who served in iraq and afghanistan and serves on the intelligence and armed services committees. congressman, first of all, that last military drone strike in afghanistan, the horrific punctuation to our withdrawal, what does this say about our strategy, our counterterror strategy going forward? hi, andrea. first of all, this was a tragic mistake. my heart goes out to the family members that were killed, ten innocent civilians, including seven children, and an aid worker. terrible mistake. the administration s response to this has been unprecedented. never before has any administration and the department of defense come out as candidly and transparently as they have in the last couple of days and said this is a mistake, that they re going to launch an investigation. we certainly have to figure out what happened, what type of mistake it was, whether somebody didn t follow protocol and procedure or something else happened. but you know, but, yes it is
we have breaking news from washington, d.c. law enforcement is bracing for hundreds of protesters at this rally to show support for those charged in the january 6th riots and there s a counterprotest nearby. haven t seen hundreds show up yet, though. capitol hill is fenced and fortified and police are out in force. this is what public safety is all about and i think this is what people expect of public safety. so today is a proud day. hopefully it s going to be uneventful. in the event it s not uneventful, we re certainly prepared. national guard troops are on standby. lawmakers are being advised to avoid capitol hill for the rest of this wen. also new today, relatives of ten innocent afghans killed in a military drone strike told nbc news they have yet to get a direct apology from u.s. officials. yesterday, though, centcom general mckenzie made the stunning administration that the u.s. drone strike on august 29th
on what they think this could signal. keep in mind among many of the unvaccinated, this holds a date and scientific argument over whether such booster shots are even necessary, have them wondering, why the heck should i get vaccinated in the first place if i need to boost it up and they can t agree whether the booster is a good idea? so total confusion, total miscommunication and a total point of what is next on dealing with this virus. cases have sort of plateaued right now, but you can t get many more to get vaccinated. that is something that the administration is working on separately, all by mandate that with businesses and using osha and others. it s a mess and probably this development for the fda does not help that cause. we ll have much more on that. meanwhile, the other big story we are following today, that military drone strike in kabul that killed ten civilians,
a cnn investigation is raising more doubts about a u.s. military drone strike on a car in kabul just hours before u.s. troops left afghanistan. the pentagon says the missile took out an isis facilitator when it destroyed a truck originally believed to be carrying explosives bound for the airport. but now there s mounting evidence that that drone strike killed an afghan working for a u.s. aid group along with nine others including seven children. we are joined with a closer look. alex, two sides to this story. what do we know? there are. and growing doubts about whether this strike in kabul is actually on an isis-k target as claimed by the pentagon. a car was targeted by a missile in what central command called a righteous strike. we ve spoken with family and colleagues of the targeted victim. a father of seven.
military drone strike killed two high profile targets including a planner for the is k group in eastern afghanistan overnight. they have two high profile planners, one facilitator, that are no longer one facilitator, that are no longer on their one facilitator, that are no longer on their muster roll. so they have lost some on their muster roll. so they have lost some capability to plan and to conduct lost some capability to plan and to conduct missions. barbara, make no mistake. conduct missions. barbara, make no mistake, nobody is writing this off and saying mistake, nobody is writing this off and saying we ve got them, so we don t and saying we ve got them, so we don t have and saying we ve got them, so we don t have to worry about isis k any more don t have to worry about isis k any more not don t have to worry about isis k any more. not the case. as i said earlier, more. not the case. as i said earlier, the more. not the case. as i said earlier, the threa