able to provide them under certain conditions. a difficult reality for the 800,000 veterans of the past 20 years and gold star families like this one. the last american soldier to die in afghanistan, staff sergeant ryan knauss, he died of his wounds after the ewe side bombing at abbey gate, his wife alayna was tiling her shower floor when she received a knock at the door. she told npr she began screaming, collapsed and then stayed up all night through her tears to put their initials and date in the shower tile floor. i m in shamables and i m hurting. no mother, father, wife, brother, sister ever has to feel such emptiness. i would be grateful to know he was the last. of the 22 wounded in the abbey gate attack, we have learned that 15 marines are currently at walter reed, one is in critical condition. three are serious. and 11 are stable, bret. bret: jennifer griffin live