options available to russia to create that pretext. not certain it would go ahead. it does tally with some of the kind of operations that have been exposed over the past few days in fact, in the past few weeks, by ukrainian intelligence and backed by u.s. in the past about what russia may be planning here. to what russia actually says, it denies any part in these operations. it also, by the way, denies it has plans to invade ukraine again. of course, it did it back in 2014. but it s trying to put as much distance, officials there, from these allegations, as it can. matthew chance, thank you very much. let s discuss all of this. joining us from the white house, the principal deputy, national security adviser, jonathan finer. thanks for joining us. we have a lot to discuss. let s start with the operation, targeting the head of isis. how far does his death go in setting back the terror group?
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aid groups say 13 people were killed. take a look at this drone shot. some people are saying including six children and several women may have been killed in this raid after u.s. officials say the isis leader detonated a suicide bomb. the pentagon is expected to give a briefing at 12:30 eastern, 9:30 pacific later today. with me to talk about all of this is nbc news white house correspondent carol lee, pentagon correspondent kpourt any cube bee, clint watts from the foreign policy research institute and an msnbc national security analyst and retired four star general barry mccaffrey. carol, what have we learned about what the president is going to say when he speaks shortly? it s obvious the white house wants to take a victory lap on this, a significant success. the presidentish yuing a
the united states right now. that s one-third of the population. it goes all the way north from north dakota to texas and all the way to the east coast. scenes you see right here are what many millions of people are dealing with tonight. and the forecast calls for more possibly deadly conditions. it s not going to get above freezing in indiana and surrounding states until sunday afternoon. thanks so much for watching. anderson starts now. good evening. tonight the very latest on what president biden calls limiting capability for terrorist threats around the globe. a pre-dawn raid in northwest syria near the turkish border. when it was over, the leader of isis was dead. in a moment my conversation with pentagon spokesman john kirby of what went into it and lieberman
armor units. we have bradley fighting vehicles up there assisting kurdish allies trying to regain control of this giant prison which isis was determined to free their compatriots out of. we do have people on the ground. we do watch very carefully. by the way, it also affects iraq. isis is on a resurgence. there is chaos in the whole terrorism community between al qaeda who is up there, a break-away faction of al qaeda, another element that we believe is actively plotting attacks on the united states. the background, as you know, 600,000 or more dead in this syrian civil war, primarily by assad and russian forces. clint, take us a little bit to the structure of these terrorist organizations. if you are worried about keeping your leader alive and having to