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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 ...

Incredible. i got to watch much of it. 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 h...

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 incredible achieve...

>> so quick note on this 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...

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...

>> as commander in chief of 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, ...

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...

Still concerned about the 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 ...

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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...