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>> malcolm nance, nabs national security analyst. former senior chief petty officer in the u.s. navy. congressman ted lieu, democrat, holds the rank of colonel in the air force reserves. congressman, do you have reaction to the chief of staff for the president saying essentially that a democratic colleague of yours had violated the kind of sacredness of the grief of gold star families? >> thank you, chris, for your question. let me first say that in addition to la david johnson, three other serv...

There is no eyes up above watching every step of this. and again, it is confusing. combat is an amazing, horrifying thing. and its difficult to put all these pieces together. the answer to your original question at the will take some time, this will take a month to put together all the pieces and analyze everything and come up with a finished product. so we will have to be patient. >> thank you gentlemen. i appreciate it. i want to take a moment to remember the american heroes. sergeant la david...

Congressman ted lieu, democrat, holds the rank of colonel in the air force reserves. congressman, do you have reaction to the chief of staff for the president saying essentially that a democratic colleague of yours had violated the kind of sacredness of the grief of gold star families? >> thank you, chris, for your question. let me first say that in addition to la david johnson, three other service members gave their lives. staff sergeant bryan black. salve sergeant jeremiah johnson. staff serge...

For getting into trouble for something that no president before him has gotten in to trouble before. donald trump made the mess of a condolence phone call to the widow of la david johnson. today john kelly made just as much of a mess. in his attempt to clean up donald trumps mess. all indications are that the president made that condolence call after feeling the public pressure of a press conference where he was asked why he was silent almost two weeks about the death of sergeants johnson and th...

These folks. sergeant la david johnson is one of four u.s. soldiers who lost their lives on october 4th in niger where they were helping local forces fight terrorists. dustin wright was 29, came from a family deeply roots in military service back to 1812, this being the first service member they lost in their family. and jeremiah johnson was a chemical and nuclear specialists who earned dozens of awards and leaves a wife and two daughters. sergeant bryan black was a medic who was 35, he communic...

Gave the ultimate sacrifice in dying for our country. >> that they did. paris, thank you, susan, paul, thank you all very much. again, a reminder we can all give back and help these family, a lot of charities people can donate to do that. four american heros as you know lost their lives in niger and we dont want their names or memories to be lost in this debate. here they are. staff sergeant bryan black, 35 years old, a green beret medic survived by his wife and two sons, strongwilled we hear an...

Tonight, because it is not often that the nation gets a lesson like this. but first, we go to trace gallagher with the back story of these four men. >> martha, defense secretary james mattis is the first to acknowledge that information about the attacks in niger is slow, and, but there it military reportedly believes the ambush that killed sergeant la david johnson, brian packer, staff sergeant jeremiah johnson, and sergeant dustin wright actually came in two waves, and that the green beret-lead...

Wheeled vehicle mechanic in january of 2014. he was a jim and church regular who believes in hard work and survived by wife and two kids. steve: the final member who was killed that day is two over from the right, that is staff sergeant dustin wright. he was 29 from lyons, georgia. one of four boys followed both of his parents and one brother in the army. wright joins the army soon after graduating high school. he was described as a loveable jokester who would give his last dime to somebody in n...

His best friend told him. he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. and then he says i thought at least that was sacred. john kelly has given us a gift by telling us in his own words very reluctantly, im sure, what its like. what, if anything is sacred, it seems like this still must be. >> that was an incredible moment that we just witnessed in the white house briefing room, a matter of minutes ago. what struck me is that while so much of this conversation has been about poli...

Behind his wife michelle and their two sons. 31-year-old jeremiah johnson. he has a wife crystal and two young daughters. 29-year-old army staff sergeant dustin wright whose brother i spoke with earlier this week who followed his dad, his mom, and his brother in the military service. and 25-year-old army sergeant ladavid t. johnson who leaves behind his wife myesha, two young children and a third on the way. we know that in the last day, the johnson family has received over $500,000 in a college...