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Fail failed coo attempt. keep us posted on any developments out of that meeting. thank you. good to see they are traveling with pool reporters. breaking news out of baghdad overnight a suicide truck bomber kills at least 13 people. more than 24 others were wounded when a tanker was loaded with explosive. the senate intelligence committee preparing for its first hearing into russian meddling. will it reveal any new intersection? that s next. ....
Pushing back amid criticism. no military force in the world proven more sensitive to go out of our way to do everything humanly possible to reduce loss of life or injury among innocent people. more on the situation on the streets of mosul. let s bring in arwa, good morning to you. world leaders focussing on what happened to the civilian casualties, anything more? reporter: no there s all sorts of different explanations put out there, we heard it was an airstrike called in against a suicide truck bomber, airstrikes called in that particular neighborhood against sniper ....
Bar barbara starr is at the pentagon. what s the latest. they are looking they say at every piece of data they can. in fact, a short time ago they briefed reporters and said they are looking at 700 videos from aircraft overhead during this whole period of several days, but especially on march 17th in this area of west mosul to try and help them determine what happened. 700 videos to go through. the iraqis are saying that one of the targets was a suicide truck bomber. the u.s. saying that also that some houses were struck in this yash hoo neighborhood. there is a lot of effort by the pentagon to make clear that the rules of the road have not changed, that they will continue to do everything they can to protect civilians, something they say isis does not so. james mattis spoke about this a short time ago. there is no military force in ....
Correspondent arwa damon is inm. and i m joined by a cnn military analyst and army commander general. arwa, i want to begin with you, what are you hearing about the investigation there in iraq? reporter: well, it s obviously still ongoing, but this is what we have been able to put together when it comes to at least one of the strikes that took place. according to one of the local terrorism commanders, and it was in his area where this happened, as they were pushing forward, as this was happening, a truck they believed was and certainly appeared to be a suicide truck bomber was moving toward forces. and that is when at least one of these air strikes was call in. the strike did hit the truck and in the process and the size of the explosion that was then generated, that seems to have caused some of the homes in at least this one area to collapse. ....
One on the 17th of march that corresponds to the neighborhood that some of these reports of civilian casualties are coming from. they believed they were attacking isis secondary local reports, expected to take some time. and what s the reaction to the air strikes and the ongoing battle for mosul? reporter: well, according to the local iraq commander, the counter terrorism forces commander in the area where one of these strikes took place, he said they did call it in, but that the target was an isis suicide truck bomber and the force of the explosion that was then generated is what caused these houses to collapse and an an eyewitness who lives a few doors down said that he could ....