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You must in the back of your mind think to yourself i have no idea if im going to get out of this. >> even these young sergeants, actually we did what no other team did. we decentralized down into four three man teams. you had these sergeants teamed up with three or 400 other fighters from the other factions. some of the other factions, and we were able to envelope the battlefield. ainsley: how did you go from that to now a movie that premiers tonight? you laugh. unbelievable, right? >> our team...

Incident. detailing a revised timeline of the ambush that killed four troops. october 3rd, 12 members of the u.s. special operations task force leave the capital of niger with 30 nigeren troops, their goal a reconnaissance mission 30 miles north. >> the intelligence at the time was contact with the enemy was unlikely. >> but they came under fire, about 50 local fighters with ties to isis. nbc reports u.s. officials are looking into whether the militants were tipped off by somebody in the village...

Bear in trying to recover his body. >> theres the shock of 800 troops in niger. is that the high point in terms of what we have there for do we have 1,000 in mali and -- >> thats the largest number in africa right now. we have more in east africa. in any warren country, thats the most. >> people -- >> i tell you what ill do, ill have the team come back and make sure that -- just take a look at all the countries. it is a high -- weve been there off and on for over 20 years. we establish a joint s...

Military network to defeat terrorism. in our discussions the next day or two, well focus on improving information sharing to detect and defeat attacks before that occur. thats what our forces in niger were doing. the united states military has had forces in niger off and on for more than 20 years. today approximately 800 service members in niger work as part of an international effort led by 4,000 french troops. french and u.s. troops have trained a 5,000 person west african force and over 35,00...

Johnson was missing, we brought the full weight of the u.s. government to bear in trying to recover his body. >> the shock of 800 troops in niger. is that a high point of what we have in the region or 1,000 in mali and more in nigeria? >> thats the largest number in africa right now. we have more in east africa but in any one country, thats the most. ill have the team come back and just make sure that -- just take a look at all the countries, but that is -- and it also is a high, in this particu...

On the 3rd of october, 12 members of the u.s. special operations task force accompanied 30 nigerian forces on a simple reconnaissance mission from the capital city to a village approximately 85 kilometers to the north was the location of that village. on the fourth of october, u.s. and nigerian forces began moving back south. en route to their operating base, the patrol came under attack from approximately 50 enemy, using small arms fire, rocked propelled grenades and tech vehicles. what i want ...

Weight of the u.s. government to bear in trying to -- to try to recover his body. >> theres a -- the shock of 800 troops of niger. is that the high point in terms of what we have in the region? do we have 1,000 in mali and 800 in niger? >> thats the largest number in africa right now. we have more in east africa, but in any one country, thats the most. >> mission creep, people are going to -- ill tell you what ill do, ill have the team come back and make sure that, you know, take a look at all o...

Members of the u.s. special operations task force, accompanied 30 nigerian forces from the capital city to an area near the village of tongo tongo. approximately 85 kilometers to the north was the location of that village. on the 4th of october, u.s. and nigerian forces began moving back south. en route to their operating base the patrol came under attack from approximately 50 enemy using small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and technical vehicles. what i want to do now is i want to walk t...

The u.s. president, french president and elsewhere. michael, i spent a lot of time in iraq as i know you did going back to the u.s. invasion familiar tactic of isis and predecessor in iraq was to retreat but then keep up the attack, blend into the population and carry out ambushes, assaults, et cetera. knowing that pattern, should we assume that something like that is going to follow a tactical victory like this? >> sure. in fact, there is evidence this week that they have escalated their opport...

For a long time. much more authoritatively shall we say person, a true doctor would tell you an extra glass of eggnog. abby: there joining in on the festivities and celebrate christmas in the u.s.. >> i am captain jesse pitts with the special operations task force in afghanistan. i want to wish my husband in new mexico and my family, mom, dad, cannot, eleanor, whitney of very merry christmas.