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Civilian arm. quite frankly putting our forces at greater risk because of the decision to make a raid like this. and im sorry but i should have written your other question down and i didnt do it. >> about the -- can you confirm whether any sort of computer drivers or cameras or anything else were taken from the compond that could provide actionable intelligence moving forward? >> look, as i told bob, im not going to get into talking about intelligence matters one way or the other. it is common p...

Chris and biden released a statement indicating that the target was isis leader, abu ibrahim al-hashimi al-qurayshi. apparently he was wearing a suicide vest and blew himself up. the raid targeted a single home and lasted for a couple hours. the residence described hearing helicopters and machine gun fire as the event unfolded. an american helicopter was destroyed after ed experienced a problem as special forces conducted their work. reports indicate 13 people total were killed including six chi...

Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united states says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the islamic state group was killed. the president said that abu ibrahim al-qurayshi, also known as hajji abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed but no us casualties were reported. the bbc�*s s...

Administrations, we see and hear more details about what was transpiring in the situation room in the moments before and leading up to that raid. can you talk about what youre hearing and what white house sources are telling you transpired last night? >> so this is something that was months in the making. it is the a very difficult, complicated situation at times. administration officials said especially in this situation given where haji abdullah was living. in the building, the president refer...

Of mass destruction. and in both cases, the militarys narrative was wrong. in 2003 the media didnt ask questions. honestly, it is not our job to be stenographers for the american military or the american government. what do you think? >> its amazing that we just dont learn any lessons. thats what frustrating me. as recently as august they were proved wrong when general milley said this was a righteous kill and a bunch of kids. was that us being pro-taliban asking for evidence of who was killed. ...

Of the isis raid and confirms what russia could be planning as a pretext for invading ukraine. well seek with john kirby in just a moment. first to jennifer griffin with the very latest. hi, jennifer. >> hi, sandra. officials say the two-hour raid was incredibly complex and dangerous. planned for months. with characteristics reminiscent of the bin laden raid. the mission was to capture the isis leader who instead decided to blow himself and his family up. >> a massive explosion occurred on the t...

Its happened before when a militant leader is cornered. as our troops approached to capture the terrorist, in a final act of desperate cowardice, with no regard to the lives of his own family or others in the building, he chose to blow himself up — notjust with a vest, but to blow up that third floor rather than face justice for the crimes hes committed, taking several members of his family with him, just as his predecessor did. president biden monitored the raid from the situation room — li...

During an overnight raid by u.s. special forces in syria and what president biden called a final act of desperate cowardice. the isis leader detonated a suicide bomb as u.s. troops closed in on his location. he killed himself, his wife and his two children. there were no u.s. casualties. here is some of what president biden said today. >> we remain vigilant, we remain prepared. last nights operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield and sent a strong message to terrorists all aro...

Civil defense force said they recovered the bodies of several women and children from the compound after the raid, 13 civilians they report. those numbers do not align with ours according to officials we spoke to. they accused the isis leader of using his own children as human shields. eight children came out safely from the compound, we were told, both the president and vice president were in the situation room during the entire raid. the mood was tense. at the end of the operation overnight, p...

Leaders house that they apparently used to game out possible scenarios for the raid, including the one he reportedly effectuated when he blew himself up rather than be captured. that was very dramatic news to start the day but in terms of military and intelligence news, we got literally cinematic news from the administration that doubled as a sort of counter-intelligence operation that the administration carried out live and on the news today in public. that very, very unusual story is next. y u...