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Our david mckenzie joins us live from niger where he is following the investigation into the death of these four u.s. soldiers. david, are we learning anything more what happened? >> well, the details are coming, but slowly and methodically as it were from u.s. officials. this investigation, natalie, will be going on for quite some time, at least a month or perhaps longer with investigators combing over the scene of that deadly ambush that happened just a few hours away from me earlier this month. now we are learning from u.s. officials that this was a particularly dramatic firefight. a large ...

He'd been widely respected for doing something no one has ever done before, given the kurds a space in which to rule themselves and be largely left to it. kurdish business, life all booming there. decades of handshake, nods and schmoozing finally paying off. then a moment about like any other. the kurds key to crushing isis. so surely a country of their own would be their prize? also barzani, after years of hope and work before these scenes. >> i congratulate iraq's leaders on the agreement reached yesterday in baghdad. >> reporter: such words from washington leading to barzani's epic miscalcu...

All countries, if they take care of their people, if they respect the voices of their people, then you get true democracy. if they don't listen to the voices of their people, conflict will erupt, extremism will happen, and the united states will have to deal with it. this is all about making sure we don't get to that point. >> this as we are learning more details now about that deadly october 4th ambush in niger. sources tell cnn the u.s. troops became separated during the fire fight and attempted to mount a counter attack. cnn's ryan brown has been following all the details. and ryan, what ha...

Terms of the names of the groups, they change names all the time. isis is a spin off and it was originally al qaeda that started the new organization. the same is true for geographic limitations. these groups know where they can go. as we see now, the fight against radicalism has spread to multiple continents. we need the ability to reach them and degrade them wherever they are. >> senator colleagues have stepped now to seriously question president trump. the push back strongly on both of those senators. you are calling it a moment of realignment for the party. where do you stand in this? >> i...

A part of counter terrorism? what are the rewarts and the risks? what are the resources necessary to carry out the operations? they should all be propertied before we engage in a mission like this. i'm sure they have been. the question is no, he can't know every issue that's on the table, but he has to accept responsibility. when they are right, he gets credit and he has to assume the responsibility. >> there are about 1,000 troops in niger. maybe 6,000 in africa. isis affiliated groups and they are gaping strength. these are dangerous missions. the pentagon calls what the personnel are doing ...