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they believe right now have been targeted but others machb random. they are looking for two suspects and may be in a black nissan rogue. this is why this situation is unsettling. they had told people in the area to shelter in place. this is a holiday weekend. many people out and about. given the way this happened in such a sudden way they had calls of injuries with stabbings. some people showed up at local medical facilities for treatment and doesnt seem as though they putt this togeth...

Irresponsible and dangerous. your thoughts? >> makes me nervous. how do you conduct an investigation with a former president vilify the fbi. remember people who are in the service have to go home to a family including children and say its a midterm election cycle with those that listen to the president and maybe more significantly into an election cycle and conceivable that you would have once again president biden versus president trump. if you have public information about the home address and...

Let someone else fight over this long, blood-stained sand. chris: mr. vice president, what do you think this raid shows about the u.s. posture in does it base basically say, yes, well be in the mideast forever but not necessarily with big forces? maybe with a more targeted, smaller footprint counterintelligence? what does it say? >> well, as you just said, what the president said today, what this shows the united states remains committed to the total defeat of isis and any terrorist organization...

Counterterrorism mission, its one of those rare operations that really is a tactical victory for the united states, but its also a strategic victory for the united states meaning its great news today, its going to continue to pay dividends for the months and years ahead, so thats great. what im hearing from my sources in the national security community is that the fbi and state and local law enforcement are already, at this hour starting last night, beefing up protection because theyre worried a...

And isis itself is completely destroyed, that is not true. isis affiliates are still operating around the world, but as we know today, the leader of the islamic state, al-baghdadi, is dead. chris? chris: and, trey, what about the possibility of retaliation? often times when one of the leaders of these jihadi groups dies, there is talk about people striking back, theres a possibility of retaliation in syria, in europe and here even in the u.s. are jihadi web site groups talking about this? >> rep...

Just made me so proud to be an american, proud to see our special forces, their extraordinary courage and professionalism. and also i want to say very proud to be vice president to a president who acted so decisively to take down a man who was a threat to this country and a threat to the world as the leader of isis. chris: the president talked about watching it. he said almost as if it were a movie. i mean, were you -- did you have video on the ground and youre able to see whats going on in the ...

United states, we obliterated his caliphate 100% in march of this year. todays events are another reminder that we will continue to pursue the remaining isis terrorists to their brutal end. chris: president trump announcing the successful special forces raid that has taken out the leader of isis, and its time now for our sunday group. the cofounder of the federalist, ben domenech. moe elleithee, jonathan swann from axios and fox news correspondent gillian turner, a former member of the national ...

But what president trump demonstrated here is even while were bringing our troops home from the safe zone on the border of turkey, this president and americas resolve to defeat isis and to hunt down and destroy any terrorist organization in the world is unrelenting, and thats what the world woke up to learn this morning. chris yeah, i want to pick up on that because the president has come under a lot of fire from both republicans and democrats about pulling u.s. troops out of syria. not all, but...

Reporting from trey yingst who is in our middle east newsroom. trey, whats the reaction there in the middle east to the takedown of al-baghdadi? >> reporter: well, chris, many world leaders were waiting until president trump addressed the nation from washington to respond to reports about the death of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. we have just gotten a statement from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who congratulated president trump on an incredible achievement. u.s. allies across t...

By isis back when they had their caliphate, but there are still some american hostages being held by isis, is that correct? >> yeah, theres still up to a dozen american hostages being held by isis in syria in the region. question may or may not -- intelligence doesnt exactly know what he is today, but big fears about when development means for those american prisoners. we cant speculate about what it will mean, but intelligence sources are very worried about that. one quick last note, for folks ...