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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...

It, the feeling among the white 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 whe...

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 ...

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...

>> chris, i just, i just want to 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 -- directiv...

>> 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, ...