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Clear today. he gave a painful but considerate and careful response to a particularly troubling issue that has been raised personally sergeant la david johnsons woid width doe. weve seen these images of her embracing his casket. she explained today to abc that part of her has doubts that her husband is even in that casket. because she says she was denied permission, not just to see his face but to see any part of his body. >> i want to know why it took them 48 hours to find my husband. why could...

>> there is a credibility issue with the president. now, theres a possible credibility issue with the chief of staff. >> isis no longer rules here. once again, theyve left behind a city scarred by their occupation. good morning, everyone, im diane gallagher in for christi paul. and im martin savidge in for victor blackwell. final good-byes today for a soldier who sacrificed his life to isis. sergeant la david johnson just 24 years old laid to rest today in his hometown. >> we was found a mile ...

Wilsons account. jones johnson added, quote, president trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband. speaking from the white house, the president denied saying what he congress woman said he said. he elaborated open trumps quote proof of the accusation. zplmplts . >> i didnt say what that congress woman said. didnt say it at all. she knows it. she now not saying it. i did not say what she said. and id like her to make that statement again. because i did not say what she...

Sara this feud over the presidents treatment of soldiers families is getting even ugly. >> reporter: thats the most solemn duty of a president to speak to a family member when a soldier has faced the ultimate sacrifice. tooted the white house is facing scrutiny new not just for the presidents tone in a phone call to one widow, but also his response to an attack more broadly that left four service members dead. the commander in chief sparking controversy again today, facing criticism for his hand...

Respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant johnson and soak his name from beginning without hesitation. it is worth noting we had a number of occasions to question the president about this incident today. he wouldnt engage about what happened in niger, what went wrong but also whether he regretted the fact that he left myeshia johnson feeling upset at the result of that phone call, anderson. >> theres also reporting on the white houses efforts to expedite the letters to families of the f...

Here of a distinction to be made of general kelly and chief of staff kelly. chief of staff kelly making a political intervention this week that unfortunately besmirches his record as a general. at the end of the day thinking of the sensitivity around the issues we have to include interpretation and the sense of tone, right? lets just say its a tone thing. maybe the words sounded a certain way to chief of staff kelly and president trump on their end and the tone different implications for the fam...

Finished a meeting with local leaders. they were near the niger border when their pickup trucks came under fire. the troops fighting back. four of those men losing their lives before french military assets came to their rescue. at some point during the firefight sergeant johnson got separated from his comrades. his body was found 48 hours later by niger een troupes and t known how he got there. how long he was alive. why he was left behind. joining me now as we sort out these details is our cnn ...

Low proving in the day her eyes, -- in their eyes, president trump can do nothing right. they are now using the death of sergeant la david johnson who was killed earlier this month in niger to attack the president and to do so, the media is using a number one trump hater in the country, congresswoman frederica wilson. after president trump called sergeant johnsons widow yesterday to do the right thing, offer his condolences, congresswoman wilson who claims to have heard the conversation the wido...

He knew what he was getting into by joining the 1%. he knew what the possibilities are because were at war. when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. thats what the president tried to say to four families the other day. >> reporter: kelly lamenting that the deaths are being politicized while delving into politics themselves and ignore the presidents role in the controversy. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation, abso...