administration is under pressure to answer questions about the ambush on u.s. troops niger that left to the deaths of four soldiers. what happened? why were the american soldiers there? why was one left behind? three officials telling cnn that mattis mayed by the lack of information he is getting. senator john mccain says the administration is not being forthcoming. he told reporters, quote, that s why we re called the senate armed services question. we deserve to have all the information. plus, as this plays out, as those questions remain unanswered, president trump getting what you might call a fact check on his claim that he s been more attentive to the pred se sores when it comes to the families of the fallen. mrs. murphy, did you hear from the white house? have you heard from the white house? no, i haven t. i haven t, but it s okay. it doesn t matter. if i hear from the white house or not because it s not really about, like i said, a call or a letter. i just want people to rem
negotiations everyone involved has said it s really going to be the devil in the details. this is one of those details, wolf. it comes down to this kind of specificity. will the iaea be present at the site whereas iranian inspectors or officials taking samples elsewhere at the site, without iaea personnel watching them? seems like a small difference, but potentially it could have some meaning. these are one of the things that u.s. officials consistently day this is confidential, it s between the iaea and iran itself. but when you look at this draft agreement as first obtained by the ap, it does appear to leave wiggle room. these are hard questions that the administration s going to have to answer. they certainly are. thaps very much, jim sciutto, for that. let s get some more on this and all the day s important international news. the top democrat on the house armed services question, congressman adam smith, of washington state, is joining us. thanks very much for joining us, congres