we have spoken to a total of 30 people, including five colleagues who were with ahmadi on this day.ve spoken to two bomb experts who dispute the military's claim there was a significant secondary explosion after the drone strike, which is code for explosive material, which the u.s. suspected. one of them told me that if there was a secondary blast, it most likely was the vehicle gas tank exploding. we've also analyzed the cctv footage which you are looking at from that day of ahmadi in the office. what is critical to note is that a u.s. official with knowledge of the operation who spoke to us said the u.s. military never knew who was driving the car. they began following the toyota corolla that ahmadi was driving based on chatter they'd been mondaying from 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 intell

earlier that morning we saw ahmadi bring the same empty plastic containers to the office.was a water shortage in this neighborhood,'s family said, so he regularly brought water home from the office. amy: we are looking at this closed-circuit footage of him gathering this water to bring home most the u.s. apparently was monitorin him for hours that day. close yet, they said ey were surveilling him with a reaper drone. again, what they see from the sky was happening on the ground were not necessarily the same thing. in this case, this is a man who had loaded water in the car to bring home to his family. amy: thank you for being with us, matthieu aikins, kabul-based printer meeting writer to "the new york times" and "the new york times magazine." his investigation into the drone strike headlined "in u.s. drone strike, evidence suggests no isis bomb." coming up, we go to a clinical social worker helping undocumented 9/11 responders and cleanup workers 20 years later even to this day. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: all women marriott you banned from the bronx. -- marriott

for the ahmadi family, it's an irreplaceable loss.mily's graves scattered in the unforgiving rocky ground of a dusty kabul cemetery. his own three children, his daughter aged 2, sons 6 and 7, all killed in the strike, buried here, too. >> what do you want for the person that's responsible? >> reporter: his answer, justice. the drone operators should go to court. for now, prayers and the acknowledgement of their family's innocence, their only solace. i think that sense of getting justice and just wanting to see justice happen in u.s. courts, and this was a family that had a lot of connections to the united states, a brother i was talking to had worked for a u.s. company, his brother who was killed worked for a u.s. ngo, they really feel connected to the united states so it's not a -- the country, american people, are not an alien concept to them. they have trust and faith in the u.s. justice system but they would like to see it come into play for the pentagon to go thoroughly through what happened and for anyone who made a mistake or s

ahmadi and isis, that his activities on that day with you were completely harmless and not at all related to the imminent threat we believe we faced. >> i know the military still promising a full investigation on this. the other major headline involving the pentagon tonight, we heard from general mark milley on something else as well, his first public comments about the calls to the chinese in the final day of the trump presidency, telling them the u.s. would not use ill many tear action. the general defending those calls. >> reporter: he is. he said the calls to his chinese counterpart were perfectly within the duties and responsibilities of his job, saying the calls are routine and done to reassure allies and adversaries. in this case, he said, in order to assure strategic spabic staby and said he'll mount a vigorous defense when called to congress. >> thank you, martha. >>> now to the nation's capitol. authorities warning of violence in threats of chatter. rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight washington, d.c.'s police chief warns they've picked up chatter about possib

. >> reporter: tonight, the family of zemari ahmadi demanding answers and accountability. >> they should punish the two persons who targeted innocent children, innocent persons at my home. >> reporter: ahmadi, an aid worker, incorrectly targeted and killed along with nine other innocent civilians, including seven children, in a missile strike the pentagon now says was a tragic mistake. that drone strike just three days after a suicide bomber killed 13 u.s. service members and some 170 afghans at the kabul airport. the question now -- how to make sure this does not happen again and how to rely on intelligence without u.s. military on the ground. >> the over the horizon capability is really there. doing it in an extremely quick, confused, chaotic environment made this one that much more difficult and problematic. >> and should there be accountability? >> absolutely. i think there should. >> reporter: the president so far ignoring that question. >> mr. president, are you going to fire anyone over the drone strike that killed ten civilians, sir? >> reporter: afghanistan rocked with more viol

ahmadi and isis khorasan, that his activities on that day were completely harmless and not at all related to the imminent threat we believed we faced. >> martha, i know the u.s. military is still promising a full investigation on this. the other major headline involving the pentagon tonight, we heard from general mark milley on something else today as well, his first public comments about the calls to the chinese in the final days of the trump presidency, trying to convince them the u.s. would not carry out military action. the general defending those calls? >> reporter: he is, david. he says those calls to his chinese counterpart were perfectly within the duties and responsibilities of his job, saying those calls are routine and are done to reassure both allies and adversaries, in this case, he said, in order to ensure strategic stability. and said he'll mount a vigorous defense when he is before congress at the end of the month. >> thank you, martha. >>> now to the nation's capital. authorities warning of violence and concerning chatter on the eve of a rally in support of hundreds of pe

and the ahmadis had no connection to isis. on friday, general mckenzie announced that the pentagon was in consultation with the office of the secretary of defense, discussing potential payment to the family for their loss. but if the u.s. now believes we should pay reparation to the families of innocent victims killed by our military forces, there are many, many others waiting in line. the botched august 29th drone strike is hardly the first time the u.s. has mistakenly killed innocent people in its rudderless war on terror. according to "the new york times", the u.s. has admitted to killing hundreds of civilians since it invaded afghanistan in 2001, dozens were killed at a wedding in afghanistan's southern kandahar province in 2002. more than 100 innocent people died in a strike on fara province in 2009. in 2016, 42 doctors, patients, and medical staff were killed when a u.s. bomb hit a hospital in the kundis province. there are doubtless many, many more that are unaccounted for. mistakes, in quotes, that have never been offi

ahmadi including seven children.he wrong vehicle all along. mr. ahmadi was in fact an aid worker who had been picking up and dropping off colleagues, and that the canisters in his vehicle that the military believed to be explosive were in fact bottles of water. the secondary explosion that the military had been pointing to as evidence that there were explosives in the vehicle was actually from a nearby propane tank. secretary of defense lloyd austin and chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley will be up on capitol hill next week testifying about the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. now this drone strike and the ensuing investigation is likely to be among the questions that they get and one of the major lines of topics of questioning that they will get, including the review that secretary of defense lloyd austin has announced and whether anyone will be held accountable for this tragic mistake. garrett? >> all right, courtney, thank you. >>> and thank you all for being with us this hour. chuck will be back tomorro

ahmadi's family is demanding a probe into the killing.hiss his brother, romal . >> they should except and pay damages. they shoulcome to and apologize. they should pay blood money. we are in a set. they should evacua us. amy: this is astouing. he drives into their home in kabul at the end of the day. all the children climbed to the car as they did every day, to welcome him home. that is when the u.s. drone struck and killed them. lawmakers in washington say they've investigatedhe deadly strike while activists are calling for an end to u.s. drone warfare. your response? rep. khanna: it is an unspeakable tragedy. we struck a family that was completely innocent, children were killed. there is no spin or sugarcoating this. this was a butyl -- a brutal unspeakable tragedy and it should not even be a debate. we owe compensation, we owe the family evacuation. we o the family an investigation so that we understand why this happened. it also raises broader questions about oversight and transparency on the drone strike program. senator warren and i

he was zemari ahmadi.im to potential isis plotting, much of it was caught by surveillance camera with colleagues describing it as innocent, filling plastic containers with water, because the running water was off at this house. but when the pentagon was asked about the attack, again -- >> ten days ago, secretary austin and general milley referred to the drone strike as a righteous strike. did he share the general's assessment at that point and following? >> i think the secretary already spoke about the, the, the need -- the, that we had to protect our people at the airport. we -- the department has talked about the fact that this strike prevented an imminent attack on those people, and nothing's changed about that view at this point. i have nothing to speak today that alters the view. centcom is conducting their assessment and i think we need to let them finish that work and then we'll -- you know, we'll be as transparent as we can at the end of it. >> by the very next day, secretary of state blinken was t

for the ahmadi family, it's an irreplaceable loss. another brother, remal shows me the family's graves, scattered in the unforgiving rocky down of a dusty kabul cemetery. his own three children, daughter 8, sons faisal 15 and zamiy 19 all killed in the strike, buried here too. what do you want for the person that is responsible? his answer, justice. the drone operators should go to court. for now, prayers and the acknowledgment of their family's innocence, their only solace. nic robertson, cnn, kabul, afghanistan. >> thanks, nic, for that piece. now the taliban is sticking to their line that girls will be allowed to go to school this time around. some girls in kabul headed back to primary schools on friday as the taliban ordered schools to resume. but secondary schools are opening their doors only to boys. so far there is no mention of when girls of that age will be allowed to return to the classroom. nic robertson pressed a taliban spokesperson to explain why. >> we are in the process of laying the groundwork since girls from grades

investigations qckly revead the viims were itead aid worker zemari ahmadi and his family members. ahmadi's boss at the california-based nonprofit nutrition and education international says the u.s. is still labeng the group as an isis safe house, putting even more civilian lives at risk. ecuador has declared a state of emergency throughout its prison system as the death toll from a deadly prison riot rose to 116. at least 80 other prisoners work injured after fighting broke out between rival gangs in the prison. north korea said it tested a new hypersonic missile this week. hypersonic missiles are designed to defend against ballistic missiles and can potentially be fitted with a nuclear warhead. the u.n. security council is holding a meeting today on north korea's recent weapons tests. meanwhile, north korean leader kim jong un said today he is open to restoring an inter-korean hotline. in the canary islands, emergency crews are warning residents of the spanish island of la palma to seal their doors and windows after lava from a volcanic eruption reached the atlantic ocean, raisin

this is his brother romal ahmadi. >> they should accept and pay their damages. they should come to me and apologize and offer condolences. they should evacuate us. amy: in washington, d.c., lawmakers said they would investigate the deadly strike, while activists renewed calls for an end to u.s. drone warfare. in other news om afghanistan, most secondary classes resumed without female students as their fate remains unclear under the new taliban leadership, who only explicitly ordered male students to return to the classroom. some boys refused to attend class until all students were allowed to return. meanwhile, the new taliban mayor of kabul told female municipal employees not to come into work. on sunday, women activists rallied in front of the building which used to house the ministry of women's affairs in kabul -- an agency the taliban has done away with. >> you cannot suppress the voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them come as well as by not allowing them to go to school. you cannot suppress the voice of afghanistan's women by tur

ahmadi was loading containers of water.madi reportedly worked for us based aid group that fights hunger in afghanistan. the pentagon has not commented on the report. flights of afghan refugees coming to the united states from the country were paused today because of a maysles outbreak among afghans who had recently arrived in the us the white house says the cdc recommended halting those flights from military bases in germany and qatar. operation allies welcome flights into the united states have been temporarily paused at the request of the cdc and out of an abundance of caution because of four diagnosed cases of measles among afghans who recently arrived in the united states. these individuals are being quarantined in accordance with public health guidelines, and the cdc has begun full contact tracing all arriving at the white house did not say where the measles cases were located. programs and sisters, uncles and aunts, loved ones and friends have had this celebrated birthday milestones with a hole in her heart. president

ahmadi and isis-khorasan and that his activities on that day were completely harmless. it was just three days after a suicide bomber killed 13 american service members and some 170 afghans at the kabul airport. fears and anxiety around the final withdrawal of u.s. troops sky high. and the pentagon said it had dozens of intelligence reports indicating another imminent attack. so u.s. drones tracking a white car for hours they thought had linked up with isis-k watching the driver load the vehicle launching that hellfire missile. in the days after military officials defending the move. >> i know it's a righteous strike. >> reporter: a "new york times" investigation first calling the strike into question. >> there were all sorts of factors that went into the poor decision to pull the trigger on this target without properly identifying the person in the car and in the surrounding area. >> reporter: there are questions now of accountability. the military says it will finish a complete investigation into what went wrong, but this was obviously an intelligence failure after a l

stack of band aid sitting on a table castro valley unified school district superintendent parvin ahmadi confirmed there was an incident, but was unable to comment on any disciplinary action. she said students safety remains their highest priority and they're still investigating this situation. she said in a statement that although staff takes precaution to prevent unfortunate incidents from occurring as children interact with one another at times disagreements occur. and unfortunately batters escalate. she went on to say that campus supervisors were in the location but did not witness the actual incident. but attended to them immediately after the parents of the student have not been told which faculty member responded to the fight. if anyone at all. they have many unanswered questions. they wouldn't tell us anything over the phone with let me talk to her on the phone. >> when give her the phone didn't let her call me. the parents of the student have filed a police report and are pressing charges in castro valley. michelle kingston, kron 4 news. >> president biden is defending his decis

instea it targeted the car of zemari ahmadi, putting water jugs in it, not bombs. he worked for u.s. aid groups "they shouldn't kill innocent people." matt bradley, nbc news, london >>> capitol hill was in major lockdown today the reason, a rally in support of those jailed from the january 6th riots there. but today's event came and went largely without incident garrett haake spent the day with a small crowd of protesters garrett, what happened >> reporter: capitol police have been preparing for this rally for weeks. they've been concerned a far-right crowd demonstrating in support of people arrested after the january 6th insurrection could become violent, so they reinstalled the fence around the capitol complex and brought in a multi-state police force, a massive police force, to deal with a large-scale event that never really materialized capitol police say only about 400 people were in the protest area at peak today probably about half of those were journalists capitol police say they did make four arrests, three for weapons charges. jose >> garrett haake in was

video, belonged to an aid organization and driven by one driven by one of their employees zemari ahmadi. six drones followed the car for eight hours as it drove around kabul. at one point men were seen loading what was thought to be explosive in the trunk. >> we were concerned the vehicle could move quickly and be at the airport boundary in a matter of moments. >> reporter: the drown fired setting off an explosion which, at the time, was taken as proof to have the presence of but now appears to have been a nearby propane tank.k. the security camera footage shows the car was actually loaded with water containers. zemari was taking them home to his family because they were zemari was t without running water. mckenzie said the team that conducted the attack said they honestly believed they were heading off an attack and now an investigation will determine whether anyone should be disciplined. norah. >> o'donnell: david martin from the pentagon, thank you. it has been a tough day for the biden administration. cbs news chief white house correspondent nancy cordes joins us, what a striking ad

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 submarines to australia unacceptable behavior between allies and partners and a stab in the back of france, which had been trying to sell australia its less powerful subs. the white house wanted to build up australia as a show

its owner, zemari ahmadi — who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber — had just driven 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 the final. adam wild has been watching a dramatic day�*s play, at edgbaston. this was cricket�*s longest day — four teams, three matches, two finalists. now to find one winner. a countdown that had begun in the morning. somerset pulling off a semifinal vi

what the pentagon thought were explosives may have been water canisters, loaded by the driver zemari ahmadi and his colleagues, who worked for an american aid agency. >> everyone got along with him. and so really, they just took one of our best people away from us. for what? for filling water containers? >> reporter: u.s. central command is now investigating the drone strike, but as of tonight, they continue to say it was justified. david? >> all right, martha, thank you. >>> when we come back, if you have an iphone, apple's emergency security update. the one step you should take tonight. >>> and remembering a beloved "snl" actor. get out of my face! hpv can cause certain cancers when your child grows up. get in its way. hpv can affect males and females. and there's no way to predict who will or won't clear the virus. the cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12 to help protect against certain cancers. hey... cancer! not... my... child. don't wait. talk to your child's doctor about hpv vaccination today. seeing blood when you brush or floss can be a sign of early gum damage. new parod

its owner, zemari ahmadi — who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber — had just drivens, 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. america�*s latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. let�*s take a look at the latest coronavirus figures. they show there were 30,141; new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period. that means in the last week, there was an average of 29,561 new cases per day. 8,068 people were in hospital, across the uk, according to the latest figures, with 164 deaths, that�*s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. the average number of deaths per day in

emal ahmadi, the father of the young girl killed, spoke to the bbc at the time. were in the car at the time that happened. and how many people from yourfamily died? ten persons has died in here — ten persons including my daughter, who was two years old. general mckenzie said the us would consider paying reparations to the family. however, he said america stands by its intelligence. this awful mistake further dents the us military�*s reputation, which has already been damaged by its chaotic withdrawal in afghanistan. staying with afghanistan — and the imf has said that it's deeply concerned that a humanitiarian crisis is emerging across the country, after the taliban takeover last month. the economy is in freefall and the majority of international aid has stopped in response to the new regime, but it's the people who are being impacted. let's go live to kabul now, where ashley carl, deputy chief of the international organization for migrationjoins us. tell us what the situation is light on the ground. it is quite calm at the moment. however the humanitarian situat

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its owner, zemari ahmadi — who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber — had just driven 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. now to the us, where the department of homeland security has moved around 2,000 people from a camp in a border town in texas to other immigration detention and processing centres. in the past two days up to 12,000 mainly haitian migrants have arri

its owner, zemerai ahmadi, who they believed wrongly was an islamic state bomber, had just driven itvors 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 afghanistan. i asked him how he thought the americans made such a deadly mistake. i used to be part of the kill chain, which is military parlance for the precision air strikes process. and that precision air strikes process takes a lot of time, ener

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emal ahmadi, the father of the young girl killed, spoke to the bbc at the time.dren that were in the car at the time that happened. and how many people from yourfamily died? ten persons has died in here — we lost ten persons, including my daughter, who was two years old. general mckenzie said the us would consider paying reparations to the family. however, he said america stands by its intelligence. this awful mistake further dents the us military�*s reputation, which has already been damaged by its chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. bbc news, washington. for viewers in the uk, strictly come dancing is back. 15 celebrities will be paired with their dancing partners on bbc one tonight, and then in two weeks the live peformances begin. one former contestant is dr ranj singh, an nhs consultant paediatrician and tv presenter who took part in 2018. there is this weird dichotomy of excitement and a little bit ofjealousy. because secretly we all want to do it again. do you? do you really? absolutely. i had such a good time. it was the single mostjoyous, yet difficult

it�*s owner, zemari ahmadi, who they believed wrongly was an islamic state bomber, had just driven itrs have moved out. after their terrible loss, they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. here today, this is my message for usa and all the people around the world, that the usa made a big mistake here and we lost a member of our family. 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. america�*s latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. the headlines on bbc news... worries over the soaring price of gas — the government�*s holding urgent talks with energy industry bosses. holiday firms say they expect a surge in bookings after travel restrictions in england are relax

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its owner, zemari ahmadi, who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber, had just driven itk with an american aid organisation. the survivors have moved out. after their terrible loss, they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. it was america's last act of war before they 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. america's latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. travel companies say that holiday bookings have surged since yesterday's announcement that foreign travel rules are being relaxed in england. the travel traffic—light system is being replaced with a single red list. fully—vaccinated people will no longer need a pre—departure test before returning from non—red list areas. france is recal

ahmadi's daughter, malika, was killed last month in a u. s drone strike. she was in the courtyard of this house near kabul's airport when a hellfire missile was fired at a car. believed to be linked to isis k yesterday, the u. s military admitted they acted on wrong intelligence, killing 10 innocent civilians. malika is father is glad they were proven innocent, but says no one from the united states even called to apologize. i wanna for the you said that they should spanish deep. why that they do this action. and also i wanted for you say that they should pay compensation for has seven children were among the dead. seven future members of afghan society, young minds with dreams and desires. gone. amal's brother, roma lost all three of his children along with other family members. he was inside the house and recalls the horrifying moments after the strike. i ran to the car to take my nephew. and then my wife called to me to take my other nephew. then i saw that the car was burning and i ran to pull out my daughter. she was totally burned. everyone was burne

instead, they killed 43-year-old aid worker and father of seven zemari ahmadi who they now admit thattion to any network. cnn reached out to 2,000 people, including family experts and bomb experts and reviewing footage, raising serious doubts about the u.s. military's version of events. centcom commander general mckenzie described as a, quote, tragic mistake. saying he takes full responsibility, offering his sincere and profound condolences to the family. he said they had received 60 different intelligence reports of an imminent attack on hamid karzai international airport. a u.s. official earlier told us they had been monitoring intelligence from an isis safe house. the drone strike came just days before when the isis suicide bomber took 170 service members and afghans. and they went about the daily routine believing he was load explosives into the car when he in fact was lifting containers of water into the vehicle. when he pulled into the family compound a u.s. official with knowledge of the operation told cnn that drone operators watched the car for 45 minutes before taking the sh

zemari ahmadi, who had applied for refugee resettlement in the united states, was likely transporting people to and from work. this all comes amid a growing humanitarian and displacement crisis. many afghans who fled their towns for kabul as the taliban seized control are still living on city streets and parks. >> there was a war. there was bloodshed. houses were destroyed. women became widows. children were orphan. because of these problems, everyone was displaced and came to kabul. amy: a florida appeals court has sided with republican governor ron desantis, upholding his ban on school mask mandates while challenges are played out in lower courts. the ruling reverses a previous decision which has halted the ban. on friday, the education department said it is looking into whether the florida mask mandate ban was violating the rights of students with disabilities who are more vulnerable to severe infection from covid-19. similar investigations are underway in other states. meanwhile, in texas, attorney general ken paxton said friday he's suing at least six school districts that defied

three of the people interviewed were colleagues of ahmadi who was with him that day. a u.s..s. military never knew who was driving the white toyota corolla he was in. they were following it based on intelligence and chatter that they had been 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 certa

to strike the victims were family members of a man, secretary of defense lloyd austin calls mister ahmadi. in a statement, the secretary is sharing his deepest sympathies stating mister mahdi was just as innocent. a victim, as were the others. tragically killed austin now calling for another investigation to determine the degree to which accountability measures need to be taken the military moved swiftly to follow through on president biden's vow to kill the isis k members responsible for killing americans that isis k. we are not done with you yet following the attack. the white house suggested that if civilians were killed, it could have been from secondary explosions in the vehicle that was targeted not from the u.s. drone the administration even using the strike as an example of how the u.s. could successfully target terrorists in afghanistan in the future. that was allison harris reporting for us tonight. >> real quick. want to follow some breaking news that we're watching right now here at kron 4. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. as you can see, traffic at a complete

ahmadi, an aid worker, that's the car he drove, and he drove it from an area that they believed was associated with isis past his office where they loaded what intelligence officials believed were explosives into the car. turned out to be water. and then he went home. and that's when the strike happened. so even when pressed on how bad a failure this was, general mckenzie refused to call this a complete and utter failure telling reporters yesterday he would not qualify the entire operation in those terms. remember, the most senior general, general mark milley, had called this a righteous strike and had allowed for the fact that some civilians may have been killed. in the end it was not just civilians killed in a strike against isis there were no attackers there. it was just civilians all from a single family. >> unbelievable. such a tragedy. thank you very much. very sad news there. >>> let's bring in former defense secretary william cohen to ask about this. mr. secretary, just an awful situation and as the details come in it gets more awful. what do you make of the cia warning that came secon

this coming seconds before that held-fire missile was dropped from that drone, and tore through ahmadi's car, killing him and nine others. now it's unclear if the cia knew that the military had planned on carrying out any sort of air strike but it is clear that there was some sort of miscommunication. what was interesting yesterday, when we heard the head of central command, general mckenzie admitting this was a terrible mistake, he did not admit that this was a complete and utter failure. essentially saying that some parts of this intelligence operation were good. he said that there were 60 pieces of intelligence, indicating that there would be an imminent attack, and kept trying to emphasize the fact that this is a very dynamic situation, and that these decisions were made against this backdrop. but this was clearly an abject intelligence failure. they tracked this 43-year-old aide work are for eight hours throughout the streets of kabul. they saw he and others loading what they thought were explosives, but what turned out to be water into his car, before driving home near the airport,

stack of band aid sitting on a table castro valley unified school district superintendent parvin ahmadi confirmed there was an incident but was unable to comment on any disciplinary action. she said students safety remains their highest priority and they're still investigating this situation. she said in a statement that although staff takes precaution to prevent unfortunate incidents from occurring as children interact with one another at times disagreements occur. and unfortunately batters escalate. she went on to say that campus supervisors were in the location but did not witness the actual incident. but attended to them immediately after the parents of the student have not been told which faculty member responded to the fight. if anyone at all. they have many unanswered questions. they wouldn't tell us anything over the phone with let me talk to her on the phone. >> when give her the phone didn't let her call me. the parents of the student have filed a police report and are pressing charges in castro valley. michelle kingston, kron 4 news. >> still to come here next on kron 4 news