joining us now via skype from tokyo, japan, is jason cone, he is the executive director of msf-usa. doctors without borders-usa. this is a terrible day for your organization. you've likely been in contact with some of those people that were affected in kunduz. what do they describe is happening? >> yes, it's definitely one of the darkest days in our organization's history. and we've been in touch with the teams on the ground, and we are evacuating our international staff from kunduz, and what they tell us is the bombs hit around 2:00 a.m. this morning afghanistan time in kunduz. and then they heard planes circling around. there was a pause and then there were more bombs hit. and that happened again and again. and when our staff went out of their office, the main hospital building was engulfed in flames, and we had patients who were unable to escape who died in their beds. >> sreenivasan: is there anywhere any of the wounded now can go if that hospital is incapacitated? >> no, you're seeing a loss of access to trauma care. it was the only facility in this area, in the northeastern re

tonight, i spoke with the executive director of doctors without boarders in the united states, jason coneked him to react to the succession of official explanations of the attack. >> i think for us it reinforces the fact we need an independent investigation into this bombing. we need someone who is not conflicted by being a party to the conflict meaning nato, u.s. forces or afghan forces and i think the series of events we've heard over the last 72 hours since the bombing took place saturday morning lends more credibility to our claim that we need an independent body to look into this. >> who would that be? >> we're still trying to understand what that might look like. it's critical that the u.s. government accepts some kind of international inquiry. i think there's a huge opportunity for the u.s. government for the obama administration to recognize the special nature of this event. the real grave attack on humanitarian law and the fact that we presume that this is a war crime till an independent inquiry tells us otherwise. >> you work for an organization that operates in some of the most

. >> reporter: jason cone is director of doctors without borders. he said they have been treating hundreds since the taliban attacked the city and provided the u.s. with the hospital coordinates just days ago. >> we will not accept this loss of life, which could have been preventd and should have been prevented, will just be dismissed as another examine of collateral damage. >> reporter: a one-star general has been dispatched to the area to investigate, but, jim, the investigation is complicated by the fact that it's an active combat zone. >> axelrod: julianna, thank you. president obama has now declared a state of emergency in south carolina. this comes as hurricane joaquin churns toward bermuda with winds topping 150 miles per hour. now, while forecasters don't expect a direct hit on the east coast, rain and wind from the storm system is adding to the already-dangerous flood situation caused by a nor'easter in the mid-atlantic states. david begnaud report reports frm charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: weather and worry define the day in hard

>> joining me now, the executive director of doctors without borders here in the united states, jason cone. thank you for being with us. we saw you speaking early early today at a press conference. after that is when president obama made a phone call to the head of your organization overseas. how do you receive that call? is that enough, an apology? >> yes, we did receive a call to the international president from president obama, expressing his condolences for the u.s. attack on our hospital that killed 22 patients and staff. however, that's not enough. we can't accept that that's just enough. we expect the u.s. government and president obama to both consent and cooperate with the international independent investigation we've called for and to be led by the international humanitarian fact-finding commission. we think, as your reporter john yang has said, the only way to get to the bottom of this is to have an independent investigation. we've seen over the last 96 hours how the administration continues to change its story about what happened. i think that lends credibility to our call that

. >> jason cone is the executive director for doctors without borders in the united states. good to have you with us. >> good to be here tonight. >> your people do heroic work all over the world, in the world's most dangerous places and this saddened people all across the world. what kind of explanation have you received directly. >> we've not received any explanation directly, most has been through statements, changing stories, all the more underscore, an independent inquiry, leading to what happened to the death of 22 of my colleagues and patients. >> why do you think you need an independent inquiry. n.a.t.o. is conducting one, afghan nations and the united states. >> all three are parties to afghanistan, and we think it's incumbent on the parties to see that there needs to be acceptance. there has been reports of it being collateral damage, a strike called by afghan forces to the u.s. government taking responsibility for ordering the strikes. so it - we need answers, this is key to our ability to work around the world. it's not just about what happened in afghanistan. it'

. >> jason cone is executive director for doctors without borders. your people go heroic work all over the world. >> the dangerous places i know, this saddened people across the world. what kind of explanation have you received. >> we have not received real explanations, and most is through press report. changing stories over the last 72 hours, which all the more underscores a need or an independent inquiry into what happened on saturday morning, leading to the death of 22 of my colleagues. >> why do you think you need an independent inquiry, the u.s. and n.a.t.o. is conducting one. >> all three of the groups that you mentioned are parties to the war in afghanistan. we think it's incumbent on parties to accept that there needs to be an independent investigation. we have seen that there's talks, collateral damage, a strike called by afghan forces to the u.s. government taking responsibility for ordering the strikes. it just - we need answers. this is key to our ability to work around the world. it's not just about what happened in afghanistan. >> it's

. >> it is the city of 300,000, and the fifth largest city in afghanistan, and jason cone, thank you so much for joining us. we know that doctors without borders does important work around the world, and it is a huge tragedy that they have now had to abandon the work in kunduz city. thank you for coming on to talk about it. we will talk about the u.s. role in this as well as afghanistan. and two more presidential candidates will be joining me live this hour, and we will get their reaction to what we heard, and we will talk about polls, and gun control and syria and lots coming up this hour. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. make sure your doctor hears you too! i hear you because i was there when my dad suffered with diabetic nerve pain. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands, don't suffer in silence! step on up and ask your doctor about diabetic nerve pain. tell 'em cedric sent you. story, and the ou

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director jason cone. >> we have seen how over the last 96 hours the stories continue to change. think if anyone could imagine that it's difficult to see how three different parties to a conflict can conduct an investigation impartially and independently. >> reporter: this incident will factor in to the president's decision as to whether or not to increase u.s. troops in afghanistan, despite earlier white house plans to significantly cut them in 2016. charlie, general campbell will testify about that to congress later today. >> margaret, thanks. >>> this morning, the coast guard is looking for the data recorder from the cargo ship "el faro" that sank in the bermuda triangle in a hurricane. the ship is three miles under water. the search for the survivors was discontinued yesterday. 33 people were on board. jamie is tracking the investigation from jalvcksonvil, florida. >> reporter: as the coast guard discontinued its search they met with family members to deliver the news in person. we know 28 americans were from eight different states, including 18 here in the state of florida.