this white toyota corolla as you talk about, i do not know how many white toyota corollas there are in, but it is a pretty common car. i did not know how much that narrows it down, significantly. and of course the sort of point-to-point intelligence, talking about this being near one of the compounds that an -- that they had identified as an isis-k stronghold. the massive secondary explosion, their "proof" that there was a bomb in the car, turns out to be hellfire missile ignited a propane tank that was parked behind it in the driveway of the compound where it pulled into, and that was the cause of the secondary explosion. some ways, you know, it shows you the real dangers of sort of, you know, paleo the logical thinking, trying to justy the end, interpreting in a way, and it does not add up the way they thought it. lewis: thanks for that, gary. gary o'donoghue in washington. still to come on bbc news, the rest of the day's international developments. stay with us. ♪ >> 30 hos after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have di

there are thousands of white toyota corollas. there are times like this one where it goes tragically wrong. thoost where the procedures really need to be looked at in an effort to make sure this kind of stuff doesn't happen again. >> isn't this tragic exhibit a of how the complications going forward without people on the gr ground. general mckenzie got a question about the over the horizon capabilities. they are obviously fallible. how can they know this won't happen again in. >> he's asked about that. he took issue with that saying going forward, the operations will be carried out like the one that happened two days sprier against isis k targets. that was a better example saying that's an offensive operation. the one that took place in kabul was more of a defensive operation. he tried to split the difference there. it's obviously incredibly tragic . he was asked about whether he considered this to be an utter and abject failure. he said he would not qualify the entire operation in those terms. while they were apologizing saying

k would utilize a white toyota corolla as a key element in the next attack. because the compound that point number one was our strongest lead for the series of image attacks. we initiated an intense surveillance of the compound with as many as 6 am to 9 reapers on the morning of 29 august. at 8 52 am local time on 29 august, a white toyota corolla arrived to point number one. the compound we believed to be a key area of interest associated with imminent threats to the airport. 2 adult males exit of the vehicle met with an adult male in the compound, and received a bag from him. the corolla in the part of the compound heading south and we followed the vehicle. at 9 o 5 am. the toyota corolla picked up a 3rd adult mail carrying a bag at point number 2, and then continued south. at 935 the parole arrived at the compound point number 3 . ready which we now know to include an office of nutrition and education internation. in all 3 adult males in the vehicle entered the building on the compound. at 11 19 am, 3 adult males unloaded bags and jugs from the truck of th

at 9:05 a.m., the toyota corolla picked up a third adult male carrying a bag at point number two and then continued south. at 9:35, the corolla arrived at the compound at point number three, which we now know to include an office of nutrition and education international, and all three adult males in the vehicle entered the building on the compound. at 11:19 a.m., three adult males unloaded bags and jokes from the trunk of the vehicle before the -- before departing the compound at 11:02 a.m. heading south. at approximately this time, u.s. forces were notified of a sensitive intelligence collection indicating that an isis-k cell leader in kabul was dropping off supplies. at 12: 11:00 p.m., the corolla arrived at point number four, and at least two adult male occupants exited the vehicle in front of an office building before returning to their vehicle and departing at 1:20 7 p.m., heading west and then south. at 2:00 p.m., the corolla returned to the compound at point number three. subsequently, multiple adult males were observed loading the truck of the vehicle -- the trunk of the vehic

at 9:05 a.m., the toyota corolla picked up a third adult male carrying a bag at point number 2 and continued south. 9:35, the corolla arrived at the compound at point number 3, which we now know to include an office of nutrition and education internationally. all three adult males entered the building on the compound. at 11:19 a.m., three adult males unloaded bags and jugs from the trunk of the vehicle before departing the compound at 11:22 a.m. heading south. at approximately this time, u.s. forces were notified of a sensitive intelligence collection indicating that an isis-k cell leader in kabul was dropping off supplies. at 12:11 p.m., the corolla arrived at point number 4. at least two adult males exited the vehicle in front of an office building before returning to the vehicle and departing at 1:27 p.m. heading west and then south. 2:00 p.m., the corolla returned to the compound at point number 3. subsequently multiple adult males were observed leading the trunk of the vehicle with items assessed at the time the be explosives. before departing at 3:47 p.m. with four adult males heading

a white toyota corolla arrived at .1. the compound a key area of interest with imminent threats to the airport. two adult males exited the vehicle. met with an adult male in the compound and received a bag from him. the corolla then departed the compound heading south and we followed the vehicle. at 9:05:00 a.m., they picked up a third mail carrying a bag at point two and continued south. 9:35, the corolla arrived at point three, which we know to include office of nutrition and international. at 11:19 a.m., three adult males unloaded bags and jugs from the trunk of the vehicle before departing the compound at 11:22:00 a.m. headed south. at this time, u.s. forces were notified of intelligence collection indicating a cell leader in kabul was dropping off supplies. at 12:11:00 p.m., they arrived at .4. at least two adult male objecting pants exited the vehicle in front of an office building before returning to the vehicle and departing 1:27 p.m., headed west and south. 2:00 p.m., the corolla returned to the compound at point

and this aide worker just happened to be driving a toyota corolla.becomes suspicious to them. especially when they see him loading containers into his truck. they th thought they were explosives. when they ordered the strike. and after the investigation was done, those containers held water which he was bringing home to his family because his home was without running water. it was just the final debacle of the afghan war. >> brennan: you know, just this week, the deputy c.i.a. director told us they're tracking al-qaeda members moving back to afghanistan. so it raises the stakes on getting things right. there is a extensive discussion about the presidents involving afghanistan. the chief military advisor to the president said don't do it, don't do it this way. and general austin said the same thing to president biden and he dismissed it. >> he didn't dismiss it. he listened. they all give him credit for listening. but he just wasn't buying it. he just not believe that it was worth the candle to remain in afghanistan. remember, lloyd austin had seen th

but another thing he mentioned was a white toyota corolla was the information they were given. they had more information as well they might not be able to share, but white toyota corolla is basically like saying a black suv in america. there are white toyota corollas all over america and on top of that they were able to follow that car for over eight hours. how could they not have followed what was going on in that house for eight hours? so this was a grave failure of intelligence. >> thank you to you both. appreciate it. >>> all right, so just a couple hours ago the department of homeland security announcing a new plan to address the plight of more than 10,000 migrants packed under a bridge in del rio, texas. dhs planning to surge the area with border agents and attempt to either move individuals to processing locations or send them back to haiti, the country where most of these migrants came from. joining me now from del rio, texas, morgan chesky. how are things looking there on the ground today, and is there any word at this point how fast this new plan by the dhs could actu

, will be used by isis k to attack— toyota corolla, will be used by isis k to attack kabul airport. this particular white corolla for eight hours and it had been _ corolla for eight hours and it had been near— corolla for eight hours and it had been near and isis k compound. he said that _ been near and isis k compound. he said that they had miss interpreted and misunderstood what looked to them _ and misunderstood what looked to them like — and misunderstood what looked to them like loading explosives into them like loading explosives into the boot— them like loading explosives into the boot of the car. he says that turns _ the boot of the car. he says that turns out — the boot of the car. he says that turns out to _ the boot of the car. he says that turns out to have been bottles of water _ turns out to have been bottles of water going into the blue of the car rather— water going into the blue of the car rather than — water going into the blue of the car rather than bombs. and he said that the interpretation and the military after the — the interpretation and the military after th

the intelligence we learned today indicated there was a car, white toyota corolla they believed isisnext attack so they were tracking a white toyota corolla in the course of eight hours going from an area associated with isis today office of an ngo where they believed they saw men loading it with exposes. they now believe it was water. it was driven to a compound near the airport and there had just been an attack that left 13 american service members dead and a u.s. drone fired the held fire missile at 4:53 p.m. local team tearing into the car of a 43-year-old father killing him and nine others. you'll remember, erin, a couple days after the strike, mark milley called this a righteous strike and today i asked the head how they went from righteous strike to what we know in this tragedy. >> we used a statement about six hours after the strike acknowledging the possibility of civilian casualty ies so we kne from the beginning. i think we still thought we had good reason to take that strike and it took us gathering the facts to change that. >> mckenzie also rejengcted the dec description

. >> general mckenzie said they had intelligence that a white toyota corolla would be involved in an imminent isis attack. when they tracked the white toyota corolla of 43-year-old aid worker samarit ahmadi to the compound where he lived near the airport, that's when the strike happened. almost three weeks later the u.s. military apologizing, saying it's considering paying reparations to the family as it reviews how future strikes will be carried out. >>> manner while, hundreds of afghans who used to work with the u.s. are pleading with washington to not forget about them. many are stranded in the north with no way out of the country and they have no doubt the taliban will kill them if they stay. phil black spoke with one former translator who is not giving up hope that the u.s. will get him out. >> reporter: this man's says he has lived and worked almost two decades as a loyal ally of american efforts in afghanistan. now he is stranded, vulnerable, too scared to reveal his identity. we're calling him waqil. >> i'm afraid maybe they have some plan, if they not kill us now, maybe in a

military is convinced the intelligence that there were isis fighters in this white toyota corolla based on intelligence. neil? >> neil: this investigation does note apply to the first drone strike that took out a top isis-k operative. this did not apply to that attack, right? >> that's correct, neil. that drone strike happened prior. that was in nangarhar, eastern afghanistan. general mckenzie was bullish on that. he said it killed the intended targets. i asked him does notice having u.s. troops on the ground hurt the u.s. military's ability to launch the drone strikes and be successful. he wouldn't admit it. he said it would be challenging without troops on the ground. i asked him if they thought they had isis fighters and explosives, he said no u.s. troops on the ground were part of the package. part of it is this vehicle was driven by an aid worker and water was being loaded in the car. the problem is during a reaper drone orbiting high oververied, you see grainy video. what they thought were explosives were water jugs. the in. >> raleigh called it a tragic mistake and tike responsib

indicated that an attack was imminent and one of the pieces of intelligence was that a white toyota corolla was involved. in the end, they ended up tracking the wrong one and certainly cancelkilling the wro person. not only collateral damage degree a strike against an isis target, there was no isis target at all, fredricka. >> julian, let's talk about what sometimes the strategic reward that comes with the drone strikes and then of course this underscores the huge risks. >> yes. i'm confused a little bit. i mean, about why the pentagon keeps insisting that they're going to stand by their intelligence. this is an urban environment and it's just clear that there's going to be civilians around. so the only thing that would have justified a drone attack is remember, we still have military presence there. would it have been that the benefit of going after someone with the drone outweighed any potential collateral damage and that is where the intelligence was just so off and inexplicable at this stage. i have to admit. what the cia told the defense department that there might be civilians around,

the following day isis-c launched a rocket attack toward the airport from a toyota corolla.countered by the missile defense system. that same day zamarai's family buried their dead. ten graves on a desolate hillside overlooking kabul. belonging to a family demanding answers and justice. and john, we're obviously in touch with the family, who are clearly suffering. they've had to change houses because of this link to the terrorist network isis-k. i think it's also really important to note that zamarai had applied forever a p-2 visa fought united states for him and his family through his california-based ngo. this happened just days before the strike. this was a man whob wanted to flee afghanistan and start a new life in america. >> yeah. thank you, anna coren, there live for us in hong kong. well, they just keep on coming. days after testing long-range cruise missiles north korea has now fired two ballistic missiles as well. details ahead. have you ever sat here and wondered: "couldn't i do this from home?" with letsgetchecked, you can. it's virtual care with home health test

the following day, isis-k launched a rocket attack towards the airport from a toyota corolla.issile defense system. that same day, his family buried their dead. [ crying ] ten graves on a desolate hillside overlooking kabul, belonging to a family demanding answers and justice. >> reporter: jake, we are obviously in touch with the family who are suffering, not only are they grieving ten family members, but they're also scared for their safety. they've had to move house because of these links to the terrorist network isis-k. now, he was the breadwinner. he financially supported the entire family. his brothers used to work for the former afghan government and military. they are now unemployed in taliban-controlled afghanistan. i think it's really important to note that he threw his company, this california's based ngo and had applied for a p-2 visa to the united states just days before the drone strike. this is a man who wanted to flee afghanistan and start a new life. >> anna coren with a very sobering investigation, thank you so much for that, appreciate it. >>> one of the sena

i'm sure you're aware, is there any car more common than a toyota corolla? >> it's a very common car. of course there were many other factors that went into that decision. >> according to the stars & stripes, roughly 90% of cars registered in afghanistan have been corollas. one of the of the things that me most on my reading and obviously you know more, the corolla was parked next to a u.s. registered calpurnia-based ngo that was delivering humanitarian assistance. i guess the question is, did the dod know about the ngo in advance of the strike? >> i would prefer, since it's under investigation, i would like to defer that question. >> i would hope that we can make sure going forward that our department will cross-check intelligence to make sure that aid organizations are on no strike lists. i assume that there is -- if there is an aid organization or hospital they are on no strike lists. >> as our mosques, often used as training sites as well. >> i believe our military goes through extra ordinary lengths to prevent this. it's not to be an indictment of anyone

>> i remember it was a beige toyota corolla. >> jimmy: a beige -- was it yours?me and they just sat me in jail for a day, a whole day, a whole night. said, hey, you have a decision to make, you can either start listening to us and go the right way or go the wrong way. after that day i kind of chilled out. true story. >> jimmy: this is when you were a kid? >> yes. >> jimmy: otherwise it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense that you stole a beige toyota corolla. [ laughter ] or, really, a beige car of any make and model. >> right. >> jimmy: is it true that you have expressed desire to date a woman named shaquille? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it is? >> yes. no, i've met a few. >> jimmy: so you could yell out your own name during sex? [ laughter and applause ] all right, one more. >> shaquille! shaquille! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is it true that a middle eastern princess proposed marriage to you? >> yes. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: did she give you a ring? >> no, she just came and we went on a date, but she was too -- way too aggressive for me. >> jimmy: well

that morning, of this attack, a white toyota corolla pulled up to what the military believed was an isisou. in fact, the next day, there were isis rockets fired nearby. but back to the day, makenzie provided this map to reporters. he said the military followed the car all up and down those lines for six hours with six drones, watched the driver put jugs in the truck, and parked less than two miles from the airport. makenzie said the strike was not rushed. they chose a location they thought was isolated and even had the missile timed so it would go off inside the car to try and minimize civilian casualties. and, yet, despite all of those safeguards, what they thought was the right target was the wrong one, and they missed the fact there was an entire family nearby. we now know the driver was 43-year-old zamari amadi, a longtime worker for a u.s. funded aid group. the strike killed his children, nephews and nieces. and the u.s. is considering reparations for the family. >> this is beyond tragic. what does it say about the future of these kinds of air strikes. >> these are the so-called "ov

did they play a role in identifying this white toyota corolla that you know of? >> possibly.s i've seen it before where someone has a thousand-year-old feud with someone else usually over a bride and tell' tell the american, there's the bad guys. i've gone into houses that were innocent because one of the neighbors told them. we need vetted sources on the ground and hopefully multiple. this would be brilliant for the taliban they didn't like the people because they worked for the americans. the father did. let's see if we can get the americans to kill them for us, knowing they beat us. charles: over the horizon, it sounds like the wizard of oz. can this be a way to conduct the policies that we need particularly as many are fearful that you're going to see a lot of terrorist organizations or, you know, come back together in afghanistan? >> well, these terrorists are smart, too, they're not going to pull like back in the day in huge training camps. they're going to do with hamas and hezbollah do all the time, they will have children with them as shields and hesitant to hit some

military said it had intel that a white toyota corolla like his could be used in an isis attack.t's also one of the most popular vehicle makes and colors in kabul >> i'm here today to set the record straight and acknowledge our mistakes >> reporter: now in control of afghanistan, the taliban may be showing their true colors and women are back on the streets protesting after public schools restarted but no high school for girls the taliban say the lock-out is temporary while they work out logistics to separate boys and girls. but most female government employees are also being told to stay home for the same reason. >> richard joining me here in the studio president biden will speak before the un tomorrow he will likely defend u.s. handling in afghanistan. what are your thoughts? >> good to be here, first of all. but this is a big speech his credibility is on the line because so far he hasn't really acknowledged any mistakes he said that everything, more or less, went according to plan. maybe it got a little messy toward the end much of the world thought very differently. they saw

today the pentagon says the intelligence it received about an impending isis attack using a white toyota corolla, a car common in kabul, was wrong. it comes after a "new york times" investigation raised questions about whether the u.s. actually hit an isis target, including this video showing one of the victims, 43-year-old zemari ahmadi, an engineer who worked for a u.s. aid group, putting water canisters, not bombs inside his white toyota before the drone strike the defense secretary has ordered a review a defense official told us it could lead to someone being fired for this deadly mistake. lester >> courtney kube, thank you. >>> now to an international feud hitting a boiling point tonight. france has suddenly recalled its ambassadors to both the u.s. and australia in a spat over nuclear submarines andrea mitchell joins us andrea, what's this fight all about? >> reporter: lester, this is an unprecedented breach between france and the u.s., the kind of diplomatic slap washington expects from vladimir putin, but never from america's oldest a the administration's decision to sell nuclear-powered

this is all that remains of the toyota corolla that the americans tracked for hours, as they convincedongly, was an islamic state bomber — had just driven it home from his work with an american aid organisation. the survivors have moved out. after their terrible loss, they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. this was america�*s last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. and what a legacy. it isn�*t necessarily the parting shot of the americans, because they still have the capacity to hit targets from the air. the us relies increasingly on drones. across the road, the neighbours are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. parisa said, "there was an explosion, i picked up brain and human flesh from the ground." america�*s latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. in the last few minutes, the kent spitfires have been crowned cricket�*s t20 blast champions. they beat sussex in the semi—finals, before going on to defeat somerset in t

this is all that remains of the toyota corolla that the americans tracked for hours as they convincedsives. five of the seven dead children were playing in the car when it was hit. its owner, zemerai ahmadi, who they believed wrongly was an islamic state bomber, had just driven it home from his work with an american aid organisation. the survivors have moved out after their terrible loss. they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. this was america's last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic — and what a legacy. it isn't necessarily the parting shot of the americans, because they still have the capacity to hit targets from the air. the us relies increasingly on drones. across the road, the neighbours are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. parisa said, "there was an explosion. i picked up brain and human flesh from the ground." america's latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. i've been speaking to mikey kay, a former senior raf officer who served in afgha

happened at about eight monday night at the corner firm site in cambridge police say the driver of a toyota corolla blew through a stop sign t. boning bianchi's gmc pickup truck. the suspect was arrested i learned that police are investigating whether some kind of a dispute near high street in oakland led to a chase into alameda ending in the crash this surveillance video. toyota after the crash you can see a dodge closely tailing the toyota it's terrible- definitely hits home i'm a parent myself- it's tragic the impact not the truck into rex smith's home you can hear me just shifting the gears when they hit here they're hit ninety a hundred miles an hour right from my house we've complained and we said that and now that happens at least once twice a week alameda is trying to reduce and eliminate traffic deaths as part of its vision zero strategy. this map so some of the high injury corridors in alameda firm site boulevard we're bianchi died is among them he needs to be punished. he needs to be. he needs to be in jail for life i've learned of a suspect in custody is thirty three year old jose herna

both intercepts and human intelligence that indicated imminent attacks including with a white toyota corollabomb. that morning of this attack, it white toyota could -- corolla pulled up to what the military believed was an isis say faust and pratt -- in fact the next day isis rockets were fired nearby. mckenzie provided this map to reporters. he said the military followed the car up and down those lines for six hours with six drones, watch the driver put drugs in the truck and park less than two miles from the airport. mckenzie's of the strike was not rushed rush, they chose it location he thought was isolate and even of the missile time to try to minimize civilian capital -- casualties. and yet despite all those safeguards with a thousand right target was the wrong one and they missed the fact that there was an entire family nearby. we now know the driver was 43-year-old -- was a 43-year-old, a longtime worker for u.s. funded a group. u.s. military says it is considering preparation. >> beyond tragedy. what does this say about the future of these kinds of air shot -- airstrikes? >> these ar

. >> general mckenzie said that they had intelligence that a white toyota corolla would be involved in an imminent isis attack. when they tracked the white corolla toyota worker of zemarai ahmaudi to the compound where he lived near the airport, that's when the strike happened. almost three weeks later, the u.s. military now apologizing and saying it's considering paying reparations to the family as it reviews how future strikes will be carried out. alex mar quarter, cnn, washington. >> and cnn's sam kiley reported from afghanistan during the u.s. withdrawal, so for the latest, he joins me now live from abu dhabi. the family of those killed in that strike, they told cnn they want justice. any chance they'll get it? i mean, this is far from the first deadly mistake like this that the u.s. military has made. any sense that there will be accountability this time? >> well, justice in the form of a prosecution, even an inquiry, certainly not a public inquiry. i think those opportunities are extremely slim to zero, effectively. the patent over the last 20 years, though, is that from nato, ki

military never knew who was driving that white toyota corolla that he was in.it based on intelligence and chatter they had been monitoring. officials said they saw the car leave an isis-k safe house and followed it for eight hours before launching the strike. remember, this came after that horrific suicide bombing at kabul airport that killed more than 170 afghans and left 13 american service members dead. the biden administration had been warning of another imminent isis-k attack. now there's significant questions about whether this aide worker who worked for u.s. based ngo for 15 years was an isis-k facilitator with expl explosives. here is what tony blinken had to say earlier about the strike. >> the guy the biden administration drone, was he an aids worker or isis-k operative? >> the administration is reviewing that strike and i'm sure that a full assessment will be -- >> you don't know if it was an aide worker or isis-k operative? >> i can't speak to that. s >> you don't know or won't tell us? >> i don't know because we're reviewing it. >> secretary blinke

they began following the toyota corolla that ahmadi was driving based on chatter they'd been mondayingm an isis safe house. they saw the car leave possibly from the same safe house and then followed it for the next eight hours before launching the strike. we do need to remember that just days before, an isis-k suicide bomber had killed 13 u.s. service members and more than 170 afghans at abby gate at the airport. the u.s. had intelligence of an imminent and credible threat and were understandably on high alert. but, rosemary, from what we have established, there are serious doubts as to whether ahmadi, a father of seven, highly respected worker who worked for this u.s.-based ngo for 15 years, feeding the poor, was, as the u.s. climbs, an isis-k facilitator with suspected explosive material in his car for an imminent attack. and, rosemary, samadi was not the only one killed. according to the extended family who live together in this compound, nine other family members died including seven children, three of whom were toddlers. we've seen the distressing footage of the charred remains of

effective strike you need to know what it is and where it is and we thought we knew what it was, toyota corollanding a needle in a hay stack. we didn't know who. when you don't have human intelligence or relying on the taliban, it means all you have is over the horizon drone surveillance. they followed this car for eight hours and think it stopped at an isis safe house. it was water and not explosives and children and innocent civilians are dead. there should be accountability for this and the question colonel waltz asked is right. was there political pressure to strike bus of what happened to marine soldiers earlier that pushed this. >> harris: who wouldn't come to that conclusion? one and one equals two. other people say it will be five they can say that but it is pretty clear something was behind this that didn't have anybody's best interest at hand let alone the people in that car. what a mistake. nbc news reporter. >> and let alone our reputation now when we are saying talking about righteous strikes and killing civilians, it hurts us across the board and makes us more vulnerable. >> harri

military never knew who was driving the white toyota corolla he was in.en monitoring. the official said they saw the car leave an isis-k safe house and they followed it for eight hours before launching the strike. now, ana, remember, this came after that horrific suicide bombing at kabul airport that leftover 170 afghans dead as well as 13 american service members. the biden administration had been warning of another imminent attack, but now there are significant questions about whether this aid worker, who worked for a u.s.-based ngo for 15 years was as the u.s. has claimed an isis-k facilitator with explosives. here is what secretary of state tony blinken had to say when asked about the strike on monday. >> no country on earth, no government takes more effort, takes more precautions to try to ensure that anyone other than the intended terrorist target is struck using a drone or by any other means. but certainly we know that in the past civilians have been hurt and have been killed in these strikes. >> reporter: so blinken there not ruling anything out.

. >> reporter: a drive in toyota corolla picked her up but didn't know exactly where to go. where you are, the american texted, she shared her location as they drove through the dark and taliban check points. >> the taliban came and smashed the front of the car, and waved, and said don't move, stop right here, and our driver said i'm not going to listen to him. >> reporter: the american official was tracking them. i see you, just follow the road until you see a gas station, then you will see my guys. >> i wasn't scared because i didn't have the time to be scared. being scared was not an option. >> reporter: they went the wrong way. the american texted, you missed left turn. around midnight, they finally arrived at eagle base, a cia base just east of kabul, located by "the new york times" where helicopters were ferrying people inside to the airport. barashk was met by afghan special forces and then americans, including the american guiding her. i mentioned his name, and said is that you, he said, yes, that's me, there was a sigh of relief at that point. we made it. there's no

was tracking a white toyota corolla that they believe was an isis operative, potentially leading to anotherafter the suicide bombing that killed 13 service members and hundreds of afghaghan civilians at the airp. it turns out white corollas are very common. >> this strike was taken in an earnest belief it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces and evacuees at the airport. but it was a mistake, and i off my sincere apology. as a combatant commander, i'm fully responsible for this strike and this tragic outcome. >> reporter: defense secretary lloyd austin announced he was conducting his own investigation including evaluation of the orders that went into this strike. we heard from general mckenzie as well yesterday who said there would potentially made to the families in compensation for this, but when he was pressed about this, he has acknowledged that the fact that the u.s. has no presence on the ground in afghanistan makes identifying the family and getting payments to them quite difficult. and here's the difficulty. now that the u.s. has no military presence on the ground in kabul,

. >> what we learned, pam, just after the military fires this hell fire missile at a white toyota corollaime carrying of an isis ukt but now we know carrying innocent civilians. just after the missile is release the, the cia issues this urgent warning to the military and says we believe there is civilians in the area to include possibly even children in the car. boy that point it was too late. the warning arrived just seconds before the missile impacts in the car. and you know, there is a couple of reasons that this is important obviously. but one of the reasons that we've been watching is just in the hours after the strike, the military issues a statement in which they said we have no indications that there were any civilian casualties. but of course thanks to reporting we now know there was at least one quite stark warning from the agency to military officials saying we believe there is civilians on the ground. and beyond that it should be noted the strike was carried out in a very densely populated exclusively civilian residential area. so there are some real questions at this point ab

were worried about a follow-on attack but they were clearly, now we know, following the wrong toyota corolla should point out, that's a pretty common car there in kabul. that's important to point out. and they watched the wrong individual picking up and dropping off people, picking up of items and dropping off. one of the items, turned out what the military thought were potential explosives, it's now clear they were water canisters. one thing we heard in addition to the fact general milley called it a righteous strike, they were confident there had been a secondary explosion now it looks as if that was not actually explosives in the vehicle but it may have been some sort of propane tank or some other source of fuel near the vehicle at the time that caused the secondary explosion so the big question is, what happens now? defense secretary lloyd austin has ordered a review and a defense official i spoke to late this evening, shep, said we should expect there's the potential people will be fired once that review is complete >> courtney kube from the pentagon for us. courtney, as always, thank y