Considered. Otherwise have done it and its shown to make the lives of sex workers safer. Back when he was asked in march, he said he didnt have an answer for that. Thats going to wrap up this hour. Ill see you tomorrow morning on today. Andrea mitchell reports starts right now. Big mistake, President Trump with a stern message for iran after iran shoots down an unmanned american drone in what the u. S. Is calling an unprovoked attack over International Waters and iran claims violated their airspace. These are very precisely guided, unmanned, run by high tech computers. I would bet almost anything that was in International Airspace. I think its a dangerous situation. High tension wires are up in the region. We expect to hear from President Trump this hour. No apologies. Joe biden standing by his controversial comments about working with segregationist
senators in the past. Cory booker is demanding he apologize. Apologize for what . Booker has called for it. Cory should apologize. He kno
we haven t been told that anything was scheduled for destruction at kabul airport. it is a possibility as we wait to learn more about this explosion in kabul. okay. thank you so much for that. and for all of you just joining us here, we are at the top of the hour of can a.m. i m alex witt. but breaking news, we heard about an explosion. we have an nbc news freelance producer who is confirming there has been one in kabul. we don t know the context under which this explosion happened. nor where it is located. whether it was a controlled explosion, the kinds that ralph sanchez is just referring to or whether this some sort of an attack. we re working hard to get that information. let s go to tehran and the bureau chief there.
in kabul and other contacts we have will will fill us in:we don t know if it was just equipment being burnt by the americans or a rocket attack or something more serious than that. and as soon as we hear, we ll bring it to you, alex. okay. i appreciate that so much. initial reports is that the smoke is situated near the airport. we re trying to pin down as many details as we can and get the facts to you as soon as we can. thank you, ali. thank you. we ll come back to you. give us a heads up if you get any information. of course, it is a two front that we re covering here in breaking news today. we have hurricane ida churning toward the gulf coast. our team on the ground there in louisiana tracking all the preparations for the land fall. let s go to al roker. he is joining us from if new
taliban. richard engel in our reporting in our last half hour. as they continue on with their power blitz there in the country. we know that afghan interior minister says that the security of the city will be guaranteed and there will be no attack on the city. of course, colonel jacobs, whatever guests in the last half hour said the government cannot really promise that. but of course right now, things do still look quite peaceful per richard angles reporting we also know. that afghans are trying to flee the country and are crowding these application centers, just begging to get out on one of those helicopters. and one of those countries afghans have been trying to flee to over the last month has been around. let s go to tehran right now. let s go to our bureau chief there. ali, good morning to. you what s the latest from that standpoint? a lot of people are asking for
handful of iranian targets like radar and missile batteries. there were ships in position, planes in the air when the president walked the whole thing back. not clear whether he simply changed his mind or whether strategy, logistics, weather caused the attack. what is clear is the president s public response seesawed. he gave iran the benefit of the doubt leaving open the possibility of war. i find it hard to believe it was intentional if you want to know the truth. i think it could be somebody who was loose and stupid that did it. we ll be able to report back and we ll understand exactly what happened, but it was a very foolish move, that i can tell you. mr. president, how will you respond? you ll find out. are you willing to go to war? you ll find out. the very latest, let s go to tehran and senior correspondent, frederick pleitgen.