attack from pentagon spokeswoman dana white and lieutenant general mckenzie. they updated reporters during the daily pentagon briefing. this is 25 minutes. good afternoon. the secretary will attend a summit in the philippines this philippines,the departing this afternoon. that severalseen militants were killed in a firefight with the armed forces of the philippines. we congratulate our filipino partners on their success of illuminating leaders of the month-long siege. we continue to stand with our partners providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well as training. as they come that terrorist -- combat terrorists. the aspirations of isis to have a physical caliphate are crumbling rapidly, from mobile raqqa.l to many of their senior leaders have been decimated. our fight against isis is global and other groups who align with them or adopt their brand will face the same dead end. iss is on the run, and losing credibility, resources and losing every day. fightinga, we are also al-shabab, and al qaeda affiliate. earlier this week we conducted an airstrike -- airstrike a

the nigerre about attack from pentagon chief spokesperson than a white and joint staff director lieutenant general kenneth mckenzie. this is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon, the secretary will depart. you might have seen the news in the philippines in the last few as his agent was killed october 16, along with several other militants in a firefight with the armed forces of the philippines. we congratulate our filipino partners for their success and eliminating the leaders of the month-long siege. we will continue to stand with our philippine partners, providing intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities, as long as the training. as they combat terrorists, we will remain fi vigilant. the aspirations of isis to have a physical caliphate are crumbling rapidly, from mosul to raqa, where 90% of the claimed capital has been liberated, from the philippines to yemen, where isis. strike against decimated many of the senior leaders. these event show our fight against isis is global and other groups that adopt their brand will face the same dead-end. isis is on the run. it's losing credibi

. now about the deadly mission that claimed the four americans. still lots of questions, the pentagon says it launched a formal investigation into how a routine routine patrol turned into an ambush and what occurred afterward. our pentagon correspondent, hans nichols is learning new details about what happened. >> reporter: this is how pentagon officials say it happened. fewer than 10 special forces were at the village just miles from the mali border meeting with tribal elders. a smaller group stayed behind, guarding their vehicles. it was near dusk enemy force of nearly 50 concealed in brush attacked u.s. green berets, firing machine guns and rocket propelled grenades. it took 30 minutes for french air support to arrive on scene. french helicopters evacuated the u.s. casualties in a u.s. contractor recovered the american dead. but sergeant ledavid johnson was separated from the group during the attack. aircraft flag overhead picked up a signal from a cell phone, emergency beacon. it grew faint as they were searching. more than 100 special forces from across the globe descended to joi

, but the investigation could take a long time. so what the pentagon has been wanting to emphasize too is that the u.s. does not leave soldiers behind. they wanted to say that people shouldn't criticize the actions of other members of this team at this point. not the least because we don't know too many details at this point. and also, saying that as the media is looking for information, people shouldn't equate that searching for more details with the army -- with the pentagon's ability to have that information available. so there's obviously things that they know they don't want to say, but there have been questions too, based on some sorting that's been out there over whether the u.s. ambassador to niger may have been resistant to cooperate or approve or support requests by the military for additional equipment and medical support to troops in niger. the state department flat-out says no to the question of was any of that support denied to these troops. they say that didn't happen. but they're not being so quick to answer the questions over, well, what was there bushback? h were

going on in the actual investigation what happened in niger, joined by hans nichols at the pentagon and garrett haake on capitol hill. hans, next hour as hallie said, general dunford will hold a briefing. heard about it earlier, at the pentagon. now we know the topic is going to be niger. what is it that we're expecting to hear from general dunford? >> reporter: just speaking to officials here. we're going to get a sense of the timeline of how that ambush occurred in niger. also we're going to get a broader articulation why u.s. forces were in niger, and more broadly throughout west africa. these are some of the areas that the pentagon knows they need to clean up. the what and the why. and then on this issue of congress' notification, i expect we'll get a little more how they're pledging and trying to work closely with congress to make sure all the notifications are in place, they have the right authorization for u.s. troops there and also keep them in the loop and how they've been trying to keep them in the loop when incidents like this happen. so i think we'll get quite a bit of i

news business some people do stand up to hollywood they work at the cia and the pentagon iranians say goodbye to one of their oldest online institutions is shutting down and a car bomb kills a journalist in malta her son calls the country a mafia state in hollywood it was one of those open secrets something widely known that no one was prepared to say out loud harvey weinstein one of the most successful producers in the movie business a serial sexual abuser using his a men's power and influence to force women including staff in turns and mostly actresses to succumb to his will the fame of those involved made this story headline news raising the question of why something that took place over a period of decades was not reported until now it wasn't for a lack of sources at least two major media outlets have been accused by journalists who chased the weinstein story of baring it there's a conflict of interest at play here the news industry behaves in the bright lights and reflected glamour of the film industry and relies on its revenues the ad dollars that the studios spent the dozen

at the league's relationship with the pentagon and let's call the american n.r.a. what it really is nonsensical rifle addiction people who suffer from an outbreak of a big impact on the environment sometimes the reaction to a news story can tell you more about the state of politics in a given country and the state of the media there than the actual story itself that's what happened in india this past week a news website the wire reported on the finances of j m e h shah the son of prime minister narendra modi's right hand man a meat shock the story tracked a sudden and exponential jump in the revenues of j i meet shaw's businesses after modi came to power in two thousand and fourteen modi loyalists have called the article a hit job others called it strong adversarial journalism more telling though has been the silence of much of the indian mainstream media apart from a few newspapers and two news channels most of the country's major news outlets. stayed away from the story and that was before j. i made shark took the wire to court his fifteen million dollar lawsuit has served as a wa

day after senator mccain threatened to subpoena pentagon staffers for details on the attack, the defense secretary himself heading for a capitol sit-down with the senator. loretta lynch is also at the capitol to talk about russian meddling. our catherine herridge caught up with her to ask some questions. >> can you raise any of the issues with director comey's questioning with the senate intelligence committee? that's ahead in this hour of "shepard smith reporting." i'm trace gallagher in for shep. the white house defending its response to the four americans killed in niger earlier this month saying it too wants answers. >> the department of defense is initiated a review, which occurs any time there's an american killed in action. we're going through that process. the president, the department of defense and frankly the entire country and government want to know exactly what happened. and the president and the nation are grateful for those four american heros. we won't rest until we get some answers. that's part of the process. that's what we'll do. when the time is appropriate,

we await the white house and pentagon briefing. fox news is learning 12 u.s. soldiers, mostly green berets, were ambushed by a larger force of isis linked militants. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." along with the search for answers, there is the political fallout surrounding those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in that mission. was president trump's condolence call unfortunately sparking an escalating feud with a democratic congress woman. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer, what have you been able to learn about the attack? >> reporter: it happened in a remote desert area on the border between niger and mali. 12 soldiers from the third forces group accompanied 30 troops in niger on a routine meeting with elders in a village. the american green berets traveled in a convey just as they had done for similar meetings. the troops were ambushed after they left the meeting about 12 p.m. local time. 50 jihadists from a new isis affiliate riding motorcycles toting rocket propelled grenades sprayed the u.s. troops with gun fire. a gun fight ensued. 30 minut

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media in the chattering classes obsess over donald trump's call to a gold star family the pentagon's growing footprint and publicly revealed it would appear it does not matter who is president rather. it is accepted the u.s. will fight and list wars. cross talking endless wars i'm joined by my guest in washington peter cosmic he is a professor of history and director at american university as well as co-author with all of the stone the untold history of the united states and we have michael flanagan he is president of planning and consulting and a former congressman all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it peter let me go to you first here you know i live very far away from the media swamp in the u.s. and i've been watching this media circus with a president trump and this gold star family about a fallen soldier in niger at the beginning of this month here that is obviously sad but really i found more troubling looking at all the networks the entire political spectrum there seems to be very little curiosity a

may have been set up by locals. our pentagon correspondent hans nichols has new details. >> reporter: as the last soldier in niger, sergeant johnson was mourned by his family. a senior congressional aide who has been extensively briefed tells nbc news the ambush that killed him and three soldiers stemmed in part from a massive intelligence failure. but the pentagon warns that such conclusions are premature. tonight the fbi is joining the investigation with forensic support looking into how a team of well-trained special forces was ambushed the pentagon says, by a group of roughly 50 isis linked fighters. military officials now say the special forces who were meeting with the tribal elders may have been delayed intentionally allowing isis to prepare the ambush. new questions as the team was exposed without drone support directly overhead. a coverage gap the u.s. commander for africa publicly complained about for more than a year. earlier this year, the commander for africa warned 20% to 30% of his intelligence requirements were satisfied. writing, this limits situational understanding

pentagon press corps today to actually deliver some information about what happened to these four soldiers in niger. between his prepared remarks and the very lengthy list of questions he took from the sharp pentagon press corps today, general dunford spoke to the press about this matter today for nearly an hour and he did advance our understanding about what happened. at a time when even senior u.s. senators from both parties are admitting that they had no idea that the u.s. had troops in niger, general dunford clarified today that not only are there something like 800 u.s. troops serving in niger right now, there are more u.s. troops serving in niger right now than in any other country in western africa. if senior u.s. senators with national security responsibilities like lindsey graham and chuck schumer didn't know that we had any troops in niger let alone more than any other country in that part of the world, you could guess that the american public had no idea of that either. but general dunford made that clear today. he also gave a painful but at least to my mind considerate and at l

subpoena to try to get more information on the attack. it also comes after pentagon officials confirm to nbc news that the fbi is now also investigating the attack. let's start with nbc's national security reporter courtney kube, and hanz nichols is standing by. courtney, let's start with you, this new reporting on what the source is calling -- characterizing as a massive intelligence failure. what more do we know? >> so, this is coming from my colleague, ken, who spoke with a senior source on the hill who said there are a lot of questions, still, which we know. but one is how is it the u.s. military, these 12 soldiers, were able to be ambushed by so many militants? how is it possible these militants were able to mass together in a way that they could hit these americans and nigerian forces nearby without them knowing they were coming, without them knowing there was a presence of them anywhere in the region? so, members of congress have been more and more outspoken about this. at this point we still have a lot more questions than we have answers about exactly what happened in this ambush

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white house and at the pentagon. let's begin with our joe johns at the white house. the president is responding to this, this morning. what is he saying? >> that's right, poppy. given the fact that the president has referred to congresswoman wilson as wacky and a liar after she characterized this condolence call, we did reach out to the white house, asking how they might characterize myeshia johnson, given the fact that she's now done an interview, and the president does seem to have answered that question for himself with a tweet this morning. i'll just read it. it says, "i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant la david johnson and spoke his name from beginning without hesitation!" so the president with a very different tone in addressing the issues of the widow. nonetheless, denying her version of events. meanwhile, the back and forth continues with the congresswoman. she's asking for an apology. she's also comparing the raid and ambush in niger that killed sergeant johnson and three others, comparing it to the 2012 attack on diplomatic compounds in libya th

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>>> tonight new details from the pentagon on that deadly attack in niger. from the chairman of the joint chiefs ask a new report that the ambush was possibly a set up. the president 80s fight with a gold star widow entered its second week today after trump went back at it commenting yet again on that condo helps phone call. and on the issue of military service, john mccain is unsparing in his criticism of president trump. all of it part of the 11th hour getting under way on a monday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. on day 277 of the trump administration, and in a squabble that now as we said, enters its second week, the president today could not resist an ongoing fight with a gold star widow who is pregnant and grieving and going through the darkest days of her life. she buried her husband and the father of her children on saturday, and today turning back to policy, we heard from the pentagon about the ambush that killed her husband and three other u.s. soldiers. there's also new reporting from nbc news tonight which says, quote,

. we get the latest reporting from the pentagon, tonight on "washington week." >> the loss of our troops is under investigation. we'll certainly update you as we have information, accurate information, not speculation. >> the pentagon launches an investigation into the deadly isis attack. the retired four-star general defends the president's conversation with a gold star widow. >> there's no perfect way to make that phone call. >> and two former presidents speak out about the political climate in america. >> our identity as a nation, unlike many other nations, is not determined by geography or ethnicity. this means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity, can be fully and equally american. >> we've got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry. to demonize people who have different ideas. >> plus, president trump praises, then shuns a bipartisan deal to restore funding to the affordable care act. >> i won't do anything to enrich the insurance companies. >> we think it's a good solution. it stabilizes the system. >> meanwhile, republicans shift to the president's

find out what that is. i'm sure the pentagon will do so. if not, certainly congress will prod them to do so and that is appropriate. we should have those answers. >> i'm asking for a classified briefing about exactly what happened in niger. >> and right now, answers are hard to come by. the scene on the ground only described by multiple u.s. officials as confusion. at the same time, there are more and more questions over why the white house hesitated in even talking about these soldiers' deaths. kaitlan collins is at the white house and barbara starr has the latest from the pentagon. what are you hearing over there today? >> well, let's be clear, secretary mattis is not trying to rush the investigation, but he does want some answers and is going to begin to get them in the coming days about what exactly happened as they look into this in greater detail. they're trying to establish a timeline, hour by hour, about how this all unfolded. what we do know, according to initial reports, is the team led by green berets, the 12-man team, had gone to an area where they had been before and r

seemed to boost his popularity domestically had a lot of support and also within the pentagon what about they say this move against iran though how will it affect his will for a team popularity as head of state. it's along certain i don't think it's going to help because the american people are tired of these endless wars or regime change in the middle east now tom cotton who has emerged as the premier war hawk. particularly with john mccain having brain cancer at this point so tom tom cotton seems to have a great interest in in war with iran and i will tell you that the american people do not have the stomach to undertake a nother war and one that would be a great war and would in all likelihood emerge as world war three for tab perhaps triggering a thermonuclear war. it's bizarre to me that we would go this far i'd like to just touch on one thing if i could when one we constantly accused iran of of being a sponsor of global terror. it's very difficult to document any any instances of classical terror on the on behalf of iran and they go back as far as the takeover of the us embas

morning from the pentagon. but, heads up to everyone. getting ready for plenty of road closures tomorrow is important because there's going to be a lot of gridlock. "fox5" traffic reporter erin como has a preview of what you can expect. >> the 42 marine corps marathon take placeom it starts along route 110 between pentagon and arlington memorial drive. run rz take off before 8 a.m. and finish up marine corps war memorial. 26.2 mile course crosses rosalyn, george tourngs down to national mall and to virginia. several road closures begin 3:30 in the morning and all road closures open rolling basis as race wraps up. key bridge is closed as well as memorial bridge. is second heir as through the district as well. avoid is the congestion and keep to metro. opening 6 a.m. sunday morning for the marathon. closest stations to race are pentagon on blue or yellow lines and another option pentagon city station and keep in mind if attend the 10 k on national wall archive in l'enfant plaza. for a list of closures visit me on twitter @erinfoxdc. >> you're up bright and early to run. >> yeah. >> i'll s

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country, general joseph dunford is about to take questions at the pentagon about what went wrong in that ambush that left four american soldiers dead in niger and what u.s. troops are doing there. pentagon correspondent hans nichols is in the pentagon briefing room waiting for that to begin. >> we expect to get some sort of timeline from general dunford. he is coming to the podium. i'll sit down and we'll listen to general dunford. >> ladies and gentlemen. thanks for the opportunity to speak to you about the recent events in niger which claimed the lives of bryan black, la david johnson, jeremiah johnson and dichustin wright. i begin by offering my sincere condolences to the families. today is the anniversary of the beirut bombing. i want the families of the 241 americans lost that day to know that we'll never forget them. after speaking to secretary mattis this morning, i decided to address you because there's been a lot of speculation about the operation in niger. it's a perception the department of defense has not been forthcoming. i thought it would be helpful to personally clarify t

build pentagon sh pentagon. she took care of her constituents. called up president obama and on that phone call he gave $20 million to construct the building. that's what general kelly said congresswoman wilson claimed in that speech. congresswoman wilson said kelly was lying about her. breaking this afternoon, the south florida sun sentinel newspaper released the video of the congresswoman's 2015 remarks. it shows that kelly's description of her remarks was simply not accurate. cnn's jeff zeleny is live at the white house. and, jeff, when a reporter pointed out just minutes ago that kelly had gotten his facts wrong about this speech, white house press secretary sarah sanders said one of the most shocking things i've ever heard from that podium, she suggested that currentjournalists cannot n generals. that's not how we do it here in the united states. >> jake, that's exactly what she said. she was asked a very simple question, if she had seen the video that was at odds with in fact what the chief of staff said yesterday. and she responded like this. >> have you seen the speech? >> i

have reports from capitol hill, the pentagon and the white house, but i want to start with nbc's kasie hunt on capitol hill. it seems what we've seen over the last 12 hours have been increasing questions from lawmakers from both parties about what went on during this raid and when we're going to get more information about it. >> reporter: hallly, that's right. and i think really at this point there are more questions than answers from a lot of lawmakers up here on capitol hill. and you are seeing this kind of bubbling under the surface and ready to come out into the open. and i think right now, you know, the question is going to be, okay, how does the white house respond to this pressure? are they going to send people up from the pentagon to brief on this? but as you and your white house colleagues have come to find out the last 12 hours, it's been very difficult to get information out of the white house about the back-story on this raid. i think we have a little bit of sound that we can show you from senator risch ard blumenthal who was speaking earlier this morning about his fr

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not answer questions sent his way. abc's mary bruce leading us off. >> reporter: at the pentagon today, the joint chiefs of staff offered the first account of what happened in that deadly ambush in niger, saying the intelligence they had did not indicate a significant threat. >> the assessment by our leaders on the ground at that time was that contact with the enemy was unlikely. >> reporter: but tonight, abc news is learning much more about what really happened in the ambush that killed four american special ops soldiers and what their mission really was. it was october 3rd when 12 u.s. soldiers and 30 nigerians set out on a reconnaissance mission to a remote village. but a senior intelligence official tells abc news, they were given a second mission. their new goal? to kill or capture a high value target. they were supposed to be joined by a second u.s. team that never made it, but they were told to proceed on their own. the official tells us that mission was unsuccessful, but exposed the americans to the enemy. the next morning, the americans are heading home when they sense somethi