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Taking on a florida congresswoman saying he fabricated his remarks to the widow of a fallen soldier. what are those phone calls like days after your loved ones are killed in action? our guests know too well. thanks to both of you for being here and thank you so much for the sacrifice to our country. >> thank you, alisyn. >> thank you for having us. >> craig, i will start with you. i dont know if you have been following everything that has happened over the past 24 hours with president trump clai...

What he did today made it a lot worse. he has a terrible record on gold star families. he needs to spare this one group of people. >> you have to separate. one, he made a terrible mistake bringing up obama and previous presidents at the press conference. that was a dumb thing to do. as far as the stuff with sergeant johnsons family is concerned, we do have a member of congress who talked about his engagement several months ago -- impeachment several months ago stirring this up. its not clear wha...

Eventually was released in the name of the white house press secretary. all right, jim sciutto reporting for us. thanks very much. >> lets get more on all of this. democratic congressman joaquin castro of texas is joining us. hes a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, what questions do you have about this entire niger operation, how it unfolded, how the trump administration handled the deaths of these four american soldiers? >> well, there are so many questions that really ha...

According to this congresswoman, this democratic congresswoman from florida who was listening in on the conversation on a speaker phone, the president said he -- he said to the widow he knew, referring to the -- to the fallen soldier, he knew what he signed up for. listen to how the congresswoman -- congresswoman who represents the family and has known the family for many years spoke about this. >> for him to say that this young man stayed in school, did all the right things, went into the servi...

Intelligence? who gave them the intelligence that led to this mission? they were supposed to go to the village and they were training and advising local nigerian forces. how did they not know 50 isis fighters were there? so they will look at that. they will look at the air support from the french military that came in 30 minutes after the firefight. niger does not allow offensive operations in its country, so those aircraft were only able to fly low and push off the isis fighters, but its our un...

Democrat who was present for trumps call. she admonished the president wednesday. >> this is a grieving widow. a grieving widow who is six months pregnant. this is a young woman. shes only 24 years old. when she actually hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, he didnt even know his name. now, thats the worst part. >> sergeant johnsons mother, who was also present for the call, confirmed the congresswomans account to cnn. despite the presidents denials, the white house isnt disputing the s...

Here is our breaking news. president trump tonight reportedly telling the widow of sergeant la david johnson who lost his life in the niger raid, quote, he knew what he signed up for, but when it happen, it hurts. i want to bring in man who sadly knows what its like to be the family of a fallen american hero. paul montys son, first class jared c. monty was posthumously awarded the medal of honor by then president barack obama. and paul monty joins me now. thank you so much, sir, for joining us t...

Concern especially after las vegas if he was able to do that, and when he was on a teleprompter he was able to do it? he met with some of the families. but this is what a president is supposed to be able to do. >> he is not good extemporaneously. thats obvious. i worked for a president who was not good extemporaneously. you have to script these things and learn them. and nixon was one of those very careful to know what to say and when to say it in those kind of circumstances. so im surprised hes...

Visceral, emotional feeling, and that memory of that feeling in their mind when they make decisions about sending americans into danger. and president trump is seeking to distance himself emotionally from this, which is the reason people say thats what they signed up for, then i dont know if he has the ability to factor in that feeling and the reality that people dont come home, that the most important person in your life may be gone in an instant when he makes these decisions about sending peop...

Said, quote, her husband knew what he signed up for but i guess it still hurts. youre in the call with ms. johnson there. it goes up on speaker phone and what did you hear from the president? >> exactly what you said. thats not the worst part. she was crying the whole time and when she hung up the phone she looked at me and said, he didnt even remember his name. thats the hurting part. >> and so what i think has made some headlines is the line that you recounted from the president saying that se...