Were live outside d. C. Police headquarters. Such a tough time for this family right now. The family needs your help as they try to cope with this tragic loss. A gofundme page has been set up to help lay her to rest. You can find a link to that page on our mobile app. Breaking news out of the white house where president obama has just commuted the bulk of Chelsea Mannings prison sentence. She revealed a leak that involved american diplomatic activities around the world. It was the longest punishment ever imposed in the u. S. For a leak conviction. She now stands to be released next may rather than in 2045. An epidemic of police being hit on the beltway and on 270 in maryland continued today. This time it was three officers who were injured. The accident happened on the ramp from southbound i270 in rockville. Were in Montgomery County to find out more. Reporter the epidemic continues and a lot of the officers wonder if cell phones and texting arent to blame. You know officers worry abou
Wilson criticized the president. She told mrs. Johnson that her husband, get, knew what he signed up for but i guess it still hurts. Those were her recollection. Tonight the congresswoman still stands by those words and the statement she issued last night. That Statement Reads in part despite President Trumps suggestion i have recanted my statement, i stand firmly by my original account of my conversation. This account has been confirmed by family members who also witnessed mr. President trumps incredible lack of compassion and sensitivity. Chief of staff kelly is critical of the congresswoman. He was listening to the condolence call. Killed in afghanistan in action since 2010. He has not wanted to talk about his familys loss publicly. Today he did and didnt hold back much. Take a look. 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 Sta
Appreciate you being there. Thanks very much. The extraordinary moment at the white house today, john kelly, white house chief of staff, and gold star father defended President Trumps condolence call to sergeant la David Johnson, one of four soldiers killed in niger. Youll recall congresswoman wilson criticized the president. She told mrs. Johnson that her husband, get, knew what he signed up for but i guess it still hurts. Those were her recollection. That was her recollection. Tonight the congresswoman still stands by those words and the statement she issued last night. That Statement Reads in part despite President Trumps suggestion i have recanted my statement or misstated what i had said, i stand firmly by my original account of my conversation. More over, this account has been confirm ed by family members who also witnessed mr. President trumps incredible lack of compassion and sensitivity. Chief of staff kelly is critical of the congresswoman. He was listening to the condolence
it s possible for this phone call to have gone horribly wrong and it s also possible for the president to have been trying to do the right thing. i agree with you, it s also possible for them to handle this privately at this point and stop litigating this in public because it s not helping. do you think that was an attempt today to basically put an end to this? yes, and i hope it does. i think everybody you know, i think everybody i speak for myself, i hope this is an awkward thing to talk about, an uncomfortable thing to be discussing in such a public, politicized environment. unfortunately we re still talking about. bonny carol from taps was in our office today and there are families who have lost their family members who called in tears to her program looking for support. taps is an organization that anybody who s watching should consider supporting because they re there before the president calls or writes and well afterwards. we had on the beginning of
speak for myself, i hope this is an awkward thing to talk about, an uncomfortable thing to be discussing in such a public, politicized environment. unfortunately we re still talking about. bonny carol from taps was in our office today and families who lost family members who called in tears to her program looking for support. taps is an organization that anybody who s watching should consider supporting because they re there before the president calls and well afterwards. we had on the beginning of the 8:00 program, the murphy family, mr. and mrs. murphy whose son died in afghanistan when his vehicle rolled over. and what i thought was so powerful, what they were saying is, look, we re not talking because we want to be involved in this political discussion. we want people to know about our son. we want people to know about how he lost his life, but how he