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
west palm beach the president has left his mar-a-lago home and is now at his trump international golf club in west palm beach. we have not had any sightg of the president. we don t have any specifics about whether he has meetings or just pure recreation planned. we ll keep you posted as we hear more. he s at his golf club right now. kelly o donnell, thank you so much for bringing us up to date on the latest there. now we want to devil a little deeper. i m joined with kemp jack jay cons, shane gold macker and jonathan swan. i want to starting colonel jack with you, reports that morning that 30 to 40 terrorists may have been killed in this taye tack. how much of an impact does this have? was this a successful attack? did it accomplish what it was supposed to? it would have a big impact if