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Is there any good security reason for this trip to have been canceled by the president or is this all just politics? >> well, look, wolf, the president himself called it public relations and i think that may be something that a lot of military people and military families might disagree that traveling to afghanistan is about public relations if the speaker of the house is going there to meet with commanders, talk to the troops and see what is going on. military aircraft continue to fly their missions. and let us very soberly remind ourselves, just yesterday four americans were killed in combat...

Spent a lot of time in combat as a lieutenant and captain. it frosts me enormously then and now when the enemy action takes place, they're armed, they're clever, they're trying to do us in. it isn't necessarily a mistake, it's a combat action. so i don't think there's any wrongdoing here. this is a bad day at black rock for a u.s. small unit. >> important for that perspective. senator, there seems to be a sense of frustration, even anger seems to boil over among some lawmakers who say they've been kept out of the loop on this. it was a sentiment echoed poignantly yesterday by the widow of la d...

Ordnance disposal, a bomb expert on a mission in northern iraq. their vehicle apparently struck an i.e.d. this underscores isis expert in laying out these devices all over the place. we don't know if the teams were exactly working with the iraqis on the assault on mosul but they were in northern iraq where certainly there is plenty of combat action. u u.s. troops supposed to be staying behind the front lines. but in situations like this the front lines are everywhere. brooke. >> thank you for sharing. our thoughts with his family. barbara starr, thank you. >> reporter: sure. coming up next, ...

Ownership ownership, how u.s. navy wins." a lot breaking on this story, including dramatic new footage of this special opposis unit an what happened during this raid. >> going off the sound bite they just played about that not being combat, when you hear machine gunfire and there is people running to try to kill an enemy and an enemy is trying to kill you, that's combat. >> what about the fact they're having trouble calling it combat, the classification, because there are a lot of benefits that can come into play when it's designated as combat action versus it not being that. >> definitely. i ...