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Clear that it was a mistake but the strike was called in by u.s. forces and therefore, u.s. forces have a responsibility and will through the investigation answer the questions here. >> nic, is there any more clarity about the chain of events that actually led up to this? >> reporter: doctors without borders have given some information which we didn't have before which gives some vital clues into the sequence of events. they say that the aircraft flew around over the hospital, large compound, single building, there was only one building in that compound that was hit. a lot of others were spare...

Minutes. it could not have been a mistake. >> until we're told otherwise, until we see an independent investigation, we'll presume that this was, in fact, a war crime. >> did this violate u.s. military rules? >> even though the afghans request that support, it still has to go through a rigorous u.s. procedure. >> there was no air controllers, american forward air controllers on the ground. >> we had a special operations unit that was in close vicinity that was talking to the aircraft to deliver those fires. >> if the u.s. knew it was a hospital, did reports of taliban firing justify the attack...

Forces and, therefore, u.s. forces have a responsibility and will through the investigation answer the questions here. >> nic, is there any more clarity about the chain of events that actually led up to this? >> reporter: doctors without borders have given some information which we didn't have before which gives some vital clues into the sequence of events. they say that the aircraft flew around over the hospital, a large compound, single building, was the only -- there was only one building in that compound that was hit. a lot of others was spared and the plane came over several times, target...

Our operational authorities in rules of engagement. >> reporter: that order and acknowledgement that something went wrong. and the secretary of defense minced no words saying in a statement, when we make mistakes, we own up to them. that's exactly what we are doing now rules of engagement spell out when and how the u.s. military can conduct air strikes like the ac-130 gun ship that hit the hospital. doctors without borders says the u.s. knew it was a hospital. they were under attack for 30 minutes. he could not have been a mistake. >> until we are told otherwise and see an independent investig...

Gasoline on the fire. joining me now is senator john mccain thank you for joining us. i want to get to syria in a moment i want to start with afghanistan. we learned yesterday that united states air strike badly damaged a hospital run by doctors without borders in the afghan city of kunduz killing 19 members of the staff and patients and injuring 37. you know, high commissioner for human rights say it might be criminal. we're waiting for the details to come in. you're a former navy pilot. you have insight into this that many of us don't. how can something like this happen? >> well, we call i...