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This rig the deep water horizon failed to work. >> greta: in reading the "wall street journal" article there was a recommendation that there be two redundancys, two ways to have it work. this rig didnt have the double one. >> most rigs do not -- >> greta: recommendation of two. >> right by a norwegian researcher that my colleague interviewed. he made the recommendation they be required to have a second pipe-cutting device that could sheer off the pipe and increase the odds that you could tap the...

By joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were because were at war. thats what the president tried to say to four families the other day. i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning, and broken hearted, at what i saw a member of congress doing. it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. >> well the congresswoman he mentioned, free rica wilson said she listened in to that phone call between the president and the familie...

Us that the chief of staff, john kelly, was on that condolence call with president trump. today, an emotional kelly delivered an impassioned defense of his bosss outrage. >> i thought at least that was sacred. >> it was an extraordinary moment. chief of staff john kelly taking the podium at the white house denouncing in the strongest terms what florida congresswoman frederica wilson said in the condolence call of la david johnson. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning. broken he...

A member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. in his way tried to express that opinion. hes a brave man, a fallen hero. he knew what he was getting himself into because he enlisted. theres no reason to enlist. he enlisted. and he was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken. that was the message. >> senior white house corresp...

Member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. absolutely stunsco me. and i thought at least that was sacred.. in october -- april, rather, of 2015, i was still on active duty, and i went to the dedication of the new fbi field office in miami. and it was dedicated to two men who were killed in a firefight in miami against drug...

>> reporter: kelly blasted the congresswoman for exploiting the conversation, he sought to explain them, not retract them. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken-hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. and in in his way tried to express that opinion that hes a brave man, fallen hero, he knew what he was getting himself into because he enlisted. theres n...

Briefing room. defend the president and criticized the congresswoman. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. it stuns me that a member of congress would listen in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. and i thought at least that was sacred. >> kelly may have given the president some cover politically for now, bought folks if youre left with a really bad taste in your mouth from this whole thing youre not alone. in ...

Let me tell you what my best friend joe dunce ford told me because he was my casualty officer, he said kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were because were at war. and when he died in the four cases were talking about, niger, my sons case in afghanistan, when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. thats what the president tried to say to four families...

They write letters. i do a combination of both. sometimes its a very difficult thing to do, but i do a combination of both. president obama, i think, probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didnt. i dont know. thats what i was told. >> you can ask general kelly. did he get a call from obama? >> i had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman. did not say what the congresswoman said, and most people arent too surprised to hear that. >> [ inaudibl...

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