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Spoke about how she felt, he went to twitter, not even using her name to say that her version is wrong. is this appropriate? >> well, i wish the president had not tweeted that this morning. i think its a very emotional, very raw interview with saw with mrs. johnson this morning and i think the president would have been better served to just let this go. and the main reason is because the man that i saw working for him for seven months or so, but both the campaign and on the transition team, is s...

I have my panel here. i watched this interview this morning. maybe the president and mrs. johnson have very different recollections of the conversation. that is entirely possible. im sure the president was nervous making this call, and here is a grieving widow who is on the way to the return of her husbands body at the time she takes the call. perhaps they have different recollections of the call. why would the president respond immediately on twitter? why not let it go? >> he cant help himself....

Conversation with mthe widow of sergeant johnson and i spoke his name from the very beginning. he could have addressed her saying, im sorry one of those situations. wolf, as you said, sometimes you just got to take the punch, bleed a little bit and then you move on. this idea that you want to continue fighting. that you want to call a woman whose husband was killed fighting for our country really does represent the office that trump hold. >> why wouldnt you just say, im sorry we had a miscommuni...

New tonight, trumps war with a widow. the widow of sergeant la david johnson who was killed in the niger ambush spoke out publicly for the first time today. heres myeshia johnson. >> the president said that he knew what he signed up for but it hurts, anyway. and i was -- it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it. he -- he couldnt remember my husband name. i heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband name. and that was hurting me the most becaus...

During this mission which left four u.s. soldiers dead. kate? >> yeah. all right. lets see what the next hours and days bring. ryan, thank you so much. bring in two members of congress, both members of key house committees on this issue and both iraq war veterans, republican congressman lee zellen sits on the foreaffairs democratic congressman ruben guyygo. thank you so much for being here. i appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> lot to discuss. congressman, first to you, miss johnson, t...

Military is doing in west africa and specifically what happened in that ambush that left four u.s. soldiers dead. john and poppy. >> all right. ryan browne at the pentagon, thanks so much. joining us now senior political analyst and the senior editor of "the atlantic" ron brown stein and ru tired army lieutenant general mark hurt ling. i want to put up the statement from the president that he posted on twitter after the heart-wrenching interview from myesha johnson, he said i had a very respectf...

They also have to have the support. >> right. of course, big part of this investigation is going to be who was complicit. who gave up this information. whether that was someone in the village or very damningly for the conversation whether that had any possibility of coming from the niger forces, themselves. thank you, all, so very much. i appreciate it. next, trump semessentially calling the widow of the fallen soldier, sergeant johnsons widow, a liar today. plus john mccain mocks trump over...

Our breaking news. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff this afternoon clarified the timeline, this months ambush of u.s. troops in niger. admitting many fair questions remain unanswered and under serious investigation. president trump today ignored multiple questions about the ambush in his phone call to one of the widow of one of the four fallen soldiers. david axelrod, earlier this morning myesha johnson, the gold-star widow on on tv, on abc speaking very emotionally, very powerfully abo...

Call it tax cuts. it will be the biggest cuts ever in the history of this country and i think that there is tremendous appetite and spirit for it. not only by the people were dealing with in congress but for the people out there that want to see something. >> sandra: john roberts is live on the north lawn. good morning, john. >> bill: good morning to you. big conference call yesterday for the republican party. the president and vice president on that call. tax cuts was the subject. the president...

From senior military officials, i imagine that these are always very difficult, but when you look at this back and forth thats going on and at one point it was between president trump and the congresswoman who is a longtime family friend of the johnson family who witnessed the call and now its the widow, now its myeshia johnson that hes going toe to toe with taking her on in twitter. what is your take on this? >> im not familiar of whats going on in twitter right now. of course sm as a matter of...