Lawmakers shown video of controversial strike

So does it exonerate Hegseth? Does it exonerate him? That's all I've got for you.

Do you think the video should be released publicly? I do. So I was at that avail with Congressman Jim Hymes. As you heard there, he wouldn't say if this exonerates Secretary Hegseth or if the video should be released. However, in that press avail, he did talk about the importance of taking that video into context. And so we will see whether or not portions of that video or the full unedited video is eventually made public. What I can also tell you is that I had a chance to catch up with Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, who said that he was briefed by, in his words, a very capable officer. He did, however, tell me, though, that he feels that additional members of the House and Senate may want to be briefed, when I asked him whether or not he is considering holding hearings on this topic. So again, I don't think this will be the last that we hear of this controversial strike. But at least for now, lawmakers are getting some answers. But at the same time, many of them still have more questions as well. Yeah. And Nikole, let's play this out. This meeting is between the admiral and just a handful of lawmakers. Could this lead to a larger congressional probe into this second strike? Well, keep in mind there's already a probe underway. In fact, that's part of what got these briefings to occur in the sense that you had both the House and Senate Armed Services Committee pledging investigations and a very vigorous oversight. And so that's kind of what got the ball running in terms of calling for these briefings. In fact, Chair Wicker, shortly after that WashingtonPost report emerged, he had a conversation with Secretary Hegseth, as well as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Kaine, who was also part of these briefings today. So again, these committees who were briefed together today did indicate that he may want to press further with this. But again, what those next steps may be remains to be seen. Nikole Killion, thank you so much for asking the question and chasing those answers there on Capitol Hill day in and day out. We appreciate you.