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How about that? good morning to you. start with the tax deal right now. unlike obamacare, the president here is deeply involved. we can see that, correct? >> absolutely. that interview you just saw with maria is part of that. the president will be out pushing, pushing, pushing every single day. deeply involved not with the actual details of all this but trying to get it done. the problem, of course, is time. by my count the house of representatives has 28 working days left this year and that cou...

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But despite backing up the basics of her account, kelly went on to attack the congresswoman, who first met sergeant johnson when he took part in a minute forring program she had founded. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. lets not let this be the last thing thats held sacred in our society. a young man, young woman, going out and giving his or cher life for our country. lets try to somehow keep that sacred. it eroded a great...

This is "cnn tonight." im don lemon. just a little past 3:00 on the east coast -- a little past 11:00, excuse me. live with the breaking news for you tonight. president trump finally calling the families of troops who lost their lives in the niger raid and telling the widow of sergeant la david johnson, quote, he knew what he signed up for, but when it happens, it hurts. earlier i spoke on the phone with congresswoman fredricka wilson. she was there when the sergeants widow was called by the pre...

President trump. >> what he said was -- >> the president? >> yes, the president. he said that he knew what he signed up for but it hurts, anyway. and i was -- it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it. he couldnt remember my husbands name. i heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husbands name. and thats what hurt me the most, because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risks his life for our country, why cant you remember his...

What i thought was unfortunate is that if hes going to continue tweeting, yesterday and today, he took to twitter to call the congresswoman wacky, again, and what he did not do is pay tribute to la david johnson or the other three soldiers who died in niger. if hes going to keep tweeting, the least you would think that the white house staff could do would be to tell him to pay tribute to those soldiers on twitter. >> yeah. jeff, how do you think the white house is going to respond to this ongoin...

Johnson, shes the pregnant wife of la david johnson. the soldiers mother and congresswoman frederica wilson who both listened to the call told cnn the president disrespected johnson by saying he knew what he signed up for. the president denied using those words saying wilson totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action, and i have proof, sad. he did not provide proof as the controversy escalated between the commander in chief and the fallen soldier. >> i did not say...

She ran. she was a very close friend of the family, which had called on her in a time of grief, and she was there to be supportive. as was the woman who had raised la david johnson, sergeant johnson as his mother, raised him like a son. they were there. the phone call, as i understand, was on speaker, which sounded appropriate if the president of the united states called. its an occasion. its a moment. and they were appalled at what they heard. now, rightly or wrongly, they were. and it wasnt in...

Being laid to rest today. his family grieving his loss. this politically and almost separate parallel line has gone out today after several days. now, we saw sarah sanders, who is the press secretary, push back when reporters point out that he made misstatements about senator wilson, saying she bragged about getting a bill passed. she did not talk habit that claim. she talked about her role in getting the building named for the fallen agents. details that have nothing do with sergeant johnson bu...

In the south we say all hat, no cattle. >> theyre suggesting at the white house during the day outside of the venue where she made the speech, she was tooting her own horn and grandstanding other issues. trace? >> it wasnt just the congresswoman saying this. >> no. the aunt that was the woman who brought up sergeant ladavid johnson after his mother died was critical of it as well saying she agreed with the congresswoman and the president was insensitive in his remarks. sarah huckabee sanders for...