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Rather dismissive, considering that there is a PLETHORA of information not previously disclosed in the Abbey Gate investigations contained in this piece. Sometimes cnn proves pigs do fly. But - tellingly - cnn fails to describe in any way how they acquired the video and further obfuscates the sourcing:

While some Marines aid wounded Afghans, the video also shows that, 21 minutes and 49 seconds after the bombing, Marines fired a CS gas canister from inside the airport walls towards the area near the blast. It may have landed near injured and dead Afghan civilians, still gathered around the sewage trench that ran along the scene of the blast at that time, according to videos shared on social media.
The Pentagon’s investigations have made no reference to the video, half an hour of which CNN obtained. It is unclear how much of it the Pentagon saw prior to publication of this story. It released four seconds of the video – the moment of the blast itself – as part of its initial investigation in February 2022, although the source of that brief clip remains unclear.
CNN described the full video and findings of this story in significant detail to the Pentagon ahead of publication. A spokesman said the Pentagon would need to see any “new, previously unseen, video out there” before assessing it. Army Lt. Col. Rob Lodewick, public affairs adviser to the supplemental review team, said the latest review supported the Pentagon’s initial findings.

But the money quote is at the piece's terminus, after suggesting that the video was among those sought by Congress:

A recent congressional hearing for the then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and then-Central Command Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie ended with Congressman Darrell Issa presenting the two generals with a list of unpublished video that, under a Freedom of Information Act request, the Pentagon had admitted they held. The generals told the session they had seen the videos, and that it should be released to congressional investigators.
Another American military survivor who spoke to CNN said he had endured two years of “leadership saying what you saw was basically not the truth.”
He summarized the two investigations as: “Shut your mouth. We’ll talk for you.”

I can't help but wonder if the upcoming Pentagon CYA will include accusations the video was leaked to CNN...

Footnote: The piece links to 5 minutes 29 seconds of video at the bottom of the article, but the piece references almost another 25 minutes which have not been published nor referenced in any of the Pentagon investigations. Additionally, cnn suggests there is more video to which they have NOT gained access nor has the Pentagon either acknowledged or released.