One month after Hurricane MariaMany Puerto Ricans are still struggling to get food, and power. Welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Im Rosemary Church and this is cnn newsroom. U. S. President donald trump is under fire from critics who say he is politicizing the the deaths of four soldiers killed in an ambush in niger earlier this month. It took 12 days for the president to mention the incident and after he did, its been one misstep after another. Jeff zelleny has the store. I didnt say what that congresswoman said. Reporter today at the white house the president spoke about his call today to myesha johnson, shes the pregnant wife of la david johnson. The soldiers mother and congresswoman Frederica Wilson who both listened to the call told cnn the president disrespected johnson by saying he knew what he signed up for. The president denied using those words saying wilson totally fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action, and i have proof, sad. He did not provide proof as the controversy escalated between the commander in chief and the fallen soldier. I did not say what she said. I had a very nice conversation with the woman, the wife, who sounded like a lovely woman. Did not say what the congresswoman spapd. What was the truth, mr. President . Let her make her statement again. Wilson, a florida democrat stood by her account. The mother telling cnn the congresswomans words were acrate. The congresswoman said this when asked about it. Stunned. Still stunned. So insensitive. Mr. Trump is crazy. If t feud did little to shed light on what led to the ambush that killed johnson and three other soldiers. Asked earlier why he didnt address the attack for nearly two weeks, the president falsely claimed his pres predecessors did not contact the families of fallen troops. If you look at president obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. Its another mark on his credibility. Today the president abruptly reversed course on health care after signaling his support for subsidies. Were going to have great solution ultimately for health care. He all with drew his support. We Lamar Alexander is working on it very hard from our side and if something can happen, thats fine. But i wont do anything to enrich the Insurance Companies because right now the Insurance Companies are being enriched. Reporter the underlying of this back and forth is the attack in niger two weeks ago. Senator mccain said he is not getting all the information he needs about what led to that attack that killed four american soldiers, asked directly if the Trump Administration is being forthcoming, he said no. Jeff zelleny cnn the white house. And the white house says chief of staff john kelly was one of several people listening in on that condolence call. Press Sarah Sanders said they all agree its respectful and appropriate. And lashed out on the congresswoman Frederica Wilson. I think its appalling what the congresswoman has done and the way she politicized this issue and the way shes trying to make this about something that it isnt. This was a president who loves our country very much, who has the greatest level of respect for men and women in the uniform and wanted to call and offer condolences to the family and to create something that fr that that the congresswoman is doing is appalling and disgusting. Joining me now associate fellow on the u. S. Program at chat tam house. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Theres been a lot of reaction in the United States to the words President Trump used when he called the widow of sergeant la david johnson. But we just heard from the White House Press secretary, Sarah Sanders, she attacked the congresswoman and accused her of politicizing this issue. Whats your reading of the president s conversation . Well, what weve heard from the reports, i think that the key issue here is that its a very difficult thing for any president of the United States, and its an incredibly important thing to acknowledge the death of those that have given their lives for the country. And the the phone call, as its been reported, suggests that the tone was wrong, the words were problematic. And the response from the president , of course, when facing this kind of questioning from the congresswoman would simply be to reaffirm and choose better words. To take that opportunity to correct to make the record right. To express to the country how he feels. And, of course, what weve seen time and again is the president doesnt take that opportunity. Instead he uses it to take whats on the edge of becoming political and drive it down. Weve seen it in a number of cases over the the last few years where hes gotten the tone wrong and misstepped when it comes to acknowledging those who have lost loved ones fighting for the United States. With this overwhelming reaction to mr. Trumps call and his words, his next response is critical, isnt it . And could very well impact some of the president s big agenda items, like tax reform, health care. Lets look at what he needs to do. Should he apologize for his inartful use of language or should he move on . And what will he likely do . Well, what the president should do is simply to stand up and say very clearly and with a degree of empathy, if he can put it together, and just acknowledge that the tragic loss and his feelings about that. Its very, very important that he moves away from the politicization. Its not an issue appropriately politicized. But it makes it very difficult for those around him to work with him. Weve seen this time and again. Of course, even though it creates a distancing, it makes it more difficult to work with the president. Because every Congress Persons constituency cares about this. But hes recovered from this over the years. So its unlikely to do damage. There are other things getting in his way. We have witnessed he does bounce back and senator john mccain says he is not being upfront about the ambush that killed Sergeant Johnson and three other souldiers as well a wounding two, why do you think were not seeing the information. This is a high stakes operation, something clearly went wrong. Im sure theyre looking into this very carefully right now. And it is interesting that this hasnt become more politicized in the way that if you think back to benghazi, there was a tremendous amount of attention on that. So i this particular response, of course, the unintended consequence of trumps response to the family of the sergeant who died might be to shed a light on that particular operation and to raise more questions in the Public Domain and that would be appropriate because this is a very difficult operation and it remains very unclear what happened. Leslie, thank you for joining us. We do appreciate it. We like to see and hear your perspective on these matters. Thank you. Rhetoric over the Iran Nuclear Deal heats up with the u. S. Ambassador challenging the united nations. A prominent White Nationalist is scheduled to speak at a Florida College in the coming hours and its led the governor to declare a state of emergency. Well explain when we come back. You wouldnt do only half of your daily routine, so why treat your mouth any differently . Complete the job with listerine® help prevent plaque, early gum disease, bad breath and kill up to 99. 9 of germs. 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Fred, the Trump Administration is keeping the issue of the Iran Nuclear Deal front and center, despite the israelpalestinian deadlock was supposed to be discussed. Whats the reaction to this attack . Reporter its an ongoing attack and there have been multiple reactions not specifically to what ambassador hayly said last night but in general, everything after last friday, when President Trump gave his speech, there has been a lot of reaction. The most forceful came yesterday with the Supreme Leader of the country coming out and giving a speech blasting President Trump saying he, quote, pretends to be an idiot but iran is k not let their guard down. One of the things the Supreme Leader said he he believes the u. S. Is angry because the iranians feel theyve made headway here in the middle east. And the iranian or the ayatollah believes thats one of the reasons why the americans are so critical of them. Of course, the other big thing thats being talked about here and that President Trump spoke about is the nuclear agreement. Thats almost on everyones minds. The ie toll ya spoke about the deal as well and said they would not ditch it unless it was broken by the americans and called on the urp yens to safe it. While being critical of the europeans, saying they shouldnt be critical since they have Nuclear Weapons themselves. But you can see, theyre counting on the europeans to save the agreement some of the countries, like germany, france, britain, they are still behind the agreement. The iranians are saying they are as well, however they feel the u. S. Is currently jeopardizing that agreement and also isolating itself from the other signatories of the agreement. As this plays out, what about the average person on the street, what is their view of President Trump and the United States, and how much of this are they following . Reporter well, you know one of the things that you will hear from most iranians, i will say, it is a fairly divided society, but they appreciate the United States, the culture of the United States. They dont necessarily agree with the United States leadership. I think one of the thicks theyre seeing with President Trump is they believe the rhetoric coming out of the white house is unfair to the iranians, especially pertaining to the nuclear agreement. They feel President Trump is out to get the iranians, tl there are some politicians who came out and said the u. S. Foreign policy is for sale. Hes siding with the gulf countries. At the same time i think iranians see there have been provocations on the iranians part as well. Look where there was missile launches with hebrew writing on them. By and large one of the things you see again and again here is there are big internal divisions in this country politically, especially between moderates and hard liners but when they are attacked from the outside, verbal baa verbally and other ways they come together and form a united front. Thats the case where even a lot of hard line politicians say we believe some of the things President Trump has said, uniting politics instead of dividing it. Thank you, fred for that report from tehran. We turn to iraq and the Prime Minister has banned all armed groups except the Government Security forces. The directive is intended to help restore stability after iraqi forces on monday drove out fighters. Now the kurds are controlled the city for three years. Ben, the Trump Administration decided not to take sides as these two u. S. Allies fought over kirkuk. How do the fighters feel about that stand . Certainly there is a real anger among many kurds that the United States has betrayed them. Keep in mind the kurds were key al lies here in iraq and ser yee ya in the fight against isis. The kurds have never been shy about their desire eventually for an independent state, certainly one that would be carved out of what is iraq today. But what were seeing is that in the city of kirkuk that those tensions, the tensions between the kurds and the rest of the country are certainly broadening the fault lines which divide the ke kurds and the government in baghdad. They returned in the morning, car after car of kirkuk residents who fled when pair ra military seized control earlier this week. A car mechanic says its safe to go back home now. The situation is good he insists. Theres nothing wrong. Units of the iraq army, the federal police and the moebization units have deployed around the city replacing kerdish forces who pulled out monday morning. Relief the change was swift and, albeit by iraqi standards, relatively peaceful. I was scared he tells me. We were afraid to step outside, but Nothing Happened thank god. A kurdish veteran of the iran, iraq war looks on the price sight. Theres no difference between arabs and curds, but all is not well here. A five minute drive away and the tune is very different. People are afraid says this construction worker. He said hed leave if he had the money. Some parts of the city look almost normal. Others like this usually busy market is pretty much dead. For a few years, iraqis put their differences behind them and focussed on the fight against isis but now that isis has almost been defeated, those old differences are starting to resurfa resurface by early afternoon the roads were jammed with people fleeing the city. Rumors spreading that officials were being rounded up and clashes were about to erupt. People are afraid of war says this man, and with the fear, anger at the u. S. Which supported the kurds in their war against isis but turned their backs on their desire for a state of their own. United states bears responsibility for what is happening in kirkuk he tells me. As one conflict comes to an end, another looms large. Now we understand that overnight whats known as the popular moebization units, those iranian backed parra militaries have pulled out of kirkuk in response to the call by the Prime Minister, they pulled out of the center of the city, Iraqi Military police still control the city as a whole. As a result there were celebrations among the kurdish residents. But having spent most of the day in kirkuk yesterday i can tell you its sense. Thank you for that report. The Security Guard who was shot outside the las vegas gunmans hotel room is telling his story for the first time on the Ellen Degeneres show, he described patrolling the hauls when he was sent to the 32nd floor. At first he thought he heard drilling sounds. As i was walking down, i heard rapid fire, and at first i took cover, i felt a burning sensation. I went to go lift my pant leg up and i saw the blood. Thats when i called it in on my radio that shots have been be fired. While campos hid in the hallway he warned a Hotel Engineer and a woman coming out of another room to take cover. The gunman killed 58 people and wounded nearly 500 in the deadliest mass shoot lg of modern u. S. History. The university of gainesville is bracing for a speech by Richard Spencer, White Nationalist, students have held rallies against spencers planned speech and floridas governor has declared a sta