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Our viewers in the united states and all around the world. the white house is firing back at a congresswoman who said president trump disrespected the family of a fallen soldier killed this month in niger. frederica wilson said she was listening on speaker phone when president trump called to offer condolences to la david johnsons widow. her account differs from the white house. >> i did hear him say he knew what he was signing up for but it still hurts. and when she actually hung up the phone, ...

Call to that gold star widow as appropriate and respectful. the democratic congresswoman, who was listening on speakerphone, says mr. president trump did not say his name and said "he knew what he signed up for." the soldier is sergeant la david johnson, killed along with three other americans in niger. he leaves behind a wife, two young children and a third child on the way. the woman who raised johnson confirms the congresswomans account was very accurate. cnns sarah murray has more. >> report...

Us, hes had had problems handling these situations. >> we try to treat this with appropriate sensitivity and respect, we do not know what president trump said to the grieving widow of sergeant la david johnson, congresswoman frederica wilson said the president said he knew what he signed up for but i guess it still hurt, that the president didnt seem to know johnsons name and the congresswoman said the presidents words caused the widow to break down. the president however denies this, he tweeted...

Our freedom. and our community is live yid, because this was our hero. >> the family of sergeant johnson has confirmed congresswoman wilsons account of the presidents phone call. how is this appropriate? >> well, first of all, she is right. our community is lived and when she says our community, im from miami. sergeant johnson was from miami. i know wilson. shes not a rabl rouser. shes not an irresponsible person. she would not play with the death of a soldier. and i dont understand. i just cann...

Operating, that government there does not allow offensive air strikes, so all the help they could get was to have these jets fly overhead and try and scare off the isis fighters. it close to an hour for medevac to come in to evacuate the dead and wounded but that left sergeant david johnson, 25 years old, not aboard. they did not have him when they took off and it took 48 hours to locate his body. the big question for the families, for all military families remains, how did a man get left behind...

To the president. one point i would make, having seen some of the news reports, the u.s. military does not leave its troops behind. i would just ask that you not question the action of the troops who were caught in the fire fight and question whether or not they did everything they could in order to bring everyone out at once. i would also ask you dont confuse your need for accurate information with our ability to provide it immediately in a situation like this. the french response included figh...

Did their superiors have. their intelligence. what are the lapses and what can we learn from that? three and this is the most important thing. what happened to sergeant johnson. why was it he was not brought back with the others. why was he left behind and what happened to him over those 48 hours. i think getting closure for the family is going to be vital. >> very important, indeed. john kirby, thanks for that. majority john mccain as you heard says the senate armed services committee may seek ...

Die. that is the number one question when i make the recommendation to the president. one point i would make having seen some of the news reports, the u.s. military does not leave its trooping behind and i would just ask you not question the action to the troops who were caught in the fire-fight and question whether or not they did everything they could in order to bring everyone out at once and i would also ask you dont confuse your need for accurate information with our ability to provide it i...

In service. 39-year-old jeremiah johnson was a chemical, biological and nuclear specialist who earned dozens of awards and specialists. he leaves a wife and two daughters. brian black was a medic. he learned the medic dialect in niger so he could communicate with the people. he is survived by a wife and two sons. and 25-year-old la david johnson who lost his mother as a young boy and was raised by relatives. he is survived by his pregnant wife and their two children. so this one says ... ... dea...

Middle east. >> as someone who knows general mattis well, when you heard him respond to this -- the gold star families who have been thrust into the spotlight initially by president trumps comments and repeated comments and the back and forth with the congresswoman and the family of la david johnson, all he said in response was weour fallen in america. what did you think him answering that question? >> he can say a lot with very few words and he just made it clear to me and anyone paying attenti...