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Families and escalated in a fight over what trump said in a, quote, condolence call to the widow of sergeant la david johnson killed in niger with three other staff sergeants has now turned into something much, much problematic. he allegedly told mrs. johnson he knew what he was signing up for but i guess it hurts anyway. that, according to congresswoman fredricka wilson. and the president denied he said that. >> mr. president, what do you [ inaudible ]. >> didnt say what that congresswoman said...

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Appropriate. and lashed out on the congresswoman frederica wilson. >> i think its appalling what the congresswoman has done and the way she politicized this issue and the way shes trying to make this about something that it isnt. this was a president who loves our country very much, who has the greatest level of respect for men and women in the uniform and wanted to call and offer condolences to the family and to create something that fr that that the congresswoman is doing is appalling and disg...

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>> the former fox news anchor resigned a contract with 21st century fox in february, a month after reaching a $32 million sexual harassment settlement with lis wiehl. >> this settlement is the sixth involving allegations against oreilly. >> youre going up against a machine, and it is daunting and frightening. it holds you back from taking action sometimes. >> weve got a lot to cover this morning on "velshi & ruhle." a heart wrenching interview this morning of the widow of sergeant la david johns...

And you know all the people that serve with him say how incredible he was, an amazing guy and i just wanted to call and tell you hes a great hero. >> reporter: thats obviously a very moving condolence call received very differently than the one johnsons widow received as described by congresswoman frederica wilson. the presidents decision to continue this fight overshadowing a big win for the administration and the senate. the senate passing the budget resolution that moves the republican party ...

That he did not say what she said he said. but this morning, myesha johnson stood by congresswoman wilsons account of the call. listen to what she had to say, kate. >> whatever miss wilson said was not fabricated. what she said was 100% correct. it was master sergeant neil, me, my aunt, my uncle, and the driver, and miss wilson in a car. the phone was on speaker phone. why would we fabricate something like that? >> is there anything you would like to say to the president now? >> no. i dont -- no...

Star parent who revealed that he had advised president trump shortly before he made that call to sergeant johnsons widow and went as far as to say he was appalled that the details of a sacred conversation between the president and the family of a fallen service member had fallen into the hands of the press. in the meantime, the white house is not responding to a piece out in roll call that details emails exchanged from the white house and the interview by fox news with president trump in which h...

As soon as we had a soldier that was missing. it was probably around 9 or 9:30 washington, d.c. the night of the 4th. and at that point knowing that we had a missing soldier, we made a decision to make sure that all of the resources to include national assets were available. >> sergeant johnsons body was discovered two days later by niger forces. questions remain how he got separated from his unit. u.s. troops are not allowed to accompany local forces if they expect enemy contact. none was expec...

From sergeant johnsons widow the president did take time on twitter to angrily tweet his denial of the grieving widows account of their conversation. so it is still emotionally inconceivable that we are now having more than a week-long discussion about the president mishandling his communications with gold star families and making untrue remarks about those interactions and about how other presidents handled those interactions. it is still impossible to get your head around they are screwing tha...