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And making fun of john mccains war heroics. and he just does not seem comfortable in this environment right now. >> and your paper is on top of another big story thats part of all this which is the fallout surrounding the presidents call to the widow of one of the four fallen soldiers. >> right. >> he claims the congresswoman, congresswoman wilson is lying. i mean, by extension hes saying johnsons family is lying since his aunt who raised him confirmed the account to "the washington post." so do...

The health education and labor and pensions committee, tim kaine and michael bennett. this week they introduced legislation that would create a public health care option to go along with the affordable care act. i want to talk about that in a second. senator kaine, let me start with you on the question weve been discussing this morning. thats the question of what kpa exactly happened in niger. can you bring us up to speed on what they were doing there, why sergeant johnson was left there for alm...

Staffer meant for the president to release. unclear why the statement has not been publically issued. reads in part, quote, melania and i are heart broken at the news that three u.s. service member were killed in nigeria. we offer deepest condolence es to families and friends of brave american soldiers and patriots. nay will remain in thoughts and prayers. at the time it was drafted, it was still unknown that david johnson was killed. his body was recovered two days after the ambush. >> to add t...

Its really become another political litmus test and i think that is not a great place for us to be as a country when we should be focusing obviously on the pain of these families and certainly demonstrating our appreciation for those families. but it is difficult in covering this white house not to also track the words of the president. and especially if people perceive a family thats just lost someone perceives that hes falling short in that regard. >> we know the white house lies all the time....

President who called a widow in one of worst moments in her life, her sad -- the sad loss and following right behind the congresswoman, we have all the sheep in the lapdog media, piling on the president. assuming the worst of president trump. assuming that the trump hating congresswoman is correct. they only heard one side of the story. watch this, as usual. >> a long list of strange, bizarre interactions the president has on a daily basis. we could find 10 or 11 or 12 yesterday on public record...

Limited comments from sergeant johnsons family directly through reporting, confirming the basic outlines of what the congresswoman said, but she, of course, was the person who really went public and kept this controversy going, as you point out. this started on monday when the president himself criticized barack obama for how he handled talking to and expressing condolences to gold star families. that, of course, not true in the end, but this has continued, of course, with what has played out in...

To make political hay out of this. to believe she is not telling the truth, you have to believe the woman who raised sergeant johnson is also not telling the truth. shelves in the car. johnsons wife, excuse me, his mother died when he was 5-years-old and raised by his aunt. so you have to disbelieve both of those account toss think theyre lying. >> you also have to trust sarah huckaby sanders and donald trump to be telling the truth and they have a, the worst track record probably of any white h...

To be quite callous from the president. the president yesterday and through sarah sanders really pushing back on that notion, but not saying that he didnt say those words, just relying on the accounts of the people in the room with him, that he meant no offense by that,ing that he, as sarah said, did his best to convey his condolences. obviously, this is not something that comes naturally to this president and thats sort of where we are. >> okay, megan, its not something that comes naturally to ...

Generosity from a president, having that in our ethical bank as a country makes it almost impossible to compute what the current news cycle has just revealed, dredged up, about the behavior of the current occupant of the same office that abraham lincoln once held. widow of u.s. army sergeant received a phone call from the president yesterday about loss of her husband in an isis ambush in niger. we learned about the content of that call late last night, what the president actually said to that gr...

After him for months. we will have more on that in a minute. of what media wont tell you. lets assume for a second that may be the president was slightly inarticulate and his offering of condolences to the sergeants widow. assume for just a second. isnt what the president is saying here -- that anybody who signs up for the military, they know the danger, they are courageous and heroes, every brave american that signs up to defend their country does so knowing those dangers and knowing they may e...