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Determined. its just not clear. it may be clear to those with access to classified information, and its not clear how this sergeant was not found for 48 hours, and its still a question and the pentagon making it clear they did everything they could to look for him. >> barbara, thank you so much. joining us now, cnn military analyst, colonel steve warren. you heard barbara say the pentagon wants you to know everything was done that was possible to hear from sergeant johnson. but we heard from con...

Explanation at a time when president trump is under scrutiny for the tone and for the words he chose when he speak to the widow of sergeant la david johnson, one of the soldiers killed in the military operation that went awry in niger. this is not the narrative the white house wants but how difficult it is to get away from all sides, whether its kelly, congresswoman, trump politicizing the debt of a u.s. soldier. >> now, we want to bring in cnns political analyst julian zeliz zelizer. good morni...

Defense secretary james mattis, officials say, is discouraged by the lack of information hes received from his own people on the isis attack in niger that killed four u.s. soldiers and injured two more. the 12-member u.s. army team was meeting villagers in a town on the mali border. they were walking back to their vehicles which were not armored when up to 50 isis affiliated fighters attacked them with machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. the americans fought back, but were not only armed...

In this society. what we saw today was another day where the focus wasnt on the families like the couple you just had on, mr. and mrs. mufbry and mr. and mrs. johnson that were on earlier today and the suffering that theyre going through because their soldiers are dead. and i think we have to stop this divisiveness and go back to the point of empathy and understanding and hugh millty within our society and within our presidential leadership. >> admirable kirby, how do you see what happened today...

Wants everybody to understand that there was a search, an urgent search for sergeant la david johnson when they could not find him at the end of the firefight. and mattis talked about it a little bit yesterday, dont rush to conclusions, the troops on the ground did everything they could. have a listen to what the secretary said. >> the u.s. military does not leave its troops behind, and i would just ask that you not question the actions of the troops caught in the firefight and question whether ...

Exact exactly what he wanted when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into my joining the 1%. he knew what the possibilities were because were at war. and when he died, the four case were talking about in niger and my sons case in afghanistan, when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. thats what the president tried to say to four tpapls tfamilies other day. >> congresswoman, when you hear general kelly say the words he knew what he was getting into, that s...

Went was there. the sergeant was there on detail. he was giving advice and was killed and abandoned. this is what i do every wednesday in congress, bring back our girls. we wear red. were concerned about boca that ram being the most vicious terrorist organization in the world. and we never hear about it. and boka haram and isis combined and they killed my son. >> you mean sergeant la david johnson. >> la david. my role model son. >> i understand. you were his mentor. i understand how long you go...

Government complete ly squaring with us. these are challenges we have to uncover. and senator mccain is spot on to say, come on, guys, talk to the armed is services committee and tell us what happens. >> you have four u.s. service members get taken out by isis affiliated factors. coming up on "new day", we have an exclusive interview with congresswoman fredricerica wils. her reaction to president trump and general kellys comments about her and how the johnson family is doing. the last two pr...

Troops. and we heard nothing about it. senator john mccain said he learned about it from news reports. he wants answers. he is threatening to sue to get them. joe johns live at the white house. >> reporter: chris, this morning the administration would very much like to move on from this controversy involving a fallen soldier, his widow and condolence call from the president. overnight, the president revved it up on twitter. president trump refusing to put his war of words with congresswoman fred...

If you need help lowering your a1c and blood sugar, activate your within. ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. the wod body of one of the american soldiers killed in niger was found a mile away from the ambush. sergeant johnsons body was