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Backck and unpack a few things that general mckenzie said there. number 1, the military mission on the ground was put in an impossible situation. they were given two conflicting missions. one, a full withdrawal in the face of enemy contact and obviously isis threat. on the other hand, they had to stay in a posture to still receive people and keep gates open and have our american citizens and others flow through. those are conflicting. and they were put in that position by the white house. the ot...

0 ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. >> john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday >> martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. im martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now ...

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Isis leader. but the individuals, young officers filed paperwork saying it was to find information reconnaissance and to meet with local leaders. the intelligence assessment was that it was low likelihood of any kind of enemy contact. from the beginning there were problems in the paperwork. that is not what led to this ambush. the soldiers were out. their mission changed at least once while they were out there. they went in on their way back to base the next day and were ambushed as they were le...

There was very little chance of enemy contact, that it would be very unlikely, and yet they were. a 12-man team ambushed by some 50 suspected isis fighters. so did this team have the proper intelligence when they went out into the field? were all the proper authorizations and reviews signed off on before they went out? all of this being looked at now and they will -- they are estimating that the investigation, in fact, is so complex it may not be done until january. brooke? >> 30 seconds, barbar...

La david johnson. so, again, what theyre trying to find out is how -- there was some movement between bt two groups. they were on foot. they were in vehicles. so theyre just trying to find out how he was missing for that length of time. >> and there was coordination, obviously of the isis affiliated fighters seems to suggest that they are well trained and organized. is the u.s. currently prepared to counter the isis factions in niger and other african regions? >> well, thats something u.s. milit...

Joint chiefs says that the ambush came despite intelligence that enemy contact was not likely. >> u.s. forces accompanied that nigerian unit on a reconnaissance mission to gather information. the assessment by our leaders on the ground at the time was that contact with the enemy was unlikely. early in the morning the patrol began to take fire. >> troops first requested air support a full hour after initial contact with approximately 50 isis affiliated fighters. >> my judgment would be that that ...

Said or at least his assessment was that that likely meant the commanders on the ground thought it was a fire fight they could handle. of course it didnt turn out that way. but there are still many questions in a are unanswered. one, why was sergeant la david johnsons body found 48 hours later and why was it found a mile away from where the ambush took place. they dont know the answer to that question. they also dont know why the intelligence that was given to these soldiers was that it was unli...

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