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Predecessors, if there is going to be a discussion, i think thats the discussion to be had. exactly what is john kellys respon response? >> im looking back at how we started the show this morning with the fears of the american people, fears of a war and im sorry, i would venture to think that a lot of people looking at that man speaking there in the white house and answering those questions does not seem fit for the job. thats the big picture still ahead this morning, we will get a rare look ins...

Has called some of the gold star families and at the same time he exaggerated and if not, didnt tell the truth, he called every single family and he walked that back on the radio and said virtually every family. what matters most? >> its clearly not true he called every family and its not true that his predecessors did not call when their family members were lost at war. it had nothing to do with if he had dealt with the grief of the families of americas war dead. this is a conversation he initi...

In new york. day 272 of the trump administration. and we begin tonight with a story that wasnt a story until donald trump made it one. its actually more than that by now. its deeply disturbing to most folks because it involves something all folks regard as sacred, the loss of our men and women in uniform and the gold star family members they leave behind. first, the president compared his handling of gold star families to his predecessors and made false claims by doing so about president obama. ...

Him a question about trumps handling of fallen soldier in niger because going back to the first couple days remember he went to the cia, stood in front of the memorial wall with the stars that marked the death of cia agents in the field, which was not a friendly reaction from folks in the cia because it was viewed as disrespectful. in light of that, i said how do you view this and he gave a heart felt response. listen. >> mr. trump has his own way of dealing with things that i see as inconsisten...

Congresswomans words were acrate. the congresswoman said this when asked about it. >> stunned. still stunned. so insensitive. mr. trump is crazy. >> if t feud did little to shed light on what led to the ambush that killed johnson and three other soldiers. asked earlier why he didnt address the attack for nearly two weeks, the president falsely claimed his pres predecessors did not contact the families of fallen troops. >> if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didnt ma...

Dangers, in spite of the best intelligence. >> i know you have a lot of demands on your time. youve been covering this all week. one, white house has been irate at those of white house were covering the presidents comments on monday where he seemed to disparage his predecessors for the way that they handled calls to the family. two, a former president once said the only concern about being surrounded by so many generals is they live by one rule, and that is the chain of command. and in other reg...

Name, but 18 months passed before that money was delivered. the white house, the president later suggesting that it was an oversight. hallly. >> peter, thank you. i want to bring in now the folks hanging out with us for the next "60 minutes." thank you both for being here. lets just hit a couple of points on this because picking up where peter left off, the white house is very frustrated. i will tell you based on my conversations with folks inside the west wing, very frustrated with the tone of ...

Any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. see why millions of people have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. dont wait. call now. >> melisa: breaking news now on the gold star family firestorm and the controversy intensifying in wake of the presidents comments after the death of four soldiers in niger where the president criticized his predecessors for not always calling t...

Calls. theyre very difficult. these calls are really hard. and then he said -- im not defending him. >> to then throw to someone else instead of just owning it as president of the united states and not taking to twitter and to accusations. >> that was later. at the press conference he said, look, president obama didnt make the calls. i think. ive been told that. he didnt call people and president bush may not have called people. it was as though he needed to explain himself. it was a rare, i thi...

You know, i respond to all these families, call all these family, whereas not all my predecessors have done that, drawing a compare and contrast it seemed with president obama specifically because the next day he said in a radio interview, you know, i dont know if obama called john kelly when his son was killed in 2010, maybe you should ask him about that. sure enough, reporters asked the white house about that. the white house was happy to feed an answer back and confirmed that obama had not ca...