Was killed in action in niger. Last week when congresswoman Frederica Wilson quoted the president as saying he knew he knew what he was signing up for but it hurts anyway, President Trump angrily disputed that account. Fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action and i have proof. Sad. Heres what Myesha Johnson said about that this morning. Whatever mr. Trump said was not fabricated. What she said was 100 correct. It was Master Sergeant knew, me, my aunt, my uncle and the driver and ms. Wilson in the car. The phone was on speakerphone. Why would we fabricate Something Like that . She was also hurt that the president did not seem to know her husbands name. The president said that he knew what he signed up for but it hurts anyways. And i was it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of hifz voice and how he said it. He couldnt remember my husbands name. The only way rehemmed my husbands name because he told me, he had my husband report in front of him. And
Knew what he was signing up for but it hurts anyway, President Trump angrily disputed that account. Fabricated what i said to the wife of a soldier who died in action and i have proof. Sad. Heres what Myesha Johnson said about that this morning. Whatever mr. Trump said was not fabricated. What she said was 100 correct. It was Master Sergeant knew, me, my aunt, my uncle and the driver and ms. Wilson in the car. The phone was on speakerphone. Why would we fabricate Something Like that . She was also hurt that the president did not seem to know her husbands name. The president said that he knew what he signed up for but it hurts anyways. And i was it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of hifz voice and how he said it. He couldnt remember my husbands name. The only way rehemmed my husbands name because he told me, he had my husband report in front of him. And thats when he actually said la david. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband name. And that what hurte
Wouldnt echo the president s perfect selfassessment. Did we do a great job . What it looked like when president obama returned to the campaign trail today. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Two weeks after four american soldiers died while serving in the west african nation of niger, a lot of questions remain about the circumstances of their deaths. In fact, it was a question to the president about why he had not yet talked to the public about those deaths that prompted him earlier this week to mischaracterize how his predecessors handled similar situations. We havent heard anything from you so far about the soldiers who were killed in niger at some point during the before the called the parents and the families. The traditional way if you look at president obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. A lot of them didnt make calls. Those comments by the president kicked off an entire news cycle focussed who how he treats the famil
Us by our founders that drew waves of immigrants to our shores, that drove waves of troops to storm beaches a world away to storm democracy. It was those ideals that led generations of americans to march for workers rights and womens rights and Voting Rights and civil rights and lgbt rights, to expand the reach of our democracy. Lets get right to the controversy over the niger raid. Thirtytwo officialed telling james mattis he still doesnt have all the facts and wants to know why the body of Sergeant La David Johnson was recovered nearly 48 hours after the attack. Cnn correspondent Barbara Starr has more. Barbara. Reporter don, the pentagon says there was a search for the sergeant that no one expected. They had done 29 routine patrols in the area over the last six months. This time it was all out combat. The reason weave u. S. Army soldiers there ask not the peace corps because we carry guns. Ando its a reality. Its part of the danger our troops face in these Counter Terrorist campaign
Of what he says is untrue. Certainly people here are. Because these things are provably untrue. I mean, just theyre just factually incorrect and people know the difference. So i dont know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard and debases our country in the way he does but he does. I dont like responding. You know, you can let him go unanswered but and its just not me to we dont do tweets like that. Weve responded twice to, again, untruths, but its unfortunate our nation finds itself in this place. Is the president of the United States a liar . The president has great difficulty with the truth. On many issues. Do you regret supporting him in the election . Well lets just put it this way, i would not do that again. You wouldnt support him again . I wouldnt, no. I think that hes proven himself unable to rise to the occasion. I think many of us, me included, have tried to, you know ive intervened, had private dinner, been with him on multiple occasions to try to create some kin