Strike was carried out after a request by Afghan Forces who were being threatened by the taliban. A nay toe has launched a full investigation. Earlier tad nay toes secretary general expressed condolences to the families of the victims. Im deeply saddened by the tragic incident involving the Doctors Without Borders hospital in kunduz. My thoughts are with all those affected. A full investigation has been launched. The security situation in afghanistan remains challenging. But Afghan Forces are rising to the challenge. And we continue to support them. Doctors without borders is accusing the u. S. Of a war crime and calling for an independent probe. Lets bring in cnns pentagon correspondent barbara star with more. Good morning. General campbell set to testify on capitol hill about 30 minutes from now. The hearing was scheduled in advance of this latest event to talk to campbell about the security situation in afghanistan and potential plans for drawing down for reducing the number of u. S. Forces from its current level of about 10,000. Reducing them next year. Safe to say, senators are going to have a lot of questions about this attack. An investigation is under way. But the International Aid community, Doctors Without Borders and so Many Organizations that work in conflict zones around the world expressing their concern about the safety of their personnel. The u. S. Is facing so many questions about this and how this could have happened. One of the straight up military questions is, even if the afghans said they were under attack from the taliban, the u. S. Doesnt routinely come to the defense of Afghan Forces because of the taliban. Otherwise u. S. Troops would be in combat virtually every day still. U. S. Troops are there to protect u. S. Forces and to go after al qaeda and to help preemptively if it looks like u. S. Forces are threatened. Now we know general campbell saying this were no u. S. Troops under attack at that time in this hospital complex. So a lot of questions. General campbell saying yesterday a full investigation under way. Well have to see how willing he is, how able he is at this point to give any additional answers whether they have been able to come back to him with more details. One of the big problems, fighting is still raging in kunduz and military investigators so far have not been able to make it to the hospital. Anna. Barbara, st star. Thank you. Something else we are watching close. Russian air strikes have reportedly hit isis targets in palmyra. The strikes hit isis hide outs destroying armored vehicle, ammunition and more. And here in the u. S. There are still concerns russias involvement is beating back u. S. Supported rebels and not necessarily about destroying isis. Were also learning Russian Ground troops and heavy weapons are on the move in syria right now adding even more questions about russias intentions. To a new threat this morning for the flooded southeast. Nine dams bursting and more fears rising. The death toll is 13, 11 of those in South Carolina. Roads are impassable. More than 350 closed right now. The damage estimates are already climbing into the billions. Governor nikki haley telling her state we will get through it and get through it together. Our nick valencia is in columbia, South Carolina. And were hearing some of these rivers may not peak for weeks. That is certainly the threat. But something that hasnt happened for days here, the sun is out. Water starting to recede. But the threat to the public still very much real thing. Officials in South Carolina waking up to lingering fears that more catastrophic flooding and new dam breeches could be on the way. Interest triver standpoint w havent hit the worst yet. Nine dams failing. Some areas seeing more than 20 inches of rain. The deluge to blame for more than a dozen death in the carolinas. Just because the rain stops does not mean out of the out of the woods. This road collapsed claiming the life of man driving with a female passenger. The vehicle careening through barricades, she survived, pulled from the wreckage amid the rushing water. And flood waters of a different kind unearthing caskets from a nearby cemetery. This man venturing into the waist deep water. The rivers peaking to the worst they have been in decades. Now at least six nearby states sending emergency workers into South Carolina for added flood relief. So far 1300 National Guard members are on duty. Crews in black hawk helicopters leading statewide rescue every effort. People have lost business, lost homes. And effect everybody across the bored did not discriminate. Prompted president obama to declare a major disaster area ordering federal aid. At least six have died here in the city of columbia as a result of this flash flooding. The mayor was telling a sad story of a couple working two jobs to make ends meet and they lost everything. The cost of this clean up now that the water is starting to recede the government officials can get a better sense of it. Early estimate, hundreds of millions of dollars to duet this back to normal. If not billions, as they are just skimming really the surface of the damage and destruction so far. Nick valencia, thanks to you. Great reporting. As the recovery begin, a warning for people to stay out of the water. Especially any standing water. The flood waters are notorious for harboring baskcteria that c cause diseases. And if thats enough, they have warned of lurking al kbaligatord snakes. Twhaz what is the biggest concern right now. There can be a sense of kplanssy. So in some areas the water levels are starting to go down and understandably people are so keen to get back to their home their businesses and assess any damage and try and clean up. The first thing i worry about as a physician is injuries and death interefrom electrocution. Walking into the homes and turning on the main power supply can cause very serious injury. And flood water is often contaminated with sewage. So if you eat anything thats been exposed to that you could be coming in contact with e. Coli or others that can cause really serious illnesses. And we have shown the video of kas connecaskets being unear. Is that a threat. There is a serious risk of infection. Of course the guy nick mentioned so brave and passionate and we need to be respectful. But you have to be careful. Rubber boot, rubber gloves and goggles to stay away from the contamination. And it is not just diarrheal illnesses we worry about. You could even see chemical poisoning in the emergency room because of the contact with the flood waters. We know the wildlife do exist out there too. When do you think it is safe for those people to return to their homes . It can be a really difficult decision to make. And people are understandably keen to get back to their belongs. But its really important to wait until gibb the all clear by officials and then be very safe how crow do the clean up. Diarrheal illnesses and injuries and wounds can be infected from standing in the flood waters. So people with diabetes are already susceptible. But imagine if you have a wound from trying to clean up and then you are in standing water, you can actually get a very serious wound infection set in and same actually when it comes to mold as well. Loves humidity. So whechb it looks like the standing water is gone t mold can stay around and cause very serious lung infections. Just very quickly. Is it the obvious in terms of what we should do or what those folks in that area can do to protect nemss . Its actually basic but you have to make the effort and get it right. When you are in the flood water, wear rubber boots, rubber gloves. Wear goggles. And kpe depending on the surface you are cleaning, you need to measure different amounts of bleach to different amounts of water. And the exact instructions for that are on the epa website. They are on the cdc website and they tell you exactly how much bleach and water you should be using depending on what you are cleaning and the same goes for toys. Keep kids and pets away from standing water. But of course kids and pets will gravitate towards their old toys. You need to make sure those havent been exposed to flood water. And if they have, check out the epa and the cdc websites to make sure how to clean everything. Thanks. The ntsb is on its way o jacksonville, florida to investigate the disappearance of the cargo ship el faro. Debris field was discovered over the week. Still no sign of the ship itself. It went missing just as Hurricane Joaquin was passing through. As search crews continue to look for any sign o of survivors. They hope any equipment recovered might provide clues into what happened. This is a huge challenge that there is a large debris field. So the investigators will be, we hope, you know, finding as much materials as possible. But it is a big challenge when there is such a large area of water and sat such depths. There are a lot of aspects of the investigation. The marine logs, any data, all of the interviews with people who are involved that will help us determine what exactly happened. And obviously we hope for the best and we hope that the ship will be recovered. Cnns Alexander Field is here now with the latest on the search effort. They are finding quite a few things. Not what they are hoping which is people. And deploying a lot of resources. The first search planes were sent back out at daylight. But also the vessels in the water working around the clock. Coast guard and commercial vessels all trying to find the survivors. What they have found so far, an emmett lifeboaempty lifeboat, d life rings and two survival suits they found the body of one on board but they are still looking for the 32 others trying to find any sign someone could be out there and alive. At the same time you have all of these families who have wait forward days for word and some of them are starting to ask very tough questions about why this ship was ever in the path of this storm. I dont think that they should have shipped them out when they knew that that was going on. That makes no sense to me at all. Like, if they knew that the hurricane was coming they should have kept them there and waited and to ship them back out. That makes no sense at all. I dont agree with that. A lot of emotions here and obviously the primary focus is on finding survivors. As time tix on there are more concerns about finding people alive. We know the ntsb has deployed their team to jacksonville. They will start to investigate and ask the fundamental questions about why this ship sank. The coast guard all right said the ship purported to its owner they have lost propulsion. And then its getting pummelled from both sides. They have to figure why it lost propulsion and why it was sent out given the forecast. Thank you very much. And still to come a dip in the polls might cause some candidates to abandoned their dreams of being president but not donald trump. Why hes pushing back on reports that he might quit the race. Take zzzquil and sleep like. The kids went to nanas house. For the whole weekend. Zzzquil. The nonhabit forming sleep aid that helps you sleep easily, and wake refreshed. Because sleep is a beautiful thing. Are acidic. Most of the time people are shocked when we show them where theyre getting the acid, and what those acids can do to the enamel. 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Republican Kevin Mccarthy saying the Committee Investigating benghazi and clintons emails was created to destroy her candidacy. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right . But we put together a Benghazi Special committee. What are her numbers today . Republicans have spent millions attacking hillary because shes fighting for everything they oppose. Cnn senior washington correspondent is joining me now with more. Talk about her strategy moving forward her. Well anna, weve seen that new ad there. That is her First National campaign ad. Shes seizing on the moment. Trying to frame the discussion and debate going into that october 22nd hearing when she will appear before the House Select Committee on benghazi. Lets take step back. The whole reason that her private email account she used was discovered because of this congressional committee. She is saying it is entirely politicized from the beginning and she has some ammunition now. In that ad, kevin monarccarthy saying. And showing this is all the political witch hunt. Of course all the emails are now being investigated by the Justice Department to see if there was any classified information on the server. But she has some good ammunition now to support her claim and shes politicizing it. Republicans really giving her fuel for the fire. Meanwhile lets talk about joe biden. Speculation continues to swirl around the vice president. Will he jump into the race . What are you hearing . Well anna it really is the big question inside this democratic party. If joe biden in the next week or so is going jump into this race. We are told by Top Democrats who have spoken with him over the last several days they are left with the impression he is leaning towards a run. This is not a done deal because some of his long time friends and allies are still saying this is not a good idea. We are told hes leading people with the impression that he is going to run. But he still has not done anything to formally flip on the switch. We are going to find out we believe in the next week or two about the time Hillary Clinton is appearing before the benghazi committee. The month of october is going to be central in this race. Jeff, thanks so much. Dont forget the first democratic debate is one week away. Next tuesday at 8 30 p. M. Eastern. Catch it right here on cnn. On the republican side even as the polls show a slight decline for trump, the front runner tells cnn that reports of his perhaps political demise have been greatly exaggerated. I read somewhere you said if i fell behind badly id get out. Are you thinking about when you would get out of this race. Not even a thought. Not even 1 of a thought. Look, it is a phony deal that was perpetrated on the public. I was asked a simple question by chuck todd at meet the press. And people, i gave an honorable answer. And honest. I said sure if i was doing terribly like some of these people i wouldnt stay in. If for some reason i i collapse and people say oh there is a weakness. There is no weakness. Im not going anywhere. Lets discuss. Matt lewis, also with us, m mercedes slap. Matt, i want to start with you. Trump says he is in this race to win. Hes not going anywhere. And this is after a former romney strategist said on our air yesterday he believes the real estate mogul will be out by iowa just because he cant stand to risk losing what is your take . I think this is premise oond couple of things. The first is the suspicion that everyone has had that donald trump doesnt want to be president. He got into this on a lark to get publicity as the stunt and he caught fire surprisingly to himself and now hes riding it out and may someday be looking for an exit strategy to get out. The other part too is frankly the question of whether or not trump would want to get out before he collapses. There is a sense that people might be flirting with or dating donald trump. But when push comes to shove, when they actually have to vote trump will begin to sink in the polls and he may want to duget t before that happens. Mercedes . I think donald trump is want to be sound like a winner. Hes saying im not getting out. The polls show im still up and im going forward. He has the money to make it through the early states. Hes self financing this campaign. So money is not an issue. Secondly hes building a structure. He actually has staffers on the ground in iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina. He just hired one of scotts governor scotts folks from florida. So again, he is really in it to win it. Now again for him it is going to be how he does in these next debates. And if his numbers continue to plummet. A as well as will the other candidate, the second and third tier candidates drop out . And how will that shake up the gop primary. Weve been witnessing the longer trump is on top the more his policy positions have been scrutinized. In fact today in his interview with chris cuomo, he reiterated his belief that russia should be country that that take on isis, citing billions of dollars in iraq and afghanistan and we may not even know who are supporting. We spent so much in iraq and lost thousands of lives. Two trillion there. Weve spend a trillion dollars and going up in afghanistan. We just knocked out a hospital. Were the gang that couldnt shoot straight. We dont know what were doing. And frankly watching you are not hurting yourself by watching and waiting and not necessarily backing people, chris, that we have no idea. You dont know who they are. Matt, how do you think trumps comments will be received by the party . I think its mixed. I think he does speak to a populous sentiment out there. And hes really, you know, taps into what a lot of i would say angry and disaffected republican primary voters. Trump makes a vold point when he says that toppling assad could have repercussions. We dont know if these rebels are actually good or bad. That is one argument. But i think hes missing the other side of the equation, which is the fact that Vladimir Putin and russia, our geopolitical foes as romney pointed out, and by allowing russia to ess