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opening up exclusively to cnn about that very day that changed everything for them. cnn's chief pentagon correspondent barbara starr sat down with the martinez family. >> i'm pushing through it every day. it's difficult to go through the pain, but you have to look forward. >> reporter: for 18-year-old kiani martinez, her brothers and sisters, there is utter devastation beyond the pain of burns, shrapnel and broken bones. their mother, gayle, was killed. all four children and their father, air force colonel cado martinez, were among the americans critically wounded in the march isis suicide bomber attack on the brussels airport. lieutenant colonel martinez was just back from afghanistan. they'd been waiting to check in for a flight to go on vacation. >> local media are reporting an
an american family caught in the brussels terror attack. five of them critically injured. their beloved mother and wife killed. now they're opening up exclusively to cnn about the day that forever changed them. cnn's chief pentagon correspondent barbara starr sat down exclusively with the martinez family. tell us about it, barbara. >> good morning. you know until now they have never spoken about what happened to them on march 22nd. now, they're ready to talk. they want to tell the world what did happen. >> i'm pushing through it every day. it's difficult. to go through the pain. but you have to look forward. >> reporter: for 18-year-old kiani martinez, her brother and sisters, there is utter devastation beyond the pain of burns, shrapnel and broken bones. their mother gail was killed.
the persian gulf. earlier this morning, secretary of state john kerry released a statement expressing gratitude to iranian authorities for their cooperation in resolving the matter swiftly. i am joined by tehran bureau chief and chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. the latest on nine men and one woman safe on a u.s. air base? >> that's right, they're back in bahrain, the u.s. naval basin the persian gulf after being held less than a day, about 20 hours or so by the revolutionary guard on farsi island. there's no evidence they were harmed or suffered injuries, but nevertheless as precaution they'll go through reintegration protocol. this is protocol for any pows or hostages released just to make sure there's no hidden psychological damage, no concern there may be, but it is sort of
capitol hill, and it starts right now. and good evening, and welcome to a special edition of "mtp daily." we will get to the president's final state of the union in just a moment, but first let's stay with the breaking news that you've been watching for the past 30 minutes from the pentagon. two u.s. navy boats and ten american sailors are being held by iran. so let's get right to our chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. so, mick, walk us through what happened here. i heard your reporting earlier to indicate that we're in the middle of resolving this, but it's not yet resolved. >> we haven't gotten the official word yet that those ten sailors and those two riverine boats have been released, but officials here at the pentagon say that they have assurances from iran that they will be released sometime in the near future. now, these two boats, riverine
we've heard it from him out on the campaign trail that this idea that immigration is a big topic, that if it was a different type -- you hear him saying that rhetoric there. that's something he talks a lot about with his supporters who respond to it. see how this ad plays in places like iowa and new hampshire. >> hallie jackson, thank you. breaking news this morning out of afghanistan. we hear an unknown number of american forces have been killed wbr-id="wbr43526"/> or wounded. let's turn now to nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose. details are still sketchy, but according to u.s. defense officials, an unknown number of american forces have either been killed or wounded in what turns out to be two separate incidents. according to officials, u.s. special operations forces were conducting counterterrorism operations in the helmand province in southern afghanistan
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american or other afghan officials, government officials, when that suicide bomber drove a motorcycle in amongst them and blew himself up, killing those six and wounding three others. the entire mission is still under investigation but it appears that those six u.s. airmen were involved in some kind of operation involving a meeting between u.s. and afghan leaders just outside bagram air base there northeast of kabul. >> nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski, thank you. for more on the fight against isis let's bring in steve clemens, washington editor at large at the atlantic and msnbc contributor. steve, good to have you with us. as jim was just mentioning there, iraqi forces making a push to try to retake the capital of anbar province, ra
out of afghanistan with our troops. we have officials telling nbc news that six nato troops were killed in a suicide bomb attack near bagram air base today. all those six were americans. three other nato troops injured. the taliban posted a message on twitter claiming responsibility for that attack. i went to bring in chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. what do we know about the claim of the responsibility and what more do we know about the victims? >> reporter: shortly after this attack that the taliban did claim responsibility and nobody has any reason to not believe it. because the taliban has you know has been very active and very aggressive over the past several months throughout all regions of taliban but what occurred here is six american service members killed in a small village northeast of the bagram air base there in northeast afghanistan. now, according to u.s. military and defense officials, those
much. i certainly don't use it for classified information and any work-related e-mail is preserved as is required. but what i was doing that i shouldn't have been doing until a few months ago, which meant i was doing it longer than i should have. i shouldn't have been, obviously. is using my iphone which has my personal e-mail on it, to send messages to my office staff -- administrative messages, not classified information. and all of this is preserved. >> nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski joins me. it begs the question, was he not watching the news and seeing all the stories about his counterpart hillary clinton who was being criticized for doing the very same thing? >> that's one of the big questions being asked here around the pentagon. not only is he considered the