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Soldiers. the biggest combat loss of president trumps term. a soldier who was among the first on the scene describing a vicious fire fight. standing back-to-back with nigerians holding off an attack from all sides. the troops were not ready for combat. arwa damon reporting they were not wearing jackets or helmets. they were wearing t-shirts and baseball caps. as for heavy weapons, just one machine gun and one defense official tells cnn the isis figers were heavily armed. were also learning tonig...

Recovered nearly 48 hours after his team was ambushed by 50 isis figers in what ended up in the greatest combat loss so far in president trumps presidency. three other u.s. soldiers were killed and there are still many unanswered questions about what went so wrong. barbara starr is "outfront" at the pentagon. >> sergeant johnson was found nearly a mile away from the central scene of the ambush according to four administration officials familiar with the early assessment. they all caution this is...

Breaking news. senator john mccain may seek a subpoena on the ambush in legionnaire to left four dead and others wounded. it doesnt matter that the department hasnt finished their own investigation. >> thats not how the system works. we are co-equal branches of government. >> why are there still no answers more than two weeks after the greatest combat loss in president trumps administration? barbara starr is out front. >> reporter: green berets were leading. 29 routine patrols over the last six ...

>> and the questions continued, including whether the niger operation is looking anything like benghazi. >> she says that is the presidents benghazi. what say you about that? >> im not going to get into the details of that action at this time. >> this comes as cnn is learning a private contractor called barry aviation was used to evacuate the troops after the ambush. we start with barbara at the pentagon. at this point with the deadliest combat loss in the trump administration so far, what do we...

30 minutes. was that too long? >> without adequate fire power. >> thats too long. more than that, you cant depend on the army of niger. its undermanned, not particularly disciplined. clearly they slipped across the border. 50 guys is lot to come across that border but in that part of the world, its very easy to do. general mark will agree it would be nice if they had backup there, a couple helicopters with galgtsing guns. >> completely. >> there are answers needed and the deadliest combat loss i...

>> gloria, in this timeframe, lets say 13 days since the single biggest combat loss, right, in this time, the president has had time to tweet about a whole lot of things. okay. he wished happy birthday to the navy. he had time to tweet about little bob corker, right? the failing "new york times" sent little bob corker up by retorting his conversation was made to sound like a fool. thats what im dealing with. all kinds of tweets like this. was it too much to expect there would have been some kind...

In the process when my predecessor did far less than what i have done so far. thats all hes doing. not a criticism of obama. i didnt see it that way. >> again, i dont think theres any facts to support done far less than i have done so far. im sorry to harp on the facts, but they do matter. what do you make about brians fundamental point, that president trump is not being treated the same way? and just to keep in mind, the context here is this is the single biggest combat loss since he took offic...

Actually still in effect up until the end of october. but this latest one, it will not take effect bought of this ruling. >> jessica, thank you very much. >> thats it for me. thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, president trump playing politics with fallen soldiers while playing fast and loose with the facts. >> plus, the president takes credit for taking down the capital of isis, a major victory. does he deserve it? >> now putins chef is at...