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Force with just their personal rifles. yet despite this forces were able to mount a counter attack and kill 20 isis militants. early on one of their vehicle was disabled. the u.s. force was split in two. they lost communication with one another. adding to the confusion of this battle. ask we are told that one of the groups that was separated had the u.s. casualties in it. a lot of yugs here in this very intense fire fight in this remote part of niger. >> what about the timeline on sergeant la david johnson? have you learned any more about why he was missing for a whole 48 hours before his body...

Terms of numbers was far superior to the group of green berets and other special american soldiers, special forces as well as the niger yen counterparts. now, when they split up it appears that several of the american soldiers had to get out of their vehicles to try and out flank the attacking force to try and change the nature of the engagement. and it's believed that those three american soldiers killed were in that one area that was separated later, obviously, more than 48 hours later, sergeant la david johnson was recovered from the scene. so many questions still about this deadly attack, ...

President trump responding just moments ago to the widow of sergeant la david johnson on twitter. he writes, i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation. this comes as the family of 29-year-old army staff sergeant dustin wright who was killed in that ambush in niger is also speaking out about their calls with the president and what sergeant wright was fighting for. dustin wright's brother, william wright, joins us now. william, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> we're so ...

Being a salesman. he's trying to negotiate. >> robert, peter, garrett haake on capitol hill, thank you very much. we are taking a look at right now the prime minister of singapore is pulling up to the white house. you can see president trump there is waiting for prime minister li to arrive. the two men scheduled to meet today and we're scheduled to hear from them later on today. we will bring you anything new coming out of the white house as we get it. but for now, let's talk more in-depth about president trump's interaction with sergeant la david johnson's widow and the investigation into his...

>> reporter: the deadly ambush in this remote african village happened more than two weeks ago. but tonight, the pentagon is still not providing a full and cogent narrative of how four american soldiers died after being attacked by an overwhelming force of more than 50 militants. officials said the full investigation, only announced today, is still ongoing. >> subsaharan africa is a very difficult place to operate. so, we will -- we'll investigate this. we'll have conclusions and those conclusions will be presented. i'm not prepared to go further. >> reporter: two key questions remain tonight....