they begin back to niamey, niger's capital. but they meet with an elder in to tongo tongo.g was off. >> he was definitely stalling. >> it has an inherently high level of risk moving through the hostile areas. >> the troops leave the village but only make it a short way before they encounter an attack of overwhelming force. at least 50 fighters thought to be part of isis in the greater sahara soeopening fire. the survivor remembers the fight sergeant la david johnson put up. >> he grabbed a sniper rival and he was shooting toward the line. >> it was more than an hour before they called for air support. >> about two hours after the initial contact was made they arrived overhead. >> they could have been in contact where it was not possible to stop and make a call. they may have felt they had the situation under control and didn't need back-up. >> as night falls, they activate two of the soldiers bust la david johnson is still missing. >> why did it take time to recover la david johnson? >> also killed in that ambush, dustin wright who was planning a future with his girlfriend

the following morning, october 4th, the troops begin their return to niamey. attack by about 50 is—affiliated fightersf fourth 0ctober morning troops start return to base come under attack by 50 is—linked one hour later, the soldiers requested back—up. within minutes, a drone arrives — providing live video of the fighting. one hour after attack starts... it became evident, one soldier was missing. two days later, sergeant johnson's body was found and handed over to the us military. let's hear again from steve russell, the republican had a long career in the us army himself and is currently head of the house armed services committee. what are the questions you would like answered by this investigation? first, i think we have to look at what was the nature of what we were doing in niger. i think many people in the united states and it is probably true in great britain and oui’ probably true in great britain and our other allies, we have had troops there a long time. many americans, some members of congress seem to be shocked we have operations in these countries

an attack by suspected isolated fighters that happened two hundred kilometers north of the capital niamey u.s. and. leaving a meeting with tribal elders when they were fired on. campaigning ends on sunday ahead of elections in liberia to find a successor to president ellen johnson sirleaf and prize winner who's standing down after two terms the elections on tuesday will be the third since. there are twenty candidates including vice president. johnson sirleaf was africa's first female president when elected in two thousand and five but the dress reports from her critics say liberia is ready for change forms have become to. mount coffee hydroelectricity project it's already generating twenty two megawatts of electricity to the power grid. one of liberia's infrastructure success stories. the challenge now is to improve the distribution system to get the electricity to consumers. johnson is forced to use generators. to power his two food processing factories it would be a lot better because one electricity because a lot cheaper but also in terms of labor costs like the liberal liberal it's mo

killed in that attack by suspected fight as it happened two hundred kilometers north of the capital niamey united nations is worried that growing violence the democratic republic of congo is making the region's refugee crisis worse the d.s.e. is already host to more than four hundred seventy thousand refugees including hundreds of thousands who fled fighting in burundi in the past two years but even more people have fled the city to take refuge in neighboring countries about four hundred ninety thousand lived the most recent outbreak of violence has driven more than three thousand over the border into zambia from a harem of thomson i reports. doesn't know if his wife is dead or alive he was separated when they village was attacked in the democratic republic of congo and security forces were fighting against militia groups in the area in the chaos he grabbed his children and ran it took them weeks to walk to the zambian border agent he says traumatized his children. but people are dying their hands in his cut off with machetes pregnant women had the unborn babies. i said if we stay you know

attack by suspected i so linked fighters it happened two hundred kilometers north of the capital niamey. a gun show that was shadowed for this weekend at the las vegas casino has been counseled the organizers say it didn't seem prudent in light of sunday's mass shooting which left fifty eight people dead gun homicides have become a common cause of death in the u.s. but the federal government still does not fund research into gun control jake award reports a few facts are clear the u.s. leads the world in gun violence it has the most relaxed gun laws of any developed economy and americans own more guns than anyone else but there's almost no good data on gun violence in the u.s. because the government does not fund gun research here since one thousand nine hundred ninety six congress has forbidden the centers for disease control which tracks all threats to human health from pursuing any research that might advocate for gun control essentially killing the study of gun violence but researchers have found new methods of measuring the effects of so many guns siddarth size part of a stanford r

the officials said the two wounded were taken to niamey, the capital, and are in stable condition. the officials were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity. this is one of many ongoing efforts in north africa as they battle terrorist groups. >>> coldplay performed for a packed house at levi stadium and went past the curfew. the management of the stadium wants that curfew extended.>> reporter: this is an ongoing debate. right now i am in front of levi stadium. coldplay performed last night. they took the stage after 9:00 and wrapped up at 11:00. the management company has been asking santa clara council to make an adjustment to the curfew rule, extending it up to 11:00 instead of 10. they have asked the city leaders to extend that at least four times this year. but that is been rejected. a city council member is here. have residents already complained about the show from last night? >> yes. there were text messages and messages on next-door. people complaining about the traffic and the noise. people could hear the concert through their wi

suspected fighters linked to eisele the attack happens two hundred kilometers north of the capital niamey u.s. and niger forces were leaving a meeting with tribal elders when they were fired upon. more than three million mexicans have been affected by last month's earthquake which hit the impoverished south southern states or scott and shop us thousands of people whose houses were destroyed are still waiting for government assistance john heilemann has been to shop us i sent this report. natalie's been homeless for a month now that's more than half her life the seven september earthquake in south mexico destroyed more than one hundred houses in her village including her family's since then her mother data has been waiting for government help to rebuild that even though they haven't given us a specific time some say in a bit of this in december we have no certainty especially because officials have told us we're not on the list to get help. thank you government list of destroyed houses is everything here authorities have spent a month throwing it up and placed around six and a half thousan

northern african nation following an ambush by suspected al qaeda militants operating out of nearby niameys say the american soldiers were taking part in a routine training mission with the nigerien soldiers. there was a low risk of hostile activity in the area. the pentagon is investigating this incident also re-examining the protocol for such missions. >>> today vice president mike pence will visit the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico in the wake of hurricanes irma and maria. he visited florida yesterday where he praised efforts and promised that the u.s. would do all it could to help puerto rico. >> as we speak, our administration's continuing to work tirelessly to clear every road, reach every community and bring aid to every puerto rican in need, and we will not stop until the job is done. >> at the orlando international airport pence toured a disaster relief center and met with some puerto ricans who just arrived earlier in the day. one woman had this message for the vice president. >> don't go to san juan. go inside the country like where i live. i know the president went, but he