everyone. the hospital had been there since 2011. there were about 200 people inside. and clearly one particular building inside this hospital compound, the main hospital building, where the icu unit was, the e.r. was, that was the building that was hit repeatedly. was it a mistake to hit the building at all? was it a mistake of judgment? was it a mistake of accidentally confusing the coordinates which would be a very would be very unusual for the u.s. military to make and not impossible. we need the know more about what kind of mistakes the before you can talk about the ramifications but i think the immediate concern is the case that doctors without borders is going to raise and their accusations of war crimes. right. some information that general campbell may actually know and not in a position to chris close just yet.
from general campbell in his testimony before the senate armed services committee today that the u.s. mistakenly struck that hospital run by the doctors without borders is a huge step forward in this, and it s pretty clear that he must already know what that mistake is, but because the investigation has just begun, he s probably not at liberty to say at this point. he did reveal for the first time that the u.s. special operations forces that were in the general area to advise and assist the afghan forces, he said today that they were actually in close vicinity of that facility when it was struck. now, how close is anybody s guess. but the key phrase that he delivered today up there on capitol hill was that no matter who called in the strike, afghans asked for it, those u.s. special operations forces on the ground, close vicinity, were the ones talking to the ac-130 in the air. that s the plane that launched the air strike.
dead in a suit with a damaged life boat. after four-days of searching the ntsb is sending a crew to jacksonville to now investigate. the u.s. now saying afghan forces reflected the air strike. they killed 22 people in a doctors without borders hospital. previously they said it was reflected by u.s. forces. the top u.s. general in afghanistan set the record state yesterday. if errors were committed we will make sure mistakes are not repeated. doctors without borders calling it a war time and calling for independent and international investigation. are members of isis using mexican border to sneak into america? the texas safety director steven mccall recently said the answer is yes because illegal immigrants have been known to come from countries with quote
team and i think under the leadership of president begany there s hope there. what happens next door in pakistan will have a lot to do with that. it s hopeless, cost us trillion dollars. this weekend we bombed a doctors without borders hospital killing a dozen doctors and dozens of wounded patients in the hospital. it s a disaster. it s not a part of individual personalities okay we took out the taliban leader now the next one is more effective. this goes on and on and on, an endless war. what would you do, jeffrey? we created all of these messes from afghanistan, iraq, syria, libya. we have to stop overthrowing governments and work politically, diplomatically with other powers who have an chris iannetta stability. that we haven t done. we ve gone in by ourselves each
patients and 3 children. we will get reaction, live from afghanistan, in just a few moments. cnn s nic robertson standing by in kabul. first, barbara starr live at the pentagon. pentagon officials say, admitting they made a mistake. what exactly did they say? reporter: admitting they made a mistake and ash carter issuing a statement saying the possible deeply regrets the incident. not a full-blown apology, not a full sorry because it all remains under investigation. general john campbell, top commander, issuing his own testimony about this today, calling it a mistake, as well. but also taking some additional steps. reporter: in the aftermath of the attack on the doctors without borders hospital, a stunning military order from the top u.s. commander. i ve directed the entire force to undergo in-depth training in order to review all of the operational authorities and rule of engagement.