the president assured dr. liu that the investigation under way would provide a transparent, thorough and objective accounting of the facts and circumstances of the incident, and if necessary the president would implement changes that would make tragedies like this one less likely to occur in the future. >> more on this let's go to washington, d.c. and speak to tom ackerman. it was a shocking attack on the hospital in kunduz. it's not every day that the president of the united states gets on the phone to apologize. what do we know about the apology itself? >> well, there was no indication that the president was willing to exceed to the demand by msf, which was that he consent to an independent investigation outside of the ones being conducted by both the pentagon, nato and a joint one with the afghan government, but an independent investigation under the auspices of an international commission, which was created more than 20 years ago under the geneva convention, but has yet to be implemented. it has never been act

dr. joanne liu to apologize and express his condolences to the m.s.f.and painters who were killed and injured when a u.s. military airstrike mistakenly struck an m.s.f. field hospital over the weekend. >> larry: i'll tell you what, as long as the united states is apologizing, president obama, could you grab bush and everybody who has been in government for the past 14 years to apologize to everybody in the whole ( bleep ) world for being over there in the first place? ( cheers and applause ) let's move on. i can't even talk about this. but if you were turning to social media for a little light-hearted cat meme toy make you feel before better after that last story. i have bad news. >> rupert murdoc rupert murdochy apologizing this morning for a tweet he posted last night about ben carson and president obama. it read, "ben and candy carson are terrific. what about a real black president who can properly address the racial divide and much else." >> larry: hold on, hold on, now. let's unpack this 140-character putt down from the nearly 140-year-old characte

dr. joann liu to apologize and express his condolences for the ms staff and patients who were killed and injured when a u.s. military air strike mistakenly struck an msf hospital in kunduz afghanistan over the weekend. >> but the apology may be too late. >> this doesn't change anything. we appreciate the expression of condolences. but it doesn't change the fact that we have 22 dead patients and staff that were killed as a result of this attack. >> doctors without borders allowed our cameras access to the injured now recovering in kabul, who described the bombing, the yelling and the chaos likes doom's day. >> the united states when we make a mistake we're honest about it. we own up to it. >> but for days the u.s. military kept changing its story, first saying u.s. troops were under fire. then acknowledging they weren't. then saying afghan troops had "the air strike. unnamed officials suggested low level u.s. officers were at fault. what started as a response to 9/11 now has the u.s. accused of a war crime for bombing a hospital, a war set to last at least another year, maybe much longer.

dr. joann liu to apologize and express his condolences for the msf staff and patients that were killed and injured when a u.s. military air strike mistakenly hit a hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, over the weekend. >> but the apology may be too late. >> this doesn't change anything. we appreciate the expression of condolences but it doesn't change the fact we have 22 dead patients and staff that were killed as a result of this attack. >> reporter: today doctors without borders allowed our cameras access to the injured, now recovering in kabul who describe the bombing and yelling and chaos like doomsday. >> the united states, when we make a mistake, we're honest about it. we own up to it. >> but for days the u.s. military kept changing the story. first saying u.s. troops were under fire. then acknowledging they weren't. then saying afghan troops had requested the air strike and today unnamed officials suggested low level u.s. officers were at fault. no war is ever without mistakes. they add up over time. and this war is the longest in u.s. history, launched 14 years ago today. >> we will no

dr. joanne liu to apologize and express his condolences for the msf staff and patients who were killed and injured when a u.s. military airstrike mistakenly struck an msf field hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, over the weekend. >> reporter: but the apology may be too late. >> this doesn't change anything. we appreciate the expression of condolences, but it doesn't change the fact that we have 22 dead patients and staff that were killed as a result of this attack. >> reporter: doctors without borders allowed our cameras access to the injured, now recovering in kabul, who described the bombing, the yelling, and the chaos, like doomsday. >> the united states, when we make a mistake, we're honest about it. we own up to it. >> reporter: but for days, the u.s. military kept changing its story. first saying u.s. troops were under fire. then acknowledging, they weren't. then saying, afghan troops had requested the airstrike. unnamed officials suggested low-level u.s. officers were at fault. no war is ever without mistakes. they add up over time. and this war is the longest in u.s. history. launche

obama, dr. liu calmed it an attack not just on the hospital, but on international law. >> today, we say enough. wean war hair rules. >> experts on international law agree, and say an apology isn't enough. >> it doesn't address the issue which how this happened, it doesn't address the legal issue of what is the nature of responsibility on the part of the u.s. military or specific commanders. >> retired army general has been in the chain of command for past strikes. >> i would speculate that the breakdown happened not on the ground, not in the air, but in the coordination center, but that's what's going to be investigated. >> doctors without borders say patients in kunduz burned in their beds and regardless of how it happened, the group isn't satisfied with a simple apology from the president. >> we are call on president obama to consent to the fact finding commission. doing so will send powerful signal of the u.s. government's commitment to and respect for international human law and the rules of war

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my family, like dr. liu, has been imprisoned biopressive regimes. my father as a teenager was imprisoned and tortured in cuba. he had his nose broken. he had his teeth shattered. he lay in the blood and grime of a prison cell. in cuba, my aunt, my theosonia, was a few years later imprisoned and tortured by castro. my father by bautista, my aunt by castro. imprisoned and tortured by an oppressive regime. the united states has a long history of standing with dissidents and speaking out for human rights. when this body acted to rename the street in front of the soviet embassy sakharov plaza, that was a powerful statement that helped bring condemnation of the world on the soviet union's repressive human rights record. we should show the same bipartisan unanimity with regard to communist china. standing together with a wrongfully imprisoned nobel peace laureate, we should say to the wrongfully imprisoned dissidents across the world, america hears you and we stand with you. some years ago, i visited with natance juranski in jerusalem. he described how the