that widow, my esha johnson sai in an interview earlier this week that the president stumbled over her husband s name during the conversation. today, the president disputed that conversation saying that aides had provided him with a chart that had johnson s name on it. listen. i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david. he who, by the way, i called la david right from the beginning. just so i understand, they put a chart in front, la david, it says la david johnson. so right from the beginning, there s no hesitation. one to have the great memories of all time. there was no hesitation. he knows he s right. we ll be right back. i was a good soldier.
got killed. reporter: still to be explained i why was johnson body recovered miles away from the attack. once we found out sergeant johnson was missing we brought the full weight government to try to recover his body. reporter: three weaks after the attack lawmakers are demanding details. americans should know what s going on and should know what cause the death of four young american. what the more than people need to know is what the relatively fall footprint we are enabling military forces to deal with this challenge. and to help them deal with the challenge so they ll destabilize their local area and region. johnson s widow says she wasn t able to see his body. what s the military protocol when it comes to something like this? in that press conference with
the president tweeted in response. explain what he said. that s right, anderson. and point out we tried to ask the question this all day long in response to the widow of la david johnson. he had no comment multiple times throughout the day. after the interview was over he tweeted, i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of la david johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation. anderson, it goes without saying. it is highly unusual. it would have to be unprecedented i think, yarl a time where the president disagreed with a gold star member in this family. it s something unheard of the way the president deal with fallen soldiers. there is no credit tick he will not respond to and this was another example today. jim thanks very much.
i should note as well, while the larger unit had had dozens of patrols in that same area, this particular green berets team had only been there on one or two missions before, one or two patrols before, so not as experienced as the larger unit. a lot of questions to be answered and the military looking into the question as to why la david johnson was found a mile away from others, some 48 hours later. jim sciutto, thanks very much. outfront now, a former member of the skroijoint chiefs of sta frederick leighton. this is one of team s first missions. first or second patrol. earlier, we were told it was the 29th. the 29th time, but only the first or second for this group. should the pentagon have done anything different in terms of districting them support? i think so. we don t know everything at the
i think the general dunford is spot on, because what we re looking at here is really a need to find answers, and that need has to be as far from being politicized as possible. but it has been. and you know what? the president has been part of that politicization. i can t say the word. but the president has been part of that. he even tweeted again yesterday, could not let it rest. the widow of la david johnson who went on tv and said look, she cried when the president called her because she didn t feel as if he remembered her husband s name, and then the president hits back, i had a very respectful conversation and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation. he couldn t just say i m sorry for your loss. does it end here? that part of it? well, i m afraid not. i hope it does. the but i m afraid that the political piece will be played