if this dam were to breach right now we would be dead. this hour on msnbc live, dam after dam breaking under the weight of water. more at risk of buckling. live on the ground in south carolina where the death toll is climbing and the danger of historic flooding is far from over. plus this a hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never target a medical facility. a mistake, answering to a deadly air strike on a hospital in afghanistan. trump pranks rubio. the campaign care package sent from the donald to the senator from florida. smart politics or a sign the trump campaign is slipping? good to be with you, everyone. i m frances rivera. we start in south carolina with breaking news. you are looking at brand new aerials just in to msnbc from above columbia. you can see the areas devastated
but you can see a lot of people asking that question in the near future. stephanie gosk, thank you. you re welcome. want to take a look at the other stories we are following d. you see that? this 20-foot long, 125-pound python nearly killed a pet store employee and police say the owner cleaning the snake s cage when it bit him and here s part of the 911 call made by a customer inside the store. please, the snake is attacking. please. oh my god. please. please. okay. it s a snake yes. wrapped around his neck. his whole face. the face is covered. he is like 20-foot snake. i swear to god. sounds literally like something out of a horror movie. two officers arrived there and grabbed the snake s head and wrangled it into the cage. the victim is recovering in the hospital. how s this for an inspiring
reporter: wolf, there are still conflicting reports about exactly what happened. the top general testified today he wants investigators to get to the bottom of it, but he has also taken a very significant step. 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 our operational authorities in rules of engagement. reporter: that order and acknowledgement that something went wrong. rules of engagement spell out when and how the u.s. military can conduct air strikes, like the ac-130 gunship that hit the hospital. doctors without borders says the u.s. knew it was a hospital, they were under attack for 30 minutes, it could not have been a mistake. until we re told otherwise and until we see an independent investigation, we will presume that this was, in fact, a war
kunduz, afghanistan. this is something that the united states takes quite clearly. in fact, the department of defense goes to greater lengths than any other military organization in the world to prevent civilian casualties. and that is what leads general campbell to conclude that this was a mistake. on capitol hill earlier today, the top u.s. general in afghanistan made that stark admission testifying before the senate armed services committee. hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. i must allow the investigation to take its course and therefore i m not at liberty to discuss further specifics at this time. however, i assure you the investigation will be thorough, objective and transparent. 22 people are confirmed dead after the devastating strike on a doctors without borders hospital early saturday morning and among the dead, three
thorough and fair and detailed and quick is another word used today investigation of what happened. and yes, the word mistake is used repeatedly. it is unclear how it could have happened. doctors without borders pointed out that the hospital was well-known to coalition and afghan officials. the coordinates is exchanged numerous times and said the planes circled overhead for a half hour. they made calls to headquarters to try to tell them what was going on. a building targeted and others weren t. the intensive care unit was, a surgical room was and it s difficult to explain how that happened, a mistake. also, the united states is now said that, in fact, u.s. forces called in the air strike, it was a u.s. decision made based on a request for support by afghan forces that were in this area. now, who was fighting whom? what was going on is unclear. but msf doctors without borders