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House certainly continues to be that regardless of what happens here in washington, whether its impeachment in the house, whether that happens to move forward in the senate or not, the president will continue from their perspective to battle whether its chasing isis, whether its chasing terrorism around the globe or doing what what he can for the american people. thats their take. but, chris, i think you have to acknowledge that its not an easy slog especially when you consider sometimes when th...

Resurgence of the islamic state and its offshoots. baghdadi came to power as the leader of the islamic state back in 2014 when he made that infamous video from a mosque inside mosul saying isis had planned to take over large portions of the middle east. of he even described it as the takeover of rome, that he would go the whole way across europe. that was the messaging from the islamic state. and when you heard the president speaking today at the white house, he wanted to make clear to other ter...

Thank you well he did say please yes he did and, thank you (all boys): thank you, thank you, thank you. >> stay tuned to the station and fox news channel for the latest on the successful u.s. military raid that is taken out the leader of isis. that is it for today. have a great week. we will see you next fox news sunday. ♪

United states. the raid to take him out could boost president trump whos faced criticism recently for his decision to pull back troops in northeast syria. and, of course, the president is under fierce attack here in washington as house democrats pursue an impeachment inquiry against him. in a moment well discuss it all with vice president mike pence. but first, lets get the late from kevin corke live from the white house. kevin? >> reporter: chris, an extraordinary news conference following the ...

Emphasize the presidents focus here throughout particularly the last several days was on the mission to bring a man who was the most wanted man in the world, a man who had brought unspeakable violence through the isis caliphate, who was exporting violence around the world to justice. and that, combined with insuring the safety of our forces coming in, executing their mission and moving out was the presidents direct i have throughout this effort. and i -- directive. and i know it animated every d...

Al-baghdadi has done, and i dont want to take away from that. chris: does this success in taking down one of the countrys greatest enemies at all -- and this is a question i asked the vice president -- at all weaken the case, if only politically, for the impeachment of president trump in. >> we still expect the president to carly out his duties as president -- carry out just as president nixon did when he underwent an impeachment inquiry and just as president clinton did. and were going to conti...

No personnel were lost in the operation while a large number of baghdadis fighters and companions were killed with him. he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. >> reporter: pretty powerful words there and a very descriptive news conference by the president, chris. he also described the important cooperation with other nations to make this raid possible. >> russia treated us great, they opened up -- we had to fly over certain russia areas, ru...

Were victims of what al-baghdadi has done, and i dont want to take away from that. chris: does this success in taking down one of the countrys greatest enemies at all -- and this is a question i asked the vice president -- at all weaken the case, if only politically, for the impeachment of president trump in. >> we still expect the president to carly out his duties as president -- carry out just as president nixon did when he underwent an impeachment inquiry and just as president clinton did. an...

This attack unfold in realtime 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 abl...

Enemies. lets get reaction now and 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 incredibl...