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Information that theyre still standing behind. so, if theyre standing behind this information, show you us the information for proof. no one is trying to debate. no one is trying to get into a match with general kelly. we just want answers to the situation thats getting more and more complicated. and more controversy surrounding the deaths of these four soldiers. particularly on a day when you have a funeral of lal david johnson. also, you have to remember, i was thinking about something you sai...

Elizabeth: a live funeral procession for the falling soldier, david johnson of miami gardens, the funeral procession taking place this morning. the actual ceremony was in cooper city, going toward hollywood, florida, flying an american flag at the entrance of the cemetery. as the procession goes by, he is 25 years old, he was killed october 4th along with three other servicemembers, leaves behind two children, his wife is pregnant with their third child, due in january. a very sad day. we wanted...

The white house is clarifying statements regarding chief of staff john kelly. pretty secretary sarah sanders tells cnn anyone can be questioned after saying it was inappropriate to debate with kelly given that hes a four-star general. this comes after kelly made false claims about a democratic congresswoman on thursday. the pentagon is now investigating why one of the four soldiers killed had in niger was separated from his unit. sergeant la david johnson was found about 1.5 clom the ters, tha...

Days is focused on sergeant johnson and the presidents, the congresswoman who listen to the call and the fallout from there. it is important what we heard earlier, when he signed up, it was without political feeling. he signed up to protect and serve all americans and as you watch pictures of him being laid to rest he gave the ultimate sacrifice regardless of our own political persuasion. taking a moment today amid thoughts you are thinking about politics and give thanks for this soldier and his...

We have breaking news on the ambush in niger that killed four u.s. soldiers including the one who was the subject of president trumps condo lessons call. four administration official familiar with the investigation tell cnn that johnsons remains were found nearly a mile from the central location of the am buck. cnn pentagon correspondent joins me with more. youve got new reporting on how the pentagon is beginning to narrow down what happened to sergeant johnson. what are you learning? >> they ar...

Be the last word in this controversy given no one of either party can come close to matching the moral authority kelly has when it comes to goldstar families and military service, the father of a marine killed in action in afghanistan but because there was a portion of kellys moving statement thursday the turned out to be inaccurate, he accused her of saying something it does not appear she said, critics have tried to undermine the statement and prolong the controversy from the white houses pers...

Niger two weeks ago and thats why she was with johnsons family when they took the call from president donald trump on a speakerphone. wilsons answer who asked her how the call went led to two days of trump attacks on twitter and on camera. but yesterdays appearance by trumps chief of staff took it to a new level. kelly himself a gold star father went before the white house press corps to defend the phone call and added this, completely unrelated story about a prior encounter with the congresswom...

Comments were were misinterpreted. they were meant to be consoling and im sorry that they were misinterpreted and, you know, we mourn the death of sergeant johnson and then it would have ended. and then kelly, who is a guy from boston, you know, gets into his own fight with a congresswoman who he clearly doesnt respect and that raises all kinds of questions all over again about the trump white house and its relationship with african-americans and whether, you know, theyre insensitive to racial i...

The white house isnt making any concessions despite the desired tone at least we understand they want to have coming out of the white house, especially with john kelly coming forward and trying to tamp things down. >> the white house said they thought john kelly coming forward would bring it to an end, but that was not the case. they made inaccurate statements ott congressman wilson. the president tweeted about it. he put those statements out again, calling her a wacky congresswoman. this mornin...

Conversation that should be about our brave americans willing to put on the uniform and go all over the world for their country. we have these four returning veterans who didnt make it. tell us a couple more things about sergeant johnson so we can try to make this a little more about him. >> absolutely. i mean, he was married to his high school sweetheart who was pregnant and unfortunately was the mother of two other young kids, a six-year-old and i believer take two-year-old boy as well. he was...