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For me thats by far the toughest. >> the president went on to claim that none of his predecessors had reached out to the families of slain service members. >> the traditional way, if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didnt make calls. a lot of them didnt make calls. i like to call when its appropriate, when i think im able to do it. they have made the ultimate sacrifice. so generally, i would say that i like to call. >> president obamas former deputy chief of staff e...

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Shes got details. the white house is confirming that president trump sent a personal check to the family just today. >> reporter: yeah, thats right, wolf. amid all this rising scrutiny over the presidents claim that hes mow more attentive to the families of fallen soldiers than his predecessors have been, "the washington post" published a story today that said when the president called one grieving family, he offered them $25,000, but never followed through. "the washington post" reported that t...

Of his predecessors have done and how they have treated it and im not going to dignify in anyway some of the comment thats have been made which i think does not underscore the importance, significance and sacrifice of these individuals. so i think it would just behoove everyone to treat this in a manner that really is as respectful as possible. >> that was restrained, frankly. john brennan there, earlier in his answer to my question, he lambented the lack of a presidential response to these thin...

The president, the commander in chief, comfortable the families of the fallen. a task rarely discussed, but the president brought it up this week, comparing himself to his predecessors. and now tonight, one of his own calls to this widow under growing scrutiny. heres abcs senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: myeshia johnson was there receive her husbands remains. their 6-year-old daughter by her side. johnson, six months pregnant with their third child. as she wept over se...

Congresswoman is doing is appalling and disgusting. >> she said the chief of staff, kelly, frankly thought it was disgusting that someone would try to politicize a condolence call like that. johnson was one of four green berets killed in africa last week. >> bill: charlie hurt, how are you doing? how do you see this back and forth playing out in such apparent and national way? >> its awkward to watch and uncomfortable to watch and clearly a distraction and one that the president somewhat brought...

Not know we have soldiers in harms way. its not that the president didnt have an opportunity to speak about them during the 12-day period. he found time to tweet about the stock market and espn commentator, hillary clinton, a book written by a daily caller editor, among other subjects. it was not until he was asked directly about them today the president finally acknowledged in public the four service members killed on his watch. and instead of paying tribute to them, he decided to lie about how...

Did the best job he could under those circumstances to offer condolences on behalf of the country. >> reporter: she said kelly is is disgusted by comments. he used the death of his chief of staff son to try to bolster the argument. >> mr. trump has his own way of on dealing with things that i see as inconsistent with what some of his predecessors have done, how they have treated it. >> reporter: multiple white house officials tell cnn kelly did tell mr. trump president obama never called him aft...

From our nbc headquarters here 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 do...

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 broadcast about the most sacred of presidential tasks, commun...