Announcer live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. The pentagon says a deadly Drone Strike carried out during the final stages of the Afghanistan Evacuation was a tragic mistake. The u. S. Now admitting the strike killed ten civilians including seven children. A reversal from weeks of maintaining it was an isisk fighters threatening another attack on the kabul airport. Top u. S. General says he takes full responsibility for getting things so wrong. And it was actually an Aide Worker whose car was filled with Water Containers and not explosives. The Cnn Investigation had already cast doubts on the original narrative and we have more on the admission, and what were learning about the victims and a warning, some of the footage youre about to see is graphic. The u. S. Military has admitted that wrong intelligence led to the killing of ten innocent afghan civilian, including seven children. Following a Drone Strike in kabul, almost three weeks ago, on what they thought
Cnns Martin Savidge has the latest. Reporter good morning. Four of the victims from Saturdays Crash attended the High School here. Federal investigators will try to figure out exactly what happened on an alabama highway. There tramg i did is horrific on a number of levels. Not just the numbers of those lost, ten people died, but then on top of that, with the fact that almost all of them were children between the ages of 9 months and 17 years, and many of the children had already gone through very difficult circumstances in their lives only to die tragically. This is what we know, Saturday Afternoon it was around mid afternoon when this Multicar Pile Up took place on I65 Northbound just south of montgomery. There were at least 15 vehicles involved including Semitractor Trailer trucks. The largest number of people who died were in the 15passenger Van from the Girls Ranch. They were heading back after spending most of the week at the gull shores. What triggered the crash, we dont know. Th
lead. a turning point perhaps in the democratic primary. two weeks. no more. that s all the time the u.s. has left to prepare for an approaching viral tsunami. in two weeks the number of coronavirus cases is expected to surge here. so too the death toll and the strain on an already stretched health care system. because in terms of preparation the united states is a lot more like italy, which saw the virus explode two weeks ago and is now in europe s hard yet hit country. the coronavirus now confirmed in all 50 u.s. states. more than 100 people have already died. for the worst case scenario could see as many as 2 million dead. and right now avoiding italy s fate rests on a response which varies from state to state, city to city, and inconsistent patchwork of measures ranging from aggressive action, which changes daily lives, routines, the very fabric of society, to almost nothing. and the economic pain already being felt and the trump administration proposing a trillion-do
we will, we will rock you flying at half staff, honoring those that were killed in the tunisia. this weekend, fears of an isis inspired attack have authorities on edge. and greece s financial if you tour hangs in the balance. we hear from greeks about what they think about the debt crisis. and the number of shark attacks along the eastern u.s. has beach goers a little nerved up. one survivor shares his story. i would be nervous to get into that water. i know. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m george howell. and i m natalie allen. and you re watching cnn newsroom. it is 8:00 a.m. in the united kingdom where they are remembering what happened at beach resort in tunisia. flags have been lowered to half staff including at bumming ham buckingham palace in england. bodies will be repatriated today. phil black is with us. phil good to have you with us. what s the latest on the investigation at this point? reporter: geo
i m christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. breaking right now, we have our eye on an unexpected overnight activity in the hunt for the two escaped killers from maximum security prison. possible sightings have officers chasing richard matt and david sweat on opposite ends of new york state. just hours ago there was a possible new sighting near owl s head about 20 miles west of the prison in dan know morrah. new york state police are on the scene with command post, atvs and help from vermont tactical troopers. while that was happening, a search in friendship near the border in pennsylvania that wrapped up overnight and there is new information on the investigation into the escape itself. a correction s officer at the prison is being questioned. a lawyer tells cnn that police interviewed the guard on sunday for 14 hours. for the latest let s turn to cnn s sara ganim in dan know morrah. reporter: john and christine, it seems the investigation is now focused on the p