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On thursday. >> i'm rene marsh. it's 31 minutes past the hour. white house chief of staff john kelly making an emotional appearance in the white house briefing room on thursday. kelly defending the way president trump handled a condolence call to the widow of sergeant la david johnson, who was killed in an ambush in niger. he also condemned congresswoman frederica wilson. kelly did not hold back. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning, and brokenhearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the unite...

Work yesterday morning, and brokenhearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. and i thought at least that was sacred. in october -- april, rather, of 2015, i was still on active duty, and i went to the dedication of the new fbi field office in miami. and it was dedicated to two men who were killed in a firefight in miami against drug traffickers in 1986 -- a guy by the name of ...

Men on this earth. his friends. that's what the president tried to say to four families the other day.pr i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress whoa listened in on a phone call from the president of theem united states to a young wife. in his way, he tried to express thate. opinion. a brave man, a fallen hero. he knew what he was getting himself into because he enlisted. he enlisted. he was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life...

He said, kell, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were because we're at war. and when he died, in the four cases we're talking about niger, my son's case, afghanistan, he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. that's what the president tried to say to four families the other day. i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress that listened in on a phone call from the president of...

Isis was behind the attack as we continue to learn more about what happened there. >> sandra: white house chief of staff john kelly facing some criticism after giving an emotional defense of president trump and his efforts to console the gold star families left grieving after the attack in niger. take a listen. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and brokenhearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. and in his way tried to express that opinion. he is a brave ma...