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Pale. the media is literally spitting on the graves of every single american who has died defending this country and their rights to be stupid like they are everyday. then theres democratic congresswoman frederica wilson. she is the number-one trouble hater in the country. what she is engaging in and orchestrating here is the epitome of gutter, bottom of the barrel politics. shes a disgrace to the u.s. congress and doesnt have an ounce of shame and her body. frederica wilson saw the death of ser...

Why not? why didnt we hear about it? >> i dont know the answer to that. and i will say of course when this went down and i say that, of course i hear through special forces channels very quickly. >> sure. >> sure, i wanted to hear about it. im not privy to some information obviously as america isnt right tphoufpl i dont know what the reason was for that. i just have to trust in our government that there were reasons it came out the way that it did. folks are commenting how sergeant johnson was l...

They are dangerous on. this is something that sergeant johnson was not just the 1% of the military. he was 1% of the 1%. so those missions are very tough. yes, there are some things that arent out yet. and some things wont be out. there will be an investigation. i know thats probably already started. i think secretary mattis has initiated that. but its not uncommon for grieving families -- unfortunately, i have been through this many times with friends and their families, its not -- there are ma...

He leaves behind a wife and two daughters. staff sergeant bryan black. he is survived by a wife and two sons. and 25-year-old sergeant la david johnson who lost his mother as a young boy and was raised by relatives, married his childhood sweetheart. he is survived by his pregnant wife and their two children.

Recovered nearly 48 hours after his team was ambushed by 50 isis figers in what ended up in the greatest combat loss so far in president trumps presidency. three other u.s. soldiers were killed and there are still many unanswered questions about what went so wrong. barbara starr is "outfront" at the pentagon. >> sergeant johnson was found nearly a mile away from the central scene of the ambush according to four administration officials familiar with the early assessment. they all caution this is...

Johnson? >> he was abandoned for two days. for 48 hours. why? why didnt they pick up him and put him their shoulders like they did the other fallen comrades? and put him on a helicopter and take him to safety. he could have still been alive. >> but mat titis is fiercely adamant that troops on the ground did everything they could. >> having seen some of the news reports, the u.s. military does not leave its troops behind and i would just ask you not question the actions of the troops who were cau...

Helicopters flown by different outfits, the french, contractors, and do the pilots speak english, dead guys, wounded guys having to be loaded on helicopters, and the ku confusion is different, and its easy to know that one member of the outfit could be separated. >> these four soldiers being killed and most people not knowing what they were up to is a game changer. the concern we are not regularly being briefed about these operations. what outside of johnson being alone for two days after he die...

See how we can address the very questions you brought up about what can we do in the future. at the same time, war is war. >> later in the white house press room, chief of staff john kelly, whose only son was killed in afghanistan, gave an emotionally wrought and at times aggressive defense of the presidents conduct this week, including what the president said to the family of sergeant la david johnson. >> you know what the possibilities were, because were at war. and when he died, in the four c...

And barack obama. there were sacred values that americans thought there were things -- that were sacred. when you think about john kellys speech, talking about women and the army, the issue here, of course, is that i interviewed them. i actually got in touch with the mother of sergeant johnson. we were exchanging facebook messages. what she told me was that she was backing the congresswomans version of the events. i think whats important there is while general kelly backed up his boss and said i...

The u.s. team stopped in a town on the border so those they were working with could pick up supplies, including food and water. and then they met with village elders. they believe the ambush may have begun when the u.s. soldiers were back in their vehicle, possibly even driving. as those killed are laid to rest, defense secretary james mattis on capitol hill briefed senator john mccain one day after mccain, chairman of the armed services committee, threatened subpoenas if the pentagon doesnt sta...