you know we, we got smaller and so i agree with john mckenzie. that's when you could begin to see things really beginning. right. now more questions arise about president violence leadership. and whether or not the book should stop with him. but if we didn't have a president that was so adult, you all would be fired, because that is what you deserve. you of let down the people who wear the uniform in my district and all around this country. and you're far more interested in what your perception is and how people think about you inside or washington books that care about winning it has in or for news use hughes. i'm here in front back of the story, returned to a former navy intelligence officer john george john. i missed it today. all watching it the word fat but was actually used in congress today. i think that the historical, but i think that just shows exactly. we're intelligence is in 2021. we're actually talking about a very serious issue. like afghanistan. i had to start with you thoughts on the impeachment, or if you're i actually out there

john. general mckenzie, cnn. you mentioned you saw shapes in the video that led you to believe that this necessitated an investigation that there could have been more civilians. september 1, we heard from general milley that called this a righteous strike. did you also believe this was a righteous strike and can you talk about your erosion of confidence over the next two weeks of the investigation? >> sure. i think we issued a statement from the central command about six hours after the strike acknowledging the possibility of civilian casualties. we knew from the beginning there was a possibility of civilian casualties. i think we still thought we had good reason to have taken that strike and it took us the gathering of facts to change that. we didn't think -- as you understand and appreciate, we didn't take the strike because we thought we were wrong. we took the strike because we thought we had a good target. it takes awhile to uncover those things. we move them as rapidly as we could. we worked extremely rapid

you're listening to a pentagon briefing, featuring john kirby and general ken mckenzie, commander of central command. the united states acknowledging now what had been reported by news organizations, including "new york times," the pass couple days, an air strike, carried out a drone strike august 29th, that it initially said targeted an isis facilitator or bomb maker was an erroneous drone strike that killed ten civilians, including up to seven children. that's according to an investigation carried out by the pentagon, confirming it was a mistake and those killed in the drone strike back on august 29th were civilians and not as initially suspected, members of an isis cell perhaps plotting to carry out an attack against the united states. let's breakdown what we heard from the pentagon and bring into the conversation kevin baron, and international affairs analyst. kevin, let me start with you, initial thoughts by the acknowledgment by the united states. we obviously started to see accumulation of evidence based on news reports in the past couple of days. perhaps this was not surprisi

john robert necessary washington. lloyd austin, and general mark milley and general frank mckenzie all testifying today before the senate armed everybodies iss committee, lawmakers questioning the generals on everything from plans leading to withdrawal to the drone strike in kabul that led to multiple civilian casualties, including seven children. >> sandra: fox team coverage and we'll speak with former national security advisor keith kellogg. martha maccallum is standing by. start with jennifer griffin live from the pentagon, hi, jen fer. >> jennifer: hi, sandra, the president's military advisors did not advise pulling all u.s. troops out of afghanistan, suggesting that the president made the decision to withdraw in spite of recommendation of his top military advisors. >> also recommended earlier in the fall of 2020, maintain 4500 at that time, my personal views. i have a view withdrawal of the forces would lead to collapse of the afghan military forces and eventually the afghan government. >> jennifer: general mckenzie said he recommended 4500 troops stay in afghanistan, that is not what president biden told four days

. >> john: pentagon leaders preparing to testify tomorrow before congress about the bosch withdrawal from afghanistan. mark milley and the head of u.s. central command frank mckenziecision-makers in the final days of the nearly 20 year long war. the pullout resulted in chaotic scenes like this one, when afghans desperately chase after a u.s. military plane and some actually hung on as it took flight and later they fell to their deaths. let's bring in strategic analyst and retired four-star general jack keane. a new fox news poll shows the microphone and 73% of respondents very concerned about the situation in afghanistan. what do you want to hear from the civilian and military leadership of the pentagon? >> i've spoken to a number of congressmen, particularly senators about this and they are concerned as the american people and they certainly represent the american people. there will be a lot of discussion here. it starts first of all with the withdrawal decision itself. i believe the congress will want to get on the record. at the united states military leadership which is secretary of defense, chairman of joint chiefs and the combatant commander of centcom, wher

john in that duty, and for that i am sorry. thejudge said lamara bell died after days of severe physical suffering and must have been in a state of disbelief that no help was coming. alexandra mckenzieliamentarians in the bundestag, 16 years after becoming german chancellor. she used her last address to parliament to attack her coalition partners ahead of elections later this month, warning of the dangers of a left—wing government in germany. football and scotland have edged closer to next yea r�*s world cup with a vital1—0 win over austria in vienna. the result leaves scotland second in their qualifying group. our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. in vienna, scotland were at a crossroads on their world cup journey. this, they said, was a game they couldn't afford to lose. no—one was expecting an easy ride. just a point separated scotland and austria at kick—off, with both teams desperate to land the first blow. chances flowed and lyndon dykes rose. nothing that time, but in this frantic first half, another opportunity for scotland wasn't far behind.

john: we are coming in from the pentagon. u.s. officials telling fox news that general mckenzie is about to announce that u.s.ed to taking out people who work meeting home to he was forces did not kill any isis-k fighters. lucas tomlinson with more now live from the pentagon. this was suspected, lucas. now it is confirmed. product that is write. we are to two minutes away from the press conference when the head of u.s. central command in afghanistan, mckenzie was intimately involved in the planning of the major evacuation. he is going to report, officials say, at the ten innocent people were killed in that americans drone strike in kabul. including seven children. officials i have spoken to say that u.s. military stands behind the intelligence. just a few days prior to the drone strike, putting american troops killed in a suicide attack. president biden officials said that more attacks were coming. the u.s. military is on high alert. what we will hear in the next few minutes, the head of the u.s. military seen at ten innocent people killed in these drone strikes, not any members of the nicest affiliate in afg

john katko. he is a ranking medical per of house homeland security. look at this, we have this story, biden's top generals blamed the state department for delaying evacuations from afghanistan and this surprising detail. general mckenzieestified that the taliban offered to lets u.s. take control of the security for kabul airport would that have stopped 13 u.s. troops getting murdered and thousands stranded? president's ratings hitting the rock. multiple polls show that. speaker pelosi is expected to delay tomorrow's vote on infrastructure. they don't have the votes. two dozen progressives vote no. the magical claim as the five 1/2 trillion in new spending will cost zero. if that is the case why raise taxes on middle class and blue-collar workers and why get the irs to snoop into everyone's bank accounts? buried in the spending bills, massive new government fines for violating government man states. the fines are so big they could possibly bankrupt companies. a preview what could come up at a senate hearing tomorrow. scary new reports that facebook has been trying to hook to its platform children as young as one-year-old to four years old in order to make even more ad money. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit"