>> employees of the company. they are upset. they feel the experience for them as gone down. drunk passengers. people arriving late with too many bag bags. >> thank you. christine romans, save travels. thank you for watching to the international viewers. "cnn newsroom" continues for you. for the u.s., "new day" continues. >> this was the right weapon for the right target. >> for the first time ever, the mother of all bombs was used in u.s. military combat. >> we are proud of our military. >> we can't just bomb our way to national security. >> what is the political strategy? what is the objective? >> north korea is indeed ready to pull off the sixth nuclear test. >> bottom line is north korea has to change its behavior. >> if provoked, they are not afraid to go to war. >> ramping up tensions of this

nature, it is a tinder box. >> this is "new day." with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." chris has the day off. john berman joins us. great to have you. >> great to be here. >> we have breaking news. u.s. commanding general in afghanistan calling the massive bomb that the u.s. dropped there the right weapon against the right target. the most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat. according to afghan officials, the bomb destroyed caves and tunnels used by isis fighters and killed dozens of those fighters. >> a lot of people are asking the question if this bomb was designed to send a message to north korea. that as officials accuse the dama dangerous situation. is north korea on the cusp of conducting a nuclear test? it is day 85 of the trump presidency. let's start with barbara starr.

she broke the story of the bomb strike. we have new information. >> reporter: good morning, john. general nicholson holding the conference in kabul just wrapped up. he did say at first light, u.s. force and afghan forces are on the ground at the site trying to assess the damage that the bomb caused. so far, he says, they see no evidence of civilian casualties. general nicholson, very experienced hand at these matters, knows full well the environment in washington and was this bomb dropped due to other messages that the trump administration wanted to send. possibly to north korea? he did not say. he did say it was a target they fr were looking at for a time. >> the timing and use of this weapon was simply the appropriate tactical moment against the proper target to use this particular munition.

it is not related to any other outside efforts. other than da'ish. >> reporter: there are up to 600 isis fighters and da'ish fighters in afghanistan u.s. operation forces are going against. in washington, donald trump was asked did he know about the mission? did he authorize this extraordinary event? listen to what he had to say. >> did you authorize it, sir? >> everybody knows exactly what happened. and what i do is i authorize my military. we have the greatest military in the world and they have done a job as usual. we have given them total authorization. that's what they're doing. frankly, that's why they have been so successful lately. >> reporter: total authorization. critical to understand what the president may be saying here. that doesn't mean he didn't know about it.

he has in fact authorized commanders to have more ability to under take missions on their own authority and this was in afghanistan in the works for some time. it doesn't mean he doesn't know about it. u.s. commanders will tell you they don't want to surprise any president or white house. they like the president to know what they're up to. >> thank you, barbara. there is widespread concern at this hour that north korea will conduct sixth nuclear test this weekend. china warns the conflict could breakout at any moment as the rhetoric from the north and u.s. heats up. cnn's alexandra field is live in seoul, south korea with the details. >> reporter: alisyn, good morning. washington does fully expect and anticipate and preparing for the possibility of the sixth nuclear test or ballistic missile launch from north korea. no one can say with certainty when it would happen. the question now is how the u.s. will respond to those

provocati provocations. it is the issue that vice president mike pence will take up stopping in seoul over the weekend and moving on to tokyo to talk about all of the options on the table in washington when it comes to the nuclear threat from north korea and we know the military option which is feared in south korea. that depends on the u.s. for protection. they fear retaliation from north korea. north korea has already expressed its outrage at the presence of u.s. war ships in the waters off the korean peninsula. saying the presence of nuclear assets has threatened global security and could push the region to the brink of a thermo-nuclear war. that is the provocation from pyongyang. they released images of kim jong un conducting training exercises. showing the celebration of the important day on the calendar. that holiday is tomorrow. that is where we have seen

provocative moves where we have seen missile launches and other action. >> thank you, alexandra. we have a lot to discuss. let's bring in analyst david gregory and abby philip. and military analyst retired army major general james "spider" marks. "spider," i want to start with you over something we talked about with kimberly dozier. the largest non-nuclear bomb was requested during the obama administration. why now and why use this bomb? >> first, back up a tiny bit. moab was developed and tested in 2003. it was available when i was the senior intel guy and we were in war in iraq. it was available for use. there was no good opportunity to use it. the military, saddam hussein military frittered away and the

insurgency popped up. there were no good targets separated from huge civilian casualties. it was never used. this was a target that general nicholson knew could be serviced by this munition. it was a tactical decision to use that saving the lives of afghan fighters and u.s. fighters that would have had to clear this target. the rules of engagement and collateral damage, the decision processes have been in place and predate this separation. certainly back to the obama administration and bush, et cetera. >> david, the question is does this bomb have a larger extra strategic significant? is there a bigger strategy? >> i think there is an emerging strategy of sending a political

message with the use of force. i think you saw that in syria. look, the contrast could not be clearer to the previous administration in syria for example. draw a red line. don't back it up. we heard from former advisers to president obama who said that they wished he would have done that. would have done what president trump has now done. i don't think it is a substitute for a larger military strategy. in either of these countries. i think what could happen in korea is still very much unknown. there is no question that president trump wants to send a message there is a new president with an interest in sending a different kind of military and political message to adversaries around the world. i think there's no question the use of weaponry like this serves that larger point. again, to the general's point, this is a tactical decision. i don't know there is a larger

strategy in place. >> abby, let's look at the military action. the u.s. military has taken since president trump came into office. there's a lot of them. as you know, the lauded and considered a success. the strike on the syrian air base. there was this moab bombing. north korea, "the uss carl vinson" is heading there now. there are some gone wrong. the raid in yemen where civilians were killed and a marine. the friendly fire accident in another part of syria. so, some people say this is not what president trump kpacampaig on. this is not america first. is this keeping america safe? >> yeah. one thing we should remember is the u.s. military is always engaged in a lot of pockets around the world.

we just don't always hear about it and not focused on it. one of the risks for trump as someone ran against disengaging the u.s. from the world and using the resources instead to build up the domestic roads and bridges and so on, there is a risk of being perceived as someone who is just a little too hawkish for his core supporters. so far, trump has erred on the side of using a lot of missile power. he hasn't really put forward his position or his doctrine on what it would take for him to authorize ground troops in part of the world. until we really see where he lands on that, it is too early to know how far he is willing to go and how much he changed from the core tenets during the campaign. >> stand by for a second. we are just getting in now the video of the bomb blast in afghanistan. the moab.

the largest non-nuclear device ever deployed by the military. let's watch this and we'll talk about it. >> there is no sound on this. you can see it. >> very large impact. that is the aftermath right there. we will re-rack it and show it one more time. "spider" if you can watch this and tell us what we're seeing as we are seeing it here. >> notice the terrain. it is veryrestrictive. when you have a concussive blast, it will be contained in the smaller area. the force of the blast is exacerbated based on where it is striking. bear in mind this was a tunnel complex. again, as the shockwave goes underground and gets into the different tunnels, it is constri constricted. you can imagine anybody down there is now turned to dust. >> it is not a bunker buster?

this is fuel ignition. it makes a big fire. that fire in theory goes underground and clears out the tunnels. >> it is an air burst aboveground. you can determine the altitude it goes off. that is how you describe the target. you have a conical shape radius of the effects on the ground. it is not a bunker buster. >> david gregory. go ahead. what do you want to weigh in on the president's decision and military? >> i guess, i'm thinking about larger messaging and larger strategy at work. i just think we're in a place and "spider" and i have talked about this. in 2017 for the u.s. military and for this administration whereas you think about military strategy -- air power alone has limited effect and utility. even something as awesome as this to view. there's a lot of intended audiences here.

the united states is very much in a fight against isis at a point when isis has been degraded significantly and maybe closer to falling. at least in portions of iraq if not in syria as much. you have an audience in pyongyang and north korea and in syria and indeed in russia. so there's a lot of politics involved here internationally where the president is trying to stake out ground. i would say as a military strategy, these are still limited tools in terms of how you follow-up on this strategically down the line. >> i want to bring in barbara starr. barbara, we are getting the first look at the military deployment. the first time the u.s. military used the device. this was in a remote mountainous area. you see no communities here. >> as we play this video, what i can tell you and it is hard to

see on the video. we know this fell into a deep mountain valley. this fell. there are mountain ridges surrounding the area and this cave or complex of caves and tunnels was deep in a valley surrounded by the steep mountains. it is one of the way they can keep an eye on the target in the days leading up to it and try to ensure there were no civilians in the area. that shot you see right there is a better look at this region which is so mountainous and remo remote. it falls into the deep mountain valley and the mountains surrounding it, i think you can say would have absorbed some of the blast would keep the damage contained from any other civilian areas nearby. there are at a distance some villages and some areas where there are people. troops on the ground say they

see no signs of civilian casualties. general nicholson at his press conference was making the point this was the best weapon for the target in this remote area. what they had seen were isis fighters retreat into the mountain valley and into the caves and tunnels. very difficult for troops on the ground. u.s. troops and afghan troops on the ground to prosecute this kind of target. the isis fighters had laid out belts of ieds and other obstacles and other weapons. they were fairly well dug in. this is a classic tactic in eastern afghanistan. dating back to 2001 when the u.s. tried to flush out osama bin laden at tora bora. they were out for a lot of other reasons. this is an area over the years where terrorists have fled in and hidden out in caves and tunnels. they have the advantage.

they can see u.s. troops coming at them on the ground. they can spot them from their hideouts. this time it was from the air. the initial assessment is they got what they were trying to go after. though probably important to remember the u.s. estimate is still up to 800 isis fighters in afghanistan. >> barbara starr, thank you. guys, stand by. this huge bomb blast in afghanistan is the second military strike launched without congressional approval in the last two weeks. will the president go to congress to get authorization? we'll have a republican congress member and afghan war veteran joining us next. tech: when your windshield needs to be fixed...

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this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. staying on top of the breaking news. pentagon just released video of the huge bomb hitting and killing dozens of isis fighters officials say in tunnels and

caves in afghanistan. this is the largest non-nuclear bomb used in combat. we have the member of the house foreign affairs committee with us. thank you for being withes us. you just saw the video for the first time. your reaction to the vikistrike? >> i'm glad to see the commitment to the level of violence of action from the commander in chief. i hope we see authorized use of force for the role in afghanistan for what we are doing in syria and other parts of the world. i'm happy to see this level of commit. it shows that we have somebody willing to fight to win. >> you say eventually. you need congressional authorization. the clock is ticking, especially from syria. 60 days from the syrian missile strike which was ten days ago. are you okay with pushing your

fellow members involved here? back in 2013, your comrades shirked their responsibilities or decided not to vote. >> this is a conversation we have been having already. what is our approach to making sure we get this done. what is the goal we have. what are we trying to accomplish? how do we get in and do it and get out after the mission is accomplished? it's important for everybody to know. >> has the white house or administration given you any indication they have answers to those questions? >> i have not had the opportunity to ask the white house those questions personally. when i get the opportunity to ask those questions, i certainly will. i suspect you will see movement on this certainly as we return from recess back to washington. >> as you watch this, as i watch it, have they made clear the larger strategy? >> i think one of the things you certainly see as part of the strategy is the goal not going to be limping along to contain

or limping along to degrade. the goal is to be destroy the enemy. root them out wherever we find them. we have a commitment to destroy them whenever we find them. that is the life-saving thing you can do. have that commitment. the reality is we will never make peace with a current enemy. you make peace with former enemy. to do that, you have to make them a former enemy. >> can you do that by air? no matter how big the bomb is, can you do it from the air or do you have to commit ground troops? i say this to you as an army combat veteran who was wounded in war. >> you are talking about the battle field of afghanistan right now. we had ground troops there for years. >> about 8,000. >> that is a moot point. if you are talking about other theaters of war, that is a different question. in afghanistan, you will continue to see our men on the

ground. i think you are seeing a smart role played here. the reality is i know ieds as well as anybody. they don't come in one and two. they come in dozens. this area is well dug in and military male fighters. you see a good level of responsibility in using this device. you know, you could have dropped more ordnance on the area. you could have carpet bomb on the area. that would not be precise. it would not be a guided bomb unit like the moab. in using precision, that is a level of restraint. >> this is a personal non-political question. you lost your legs in an ied attack ten years ago. in 2010 in afghanistan. as you watch, continue u.s. military action seven years after that. 15 years into the conflict. just in general, what are your feelings this is still going on

in afghanistan. >> i want to see the end in sight. i care as much as anybody about my friends that are still out on the battle field. i have a lot of them still out there and probably the reality is i'll end up losing some of them before this war is over. that's not something i want to think about. i don't think it is something any american wants to think about or any family member who has their sons and daughters over there. this is not something we want. to get to that place where we're going to be able to make peace. we have to make them a former enemy. that requires a certain level of commitment. it certainly is not lost on me whatsoever. the cost of war. i don't mean that monetarily. i lost 67 friends in our theaters of war. i don't mean that in terms of limb. i recovered alongside when i was injured in 2010. there were 50 or 60 men or women a month waking up like me at

walter reed medical center. i don't want to see that cost continue. >> we honor your commitment, sir and respect your commitment to your friends and fellow soldiers. congress member brian mast. thank you. >> always good to be with you. >> alisyn. donald trump said repeatedly during the campaign he loved wikileaks. now his cia director says something much different and darker. that's next. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts.

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cia director mike pompeo now blasting wikileaks as a hostile intelligence service. those words are different from the president's on the campaign trail. >> now this just came out. this just came out. wikileaks. i love wikileaks. >> by the way, did you see another one? another one came in today. this wikileaks is like a treasure trove. >> time to call out wikileaks for what it is. a non-state hostile intelligence service. >> let's discuss this with our

uber panel. we have david and carl bernstein and phil mudd. carl, why is mike pompeo making a point of talking about wikileaks in the sinister tones now? >> because it is true and because we are in the midst of the huge series of investigations of the whole question of what russia did in our election campaign to interfere with the democratic system. part of the story are the wikileaks disclosures that were aimed to destabilize us. wikileaks was used, knowingly or unknowingly, by the russians. wikileaks started as an admirable concept. divulging secrets it should divulge. it has turned into a simply ant ant anti-american jihad of information and not adhering to

its original supposed purpose. that's what pompeo said it is. on top of which trump is part of right now trying to impede what we need to know about what russia did and the collusion among people around him in the effort to destabilize the election campaign. >> we have not heard from president trump in condemning wikileaks. david, when you hear the cia director mike pompeo, former politician mike pompeo, there is irony going off or hypocrasy. >> let's talk about president trump who made wikileaks a central issue in the campaign. mike pompeo was along for the ride and maybe now redeemed soul. one reason it is urgent is the important election in france coming up. it may determine if france stays

in the european union. wikileaks is attacking candidates of the center. it is note worthy how russian candidates e-mail security. those at the center, his communications are being attacked. with the view of what russia is trying to organize is extreme of the left and extreme of the right. >> phil, how did this happen? did wikileaks start as a whistle blowing operation and copted? >> forget about wikileaks. what does intelligence service do? it acquires information secretly and uses that information for influence operations. what happened last fall? a security service didn't

publish. this revolution in intelligence and crowd sourcing. i can see why mike pompeo said that. interesting to me, alisyn, this is a rare day where the counterterrorism guy gets to do a good news story. they will look at mike pompeo and regardless what you thought as a politician, can you look at the world without bias regardless of what the president said of wikileaks and offer impression of what wikileaks looks like? mike pompeo did that. it could courage. >> carl bernstein, the other reporting out there. british intelligence sources early on in the campaign passed on that they picked up surveillance of contacts with trump associates and russians. you say this continues to raise questions as you see more and more facts come out and pattern of context of what the trump administration is doing now. how they are handling this and how they are not addressing the

situation or how they are covering it up. >> there is a cover-up going on. we don't know what the white house is covering up with the dealing with russia or the trump campaign dealing with russia. we don't know it is obstruction of justice. there certainly is an attempt by the president of the united states to obstruct and impede knowledge of what happened here. doesn't mean he broken the law. why in the world would not this president say look the russians interfered in our campaign. i want anybody around me to make it known. he has pompeo. he is has the intelligence community. he knows what is known by the british, by the dutch, by the intelligence services that have picked up the intercepts of people around him. speaking with russian intelligence people. trump knows a good deal that he's not revealing. we are going to find out a lot in the coming weeks and months about the cover-up.

there is really disturbing information that the president of the united states is trying to impede knowledge of what happened here of an attempt of a foreign hostile power to destabilize the electoral process. >> i think it is impossible that the president not know what he is covering up. he knows there is a bad smell around paul manafort. he knows the ukraine ledger with the payments from paul manafort from the russian dictator to ukraine. we know the large sums flowed to manafort. what the context was, it is possible that other people in trump world are terrified what the information may be. don't know the magnitude of the problem. it may be terrible. it may not be terrible. they are trying to seal and control the story. you have seen that before. >> trump is the one who is trying to conceal and impede. that's what is important. the president of the united

states is doing it. not only that. the question now is raised about what did donald trump say during the election while campaigning and while this was going on about his pro russian and vladimir putin statements and how relevant they are to this? so what we now want to know is how these line up. again, not going to the criminal. is it possible that donald trump was duped by his own people into the stance he took? >> i'm not here to condone him. you hire paul manafort, you know you are getting something that will possibly prove embarrassing or worse. he made that decision. it is sometimes happening. you see the story in the watergate events. people at the top are covering up a scandal whose ramifications they don't fully understand. >> phil? >> i think from is a secondary problem we need to be concerned about. president trump is a brander. he branded a company. he is branding himself as a

decision maker. in the decision to strike syria. i fear, i have no evidence of this, i fear one of the things that may be happening with the us getting sideways with russia is he realizes aligning with russia as he said during itthe campaign is bad branding. i fear he is trying to cover up the relationship with russia from months ago. that is not a goods news story. >> thank you. stay tuned. there will be more. she has made a big impression during the first 100 days. you may be surprised who inspired her political run. jamie gagel goes one-on-one with nikki haley. that's fascinating and next. no, i'm good. come on, moe. i have to go. (vo) we always trusted our subaru impreza would be there for him someday. ok. that's it. (vo) we just didn't think someday would come so fast. see ya later, moe.

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so it looks like the holiday weekend could be stormy for the country. cnn meteorologist chad myers has the forecast. >> there are storms that run through a cold front that will charge across the great lakes. maybe to the ohio valley and eventually to the northeast. that will be sunday night for the northeast. right now, mild. 64 in new york city. 70s in dc. here is the front i'm talking about. through the plains. the northeast, a shower upstate until sunday night. that is when the showers get to the northeast. take a look at the temperatures.

st. louis in the 80s. washington, d.c. in the 70s. nice up to around 85 or 86 degrees by sunday afternoon. let's get to the hippity hoppity easter on its way. cleveland to ohio and indianapolis. the rest of the country is mild. >> hippity hoppity. she has gone from governorship to the administration. now the ambassador to the united nations nikki haley is making headlines for the hard line on russia. what does cnn have to say this? jamie gagel sat down with an interview. she has been making a name for herself. >> she has been the most public person in the cabinet. the rising star of the cabinet. what is interesting is no one

expected this. her first day at the u.n., she said there's a new sheriff in town. no one expected that she would be so center stage. >> from condemning the chemical attacks in syria, to the regime change. >> strengthening assad will lead to more murders. >> ambassador nikki haley is the leading force of foreign policy in the trump administration. not afraid to speak her mind. >> for you that don't have our back, we are taking names. >> or contradict her boss. >> russia trying to show theirs muscle. i don't think we can trust them. >> has he ever said you shouldn't have said something? >> he has not. >> are you surprised? >> i'm not surprised because he knew that when he hired me that i made it clear i didn't want to be a wallflow er or talking hea.

>> how much is coordinated with the white house and state department? >> it is always coordinated. >> you are not going rogue? >> no. i'm very aware who i work for. what i'll tell you is it is a sign of how this president works. it's not uncommon for him to pick up the phone and tell me what he feels on an issue. it is not uncommon to say make sure you say this and don't be afraid to say this. he is has given me leeway to say what i think. i'm a strong voice by nature. i'm a bull in a china shop sometimes. he allows me to do that. >> friends say that same strength and independence served haley well growing up in south carolina. the daughter of sikh immigrants in india. her father a professor. mother a lawyer. the family suffered discrimination. >> they never seen anybody in a turbin. they have never seen anybody in

a sarhi. growing up was -- you always knew you were different. you felt it. >> one such moment was when she and her sister were disqualified from the little miss bambeecama beauty padgege pageant. the judges said they were neither. >> my mom said at least do her song. it was "this land is my land." >> there is the irony of the story. >> my mom would never let us complain. she said your job is not to show them how you are different, but similar. >> haley got her accounting degree at clemson and marry michael, a captain in the south carolina army national guard and raise two children. her daughter rina, a freshman in college and her son who is 15. along the way, she credits two

women with her interest in politics. >> your role model, you frequently say, margaret thatcher. >> yes. if you want something said, ask a man. if you want something done, ask a woman. >> the woman inspired you to go into politics was? >> hillary clinton. >> one day, she went to hear her speak. >> she said for every reason people say not to do it, for every reason, you should. i didn't know you weren't supposed to run against a 30-year incumbent in a primary. >> she won that race. served the statehouse. then went on to break two barriers. becoming the first indian-american and first woman governor of south carolina. >> so help me god. >> overnight, she was a rising star in the republican party. thrust on the national stage after the horrific mass shooting

at charleston's mother emanuel ame church. >> everyone just wanted to hug her. an image of nikki crying. >> then won praise for successful campaign to remove the confederate flag from the statehouse. >> nikki haley did something some thought impossible. a female ran for governor and beat the boys. >> her star power and clout were never more apparent than during the presidential campaign when she endorsed florida senator marco rubio. many thought this could be the gop ticket. >> donald trump did not take it well and he went on twitter. the people of south carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley. not 20 minutes later, you responded, quote, donald trump, bless your heart. what does that mean?

>> it is a polite way to say read between the lines. >> trump did not take it permane personally. naming her the ambassador to the u.n. >> and with secretary of state tillerson. he kept a low profile and you have been out there. any awkwardness? >> i think it is the personality. i think he is very much an executive and thoughtful in his approach and how he moves forward. i'm not afraid to say anything. i'm not easily intimidated. i think we compliment each other well. >> its has however led to speculation that some day haley might like his job or higher office. >> everybody i talk to said does she want to be secretary of state? >> no. >> do you want to be senator? >> no. >> are you going to run for the white house? >> no. >> you are not going to run for white house? >> you know what is amazing. this happened my entire work

career. everyone thinks that i'm ambitious. everybody thinks i'm trying to run for something. everybody thinks i want more. the truth is i'm passionate. >> you would not rule out some day you would run for the white rule out running for the white house. >> i really can't. >> and look at her revelations and life story. fascinating. i didn't know all of those things. certainly about her childhood and then about her idol being hillary clinton? fascinating. >> never say no to her. pointing out one thing. i think donald trump gives her a lot of leeway. she says she doesn't go rogue, if you look at her public statements. take the chemical weapons attack. she was the first one out there,

then the next day the white house spoke. it was her decision to show those pictures that had such a big impact. i think they had not only a big impact at the u.n. but on donald trump. her staff told me she trusts her instincts. so far, donald trump likes her instincts, too. >> we know one thing. donald trump watches tv. you see news events of the united nations, clearly making an impact on the president. >> yes. >> thank you, jamie gangel. called the mother of all bombs that targeted isis in afghanistan killing dozens of fighters. is that a message to north korea, and how do they interpret that message? we'll be right back. you do all this research

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police officers in navajo nation face a unique risk. they have to patrol the immense native american nation. now an officer killed last month is remembered for his bravery. cnn has nor this week's "beyond the call of duty." >> reporter: this stunning desert panorama in the southwestern united states is the largest native american reservation in the country. spread across three states, the vastness and remoteness of the navajo nation reservation makes it incredibly challenging, even dangerous, for law enforcement. a territory larger than the size of west virginia, patrolled by a police force with a fraction of the resources and officers of its bordering counties. >> probably working with half the staff to other police

departments, what they work with, and twice the area. so the struggles out there and the hurdles they have to go through is immense, but they still go out and and do it every day despite the danger and not having backup close by. >> reporter: last month one of their officers was the only officer responding to a domestic call when shot and killed by an armed suspect. >> he was like their baby brother, always there, full of life, full of humor. always kept them going, and they'll miss him greatly, because he was one of the hardest working and most dedicated officers there. >> reporter: a highly decorated officer and a volunteer firefighter is just one of three navajo officers killed on duty in fewer than two years. >> most police chiefs and police departments don't lose officers that often in that short amount of time. >> it's devastating. hits you right here in the heart. >> reporter: at after largo's

funer funeral, the fred gave a heartfelt message he wants people to hear. >> remember in that uniform behind that badge there's a person that is loved and honored, respected by many people. i want you just to remember that. >> reporter: a message that reaches far beyond navajo nation. >> we need to recognize that these are real people with families, with children, with spouses, with mom, dad. we need to teach our children to respect and honor law enforcement while they are young so when they grow up, when they see a police officer, they will be thankful that somebody is there protecting them. >> reporter: boris sanchez, cnn, window rock, arizona. >> oh, my gosh. what a wonderful message. thanks to boris there. we are following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. let me be clear. we will not relent in our mission to fight alongside our

afghan comrades. >> we have given them total authorization. frankly, that's why they've been so successful. >> the largest non-nuclear bomb targeting isis fighters. >> 16 years after 9/11, we are still fighting a war in afghanistan. >> we have more threats right now than ever before. we need a strategy. >> mounting concerns that north christine romans could conduct its sixth nuclear test. >> it's entirely plausible he might consider using chemical weapons. >> it's a touch-and-go situation that could escalate into an all-out conflict. >> north korea is a problem. the problem will be taken care of. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." chris is off this morning and john berman joins me. happy friday. great to have you here. >> good to be here. breaking news. the pentagon releasing new video of that massive bomb that hit and killed dozens of tunnels and caving in eastern afghanistan. the u.s. commanding general

calls this the right weapon against the right target, quote/unquote. what does this mean on the korean peninsula? are those in north korea on the brink of a conflict. president trump we are told is closely monitoring the situation from mar-a-lago in florida, this as north korea condemned the united states for moving warships to the region. big question right now, is this the eve of a new north korean nuclear test? a busy, critical day. 85 of the trump presidency. let's begin coverage with barbara starr at the pentagon who broke the story of the bombing in afghanistan. we have new details from u.s. military officials just this morning. barbara? >> reporter: good morning, john. looking at that video. it's very telling. that 21,000 it bomb falling yesterday into a deep mountain valley in a remote area of eastern afghanistan against a complex of tunnels and caves being used by isis fighters. there are about 800 isis

fighters across afghanistan in the eastern area. this was a complex that the u.s. commanders say they wanted to go after to get isis out of there, and the top commander in that press conference just a short time ago making it clear, it was a military objective, insisting there were no outside political influences. have a listen. >> and the timing of the use of this weapon was simply the appropriate tactical moment against a proper target to use this particular munition. so it is not related to any outside events, other than our focus on destroying dieash in 2017. >> reporter: not related to any outside events. if the north koreans see that video on tv they can perhaps draw some of their own conclusions from it, but the u.s. is saying it has nothing to do with north korea. president trump asked if he authorized this strike in afghanistan with his