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To what we just heard. >> its such a heart breaking story. he seems like such a great man, and you just hate to see someone die in the line of duty like this. so i cant really speak to what the president said. its heart breaking. three kids, terrible. >> jim sciutto, you were inbedded with the green berets in iraq, correct? >> i was. >> these are hard conversations to have. >> there was a fire fight in rock in kirkuk in an early invasion where a green beret kept me from getting shot. johnson ser...

Sacred act of the commander in chief calling these families become part of political fights. its just not -- it leads to a bad place. >> peggy? >> i agree. i guess were going to spend some time now in the future going through this very sad and unfortunate story about the phone call and the car, et cetera, but, boy, im struck by the life of sergeant johnson. what a young man. a great young guy. >> and what a legacy he leaves behind with his wife and children. >> i think we should also look at tha...

A fight over attacking other presidents. again, mark halperin. these are throw away lines for fights that he should not engage in. this does him no good. this does the country no good. >> this makes me profoundly sad as anything thats happened in the last few months to make these families who had suffered pay the ultimate sacrifice to make them a part of this. whether general kelly or sergeant johnson by criticizing president obama by bringing in generalicallys son. i think its a sad thing t. pr...

Wilson of florida. thank you so much for your time this morning, for your support of sergeant johnsons family. and, again, lets turn this into a positive. as you said, his widow will need a lot of support. 6-year-old, 2-year-old, six months pregnant with another child on the way. so that go fund me page, la david johnson, look it up and donate if you can. we appreciate it. >> mark halperin, a lot to think about there. tell us, what are your thoughts? >> well, just to clarify something i said ear...

And she said, he didnt even remember his name! >> well, the president responded, democrat congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action, and i have proof. sad. he was asked a about that tweet later this morning. lets watch. >> mr. president, what did you say to sergeant johnsons widow on the phone? >> i didnt say what that congresswoman said. didnt say it at all. she knows it. and she now is not saying it. i had a very nice conversation with the woman, ...

The line of duty and sergeant la david johnson, father of two, but instead based on this back and forth between the president and this congresswoman, the democrat from florida, all of a sudden the conversation has been focused on the presidents words, whether hes sufficiently sensitive and sort of the politicization of gold star families in this country. of course, this comes after president trump was taking questions in the rose garden on monday, when he volunteered the idea that, in effect, pr...

Johnson and the president? >> what im really concerned about, and i wrote a letter to general mattis about the circumstances surrounding his death. im not trying to politicize what the president said. that letter went out long before the conversation. i have a real concern because i have been fighting boko haram for three years in the congress of the united states ever since they kidnapped 274 school girls from a private school in nigeria. so, bring back our girls is my project in the congress o...

Compare -- its the power that the american people have vested in that man or woman to speak for a nation and to show their gratitude. and i hope, willie, he figures that out some time soon, that those parents dont care about barack obama. they dont care about george w. bush. they dont care about anything other than the fact theyre never going to see their son or their daughter again. >> and the president has now made those phone calls to those families of the fallen in neger. sergeant la david j...

Year to crime in the street. but when a community like mine has a hero that we can lift up and celebrate and love, thats all we care about. were so proud of him and everything that he has accomplished. he died as a sergeant. he died as a hero. there are not many black green beret in the military. so we are so proud of him. and mr. trump was extremely insensitive to that family and i will stick by that. im not trying to politicize it, but i think it was a disgrace. >> we completely understand. >>...

Factually. that this happens. anyone who is signing up for military duty is signing up to die. and thats the way we interpreted it. and it was horrible. it was insensitive. it was absolutely crazy, unnecessary. i was livid. >> was that sergeant johnsons widows read of the call as well or are you speaking for yourself? >> she was in tears. she was in tears and she said he didnt even remember his name! >> katty? >> congresswoman its katty kay here. obviously, we havent heard directly from mrs. joh...