live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. with robyn curnow. thank you so much for joining me this hour. great to have you along. and we actually begin the show in afghanistan and a chilly warning that came from the cia, and it 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 and possibly children just seconds before the missile found its target. 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 no one in the car was linked to isis-k, calling the air strike a mistake. seven of those killed in the attack were children. nic robertson has been speaking some of the relatives who lost siblings, sons and daughters in the strike. he has a look at their heartache from kabul. a lot of children. reporter: this is the blood
back on earth. the crew members of inspiration 4 are home after their historic three-day 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 isis-k. 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 thousa
crew members of inspiration 4 return home after their historic three-day mission. a 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 and possibly children just seconds before the missile hit. the strike followed a suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. troops and scores of afghans at the kabul airport, but the pentagon now admit is no one in the car was linked to isis-k, calling the air strike a mistake. cnn s nic robertson has been speaking to the relatives of those killed and he filed this report from kabul. this is a lot of children this is part of the children up here? reporter: yeah. ahmaudi shows me his shattered house. reporter: it s heartbreaking now to see this now and know that they say it was just a mistake. no one has had the heart to clean it up since the drone strike three weeks ago. my cute daug
are home after their historic three-day mission. a 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 that there were likely civilians in the area and possibly children just seconds before the missile found its target. the military hit the toyota following a suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. troops and scores of afghans at the kabul airport, but the pentagon now admits no one in the car was linked to isis-k and up to seven people killed in the air strike were chil children. cnn s alex marquardt has mar on what we re learning from washington. on the heels of the pentagon dmigt o admitting on friday to a tragic mistake, we are now learning in the final seconds before the h h hellfire missile tore through the car of an aide worker, the cia issued a warning that civilians were likely in the area, including possibly children inside the vehicle. that s according t
to protect those already vaccinated, keeping schools open, increasing covid testing and mask requirements, economic recovery and improving care for covid patients. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly starts us off this morning. reporter: as president biden heads into what his top advisers are calling a major speech on the pandemic, he is really doing it with dual purposes. one on the policy front, no question amidst the delta surge more than 1,000 deaths per day, more than 150,000 cases on average per day, there needs to be policy changes or in this case of the white house policy advancements. officials say the president will focus on vaccine mandates both for the public and private sector, also particularly on kids going back to school. millions of kids going back to the classroom, the president with a focus on safety and testing. all of this underscores recognition inside the white house of the very real problem the delta variant has opposed, pot just poli