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Pentagon leaders brief lawmakers on U.S. boat strikes

Season 2025 Episode 338 | 3m 35s

A new bipartisan divide has broken open after senior U.S. military officers showed Congress video of multiple strikes on a boat in the Caribbean in early September. Republicans backed the decision by a Special Operations commander to target survivors of the first strike, while Democrats accused the commander of targeting a shipwreck. Nick Schifrin reports.

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