Flawless Raid News Today

Onto the target. the aim was to capture abu bakr al-baghdadi. and if we couldnt capture him then of course we were going to kill him. and like i said, the raid was successful. we pulled our troops out. we had two minor casualties, two minor injuries to our soldiers but a very successful, flawless raid. >> when you say minor injuries, they will recover? >> theyve already been returned to duty. >> thats great. so the president knew about the operation ahead of time, he approved the operation? >> h...

Secretary of defense, mark esper, about the raid. lets start with the presidents announcement. what can you tell us about the raid? was this an operation conducted specifically to target bagdadi? >> sure. let me say first of all this is a great day for america, this is a great day for the world. the president made a very decisive action and our troops and interagency partners executed it brilliantly. as you know, we defeated the physical caliphate earlier this year and now the leader is dead. so...