the marines and others cradling children, carrying those infants over the barb wire fence at kabul airport, then to be taken out by islamic jihadist terrorists as they were, as we were there trying to help the afghan people prevent terrorism and now they re home, embraced by the love, by the pride, and by the concern of our nation. arthel: as we watch, i m sure like many people watching right now, my body is tingling with goose bumps. i m filled with pride and i m filled with sorrow, as i think about the sacrifice that these brave service members gave so selflessly and what their families have now have to deal with for the rest of their
threat. a spokesman, captain bill irvin adds the significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material. this official says there were no indications of civilian casualties at this time but that assessment also could change. the air strike took place in a crowded kabul neighborhood outside the airport. we re told the u.s. military used unmanned over-the-horizon capabilities which means the american drone likely flew from a military base in the gulf. this official added we are confident we hit the target we were aiming for. the timing of the drone strike is notable. it follows a specific warning from the u.s. embassy for american citizens and others to leave the gates of the kabul airport, due that imminent threat. that warning went out last night. and followed the president s highly unusual statement that a terror attack targeting the kabul airport is likely in the next 24 to 36 hours.
foreign affairs committee and your house has helped evacuate six families from california trapped in afghanistan. that is fantastic, get to that in a moment. first, congressman, that air strike this morning on the car with at least one potential suicide bomber headed to the airport, what s your reaction that we re stricting back and hitting them? it s the right thing to do. we would be better off and had taken all of kabul so we could have a greater safe zone. the current safe zone is so small that realistically these kinds of attacks become pretty easy. the bad guys control the entire country, the entire city. we control an airport that most people would call sort of a country airport in its size. eric: was it a mistake to give up bagram? it was a mistake to give up bag rap. it was a miss bagram. it was a mistake according to the washington post report to give up a deal with the taliban that would have allowed us to