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Mueller now as special counsel is intense, but he's seen worse. >> don't forget this is a man in his early 20s fought in vietnam. i don't think there's anything in washington that's going to give him any type of fear that he faced when he was a young man. >> reporter: mueller grew up in the wealthy philadelphia suburbs and attended an elite boarding school. a classmate of john kerry. then to princeton. but the combat death of classmate david hackett in vietnam inspired mueller to join the marines. >> he was wounded in combat, shot through the leg, received bronze star with valor. purple heart....

Republicans to keep control of the house? >> i think that's a question that republicans are asking themselves. especially since trump ratings are so unpopular. when you look at recent elections with doug jones winning, just turnout among enthusiasm of democrats is skyrocketing and trump supporters aren't necessarily coming to the polls. >> thank you. what we're learning about the first combat death of 2018? plus, cold continues to ravage the east coast. and now bracing for cold weather. we'll have a check of the weather when we come back.

You are now a gold star widow. and all of you are a gold star family. you stand in the ranks of those whose family members paid the ultimate price for our country. sergeant ladavid johnson, our hero, paid the ultimate price. >> on this veterans day weekend, i was honored to stand yesterday with florida congresswoman frederica wilson who has been staring down death threats while standing up for the family of ladavid johnson, the u.s. army sergeant whose combat death in niger last month became yet another political quagmire for the trump administration which

It was a concerted effort to keep more people from getting killed unnecessarily. and that's what keeps troops going. the knowledge that your life is valuable. that it is not being wasted. that air support is inbound. he goes on to say, quote, so when we have a commander in chief respond to a combat death with he knew what he signed up for, it tells us a few things. the president has no idea how the military works or what his roles and responsibilities are. more importantly it sends a message to troops. if you're looking for a support from the white house, you know what you signed up for. joini...

Heroes but in fact to console and con dolly the families and friends of the loved ones. and it was a huge haul and i saw the president personally, president obama go up to each family member and spend several moments with each. this is and the president did regularly. president bush had to do it. they make phone calls, write letters, visit with gold star families. so for president trump today to say that his predecessors did not speak or reach out to those families is a disgraceful and despicable lie especially when 12 days after the biggest combat death in his presidency he has played 126 hol...