--- description: In the News: Bergdahl video does not convince skeptics; Obama and Putin on Ukraine; China complains about U.S. Tiananmen comments; GM makes recall records public; and what's prettier in print title: Morning Must Reads: June 5 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: June 5 by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 12:10 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 5, 2014 12:10 PM CUT * Bowe Bergdahl “proof of life” video fails to convince skeptics \[[TIME](http://time.com/2823916/bowe-bergdahl-proof-of-life-video-fails-to-convince-senate-skeptics/ "undefined")\] * Behind P.O.W.’s release: urgency and opportunity \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/world/asia/behind-pows-release-urgency-and-opportunity.html?ref=us "undefined")\] * A ‘decompression’ process for Bergdahl before he heads home \[[Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-decompression-process-for-bowe-bergdahl-before-he-heads-home/2014/06/04/427627ec-ec2f-11e3-93d2-edd4be1f5d9e%5Fstory.html?hpid=z1 "undefined")\] * Sen. Inhofe: President Obama compromised American security to burnish his legacy \[[TIME](http://time.com/2823641/barack-obama-bowe-bergdahl-legacy/ "undefined")\] * Obama and Putin spar over Ukraine violence \[[Al Jazeera](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/06/obama-putin-spar-over-ukraine-violence-201464123559766739.html "undefined")\] * Putin’s D-Day diss \[[Politico Magazine](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/putins-d-day-dis-107446.html?hp=pm%5F2#.U5BUqJRdWE4 "undefined")\] * China issues formal complaint against U.S. over Tiananmen comments \[[TIME](http://time.com/2825971/tiananmen-china-us-complaint/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29 "undefined")\] * “First, it was a minimum-wage increase. Next, the Paycheck Fairness Act. And now, Democrats are pitching a bill to address student-loan debt as a women’s issue.” \[[National Journal](http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/democrats-are-trying-a-new-tactic-on-student-loans-it-s-a-women-s-issue-20140605 "undefined")\] * “General Motors plans to make public Thursday morning details of an internal probe by outside lawyer Anton Valukas, hired by GM to find the failings within the automaker that delayed for more than a decade a recall of deadly ignition switches linked to 13 deaths.” \[[USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/06/04/gm-recall-probe-balukas/9959377/ "undefined")\] * School district’s use of worker visa program draws scrutiny \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/articles/school-districts-use-of-worker-visa-program-draws-scrutiny-1401908953?mod=WSJ%5FhppMIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond "undefined")\] What’s prettier in print: * Cover: [No Soldier Left Behind](http://time.com/2826276/bowe-bergdahl-no-soldier-left-behind/ "undefined") by David Von Drehle * [The Winding Road to D-Day](http://time.com/2814428/d-day/ "undefined") by Jon Meacham * Hillary Clinton 2016: [The Myth of Inevitability](http://time.com/2826277/the-myth-of-inevitability/ "undefined") by Joe Klein * [Brian Schweitzer, hopeful Hillary contender ](http://time.com/2826279/brian-schweitzer-hopeful-hillary-contender/ "undefined") by Michael Scherer * [The Green revolution is here](http://time.com/2826289/the-green-revolution-is-here/ "undefined") by Michael Grunwald The Morning Must Reads is published daily on weekdays. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2826449/morning-must-reads-june-5/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2826449/morning-must-reads-june-5/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: June 5","datePublished":"2014-06-05T12:10:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:14:01.320Z","description":"In the News: Bergdahl video does not convince skeptics; Obama and Putin on Ukraine; China complains about U.S. Tiananmen comments; GM makes recall records public; and what's prettier in print","url":"https://time.com/2826449/morning-must-reads-june-5/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/morning-must-reads/","name":"Morning Must Reads"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2826449/morning-must-reads-june-5/","name":"Morning Must Reads: June 5"}}]}] ```