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Investigation. >> reporter: they released a video of a congresswoman speech in 2015. in the speech, it doesnt appear that she referenced funding for the fbi building. just general kelly still stand by that statement that he made yesterday that he felt that she was grandstanding and she was taking credit? >> press secretary sanders: absolutely pure general kelly said she was done. that representative wilson make comments at at a building dedicationing hori agents about her own actions in congress...

They did, especially towards the end and his takedown of representative wilson. she knows this family. its not like she wiretapped this call. they wanted her there. they wanted her to listen to it and we need to keep that in mind. its also really important -- he talked about the message that was transmitted to those families and i get it and ive heard those words inside the military. but transmission of a message isnt receipt and we need to at least allow for the possibility that a young 24-year...

House is concerned about? >> some of the things the president has said, lower premiums, lower flexibility, he wants to drive competition. he likes the idea of block grants to states. those are the things hed like to see. >> the presidents tweet this morning if we can, what proof does president trump have when he says the congresswoman is not telling the truth. are there recordings of his phone call? >> no, but there were several people in the room from the administration that were on the call, i...

It, thats bad for morale. thats why we need leadership to move past this. >> okay. >> ed, i dont know if you can just hang this on the congresswoman because the mother of this slain soldier -- >> i can. i can. >> no, no, if i may. >> sure. >> the mother of the slain soldier said that president trump did disrespect my son. >> right. okay. do you want to know the answer? the congresswoman led this out into the public and went and sought a major fight. >> youre saying its okay as long as she feels ...

Can achieve. you can imagine the pride with which fredricka wilson has of seeing so many of these young men make something of themselves, and in particular, in this case, of sergeant johnson having served his country as he was in a very elite unit. so thats the comment i would make about the congresswoman, fredricka wilson. >> you know, senator, you said just yesterday along with a growing number of your members of congress that this needs to be investigated. i wonder if the sergeants widow, mrs...

What happened. and im expecting a classified briefing when i return to washington to answer some of those mitigating questioning that i cant answer on my own. >> representative wilson, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. and please give our thoughts and condolences to the family. i want to bring in dana bash. theres a response from the white house. >> yes, don. and ill read it to you right now. the response from the white house is basically that the president here i have...

Sort of he said she said she said she said going on because the president is saying, no, i didnt say essentially, well, thats what he signed up for to the widow, and -- to mayesha, and then you have the mother of the slain soldier backing up the congresswoman who heard the call on speaker phone saying just that. >> yeah. and you have trump saying, you know, the congresswoman is fabricating this whole story. this is a congresswoman who is close to that family, kind of a mentor to sargeant la davi...

That woman, mayesha johnson, laying over the flag draped casket of her husband with her little daughter there who is in sort of a daze, right? she probably doesnt essentially fully understand what is going on, that shell never see her father again and you just mourn and grieve for that poor family that is dealing with this and now is in the glare of the national media and having this back and forth with the president. the president when he was in that meeting when hes going back and forth there ...

Of that family. >> yeah. ed, you have supported president trump. >> you bet, yeah. yeah. >> what do you think about what the president is doing here? >> briana, i think that theres -- these are sacred moments. paul referred to this. these are moments that are unlike anything that weve ever seen, god willing maybe someone has when someone loses a spouse, a husband. if you read the presidents comments at heritage foundation last night he referred to a guy who was a 22-year-old cop in vegas and he ...

>> i am sure that call was appreciated. you are, as you said, a veteran. you are also the senior senator from the state of florida and now a member of your delegation, representative wilson, is talking about the phone call the president had with the widow. theres this controversy. she says the president was insensitive, and he says shes lying. what do you make of the back and forth this morning? >> well, i will not get into the controversy. i can tell you this about the congresswoman. she was pa...