andrea canning: assistant district attorney, john johnson, was assigned the case.believed it was a kidnapping gone wrong, but needed help proving it in court. he turned to lewis' wife, crystal lowery. john johnson: i thought from the very beginning that we would need to flip crystal, and it would be important for the case for her to testify. andrea canning: he made a deal with crystal. she agreed to testify against her husband and plead guilty to murder and kidnapping in exchange for a reduced sentence of 30 years. it's good for the jury to be able to hear, you know, the back story of what went on and the why of what went on. andrea canning: aaron lewis went on trial. the prosecution's star witness, crystal lowery, took the stand and told the jury all the grisly details. she claimed it was all about money, not sex. john johnson: she said, he came up with the idea of kidnapping someone, but she went so far as to suggest real estate agents. andrea canning: she testified that she was in class at nursing school when lewis abducted beverly. she got a text from aaron lew

just in the week and a half leading up to the latest quarter though, john & johnson two upgrades then last wednesday, jeffries upgraded to buy for the same reason it turns out the bulls were right all along. j & j delivered a 10 cent earnings, up 10% year over year. that is more than almost every other drug company i follow, these people were saying it's not going to make the number the bears will worry about that pharma side but the bulls was positive about the building but no one was as positive as what numbers were put out like trimphilia for plaque sclerosis. value that for blood clots these are all on fire. something jeffries pointed out last week. that's how the drug grows despite about up now the comparisons get a lot easier a lot of people worry about competition from what's known as bio semiers. despite the generic of these bio rem case only witched to 1%. meanwhile, while the medical device were less exciting they still improved consumer business all in all including international. both represent a meaningful -- show about the deal they did with the i tell yan. this company'

joining us now for discussion are john johnson, senior portfolio manager and joumanna bercetche. joumanna, taylor is widely seen as more hawkish what do you think will change at the fed >> look at the two contenders, jerome powell on one side and taylor on the other. john taylor is perceived to be more of a hawkish addition to the committee, he's renowned for his taylor based model of assessing where the right interest rates should be for the economy. that's a scribeprescribed appro, looking at employment, inflation that would suggest now a much higher rate than the current prevailing rate. he has said in the past that it is closer to 4%. the fed has it at 2.75 john taylor, yes, he makes sense in that he's an economist, he has some experience at dealing with the treasury on an advisory capacity but then he is also a lot more hawkish. whether or not trump wants to go with someone this aggressive on monetary policy is up for debate powell is an existing member of the fed, he has been quite dovish. >> he has said the fed needs to think about the hiking path before going forward agai

back in the middle, lieutenant john johnson and his crew all the way from gig harbor washington. >> the fiber this the fires backing down the hill. >> reporter: together they stormed through trees and brush, clear debris can't be done flames that seem to spring up in all directions, all where the -- while the air cavalry pounded away from the skies above. >> we have the aircrews above us. when they are above us the fire threat is getting close. >> the helicopter attack for this is about as relentless as the fire itself. it's pulled out of this pond, water, sometimes by two helicopters. it's very precise coordination with all the men and women who are fighting the fire back on the hillside. >> that's the way it has to be. air resources can hurt us, everyone has to know what's going on and what the other crews are doing. >> reporter: this is just one of the fires unfolding across the region today. one of the ad hoc teams of firefighters assembled from across the western u.s. and around the world. just one small piece of a catastrophe that refuses to burn itself out. >> where you from? >>

this is john mccormack, great follow harry truman. notice a familiar face, lyndon johnson, the new majority whip in the senate. now 1952, the end of the story here, this is basically -- john mccormack's least favorite member of the house was jack kennedy. mccormack held jack kennedy in a remark called minimal high regard but talked to bob hilyer of the globe and he said john mccormack had no respect for jack but but was scared of joe kennedy. he was going to help jack become u.s. senator by diffusing the question busy joe kennedy's antisim tim and he tell as are so how jack saved an appropriations of israel which was not quite true but worked, and it got jack the votes in the ward, and basically helped hip get elected over henry cabot lodge, jr. so, november 22, 1963. jack kennedy declared dead at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time at age 46. 17 years later, november 22, 1980, john mark colonel macdies, same day, 2: 2:05:00 p.m. the speaker became next in line for the presidency of the out. thank you. [applause] >> okay. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>

we were as surprised as jay john -- johnson says it's below the fold and getting gail a lot of attentionn the podesta e-mails came out 30 minutes after ""access out 30 minutes after "access hollywood"" that was not processed as separate incidents. >> you thought this was a piece -- >> absolutely. >> will you sit right there? >> yes. >> we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪ ♪ you nervous? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hungry eyes ♪ one look at you and i can't disguise ♪ ♪ i've got hungry eyes ♪ applebee's 2 for $20. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. applebee's 2 for $20. ronoh really?g's going on at schwab. thank you clients? well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms... again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't have low cost and be full service. it's impossible. it's like having your cake and eating it too. ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs. how am i going to explain this? if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. schwab, a modern approach to wealth management. woman: so

let me offer my sympathy to the families of sergeants john john, johnson, wright, and black, they areportant 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 accused of listening in to the condolence call from president trump. she wasn't listening in. she was part of the family in the family car on the way to receive the body. that should be clear. the second thing is people need to understand what the command is all about. i understand it because i was in congress when we, the koplgzal black caucus and others, advocated for the establishment when charles taylor was brutalizing and killing his citizens in liberia. sit a very important command and should not have been made light of stphrfplt did you know there were 1,000 u.s. troops in niger? >> i didn't know the specifics but i knew since congresswoman wilson and myself were the first delegation to go into n

johns johnson in the first instance and you can understand how he might have said the words that might have been reported and she might have interpreted them completely differently than he meant them. let's just stipulate that. but now we know how she interpreted them, this 24-year-old widow, whose husband, a green beret, had just died in the service of his country under circumstances she still doesn't know and we still don't know. you would think that the president would cut her some slack. you would think that the president would say, you know, if my words in some way were received in ways i didn't mean them, i'm so sorry, i, you know, i and the whole country grieve for you and with you. wouldn't that be the right thing to do? but that's not donald trump. for donald trump, it's always about him and he's never wrong and he can't admit mistakes, even if this case when it is so clearly the right thing to do. and i think it hurts him and obviously hurt her, but it hurts him as well. it diminishes him. it diminishes the office of the presidency. i think most people in the country would ha

>> did bill ackman kill the company by attempting to completely make it over head to foot with john johnson a few years back and having a few resources ultimately lit on fire, or was this going to happen anyway an they should have taken that big bold shot because the end result of doing nothing would have put us in pretty much the same place what's your take >> i think that's a good question i think those guys definitely saw that there was structural pressures in the business, and they were certainly taking a swing for the fences and they maybe took too hard of a swing they didn't test a lot of strategies that they were put into place they had to take on some debt. when things didn't start to work out as they had planned, and it certainly, as we havelearned now today. we see that they basically have fired a customer, and they have had a very difficult time getting that customer back into the store as they continue to struggle with traffic pressures. so it certainly seems like they took a shot, it didn't work, and it put us in this unfavorable position that we're in today and, of course, the

peaceful handover of power in that west african country in about seven decades president ellen john lee johnson sirleaf is stepping down after twelve years in office final results of the first round are due in two weeks time. frankfurt book fair the biggest in the world is kicked off today in the german financial capital ahead of the grand opening french president a manual markov got a private tour with german chancellor angela merkel france's the fair's featured country this year. the hollywood producer harvey weinstein is facing new accusations of sexual harassment and assault the new yorker magazine is reporting that thirteen women have now leveled such claims against him including three who told the publication that he raped them a spokesman for weinstein has denied the allegations. least seventeen people are now confirmed dead dozens more are missing as wildfires to continue to sweep through california the blazes have destroyed more than two thousand homes and businesses and hundreds of additional firefighters have been sent in from other states to battle the inferno which continued to mov

and general kelly did not dispute sergeant johnson's mother's statement, the president did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband. john kelly did not dispute one word of that and nowhere in his 12 minutes of speaking today did he apologize to sergeant johnson's family for any misunderstanding that might have occurred in that phone call. but he took time, a lot of extra time, to call a black woman who he doesn't know and he doesn't like an empty barrel. and john kelly said this about the most dishonorable and cowardly president in history. >> i think he very bravely does make those calls. >> we'll be right back. whoa. this looks worse than i thought. mike and jen doyle? yeah. time for medicare, huh. i have no idea how we're going to get through this. follow me. choosing a plan can be super-complicated. but it doesn't have to be. unitedhealthcare can guide you through the confusion, with helpful people, tools and plans. including the only plans with the aarp name. well that wasn't so bad at all. that's how we like it. aarp medicare plans, from unitedhealthcare. >>> when i took this job, and talked to president trump abo

and general kelly did not dispute sergeant johnson's mother's statement, the president did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband. john kelly did not dispute one word of that and nowhere in his 12 minutes of speaking today did he apologize to sergeant johnson's family for any misunderstanding that might have occurred in that phone call. but he took time, a lot of extra time, to call a black woman who he doesn't know and he doesn't like an empty barrel. and john kelly said this about the most dishonorable and cowardly president in history. >> i think he very bravely does make those calls. >> we'll be right back. america's beverage companies have come together to bring you more ways to help reduce calories from sugar. with more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all, smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and signs reminding everyone to think balance before choosing their beverages. we know you care about reducing the sugar in your family's diet, and we're working to support your efforts. more beverage choices. smaller portions. less sugar. balanceus.org. i enjoy the fresher things in life.o. f

six years later his brother john johnson set it to music. here to sing it now is the college choir. combination of two organizations which played key roles 60 years ago. the song has become synonymous with the naacp before the school year, both the naacp and philanda smith college provided support for the little rock nine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> as we bring the program to a close, let me extend my appreciation to city manager bruce t. moore who chaired the steering committee for the commemoration. as if supervising 2,500 city employees was not enough, he took on the role of leading this planning effort which took well over a year, over a year. his leadership and vision have been invaluable. one of the lasting leg sifz tac the little rock nine is his son who celebrates his 11th birthday today i wish to acknowledge the leadership and participation of little rock school district superintendent michael poor. little rock convention and visitors bureau ceo gretchen hall. as well as robin white and superintendent robert, robin white of the little rock central high school historic site. >> over 60

six years later, his brother john johnson set it to music.e to sing it now is the philander smith college choir. songg this choir sing this is a combination of two organizations which played a key role 60 years ago. the song has become synonymous with the naacp. before, during, and after the 1957 school year, both the naacp and the college provided a variety of types of support for the little rock nine. ♪ earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won >> ♪ stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path throu

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johnson? >> no but several in the room from the administration were on the call including chief of staff general john keller. >> and johnson's mother too heard that phone call and confirmed wilson saying president trump did disrespect my family. this started with past claims president trump had with president obama calling fallen soldiers in the past. >> if you look at past presidents a lost them didn't make calls, i like to call when i think is appropriate when i'm able to do it. >> i have called i believe everybody but certainly will ups the word virtually everybody. >> there have been family that's have come forward to the associated press who say they have not heard from this white house in any capacity. >> all of the individuals the president has been presented with through the proper protocol have been contacted through that process. >> today while one leading republican insifltsted that the president cares about the families also said this. >> it's not about how obama did it versus how it's about how we all should do it, we should all say to every family member of the fallen, you're in our pra

dare el in i think about katherine johnson a mathematician helped john glenn get around the planet so we've been hidden figures for quite a while and i got this book out there to get more kids especially from different zip codes, and to know that you can play in the nfl. you can be an astronaut, and you can be an educator you can do anything if you have people that have your back, and if you believe in yourself and you work with hard. >> i want to show a photo from the book to our viewers what is this a photo of? >> that is a photo of dr. bobby thatcher a ph.d. in chemical engineer as well as a medical doctor and first time that two african-american men went space at the same time tom called us -- but is it that one picture and that that u interview will listen to by a million people and kids come up to me and tell me they heard that interview and they want to be astronauts they wanted to be ball players and a nothing wrong with being a ball player i was a ball player but key is that you can do so much more than this one thing. this photo where were you? >> undocked from international

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>> john mccain, the johnson family. president trump is behind it. he is the man tweeting these things. john kelly said, you know, i'm going to be in charge of the information that's presented to him. no one can stop him from communicating the way he believes best, even in a situation like this. >> yeah. >> where the vast majority of americans disagree with engaging in a debate like this, effectively antagonizing a grieving widow. as one adviser to the president told me, not specific to this example, but this is a guy who likes the fight. when he tastes blood, he fights back. even in this case, he wasn't willing to let it go. >> hans, we heard mrs. johnson say she wanted answers, to know what was going on. it's not only the families of the soldiers killed in niger who want answers. we've heard from members of congress. mccain, graham, schumer. what do we know of how the american soldiers got killed? >> we don't have a complete understanding of it, ali. insi inside the pentagon, they're trying to gather all the facts. we hear over and over that they wa

johnson? >> no, but there were several people in the room from the administration that were on the call, including the chief of staff, general john kelly. >> reporter: but sergeant johnson's mother said she, too, heard that phone call, and she confirmed wilson's account to "the washington post," saying "president trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband." president trump started the firestorm himself with the false claim that past presidents, including president obama, did not personally call the grieving families of fallen soldiers. >> the traditional way, if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. a lot of them didn't make calls. i like to call when it's appropriate, when i think i'm able to do it. >> reporter: he said he's called nearly every family. >> i have called, i believe everybody, but certainly i'll use the word virtually everybody. >> reporter: there have been families that have since come forward to the associated press, their names are in these reports who say they have not heard from the white house in any capacity. >> all of the individuals th

bring together these two very traumatic things-- and dramatic things which is john glenn's orbital life in kathryn johnson doing the calculationon and the end of the segregation they were conflated in terms of timelineskn. >> was there ever a moment when they had to break that to you? >> i have to say i know a lot of people who have written books and had them made into movies and they have different opinions. i had a very positive experience with thisis and the producer in particular, donna gelati , who is the producer really me in the loopo. every once in a while like 3:00 a.m. and i would be up working to try to finishy this to turn it in and then the script would pop upnd. like the latest version of the script and so they really did an amazing job, i think, of keeping me in the loop of honoring my suggestions, really listening to me and doing all they could to understand and preserve that authenticity of the story, which i was happy with. >> so, the movie comes out and it's very successful. i think it was the highest grossing movie amongst all the movies that were nominated for best picture the year it

john. the only focus today should be on the johnson family and the respect that we all as a country should be paying for all of the families of all americans. and who cares what party they're in. who cares whether they're republican or democrat. these are heroes and american families deserve to be able to grieve just on a human decency level. i agree with john. i think this is just a really -- the whole entire situation has just gone way out of control. >> jonathan, wasn't general kelly supposed to keep president trump in check and take the high road for him? so how did these attacks against congresswoman wilson play into senator corker's adult day care center comments? >> certainly this was a week where general kelly ended up being front and center, chose to go out to the podium in the white house briefing room, said things that were not accurate about a member of congress. i think obviously he's somebody who has suffered a great tragedy himself in losing his son and probably -- surely, clearly feels very strongly about that at all times. but he obviously didn't want to be the beginning o

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when johnson got command, he wrote to the quartermaster support, and all john c breckenridge could do was offer a verbal shrug and right that he should make the best of ite that he should make the best of it. lee said that johnstons try to live off the land, as sherman's men did. that only added to the hardship of north carolina, because now that it not only have to fear a yankee calvary and the bombers, but the confederate calorie as well -- calvary as well. the horsemen were just as likely to strip them of their last chicken or pig is the blue coats. command todered his concentrate on fayetteville, north carolina, moving their march 4. was that sherman was advancing so swiftly that the federal army would get to fayetteville before the southern troops could get there. he shifted the rendezvous site 60 miles further to raleigh. he was acutely aware of how this will look in richmond. his first order as new command was to retreat 60 miles. but there was nothing for it. to the logistical problem he inherited, johnston had to deal with all the personal baggage -- and there is a lot of it

johnson. abc7 news. >>> john mccain taking a jab at president trump criticized wealthy americans for avoidingppeared on "the view" saying not necessarily speaking of trump. >> reporter: senator john mccain, vietnam war veteran, captured and tortured as prisoner of war for more than five years, issuing of donald trump. >> i would never ever countenance, we drafted the lowest income level of america and highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. if we're going to ask every american to serve, every american should serve. >> people thought you were talking about mr. trump because he had a doctor's note that said he had bone spurs. >> more than once yeah. >> chronic bone spurs. >> do you consider him a draft dodger? >> not so much a draft dodger as i feel that the system was so wrong that certain americans could evade responsibilities to serve the country. >> reporter: escalating war of words. >> he's a warrior because he was captured. >> despite mccain consistently voting with the trump white house, they've differed. cast the deciding vo

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but in order to bring together these two very traumatic things, which is john glenn's orbital flight and catherine johnson doing the calculations and the end of segregation, they were you know, conflated in terms of timelines. >> was there a mom or dad to break that outo you? >> i had to say i know that people have written books and made them into movies and different opinions.at a very positive experience with this. and the producer really kept me in the loop. every once in a while it would be like 3 o'clock in the morning and i'll be up working to try and finish this draft so i can turn ipit in. then the script would pop up. you know? like latest version of the script. and so, they really did an amazing job i think of keeping me in the loop of honoring my suggestions. you know, really listening to me. and doing all they could to understand and preserve the authenticity of the story. which i was very happy with. >> right. so the movie comes out and it is very successful. i think it was the highest grossing movie amongst all of the movies that were nominated for best picture of the year it came out. your

behind the scenes about the kind of pressure that john kelly is under at this point especially now considering that we do have the widow of sergeant johnson backing up the congresswoman's account instead of john kelly? >> there's a lot of pressure on general kelly, but there's a lot he can also seems to not be able to control. the president continues to speak out on his own via twitter and the white house my sources tell me is a bit uneasy privately how they got ahead of this story that having general kelly out there to share his point of view was power in its own way but he spoke before the widow spoke and now her story of course, has real resonance in this national discussion. >> is there any indication we'll hear more from general kelly or it sounds like maybe he should stay behind the cameras for now? >> well, if he steps up to the lectern again in the briefing room, he'll have questions not only about the widow's comments and what she's been through and her version of events but also what he said about democratic congresswoman frederica wilson. there's been some fact checking on those remarks by the general and whether they were accu

john kennedy said his decisions were largely political in keeping an american adviser there. lyndon johnson said the same thing. uppedd nixon callously the ante on the war. there were a lot of lives. writingy mcnamara and memos saying we could not win this war. many thousands of men died in that conflict when they should not have. we did not learn from the french, from past mistakes, so i think it is legitimate to have this brilliant film as part of the discussion. host: our guest is cal thomas. let's get to your phone calls. new hampshire, republican line. the morning, scott. caller: i would like to say at least half the country are so sick and tired of identity and racial politics. it is already destroyed the democratic party. they have lost majority governorships. the only power they have is in the media. guest: it is true. there is a wonderful piece in the outlook section of the washington post of an et acan-american men who m member of the ku klux klan of all things and left when he showed him his membership card. this guy was a terrific piano player. the white guy had never heard a bl

and john kelly was outraged that johnson was even listening, even though she knew johnson and his family personally. >> meanwhile, steve bannon has delivered a blistering attack on former president george w. bush and whether or not he fully even grasped the nature of the speech he gave on trump nationalism earlier this week. trump saying he was surprised that his chief of staff john kelly was offended after a fellow lawmaker criticized his phone call to a gold star family. we're joined by jeremy diamond. >> that's right, the president explaining he was very surprised to hear congresswoman wilson's account of the phone call he had with the widow of sergeant la david johnson. the president for the first time talking about his chief of staff and his reaction to that phone call. >> he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call, so were other people. and the call was a very nice call. he was so offended that somebody would be listening to that call. he was -- he actually couldn't believe it. actually, he said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. this is really not -- any m

john f. kennedy, eisenhower, linden b. johnsonade decisions to put the civil rights forward because they were afraid of how it was playing in the geopolitical space. >> why do you think they do this? what's their goal? >> first, julia has written a very interesting piece of what the rugs are up to here. russian operations are carried typically by their intelligence services, often have a number of different goals. in the most recent iteration we saw the russians try to influence our election so trump would win and less of a chance clinton would win. they're very good at identifying hot button social issues that they know will divide the west and in this case the united states the more dwieed we are whether it's along racial lines, immigration, religion, the less we can focus on what russia is up to. very important to vladimir putin who rons an autocratic form of government that is antithetical to democracy. he doesn't want us to focus on what he's doing in ukraine. one thing that concerns me is the escalation we have now. it's one

johnson's remains were found nearly a mile from the ambush. b barbara star joins us with more. what are you learning? >> they are putting the pieces together, johnat multiple sources are telling us from the administration is the pentagon now calculates that la davis johnson was found up to a mile away from the central part of the ambush. now, they're trying to figure out how did he get there, who saw him last, where did he see them, how did he become separated from the members of his other unit. a key piece of information will be what other members of team will be able to tell military investigators about the ambush and how it all unfolded, a top general now in charge of that investigation. >> officials previously told cnn that the french air support was not authorized to fire or drop bombs during this fire fight, now you're learning this is not the case? >> right. with new reports additional information comes in and people clarify things. officials telling us the french did have authority to fire their weapons but the jets that came in, they fly high and move fast and the pilots were not able to discern the difference on the ground where the u.

both wilson and johnson claim he made insensitive comments. john kelly yesterday came to the white house briefing room to defend the president's phone call. >> if you elect to call a family like this the most difficult thing you can imagine. there's no perfect way to make that phone call. >> reporter: after a day of extensively speaking to the press. wilson said she'll be silent. a spokesperson said it shouldn't be about her and honoring sergeant johnson. he and three other servicemen were killed in niger. >> pennsylvania supreme court has disbarred former philadelphia district attorney seth williams who pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge in june and resign as da. he is scheduled to be sentenced on tuesday and faces up to five years in prison. >> time to david david murphy,y potter" reeked, they must have put a spell on this weekend. nay sayers like me, we've got dry conditions on storm tracker 6 live double scan. as we take a look outside, clear skies and lots of sunshine coming up over city hall and elsewhere around the region and late

johnson was asked if she had anything to say to the president. >> no. i don't have nothing to say to him. >> reporter: arizona senator john mccain, a former prisoner of war in vietnam, joined other republicans in urging the president to end the dispute with the johnson family. >> we should not be fighting about a brave american who lost his life serving his country. that should not be the topic of discussion in america today. >> reporter: in a different interview, mccain indirectly criticized the five vietnam war deferments mr. trump received, the last in 1968 for bone spurs. mccain said during vietnam the poor were drafted in droves while the rich could buy their way out of combat with with concocted diagnoses. >> mason: major garrett at the white house. thanks, major. army sergeant bowe bergdahl's sentencing trial got under way at fort bragg, north carolina. bergdahl was held by the taliban for five years. last week he pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, which could put him behind bars for life. bergdahl's lawyer claim the case should be dismissed because comments by the president made it impos

johnson's widow. his chief of staff john kelly says he was stunned to learn democratic congresswoman frederica wilson was listening in on the president's conversation. today the president says kelly had every right to be outraged. >> he was so offended that a woman would be -- that somebody would be listening to that call. he couldn't believe it. actually he said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. this is really not. you know what, look, i've called many people and i would think that every one of them appreciated it. >> mary bruce with us live from the white house. mary, one other development involving that call. the president speaking about, the white house chief of staff john kelly who lashed out 24 hours ago at congresswoman frederica wilson. who heard that call from the president to the family of sergeant la david johnson. general kelly took aim at a speech she gave back in 2015. kelly said the congresswoman bragged about securing funding for the building. today we learn from the video that emerged of the speech. the congresswoman did not do that. she talked about helping get the building named

wilson fabricated the story and never said that but even sergeant johnson's family is corroborating the account of the call. >>> general john kelly offered a defense of the wake of the converse in the calls to the family -- lets take a look at the accuweather forecast. we'll have more on that in a moment. outside to melissa magee, right in our sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline, a nice way for your friday and to end the work week. melissa magee is outside with a closer look at the forecast. the weekend is looking great as well. >> temperatures are nice and comfortable and a bright blue sky overhead and not a cloud in the sky, and check out the numbers in the delaware and lehigh valleys and 70 in philadelphia and 69 in lancaster and reading and 61. and coast in cape may 68 and beach haven 69. and dover lower 70s. look at satellite 6 along with action radar a mostly clear sky and dry from new england. across the mid atlanticic region the north-northwesterly wind is drying out the atmosphere and because of that it's suppressing the cloud cover today. we have a high fire danger breezy and low humidity and dry forest a

johnson family. and then during that briefing john kelly delivered a sooerg criticism of this congresswoman saying she was selfish and publicity seeking and recalled an event from 2015 at the dedication of an fbi building in miami when he said that she was trying to take the political credit for getting the funding for that building. congresswoman wilson put out a statement last night saying she wasn't going to comment any further on this issue, she was going to let the focus be on this grieving family here but she was on cnn this morning disputing what john kelly had said about her regarding the fbi incident, but what's clear here, kate, the tragedy of the four soldiers who lost their lives is being completely overshadowed by this fight between the white house and this congresswoman. >> and it is everyone's job to try to make that not happen, but it's hard to have those two things happening at the same time. thank you so much. we'll see what comes from the white house, if anything more on this, today. i'm joined right now to discuss this as caitlin laid it out well, retired rear admiral john kirby sp

president trump could have call called sergeant johnson's wife and try to convey empathy, which is what johnoally just defineddefined right there and it is also true that the wife received it in a much different manner. she was at the airport when her husband's remains were being brought in. so i think both of those things could be true and it could have been a mixed message. >> jeffrey, i just want you to weigh in. how did you see it? >> well, i think it's also worth remembering what started this whole controversy. and as you were doing the introduction, i was like, what planet are we on? the controversy over the president's condolence calls. like what country has controversy over condolence calls? it's an example of what a surreal moment we are in. but remember what started this was when president trump had -- i'm sorry. president trump made false statements about president obama's practices with regard to gold star families. no one told donald trump to make these false statements. and you saw how obama's staff was enraged by this because this is something -- he took seriously as virtually

white house chief of staff, general john kell defense amid criticism for his contact with the family of fallen soldiers. sergeant la david johnsons killed along with three other soldiers in niger. reflecting on his own experience after his son was killed while serving in afghanistan-- general kelly told reporters that presidents don't always call families -- and that there's no perfect way to make that call. good morning washington. toss to eileen - sunny & warm through the weekend - orionid meteor shower peaks tonight - rain returns tuesday - another big temperature drop next week today: mostly sunny. cool start; warm afternoon. highs: 74-77 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: mainly clear and cool. lows: 43-53 winds: nw 5 to calm saturday: mostly sunny. warm. highs: 76-78 winds: se 5-10 mph developing right now in maryland... a girl scout leader is behind bars this morning and facing child pornography charges. police tell us he mizrahi's" home in ellicott city early thursday morning. there's no indication any of the images found involve children enrolled in the girl scouts. however-- he is now banned from his troop. the scouts release