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David johnson. they made a point of making sure we knew that the u.s. forces were on the ground around the clock looking for him during that 24-hour period. he was missing, john. >> thank you barbara. joining me james gal know. james, the fact that the body is sergeant la david johnson, the body was found a mile away from the scene of the ambush does it make that more challenging for the fbi agents to get answer? >> john, sure, its going to be daunting going forward. we understand flying out of ...

Staff with trump junior but there was -- but taz not been decided officially yet, no date set. chairman of the judiciary committee, republican truck grassley has told me a public hearing is probably unvoidable at this point. >> any sense, manu, because you listen to republicans on the senate and intelligence committee who keeps on saying we havent found any evident collusion occurred. any chance theyll make some statement on that? >> its unclear when that will happen, john. there are republicans...

Suba hair rande sert. some of the evidence could be gone, the evidence could be telltale sign of whether it was iran, we know for sure it was isis. >> two weeks after in what could very well be hostile territory. based on your experience, how difficult is it going to be to get the answers that everyone wants here? >> its going to be difficult john, as daunting as it is ive got the utmost trust and confidence in the folks handling this piece. ive seen it done from the east african bombings in 199...

General hurtly well start with you, first of all is it okay if i ask your permission to ask you a question. >> john, i dont mind to be flip because this is kind of serious but are you sure youd want to get into a debate with me because i have most of the facts. >> im not sure about that. what about the notion as sarah sanders said today? and president trump implied because hes a four-star general anything he says should not be questioned. >> well, first of all like him im also a retired general ...

Johnsons remains were found nearly a mile from the ambush. b barbara star joins us with more. what are you learning? >> they are putting the pieces together, john. what multiple sources are telling us from the administration is the pentagon now calculates that la davis johnson was found up to a mile away from the central part of the ambush. now, theyre trying to figure out how did he get there, who saw him last, where did he see them, how did he become separated from the members of his other uni...

Sign the message has resonated? >> i dont know. i did say that. heres what ill say too, john, to answer your question what you just asked, john. and that is, we are wrapping ourselves in emotion. ar stoptal a long time ago says we should combine our arguments with facts, reason and emotion. as long as we keep wrapping ourselves in the flag, theres no one that loves the plastic bag and there country more than me but if thats the only thing were looking at and not the facts and rationale behind di...