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On the ground. >> in the first 48 hours when johnson was still missing, cnn was one of the news organizations that did not report a soldier was missing. the pentagon asked us to do that and we agreed because nobody would interfere with an active operation if it was even possible a soldier was still live out there. >> barbara, thank you and now, sean turpe eturner, he served i marine corps for 21 years. also here, retired major general, spider marx. general marx, let me start with you. the breaki...

Of the u.s. troops or the fire fight per se. what they are looking at is the intelligence about who was operating in that area, what insurgent groups. the belief is the u.s. troops were attacked by 50 sigh isis fighters in this part of west africa. they will look at intelligence they have on this group. what do they know about them, how are they really tied to isis, what are their capabilities, whos their leadership, where are they operating, how did it possibly get missed these guys were out th...

Good morning, everyone. top of the hour. im poppy harlow. >> im john berman. new this morning cnn has learned that fbi is joining the investigation into the ambush that killed four u.s. soldiers in niger. this as the feud intensifies over the presidents condolence calls to the president of one of the men, la david johnson, left his family offended and angry which left the white house offended and angry. a miami member of congress who knows the family well, listened to the call on speaker phone a...

We know that there was not air cover and other support when they were attacked and that too t took a while to get cover to come back and that was the french, who did that. so we have a lot of questions and we need to get answers to those. >> we hear that the fbi is on the ground helping the investigation is that unusual in a military situation? >> i dont know the answer to that, chris. i know that our troops who went out didnt have -- clearly didnt have intelligence about what they were getting ...

Knowing what happened to la david johnson, how he wound up being killed and whether or not he was left behind. >> thats right. and this was an attempt to move the ball forward on that. obviously today is an incredibly sad day for the family. she referred to him as her son in a community sense, a deep personal relationship, with a baby on the way, which is heartbreaking. it is clear the family felt disrespected, presumably unintentionally. the president referred to his widow as your guy rather th...

They were one man short? >> the u.s. military does not leave its troops behind. and i would just ask that you would not question the action of the troops who were caught in the firefight and question whether or not they did everything they could in order to bring everyone out at once. >> reporter: that last piece of sound from secretary mattis is really very vital right now. what he is saying is the troops tried to find sergeant johnson, that they did everything they could and not able for some ...

And, again, it is confusing. combat is an amazing, horrifying thing. and its difficult to put all these pieces together. so to answer your original question, it will take some time. this will take a month to put all these pieces together, to analyze everything they need to analyze and come up with a finished product. so we will have to be a little patient. >> thank you, gentlemen, i appreciate it. i want to take a moment now to remember the soldiers in the midst of this. sergeant la david johnso...

What he said. >> david -- and alice join uzus, by the way. but david, i heard you agreeing. what did you think? >> just to sort of piggyback on what charles said, heres where i come down. we have seen a lot through the trump administration and throughout the obama years, the patriotism of african-americans being questioned in big and small ways. president obama didnt wear the flag pin, colin kaepernick being called unpachtric for what i think is a patriotic protest. yeah, you can go on down the ...

Sergeant johnson and the three other soldiers getting killed. wilson also said that she feels for general kelly and his loss but that he is lying about her. we begin with the presidents tweet calling her a liar. listen. >> my emphasis today is on my constituents and helping them lay our hero to rest. thats where my head is today and im also concerned about him and his last moments. i want to know why he was separated from the rest of the soldiers. why did it take 48 hours for them to find him? w...

Still with the presidents words that he used in that phone call which she said were callous, disrespectful to his family. she is also calling now for white house to release more details on what it is that led to the death of sergeant johnson as well as the three other soldiers in niger. >> sandra: she is one of a number of lawmakers calling for that at this point, right? >> a number of lawmakers. senator mccain is one of the leading ones. he and others arent receiving the details they should be ...