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We know that those french planes department drop munitions. another key area of uncertainty where we've gotten really conflicting supports out of the pentagon, initially they said u.s. forces returned fire and can kill some enemies. now they seem less certain about that we still even when they said they killed enemies, they didn't give a precise number or have any sense of how many were killed. so a lot of questions still taking place here. remember, they thought they were in, quote, a quiet environment. >> right. this was supposed to be a low risk mission. just very briefly before i let you g...

Surprise. they thought they were in, quote, a quiet environment. >> hans, do we look at the evacuation process, tenippicicay the dod wants to get them out in an hour, but there are questions on whether that is possible in parts of africa specifically, right? >> reporter: the golden hour is the rule, that's what they want to achieve. they recognize in africa you are not always potentially going to achieve that. in part, because you have special operators in remote areas. and just when you look at what could have been the recovery mission when they still thought that david johnson could have bee...

Soldiers. hans nichols joining me. >> a pentagon official is telling us they do believe isis is behind this attack that left four americans, green berets, training with nigerian counterparts, left them dead a few days ago. remember, they came under ambush. they thought they were patrolling in an area that was safe. the plan was that they were going to go out on, quote, a quiet environment. that wasn't the case. they were ambushed. they were done meeting tribal elders, heading back to their vehicles. the ambush was sprung on them. they had to have french evacuation in terms of medevaced, one di...