One of four servicemen killed in niger. Kelly whose son was killed fighting for the u. S. In afghanistan described the agonizing process of notifying a Family Member of a loved ones death. And the incredible pain those loved ones go through and live with. A discussion and news cycle on this issue that began with one answer in the rose garden about past president s practices. All of this came as the ambush of those special forces troops in africa is coming under increasing scrutiny. We still know very little about what happened and why. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are making their feelings clear calling for briefings on the specific mission and the broad object in africa. We have fox team coverage. Jennifer griffin at the pentagon tells us what we are learning about the attack. We start off with chief White House Correspondent john roberts, mesmerizing and emotional briefing today. It certainly was. Brett, good evening. Yesterday the white house told us that the chief of staff, john kelly, was on that condolence call with President Trump. Today, an emotional kelly delivered an impassioned defense of his bosss outrage. I thought at least that was sacred. It was an extraordinary moment. Chief of staff john kelly taking the podium at the white house denouncing in the strongest terms what florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson said in the condolence call of la David Johnson. I was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning. Broken hearted. At what i saw, a member of congress doing. It stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. Absolutely stuns me. Kelly knows of what he speaks. He lost his son, robert, a marine lt. To combat in afghanistan in 2010. He says he was so incensed by what was being reported yesterday, he had only one place to go. The only thing i could do to collect my thoughts was to go and walk among the finest men and women on this earth. You can always find them, they are knee Arlington National cemetery. The congresswoman and aunt who raised the soldier, said they were incensed comments. General kelly revealed that he advised President Trump to not make calls to the families of the fallen. When the president said he felt compelled to do soquelly offered what his friend, joint chiefs chairman joe dunford told him when robert was killed. He said kel he was doing exactly what he wanted to do much when he was killed. He knew what he was getting into. By joining that 1 . He knew what the possibilities were. When he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth with kelly hoping to put the controversy behind the white house, President Trump today aimed a staunch criticism he hasnt been responsive enough to the hurricane in puerto rico. I think we did a fantastic job. We are being given credit. The president welcomed the governor into the oval office to talk recovery, including an fbi investigation into allegations of widespread corruption among local officials and the distribution of relief supply sfls i think the governor will be able to do something about that. If there is some one mishandling the food for puerto rico, there will be hell to pay. The president gave himself a 10 when asked to grade the administrations response, and asked the governor to weigh in. President trump did we do a great job . Military, first responders, fema, did we do a great yob . You responded immediately, sir, you did so. While he pledged to stand with puerto rico during the rebuilding, President Trump warned the federal Emergency Response kept last forker. The governor upped forever. Fema, first responders, they cannot be there forever. The president also weighed in on tonights crucial budget vote in the senate which could pave the way for tax reform. President trump i think we have the votes for the budget which will be phase one of the massive tax cuts and reform. But i think we will be successful tonight. In an oval office question and answer session a full 35 minutes, President Trump said he didnt see the speech former president bush gave earlier today, an address in which bush didnt mention President Trump by name but certainly seemed to be talking about the politics surrounding his election. Discontent deepened and sharpened, partisan conflicts. Bigotry seems emboldened. Politics seem more vulnerable to conspiracy they aries. Outright theorys. Outright fabrication. He lamented the return of isolation to america and strong words about the rise of ethnic nationalism. Bigotry or White Supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. President bush offered a spirited defense in three areas where President Trump has shown the most skep ta sism. President trump would say that he is not foresaken those issues, he just wants to make them all work better for america. John roberts, live on the north lawn, thank you. Bret when we are learning about the ambush africa and what they were doing there in the first place. Jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. Good evening. The pentagon has sent a team led by a general officer to niger to investigate the ambush that left four u. S. Soldiers dead. This is typical of military investigations. It always takes time to sort through the facts. October 4, 2017, 12 u. S. Soldiers accompanied 30 troops from nieger on a routine meeting with village elders in tonga tonga in the remote border between niger and mali125 miles north of the capital. The american agreeinger about rays traveled by convoy in unarmored military vehicles as they had done 29 times without incident over the past six months. The soldiers were ambushed after they were already in their vehicles after leaving the meeting. Estimated 50 jihadists riding motorcycles, toting rocketpropelled grenades sprayed them with gunfire. The vehicles disbursed, a gunfire ensued, this they decide there was an intelligence failure nmplts this specific case, contact was considered unlikely. Theres a reason we have u. S. Army soldiers there and not the peace corps. We carry guns. Armed french mirage jet fighters arrived in and the militants scattered. A french helicopter flew the wounded back to the capital. A contractor gathered those killed in action. Sergeant la David Johnson was missing. They feared he was kidnapped and asked the press to hold off reporting. U. S. Special operations troops were alerted. U. S. , french, and niger forces conducted an intense search on the ground. No one was left behind, the sense it was a desolate sight, we went back and didnt search for the soldiers. Nothing is further from the truth. Two days passed before his body was found a contractor influence his body back to the capital. U. S. Africom put out a statement. Quote, were working to confirm details on the incident and will have more information as soon as we can confirm facts on the ground. No drones were airborne during the routine convoy. The u. S. Military doesnt have enough. With its blame the attack on a new isis affiliate that broke from al qaeda in october, 2016. Its leader is thought to be holding an american aid worker hostage. Senators are demanding hearings. May require a subpoena. Do you feel the administering is forthcoming about what happened there . Of course not. To delay as much as the nondisclosure is a cause for very grave concern. Initially pentagon officials were reluctant to put out statements, because they were picking up a beacon that suggested the missing soldier, sergeant la David Johnson, was engaged in evade and escape or had been taken by the enemy. They feared giving out too much information that might put the soldiers life in danger s. Bret these special forces troops, they work with indigenous forces to prevent isis or al qaeda or the terrorist groups from gaining hold in that territory. Absolutely. Thats why they were out there. Engaging those village elders. They work with the niger force so that isis cant set up base there is. Bret jen, thank you. Two dozen senators supporting a plan to extend obamacare subsidies. President trump was initially for that but at last word was against it. Ill talk with one of the bills authors, senator Lamar Alexander. First, peter doocy has the latest from capitol hill. The list of lawmakers sponsoring the fix just grew from 2 to 24. 12 are democrats, 12 are republicans, including the infamous no vote on the last healthcare package, senator john mccain. With regard to healthcare talks, you had called for a rrn to regular order. Thats what theyre doing. Are you satisfied with the way that the party is handling it. Yes, i am. President trump doesnt want to bail out Insurance Companies and cutting off the special success subsidy called cost sharing reduction payments that give the companies incentive to offer certain plans. But now 18 states and the District Of Columbia are suing to keep the cashflowing including senator kirsten jill i brands home state of new york. The president says he wants to roll back subsidies, mills of americans wont have access to affordable care. Others want the president to look at how this Alexander Murray plan would help low income americans pay premiums. I hope the president will look at the legislation and realize were working really hard to make sure this money does not go in the Insurance Companies pockets. These subsidies remain in limbo but healthcare is at the top of the todo list including one who spoke to the president today. What did the president say snmpbs his number 1 priority for 2018 calendar year is to pass grahamcassidy to replace obamacare with a block grant, hold the states accountable. The democratic leader, chuck schumer, said the bipartisan Healthcare Plan already has the 60 votes it needs to pass. Now hes basically daring the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, to bring something to the floor if it does pass could have more democratic support than republican support. Bret . Mb thanks. Lets find out bret lets find out about the temporary plan put forward by senators alexander and murray today. Where things stand. Joining us from capitol hill, senator Lamar Alexander of tennessee. Thanks for being here. Thank you, bret. Bret where do things stand. You rolled it out today. What are its prospects . The prospects are pretty good. We rolled it out with 24 cincinnati cosponsors, thats onefourth of the senate, really. Half republican, half democrat. The proposing is something almost all the members of the house have voted for, in the repeal and replace bill. All the democrats want it. The president is interested in it. The leaders of the Senate Repeal and replace bill, senator as cassidy and graham are for it. Its there for people to consider, to improve, and i hope that, looks like something that is likely to become law by the end of the year. Bret you said the president s interested in it. This was the Rose Garden Press Conference two days ago when he was asked about this bill. Have they been involved in those negotiations, will you support that deal . President trump yes, we have been involved. This is a shortterm deal, we think block grants going to the states is going to be the answer. That is a very good solution. That sounded positive. The next day, in the cabinet room, he said this. President trump if something can happen, thats fine. I wont do anything to enrich the Insurance Companies. Right now, the Insurance Companies are being enreach riched, theyve been enriched by obamacare like nothing anybody has ever seen. I wont enrich the Insurance Companies. Bret he doubled down, tweeted that he supports you. But cant enrich the Insurance Companies. How do you get the president onboard . Well, we 100 agree, weve talked about it, he called me about 12 days ago and asked me to do this. He said we need a short Term Agreement so people dont get hurt between now and the time we repeal and replace obamacare which takes a couple of years. He said i dont want to bail out the Insurance Companies. In our bill theres about a page and a half of language that makes sure that the benefits go to consumers not the Insurance Companies. If the president has better and stronger language, well put it in. Ive talked to him about it, i agree with him, senator murray agrees with him. Were all on the same page on that issue. Bret you heard the evolution of those statements from the rose garden to the cabinet room bhashgs did you think . Heres what i thought. I talked with the president four times in the last 12 days. Two times yesterday. I know what he thinks on this. I mean, he asked me to do it. Hes encouraged me to do it. All were asking him to do is to consider a proposal that he wanted to have. Ill give him credit for seeing the need nor shortterm bipartisan solution and engineering it to be done. Now he has it, decide what he wants to do with it. Hell probably like it after he fixes it, improves it. Likely to become law. Bret to his main charge about not bailing out Insurance Companies, youre saying your bill does not do that. Oh, no, it doesnt. Cost sharing payments are payments that the government makes to low income americans to help pay for copays and deductibles. Those are the beneficiaries. And what our bill says, every state has to come up with a plan to make sure that happens, in 2018. It automatically happens in 2019. Bret the Speakers Office did not sound that positive. Spokesman putting out, the speaker does not see anything that changes his view that the senate should keep its focus on repeal and replace of obamacare. So you worry that even if it passes the senate its doomed in the house . Well, i dont think that. The house has already voted for this. It was in the repeal and replace bill that passed the house. What they did was to say they would continue the cost sharing payments for two years. Only thing different about our proposal we make it legal to do that. The reason for it, almost everybody understands, that as you switch from obamacare to a different system, you got to have something in the transition or you create chaos for people. Premiums go up. According to the congressional budget office, you might have 16 million americans that live in counties where they couldnt buy insurance at all in the individual market. Nobody wants. That i think people read the bill, theyll see it doesnt bail out Insurance Companies. Avoid chaos. Chaos is a big birthday present for bernie sanders. Leads right to a public option, right to a single payer. Bret you have said there are conservative elements in this bill that republicans can rally around. Besides giving states flexibility, what are those . One is a catastrophic insurance plan, with lower premiums and higher deductibles. The bill gives the states the flexibility to approve things like the iowa waiver, or the alaska waiver, or the oklahoma waiver, or minnesota or New Hampshire. When states have asked permission of the federal government to create different insurance plans with more choices and lower costs. Thats something we havent gotten in eight years of debate. Its in this bill. Bret when the president says he believes he has the votes on another effort of gray cam hamcassidy in the new year grahamcassidy in the new year, do you think anything has changed . What could change between now and next year is a better process. We do better when we go through committee, when we vet a bill, when we have more time to do it. They did that in the house. They got it resolved. We didnt do it that way in the senate, we didnt get a result. I think thats the difference that is likely to make a difference in 2018. Bret senator Lamar Alexander, appreciate your time. Thank you. Bret top Homeland Security official says terrorists want to pull off another 9 11. Tonight were hearing from the head of the cia. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has details. The cia director said the threat from islamist terrorist groups is severe and complex with the collapse of the caliphate in iraq and syria. The intent still remains, the capability remains, and we worry, too, that there is capability that we just dont see. Were very focused on it. Clearly the case that there are terrorists around the world who are intent upon using commercial aviation as their vector to present a threat to the white house. The director responded to comments from the acting secretary of Homeland Security, elaine duke. Speaking at the u. S. Embassy in london, duke warned that isis remains determined to pull off a largescale attack like 9 11 using passenger jets. Duke says isis uses truck attacks like barcelona in august where terrorists plowed through a pedestrian mall killing and injuring more than 140 people to remain highly visible, raise money, and keep their followers engaged. Despite the losses, intelligence Officials Say terror groups and independent ak terse are developing actors are developing nonexplosive devices with the intent of bringing down civilian aircraft bound for the u. S. This led to new restrictions in march, 10 overseas airports banning personal electronics, larger an smart phone in the cabin. The restrictions were lifted in june after new screening procedures were implemented and other standards met. Bret catherine, thank you. President trumps top dib low mat has harsh words for china, coming up later on special report. Your brain changes as you get older. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Bret should you and fellow taxpayers be rir