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Counter-terrorism activity that is well oiled, well worn, and certainly well planned. >> reporter: all the leaders in the military chain of command agree that the prospect of taking out al rimi was worth the missions risk. officials tell cnn news mr. trumps secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff called the potential capture of al rimi a game changer. the operation was larger than any counter terrorism strike since the killing of osama bin laden. two dozen navy s.e.a.l...

Eric: theres a very different as direction of what happened. apparently drones some say they heard the drones and mea tipped off leaders. the americans and emirates were in this. too found themselves in a gunbattle gun battle with al qaeda fighters who took the positions of houses a clinic at school and mosque with women and children as cover. the commandos were taken aback when some of the women grabbed weapons and started firing multiplying the militant firepower beyond the expected. the ospre...

Cleric who directed attacks against the u.s. three u.s. service members were wounded and navy s.e.a.l. owens was killed. ospreys were launched to retrieve the wounded. one of them made a hard landing due to technical problems. the aircraft was destroyed by the u.s. deliberately. defense secretary james mattis addressed the mission that was fraught with risk. >> those kinds of things will happen in operations like this. so theres clearly a risk assessment. you mitigate the risks as best you can. ...

Based on 100% certainty but with the best information that youve got. >> obama and his team watched the operation from a cramped conference room in the white house. >> i was sitting here in my windbreaker. gates was there and hillary. and we were essentially watching what was happening in realtime. its here where we observed, for example, that one of the helicopters got damaged in the landing. >> a chopper carrying the troops had suddenly spun out of control as it tried to land. obamas presidenc...

Circle, precision-guided missiles and air missiles and air campaign. >> reporter: the south korean strike plan comes after a series of provocations from kim jong-un. hes threatening to test fire a long-range missile that could hit the u.s. mainland with a nuclear warhead. in recent weeks north korean media claimed he personally had a mock drill on south koreas blue house, their version of the white house. north korean special forces stormed the compound, some parachuting in, took up positions as...

Based on 100% certainty but with the best information that you have got. >> obama and his team watched the operation from a cramped conference room in the white house. >> i was sitting here in my wind breaker, i think gates was there, and hillary, and we were essentially watching what was happening in realtime. its here where we observed, for example, that one of the helicopters got damaged in the landing. >> a chopper carrying the troops had suddenly spun out of control as it tried to land. oba...

Presidential decision-making. you are always working with probabilities. and you make a decision not based on 100% certainty but with the best information that youve got. >> obama and his team watched the operation from a cramped conference room in the white house. >> i was sitting here in my windbreaker. gates was there and hillary. and we were essentially watching what was happening in realtime. its here where we observed, for example, that one of the helicopters got damaged in the landing. >>...

Information and they will have to make a decision in what to do. we live in an imperfect world where youre not always going to know everything conclusively. one of the things ram emanuel said when he was chief of staff is that by the time anything gets to the oval office, its a decision that couldnt be made. youre there because theres no solution that could have been made at a lower level. when these real tough issues dealing with war, peace, peoples lives, going to war, major attacks, financial...

Over this bakery restaurant in dhaka. >> military commandos moved in. the siege ended with 13 hostages saved but 20 others dead at the restaurant. we are following breaking news out of france. >> more than a mile of carnage as the truck drove down the beachside promenade killing as many people as the driver could. >> reporter: a day of celebration for french independence end wg ting with t slaughter of 84 people. while the so-called soldiers of isis waged war in cities across the world, back i...

Borders of iraq and syria. >> two explosions rocking the main terminal at brussels airport. >> across town in the center of the city, a bomb exploded on a metro train. >> reporter: those three suicide bombers killed 32 people. three months later, another airport is hit. three men wearing explosive vests carrying, a k-47s exiting a taxi curbside, shooting at panicked travelers before blowing themselves up. 44 people would never make it out of that turkish airport. >> about six to eight gunmen hav...