DOD: Kabul drone strike mistakenly killed 3 adults, 7 children; FDA advisers vote to recommend Pfizer booster shot for those 65+ and high risk; France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over security spat;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike; DOD: Kabul strike killing 3 adults, 7 children a “tragic mistake”; FDA advisers vote against Pfizer’s COVID booster for Americans 16 and older; Panel may vote on amended question; Israel: COVID boosters kept our hospitals from reaching capacity; Officials preparing for the worst ahead of right-wing rally; New documents reveal concerns among Capitol Police about behavior of fellow officers on Jan 6; France recalls ambassadors to U.S. & UK over deal to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines; 12,500+ migrants living under bridge at U.S.-Mexico border; Anderson Cooper reflects on his famous family in new book; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The U.S. military went from righteous strike to tragic mistake in just days.
0:07.8	The lead starts right now.
0:09.9	The Pentagon, minutes ago, admitting they got it really wrong, targeting the wrong vehicle
0:16.4	in Afghanistan, killing 10 innocent civilians, including seven Afghan children.
0:22.8	How could this happen?
0:25.8	A key FDA panel moment ago rejected Pfizer's request to add a booster dose of its COVID vaccine
0:33.7	for everyone. What does that mean for you?
0:36.3	A hat. Plus, more than 12,000 undocumented migrants gathering at the border
0:42.2	waited to be taken into Border Patrol custody were live on the ground with the escalating
0:47.4	situation ahead.
0:55.0	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start with breaking news.
0:58.6	The U.S. military admitting to a massive and deadly mistake in a targeted drone strike on August 29th
1:05.4	that killed three Afghan adults and seven Afghan children in a Kabul neighborhood.
1:11.1	The military initially claimed that they had successfully targeted member
1:14.4	of ISIS K, someone who posed a threat to American troops at the airport, but just moments ago,
1:19.8	the leader of United States Central Command took responsibility and admitted they got the wrong
1:25.0	vehicle. Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake. As the combatant
1:32.5	commander, I am fully responsible for this strike and his tragic outcome.
1:38.0	This is a total about face from the Pentagon's initial denial they got anything wrong, days after
1:46.2	the attack. The least one of those people that were killed was a ISIS facilitator.
1:53.0	So were there others killed? Yes, there are others killed. Who they are? We don't know, but at this
1:58.1	point we think that the procedures were correctly followed and it's a righteous strike.
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