. >> al awlaki, how did we miss the fact that a major in the united states army was communicating with him? i mean, we got all of these programs and everybody is wanting to revisit the programs which i totally understand. but we've got a major in the united states army that wound up killing 19 people, that was openly talking for the whole world to see, to one of the chief terror suspects in the world in yemen. how did we miss that and what can we do to make sure we don't miss that in the future? >> i don't quite understand to be honest the thrust of the question. our recommendations do not take away the ability of the government to use the metadata program. we shift where it stays, from the government to private sources and we save the court orders necessary, but as we make clear in the report, we do believe it's critical to protect the national security of the united states and believe our recommendations -- >> the fact that nobody can answer the question. i understand reforming the program and trying to be more sensitive to private concerns, but no one is really talked much about the

and as a former chief of staff of the united states army. association of the united states army represents hundreds of thousands of members of the active army, army national guard, army reserve, the retired community, civilians and the army families. 121 chapters worldwide. our members and i are very well aware of the fact that much of good done for soldiers over the last few years would have been um possible without the commitment -- impossible without the commitment of this committee, and we are indebted to each and every one of you ask your predecessors. your tireless and selfless personal staffs, professional staffs, we appreciate their efforts. and is we understand -- and we understand that in these fiscal times, these very challenging times for our nation, certain things need to be done. now, before i continue, i want to acknowledge the bipartisan bill -- i've never been sure what it was called, so let's say the murray-ryan will, the ryan-murray bill. but whatever it was, the chips into sequestration have been very important for all of

i spent six years in the united states army where i probably served my -- proudly served my country as a combat infantry man in the 80 secondary born division. the work was hard, the hours were long and the duty was dangerous, i was shot at and i watched my comrades die. after my honorable discharge from the military in 2008, i returned home to manteca, california, to begin a new life with my wife and my daughter. but was quickly met head on by the realization that there was no work for a skilled heavy equipment operator, and that i was struggling to make the transition in to a new career. i could not find work anywhere in the construction industry or work in fast food restaurants and retail stores. with no luck, i was motivated to work and i wanted to work and i knew i could contribute to society like i had in my military service. but i felt help little, lost, and more importantly, a disappointment and a failure to my family. i was fortunate to find online a new program started by pacific gas and electronic company in california called the power pathway program that offer job training

12 years it is extraordinary talk about ng wars instead of victory this was doctrine for the united states army. unterinsurgency, though long war. those leaders must laments the fact and ient on changing it once th are in positi otop leadership. >> as a mother who has a child in the military i don't think we can work through the military to say your child sacrificed for nothing. lou: i did not mean to suggest that nor did i suggest there was talking about the military but said general's to carry out policies in afghanistan particular the and iraq that i don't believe in a lot of sense wheth viory was achievedr not we can say that with great assurance. >> nation-building is another way to talk about it that was a complete and utter failure throughout the of the least. lou: good to have you with us. much more on the obama doctrine and failures but later we will take that up. we will be right back. pleasestay with us. >> obamacare is a bust. president obama and the democrats preparing to fight to the midterms over income inequality. fox news political analysts are here with their judgment on the n

every day i'm extremely proud that i have the opportunity to represent the men and women of the united states army. 1.1 million in the national guard, u.s. army reserve and the active component. over the last 10 years, there's been over 15,000 awards of valor given out to u.s. army soldiers. nine medal of honors, almost 30 distinguished service costs, 600 silver stars and awards of valor because they did what we asked them to do, go and provide security over this great nation of ours. and it's important that we think of that as we move forward and look to the future and what are our national security issues, what are the things that we have to be concerned with as a nation and what is the army's role in those national security issues. so i hope we'll have a good discussion on that today. we face many challenges, today, whether it be budgets and balancing our budget, reducing the debt and what's the right level of funding for our military. we face problems, social problems which was mentioned, such as sexual assault, sexual harassment. we are working the issues of suicide, the issues of taking care

how did we miss the fact that a major in the united states army was communicating with him? we got all these programs and everybody is wanting to revisit these programs, which i understand. we have a major in the united states army that ended up killing 19 people that was openly talking for the whole chiefto see, one of the suspects of the world in yemen. how did we miss that and what can we do to make sure we do not miss that in the future? understand the thrust of the question. our recommendations do not take away the ability of the government to use the balk telephony metadata program. ship where it stays, from government to private sources. we take court orders. as we make clear in the report, we believe it is critical to protect the national security of united states. >> the fact that nobody can answer the question, i understand reforming the program and trying to be more sensitive to privacy concerns, but no one is talking about the fact that you had a major in the army on active duty openly communicating with a known terrorist following -- >> we have a section that tal

united states army chief warrant officer from salinas died when the outpost was aunderstand by insurgentsonday. he was on the third tour of duty in afghanistan and had completed two tours in iraq. he dreamed of retiring in hawaii in four years where his wife and he owned a home. >> governor brown delivers the state of the state address to a egypt session of california legislature at 9:00 a.m. details of the address have not been revealed. according to the "los angeles times", brown will likely highlight the state's improving financial health and accomplishment over the last three years. the 75-year-old democrat has talked recently about his success to balancing the state budget, directing more money to schools that serve the disadvantaged and emphasizing greater responsibility for counties to jailed criminals. >> happening today, the three men facing federal charges for starting last week's fire in the national forest are expected to appear in court. the suspects toll investigators the fire started when a gut of wind caught papers that the men threw on a campfire. flames destroyed five ho

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have a combined number of cases prosecuted there that exceeds all the rest of the cases in the united states army. exactly what holly has said, i think it would be a concern. you would pull it away from all of those commanders over to one part of post and it would become like trying to get a medical appointment at the hospital. you are not getting that day after tomorrow. >> originally too i was open to the idea of a pilot project. i didn't come to this with an adverse approach to the proposal. i said, if everybody thinks this could be, let's try it out. i now reversed my view about that. i don't see any reason to do it. if you give me a reason to do it, i am ready to do it right now. where is the conflict of interest? i am not seeing it. i don't see it. it doesn't exist. if you show me the conflict of interest, i will say, that is very serious. just because a commander -- don't ask me what that is, that is a pretty high level person. that convening authority is not likely to know either one of the people. where is the conflict? that person, the commander, that convening authority has to resolve

frank was a chief warrant officer 3rd class united states army. a helicopter pilot. among the many honors frank received was the distinguished flying cross_one of the highest awards an aviator can receive for heroism in combat. frank saved the lives of two special operations teams. he died in a helicopter crash in 2011, while training in washington state. but because he did not die while in a combat zone_according to current state law, silvia and her husband, frank, are not eligible to receive a colorado fallen service member license plate. silvia is not the only gold star mother waiting for this recognition. for families of veterans like frank, this law must change. silvia is here with her husband, frank, we are deeply grateful for your son's service, and commend you for your commitment to having it recognized. [ applause ] as i wrap up here and we begin this session, i have one more ask of you_of us, really. you don't need a poll to know that regardless of political leanings_the typical american, the average coloradan_doesn't think much of politics or politicians.

if you remember at the time, the chief of staff at the united states army when he testified before congressq and invaded it, said that it would take 200,000 to 300,000 americans to hold on to that area. we're certainly not prepared to do it now. we weren't even prepared to do it then. strategically important, geostrategically important. instability is really, really bad, but we're not there to do it. >> thank you, good to see both of you. we'll be right back. not all flus treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ clears his throat ] it took a lot of juggling to keep it all together.k.t she? for some low-income families, having

air force and united states army. so however the army looks, our however the air force looks, we have to be interchanging. .. >> the real challenge is how do you balance this environment and not lose that edge or lose that equipment. and the air force mission is very unique. within 72 hours the air national guard unit can deploy and they have to be ready to deploy. this is my good friend here from the international guard. we have these tankers on alert right now that if something happens over the united states there are pilots and jets. and that mission of the air force is unique. it takes more get up and going. the air force does a great thing and we have a great partnership. on the army message and transmission, depending on what skills that you need, if you need support personnel in my branch, for example, if you need engineers. most of our engineers have some civilian backgrounds. the wyoming guard came in and i think that we had 23 combinations and pulling people off the side of the mountain and went back later,

the lack of credibility towards the iraqi army and the united states that said it was equipping the iraqi army to you know against potential offenses like this but if the united states couldn't eradicate al qaeda what chance is the iraqi people or the iraqi army have. well this battle isn't about equipment far from it this is this battle is about stamina and one thing the isis rebels this is stamina that they want to to continue fighting and the iraqi army really hasn't got a chance to fight these militias two and two or two ready kate them and. i think that that this battle cannot be won on the ballot ground it has to be solved by negotiation two years ago president obama told to the world that al qaeda was on the run and now it would seem that al qaeda has more i mean does it have support in iraq you've been there what are the people saying they are they sympathetic to was it and why has all kind of gain so much momentum after that last that two years after the two years president obama mentioned that to the world well in my opinion the kyra has never been on the run it might have been

every day i'm extremely proud that i have the opportunity to represent them and women of the united states army, 1.1 million in the national guard u.s. army reserve and active component. over the last 10 years there has been over 15,000 words of valor given out to u.s. army soldiers, nine medal of honors, almost 30 distinguished service and silver stars in many words of valor because they did what we asked them to do, go help provide security for this great nation of ours. it's important we continue to think about that as we move forward and look to the future and what are our national security issues? what are the things that we have to be concerned with as a nation and what is the army's role in those national security issues? so i hope we will have a good discussion on that today. we face many challenges today, whether it be budgets and balancing our budget, reducing that debt and what is the right level of funding for our military? we face social problems which was mentioned, such as assault and harassment. we are working on the issues of suicide, the issues of taking care of our soldiers w

staff sergeant thomas baysor jr., united states army, milton, pennsylvania. sergeant patrick hawkins u.s. army carlisle, pennsylvania. salve sergeant patrick. as i conclude the list of pennsylvanians who were killed in action over the past year, we want to say again we honor them, we pay tribute to them, and by this brief commemoration we remember them i we remember them and we also remember the families they left behind. to quote lincoln a second time, he once wrote to a family and i'm quoting "i pray that our heavenly father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherish the memories of the loved and lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom e" unquote. none ever us could say it better than abraham lincoln did. but we offer that prayer tonight to the families. so to the families of our fallen heroes from these and from other conflicts please know that they and you are in our thoughts and prayers. again i want to thank senator toomey and i yield the floor. i suggest th

air force and united states army. so however the army looks, our however the air force looks, we have to be interchanging. ..

army and all of the military, the united states military is an incredibly disciplined force. that is one of our great strengths. our ability to train, our ability to execute and deal with complex problems. we have to put that energy towards solving this problem. by taking away a tool that i think is incredibly effective to us which is the uniform code of military justice is a mistake. what we need to do is hold the leaders accountable who are not using the tools we have given them such as the uniform cord -- uniform code of military justice to solve this problem. don't take a tool away. what we have to do is hold those accountable who are not using the tool properly. the chain of command is the essence of who we are. my experience tells me i trust the chain of command. i trust the commanders. that doesn't mean 100% that commanders are doing the right thing. and those who are not we have to hold accountable. that is what we have to do. we have to make sure we are taking care of our victims. we are providing them the resources in order for them to move forward, that they don't

for example, the united states army pacific commander is conducting many engagement exercises in the pacific right now. which have nothing to do with threat. it has to do with engaging and understanding and cooperation. that is the essence. many people put the trappings of a military wrapper around this rebalancing. it is not -- that is not the wrapper. that is part of the means as you think about engagement in the region. in that context, i think it is the right thing to do. at the same time, we must remain focused globally to ensure that around the world our vital interests are protected and maintained. >> very good. we have covered a lot of ground and yet there are many topics we did not touch on. i will be interested to hear the questions from the audience. we have microphones that will go around. if you raise your hand and i call on you, give your name and affiliation and we will give you a microphone. >> i have my own microphone. webcast andg live it is also on a live twitter feed. we have some questions that came in from twitter. [laughter] >> they are short. , youe of the que

>> former connecticut senator, former general jack keen the former chief of the united states army.san bunch. people are impeccable security background. >> thank you, mike. >> now to a heartbreaking story from texas. the husband of his woman is suing a fort worth hospital to have her removed from live support. the 33-year-old is legally brain dead and also 22-weeks pregnant. how did we get here? how did this start? >> this is one that tugs at your heart. it started when this 33-year-old mother was found unconscious. her home run eric, and her parents, want her taken off life support because they say being on it against her wishes and the likelihood of the fetus surviving is low. the problem is texas law p prevents doctors from pulling live support from a pregnant patient. >> every day we have patients and families who have to make difficult decisions. and in everyone of those cases, our position is jps and the health care system doesn't change. we follow the law. >> now the family is suing the hospital with hope as judge will com pel the medical providers to withdraw the life suppor

such as the young lady pictured here, 25 years old, with a 3-year-old son who, yes, was in the united states army. when are we going to realize that even though the economy is churning, the jobs being created are low-wage jobs, the working and middle class need our help, it's not a handout, it is not a way to be able to close the deficit and the debt, which is closing, but breaking the backs of hardworking americans. what a shame that a farm bill would come forward as it has never come forward before and it takes away a lifeline for hardworking americans. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i've seen reports that the president is going to come to this chamber tomorrow and talk about avoiding dealing with congress. he's going to pick up his pen and sign executive orders without coming to this institution and fol

every day i'm extremely proud that i have the opportunity to represent them and women of the united states army, 1.1 million in the national guard u.s. army reserve and active component. over the last 10 years there has been over 15,000 words of valor given out to u.s. army soldiers, nine medal of honors, almost 30 distinguished service and silver stars in many words of valor because they did what we asked them to do, go help provide security for this great nation of ours. it's important we continue to think about that as we move forward and look to the future and what are

addition to being a brilliant scholar and professor of law here at gw, he is also a colonel in the united states army reserve who has served in many positions including pellet judge. know if you're in the room at thank you very much. the panel wants to express its dean ofo the assistant administrative affairs as well nataliey fields, -- -- andenter assistant her assistant. i want to thank all of you for helping us put this meeting together. they had established the response systems panel to conduct an independent review and assessment of the systems used to investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate crimes involving adult actual assault and related offenses under the uniform code of military justice for the purpose of developing recommendations regarding how to improve the effectiveness of those systems. very importantr and challenging tasks, congress directed the panel to assess the role of the commander including initiatives to modify the current role of the commander in the military justice system. in addition to the panel's efforts, due to the vast scope of the task congress assigned to us in the sho

i spent six years in the united states army where i proudly served my country as a combat infantryman. long,as hard, the hours and the duty was dangerous. after my honorable discharge from the military in 2008, i tourned home from california begin a new life with my wife and daughter but was quickly met with the realization that there was no work for a skilled heavy and i wasoperator struggling to make the transition to a new career. i cannot find work in the construction industry, so i started to apply for fast food restaurants and retail stores. luck, i was motivated to , and id i wanted to work knew i could contribute to society like i had in my military service, but i felt helpless, lost, and more importantly, a disappointment and failure to my family. i was very fortunate to find online a new program started by pacific gas & electric company in california called the power pathway program that offered job training and skills to people who had no experience in the utility industry. i quickly applied and was accepted into a 16-week program in san francisco and i'm happy to share tha

veterans and other arkansas david mullens from jonesboro wrote, "i'm a 20-year veteran of the united states army. i retired as a sergeant first class. i am currently drawing military retirement. i joined the army when i was 18 years old and i wouldn't do anything different. even though it was very hard at times, i know that was what i was supposed to be doing. less than 1% of the american population serves in the military and of those, only about 13% actually retire with 20 years or more of service. we are talking about less than .02% of the population. it is really appalling that after sacrificing my freedoms to protect those of my fellow citizens, this is how we are treated. america is out of touch." i agree with david. in a letter i sent to the armed services committee leadership in the house and senate, i equated retirement compensation cuts to reaching into these individuals' retirement accounts and taking that money from them. this is unconscionable. diane from hot springs, arkansas, said in a letter, "i am truly disgusted by the new deal that cuts military pensions but doesn't touch benef

intelligence chairman, but did add 1.7 million intelligence files that concern vital operations of the united states army, navy, marine corps, and air force. caller: as a military person who work in an intelligence field, there is absolutely no way one individual could go to all brands of the service and the only thing left out was a coast guard. if he has coast guard operational plan just in case they freeze the waters. i just hope as a country we get together and try and look at what would be in the best interest of us. he is a traitor, period. host: glenn greenwald who broke some of the news related to hasrd snowden's documents been in contact with edward snowden. he works for "the guardian." he tweeted this out. host: in reaction to the lawmakers on the sunday shows saying that edward snowden, suggesting that edward snowden got help from the russian spy services. by the way, you heard rogers referred to the spy services as the federal security service, fss, russian state security organization that succeeded the kgb. then glenn greenwald also tweeted this out. of panic and desperation from official wa

united states has a moral responsibilities to iraq. what is happening in iraq is mainly because -- they removed the holst eight, the whole organization. the army, security. >> chaos ensued. what do you want to see the u.s. government do? want to see the united states advising their friends in a rack. downu will have to sit because of them. >> did the u.s. withdrawal allow iran to increase its influence acco to the extent that it is virtually a client state of iran . >> the influence is increasing. was petty because the .dministration here vacuum which was filled by them. >> is life better or worse than under saddam hussein for regular iraqis. >> to ask me if the situation is good, definitely no. >> deputy prime minister, thank you very much. inected by the crisis neighboring syria, but the united nations secretary general said half of the population urgently needs humanitarian help. he spoke in kuwait when the un was making its biggest ever appeal for a single crisis asking for $6.5 billion. emily buchanan has this report. growing desperation has brought these foreign minister's to kuwait. they came a year ago but now the humanitarian crisis h

he entered the united states army, serving as an instructor and radar coordinator from 1970 to 1973.fter leaving the army, buck dedicated his career in the telephone industry. he worked for congressman todd plats in 2003 before coming to work in my carlisle office in january, 2013. throughout more than 10 years of federal service, he's assisted countless residents from cumberland county. outside the office, buck is an active member of the community. he's a devoted husband to his wife, diane, and a proud father to four daughters and three grandchildren. mr. speaker, for over 10 years, buck has shown outstanding dedication to cumberland county. i wish him the best on his retirement. he will be greatly missed. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from vermont seek recognition? mr. welch: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, i understand our republican c

would not cause much damage to the assad regime, because it is basically the army and security apparatus. >> has the united statesed itself into a corner by creating such a narrow definition of what it is willing to accept? >> well, this is the minimum requirement for the syrian people -- for the 2.5 million syrians in refugee camps, about 10 million in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. these people will not accept assad or his hinchmen or cronies in power, because they don't aspire confidence. >> thank you all. that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." thanks for beings with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. ♪ >>> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. a fragile truce in ukraine after more volatile protests. >>> syria's war taking stage at the world economic gathering. >>> and fixing an icon, it is not for the faint of heart. ♪

united states support. this would prevent a syrian who gave a cigarette or sandwich to a free syrian army soldier from receiving refugee status in the united states despite the fact that the united states is providing assistance to the free syrian army. at the same time, other countries must play a larger part in accepting syrian refugees. for example, the conservative government of the united kingdom has said it won't accept a single one. none of the gulf arab countries have committed to accept syrian refugees. these countries need to step up as well and do their part. you heard the statistics. but it's critical to recall behind those numbers are real people. a number of the syrian refugees are here today. i'd like to take a moment to introduce a few of them who have been fortunate enough to find refuge in the united states. t reyab, please stand. him and his wife are journalists from damascus who took part in a nonviolent protest movement. he was arrested, tortured by the regime for publishing recordings of the regime's violent response to peaceful demonstration. her life was threatened as was the life of the

air army.and united states however, the army looks, or, however, the air force looks we be interchangeable. we will never be identical to them. notre not going to be and try to be. and they will never be identical because of the homeland mission where we role off the gate. ofhave to be complementary each other so that when the air force needs additional fighter jets the thehe support skillset or army needs additional brigades. that means being organized, equipped the same. i can honestly tell you today than itiness is higher has ever been in the army and national guard. we are organized trained and equipped at a higher level than i have seen in my 44 years of service. is because of a lot of great investment by the nation throughout the water. challenge is how do you balance that in this fiscal thatonment and not lose edge, not lose that equipment. the air force mission very unique. hours any air national guard unit can deploy today. ready tohave got to be deploy. that is overseas. at the homeland, where is my good friend, j.c. a

. ♪ this magic moment ♪ >>> shot of the morning this morning, united states army releasing some of theirption where and when it was taken. >>> welcome back. >> the set looks very blue from here. >> the ice and the cold. >> it must be. want to hear an amazingly outrageous story? an 88-year-old man in kansas has been thrown in jail. why? for breaking the law. >> what did he do? >> i'll tell you what he did. he couldn't afford to fix the wall of his business. a jewelry store he says makes virtually no money. it supports he and his elderly wife. he is an 88-year-old world war ii veteran. what you're looking on the screen right there, a crack in the brick. >> apparently was going to cost him $10,000 to fix. that was going to be too much. local government said $5,000, can you do it for that? he said i can't do this. otherwise i can't put food on my table or keep the doors open for my business. we'll fine you $100 and throw you in prison. >> jeff from pennsylvania writes, so we can send an 88-year-old vet to jail for code violations, but we release a lawyer convicted of aiding terrorism. what a

these brave men were part of the now legend taxpayer 99th pursued squadron of the united states army air corps. we know them as the very first tusk eegy airmen to be deployed overseas, the first of the first. during the war these airmen were often referred to as red tails after the distinctive color of the aircraft that they flew. many of the bomber crews whose missions the us the keyingy airmen -- us tuskegee airmen had another name. they called them the red tailed angels because they made it possible for so many other pilots to come home after the war to their families. last tuesday, one of those original red tailed angels went to his final home. i'm proud to say that i knew him and i know his family. his name was judge john rogers. he lived to be 95 years old, and he lived most of his adult life in the city of chicago. these are some photos of him. let me tell you about him. john rogers was born in knoxville, tennessee tennessee in 1918. his father was a minister who owned a 12-chair barber shop. his mother died of tuberculosis when john was 4 years old. the family lived across th

and the second thing is this, the united states army is a discriminatory organization.fat, you cannot join. if you cannot run at a certain pace, you cannot be there. i was a pretty squared away soldier but couldn't serve in the third infantry regiment because i was not tall enough. the standards there are 6 feet. is that discriminatory? yes, but that's the standard they have. this is what happens when you you have the civilians who nerve served in the military. off president that does not have any relationship with the military as bob gates' book ascertained or talked about. they had distrusting of the leadership. playing politics is not good policy. >> colonel allen west, good points this morning. things i have not thought of. great to see you. always welcome here. >> always a pleasure. thank you, clayton. >>> coming up, a legal battle in texas nearing the end as the judge rules a pregnant woman declared brain dead can be taken off life support. what does this case tell us about faith? father jonathan morris is here to weigh on this. >>> and nearly two years since the

of troops still there bases equipment obligations we have an entire army that the afghan army that the united states has helped train we don't know what the fate of that military is going to be without the assistance of the united states we don't know what the fate of the afghan people are going to be you know my gut is that if we if no deal is struck and we leave precipitous lee the entire country could fall right back into some terrible violence and chaos and political uncertainty so as an american i'd like to know what's going to go on in afghanistan from here on i am tired of this cloudy picture of where my money is going you know where our efforts have gone for the last twelve years what our veterans have fought for died for have been injured for i want to know and i think that the obama administration has sort of dropped the ball in two thousand and thirteen and it's about for time for them to step up and make this another make our foreign policy in this area a priority ok but do you can i guess what yours might be your wish international convention ending the use of drones is it close to your

the united states has intercepted a video that showing army sergeant bowe bergdahl is alive almost five years after he disappeared from his base in afghanistan. our correspondent jim miklaszewski live with the details on this, jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian, the u.s. has not released this latest video, the first proof in three years that army sergeant bowe bergdahl is still alive. now, bergdahl was an army first class or was a private first class when he was abducted in afghanistan nearly five years ago. it is still believed that he is being held by the haqqani terrorists in pakistan, his cap tors released a first video showing him fit and well fed. but u.s. officials say in the latest video he appeared frail and shaken. as proof of life he made references to nelson mandela in south africa. his family in sun valley, idaho is happy about the news and in a statement told bergdahl himself to remain strong, your endurance will carry you to the finish line, breathe. now, there is no indication that this video means that bergdahl will be freed any time soon. but late toni

thousands of troops still there bases equipment obligations we have an entire army that afghan army that the united stateshas helped train we don't.