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And to think that being a member of congress and asking questions all the time, being a gold star family and being ignored when asked questions, what? we just want to know. what happened to ladavid johnson? sergeant ladavid johnson. it appears from the newspaper, "the washington post," "miami herald" and i guess all the others, it appears as if he was executed. he was executed. did the military do that? did he walk a mile? did they carry him a mile? did he run a mile? was he in a car? how did he...

Never referring to her as your husband or ladavid or sergeant ladavid johnson. and, you know, i was almost as if are you really married? it was extremely insensitive and really in the car i was trying to get the phone because i wanted to speak to him. and i wanted to tell him. they wouldnt let me speak. i did want to do that. i wanted to say, mr. president, do you know who youre speaking with? this is a pregnant young mother, 24 years old with two children and shes grieving. >> let me say this. ...

Responded to the congresswomans account that the presidents confirmation call was disrespectful with a white house hit job on wilson. and the implication that sergeant johnsons widow, a pregnant mother of two was lying about a call she never should have received. joining me now is congresswoman from florida frederica wilson and we had in the studio the widow of late army sergeant ladavid johnson but shes not feeling well and had to leave with the aunt. let me first say, congresswoman wilson, i n...

Putin than his own intelligence agencies. it was a disgrace. >> we have to leave it there. if you want to know what is going on in american politics on saturday morning, you can get great updates on the right of center from you on sunday mornings left of center for al sharpton. we got both on msnbc. thank you both. coming up, after another deadly shooting this past week, well talk to a college professor who says we should "arm as many good people as possible to prevent next massacre." and later,...

When his body was recovered and turned home, his pregnant widow and mother of his two children could not have an open casket service. its what happened between a phone call and president trump and sergeant johnsons widow made head lines for weeks. congresswoman feddwilson took i with the way he addressed it. rosa, are you been able to speak with congresswoman wilson? is she aware of these eyewitness reports coming in? >> reporter: you know, i just talked to her office and they tell me the congre...

The circumstances around that attack, and she has been very clear, boris, about her insistence that this needs to be investigated, and that she needs to be briefed. so its going to be interesting to know if she was briefed before this report was released. >> rosa, several lawmakers saying they received contradictory or incomplete information about the ambush, but tell us about this prayer service that youre attending, who organized it and why? >> reporter: you know, its all connected. as you men...

Find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. u.s. officialing are investigating local eyewitness accounts of what happened during the isis ambush of u.s. soldiers in niger. the four american soldiers were killed in that ambush. but what happened to sergeant la david johnson is especially troubling. local tribesman now say the body was found nearly a mile away from the scene of the ambush with his hands tied. johnson, as you recall, went missing for nearly two days.

Women who wear the uniform and fight to keep us free and their families. eric: the threats have gone beyond al-qaeda, you have radical islamic group and philosophy and in niger, johnson, reports showing that he may have been captured, arms tied behind the back, he apparently, murdered in cold blood in an operation with a thousand soldiers in niger who were fighting the radical philosophy and killed and would that be covered and should it be written in a broader way to protect us from the terrori...

The deadly attack happened last month outside remote village, the ambush is believed to have been orchestrated by militants linked to the islamic state. sergeant johnson was layed to rest a few weeks ago in florida. eric: in the middle east, meanwhile the rolling back of isis continues. the retaking of raqqah and syria means the loss of major foot hole in the country. iraqi forces have fully recaptured mosul, many in congress say to fully eradicate, military force that was first passed in respon...

U.s. special operations forces from the united states were sent into europe to prepare to perhaps effect a rescue operation. but the investigation is on going and one of the things theyll be looking at is how sergeant johnsons body was missing for 48 hours. victor. >> he was a mile away there. ryan brown, thank you so much. >> you bet. >> all right. and still to come, dozens of kids dressed in costumes and surrounded president trump at the white house for halloween. and the president took the op...