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Woman's claim that she picked up brian while he was hitchhiking alone in wyoming on august 29th. >> he offered to pay us $200 to give him a ride, like ten miles. he then told us he's been camping for multiple days without his fiance. >> reporter: all this on the heels of body cam video from august 12th, showing an emotional police encounter with the couple. >> we've been fighting all morning and he wouldn't let me in the car before. he told me i needed to calm down. >> reporter: all the while, petito's family growing more desperate by the day. "dateline's" andrea canning sitting down with her ...

Effort. courtney, what is the very latest? >> reporter: after allegations that a u.s. drone strike may have resulted in civilian casualties, the u.s. military launched a formal investigation. on friday they released the findings of that investigation and it proved that bad intelligence had deadly consequences. a stunning reversal by the u.s. military. late friday, acknowledging this drone strike intended to target a potential isis bomber, actually killed ten innocent afghan civilians, including seven children, some just 2 and 3 years old. >> i'm here today to set the record straight and acknow...

He's taking the weekend away in delaware at his beach home. certainly a lot on his plate. i'm told we're working throughout the weekend on all of these challenges and don, i can say they're mounting here nine months into his term in office. >> this is what being president is. listen, the most tragic, jeff, bomb strike in afghanistan that killed civilians instead of isis. isis k. members i should say. the president had hailed the strike as evidence of the u.s. can confront threats without having boots on the ground. has the white house responded to this tonight? >> don, utter silence from the w...

>> we will see what happens. i want to change focus a little bit to another big story in the news. afghanistan. the biden administration said yesterday that the august 29th drone strike did not kill any members of isis-k but instead did kill ten innocent civilians including seven children, the head of central command, called it a mistake. but no mention of any accountability. can congress provide any? and isn't it time congress reasserted its authority over the power to make power and launch drones and kill unarmed people in far away countries? >> i think this drone strike is tragic, a drone s...

We have breaking news from washington, d.c. law enforcement is bracing for hundreds of protesters at this rally to show support for those charged in the january 6th riots and there's a counterprotest nearby. haven't seen hundreds show up yet, though. capitol hill is fenced and fortified and police are out in force. >> this is what public safety is all about and i think this is what people expect of public safety. so today is a proud day. hopefully it's going to be uneventful. in the event it's not uneventful, we're certainly prepared. >> national guard troops are on standby. lawmakers are bein...