you, the father taylor hoover, what are your thoughts about that?> frustrated, pissed off, sick and tired of the games. the president can't even say the 13 fallen heroes ' names. from john kirby, the nfc and secretary austin, to sit there and say it wasn't chaotic from his perch and secretary austin didn't think it was a problem, that everything was good. i don't know what they were looking at or what planet they live on, it sure as heck isn't this one. >> brian: in leaked documents, it says that the taliban, excuse me isis-k is plotting and planning to hit here and western europe again and we have gotten intelligence on that. i thought about you and the families wounded with taylor varga rodriguez said i had the bomber and couldn't get permission to take him out. >> that insensed me. i talked briefly with tyler. he is frustrated obviously in his testimony before michael mccaul and his committee. it just, what message are we sending? we have kids, another generation going to be defending this country, what does that say our own government and milita

marine staff sergeant taylor hoover was one of the 13. his father, darin hoover, said he was told yesterday of the isis leader's death. >> nothing's going to bring taylor back. we understand that. we get that. he set his legacy, and nothing's going to take that away. >> reporter: the u.s. is not releasing the name of the mastermind, and pentagon officials say the u.s. was not involved in the taliban operation that took him out. >> i don't care who it was that killed him. it's one less terrorist that we have to worry about. >> reporter: the august, 2021, suicide bombing happened near abbey gate during the final chaotic days during the u.s. drawdown from afghanistan. more than 100 afghan civilians were also killed. marine corps sergeant tyler roper sergeant tyler vargas-andrews survived. >> i'm thrown to the ground. i open my eyes to marines dead or unconscious around me. >> reporter: u.s. officials learned of the isis leader's death weeks ago, although not from the taliban. instead, officials made the decision from their own intelligence g

one of the dead was marine staff sergeant taylor hoover.from the marine corps. >> they explained to us that the leader of the isis cell that was responsible for the bombing was killed by the taliban. >> reporter: it happened earlier this month in fighting between the taliban and isis. the u.s. found out through its own intelligence sources. >> their sources are highly trusted and they've got it from several different sources that this individual was, indeed, >> ds itte wther or not it was the taliban that apparently killed him or the united states? >> i don't care who it was that killed him. it's one less terrorist that we have to worry about. >> does it feel like justice to you? >> to me, it won't be justice ever. >> reporter: the bomb carved a path of death and destruction through the crowd, wounding 45 other servicemen and women and killing at least 170 afghan civilians. it sent more than 100 ball bearings into former marine tyler vargas andrews. >> i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious lying around me. >> reporter: pentagon of

one of the dead was marine staff sergeant taylor hoover.ine corps. >> explained to us that the leader of the isis cell that was responsible for the bombing was killed by the taliban. >> reporter: it happened earlier this month in fighting between the taliban and isis. the u.s. found out through its own intelligence sources. >> their sources are highly trusted, and they got it from several different sources that this individual was indeed killed. >> reporter: does it matter to you whether or not it was the taliban that apparently killed him or the united states? >> i don't care who it was that killed him. it's one less terrorist that we have to worry about. >> reporter: does it feel like justice to you? >> to me, it won't be justice, ever. >> reporter: the bomb carved a path of death and destruction through the crowd, wounding 45 other servicemen and women and killing at least 170 afghan civilians. it sent more than 100 ball bearings into former marine tyler vargas-andrews. >> i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious lying around me.

after speaking with cnn, this is darren who her father of the marine staff sergeant taylor hoover, hereat, we have another terrorist off the face of the earth. i'm good with that. but it does not absolve the administration or the state department or the pentagon for taking responsibility or accountability for what happened. meanwhile, over the course of the past several months, a couple of years, really, the biden ministration has fought back against accusations that it is entirely to blame for the withdrawal from afghanistan, saying they were locked into with a goal in the peace agreement signed between the previous administration, the trump administration, and the taliban in the months before the withdrawal. oren liebermann, cnn, the pentagon. >> now, to sudan, where a u.s. citizen was killed during the unrest. sudanese american physician doctor -- soleimani was reportedly stabbed in front of his house in the capital on tuesday. it's not clear who attacked him. he was a professor at the university of khartoum medical school. meanwhile, a u.n. special representative says the three-da

the father of staff sergeant taylor hoover, he's confirmed an official from the marines called him toet him know that this had, in fact, happened, also didn't provide any additional information. he welcomes that development but also continues to criticize the biden administration's track record in those final chaotic days. that criticism is echoed b i the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. that's representative michael mccaul from texas who says, quote, any time a terrorist is taken off the board is a good day, but this doesn't diminish the biden administration's culpability for the failures that led to the attack in the first place. he's investigating this, and it's raised a whole host of issues, such as the tens of thousands of gans are still waiting for visas to try to escape the taliban regime. it highlights the fact that u.s. intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance capability in afghanistan of terrorist groups like isis-k have been dramatically reduced since the u.s. withdrew from afghanistan leaving, somewhat ironically, the u.s.'s enemy on the ground in afgh

the father of 31-year-old marine corps staff sergeant taylor hoover disagrees saying, quote: to me itlap for them, for the administration that the afghanistan debacle is over and done with. well, bull crap. no, that doesn't sit well with me. the republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee also wants answers from the state department, quote: the after action review dated march 2022 is an 87-page document containing numerous unexplained redactions despite having been completed for over a year, this document has yet to be shared with the american people, there is a strong public interest in the department sharing results of after action review to the fullest extent possible. now, chairman mccaul has also subpoenaed secretary of state antony blinken over rerefusal to release the dissent cable kabul who criticized the withdrawal and said the evacuation should have started much sooner, guys. >> steve: why is there so much stuff they are not filling in, names and stuff like that, u.s. involvement and stuff like that. >> right. a lot of times the intelligence community doesn't

colleague, kylie atwood, spoke with the father of one of those victims, the father of staff sergeant taylor hooverist off the face of this earth, i'm good with that, but it doesn't absolve the administration, the state department or the pentagon from taking responsibility or accountability for what happened. wolf. >> oren liebermann over at the pentagon, thank you very much. >>> now to the war in ukraine and a key official who's been on the front line against russia's invasion, the mayor of kyiv is joining us here in the situation room right now. mayor, welcome to washington. thank you for joining us. what are the biggest challenges facing kyiv, the capital city of ukraine right now? >> kyiv was a target and still target from russians, the capital of ukraine is heart of the country. right now the main question for every ukrainian is safety. i want to thank you very much, the american people, for defensive weapons. we defend our citizens much better than months ago or six months ago, and we have more weapons. not enough, but anyway right now the situation in our hometowns is much more safe than bef

marines staff sergeant taylor hoover was among those killed. his family was informed of the killing of the isis leader tuesday morning. another terrorist being off the face of the earth. i'm good with that, especially one that planned something. this scale or this magnitude, but still, his family looking for answers from the biden administration around the events leading up to the blast. all we want is answers. we were on the exact same spot where the blast occurred. just one day before this is the difference potentially between the life saving work that's been carried out by the military here and potentially death by the taliban in less than five yards since taking control of the country, the taliban's been locked in a deadly battle with the islamic state's afghanistan affiliate isis. k well, the us is saying that the militants must now stop the country from becoming a safe haven for terrorists once again. but the reality on the ground is that isis is a developing threat inside afghanistan and potentially against us targets overseas in the fut