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So i agree with the white house and the pentagon that isis remains a threat. and particularly in a related group, isis group in afghanistan. youve got potentially a million refugees and a lot of these people are going to end up in europe but continuing with the jihad. so this is sort of a never-ending battle. it was brilliant raid. its not the pentagon the fault. not special forces fault. those civilians died. that room was clearly wired, waiting for an assault. and these people are committed to...

Was a raid against abu and he decided to kill himself and others before coming into direct contact with the assault force. he did not fight back. fight ba. the objective was to finish his leadership of isis, and that was achieved. >> finally, the question im sure all of us are wondering, was there a dog involved, what was its name, and do you have a photo? >> i do not know, i do not know, and i do not know. ill take all three. youre welcome. louie? >> john, why did the mission take two hours? wh...

Three times the electorlytes and half the sugar. ♪ pedialyte powder packs. feel better fast. developing this morning, we are learning new details about the u.s. special forces raid that killed the leader of isis. "the washington post" is reporting that he was plotting a comeback as the u.s. military closed in on him. but one big question now is, what does this operation mean for the broader fight against isis? joining me now is democratic congressman adam smith, the chairman of the house arm...

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Were killed in all. u.s. forces surrounding him early thursday morning in the syrian village not too far from the turkish border. witnesses describe a standoff pun khau waited by a blast. john kirby briefed the press on the raid a short time ago. >> we have no doubt that his death will have a blow on isis and their potential to conduct future operations. i do want to remind that they are still a threat, and were not -- nobody is taking a victory lap here. were going to stay at this. they still r...

Terrorist organization is shooting ballistic missiles, drones at our troops in the middle east and afghanistan, al-qaeda and isis are trying to constitute themself. and beyond the middle east, you have vladimir putin preparing to invade ukraine and xi jinping in china up to who knows what at a time the biden administration to trying to cut the defense budget. harder for these operations in the future and deter other threats as well. >> john: his predecessor was killed during the trump administra...

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Blow to isis. jomana has more. we know u.s. intelligence gathering gave momentum this fall. we know the president was briefed just before christmas. >> reporter: well, you know, christine, this is one of the most -- it is the most significant operation carried out by u.s. special forces in syria since 2019, since the killing of isiss former leader. as you mentioned, we understand that the u.s. military intelligence had been watching this location in northwestern syria for months waiting for that...

Specifics of the orders, it was a raid against abdullah. he decided to kill himself and others before coming into direct comp tact with the assault force. they did not fight back. the objective was to finish his leadership of isis and that was achieved. >> finally the question im sure they were wondering is there a dog involved? you know what his name was? >> i do not know, i do not now, and i do not know. >> why did the mission take two hours? was that a part of the delay?

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