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Dmart front of him with the name. how could he possibly have failed to mention the name la david johnson? >> so, i thought right from the beginning no hesitation. one of the great memories of all time. there was no hesitation. i think shes a fantastic woman. i was extremely nice to her. extremely respectful. >> one of the great memories of all time. what does that mean? for donald trump, a condolence call to a grieving widow whos lost her husband in combat whose body could not be recovered for t...

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Nearly flthree weeks ago breaks her silence on the controversial phone call she got from the president. myeshia johnson says she has questions about her husbands death, questions that arent being answered by the government, how was he killed, where was he killed. >> so many questions that she of anyone deserves answers to. she also this morning stood by the version of the presidents condolence call to her that was provided to the public by congresswoman frederica wilson, an account disputed by t...

Potentially that they thought they could handle the isis fighters on their own. but as general dunford said, that consisted of some 50 militants are rpgs, light machine guns and vehicles. so, again, many questions, though, remain unanswered about what exactly happened during the fire fight. were the local villagers the team meeting with, were they complicit in the ambush? some officials told cnn previously they might have been. these are other questions that need to be found out. theres an inves...

Id like her to make the statement again because i did not say what she said. i had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman. did not say what the congresswoman said, and most people arent too surprised to hear that. >> mr. president? >> let her make her statement again and then youll find out. >> okay. let measure make her statement again and then youll find out. >> well, youll find out is another suggestion, of course, the president has used many ti...

Great father he was and how he died as a hero. >> nbcs peter alexander and pentagon correspondent hans nickel both join us live now from the white house. peter, president trump responded to mrs. johnson this morning and he is disputing her account. >> thats exactly right. this is extending a bitter back and forth, into its second week. it was last monday when the president first said that, in effect, past presidents didnt make these types of calls. it spiralled from then. the congresswoman, fred...

She will give her side in an exclusive interview coming up. the investigation continues in the attack in niger. all of this as former presidents bush and obama speak out against the politics of division without ever mentioning president trump by name. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. president trump continuing to attack democratic congresswoman over his condolence call to the family and the widow of sergeant la david johnson. this coming after the presidents chief of staff...

House correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. john? >> trace, good afternoon. the press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, was asked about niger and the investigation and what happened in the incident a couple weeks ago. refused every time to answer the question in specificity citing the ongoing review. any time a u.s. service member is called in an operation. certainly sarah huckabee sanders had plenty to say in regard to the feud that is ongoing between the white house and florida democr...

Sergeant johnsons body was found nearly 48 hours later, nobody can say why and how he was left behind. wolf, i have to tell you several top officials have told me today the reason we are indeed seeing all of these people come out in public, secretary mattis, john kelly, they want to change the narrative. the narrative has gotten away from them and they want to get it back and they want to make sure that people understand that they did look for sergeant johnson. wolf. >> barbara, i want you to st...

The president today but the white house appears to be putting the brakes on anymore comments on the deaths of those four soldiers in niger. today president trump was asked repeatedly about his handling of the soldiers deaths as well as his treatment of a gold star mother, but unlike last week, there was near total silence from the president. >> can you tell the public what happened in niger? >> reporter: it was an uncharacteristically silent president trump avoiding questions all day long on the...