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Battle with commandos going room to room killing afghan soldiers who were patients and recuperating at the hospital. afghan commandos were able to ultimately kill all of the attackers i get the situation under control, but more than 50 people were also wounded in this attack. ed has a lot of concern being raised in the afghan capital. this adding to the taliban insurgency has many, many people scared there. >> heather: conor powell come alive for us. thank you. >> jon: you next hour of the "happ...

Stormed the kabul facility this morning with guns and grenades. a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance as they opened fire on staff and on patients. afghan commandos killed the three other militants after several hours of heavy fighting. the president said the carnage, quote, trampled all humana bus. more than 6 million people gripped by hunger and disease in somalia, the united nations says the ongoing drought is driving the african nation to the brink of famine. diseases like chole...

Gun men dressed as doctors setting off bombs at the gates storming the building armed with grenades and ak 47s. the attack just half a mile from the u.s. embassy in kabul, afghanistan. at least four people are dead and more than 60 people injured. new video shows afghan commandos landing on the roof and running inside. all four terrorists were killed. no word if americans are among the victims. well keep a close eye on that one this morning. and a new disturbing wave of bomb threats against jewi...

This hour. lets bring in cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh. good morning, nick, is this unprecedented at a hospital. >> yes, central kabul has been penetrated before but this is deeply symbolic. medical personnel got their way inside the hospital compound. this is the hospital right in the heart of the capital. a stones throw from the american embassy where loads of afghan soldiers are taken for treatment. some civilians too. terrifying images showing people on the outside ...

>> what made you think that israel could pull off an operation like this? >> the rescue was one of the few bits of good news regarding counter terrorism. it was followed by the daring rescue of german passengers aboard a hijacked lufthansa aircraft. >> the explosion and gunfire. >> the passengers and crew were freed in a lightning predawn raid by german commandos at somalias airport. >> there was a sense that the pendulum was swinging. if you hijacked the plane, you didnt get a free run to the p...

Well oiled, well worn and certainly well planned. >> reporter: all of the leaders in the military chain of command agreed that the prospect of taking out al-rimi was worth the missions risk. officials tell nbc news, mr. trumps secretary of defense called the potential capture of al-rimi a game changer. they told president trump they doubted the president obama administration would have been bold enough to try it. the operation was larger than any counterterrorism strike since the killing of osam...

At this point the house side is ready to get out of town. the house democrats will be having their policy retreat. the action will be moving quickly to the senate and the questions about betsy devos. >> and lots of questions to be answered. coming up next on this hour, who u.s. commandos were really hunting for in that top-secret mission, who is now on tape taunting the president of the united states. a second bee helt with protective netting. or like a balm? you know? or a cooling ointment for ...

Devos as education secretary. it will make it the first time in history that the vice president has had to break a nomination vote for a cabinet secretary. there are some saying there is another republican prepared to vote against betsy devos. weve not been able to confirm that. were going to watch it in realtime when it happens. >> nbc news has learned exclusively who u.s. commandos were targeting during the raid in yemen last week, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. that man got a...

Today at the white house press briefing sean spicer asked about the reporting of nbc news senior legal and investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden, that report that u.s. commandos were hunting for one of the most wanted terrorists in the world in that mission that went down in yemen. a navy s.e.a.l. died during the operation. heres what spicer said. >> the raid that was conducted in yemen was an intelligence gathering raid. thats what it was. it was highly successful. it achieved the purpos...

Secretary of defense and the charity of the joint chiefs of staff called the potential capture of al-rimi a game changer. the operation was larger than any counterterrorism strike since the killing of bin laden. a dozen commandos of the united arab emirates and a half dozen yemeni soldiers. also killed, 14 al qaeda militant and several civilians. >> the disruption of al qaeda leadership, the knowledge that the u.s. is willing to reach deep into the heart of al qaeda territory and the capture of ...