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Fully ileus says the announcement of a bug out his death is welcome news for president donald trump as he faces possible impeachment proceedings the death of the fugitive leader of the so-called islamic state. is being seen by president trump as a major win for him and his administration that this comes after the harsh criticism that he received from democrats and republicans over the rather abrupt decision to pull u.s. forces from syria and abandon their longstanding kurdish allies and critics ...

Companies dont even have an advantage in getting the oil leases, so i just tell you that story. thats what i heard. reporter: the counterterrorism director out in the hallway was there a role? president trump: yes, everybody played a role. joe was great. gina was great. they were all good. reporter: just a follow-up, in the syria pullout, does that generate the intelligence to lead the operation? president trump: no. we were looking at this. look as i said, steve, ive been looking at this, im he...

Caliphate in syria is absolutely a big operation and something that needed to be done while it does not destroy the organization, it destroys this iconic spirituel and operational leader that meant so much to him , so this is very well done, mission accomplished. maria: so a word on that. in terms of whats left of isis right now as a result of their leader being taken out, you were concerned in the last couple of weeks about the pullout of syria you were concerned about the oil fields and perhap...

Spend trillions of dollars, and our companies dont even have an advantage in getting the oil leases. so i just tell you that story. thats what i heard. >> did gina haspel play a role in this? and i saw your nsc counterterrorism director out in the hallway. was there a role with nsc? >> yes, everybody. gina was great. everybody played a role. joe was great. gina was great. they were all great. >> just to follow up. did your syria pullout -- did that generate the intelligence that led to this oper...

On his very first full day in office, president trump went to the cia headquarters, he stood before the wall of stars, which honors officers who died in service, and he gave this kind of crazy, rambling speech. >> the old expression to the victor belong the spoils. you remember, i always used to say, keep the oil. i wasnt a fan of iraq. i didnt want to go into iraq, but i will tell you, when we were in, we got out wrong, and i always said, in addition to that, keep the oil. >> to the victor belo...

We were very low. we had tremendous air power. >> and you watched all of this from the sit room? who were you with in the sit room? >> secretary esper, a few of the joint chiefs, mark millie, some generals. we had some very great military people in that room. and we had some great intelligence people. robert obrien. yes? >> was the pullout of all the syrian troops last night strategically tied with this raid? >> great question. and youre doing a great job, by the way. your network is doing great...

Intelligence service or the military intelligence services, and so these are people who know how the run large organizations, and sort of in the corporate planning in the business phrase, they would have developed a succession plan if any of the senior leaders were to die or were to be killed or captured. so my suspicion is that, that person has been picked and soon we may know who that person is, or some kind of the executive committee is meeting right now to basically choose that person. >> al...

Syria, the president tells the kurds on their own after our pullout to go where the oil is because that, after all, will be protected by the u.s. military. plus someone may need to explain to trump what pat robertson just said about him. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a thursday night. well, good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 1,008 of the trump administration has brought us breaking news yet again tonight. "the new york times" report...

Attacked syrian government troops in the northeastern part of syria thursday, killing some of them. they also clashed with kurdish-led fighters. a senior defense official in this country tells nbc news some u.s. troops may be sent to secure the syrian oil facilities so they dont fall into isis control. that would be a reversal of trumps decision to withdraw from the region. today the president offered this advice, and we quote, "perhaps it is time for the kurds to start heading to the oil region...

The "associated press" reporting turkish forces and their allies attacked syrian government troops in the northeastern part of syria thursday, killing some of them. they also clashed with kurdish-led fighters. a senior defense official in this country tells nbc news some u.s. troops may be sent to secure the syrian oil facilities so they dont fall into isis control. that would be a reversal of trumps decision to withdraw from the region. today the president offered this advice, and we quote, "pe...