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A certain type of kid, theyre boys, not very verbally necessarily, some more willing to talk and smile back. some looked really distant. what that worker was able to do to talk jessica is what i wanted to do. as a mom you wanted to ask them questions, how are you? wheres your mom? whens the last time you saw her? it was hard not asking the questions but we didnt want the tour cut shot. >> cal perry, i want your observations of that visit? >> it looked like an operating base you would see in iraq...

Does your bed do that? i dont actually talk but i can tell you how you slept. im the new sleep number 360 smart bed. lets meet at a sleep number store. ♪ pete: merry christmas eve. weve been asking to send your photos to fox news.com, specially photos of military members deployed during the christmas season and theyve been pouring in. his west point classmates. christmas card from their operating base in iraq 2006. >> her son john currently serving the u.s. army. thank you for your service. >>...

Army. so the goal, the protocol is to always have security forces. theyre called guardian forces stay with the american side so they can focus on their mission, which is training, advising and assisting and not be worried about the security component. we flew over here on blackhawks. now were on this operating base. we will be heading back later tonight. the goal really is to stand up the afghan forces, help them defeat the taliban so the taliban can be forced to the negotiating table. when you ...

>> theyre firing mortars about five miles away. got about 30 secondary time. the goal is deterring. you have taliban rights up there. >> the roads and villages are too risky. delivered meals to an operating base. how are you doing? back in the -- he tells nbc news the war is still a stalemate, but will turn against the taliban in a few months. >> the new authorities ive been given allow me to go after the enemy in new ways. now, working with the afghan government and complimentary actions, we ...

Hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. dont start humira if you have an infection. just managing your symptoms? ask your gastroenterologist about humira. with humira, remission is possible. youre watching cnn. im brooke baldwin. cnn is getting more clarity in what happened in the resulted in the death of these four american soldiers. accompanied by troops from niger, u.s. military officials tell cnn these soldiers were gathering intelligence on a terror leade...

They left the location. on their way back to the operating base, they stopped in a separate village in order to enable the nigerian troops to replenish supplies. while there u.s. troops met with local leaders as a courtesy. the official said its quite probable someone in that village tipped off the isis-affiliated terrorists that u.s. was in the village and set up the ambush. the village elders themselves are not suspected. thats a lot of new detail. thats interesting to see how that unfolded. w...

>> it was the delay in the village, near the area of tongo tongo. because they were delayed there, this has been consistent in a lot of inconsistent information from the pentagon has come out, but what is consistent is the idea of a delay in the village, potentially allowing the ambush to be a little more sophisticated. now, heres what we dont know. and we did get a fair amount of information last night from chairman dunford. we dont know what the troops were doing all day on october 3rd, where ...

Trying to combat this attack from these forces in niger, but what the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff also made clear, wolf, a lot of questions remain unanswered. tonight, the pentagon revealing new details about the ambush in niger that killed four u.s. soldiers. >> there is a perception that the department of defense has not been forthcoming. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff revealing that u.s. forces were on a reconnaissance mission and on their bway back to their ...

So i wouldnt want to talk about numbers and meters from the village, but the initial report was that the contact made with the enemy was outside the village, south of the village as they were heading back to their operating base. >> i just want to be clear here, that you said that they did not call for support until an hour after first contact. thats kind of putting a lot of pressure on those team members. so can you say without a shadow of a doubt that within that hour they did not try to call ...

Involved in what they called multiple casualties incidences. this official said the white house directed that the condolence letters then be september out, wolf. thats the explanation for the white house tonight as for why the letters were rushed out last week. >> interesting. thanks very much, jim acosta at the white house. lets get more on the breaking news about the ambush of troops in niger. jim sciutto was joining us, at the news conference at the pentagon with the joint chiefs chairman t...