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Questions of the president which led him, for whatever reason, to blame his predecessors rather than saying, well make the call and rigwrite the letter. >> i think we need to give time for the johnson family to grieve in private and take this off the front pages. i dont like whats happened, i dont like the name calling going on. obviously i dont believe the president intended to be insulting. it may have been viewed that way, but i think the family needs to be left alone and taken off the front ...

Predecessors and now he is alleged to have spoken with a military widow. more on that in a moment. thats what brought general kelly into the briefing room today, a man who looked like hed rather be a hundred other places. he went there to talk about something intensely private to him, the death of his son, first lieutenant robert michael kelly. died in 2010 in afghanistan after stepping on a land mine. he was 29 years old. kelly said he wants americans to know what it means to be a gold star par...

Alex, these american heroes died on october the 4th on october the 5th, the national security council drafted letters for the president to send. he refused to sends those letters. the controversy erupted and then he decided belatedly to give these people a call. now this is all getting merckier and merckier. the fbi, which this is -- i dont know if this is unprecedented. but i dont remember a time where the fbi was investigating a military operation there are a lot of questions around this and t...

About what happened in niger, even suggesting, as you say, that as chairman of the armed services committee, he might issue a subpoena to get the information he wants and needs. >> brian ross with us tonight. brian, thank you. meantime, after president trump spoke about his predecessors earlier this week, two of them tonight are making rare public appearances. george w. bush here in new york city, who has kept a very low profile since leaving office, now breaking his silence on what hes seeing...

Certainly its too early. were sorting out the facts, lets remember the politicization in benghazi, correct? those were american lives lost there, too, the republican-controlled congress was very quick to call for these investigations. could we see something down here down the road? its too early to say t. white house is aware, this is something they have to deal with for a while coming up, president trump has attacked both his immediate predecessors, bush 43 and obama over everything from the wa...

This week, who first brought up those very solemn calls that are often kept private, comparing himself to his predecessors? >> reporter: well, david, im told that john kelly is indeed very angry, but his anger tonight is not directed at president trump, it is indeed directed at congresswoman wilson and at the media, for what this administration very much views as unfair attacks on this president. im told this was john kellys idea to come out and talk to these cameras today, he very much publicly...

This was day 273 of the trump administration, and on this one day the presidents chief of staff, retired marine four star general john kelly, did something he abhors. he talked publicly about his dead son as a gold star father, and so did a service to donald trump. also on this day, former president george w. bush, 43, did something he abhors. he criticized a sitting president, not by name, mind you, but the association was crystal clear. this is now the 4th day in a row we have spoken on this...

Charlottesville. while he keeps his base fired up, its unclear if these will help him enact his agenda, according to politico, the seeming distractions are the presidents substance and the legislative agenda wis prhis predecessors for in is a diversion. online journal and corinne pierre on moveon.org. lets talk about the fact that donald trump remishmi relishes fight, we know that, nixon an reagan liked a fight. his are almost unculture, who is demonstrating down in charlottesville, in virginia,...

>> id say it was a 10. i give ourselves a 10. >> the scene in the oval office when puerto ricos governor wouldnt echo the presidents perfect self-assessment. >> did we do a great job? >> what it looked like when president obama returned to the campaign trail today. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. two weeks after four american soldiers died while serving in the west african nation of niger, a lot of questions remain about the circumstances of their d...

Talk about how a body is packed in ice and deck traited in the uniform and decorated with medals. however, he was there sharing that most personal grief, and everyone that knows him says this is something he never talks about in private. he shared that story from the white house podium in defense of a man who created a crisis with his careless translation of information starting monday when he accused -- and the comments were levelled in an accusatory manner. he essentially accused -- and genera...