Army staff sergeant dustin wright s brother joins us next. whoooo. finding the best hotel price is now a safe bet. because tripadvisor searches. .over 200 booking sites - so you save up to 30% on the. .hotelock it in. tripadvisor.
She serves on the local level, the state level. now in congress. he for him to try to demean her character and her integrity in this way is absolutely unacceptable. so congresswoman leave, if chief of staff john kelly said my memory failed me, sorry is, that s enough? first of all, let me offer good morning. let me offer my sympathy to the families of sergeants john john, johnson, wright, and black, they are the most important in all of this. there is room for apologies from all in the administration from communications director sanders, from general kelly who is a friend and i know particularly when he led the southern command, and from the president of the united states. the key here is really being
Freely as they are right now that tells you something. absolutely. jamie gangel, on thinner ice, thank you so much for being here. honoring service and sacrifice. one of the four special operation service officers laid to rest. dustin wright was remembered in his hometown of lyons, georgia. his body surrounded by friends and family in a funeral over the weekend. the sergeant was one of four soldiers killed in the attack but there s still remains questions of just what happened. cnn s barbara starr joins me live now from the pentagon here. barbara, what s the deal here? reporter: well, john, the people of his hometown very publicly, very openly turning out to pay their respects to this army sergeant, one of four killed in nyjer in an incident under full investigation of the military and trying to determine how it was that this advise and assist team led by green berets
Went to the place in niger in west africa and did not know that they were walking in to an ambush of some 50 isis fighters. the town turning out to pay their respects to this sergeant and i just want to take a moment and tell everybody what an extraordinary military family sergeant wright came from. apparently 200 years of military service in this family. they believe their family records show he was the first to be killed in combat. listen to his brother. through our records we had not lost a single member until dustin. that s 205 years, that s a good run. so, it s been it s been great to hear that history and share that history and, you know, if once every 205 years this is a price we pay then that s what it takes. reporter: so many people publicly paying their respects to all four of the soldiers who
Was him the first time i saw him. clayton: obviously, getting updates and through facebook and social media. trevor, what does it mean to you to know that your dad is in afghanistan fighting for the greatest country in the world? it s, it makes me happy because i know my father s taking care of know what, i m sorry? cause my father is serving for all of us. ainsley: serving for all of us. what s your message, trevor, to the little kids watching that have their parents overseas? do you have a message for them? well, we know it s hard sometimes, but eventually they come back home. we do, don t we, bud. ainsley: you missed him, didn t you? oh. bless your heart. it s going to be okay. i know you re proud of him. he s such a hero. and my father thank you, buddy. clayton: the and it s safe to say we ve got, we re feeling the same way here in the stewed he yo and i think