a russian passenger jet over egypt killing 224. then came the paris attacks in mid november. 130 people dead. and yi earlier this month, the shooting in san bernardino investigated as an act of terrorism possibly inspired by isis. president obama says the u.s. has the right strategy to combat terrorists. we re going to defeat isis and we re going to do so by systematically squeezing them, cutting off their supply lines, cutting off their financing, taking out their leadership, taking out their forces, taking out their infrastructure. but in any battle, in any fight, even as you make progress, there s still danger involved in it. we re joined by nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. there s been a lot of criticism as we ve talked about the
developing news now in the deadly attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan. defense officials have confirmed to nbc news that one of the six air force service members killed near bagram airbase airfield, that is, was a woman. chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins me now. what more have you learned about her identity? reporter: air force major andreana verdabruna. one of the first openly gay military members to be killed in combat. her wife is left behind and a son. and some in the advocacy
renovation of the dna, the culture in this police department and others around this country because there is such a broken bridge that i ve seen worse now than i ve seen in a long time. we ve go the to renovate the entire police department culture and character. father michael pfleger, thank you. u.s. officials confirm the u.s. warplane that attacked a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan last month killing at least 31 civilians was the result of human error. with more on this, nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has followed the latest developments in this report. after listening to this briefing today from afghanistan, here in the pentagon, it s clear that this was a tragedy of errors. not one or two, but many errors, so many of them that i m going to have to read them actually. u.s. personnel did not take their right measures to identify the target that it was a
because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. the u.s. is continuing its bombing campaign against isis. today u.s. warplanes destroyed 280 isis oil tanker trucks inside syria near the border with iraq. those strikes come after the u.s. took out 116 isis oil tankers last week. for the latest, we re joined by nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. they seem to be targeting specifically these tankers. absolutely, kate. this is a big money-maker for isis, up to $100 million a year in black market oil sales. the u.s. had been targeting some of the oil infrastructure, some wells, some depots, but they decided that was almost too effective, because they didn t
the u.s. is stepping up its bombing campaign against isis just today u.s. war planes destroyed 280 tanker trucks moving oil for isis in a series of strikes along the syrian/iraqi border coming as the new york times reports the pentagon is expanding its investigation into claims that military officials at u.s. central command skewed intelligence reports to portray a rosier picture of the fight against the terror group. for the latest we are joined by nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim? reporter: kate, senior defense officials who we have been talking to either refuse to share because the information is classified or because they don t know exactly what those intel assessments were, nevertheless, say it s possible that intel officials at central command in florida could have manipulated some of that data and if so it s