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That are really troubling. was it adequate? was the gear adequate? what was the mission here? how did they become separated? why did it take two days to locate sergeant johnson? what is your take away? >> christine, good morning. i think it was the time line more than ig else. the fact we had a little bit more details surrounding what happened. of course its far from complete. he indicated it was really this is just the beginning, and i think what well see is further reporting from him even that...

The president can say it will bennet the middle class but the numbers are coming out and its not the case. politically thats the kind of fallout that republicans on the hill are going to have to deal with. >> he wants this by the end of the year. >> less than 30 legislative days left in the calendar. i want to ask you about joseph dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs coming out to the media at the pentagon speaking about what happened in niger. listen to what he said about the questions tha...

Goodness sakes. by the way, weve never actually heard the tape, you know, of what was -- of what that conversation, how it went. >> theres no tape. >> exactly, so we dont know. >> its not just the congressman, its also the widow herself who has backed up everything the congresswoman said. whether you think the congresswoman should have rushed onto television, thats a fine point, but i think to your larger point, two people can have a conversation and interpret things differently and i think that...

Forthcoming, dunford promised honest answers to the families and the public. >> i think we do owe the families and the american people transparency in incidents like this and we intend to dlif just that. >> as she had her final good-bye to her husband this weekend the widow of la saved johnson told abc as he "good morning america" that shes still waiting answers as well. >> i dont know how he got, where he got killed or anything. >> still to be explained, why was johnsons body recovered 48 hours...

Questions do remain. cnns jim sciutto from washington. >> reporter: dave and christine, unlike some administration officials, since this deadly raid, general dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff came to the pentagon briefing room and said every question about this from the public or families is justified, and he will do his best to answer every question he can. but the fact he is still cant answer many questions. he did clarify a few things, saying this unit was returning to base w...

Forces is an inheshtel dangerous game and these men and women do the kinds of things that most shouldnt have to do. >> what do you think about the president continuing to tweet about the situation with the family of sergeant la david johnson. as you know the widow backed up the congresswomans account about how she felt about the phone call today and the president then essentially said that what the widow felt happened did not happen. >> i wish the whole thing would go away. i mean, what bothers ...

And first of all, we should point out we tried to ask the president this question all day long to respond to the widow of sergeant la david johnson. he had no comment at multitimes throughout the day. he did put out this tweet earlier this morning almost as soon as the interview was over. he said i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of la david johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation. anderson, it goes without saying, its highly unusual, almost unprecedent...

At that point knowing we had a missing soldier we made a decision to make sure all the resources to include national assets were available. >> sergeant johnsons body was discovered two days later by niger forces. questions remain about how he got separated from his unit. dunford troops said troops in niger are not supposed to go with u.s. forces. a drone was sent overhead within minutes after the attack began but if a drone had been watching the troops from the beginning it would have spotted th...

>> well, i think it is a bit long, certainly. i think one of the problems we had was the white house and the pentagon werent quite sure exactly what happened. not that thats an excuse or anything, but youre dealing with large distances. the youre dealing with a hostile area that we didnt think was as hostile has it turned out to be. so that, i think, complicates things, plus efforts with the coalition in west africa, that includes the french as well as the nigerien and other west african forces....

The sacrifice of an american soldiers life on the battlefield. this nation is in crying need of a demonstration of virtue and public life. and mr. kelly seemed, until now, like a man for the job. but he is not honoring sergeant johnsons sacrifice by insisting on falsehoods and stretching out this sordid spectacle. what are we expecting from john kelly? >> first of all, its extraordinary and extraordinarily bad for this administration and the country that we are on week two of this, because the p...