so i simply don t see the upside of taking up any position against mrs. johnson. there s no gain in it at all. colonel, the white house is saying that they re not going reach out to the johnson family again, which i can see that that may not be productive, right? they ve certainly had a major disagreement over how effective it was the last time, but with that in mind, if it s not the white house, how should the government, the military be reaching out to myeshia johnson and presumably, i would imagine they are reaching out to try to provide some comfort. the army does a fantastic job of providing support to grieving families. in fact, there is a casualty officer who is assigned to mrs. johnson and to that family and he will be there with that family until she no longer needs that casualty officer there, and then he will remain even after
details are few and far between. are we going to get big picture here or is this going to be perhaps some specifics about what we re missing about what happened in the ambush, colonel? i think that s exactly the right question to ask, brianna. i think we ll get a few tidbits on the tactical situation, what specifically happened, but my sense is the pentagon is not yet quite ready to release the entire timeline and all of the play-by-play, blow-by-blow what happened. i think what we ll see probably is general dunford more interested in talking about the mission in niger and why it s important, and then he ll probably want to talk about the mission in africa. why it s important. maybe a little bit about the spread of isis and terrorism in that region. that type of thing. but if we re lucky, we ll get a few tidbits to shed a little bit more light on this tactical operation. because you do have even some leading senators, lindsey graham among them, chuck schumer, who had no idea of the
because if my husband is out here fighting for our country, and he risked his life for our country why can t you remember his name? and that what made me upset and cry each more because high husband was an awesome soldier. president trump responded immediately following myeshia johnson s interview with this treat, i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from beginning without hesitation. he has no plan to reach out to johnson s family again. all of these can be briefed on new details into the investigation into the niger ambush. joining me now, colonel steve warren, cnn military analyst and former spokesman for the anti-isis coalition in iraq. colonel, what do you make of ms. johnson s account of not only the president s call, but the
sometime, and how 50 isis fighters were able to mass and execute the ambush? that is a surprise, frankly. we try to keep good situational awareness in operations and areas we are operating in, and the fact 50 fighters, that s a significant number. the fact that they were able to mass and spring this ambush on our personnel as they were going about their business, that s my biggest concern. i would like to know how that happened. colonel warren, always great to have you with us and understanding the situation, what it s like to be on the ground. really appreciate it. thank you. hours after the president s chief of staff tries to get a feud under control, his boss reignites it. also the president said he would give himself and team 10 out of 10 on the response of puerto rico.
determined. it s just not clear. it may be clear to those with access to classified information, and it s not clear how this sergeant was not found for 48 hours, and it s still a question and the pentagon making it clear they did everything they could to look for him. barbara, thank you so much. joining us now, cnn military analyst, colonel steve warren. you heard barbara say the pentagon wants you to know everything was done that was possible to hear from sergeant johnson. but we heard from congresswoman wilson that she wants to know why it took two days? the congresswoman s question is a legitimate question, and i have no quarrel with her desire and the family s desire to know