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Syria. the video released just a short time ago from the pentagon and shows the remote compound where he was holed up. and the bomb blast as the compound was leveled by those u.s. special forces. heres abcs senior foreign correspondent ian pannell tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the pentagon releasing these images of the moment u.s. special forces fly in on the hideout of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. hostile fighters shooting at them. the american assault team returning fire. in a second dra...

Vindman says his efforts to correct the transcript after the fact were blocked. adding to the fallout from this democratic senator chuck seumer is now asking the secretary of the army for a briefing to ensure that colonel vindman is protected from any potential retaliation after his testimony and the criticism coming well from the white house on down from his allies. so there is a lot to get to as always, cnn manu raju is there, can you layout for folks what are you learning ability colonel vind...

Women working in this operation. bravo. what is next as you analyze this, sir? >> i think whats next is keeping up the momentum. isis as an organization still exists. the caliphate as a geographical nation state has been defeated but with the death of al-baghdadi and his right-hand man now is the time to step on the gas pedal and continue the momentum. >> bill: the mole inside isis, we read the mole was infuriated because a family member was killed on behalf of isis. told the syrian defense forc...

He is an iconic spiritual leader, the loss is significant, the movement will continue as long as young people still want to join his fanatical movement and they are motivated motivated by his political religious ideology. >> chris: the kurds say it was their informant who was a key member of the al-baghdadi inner circle who provided really the most important information. where he was gonna be come the layout of the compound that he was in, first of all from the best of your knowledge one, is tha...

The u.s. intelligence, and they say he was at the compound when those special forces arrived, that the informant left when they did and with them. tonight, abcs senior foreign correspondent ian pannell inside one of those isis prisons, and one prisoners message to america. >> reporter: tonight, new details about the operation that ended with the death of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. kurdish sources telling abc news they had an informant inside his inner circle. providing critical details in...

Yeah. yeah. >> exactly. >> sorry. >> but mckenzie said two very interesting things that other militant groups didnt know that baghdadi was there and that hed been there an extended period of time. now, wed been hearing that there was concern that he was maybe about to move and that was one thing that sort of gave them the incentive to have to go. but they knew the layout of this particular compound. its clear general mckenzie said they knew that there were children there as well. so they had a g...

It is unfortunate that they continue to do the bidding of donald trump and behave like a wholly-owned subsidiary of the trump administration. >> this new resolution does not put a time line on the impeachment inquiry, but does layout the next steps as the probe becomes more public. neil. >> neil: thank you. mike emmanuel. with this, army lieutenant vindman, top ukraine expert has been testifying on capitol hill today. republicans say they have not been able to question him or participate in the ...

Because the kurds, according to general mozloum, got distracted, they couldnt focus on the hunt for baghdadi, they had to focus on defending their own homes. and then as the u.s. presence or the kurdish presence was shrinking in that particular area, then there was a necessity to do it, pull the trigger, pull the trigger. then to get it even more refined, general mozloum told me that specific day was chosen because baghdadi was expected, according to general mozloum, to leave the safe house, to ...

They gave us not a military role at all but they gave us some information that turned out to be helpful. >> welcome back. despite what the president said on sunday, we now know the kurds provided more than just some information in the raid that killed abu bakr al baghdadi. they said they had people deep inside the isis circle which provided americans a specific layout of his compound and even a blood sample from al baghdadis -- were saying it -- from his used underwear that helped identify him. ...

Welcome back, were learning more dedetails about the intelligence that made the raid that kills al-baghdadi possible. according to the general, the source passed along information to u.s. intelligence and military services helping them understand the layout of the compound in has forces are now back in syria where they had been deployed to help security oil fields. richard, how has the death of al baghd baghdadi in syria. >> frankly very little. he was already on the run. by the way, they have n...