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The reference was to ask the pentagon. There were questions about what the president did in the hours and days leading up to this action. Again, refer to the pentagon. There were questions about the ticktock. How did this go down . Was the situation room involved . Did he have to have special briefings, et cetera . Again, ask the pentagon. There are still certain questions to be answered about the commander in chiefs actions today. We tried to shout a little bit to the press secretary after he left the room. No response. Clearly one of the dominant themes in todays briefing. Courtney, is this ...

In the capitol. More from greg palkot in pyongyang ahead. Were expecting this is a first well hear live from the cia director about the global hot spots were watching. About the pentagon uses the biggest bomb ever used on the battlefield. The target . Lets get to it. Centcom and the white house confirming the u. S. Military dropped what it called the mother of all bombs on a terrorist tunnel network. The target, Islamic State fighters. We dont know the damage it did it. Its the first time the military used in combat. Its the largest nonNuclear Weapon in all of americas arsenal, which earned it...

Over the last eight weeks and compare tod compared to whats happened over the last eight years you will see a tremendous difference. If he didnt give the order, who did . Its not clear whether the president knew of this exact military action, is it . Reporter no its not and one of the issues here is that this weapon, had been requested by the commander general nicholson for some time an was authorized to use it by his immediate spear general bo tetell before Trump Administration was even inaugurated so this has been in the works for some time. We had been told President Trump was briefed that ...

Fighters used to move around freely making it easier for them to target u. S. Military advisers and Afghan Forces in the area. The United States takes the fight against isis very seriously. In order to defeat the group, we must deny them operational space, which we did. Lets begin with the pentagon and ryan brown. Why did they do this . Officials are saying this was the right target at the right time. Its a 21,000pound bomb. Its so large that it has to be dropped out of the back of a cargo airplane using a parachute. Its the largest conventional weapon used in combat by the u. S. This cave was...

They can determine how much damage they really did. This is the first use in combat of this weapon. Just showing our viewers the video of the test of this moab bomb back in 2003. You see the plume of smoke that comes up after the bomb has been detonated. A bomb that has been used for the first time in combat in afghanistan. What youre saying, barbara, is that theyre now going through the Damage Assessment. Were they trying to destroy this tunnel . Were there people or isis folks inside . Do we have any idea what the actual target was . Well, we are told the target is being described by the u. ...