president obama got elected and reelected, after this controversy about jeremiah wright. it did get a lot, and this something that roseann barr said is absurd. >> three years ago trump came down the escalator and said stuff that was completely offensive, and we have been in a free fall ever since. usually want the president to cross the line, but it does seem that corporate america are stepping up to fill that void that has been left by this class. >> now the left is saying the culture matters. and that's awesome, we've been trying to talk about the culture for decades and mocked by bill marr and others. now, the left is saying, these things matter, for its mother great. and i don't care if you are kanye west are common who is featured in the starbucks tutorial the other day. did it all began with donald trump coming down the escalator? we had a free fall in the culture since 1967 or something like that. >> i think that's a loaded question, and we can look at -- >> laura: it's not a loaded question. it's a question of whether the downfall began with donald trump and the e

president obama got elected and reelected, after this controversy about jeremiah wright. and it did get a lot of oxygen. to connect president trump with something that roseanne barr said is just absurd. >> laura: let's watch. >> three years ago trump came down the escalator and said stuff that was completely offensive about the mexican community and we have just been in freefall ever since. usually want the president to cross the line, but it does seem that corporate america are stepping up to fill that void that has been left by this collapse in our political system. >> laura: now the left is saying that culture matters which i'm kind of glad about that. that's awesome. we've all been trying to talk about the culture for decades and mocked by people like bill maher and others who don't mind the freefall in the culture. but now the left is saying these things matter. words matter, great. pictures matter, billboards matter. and i don't care if you are kanye west are common who is featured in the starbucks tutorial the other day. but is that really -- did it all begin with

of jeremiah years wright junior as president. to anybody who has been offended by donald trump, let me just now you an inkling, know exactly how we feel for the last 30 years. the democratic party is not a civil party. are you saying overall that civility is important, not important, to the degree it is important? it is extremely important. if you watch the republicans, the majority of the time we tried to be civil. look at maxine waters this week. do you actually think she was civil? she has not been civil since president trump was elected. as we were talking about jeremiah wright junior, or should i say obama? let me tell you something, ped ro, i am a poor man. i am disabled. democrats accuse me on a daily basis of being a rich man and that i hate black people. that is all we hear from democrats. let's go to cecile on the democrats line. go ahead. caller: thank you. i am grateful for c-span and actually not participating in the business of exchanging views with the moderator. am i still on the line? host: yes. we are on this id

we all remember what president obama said about jeremiah wright and his comments.s there appear to be most response, no consequence for president trump? >> you know, it's amazed me because, number one, president trump has some moral issues of his own. the thing that the fundamentalist and southern baptist convention, which is one strict philadelph fundamentally is amazing to me. they were strict when it came to religious doctrine and now very lukewarm in their doctrine teaching. they seem to espouse the fact that the end justify the means no matter how evil a person might be after the results seem to be okay and we can accept that individual. >> reverend alvin gwynn, thank you for being with us and we appreciate your time. >> you're welcome. >>> a survivor of sexual abuse so a mission to protect children from across the country. next, how her story is helping change laws in more than two dozen states. you'll want to see this. first, we head to vermont. and go to our coffee shop. and meet dave. hey. why is dark magic so spell-bindingly good, he asks? let me show you

or jeremiah wright had gone there. he's able to bring in a base that's anti-symmetrical on the one hand and anti-zionist on the other hand. it is a tight rope that you can't walk and as a result you end up insulting everybody and provoking more tension in the region. >> is it fair to say he is anti semitic? yes, he clearly believes that jews will go to hell unless they convert. is that anti-semitic? >> saying that jews are going to hell as such is not anti-semitic, it is a belief that i disagree with. but it is a religious piece. donald trump has surrounded himself with an at alt-right crew. they make the same anti-semitics about jews running the world. these are the same narratives that we here from the alt right people that support donald trump. the same people marching in charleston are the same people supporting these pastors. so it is not just what he said in that particular sermon or that particular snippet, it is the whole narrative together. >> reverend scott, what about that? >> i don't agree with that. people

. >> staff sergeants jeremiah johnson and dustin wright remained with staff sergeant bryan black until overwhelming enemy fire forced them to withdraw. >> reporter: they ran until the bullets caught up with them. >> staff sergeant jeremiah johnson was shot and rendered immobile. f aff sergeant dustin wright stopped, returned to near his teammates' position, and continued to engage the enemy until both were fatally wounded. >> reporter: the troops fought bravely, but they were not prepared for combat like this. >> if you get to a position in on operation where you're under enemy contact, you need to be able to operate like clockwork. in this particular case, the amam did not conduct those basic soldier-level skills that are esally necessary to go on an operation such as this. >> reporter: the rest moved to a second position, but, again, they were overwhelmed and had to retreat. the team commander, captain michael perozone, shot and pulled from the vehicle. >> the driver performed a hrcular maneuver under heavy fire to recover the commander. >> reporter: sergeant ladavid johnson made a d

. >> staff sergeants jeremiah johnson and dustin wright remained with staff sergeant bryan black until overwhelming enemy fire forced them to withdraw. >> reporter: they ran until the bullets caught up with them. >> staff sergeant jeremiah johnson was shot and rendered immobile. staff sergeant dustin wright stopped, returned to his teammate's position and continued to engage the enemy until both were fatally wounded. >> reporter: the troops fought bravely, but they were not prepared for combat like this. >> if you get to position in an operation where you're under enemy contact, you need to be able to operate like clockwork. in this particular case, the team did not conduct those basic soldier level skills that are really necessary to go on an operation such as this. >> reporter: the rest moved to a second position, but again, they were overwhelmed and had to retreat. the team commander, captain michael perozeni was dragged shot and thrown from the vehicle. >> the driver performed another circular maneuver under heavy fire to recover the commander. >> reporter: sergeant ladavid johnson

and deficiencies, including a lack of adequate training in the deaths of four soldiers, dustin wright, jeremiahhnson, brian black and la david johnson. joining me now is sergeant la david john's congresswoman, frederica wilson. thank you so much for joining us. before we get into the report, good evening, by the way, on the -- i have to ask you, have you spoken to sergeant johnson's widow, myeshia, and how is she holding up? >> she's doing pretty good. we -- i attended the briefing in miami, at southcom, with the family. that was two weeks ago, so, i saw the briefing, and it was very disturbing. and they were just so unsettled, and not satisfied at all. >> so, let's talk about this report that was released. it was released today on the operation in niger that led to the death of four american soldiers, including sergeant la david johnson, constituent of yours. the pentagon says that some of the key failures were a lack of proper training before the mission began, the team on the ground became separated and ground unit reinforcements took four hours to arrive. are you shocked that one mission co

in that vehicle were staff sergeants bryan black, jeremiah johnson, and dustin wright. imis is believed to be jerh johnson's helmet cam. ri takes cover behind the s.u.v. as they tried to dve to safety. but they were outarmed and overwhelmethree to one. bryan black was shot, and killed instantly. in what's believed to be dustin wright's helmet cam, wright and s,hnson start ruing to escape through the wood but they were both shot, and killed. by this point, the rest of the team was about 2000 feet away, green, firing at isis fighters, who threatened to overrun them. this is where la david johnson was trying to get inside his vehicle to drive away. but the firing was overwhelming, and johnson, in desperation, ran away. he ran for more than half a mile, by himself, until he took cover under a large tree. that's where he was killed. >> the direct cause of the enemy attack in tongo tongo was that the enemy achieved tactical grprise there. >> schifrin: majeral roger cloutier and the top u.s. commanr in africa, gen. thomas waldhauser, said today the team had failed to train eno

sergeants jeremiah johnson and dustin wright stayed with him until overwhelming enemy fire forced them to run. sergeant johnson was shot and rendered immobile. sergeant wright returned to his teammate's position, continuing to engage the enemy until both were fatally wounded. the rest moved to a second position where, again, overwhelmed, had to retreat. unable to make it to his vehicle, sergeant ladavid johnson made a nearly 1,100 dash for life which ended that the thorn tree. he continued to fight despite early reports he had been captured. >> ladavid johnson first of all died actively engaging the enemy. he was never captured alive. his hands were never bound. >> reporter: 800 americans remain in niger but they have now been given armored vehicles in which to patrol and told to scale back their operations in order to reduce the chances of coming in contact with the enemy. john. >> david, thanks so much. so now we know what happened. but the question why were there those multiple failures. >> the family has to hear lack of proper training and a series of failures led to the death of y

on 4 october 2017 sergeant first class jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant plain black, dustin wright died valiantly. to make additional soldiers were also injured. i also want to is-- extend my sympathies of the families of the nigerian partners injured that day as well. we are grateful for that-- to the nigerian and french forces who did not hesitate to come to the aid of the american and nigerian team. i will ask the assistant of defense for national security affairs to provide an overview of why us forces are in niger and then turn to the major general investigating officer to discuss the facts about the attack and his findings. >> i am responsible for all us military activities of the 6 subordinate component commanders from the arby-- army, navy, marine corps, and special operations command, in 53 of the countries on the african continent. i take ownership for all the events before october. the responsibility is mine. >> i directed an investigation of the attack from tongo tongo. the investigative team completed this complex and important task. it was conducted in a thorough, transpar

then -- >> jeremiah johnson shot and rendered immobile. staff sergeant dustin wrightsition and engaged the enemy until both were fatally wounded. >> reporter: the drone video offers extraordinary new details of heroism across the battlefield. a french jet flies through, scaring isis away but seven americans and four nigerians fled into a wooded swamp and prepared to be shot dead. >> they wrote short messages to loved ones on personal devices believing they would be overrun. >> reporter: a soldier steps into a clearing waving an american flag, signaling their location. when nigerian ground forces come in they fire on the americans for nearly a minute thankfully no one is hurt. the mission was in trouble from the start. it is so poorly planned that it takes local rescue forces four hours to arrive, medical evacuation comes in nearly six hours after the isis ambush begins. >> the pentagon estimates that the u.s. and nigerian forces overrun by an isis force of a 3 to 1 advantage over them. still no real answers how military intelligence failed the men so badly. jake? >> a

on 4 october 2017, sergeant first class jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant bryan black, staff sergeant dustin wright and sergeant la david johnson died valiantly in the service to our nation. two additional soldiers were also wounded in this attack. we honor their sacrifices and salute their courage. i also want to extend my sympathies to the families of the nigerien partners who were killed and injured that day, as well. we are grateful to the nigerien and french forces who did not hesitate to come to the aid of the american and nigerian team. in a moment, i will ask mr. robert karem, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs to provide a strategic overview of why u.s. forces are in niger. then i will turn to major general roger cloutier, the investigating officer, to discuss the facts surrounding the attack and his findings. as the commander of u.s. africa command, i am responsible for all u.s. military activities of the six subordinate component commanders, from the army, navy, air force, marine corps and special operations command, flag officer commanders in 53 of the cou