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Things that are likely to break through this weekend. on the niger ambush story, its worth knowing that sergeant la david johnson, the service member whose body was not recovering until two days after the other three service members had their bodies taken off the field. hes the one whose widow was with the congresswoman. sergeant la david johnson, his funeral is tomorrow in florida. so that alone will likely keep this story in the spotlight over the weekend. i expect we may also start to learn m...

This weekend on the niger ambush story, its important knowing sergeant le davids body was not recovered until two days after the ambush t. white house is recounting what the president said if his conversation to her, sergeant le david johnsons funeral is tomorrow in florida. so that alone will likely keep this story in the spotlight over the weekend. i expect we may also start to learn more about the preliminary results of the investigation into this matter, which now involves both the pentagon ...

>> the jaw dropping white house response when confronted with 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 ...

Do. not only that, you have his aides, john kelly and sarah huckabee sanders thar, that com behind the podium thats supposed to be sacred. i worked in the white house. that is supposed to be incredibly sacred. and they are working, they are working for the people. not just the president but the people of this country. and all they do is give more lies to donald trumps lies. and then when theyre caught in lying they double down on those lies. >> yeah. and, you know, sarah, you know, part of what ...

Dont have extended eyes and ears around yourself or the human intelligence to determine when you have met a threat. >> reporter: the last soldier who died, sergeant johnson, was mourned by his family. alex, this morning the "new york times" is reporting the american and nigerian forces are giving different attacks of what happened to investigators. that is adding to the uncertainty, the unclarity. one other note, secretary mattis said yesterday he wouldnt say whether or not president trump autho...

Escalating it, thats not okay. that is against the dignity that this grieving family deserves. and the people attacking representative wilson and say this was some sort of political scheme, shes been friends with the family for years. shes known sergeant johnson since he was a little boy. she had every right to be in that car. i just wish that she was concerned she contacted the white house instead of running to reporters. her comment this has made her look like a rock star. that made me feel re...

On terror 2005 through 2010, this is the casket coming home, the flight that brought sergeant johnson back from dover air force base to south florida, delta airlines flight, the casket was offloaded and you saw his wife, pregnant with one of the other daughters right there, saying her last goodbye, her husband, the father of her children inside the casket, having given his life, the honor guard just behind him. this is something to remember. we lost the helicopter feed. that is the picture, you ...

>> no. we have to find out why he was separated for 48 hours, how he ended up a mile away from where the initial battle took place. and those are the types of things that we need answers to. i dont think that he was obviously, you know, purposefully left behind at all. ive traveled with the army, with the armed services on the continent. i was just part of a group of members of congress that was in somalia back in august. and i know how serious the men and women that work on the continent take t...

Deferments for the heel spurs and never serveled his country. we have a 50-year record of him not serving anyone else so the pain is real. but its also a deflection tactic because we are not talking about niger. we are not talking about this sergeant johnson was left behind for full two days and who found him and brought him back to the united states? we are not talking about the fact that donald trump was gofling. thats why hes calling the family and not there to greet the family. all of the di...

Discussion all around this issue once again. its been reduced to this word i keep hearing this week is obscene. this is an obscene turn for a 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 ...