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>> almost three weeks since the attack that killed her husband and three other u.s. soldiers, johnson says she knows next to nothing about the circumstances of his death, including why he was missing for two days before his body was recovered. >> i want to know why it took them 48 hours to find my husband. why couldnt i see my husband? every time i asked to see my husband, they wouldnt let me. i dont know how he got killed, where he got killed, or anything. i dont know that part. they never told...

The congresswoman said the niger ambush is, quote, trumps benghazi and is demanding an apology from the white house chief of staff. we have all of this covered for you. joe johns is live at the white house. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. growing question about the ambush that took the lives of four soldiers and the broader mission in niger. congress is expected to hold its n over the heated back and forth over the condolence call to a fallen soldier iss widow. >> the call ...

President trump stoke the flames of that controversy surrounding congresswoman wilson, who is close to the family. heres what he tweeted. he says -- i hope the fake news media talks about wacky congresswoman wilson in that she as a representative is killing the democratic party. again this is the same day that la david johnson is laid to rest. is he trying to deflect? >> hes trying to be consistent with his base, and his base has rallied behind attacking representative wilson, because were in su...

That and youre right, he didnt get the facts right on that, was that empty barrels make the most noise and he was using that -- he was likening that to you, basically that youre -- >> i think thats a racist term too, im thinking about that when we looked it up in the dictionary because i had never heard of an empty barrel and i dont like to be dragged into something like that. the only thing i want to be dragged in to right now is bring back our girls who are the victims of boke a-ha ram in thig...

Staff joseph dunford came out and really wanted to explain that this investigation is ongoing. he wasnt really forthcoming with answer as to how this attack happened on our soldiers in niger, but he did say that the families deserved to get an answer and the american people deserved to have answers as well. and he took that very seriously. he also somewhat explained the procedures, the protocols in the military for what happens in these cases. you know, he was talking about with regard to mrs. j...

You were just discussing with yasmin. its what happened to the families. yesterday we watched sergeant johnsons family lay him to rest. and it just to me completely mind boggling that the president of the united states keeps tweeting about this feud he has with the congresswoman who im sure he didnt even know existed before this began. what happened -- whats happening between her and him or her and john kelly is really not the issue here but its really up to the president and to john kelly himse...

Husbands name, he told me he had my husbands report in front of him and thats when he actually said la david. i heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband name. and that 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 name? >> reporter: shortly after the interview, the president took the unusual step of correcting the widow tweeting, "i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of serg...

The politics continues even as today, one of the american soldiers killed in niger, sergeant johnson, is laid to rest in florida. >> policy white tie tax reform continues to be front and center for this white house. any update on a timeline? >> donald trump said in this interview he wants tax reform done by the end of the year but would like to see it done faster, he would be disappointed if it took that long. the question is will he have the votes. here is how he answered. >> i think we have th...

David johnson. was he alive when he was left behind. why and how did that happen? >> all right. very good questions that we dont have the answers to. michelle, thank you so much. senator john mccain says he may get a subpoena to learn the details of what happened in niger. listen to what he said. >> i did have a good conversation with general mcmaster. we have a long friendship and we will hopefully get all the detail details. >> will you wait for the department of defense to carry out whats on ...

Reporters at the pentagon for 4 # 3 minutes, explaining what he could. he said the task force these four americans were a part of was involved in a fire fight for about an hour before they called for help. from there he said it took another hour to get air support to them in the form ultimately of french mirage fighter jets. he promised more information as the investigation progressed. >> more importantly we owe the families of the fallen more information and thats what the investigation is desi...