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Recovered more of ladavid johnsons remains. are we closer to figuring out what exactly happened over there. we will go live in a moment. trump called putin today. what did they talk about? paying less for my medicare? im open to that. lower premiums? extra benefits? its open enrollment. time to open the laptop... ...and compare medicare health plans. why? because plans change, so can your health needs. so, be open-minded. look at everything-like prescription drug plans... and medicare advantage ...

The trial of an illegal immigrant accused in the murder of state steinle. she was shot on a san francisco pier in 2015. the defense admitted serate fired the fatal bullet but claims it was an accident. the case drew widespread attention when president trump made it a campaign issue after it was revealed that serate had previously been deported five times. new developments in the niger ambush that killed four service members last month. investigators from the army and the fbi have now recovered...

Recovered. >> all the circumstances are the subjects of a military investigation. of course first on your mind, i imagine the news for his family. sergeant johnson has been laid to rest. >> thats right. what we all wanted to do was to make sure that his family had been briefed, his young widow had been given this information before any was publicly reported. we were assures by pentagon officials that she had been briefed. military experts will tell you there have been cases where additional rema...

Will provide additional clues to investigators on how sergeant johnson died and what happened to his body during that 48 hours he was missing before the body was recovered, reportedly by nigerian forces. this could all be some important clues in this investigation, which is not expected to be concluded for several weeks yet. all dating back to this ambush in early october in niger in africa when this team led by green berets got ambushed by some 50 fighters and when the investigators went to the...

Very sensitive -- not to look at the remains of her husbands body when he came back. now, of course, every military family has the right to do whatever they wish when the body is turned over to them, but she was advised that it would be very difficult and that she should not view the remains. there was a closed casket during his funeral. so we know that when he was -- his body was out there for some 48 hours, something happened that made it perhaps very difficult for his family to view the remai...

Been found. sergeant johnson was killed along with three other u.s. soldiers when their convoy was ambushed in niger. it took a total of 48 hours to find his body. johnsons additional remains were found november 12th at the site where his body was recovered by a joint investigative team that went to niger. they were identified by dna testing. johnsons widow says when hez body came home she was told the casket must remain closed. president trump says his new tax plan is going to be a gift for a...

They did inform the family before they put out a statement here. they informed his widow. but defense official whose i have spoken with have characterized it as a small amount of additional remains, talk of potentially bone fragments. we dont know a lot still about that day, about what happened. we dont know how sergeant johnson died whether it was a gunshot. there have been all sorts of stories coming out of niger. the investigation is ongoing. about a month ago the chairman of the joint chiefs...

>> [ inaudible ]. >> im sure they have. >> nbc news national security reporter joins me from the pentagon with more. we know that sergeant johnson didnt have an open casket. we didnt know what sort of condition his body was in. his wife didnt know, either. what does it say to you with this news that more remains have been found in niger? >> unfortunately, in a combat zone in an environment like this it is not uncommon for additional remains to be found after an individual is shot. we have seen t...

Summer. doj officials say the man worked for the military and was a self-professed hacker. it is unclear if he was working on behalf of the iranian government when he stole files from several shows including unreleased script from "game of thrones." more anguish for the family of one of the four u.s. service members killed in an ambush in the african nation of niger. officials tell msnbc news that investigators have found more of ladavid johnsons remains. >> it is a shame for any gold star fam...

You are now a gold star widow. and all of you are a gold star family. you stand in the ranks of those whose family members paid the ultimate price for our country. sergeant ladavid johnson, our hero, paid the ultimate price. >> on this veterans day weekend, i was honored to stand yesterday with florida congresswoman frederica wilson who has been staring down death threats while standing up for the family of ladavid johnson, the u.s. army sergeant whose combat death in niger last month became yet...