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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 couldnt remember my husband name. the only way he remembered my husbands name. he told me had my husbands report in front of him. thats when he actually said la david. i heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband name. and that what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risks his life for our country, why cant you rem...

My next guest is also a gold star wife britney jacobs her husband chris jacobs was killed during a training exercise six years ago and she joins me tonight. its good to have you here, britney. good evening to you. >> thank you for having me. >> martha: you know, its -- obviously we all feel for her and you can put yourself in her shoes far more than most of us. whats your reaction to all of the back and forth, that the president is still tweeting about this? what does it make you feel? >> first ...

And obviously its a very difficult time for the family and its time that the president understands that. >> when do you believe that myesha johnson, the gold-star widow, and the american people will learn why it took nearly 48 hours to find sergeant la david johnsons body? >> well, there are a lot of unanswered questions and i think its appropriate that well have briefings in congress as to what -- what went wrongs. first of all, understanding why our troops are there. this is under a 2001 autho...

And at the pentagon. lets begin with our joe johns at the white house. the president is responding to this, this morning. what is he saying? >> thats right, poppy. given the fact that the president has referred to congresswoman wilson as wacky and a liar after she characterized this condolence call, we did reach out to the white house, asking how they might characterize myeshia johnson, given the fact that shes now done an interview, and the president does seem to have answered that question for...

With a grieving widow of a slain service member. casey? >> robert costa, what are you hearing behind the scenes about the kind of pressure that john kelly is under at this point especially now considering that we do have the widow of sergeant johnson backing up the congresswomans account instead of john kelly? >> theres a lot of pressure on general kelly, but theres a lot he can also seems to not be able to control. the president continues to speak out on his own via twitter and the white house ...

This is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight. new details of the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger. joint chiefs chairman general joseph dunford just held a lengththy news conference amid growing demands for more information. d dunford said an investigation is continuing but he revealed for the first time that the u.s. troops were returning to their base when they were attacked by whats believed to be a local isis affiliate. and he said it was an hour into the firefight b...

Name out there and talking about this very painful situation, he couldnt say, maybe i got the tone wrong. it was nope, this is my version. i did it correctly. and everybody in this administration has to take their cues from this president who cant apologize. >> michael, how does the white house move on from this? it seems the posture they are taking, the president tweeted this morning but were not going to get a white house briefing. is that the sfrtrategy, try and stop talking and hope the pres...

Hesitation. explanation mark to extenuate that remark. people are baffled by this. saying the easiest way to end this would be to say, i meant no disrespect to the family of a fallen soldier. we grieve with you and thank your husband for his sacrifice. i asked the white house if they had expectation the president would reach out to mrs. johnson once again. perhaps to apologize, to clarify. i havent heard back. no indication thats the case. >> i want to talk to hans in a minute about the mission ...

Attack in niger that led to the death of those four u.s. soldiers. we now know that u.s. troops arrived in the village 85 miles north of the capital on october 3rd and stayed overnight. its not clear if that was part of the original plan. the attack occurred midmorning the next day. sergeant la david johnsons body would not be found for a full two days, 50 heavily armed fighters attacked the convoy after they left the village and were on their way back to the base. dunford commented that -- conf...

Listening to her at the dedication of an fbi facility where he said she was just talking about her own accomplishments and taking all the credit for it. the video of that event does not show her taking credit for her at all. >> he mischaracterized the entire situation. >> thats sort of the crux of that part of the argument there. all right. details of that deadly raid that took the life of sergeant johnson and three other soldiers, details are really murky this morning. senator lindsay graham ...