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That widow, my esha johnson sai in an interview earlier this week that the president stumbled over her husbands name during the conversation. today, the president disputed that conversation saying that aides had provided him with a chart that had johnsons name on it. listen. >> i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david. he -- who, by the way, i called la david right from the beginning. just so i understand, they put a chart in front, la david, it...

But i -- trust me, thats one of the great things. you know, there are certain elements of deals you dont want to negotiate with. 401(k)s, and kevin knows that and i think kevin brady is fantastic. but he knows how important 401(k)s are. >> the president spoke for the first time in person about myeshia johnsons assertion that the president was insensitive and his condolence call to her. >> i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david, who i called la...

When the president called her. >> i certainly respect la david, who, by the way, called la david right from the beginning. just so you understand, they put a chart from front, la david. it says la david johnson. right from the beginning, no hesitation. one of the great memories of all-time. my day starts well before

The country this unfortunate young man lost his life in has an interesting name n-i-g-e-r. i thought to myself im going to look that up, but i thought to myself that name isnt the "n" word. you do a bit of homework. it doesnt take much time. it wouldnt occur to somebody who is as inside his head as trump. this is his issue. if he sees a name like la david and it didnt occur to him at 70 years old that it means he has to rehearse the name la david a couple of times so he can at least fake sinceri...

Afghanistan. watch this. >> i am so sorry to hear about the whole situation. what a horrible thing. except that hes an unbelievable hero, and all the people that served with him are saying how incredible he was and just an amazing -- an amazing guy. and i wanted to call you. he was a great hero. >> thank you, president trump. those words are very kind. he was an amazing man, an amazing husband, an amazing soldier. and i couldnt be more proud of my husband. >> what was very interesting to me ther...

Me there he was on speakerphone. when the president calls, people put it on speaker because the president is calling. thats out out of the ordinary even though this administration thinks its out of the ordinary. i digross. maybe he couldnt get the name la david because he didnt know or they didnt talk about it for 12 days or maybe it was rushed. >> i think really if he saw that name on a piece of paper, somebody in his position should immediately thought this was was a tough one. >> how do you t...

>> the president clearly doesnt appreciate the pain that youve gone through or the pain that sergeant la davids family is going through. but the chief of staff does, general john kelly who lost his son in afghanistan. what did you make of his appearance in the white house briefing room last week when he described the circumstances of what happens to a fallen heros body as it travels home. of his criticism of congresswoman wilson, and what do you hope knowing what he knows about your pain and his...

Attacked them with small arms and machine gun fire. the soldiers then got back in their trucks and retreated about a mile before they were ambushed begin. the attackers had trapped the the americans in a kill zone where they could envelope them in fire. the two separate ambush sites could explain why sergeant la davids body were found more than a mile from where the other dead and injured troops were evacuated by hospital. so we had early reporting this ambush was a result of a massive intellige...

Is just hearing the melody. thats what comes in first before our brain decodes what the words are. and so, in this case, first of all, he could have both erred to learn the name, and since its a challenging name, la david is not a name most of us would expect, certainly he would expect. youd think he would have done a little bit of homework, just a bit and mastered a way of saying the mans name probably about three times to at least suggest concern. part of being an adult to act somewhat, if you...

One of the hardest jobs for any president, speaking to the family of an american soldier killed in action. and today the widow of a fallen soldier spoke out about what this president said and how he said it. >> the president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyways. and i was -- it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone in his voice and how he said it. he couldnt remember my husband name. the only way he remembered my husband name because he told me he had my husba...