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That bin laden was there. and even intelligence people had different gradings about whether or not we should or should not conduct that operation. when we finally decided that it was important to conduct the operation and we went to the nfc, you know, the president listened to admiral mccraven and what the operation would look like if we did this commando raid on this compound. he listened very carefully and raised questions. but then he kind of looked around in the nfc and said, what do each of...

That bin laden was there. and even intelligence people had different, you know, different gradings about whether we should or should not conduct that operation. when we finally decided it was important to conduct the operation and we went to the nsc, you know, the president listened to admiral mccraven and what the operation would look like if we did this commando raid on this compound. he listened very carefully. and raised questions. but then he kind of looked around the room and the nsc and s...

As well. one of the things the french have been saying is they need a pan-european effort to combat terrorists and isis and making sure that these people dont get into this country. they believe that some went through the migrant route through the balkan states and turkey as well. this is what the french are saying we need to crack down on this and get tougher on terrorism. but they strike a very defiant tone and they say they are going to fight this out in the end and they vow to destroy isis. ...

He was the key point to the isis leadership, perhaps al baghdadi as jim was pointing out. he was making all these telephone calls to the cell in belgium. the police eventually went in. there was a big commando raid and they seized tatp, they seized -- >> tatp, which by the way the explosive used in the vests here in the suicide attacks among the attackers. >> this is another point to me made by french authorities. they believe, of course syria the home base, in effect, for these attacks, but bel...

Presidency. no involvement in the ground, yes, a commando raid here and there. thats been happening all a the time and this idea of increasing the air strikes. why havent we increased them up to now? there is no strategy in syria. there is none in iraq. the idea is to stay out of trouble and to get it to the next president: this administration is so weak that its in the same hearing. asked about a deliberate step we took in the south china sea to send a destroyer within 12 miles of illegal chine...

In iraq or syria. are they getting more aggressive. were back with the panel. charles, front page story about this. we saw the raid in iraq. is this an administration that has decided to change its policy? >> no. its not changed anything. the policy is. presidency. no involvement in the ground, yes, a commando raid here and there. thats been happening all a the time and this idea of increasing the air strikes. why havent we increased them up to now? there is no strategy in syria. there is none i...

The iraqi prisoners freed during last weeks commando raid by u.s. and kurdish forces are on an isis prison are now talking about their horrifying ordeal at the hands of isis. this is helmet cam video of the actual raid, released over the weekend. the crackle of gunfire heard throughout. kurdish officials now say the operation was carried out by 48 kurdish and 27 u.s. special forces. one of the americans, master sergeant joshua wheeler became the first american soldier killed in iraq since the u....

But josh wheeler is the reason america has such a great army, navy, air force is because of our ncos, our non-commissioned officer corps. he was dedicated to the military. he had children, his wife just had a baby in august. it was a tragedy, but he did exactly what his highly trained ncos do. the forces were going to be overrun. he went to the sound of the cannon. i learned that as a plea at west point, but thats what he went to do to rescue those people and they were successful. i commend the ...

Raid that rescued about 70 hostages in iraq. u.s. and allied kurdish forces took off in five helicopters heading to an isis prison on the outskirts of the town of hawija. u.s. officials say the prisoners were about to be executed. mass graves already dug. american forces manned the perimeter. allied kurdish fighters stormed in but met heavy resistance. then, nbc news has learned one wave of americans followed by a second moved in to help, worried their allies or the hostages would be killed, but...

Imagine if we had a commando raid coming out of afghanistan into pakistan. doing what was done in the raid in iraq the other day. you wouldnt say we have combat in pakistan. you would say we launched a raid as we did on the bin laden compound. so it seems to me a valid distinction. the only thing i think is really important is that the person who was involved in this. in special opps hero who died in this. should be eligible for combat decorations. >> and we heard that he will be. >> and the fam...