Pentagon and the Afghan Ministry this morning. The commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan, general John Nicholson called this the right weapon against the right target. The u. S. Coordinated with the Afghan Government on this. He also said the u. S. Forces on the ground have seen no evidence of civilian casualties. This mother of all bombs socalled was dropped in a very remote mountainous area of afghanistan. The target was a series of tunnels and caves used by isis militants. The Afghan Defense Ministry Said the tunnel complex was very hard to penetrate because some of the tunnels were more than 100 feet deep. The spokesman for the men industry of defense saying they had tried to attack the position four times, couldnt advance there and that the road was mined on top of it all. He said that three underground tunnels were destroyed by this bomb. At least 36 isis fighters killed. And weapons and ammunitions also destroyed in this bombing. He also echoed the pentagons view on possible
Requests to turnover information related to russia contacts. But, of course, the biggest name in all of this, the president s soninlaw and advisor Jared Kushner. Kushner now under fbi scrutiny. The Washington Post reporting kushner was trying to set up a secret back channel to the russians, and today for the first time press Secretary Sean Spicer answering questions about this. Im wondering, sean if you can tell us when the president knew whether the president knew at the time Jared Kushner was seeking to establish back Channel Communications at the Russian Embassy to the russian government, and if he didnt know at the time when did he find out . I think that assumes a lot and i would just say mr. Kushners attorney has said mr. Kushner has volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings and he will do the same if hes contacted in or connected with any other inquiry. Did mr. President im not going to get into what the president did or didnt discuss. What your quest