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 countries on the african continent. accordingly, i take ownership for all the events connected to the ambush of 4 october. again, the responsibility is mine. in my duties as the combatant commander, i directed major general cloutier to conduct a thorough investigation of the attack near tongo tongo. and over several months, from october, 2017, to the end of january in 2018, the investigative team completed this complex and important task. i ensured it was conducted in a thorough, transparent and professional manner. our commitment first and foremost, has been to provide a complete accounting to the fami

they get reported. >> what about in niger? >> the december take that happened was a result of a different type of operation by the lake shed basing with boko haram. in this particular occasion we were partnering with a force that was much larger, the battalion side. at that point in time, french aircraft, nigerian aircraft, artillery by partnered forces were all used. these groups, our partner forces are in areas that are dangerous but in that case you can see it's a different context in terms of boko haram, their activities and the force being partnered with. >> thank you. >> we are happy to take more questions. >> we have waited several months. can you just tell us, does the involvement in the mission and the role of the troops, did you find any impact that their involvement had on what they were doing? >> we will come back to you. >> thank you all very much. >> thank you general. >> the us commission on civil rights holds a briefing on how the federal government should respond to hate crimes. the commission will hear from l

. >> what happened to the four soldiers ambushed in niger? the pentagon is expected to release answers today. >>> and just this, three american citizens released from north korea. the president, first lady and secretary of state are all there at joint base andrews in maryland to welcome them home. more on that story after the break. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... on the trail... or to the beach. start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. cancel anytime, and your books are yours to keep forever. no matter where you go this summer make it better with audible. text summer5 to 500500 to start listening today

troops ambushed and killed in niger.port was released today, citing multiple failures but no direct blame. we're learning more about what happened to sergeant la david johnson. he was one of the soldiers killed and his remains were found later, farther away from those of his comrades. take a listen. >> he was never captured alive. his hands were never bound. his serviceable equipment was stripped and taken from him. but he was never in enemy hands alive. they did have access to his remains and to beok his equipme. that first mission was not properly characterized. it was focused on the isis g.s. sub commander. there were a series of contributing factors to what happened in tongo tongo. the direct cause of the enemy attack was the enemy achieved tactical surprise there. >> so just weeks after the october 2017 ambush in niger, cnn's arwa damon visited the site of the attack where four u.s. troops lost their lives. >> reporter: october 4th may have been america's first casualties in these lands, but not niger's. their patro

niger, let me start with you.l, notwithstanding comey and mueller and rosenstein in that construct cabal. let's put up on the screen the cnn poll because it's pretty impressive. 57% are optimistic about the direction of the country. that's an 11-year high. your reaction? >> that's tremendous. it's frankly a little short of a miracle considering how hostile the media almost universally -- i mean, even some of my friends at national review occasionally and the weekly standard consistently have been very hostile to this president. and when this uniform partisan attacks against him, the person people have apparently looked past the talking heads of the swamp and looked at this president's incredible accomplishments on the foreign policy arena. just this monday we're going to open up our embassies in sarus jerusalem. this president is following through on it. of course we have the prospect of a possible peace in the korean peninsula. we see the crushing of isis. and of course this is all within the foundation of an eco

video from the pentagon of the deadly ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger. it provides new insight to what we went wrong. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. one year ago today, robert mueller was appointed special counsel in the russia investigation. there are important issues marking the milestone. rudy giuliani said he did not indict a sitting president. rudy giuliani said all they can do is write a report. they acknowledge that to us after battling with us. it is a point giuliani reiterated on fox. >> we will see what legal rem y remedies are available to us. including if they subpoena us, challenge the subpoena. i don't think they agree to the process question. the same reason they cannot indict him, they cannot issue a subpoena to him. clinton opposed a subpoena and voluntarily complied. >> if mueller's team said if the president cannot be indicted, he is not necessarily in the clear. guidelines say a sitting president cannot be indicted. that has never been tested in court. not clear if mueller's team is p

american personnel were in niger for an accompanied mission. but sometime after these four heroes lost their lives, the administration said, well, no, they actually fought under the 2001 war authorization. that's the post-9/11 aumf. so four americans are dead and it turns out we've been fighting the war on terror in one country after another. there is seemingly no limits and we have a responsibility to do better. so this is a scandal screaming out for congressional oversight. not just in this case, but in so many of the far-flung places where our military is engaged overseas. we need to stay focused on fighting terrorist organizations . but the law says congress decides when and where we fight wars. and the administration appears to be losing track of what authorities -- of what authority it has and where it is using them. so i'm glad to join ranking member smith in offering this amendment that hopefully will shed light on our mission in the region. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from w

er have troubling new details tonight from the october ambush in niger.r american soldiers were killed by islamic militants. mvid martin reports tonight on new questions about their mission. >> reporter: cbs news has learned captain michael corozeni, commander of the ill- fated patrol, objected to a change in mission that sent his team looking for a wanted trrorist. we have also learned the team had been in niger for barely a month and had not done the traditional in-person turnover with the unit they were replacing, and had not conducted fffficient training with the nigerian soldiers they were operating with. that, according to a family sember of one of those killed, o wawas briefed on a seven-month investigation into the ambush. the family member said perozeni was ordered to proceed by colonel bradley moses, the anmmander of special forces in niger. but a second family member, the father of sergeant brian black, told national public radio, he doesn't blame anyone for the decisions that were made. >> reporter: the patrol had visited a village to meet wit

forces in niger. making sense of how populism is affecting economic policy, and much more. >> yang: now back to the israeli raids on iranian targets in syria. why did israel act and is the middle east on the verge of a wider war? david makovsky is a former a journali is now the director of the project on the teddle east peace process at the washington instior near east policy. he's in tel aviv tonight. and mark perry is a contributing editor to the "american conservative" magazine. he's the author of "talking to terrorists: why amerst engage with its enemies." gentlemen, thank you both for being here tonight. mark, let me start with you. we heard ithe taped piece just before this, the israelis were presenting this as a defensive measure. the prime minister says iran crossed a red line by establishing military infrastructure in syria. is that the way you see it? >>thot really. k this is a dangerous escalation. israel had 27f-16s in the air ov syria hting iranian military targets. mr. netanyah line but

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soldiers dead in a remote area in niger in africa.ission never meant to encounter the enemy, but they were ambushed by isis fighters. some 100 we are told. out numbered and out gunned, the team was separated with three soldiers dying in a firefight separated from the group. sergeant ladavid johnson whose body was missing for 48 hours was forced to run for his life from isis terrorists before he was killed. none of the u.s. soldiers was taken alive in enemy hands. the investigation pointed out failures with regard to planning and training for u.s. forces in niger. the investigation calls on things to be improved. training practices need to be improved and planning processes with missions approved needs improvement. also new equipment will be made available in niger and armorred vehicles and additional -- armored vehicles and additional surveillance. back to you. >> some positive can come from the situation. >>> no volcanic activity tonight at the kilauea volcano in hawaii. just about 11:00 there. scientists are renewing dire warnings a

. >>> we have troubling new details tonight from the october ambush in niger. four american soldiers were killed by islamic militants. david martin reports tonight on new question as but their mission. >> cbs news has learned, captain michael perozini, commander of the ill-fated patrol objected to change in mission that sent his team looking for a wanted terrorist. we have also learned the team had been in niger for barely a month and had not done traditional in-person turnover with the unit they were replacing and had not conducted sufficient training with the soldiers they were operating with. that according to a family member of one of those killed, who was briefed on a seven month investigation into the ambush. the family member said, perozini was ordered to pre seed by bradley moses commander of special forces in niger. second family member. the father of sergeant brian black told national public radio he doesn't blame any one for the decisions made. >> i would not personally characterize them -- as mistakes. they were just decisions based on what they kne

troops ambushed and killed by isis fighters last year in niger. pentagon's long-awaited findings were released today. they cite multiple failures but there's no direct blame here. investigators say two junior officers falsified documents to get approval for that unsuccessful mission. staff sergeant dustin write, staff sergest ar eses eses esee jeremiah johnson, staff sergeant bryan black and sergeant la david johnson. he was found away from the other soldiers. >> he was never in enemy hands alive. he did have access to his remains and took his equipment. that first mission was characterized as a civil military reconnaissance when it was focused on the isis g.s. subcommander. there were a series of contributing factor to what happened in tongo, tongo. the direct cause of the enemy attack in tongo tongo is the enemy achieved tactical surprise there. >> congressman denny hecht is a democrat. you have been awaiting the findings of this. you were at the funeral at arlington cemetery, you spoke at the memorial service of bryan black. when you saw the re

. >>> more than seven months after the ambush in niger that claimed the lives of four american soldiers, the pentagon released the most detailed account yet of that surprise attack. and while the report cites a series of failures, ultimately it does not assign blame. we get more from heinz nickels with reaction from the widow of one of those fallen soldiers. >> reporter: tonight the pentagon admitting individual organizational and institutional failures caused the death of soldiers in niger last october. an unclassified report shows training and bad command oversight at every level. but in the end, isis simply surprised a 12-man green beret team and 30 nigerian partners. >> the cause of the attack is the enemy achieved tactical surprise and our forces were outnumbered approximately 3-1. >> who is to blame? >> i have responsibilities as combat commander. the service has responsibilities. >> reporter: the pentagon laid out the heroics of the outnumbered soldiers including johnson. he unloaded his rifle and picked up a sniper rifle. in the chaos of retreat, he was separated and tried to sp

niger? >> it's simple because there's this belief that somehow minorities or blacks can't be racist. that certain groups, certain protected groups can't bes by krim tour. and that's just bogus. 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 freef

. >>> more than seven months after the ambush in niger. the pentagon has released its most detailed account yet of the surprise attack that claimed the lives of four american soldiers. while the report cites a series of failures, ultimately it does not assign any blame. we get more from hans nichols with reaction from the widow of one of those fallen soldiers. >> reporter: the pentagon admitting individual, organizational, and institutional failures caused the death of four american soejz in niger last october. an unclassified report faulted a lack of training and bad command oversight at every level. but in the end, isis simply surprised a 12-man green beret team and over 30 nigerien partners. >> the direct cause is that the enemy achieved tactical surprise there and our forces were outnumbered three to one. >> who's to blame? >> i have responsibilities as a combatant commander. the service has responsibilities. >> reporter: the pentagon laid out the heroics of the outnumbered soldiers including la david johnson. he unloaded mounted machi

service men in niger. five isis leaders are captured in a special iraqi-u.s. sting operation. the attorney for stormy daniels now under investigation by the california bar. tw alerts in hawaii tonight e at mount kilauea might be on xploedge of an explosive once- in-a-century eruption. >> i had every right to call the police. >> reporter: at yale, a white veudent called police to report a black student napping. and a baby in distress. police spring into action to save a life. >> we are headed to the emergency room with the baby this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: this is our western edition. we're going to begin with the planned historic summit in singapore. president trump said today he will be meeting with north korea's kim jong-un on june 12. the announcement came after the early-morning return of three americans held for more than a year by the north. they were released as a good will gesture in the run-up to the summit. here is ed o'keefe. >> reporter: president trump announced the summit with kim jong-un on twitter saying, "we itll both try to make it

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what happened in niger that took out american lives has never been explained. i understand through barbara starr you were in a briefing about this. did you learn anything that the american people deserve to know about? >> absolutely, chris. and i was in a classified briefing yesterday. i will just say this. i believe that the troops who were sadly killed in niger in november of 2017 were engaged in a mission that they were not authorize said by law to participate in and that they were not trained to participate in. and that is a significant reason that they tragically lost their lives. >> i don't understand. help me understand. what does that mean? they weren't legally allowed? >> i will just say that the troops that were in niger were there pursuant to a congressional authorization to engage in train and equip missions, they were not on an a train and equip mission. >> where is the accountability? who made the call? who has to be held accountable? >> it was in a classified setting yesterday. i'm a little bit constrained in what i feel like i can say this morni

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explaining not just to the washington community but the american a new given everyone has story about niger, syria, yemen, all kind of these mail anecdotes and you really have to work hard to put it together in a narrative. time there, piece that together for us and walk us through how you see this war on into the future. what should we be concerned about? what kind of partnerships need to exist to actually get out those challenges? >> i will use my opening minute hosting this.or it is a treat to do this here with you and with good friends. have been friends since we were the lowest form of life, graduate students together. [laughter] >> i heartily recommend steve's book. talk about ite but to dig into it and what partnership should actually look like across the spectrum, steve has done policymakers a great service with the book. and, luke has been at great and generous colleague and friend. it is fun to be able to bmp or with all three of you. startk the right place to is still with isis in syria. i know there is an inclination to move on from that. there is a generally good news story of

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. >>> the pentagon is releasing its final report on the attack in niger that killed four americans. the pentagon said a series of institutional and individual scenarios killed these four. two junior officers falsified a document to get approval for a mission to kill or capture an isis leader, which means the mission was never approved by the proper chain of command. admiral, before i let you go, what does that tell you? >> very damaging report, and i hope it leads to some significant changes in the way the mission in niger is conducted, as well as just overall in terms of training equipped missions and how we're putting forces in the field and the type of command and control we're giving them. there has been some criticism of general mattis on assigning missions down the chain. accountability is important here. >> and we have great thoughts for those families who lost their children. >>> one new very prominent opponent. can john mccain stop the confirmation of gina haspel? i had a pe blood clot in my lung. i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. having one really puts you in danger of

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trish: you know, i think all these things play off each other pretty interestingly, niger, whether it'sor actual physical security. and so that gets us back to the success he's had thus far with north korea. so if he gets a real win there, and when i say a real win, i mean bringing some kind of peace to that peninsula and the denuclearization of north korea to the world, then that's something that, you know, i don't know how you paint that -- i know they'll try -- in a bad light. the question is, is it going to be enough to really motivate people to get out, because as ed said earlier, you know, there's a little fatigue, a little malaise out there. and the base is not necessarily as fired up to go to the voting booth in midterms in any election. >> well, that is exactly why the president is going to places like indiana, and he's going to make his face well seen in campaign 2018. and, you know, certainly an old friend of my dad's, ed rollins, will remember the reagan revolution and how that led to the fall of the berlin wall. well, with president trump and what he's doing in north korea,

what we now know is that the troops that were sent on this mission in niger had a very confusing situationgo look for a high value isis operative. that was not a mission they were even authorized, trained, equipped, given the weapons and the readiness to be able to do it. but that is what they were sent to do initially. then they were switched to being working with local forces. that was supposed to be their regular mission or job if you will and then at some point they're sent to look at an abandoned terrorist camp to try to determine what intelligence they could gain from that. the entire thing confusing. and at some point this ambush begins. they're overwhelmed by isis fighters in this remote area of west africa. and overwhelmed would be an understatement. four dying in this fire fight. the troops, the u.s. troops were separated, on the battlefield at various points. they didn't know where each other -- where they were all located. they had to keep looking for each other. la david johnson fought valiantly as the others did and had to run for his life. he was shot and killed and, of cour

. >>> in our world lead, stunning video of a isis ambush that killed four soldiers in niger last yearook at how that mission went wrong. barbara starr at the pentagon filed this report. >> reporter: a u.s. drone overhead captures the moment in niger, army sergeant la david johnson's body pulled out from under a tree. 48 hours earlier, separated under fire from his teammates, this 25-year-old soldier trained as a mechanic makes a heroic last stand as he runs to the tree for cover. but pentagon narrating a 23-minute video it produced explaining the isis ambush last october in west africa. >> an enemy vehicle armed with a mounted heavy machine gun stopped within 100 meters of johnson's location firing on the position and cutting off further escape and enemy forces moved in. >> reporter: they take the remains to a waiting helicopter. johnson's family has seen the images but pentagon says the rare drone video shows johnson was never alive in enemy hands. earlier, three other soldiers are killed also under heavy fire fighting to save each other. the first, staff sergeant brian black. then -

i agree with niger.e you have the right people and the right customs to fit locally. >> maria: 14% growth year over year, that was an impressive number. let me ask about president trump calling out abc following the cancellation of roseanne over the racist twitter comment. sarah sanders weighed in on what she's calling a double standard in the mainstream media. watch this. i have to get your reaction. >> the president was calling out the media bias, no one's defending what she said. the president is the president of all americans and he's focused on doing what is best for our country. you can see that in the actions that he's taken. >> maria: roseanne also spoke out on twitter. she hinted out eyeing a comeback. your take on all of this? >> i don't know that that comeback is going to come to fruition. i think roseanne made a bad, sloppy mistake on her part and that iger, mr. iger made a wise decision by ending the program. but the president is also right to talk about the mainstream media and the hypocris

he did not go to see the body of sergeant la david johnson, which returned from niger in october afteran soldiers killed there. that report from the pentagon just came out today about the damaging incident that took place in niger. he had nothing to say about that for 12 days. trump is trying to make every, quote, unquote, foreign policy victory about him but ignore the failures. don't forget, too, there were 11 american detainees released from north korea during the obama administration and obama didn't go out and fly out to the planes and make a big press deal out of it. >> that's interesting. three to 11. there is a fourth and i want to talk about that. there was an area he was criticized last night, beyond the ratings. which you can laugh at or be offended by. he said kim jong-un had treated these americans excellently. here he is. >> we want to thank kim jong-un, who really was excellent to these incredible people. >> they were held prisoner. one of them when he was in anchorage, alaska, according to the president, said to secretary of state pompeo, quote, asked to go outside the

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service men in niger. five isis leaders are captured in a special iraqi-u.s. sting operation. the attorney for stormy daniels now under investigation by the california bar. tw alerts in hawaii tonight e at mount kilauea might be on xploedge of an explosive once- in-a-century eruption. >> i had every right to call the police.

niger. one of those service members was from florida. they a about to produce the inform >> sir, we have a 200-page summar i know sounds like a long summar but it was a very the last family will be notified on monday. alread in your classified vaults the 200-page, i can also get the 6,300 pages up, many of but i think right now we have it was not a delegate of we're addressing those problems >> finally, and i will go and i quickl touched a lot throug iraq, through syria, on is the any additional thing secret about how we're going to protect our interests in syria, given that that is a new >> well, the broader strategy, sir, has got to take this into accoun and if iran does not into saudi arabi or into out the crescent as they try to resupp proxy in lebanon i woul just suggest that iraq and i believe that we are well i woul also say that the geneva proces in resolving the syria of and then, of course, >> thank you, secretary nelson. the majority and minority agreed in that there are votes be taken right now, the conclusion of blumen we'll

plus, investigating american deaths in niger-- the pentagon w details wht wrong during an ambush that killed four american soldiers. and, culture at risk: the environmental and historicalpr stakes of the esident's decision to shrink utah's bears rs national monument. >> bears ears the monument' is the heline, but the fight itself goes far beyond just monuments. it goes to the relationship of the united states government

. >>> a pentagon report on the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger found the enemy achieved tactical surprise against u.s. and nigerian forces that were greatly outnumbered. the report concludes no american was captured alive during last october's attack and cites numerous acts of bravery and several mistakes. david martin has details. >> reporter: the team of americans and nigerian soldiers had ben searching for a suspected terrorist for nearly 36 hours when they were ambushed. general thomas waldhauser said he had never seen anything of this magnitude, numbers, mobility, and training. it was a total tactical surprise. >> reporter: the re-creation shows the troops got out of their unarmored vehicles and returned fire but realizing they were outnumbered, they tried to outdrive the kill zone. one vehicle was left behind. >> two remained with staff sergeant black. >> reporter: they ran until the bullets caught up with them. >> staff sergeant dustin wright stopped and rendered immobile. returned to near his teammates' condition and continued to engage the enemy until both were

spots on this planet the natural wonder protected by unesco abroad what you know would be where the niger if you will until recently the water here was among the cleanest in the world but now the illegal building has caused so much pollution that you can't drink it or even swim in it anymore. the mikes are critically endangered as a consequence of the nearly two million annual tourists unesco is threatening to revoke the park's world cultural heritage status because host crowns like this and keep its pristine quality. there's no sewerage system for example if the chair reveals where the sewage ends up in one of the many holes in the forest some called him tongue in cheek the seventeenth like the stench is unbearable. the trees all around are dying now before the tourist season has gotten underway the system is still relatively empty but the effects are plain to say. the least when i when the guests at the tourist village ask where the stink is coming from one of the on the people here tell them there's a pig farm around here somewhere. the waste runs into the ground unfiltered and seeps i

i'm in niger. but then it is very difficult and we should. probably agree on a framework or how you can. reinforce the state it will be very difficult because. the vision of libya about algeria is not of the same vision that the vision of libya egypt egypt through of star wants to get it to keep its influence see it in nato in the east of libya but i think that if we can have some kind of agreement between the different states that. we need a framework a common framework and the beginning of this framework would not to be elections actually it would be a real unifi a ship of the army i say and i think that yes and i think that we don't need all leaders i mean. you know after i's already quite auld and i think we need a new generation of officers to show up and after you have a real unified army may even be you can build a state and maybe you can all elections that will be significant that you would have a real not political meaning rayon and the unification of the security forces and the army in particular is a central issue for the internati

ambassador said that the technological alternative is a fantasy island unicorn model of two options niger of which a workable case for a new customs union with the european union is clear to resume replied by querying corbin's newfound support for te tips of the trade deal which could incidentally derailed train renationalisation i'll tell you right on the agenda what's crazy what's crazy is the leader of the opposition who for years opposed to eat it and now has a policy that would mean they were signing up to. some suggest corbin's lifelong socialist allies have no say in the current labor party as for the scot to . nationalise they queried why boris johnson had no say in washington's decision on the iran nuclear deal because the prime minister of course didn't make any reference to sending her foreign secretary to people on fox news as part of his foreign policy initiative pleading with the president to fox news rather than through direct interventionist of their peace because the middle east is in need of stability conflicts are already region in yemen syria and iraq meanwhile the for

lose in the do everything or lose in the niger as a runner yes i fear it at the end of every book. or we begin the day with two leaders who rely on each other economically and have little in common politically the german chancellor angela merkel and the chinese president xi jinping and yet when they look towards washington they both see the same puzzling president donald trump it is ironic that the cantankerous and callous style of donald trump may be forcing germany and china to cozy up together in ways that would not have been imagined just two years ago but that is how you can read the agenda of miracles visit to china this week she is looking to xi jinping to help secure the global order constructed and mail neglected by the u.s. and that includes free trade and a rejection of protectionism germany and china have always had a complex relationship a relationship that is now being trumped. relations between china and germany are nowhere near as fluffy as spacings representatives at berlin zoo that's despite china's president xi jinping and german chancellor angela merkel discover

and now since the attack, armed drones are now flying over niger. julie?e: so based on what the general said, lucas, it sounds like the u.s. military has scaled back operations in west africa. >> that's right, julie. in the wake of the october 4th attack, the head of u.s. special operations forces in africa has ordered his troops to plan missions that keep them from direct combat. of the roughly 800 u.s. troops in niger, they will mostly now remain on fortified command centers and advise local forces only. they must get approval for missions from their head quarters in germany. in addition to the four american soldiers killed, two others were wounded including the team leader. it took 36 hours to find the body of sergeant ladavid johnson, the general who led the investigation said he was not left behind. >> the search for ladavid johnson never stopped. he ran 960 meters. he ran a long way from where he was last seen and he made his last stand where he fought to the end under a dense thorny tree. >> in a statement, senator marco rubio urged the pentagon to