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>> the really beautiful phone call that was just released by -- i cant remember the name of the gold star mom, but she actually had a recording of it and donald trump sounded entirely come compassionate and remember, general kelly advised donald trump not to make these calls, he said they are difficult. its hard to come up with what to say and donald trump the president said, no, i think its the right thing to do. does he not get credit for that? >> shouldnt we be focused on the soldiers here th...

Another falsehood. >> if you want to get into a debate with a four star marine general, i think thats something highly inappropriate. >> what the kelly incident means for the adult day care theory of managing the president. >> this is now a grown-up in the room. >> when "all in "starts now. >> good evening from new york. im joy reid in for chris hays. today, the white house is defending chief of staff john kellys smear made yesterday from the white house podium against the democratic congresswom...

For her that la david johnsons uncle graduated from and who was close enough to the family that she represents at congress that they wanted her to be in that car. she is at that funeral as we speak. while general kelly and his boss, donald trump, are still standing by their attacks on her. like i said, extraordinary. joining me now are msnbc military analyst, malcolm nance, sarah and, colonel jack, i want to start with you on this because, you know, donald trump likes to hide behind his generals...

This is burial ceremony and final resting place for sergeant johnson. you saw his widow kissing his casket. he was 25 years old. he was killed this month when his unit was ambushed by isis in niger. four american soldiers were killed in that fire fight. two of them members of the armys special forces. so far, the pentagon has released little information about the events on october 4th when those four soldiers died in niger. officials have said that sergeant johnson somehow got separated from his...

An investigation into an attack that killed four soldiers. >> cnn has learned that sergeant la david johnsons body was found nearly a mile from the cite of the attack in niger. the fbi is there. as the pentagon tries to pin down an exact time line of what happened. cnns elise labott reports. >> reporter: cnn has learned that sergeant la david johnson was found a mile away. according to those familiar with an early assessment. the pentagon is still looking at the exact circumstances of how johnso...

Himself is not traditional and i dont believe that he meant any harm but that doesnt mean that he shouldnt have used sergeant johnsons name, for instance, instead of referring him as your guy, people thinking its disinsensitive. you know that your father was a hero, but this began with donald trump and what general kelly brought up, he blamed democrats for politicizing this with khan at dnc, there were gold star families at dnc as rachel mentioned there, patricia smith and other benghazi smith, ...

Family in this country turned into an obscene distraction. i want to get your take on whats been happening this week and what we witnessed there in the briefing room today. >> well, first off, obscene is exactly the right word for it. it is an obscene display. i cant think of a more disgusting moment in american politics in my lifetime than the one we have fallen into, into the sewer over these issues. the person who did it, of course, is the president of the united states, donald trump. who tho...

My first to you. what john kelly got wrong about representative frederica wilson and the johnson family. can you share with our viewers the short version? >> yeah. absolutely. this is a story about identity and how we view people. and i think the general communicated that he was stunned that a member of congress would participate in this phone call. and i think what he left out for people is that representative wilson is not primarily a member of congress to the johnson family. shes known them f...

Here. whats being lost is the people who died and lost their lives in niger. since we are going to talk about this, lets talk about fred demetric can a wilson and talk about her record. she has served honorably the florida legislature since 2008. she has been a congresswoman since 2011. what she has done is she she is not witless or an empty barrel. she started 5,000 role models of excellence program in which sergeant johnson was a graduate from. so, when she talks about the death of sergeant jo...

The white house or let alone take back california. >> steven erlanger, we appreciate your insight today live for us in brussels. thank you. >> thank you. steven mentioned this, the investigation into the deaths of those four u.s. soldiers, the soldiers who died in niger. u.s. lawmakers are demanding answers. the men were killed more than two weeks ago after they were killed by mill at that points. barbara starr reports one of the victims was separated from his conrads and his body was found a ...