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Sir, we killed this leader at a low level. i said i never heard of him, i want al baghdadi. thats the only one i know now. i want al baghdadi. get him. and they got him. but he was big time. he built the isis caliphate. you hear about isis. that was him. it was once the physical size of the state of ohio and had seven million people and it was growing big, big, big. and they had a problem. it started about 2 1/2 years ago. and during my administration, i, we, all together destroyed the caliphate...

In fact, im reading a post on remaining hostages, how much are defense one by gale lamon. they at risk without the syrian kurds on the ground being able to help us going forward? shes doing a book on the isis women and the syrian kurdish >> well thats very powerful women. testimony from kaylas father. and she has been talking to some of the people whom shes it just reveals just how profiled in this book in the uniquely barbaric and truly evil last 24 hours. they were deeply involved in the baghd...

Going to attack regardless. we were opposed to that vehemently and protested as much. our concern was that turkeys actions, unwarranted as they were, would cause us to lose focus on the defeat isis mission. thats the reason were there. and last week i spent in the region talking to many of our allies and i spent time in brussels with our nato allies and reiterated to them our commitment to the enduring defeat of isis. >> and obviously this is a huge blow to isis, to have their leader al-baghdadi...

In iraq and in his period where he tried to create a caliphate was the ultra violence he used. that was distasteful even to al qaeda. >> sam, thank you so much. mark esper told cnn today the president was briefed on al-baghdadi, this raid and the options this past week and gave this green light for the operation. esper said the objective was to capture the terrorist alive. >> cnns reporting it appears al-baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the raid. did that happen? >> thats the report we...

U.s. troop pull out. >> and the united states staying in the lead. >> there was a kurdish defense force leader who tweeted saying for five months there have been joint intel operations on the grou ground. the president did give credit to russia, turkey, syria and iraq. it was an aside, max, that the syrian kurds were part of this operation. the president says this is big. this is bigger than, you know, the killing of anybody else and that this, indeed, strangles the caliphate. its detrimental to...

Iraq. as the u.s. left iraq and the arab spring fell apart. the violence of syrias civil war became a magnet for the blood thirsty. al-baghdadi silently behind isis violence even al qaeda didnt back it. months laters its followers declaring its caliphate. this was al-baghdadis moment. the pinnacle of years of calculation and isis rose fast. then came the attack on an occupation of mosul. the atrocities against the people, the be headings of western hostages.

From his leadership duties. from that moment onwards what was left of isis caliphate collapsed. mosul freed from their grip in july. isis reduced to a tiny slip of land on the iraqi and syrian border. their idea, hateful, still capable of inspiring bar bar risk insanity. a man willing to lead his followers to death, but only from the shadows. >> nick, thank you so much. we have more straight ahead. first in this country nearly 200,000 are under mandatory evacuation orders in california as winds ...

Head of the taliban in 2016 and theyre alive more than ever. in 2016 they killed the leader of al qaeda in iraq. that doesnt do anything to improve the situation in iraq. it did everything to raise up al-baghdadi. we may be seeing a resurgence of the islamic tastate. theyve been restaging more terrorist attacks. now the way we managed to defeat the caliphate was through the u.s./kurdish alliance and thats dead because president trump has very foolishly pulled u.s. troops out of most of syria and...

Proved it was al-baghdadi and that dna test results were immediate and positive. the raid included positive intelligence. we have a lot of news to get to including the explosive testimony from ambassador bill taylor. ahead of the presidents remarks this morning i spoke with mark esper about the raid. lets start with the presidents announcement. what can you tell us about the raid? was this an operation conducted specifically to target bagdadi? >> sure. let me say first of all this is a great day...

Well watch carefully next steps. as a new leader and leaders pop up, well go after them as well. >> as you noted, the physical caliphate has largely disappeared as the u.s. and the kurds have beaten it back, but obviously theres still thousands if not tens of thousands of isis terrorists that remain. what is the status of isis right now? >> as weve been saying for some time now, we want to ensure the enduring defeat. that means we have to continually monitor the situation. as we see groups pop u...