in response to reuters reporting, centcom pointed to its previous statements and said when we ask for authorization, we believe there s a chance of successful operations based on our planning. navy seal ryan owens was killed in the raid as was an eight-year-old american girl, grand daughter of anwar al awlaki who was killed in a strike eight years ago. the pentagon acknowledged civilians were likely killed, including children, and the number of civilian deaths remains uncertain. further more, white house suppress secretary sean spicer has claimed important intelligence was capture bud a senior intelligence official with direct knowledge of the operation told nbc news we went in with the intent of capturing phones and computers, we don t know if anything of great value was obtained. a senior military official told nbc news almost everything went wrong. joining me now, the intelligence and national security reporter for the nbc news investigative unit and co-author of the report.
what happened. in fact, doctors without borders called for that investigation into the bombing to determine whether it amounts to a war crime under international law. a senior military official told fox news that taliban militants were firing from the facility. but a top official at doctors without borders today said that is not true. none of our staff reported to us that there was any fighting inside the compound. they reported that it was quiet before the strikes. that s what we have. that s why we need the independent investigation, on the burden of the united states and other forces to substantiate the claims. the official says doctors without borders alerted i should say alerted afghan and u.s. officials once the bombing started in kunduz. the commander of u.s. and coalition forces in afghanistan says afghan forces requested the air strike on saturday after they came under fire by the taliban. leah gabriel has more, live at the newsroom in new york. what more do we know abou
the new york times cite as senior military official involved in examining audio evidence from the cockpit voice recorder. this official says before the plane s rapid descent. one of the pilots left the cockpit, and was unable to get back in. the paper quotes this investigator as saying the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door, and there is no answer. and then he hits the door stronger no answer. there is never an answer. he says you can hear he is trying to smash the door down. the chilling report deepening the mystery of why this plane crashed. this is likely to become clearer when we have the other black box. the lock on the cockpit door is controlled by a lever on the pilot s dashboard. in order to lock the door someone would have to intentionally move the lever from the normal position into the locked position. the question is who. lufthansa, the parent company of germanwings told cnn they did not have any information about the times report, but are looking into it
recovery of human remains, they re working to figure out what happened to flight 9525. after all, what was reportedly found on that flight cockpit voice recorder, is stunning. stunning new details this morning in the crash of germanwings flight 9525. according to media reports, one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit. when the plane crashed into the side of this mountain high in the french alps. all of the 150 people on board, including school-aged children and two infants, presumed dead. the new york times cite as senior military official involved in examining audio evidence from the cockpit voice recorder. this official says before the plane s rapid descent, one of the pilots left the cockpit and was unable to get back in. the paper quotes this investigator as saying the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer. then he hits the door stronger
forces, the rebel s liberation army, it is under the command of general eunice. and heftar is fighting on the front lines. the battlefield is open for everyone to participate in. reporter: so, again, some damage control by the opposition. zain, this is the not the image they want to portray to the international community when they re trying to get help from the international community. some of the help they want, reza, is weapons. who s going to give them the weapons? reporter: our sources are telling us qatar is giving them weapons. it s light weapons, small weapons, not the type of heavy weapons they re asking for. the type of heavy weapons that can take on gadhafi s tanks and heavy artillery in places like misrata. there s also private businessmen according to sources that are supplying them weapons. at this point, they re not where they want to be in trying to get