representative wilson s ied as a member of congress. that s not her identity to this family. they ve literally known her for decades. johnson and two of his brothers went through her mentorship program. she was principal of their father s school. they ve known her long before she went to capitol hill. i think kelly and trump have just met her on capitol hill and she s been a constant critic of them and their administration. that s the lens through which they see her. but they don t get to define family for this family or the american people as a whole. what they do get to define and explain is what happened in niger and that s where the attention should be in i a digs to honoring these soldiers who gave their life for this country and the freedoms that trump says he aims to protect. and as to what happened in niger, lindsay graham says there will be hearings this week. hopefully get some answers. thanks, we ll see you in about 30 minutes. ahead secretary of state rex
cry even more because my husband was an awesome soldier. the president responded almost immediately on twitter saying i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sgt. la david johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation! this is johnson claims she has yet to be able to see her husband s body. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joe dunford addressed it. there are times we make a suggestion to the family that they may not want to review the remains. the policy as it is the family s decision as to whether or not they do that. i can tell you what the policy is. i don t know what happened in this case. this comes on a day in which there are a number of questions, on capitol hill about what happened that night. also about the larger u.s. role in niger and in africa. if the congress doesn t believe that they are getting sufficient information, that i
about his confrontation on twitter this morning, his reaction after the widow of la david johnson went on the air and said she didn t appreciate some of the things the president said, and she said he couldn t remember her husband s name. he refused to answer questions in the oval office, but he is supposed to deliver press statements in the rose garden this afternoon. a, it s unseemly, b, it s unnecessary, and c, a president could have been asked about tax reform, he could have been asked about his upcoming asia trip. instead he s being asked about the twitter war with a widow of an american hero. you see this story time and time again in this administration. whenever there is a debate that s uncomfortable, he digs in. that s what he did in charlottesville. he kept the story alive for days and days and days when it could have been laid to rest a long
talking about right now. all last week, emphasis was supposed to be on health care and tax reform. we begin this week with this topic front and center. no additional comment from the white house. i reached out a short time ago for a second time trying to see whether the president or any of his aides perhaps the chief of staff john kelly would be reaching out to the family of the sergeant la david johnson, myeshia johnson perhaps herself to clarify pore basically to say we meant no disrespect in the conversation. please note americans including certainly the president thank you for your husband s service for your family s sacrifice at this time. instead, the focus remains on this president who during the course of the campaign remember went after john mccain saying in fact he wasn t a war hero, attacked the kahn family as they spoke at the democratic national convention and now again in the white house despite all of his assertions that he would be very presidential, it would be very ea
so i simply don t see the upside of taking up any position against mrs. johnson. there s no gain in it at all. colonel, the white house is saying that they re not going reach out to the johnson family again, which i can see that that may not be productive, right? they ve certainly had a major disagreement over how effective it was the last time, but with that in mind, if it s not the white house, how should the government, the military be reaching out to myeshia johnson and presumably, i would imagine they are reaching out to try to provide some comfort. the army does a fantastic job of providing support to grieving families. in fact, there is a casualty officer who is assigned to mrs. johnson and to that family and he will be there with that family until she no longer needs that casualty officer there, and then he will remain even after