photos of his face and whatnot, and that was one of the ways they were able to confirm it. in his case also, they had dna, of course. i've actually never heard whether they have dna samples on baghdadi. but when you have someone like that, such a high-profile terror leader, like baghdadi or osama bin lauden, the u.s. init tell jensen will usually try to have something on hand if, in fact, they have an opportunity to kill or capture the person, they can verify the identity. >> now, courtney, baghdadi was obviously a highs target value for the u.s. with a $25 million bounty on his head at one point. how will his death affect the isis organization? >> reporter: so, i mean, it's definitely one of the questions i've been asked since all this started unfolding a couple of hours ago. you know, it's not clear that he had a major role in the day-to-day operation. so is this sort of like, you