that they showed us and he was laying on his back with his lands prone, and then they said he was shot 16 times and was shot four times in the back. that doesn t even make sense. oh, my gosh. nothing they said made sense. so, when you were talking about it, that, you know, seeing his body, i have to say, the report goes details about it goes into details about sergeant johnson s action that he took on that terrible day, you said you saw the body, it says that he fought courageously until the very end. i wonder if family was able to take some heart in his passing, hearing just how brave he was? i think they never had any doubt about his bravery. you have to be brave, first of all, to join the armed forces. and so, we always knew that he was a hero. what their concern is, the neglect and the fault of the armed forces and what could have been done that wasn t done.
saw the briefing, and it was very disturbing. and they were just so unsettled, and not satisfied at all. so, let s talk about this report that was released. it was released today on the operation in niger that led to the death of four american soldiers, including sergeant la david johnson, constituent of yours. the pentagon says that some of the key failures were a lack of proper training before the mission began, the team on the ground became separated and reinforcements took four hours to arrive. are you shocked that one mission could go so horribly wrong? and are you satisfied with the pentagon s explanation, congresswoman? well, the dots don t seem to connect. and i m not one to just go along to get along, because i love my gold star family, and i love my hero, and i am truly, truly disturbed as to what i saw. and we actually saw the body
david johnson happens to be in this video and what was he doing in those final moments? when i asked about the video, they said, congresswoman, we will show it to you tonight. we were there for eight hours at southcom. i never saw the video. you never saw it? i said, i ll see it when i get to d.c. i went to d.c., asked the same thing in the briefing and they said they would show it to me and then at the end, they said, there is no video. now, you tell me if you would be satisfied. what about the falsified documents, as well? they said they went into the fields after falsified documents were used for approving the mission? well, they cut and paes the orders and that was against the rules and now they re saying it was okay, that the captain had the authority to do this, but at first, it was an abomination.
breaking news on what happened to four u.s. troops ambushed and killed by isis fighters last year in niger. the pentagon s long-awaited findings were released today. they cite multiple failures but there s no direct blame here. investigators say two junior officers falsified documents to get approval for that unsuccessful mission. staff sergeant dustin write, staff sergest ar eses eses esee jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant bryan black and sergeant la david johnson. he was found away from the other soldiers. he was never in enemy hands
time and i think this is in many ways she s part of this bigger moment we re seeing for women all over the country, refusing to be silenced. that s what this me-too moment really is about. and she really does come out on top certainly in this one. emily peck, thank you so. great report. still ahead, the pentagon revealing what happened to four american soldiers during that ambush in niger, including why sergeant la david johnson was found so far from the other bodies, the other three. and now lawmakers are criticizing president trump s praise of the three men released. prevagen. the name to remember. it s just a burst pipe, i could fix (laugh)