no sign of emaceation. a pentagon official tells us he's calling on medical staff to refer to him as private 1st class. he doesn't want to be called sergeant, the rank to which he was promoted during his time in captivity, john. >> going to be a very difficult recovery there in landstuhl. thanks so much, karl. appreciate the update. >> more now on bergdahl's five years in the hands of the taliban. according to reports, bergdahl is telling medical personnel he was tortured and beaten and locked in a cage for trying to escape from his captors. nic robertson live for us this morning in qatar, doha. of course, the country that helped negotiate the release of those five taliban prisoners in exchange for sergeant private 1st class bergdahl, as he'd like to be known. what can you tell us, nic? >> reporter: yeah, well, those five senior taliban figures are still here in doha. the government here has promised the united states to keep a close eye on them. what we're hearing from a taliban source who's had accurate i