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Overnight to blast the congresswoman who accused him of being insensitive in a condolence call when he told myesha johnson, the would off of sergeant la david johnson that her husband knew what he got into when he signed up to the serve. the fake news is going crazy with whacky congresswoman wilson who was secretly on a private call and gave a total lie on content, trump said. what began over an ambush that began in niger that left four american soldiers dead now morphing into a political battle...

Wilson po who has sharply criticized the president. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning, and brokenhearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. and in his way, tried to express that opinion that hes a brave man, a fallen hero. he knew what he was getting himself into. >> well the story didnt end there. late last night president trump weighed in with a tweet. the f...

Hard line to deliver, when receiving that instruction, its the logic behind it makes a lot of sense, which is your son, know that your son was doing what he wanted to do at the time and what makes it even more heroic is, he signed up even knowing the risk. where do we find such men? but instead it came across as a sarcastic throw away line according to family. >> you know, joe, its hard to know the state of mind of the johnson family at this point in that car when that call came and, obviously, ...

Head of cyber at the dod and the individual didnt show up. what id like to know is, did general mattis -- secretary mattis actually discuss with mccain the finer parts of the operation in niger. because theres this -- a lot of it is still sketchy. exactly what they were doing there, why there wasnt more air cover that was provided for them, how it was that sergeant ladavid johnson got separated. i was told by national security officials that his beacon was pinging overnight. they didnt want to g...

Intelligence on the suspected isis militant that ambushed the u.s. forces. >> the fbi would have jurisdiction to investigate and bring back the perpetrators to the u.s. if it can be done. >> reporter: the pressure is mounting for a public explanation, what did happen to sergeant johnson? >> he was abandoned for two days. for 48 hours. why? why didnt they pick him up and put him on their shoulders like they did the other fallen comrades and put him on a helicopter and take him to safety? he could...

>> reporter: and taking pains to point out all troops face risk, top brass pushing back hard. >> ill tell you categorically that from the moment of contact, no ones left behind, either u.s., our partner, nigerian forces and french forces were actively on the ground searching for this soldier. >> now a top senior military officer has been appointed to lead the investigation. besides finding out what happened to sergeant johnson, one of the key questions certainly will be, what was the intelligenc...

Details about sergeant johnsons final hours. what i will tell you is i believe secretary mattis is spot-on when he says that the personnel on the ground, those soldiers on the ground on that fateful day, i have no question in my mind, having served in uniform for almost 30 years that those soldiers conducted themselves with honor, and those soldiers did everything they could to bring sergeant la david johnson back with the rest of the unit. you have to understand, john, a firefight is unlike any...

Was always taught to make sure everything i said was is 100% correct to the best of my ability. this idea that facts dont matter is something that is corrosive. not only to our institutions, but to our very democracy itself and that is something that really has to change. because we cannot function on half truths, on lies or hypocrisy. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time. next, the breaking news that we have in the investigation into the niger ambush which truly is at the heart of thi...

What that individual would be going through, his comments were very sympathetic, very respectful and that was the spirit in which the president intended them. if they were taken another way, that is unfortunate. >> one thing the white house has stopped doing, trace is arguing the did not say what its alleged he said in the telephone. theyre saying his remarks about the fact that johnson knew what he was getting into and kelly went through all that yesterday. may have been misconstrued. sarah huc...

Us by our founders that drew waves of immigrants to our shores, that drove waves of troops to storm beaches a world away to storm democracy. it was those ideals that led generations of americans to march for workers rights and womens rights and voting rights and civil rights and lgbt rights, to expand the reach of our democracy. >> lets get right to the controversy over the niger raid. thirty-two officialed telling james mattis he still doesnt have all the facts and wants to know why the body of...