks for joining meg. general, to you, your reaction to the release of sergeant bergdahl? was it something you expected could happen after five years? >> there's been a strong ethic of never leaving your buddies behind so trying to recover bodies of those killed in action or p.o.w.s is a driving force in the armed forces. it's an important thing during this withdrawal period. our leverage is disappearing in afghanistan so i'm glad they got him out now. you alluded to the fact we need a very careful analysis of how he left the u.s. military security and ended up in the taliban's hands. that's important to bring that out as rapidly as possible. >> absolutely. ambassador hill, let's talk about the diplomacy involved in something l

. >> this morning i called john and danny bergdahl and that after five years in captivity their son bo, is coming home. sergeant bergdahl missed birthdays and holidays and simple moments with families and friends. but while bo was gone, he was not forgotten. >> bergdahl will head home soon after a five year ordeal. he is safely back with the soldiers there. he will have a thorough medical evaluation. he was handed over with two navy seals in a deal. five detaines are made. news was made to the family back in iddaho. jennifer has the latest. jennifer, the president spoke and what else did he say? >> reporter: he appeared alongsi alongside bo's parents. >> while bo was gone he was never forgoodnight. his parents prayed for him every day. as did his sister skye who prayed for his safe return. he was not forgotten by the community in iddaho or the military. and he was not forgot ep by his country, because the united states of america does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind. >> we'll stay strong for bo while he recovers. >> right now bo is having trouble speaking english. i

. >> this morning i called john and danny bergdahl and that after five years in captivity their son bo sergeant bergdahl missed birthdays and holidays and simple m

bergdahl's family got the news directly from president obama. this is what they said. we were so joyful and relieved when president obama called us today to give us the news that bo b b bowenally coming home. we can't wait to wrap our arms around our only son. he was moved back and forth between these provinces. >>> a u.s. marine says that he's been slapped, punched, shackled, and deprived of food add water in a mexican jail, but his treatment seem os to be improving after cnn highlighted his story. we spoke with andrew tahmooressi. living at a friend's house in san diego, looking for emotional support after two combat tours in afghanistan. >> we noticed, you know, the problems face to face where he was just acting distant and, you know, we could tell it was a clear sign of ptsd. >> but other the course of the month his friends said things started to look up until the night of march 31st. he parked his car on the u.s. side and crossed to mexico to patronize a restaurant popular to marines. then he got in his car and made a fateful turn. >> he made a left right out of here, completely missing that sign that says mexico only, no usa return, straight onto that on-ramp right