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We all agree. the president, of course, is the one who made this political last week when he started it. jason, i want to ask you about that because you brought up congresswoman wilson, you didnt think her getting involved in this was fair. today, obviously the president is still criticizing her for speaking about the call in the first place. his most recent tweet on the issue with her is "wacky congresswoman wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the republican party, a disaster for dems, ...

About his confrontation on twitter this morning, his reaction after the widow of la david johnson went on the air and said she didnt appreciate some of the things the president said, and she said he couldnt remember her husbands name. he refused to answer questions in the oval office, but he is supposed to deliver press statements in the rose garden this afternoon. a, its unseemly, b, its unnecessary, and c, a president could have been asked about tax reform, he could have been asked about his u...

Shes brilliant, she has a long history of service to children and their families, and she has mentored so many young african american boys and males and young men. and i just have to say, what he said and what he -- how he -- general kelly conducted himself against this woman in terms of trying to malign her character, is reprehensible and he needs to apologize and needs to do it right away. >> i will say she gave about a nine-minute speech at the dedication of that building in florida, almost f...

Reprehensible. he said last week being at a speech where representative wilson took credit for something she didnt do, grandstanding essentially what the general accused her of. video of the speech contradicts general kellys account really and in spirit and in their statement the congressional black caucus women continued, congresswomans credibility should not be undermined by such blatant lies. one of the members of the caucus, barbara lee of california, thanks so much for being with us. what e...

Hadnt served in these conflicts and that he wanted to suggest we should be more sensitized to issues that we dont necessarily understand as well or that we havent put ourselves on the line to understand as well, there is some lesson in that for everyone. if you have it yourself, its real important to understand how to talk to the people who were directly affected by it. >> and also important. i think general kelly meant this. he got himself into a mess saying other things werent true. we need to...

Conversation with the widow of sergeant ladavid johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation." john roberts is live on the north lane. a difference in memory on that matter. >> certainly. what makes this painful for the widow, myeshia johnson, is the fact that her husband, sergeant ladavid johnson was missing in niger for 48 hours, raising a lot of questions as to how did he get separated, why did it take so long to find him. a national security forces have told me his beacon...

Her conference. nobody takes her that seriously and she hyper politicized this very solemn occasion. >> bill: the media has given her a lot of attention and taken her seriously. the president was asked about secretary kelly on sunday. >> there is nobody close. you go to the original first day. there was nobody close to doing the job. and i said i would like to take you. how would you like it? and its not that he wanted it. he would have preferred doing and staying where he was. he is a man that ...

Deaths of four brave young americans, should know what kind of operations were engaged in. and one of the fights im having right now with the administration is armed services committee is not getting enough information. and they deserve it because we represent their families too. >> well, a new coalition there, whoopie goldberg, joy behar and senator john mccain. you know youre powerful when that big three gets together. senator mccain said he will receive a classified briefing on niger this wee...

That call. he was -- he actually couldnt believe it. actually, he said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. this is really not -- >> we should know the congresswoman was invited by mrs. johnson to listen in on the presidents call. it was on speaker phone in the car. they were on their way to receive her husbands body. it did not take long for congresswoman wilson to hit back at the president. she claims the tragedy in west africa will come back to haunt him. >> i think ethic is going to be this a...

They dont necessarily want to do it quickly. speed is not their priority. accuracy is. because it is a confusing situation. we do know that the body of sergeant la david johnson was found over a mile away from the ambush site. however, there are different accounts. this is according to the "new york times," about what the u.s. special operators, what the special forces were doing. the u.s. side says they were coming out of the village when they were ambushed. thats been consistent with what pent...