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Being a salesman. hes trying to negotiate. >> robert, peter, garrett haake on capitol hill, thank you very much. we are taking a look at right now the prime minister of singapore is pulling up to the white house. you can see president trump there is waiting for prime minister li to arrive. the two men scheduled to meet today and were scheduled to hear from them later on today. we will bring you anything new coming out of the white house as we get it. but for now, lets talk more in-depth about pr...

Statement, may address this tomorrow at the white house briefing. but when he came out on thursday, and really tried to lend his experience and memorial authority he has as a general and gold star father himself to this president to explain the process, not just the process of bringing a body home but the process in the white house of what he said to the president and how that call came about, there was nothing from him acknowledging that what the mother of the soldier sergeant johnson had alrea...

Two of them members of the army special forces, the green berets. >> as sergeant johnson is laid to rest, the white house is still consumed with the public arguments over president trumps private condolence call to his family. >> now this morning, a new report over how the white house tried to contain a brewing firestorm after president trump claimed he contacted virtually every gold star game this year. >> joining me now are military analyst and former command of all u.s. army troops in europe,...

Air. >> let me hone in on niger and the reactions to it. id love to know, admiral kirby, how you felt about this belated response. its strange to me that there was this sort of week-long period where there was almost no attention. there was a little reporting from the pentagon about what happened. but it wasnt until mondays impromptu press conference where niger really became a national news story. >> yeah, i was really disappointed to see that, brian. i can understand why nobody said anything f...

Absolutely true. saras question was why havent you talked about this. he didnt even ask the original question and it was not until friday that we got any context. >> let me show the cover of "the new york daily news" from this morning because i want to make sure we dont lose sight of this piece of the story. this is one of la david johnsons children with the headline "honor my father." i wonder, admiral kirby, if this is one of though cases where an individual life, an individual death is person...

Boxing was quickly becoming one of the nations most popular diversions. and no fighter dominated the ring more than jack johnson, the worlds first black heavyweight champion whose unprecedented run at the top so frightened america that it canvassed for a great white hope. a hope that was dashed when on july 4th, 1910, johnson soundly beat his hand picked white opponent into submission. what was then called the fight of the century. the response from white america was tragically predictable. and ...

Earlier. >> this is a major issue and a major problem. im hoping when we return tomorrow, everyone will jump on this because this is a catastrophe. we need to know why, and we need to know about the special circumstances surrounding la david johnson. >> well, the congresswoman wants to know why sergeant johnson was left behind, his body recovered nearly two days after the attack and some one mile away. joining me now is chris, a former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. and author of "one mission, how leaders b...

Injuries. back to politics, and the white house remaining optimistic about its timeline for tax reform. heres what omb director mick mulvaney said in an interview moments ago. >> were hearing now that the house may go ahead and either take the senate amendments or move very quickly to accept the senate amendments and we may save as many as 10 or 12 legislative days, a big deal, sounds like not much when youre here the end of october, but in the congressional calendar, thats a long time and it ...

>> my conscience is clear. i can go to sleep at night very well knowing i never mistreated anyone. good morning, everyone. im diane gallagher in for christi paul today. >> im martin savidge in for victor blackwell. we are begin this morning with the family of a u.s. soldier killed in combat overseas saying good-bye. so painful to look at. this was the burial ceremony on saturday for army sergeant la david johnson. >> just 25 years old. killed earlier this month when his unit was ambushed by ...

A distinction two be paid as general kelly and chief of staff kelly. as chief of stageneral kelly he statement that bee smirches his being a general. we have to also include interpretation and a sense of tone, right. so lets say this tone thing, maybe the words sounded a certain way to chief of staff kelly and to president trump on their end, but the tone had different implications for the family members and for the widow mrs. johnson while they were listening to it. they have the right continue...