heavy machine guns. a sophisticated attack. according to the pentagon s account, one hour into the firefight, the americans called for help. my judgement would be that that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. reporter: a u.s. drone arrives within minutes, unarmed, but able to provide video of the ambush. 30 minutes later, french military aircraft mobilize to help. two hours into the attack, those french planes arrive on the scene to provide cover. as night falls, two wounded u.s. troops are evacuated. so are the bodies of the three u.s. soldiers killed in action. but sergeant la david johnson is still missing. his body would not be recovered for another 48 hours. from the time the firefight was initiated, until sergeant johnson s body was recovered, french, nigerian or u.s. forces remained in that area. reporter: congress wants answers, but some top lawmakers admit, they didn t know u.s. troops were there. i didn t know there was 1,000
actively engaged in the military, ever experience death in combat in the family in the 21st century. these four deaths that we have been discussing for the better part of the last week have brought our focus on this in a way that it hasn t been in a very long time. staff sergeant brian black, staff sergeant jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant dustin wright and sergeant la david johnson. tonight s last word goes to myeshia johnson. i don t know how he got killed, where he got killed or anything. i don t know that part. they never told me and that s what i ve been trying to find out since day one, since october 4th. are you confident you re going to get the answers you need? if i keep pushing for them, i will. they re telling me that he s in a severe, a severe wrap, like i won t be able to see him. i need to see him so i will know
choose by the gig or unlimited. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit or go to xfinitymobile.com. today president trump disspultd a gold star s widow s account after her husband s death in niger. it s been almost a week since that call but what keeps the story in the headlines? his tweets. why won t he let this go? i m going to bring in christopher ruddy he s a close friend of the president. so, why can t he just threat go? why can t you let why first of all thank you for coming on the show. why can t he just let it go? why country threat go? i m not the president of the united states, i m not fighting with the widow. the media is not stopping. like the washington post
who heard the call, totally fabricated her account of what the president said. the president said that the congresswoman was lying about the phone call. whatever ms. wilson said was not fabricated. what she said was 100% correct. reporter: mrs. johnson, who said she was not allowed to see her husband s body, is demanding answers about what happened. i don t know how he got killed, where he got killed or anything. are you confident you re going to get the answers you need? if i keep pushing for them, i will. reporter: today, in the rose garden, president trump didn t answer questio do you have any response to myeshia johnson, mr. president? can you talk to us about niger, mr. president? still, no answer. in the 19 days since the attack, the president hasn t said anything about what happened or whether he authorized the mission. but today, just hours after the president tweeted about
these four deaths that we have been discussing for the better part of the last week have brought our focus on this in a way that it hasn t been in a very long time. staff sergeant brian black, staff sergeant jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant dustin wright and sergeant la david johnson. tonight s last word goes to myeshia johnson. i don t know how he got killed, where he got killed or anything. i don t know that part. they never told me and that s what i ve been trying to find out since day one, since october 4th. are you confident you re going to get the answers you need? if i keep pushing for them, i will. they re telling me that he s in a severe, a severe wrap, like i won t be able to see him. i need to see him so i will know that that is my husband. i don t know nothing. they won t show me a finger, a hand. i know my husband s body from head to toe, and they won t let me see anything.