jim shuuto, appreciate that. thank you. >>> some of the other big stories crossing the cnn newsdesk. under pressure from the white house. congress and veterans, the v.a. ordered a system-wide review of all of the v.a. hospitals processes to speed up care to veterans. an internal memo obtained by cnn says the veterans health administration "has developed a coordinated system-wide initiative to accelerate care to veterans and prompt pli commu communicated this to those in the field occurring the morning of may 23rd." >>> a bad wildfire crisis in arizona could get even worse this holiday weekend. with 10,000 acres between flagstaff and sedona already scorched, fire officials say the hot, dry, windy weather isn't going to let up. an army of fire crews including hot shot teams and air tankers is trying to contain the fire. but the wind and this tinder dry pine needles, they're fueling all of it. that fire is only now 5% contained. >>> suzuki is recalls 184,000 cars built by gm. the japanese automaker says the recalled

earlier in this year, i believe in january, when there was a tape that cnn's jim shuuto and other the reported on that had been made showing berg doll, and the question is, why was this tape made? it was reported in february, approve of life video. that those in the u.s. government who wanted him freed and were willing to negotiate with the taliban, an apparent prezzer in exchange, were -- needed proof that sergeants bergdahl was still alive, and that's why that videotape was made. that was reported in february. then things went quiet, after efforts were continuing to be made, but it took some time and finally, of course, the good news today that apparently the trade has been made. the exchange has been made. the u.s. special forces, which would be army either delta force or green berets picked him up and he'll be returned to his family in idaho, but i suspect there will be lots of questions for bergdahl. not just intelligence gathering, in terms of what he saw while in enemy hands, but why exactly had he left the base. >> one question i was exactly going to ask you, jake, and that is

cnn's jim shuuto is in kiev. >> reporter: a real change in the last 24 hours, a real escalation in thisor operation, as the kiev government calls it, against the militants in the east. a senior ukrainian official telling me this morning "it is now or never to fight this militancy". we've been far to patient so far. after sunday, a new president with a commitment to shopw he's tough to fight these groups and they were reluctant to take severe measures while the election was happening, didn't want to spark for violent clashes with the militants and now feel they have a mandate and are pushing forward using tactics we haven't seen when the militants took over the airport in donetsk, responded with attack helicopters and jets. a terror training camp destroyed today in lugansk. another province near russia. we'll continue to see that over the coming days. as a result, seeing a lot of bloodshed. piled bodies -- bodies piling up literally in morgues in that eastern part of the country. >> jim shuuto reporting live from kiev this morning. >>> a nigerian military ish tos knows where the kidnappe

. >>> our jim shuuto joins us live with two breakaway regions of ukraine already calling themselves republicat are the prospects for tomorrow's election? >> reporter: well, fred, it really depends on which part of the country you're in, in the western part of ukraine, closer to europened a the capital kiev, people are going to be able to vote, but here in the eastern part of the country, you have these pro-russian militants shutting down polling stayses and intimidating voters. we went just outside the city of dan y don yes don esk and ran into one of the members of he showed us this. only emerged a couple of weeks ago. it wants independence from the rest of ukraine. and they're not asking these polling stations to close. they're doing it at gunpoint. when we try to talk to eyewitnesss, election commissioners, and other election workers who were kicked out, they were too scared to tell us their stories because those gunmen are still around. in this part of the country, it's a very fearful situation now. >> wow. so with that kind of intimidation, it would seem unlikely that people would ventu