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Establish that commission in the white house. that would help our entire community. >> how about congresswoman, from your end. are you willing to allow today that you misinterpreted what the presidents intentions were in that phone call to sergeant johnsons wife? >> theres nothing to misinterpret. he said what he said. i just dont agree with it. i dont agree with that is what you should say to grieving families. >> but in terms of his intention not being callous and maybe he got the tone wrong b...

Just want to get is straight. >> and all of his brothers and all of his cousins. >> you are more than obviously their congresswoman, their representative. and thr more than your constituents i want to get a couple details straight. it sounds like there was a real disconnect in what the president was trying to say to sergeant johnsons wife and what you heard. i just want to go to that point. we know from general kelly and his remarks yesterday that the president came to him and said these calls a...

Differently than it was by sergeant johnsons widow. all of this overshadowing a big win for the administration on capitol hill. the senate just passed the budget resolution paving the way for a vote on tax cuts, which is a high priority for republicans on capitol hill. chris and alisyn. >> thanks so much, jeff. >> all right. lots to discuss. lets bring in cnn john avalon and reporter and edded tore at large chris cillizza. >> i had one take as i was driving home and another as i was reading dona...

Thank you for letting me be with you. let me give my sympathies to the family. i wish they were protected in their most vulnerable exposed time. im very saddened for this family right now. >> well get into the dynamic between the white house, florida congresswoman, and the family of la david johnson. but what are your questions about this ambush? i know you know missions like this much more than most americans do and frankly theres not a lot of information about whats going on in niger, what hap...

Amid the controversy over president trumps condo lessons call to a widow of the u.s. soldier killed in niger, there are serious questions about the attack itself. an investigation is under way. chief of staff john kelly was asked about that this afternoon. >> the people that will answer those questions will be the people at the other end of the military pyramid. im sure the special forces group is conducting it. i know theyre conducting an investigation. that investigation, of course, under the ...

Theyre in this political malstrom, theyre being contacted by the press. its tremendous stress and i think a lack of appreciation for how difficult this has been for them. ear learning their stories, theres an opportunity to support them. organizations like taps nonprofits are often at that point of attack when this goes down. theyre there before, during and after. silver line is hopefully groups like that will get more support. this is the politician of our military and gold star families thats ...

Could imagine. theres know perfect way to make that phone call. >> a rare and highly personal moment in the white house. chief of staff john kelly defending president trumps handling of a condolence call made to an army widow. >> and two former presidents both warning in strong terms against the forces of division that propelled president trump to power. welcome back to "early start." im rene marsh. >> im dave briggs, its 2:31 out in los angeles where i think theyre still celebrating the los ang...

And we will watch a new birth, a new baby born to the johnson family. a new baby girl. were looking forward to that. and we will be there to support our heros family. the 5,000 role models is comprised of thousands of people all races, creeds and colors who will love those children and love his wife, love his aunt and unc uncle, love his brothers, love all the little nieces and nephews. and we will be there for him. he is our son. hes our hometown boy. and were going to do everything we can to l...

Actions of the troops that were caught in the fire fight and question whether or not they did everything they could in order to bring everyone out at once. >> what more do we know about what happened? >> well, right now the pentagon is just not answering a lot of these hard questions. theyre even disputing the characterization of sergeant johnson being left behind, preferring the terminology separated from his unit. the fact is for some 48 hours he was missing. and the question is when that fren...

Him, and that he was stunned. he was stunned that you would have listened in on that call because to him those calls are sacred. can you respond to that? >> i wasnt listen anything. i was in a car where a call was being taken on a speaker tpopb. i wasnt listening in. please dont characterize it as that. and i still go back to what i said from the beginning. call her by her name, myeshia johnson. call him by his name, sergeant la david johnson. he is not her guy. he is her husband. and that is th...