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Me see anything. >> she was not only married to sergeant johnson, and the mother of his children, they were childhood sweet hearts, she met him at 6 years old. general dunford was asked why she was not able to see her husbands body if he want shesh. he tried to answer it with as much sensitivity as you can have around this issue. it said sometimes protocol would be they be cautioned not to look at remains in a situation like this its up to the family so the implications is if his widow wants to ...

This is now second time hes referenced the president not by name, he gave that speech last week. >> what goes around comes around. its much deeper than that. >> if what were seeing here is confirmation of donald trump, the president of the united states, who has never had a record of consistent honesty in his life. that too is a fact that holds together so many things, the russia investigation, the widow, what he says publicly day after day, which everyone in the press room, including his press ...

He called her. and i have to say congresswoman wilson is a respected member of congress. she has a life of fulfillment in terms of making sure that young people have access to opportunities. her integrity is impeccable. and so why would he lie on her? this is just disgusting. and he should apologize. and i think that the members of the congressional black caucus, the african american women, were demanding an apology because this is about respect and its about apologizing for something that just ...

During the operation? did our forces have adequate intelligence, equipment, and training? was there a assessment of the threat accurate in the area? how did u.s. forces become separated during the engagement, specifically sergeant johnson, and why did it take time to find and recover sergeant johnson. >> you covered the pentagon, right, e liz beth? >> i did. >> how unusual is it for there to be 900 american troops in another country and not have the minority leader of the united states senate an...

Mali and chad, there are groups where some claim to have relationships with the islamic state and others are traffickers and its an extremely difficult terrain to operate in and its a region where the threats are becoming more and more complex and are morphing. due to trumps condolence calls with sergeant johnsons widow that were hearing about this but this has been a threat for a long time. >> karen, michael, thank you so much. coming up, the white house briefing is set to begin shortly here....

Congresswoman. why wont the chief of staff or you acknowledge that that was a m mischaracterization? >> i dont believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his accounts of what took place. general kelly and his family made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. hes led with honor around integrity. hes doing a great job of chief of staff and he doesnt have anything to correct or apologize for. even if president trump meant to console the widow of sergeant johnson, why hasnt he or anyone ...

Without tax reforms politically it will be very difficult to get this through. >> its crucial. president trump has this gop policy lunch with the republican senators. something else he tweeted about yesterday that is raising a few eyebrows is myesha johnson, the widow of sergeant la david johnson. she gave a an interview saying she was hurt. she cried. here is what he fired back. i had a very respectful conversation with the widow and spoke his name frt beginning without hesitation. regardless o...

Began. >> when they requested support it took the french aircraft. they were ready to go in 30 minutes and took them 30 minutes approximately to get on the scene. it is important to note that when they didnt ask for support for that first hour, my judgment would be that unit thought they could handle the situation without additional support. >> thats different from the timeline first provided by the pentagon saying the french jets were overhead within 30 minutes after being urgently requested. o...

He has. and then that turns into a much larger ambush and much larger engagement later on. so those are the things we still have to figure out. but what i give general dunford credit for is that he stood up there like a marine, took this head on and laid out everything that we know and told the world everything we still have to figure out. ainsley: colonel, i know contact with the enemy was unlikely according to reports on october 4th, three of the soldiers that were killed with evacuated and th...

Sympathizers. >> i was wondering if the locals would have helped any of the bad guys in niger. >> uh-huh. >> karen, there are multiple questions without answers so far we know sergeant la david johnsons body was found 48 hours later nearly a mile away from the central scene of that ambush. thats according to several cnn sources. when we heard from the chairman of the joint chiefs yesterday, he said he couldnt confirm that. but why would his body be so far away? >>. >> these are some of the quest...