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Statement saying he directed this operation in syria, thanked u.s. forces for this being a successful operation. were also likely to get some details about what youve mentioned about civilians in the area that were killed. the administration is going to want to address that directly. the president was in the situation room monitoring this in realtime. were told from u.s. officials theres a photo of the president doing that. its worth noting this is something familiar to the president. this is a ...

The last time. just as people in the region deal with the aftermath of tropical storm ana, they are now having to brace themselves for a cyclone which is on the way. the headlines on bbc news: the average households yearly energy bill in england, wales and scotland will increase by £693 in april. it comes as the bank of england has raised interest rates for the second time in three months to try to curb a rapid rise in the cost of living. president biden says the head of islamic state has been ...

The control of central command. tony. >> two quick questions. what happened to his body? was it carried away like with bin ladens body or too badly damaged? and two, administration officials told reporters today this had been planned for a long, long time, the president was presented in december with a tabletop model of the compound or the building. why was the raid now versus two or three weeks ago or a month ago? can you shed any light on that? >> yeah. his body was left at the site. as for th...

The raid took place in the dead of night and lasted two hours. us special forces landed in helicopters near the home of the is leader, hajji abdullah. those close by described a night of terror. translation: when we got out of the house, we saw aircraft - flying over our heads. and after ten minutes, we heard them shouting, "give yourself up, the house is surrounded." some civilians living in the same building were safely evacuated. but women and children were among the dead. us officials blamed...

At 10 p.m. eastern on msnbc. im jose diaz-balart, you can always reach me on instagram. follow the show online. thank you so much for the privilege of your time. craig melvin picks up with more news next. more news next. a good thursday morning to you. craig melvin here from msnbc world headquarters in new york city. theres a lot to cover this morning. fast-moving developments. right now joint base andrews, as you can see president biden boarding air force i. as we speak, he is headed here to ...

Intelligence to know when to go in. they want to know as much as possible about every single thing and to kaitlans point, the fact they had a military engineer consider whether the building would collapse, that tells us that somehow they had an assessment of the construction of that building. perhaps whether there was rebar steel in it or what, and thats a pretty, thats a pretty interesting tidbit that they would have some understanding of that. >> to think, bianna, all that goes into this raids...

Full story on the insurrection. meanwhile in minneapolis, protesters demand justice for a black man shot and killed by police during a raid where officers used a no-knock warrant. in new jersey, the governor there is set to lift the mask requirement for students and school employees. and canadas capital under siege. a state of emergency as thousands demonstrate against government covid policies. and we begin with a grim assessment from the u.s. about what could come next in the crisis between ...

More. >> yeah, it was a moment of tremendous tension. those were the words a senior administration official used to describe to us earlier today that moment in the situation room as president biden watched alongside vice president kamala harris and his top national security advisers. he watched in realtime as this raid was carried out, including that mechanical issue that one of those helicopters suffered. and there was tension and anxiety as those forces landed on the ground and arrived at this...

You already heard from the president this morning and i think youve probably seen a statement that secretary austin put out joining the president in commending the professionalism, skill and readiness exhibited by our forces in this operation. especially towards safeguarding innocent life that we knew was located there at the targets location. and while the cowardly actions of him and a small number of his followers resulted in the tragic death of at lease three innocent civilians, the calculate...

For the second time in a little more than two years, an isis leader is dead after an american air strike. in 2019 it was abu bakr al baghdadi. this time his successor known as haji abdullah. according to officials, american forces had the building surrounded when he blew himself up, also killing his wife and children. joining us to talk about the significance of the latest raid, cnn national security analyst peter bergen, author of the rise and fall of osama bin laden. and mark hertling, former ...