Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171020:06:20:00
That happened. why was there no u.s. air cover? a french plane came 30 minutes into that firefight with no ability to fire on the ground. it flew over to disperse the troops, scare them away. couldn't fire. then it was a french aircraft that evacuated them and a private contractor that took out the dead bodies. there were no u.s. military aircraft that could get there in time. why? those are very reasonable questions to be asking 15 days after this happened. uncomfortable questions for the pentagon and the commander in chief. they're not answering them. >> do you think, chris, that that may be...