Back on earth. The crew members of inspiration 4 are home after their historic threeday mission. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. A chilling warning from the cia came too late to stop a u. S. Air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. According to three sources, the intelligence agency warned there were likely civilians in the area, possibly children, just seconds before this missile found its target. This is what they were looking at. The military hit the toyota following a suicide bombing that killed 13 u. S. Troops and scores of afghans racing to evacuate at the kabul airport. But the pentagon now admits that no one in this car was linked to isisk. The taliban are condemning the u. S. Strike despite their own history of killing civilians. Here s what a spokesperson for the militants told cnn. It is great to see that they got the courage to confess the truth. But they didn t do so for the last 20 years. They targeted thousands of women, child
This was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. I never thought in my lifetime i would see an unconditional surrender to the taliban. This is betrayal. I do not believe a word you re saying on this. I do not wish to hear from you. What you said is dead wrong. I don t wish to hear your lie. It is so unfortunate the consequences. You need to resign. That would be leadership. Dana: senator mike rounds will question secretary blinken this morning on the senate side. Peter doocy with the latest from the white house. Let s go to capitol hill where aishah hosni is standing by for day two. If it was anything like yesterday it is sure to draw the ire of republicans. Blinken yesterday defenlded the withdrawal of the troops from afghanistan at one point hitting his message home saying we inherited a deadline. We did not inherit a plan. He also revealed there are still several thousand u. S. Green card holder on top of the some 100 citizens still stuck in afghanistan. There were several heat
Why the president s sweeping agenda is now in peril, and a new tropical storm forms in the gulf of mexico. Nicholas on track to hit a battered region with up to a foot of rain. Good to have you with us. North korea said it test fired a new strategic weapon in a move that will likely rachet up tensions in the region. The north korean media reported on successful tests of longrange cruise missiles over the weekend which hit targets 1500 kilometers away. The u. S. And korea are looking into the claims. Good to see you paula. Putting aside the timing of this, coming as it did on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, just how significant is this really? reporter: well, rosemary, it is significant that north korea is testing new weapons if that is the case. This is what statement media said. It is a new strategic develop in development for two years. We have seen the new weapons systems on show. Experts were saying at some point north korea will need to test them and that is what we are
In atlanta welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. I m kim brunhubar. Plenty of americans remember exactly where they were on 9/11. In the coming hours those memories and emotions will come flooding back as the u. S. Marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks. Where the twin towers once stood are now two beams of white light. This anniversary comes he at the very moment the u. S. Has left afghanistan, ending the 20 year war that was triggered that day. Nearly 3,000 people died on 9/11 at the world trade center, at the u. S. Pentagon and in a feel in shanksville, pennsylvania where passengers foiled one take. They were mostly americans. But others came from more than 90 countries. The president and first lady will pay their respects at all three sites on saturday. Earlier joe biden spoke about the deeper significance of the tragedy. Memories is what makes us who we are. America at its best. To me it s the central lesson
Enough is enough! nine months the majority has encouraged, incentivized, paid, pleaded, pacified a minority in this country to get vaccinated. We are the only country that has willfully ignored the availability of a vaccine to protect itself this egregiously. Think about that. From first to worst. Why? the reality? too many too often for bad reason refused to keep themselves and others safe. Is that their choice? yes. But mandates like this are controversial, right? why? we don t like the government telling us what to do. But, of course, it does, right? wear a seat belt, right? you can t blow smoke in my face in enclosed places anymore, right? you can t drink and drive, right? too much of the controversy here is just oppositional animus, not about good policy, and certainly not about science. The majority cannot have their freedoms infringed upon by those who refuse to do what is right. Yes, you have the right not to take the vaccine. That is your choice. But that doesn t mean the choi