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Went wrong. why did those four soldiers die? we heard from senator mccain who is on the senate armed services committee, and he said that the white house is not being forthcoming in explaining. the white house and the department of defense not being forthcoming in terms of what happened there. these are the hard questions now facing the u.s. military. did something go wrong? was there search and rescue available enough to extract the soldiers, the wounded, and you remember, it was a couple days ...

Private aviation under contract to the u.s. military in west africa went in after the firefight and evacuated the dead and the wounded. until now we had only been told that french helicopters, french military helicopters went in and of course they would have been armed. we still believe it is the case that they went in and also evacuated some, but what were trying to find out, and this is a very key point, did both the contractor plane, which is not armed, and the french military helicopter evac...

Of duty in afghanistan in 2010. senator lindsey graham defended president obama saying he definitely cared about u.s. troops. you were there at the pentagon, later at the state department. give us the sense how president obama handled these kinds of so sensitive situations. >> he was dignified, wolf. he was respectful. and he was quiet about it. he visited families out at section 60 whenever he would travel to bases here in the united states, he would always carve out time to meet with families ...

The attack. two days later. for some reason when the helicopters moved in to recover the wounded and the dead, he was not on board. we do not know if he was ever alive for a short period of time or killed instantly. we do not know why the military -- difficult words to say. he was left behind. he was not on the chopper when they lifted off with the dead and the wounded. this is a. central question to this revi review. i want to take another second and tell you about la david johnson. this youn...

Determined in this particular case, you may very well see the same type of a demand for a review. >> reporter: still, the pentagon is talking about the good news. >> i would say that what was actually very positive about it was the fact that they were able to have close air support overhead about 30 minutes after first contact, which is pretty impressive. >> reporter: the reality, those aircraft did not have the authority to bomb isis fighters. leaving the americans in a fire fight for 30 minute...

Authority to bomb isis fighters. leaving the americans in a fire fight for 30 minutes with no help and a struggle to get the wounded and dead evacuated. >> and a u.s. military official very much following this whole situation tells me if they had anticipated an isis attack, indeed they would have handled it all very differently. jake? >> all right. barbara starr at the pentagon for us. thank you. joining me to discuss this is democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbard of hawaii. she is a major in th...

Thank you well the death toll from a huge truck bomb explosion in the somali capital mogadishu has risen to more than three hundred the bombing took place in a busy commercial district on saturday its the deadliest single attack in the countrys history the government has declared three days of national mourning. two days after the last the once crowded street in the heart of mogadishu lies in ruins emergency workers are still recovering bodies from the rubble but they say it will be difficult to...

Nurses, paramedics and firefighters tree aujed at least 50 gunshot victims. they ran out of tourniquets and used anything they could. including their own hobble devices they use during the normal course of their duties. these officers calmly took care of the wounded and dying as they waited for medical transport. at times, placing the critical victims on the backs of trucks to get them to the hospital quickly. not all of the victims made it out as the night wore on. those same officers were assi...

And then on top of all of the situation of wounded officers and members of the public who have been killed, wounded, injured, and affected by this to then be subject to the level of criticism that has been laid on him in the last few days, i can see where that stress is taking its toll on him. >> sure. and he is clearly exhausted. this is an extensive investigation that they are still in the middle of. art, when you look at changing time line, how do you characterize that. do you say oh, its bee...

They rushed right into danger. americans defied evil and hatred with courage and love. the men and women who risk their lives to save their fellow citizens gave proof to the words of this scripture. the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. all of america is praying for the wounded and the grieving and we will be with them today. and we will be with them forever. just want to finish by saying really, we understand it was so horrific to watch and so terrible, but to t...