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An internal fbi memo from 1964 shows an informant said the kkk had, quote, documented proof that johnson had been a member of the klan early in his political career. fascinating perhaps, but no proof was ever provided. randi kaye, cnn new york. >> were also learning more about what happened in the attack that killed four americans in niger. next, how the u.s. forces were split up and what they tried to do as they fought back. when i look

Beret led team occurred. this group was split almost immediately into two separate units and lost communications with each other. adding to the confusion of this battle, one of their vehicles was disabld by enemy fire almost immediately. and again, this was a very confusing, very complex situation. in an effort to kind of beat back the attack, u.s. forces managed to launch a counter attack, proceeding on foot in this kind of flanking maneuver. and they were able to kill about 20. isis militants,...

Trump once again disputed what myeshia johnson said about his come don ens call for her husbands loss in combat. >> it made me cry because i was very angry about the tone of his voice. he couldnt remember my husband name. >> and after listening to her say that, here is what the president said about that today. >> i was really nice to her. i respect her. i respect her family. i certainly respect la david. who i by the way called la david right from the beginning. they put a chart in front. la dav...

Thats how it works. you dont actually have to tell people to trust your unbelievable assertion because youre a smart person if you just show people what it is that youre showing them. if you just proof things along the way. its easier that way and you dont have to remember your grades from seventh grade or whatever in case you count on this. >> okay. youre just going to leave out any claims of great educational achievement or -- you just leave that out? >> show your work. >> go with the work? >>...

Are being overlooked. back with me, congresswoman barbara lee. thank you for joining us again. i want to get your pretiimpress but whats your message to the president? >> my message is, please ask your chief of staff, mr. president, to do the honorable thing. please apologize to congresswom congresswoman frederica wilson. because she deserves respect. she has a long history of fighting for people, of being on the right side of history, on doing some remarkable things. so please ask general kelly...

Jack just said all presidents lie. have we ever seen a president with such a blatant disregard for the truth? i just gave with the toronto star. >> well, look, when jimmy carter ran for president in 1976, he said elect me, ill never tell me a hi. im not like nixon or johnson. and a reporter went down to meet his mother. and she said, youre just wonderful and the reporter said your son jimmy carter never told a lie. are you saying your son never lied? she said, jimmy tells white lies all the time...

Between an ivy league school and being civil. i went to a public university and im so civil. >> when he was defending the n condolence call, he at one point, said my memory, the impression was hes got a great memory. >> hes made that claim before, yet forgets the fine details of any number of issues, but most importantly, the problem in that case is that sergeant johnsons widow, hes the president of the united states. hes the commander. find a way to patch it up. dont put it on anybody else! sta...

I am a very intelligent person. you know, the fact is, i think -- i really believe -- i think the press creates a different image of donald trump than the real person. >> when pressed on why he insists on mocking another senator, bob corker, there was a big dodge. >> i hope bob corker is going to do the right thing also. >> he also said he was polite to the widow of sergeant johnson, insisting he remembered the sergeants name with a little help from his aides. >> i was really nice to her. i resp...

Secondly, i want to ask the president to please read your letter, don lemons letter, because our grief and our sorrow goes out to the johnson family at the loss of sergeant johnson and to all of the soldiers who were killed in this ambush. were grieving and we are in mourning. and so, don communicated a very heartfelt letter to you and he spoke for millions of people, i would hope you read that and understand what he was saying. next, i would hope that you would ask for a thorough investigation ...

Motors and rocket-propelled grenades, and it was this incident where the u.s. forces suffered their casualties. what is unknown is still how sergeant johnson was separated from his unit a mile from the rest of his team, and his body was missing for 48 hours, and thats the investigation being led by a two-star general is being looked at. a better picture in terms of what exactly this team was doing out there in this remote part of this west african country. >> as senator rich just told us, hes ge...