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Ahead of that messaging before the science had before that regulators were on the same page with them. >> john: , and on the immigration front, the mayor of del rio, texas, is on the extraordinary pictures. they declared a state of emergency in his town. thanks for being with us on this friday >> martha: thanks, john and jacqui. a lot of breaking news. i'm martha maccallum in new york. any moment now, there you can see the podium is set up at the pentagon. a huge development breaking right now as we are told that officials are about to announce that no isis-k fighters were killed in the august...

That -- related to the august 29th air strike in kabul. he will stick around for questions. i'll moderate the questions as we have done before. since we got a full house here and he's had limited time, i'd ask you to keep your follows to a absolute minimum so that we can be as fair as we can to everybody. when the general is done, i'll come back and brief on some other topics as well. with that, general mckenzie, can you hear and see me? >> i'll see you fine. thanks. i'll turn the floor over to you. >> good afternoon. i'm here to brief the results of the investigation i directed following the ...

We have a smaller presence in syria, but it is aligned to the same mission, which is too continue to counter isis and their influence in iraq and syria. while they are different places, different force postures, same ultimate goal. i am not going to speak about policy decisions or operational decisions that haven't been made yet. >> all right. you're listening to a pentagon briefing, featuring john kirby and general ken mckenzie, commander of central command. the united states acknowledging now what had been reported by news organizations, including "new york times," the pass couple days, an a...

Ahead? plus, more than 12,000 undocumented migrants gathering at the border waiting to be taken into border patrol custody. we're live on the ground with the escalating situation, ahead. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper, and we start with breaking news. the u.s. military admitting to a massive and deadly mistake in a targeted drone strike on august 29th that killed three afghan adults and seven afghan children in a kabul neighborhood. the military initially claimed that they had successfully targeted a member of isis-k, someone who posed a threat to american troops at the airport. b...

Up to seven children. that's according to an investigation carried out by the pentagon, confirming it was a mistake and those killed in the drone strike back on august 29th were civilians and not as initially suspected, members of an isis cell perhaps plotting to carry out an attack against the united states. let's breakdown what we heard from the pentagon and bring into the conversation kevin baron, and international affairs analyst. kevin, let me start with you, initial thoughts by the acknowledgment by the united states. we obviously started to see accumulation of evidence based on news rep...