ɪnˈɪʃəli, ðə sˌiːbˌiːˈɛs kɹˈuː wʌz ɐsˈaɪnd tə kˈʌvɚɹ ɐ stˈoːɹi ɐbˌaʊt wʌt jˌuːˈɛs tɹˈuːps wɜː dˌuːɪŋ ˈɔn "məmˈoːɹɪəl dˈeɪ" fɚɹə hˈɑːlɪdˌeɪ tˌiːvˈiː nˈuːz ɹᵻpˈoːɹt, bˌʌt ðə tˈiːm wʌz daɪvˈɜːɾᵻd tə ðə kæɹˈɑːdə pənˈɪnsjʊlə loʊkˈeɪʃən wˌɛɹ ðə fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪdpˈaʊnd bˈɑːm wʌz dˈɛtənˌeɪɾᵻd æz ðə tˈiːm ɛɡzˈæmɪnd ɐ tʃˈɛkpɔɪnt ðæt hɐdbɪn bˈɑːmd ɔnðə pɹˈiːviəs dˈeɪ.
Initially, the CBS crew was assigned to cover a story about what US troops were doing on "Memorial Day" for a holiday TV news report, but the team was diverted to the Karrada peninsula location where the 500-pound bomb was detonated as the team examined a checkpoint that had been bombed on the previous day.