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Donald trumps call with ukrainians leader and was worried the conversation could undermine us national security. that will happen tomorrow. >> donald trump celebrating the work of us special forces saying the mission is long overdue and that abu bakr al-baghdadi should have been killed years ago and the president should have gotten him. jillian turner sifting through what we are learning about the raid tonight. >> intelligence analysts are pouring over what is a treasure trove of new information...

Reporting because we have some new information that i think your panel and the viewers will find interesting not just about the raid, in president trump laid out in quite graphic detail the raid itself, how there were about 100 special operations forces, tip of the spear being delta force, that they descended on this compound that they went in, they had at least one dog that baghdadi went down into a tunnel and that he brought children down there and blew himself up and then special operations f...

Target, even the aqap chief. more recent accounts suggest it was moth an -- suggest it was an intelligence gathering exercise. its hard for me to evaluate. that said, this group, aqap, is a significant threat to the united states. the obama administration prosecuted a ruthless air campaign against them to include strikes like we saw last night. so it would be good news if the trump administration continues to go after this group. >> and of course outside, looking in, but i mean, from your view, ...

Any time someone goes on the run, moving around, theyre very vulnerable to arrests. i wouldnt be surprised if hes still hiding out in brussels. >> you bet isis will want him to come and be with him in syria so they can use him in propaganda videos. i want to talk about what were learning from sources that there are these other attacks ready to go. what do the targets tell you, the fact they wanted to target everything from schools to transport centers? >> they wanted to launch a second and even ...

That he was in paris, and that he was in that northern suburb of paris, saint-denis around november 16th. so three days after the actual attacks happened. weve been reporting since the raid that the apartment that these terrorists were in was under surveillance for about 24 hours. thats a pretty short time for them to make a move. but that is because they feared the police, that a second attack could be imminent by this terrorist cell. and they say they believe they got there just in time. the r...

Odonnell reporting and perhaps some sign of hope for trump. guatemalas presidential elections are wrapping up and a former tv comedian is expected to win. coming up, watch todays matt lauer sitdown with donald trump himself at the pancakes and politics town hall. also this morning, new video shows last weeks special forces raid that freed 70 iraqi captives but killed a u.s. commando. the pentagon released this video sunday, shows the isis prison in northern iraq as its leveled by a coalition...

Mastermind is being interrogated on a slow boat ride to america. he is ahmed abu khattala on ship, taking him by sea rather than by air. that allows these fbi investigators maximum time to talk to him. to question him. the terror suspect did not put up a fight when special forces captured him over the weekend in libya. khattala says he was directing traffic in benghazi on that september night in 2012 when fighters attacked the u.s. consulate. four americans were killed. and one expert tells cnn,...

The u.s. officials have been talking more privately. secretary of state hillary clinton, when she spoke today, was careful not to criticize the algerian government, simply to repeat the promise that the u.s. will work with any government that is fighting terrorists. listen. >> when you deal with these relentless terrorists, life is not in any way precious to them. but when this incident is finally over. we know we face a continuing ongoing problem. were going to do everything we can to work toge...

And americans should be outraged. >> brian: when it comes to the bin laden raid itself, you know admiral mccraven, special forces military commander, he said the end of the day, make no moss stake, the president of the united states, hes the shoulder who made the hard decision that was instrumental in the planning process because i pitched him a different plan every day. whats your reaction to that so when people get upset that the president is taking too much credit, mccraven is giving him cred...

And there may not have been a shield and it wasnt clear whether bin laden had a gun. >> what is true is we provided a great deal of information with great haste in order to inform you and through you the american public about the operation and how it transpired and the events that took place there in pakistan. obviously some of the information was -- came in piece by piece, and is being reviewed and updated, and elaborated on. what i can tell you, i have a narrative that i can provide to you on ...