Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171024:17:32:00
Them up for an ambush after the fact by these some 50 isis affiliated fighters that came in. to be clear, again, part of their mission was to gather intelligence on a known terror leader operating in the area. it was not their mission to capture. >> very interesting. another new element that we're learning. the original reporting as you well know had those french mirage fighter jets overhead in, what, half an hour, 30 minutes or so. what is the pentagon now saying about that? >> reporter: first, we learned there was a u.s. drone operating in the area at the time of the atta attack. within minu...