not recovered for 48 hours. the military says they never leave somebody behind. in this case it was 48 hours. it was local forces that found his dead body two days after the firefight. so a key question here for his family, for the fallen, for everyone will be what happened when the helicopters lifted off with the dead and wounded. how did sergeant la david johnson get left behind? >> that does demand answers. barbara, thank you very much for the update from the pentagon. we want to bring in cnn analyst political gregory and errol lewis. when it comes to the sacrifices of the military, this is not the first time what he said has been questioned or seems off. let's listen to this. >> he's not a war hero. >> five and a half years --