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Incredible from the white house team. it also has shades of the raid that killed osama bin laden. >> reporter: yeah, stunning amount of detail from officials who over the last 24 hours have given more and more detail about some of those really tense moments in "the situation room" as the president monitored this raid in real time. he was joined by his vice president and other national security officials. they described moments filled with anxiety when they watched the helicopter on the ground ma...

Major terrorist leader off the battlefield and has sent a strong message to terrorists around the world, we will come after you and find you. >> and this is what is left of the building where that raid happened. a senior administration official says the operation -- the beginning of the operation, the target of the raid exploded a bomb. they say that bomb killed the target and also killed members of his own family, including women and children. in just a few minutes, ill talk to white house comm...

Raid on the border with the separatist russian-backed republic. those people are very outmanned and still determined and still really full of energy. we saw them. they had up a little target practice with a little picture of vladimir putin on it, and they described how determined they are to fight and die for their country. i also spoke with some civilians and, of course, they are much, must less enthusiastic about the prospect of having to fight for their lives. they are sitting right at the fr...

Information will continue to flow in, well share it with you. let it not be forgotten we also helped save ten live, including four kids on that second floor. so ten people, mostly children, were able to get out of that building safely because of the care that was put into that mission. >> one follow-up question. did any of those who took part in the planning for either the bin laden raid or the baghdadi raid take part in the execution of this operation as well? >> i dont know. >> about the child...

>> youve been listening to john kirby giving as many details as he can to the raid that took place earlier today. hes been briefing reporters, answering questions following the presidents remarks this morning on the raid that took out isis top leader and his deputy. all of this comes as president biden is in new york city at this moment. hes addressing a major domestic issue that could pose a big political risk for democrats in the midterm, rising crime particularly in urban centers. more on, th...

External factors that you dont get to control, like the weather. so lots of things go into making a decision about when you execute a raid of this complexity and this danger. and there were a lot of factors that had to line up to be just right. you have to make sure that your intelligence is solid and that the individual that youre going after is, in fact, at the location you believe him to be and that all the external factor s, not just the weather, but the ability to operate at that particular...

Think the planning is probably tedious, and goes on for months and months and it is often the product of intelligence that is gathered for years and years and years, and its only when theres something public-facing and dramatic that we see this. it is reminiscent of the images, obviously, of the successful raid and the killing of bin laden and i wonder what todays news -- what reflections you have today, ben. >> well, i think youre right, nicole. first of all, this kind of thing is usually the r...

Reporters miffed at jen psaki when the u.s. said the leader of isis blew himself with his family during a raid and npr asked if there was evidence to convince the skeptical. >> skeptical of the u.s. militarys assessment when they went and took out the leader of isis. >> yes. >> that they are not providing accurate information and isis is providing accurate information? >> the next day psaki said we welcome tough questions and good faith scrutiny, otherwise, i wouldnt come out here. >> the biden ...

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>> reporter: with civilians in the area, the military chose a raid rather than an airstrike. >> the president was trying to avoid civilian harm. >> reporter: a maintenance issue grounded one u.s. helicopter and troops blew it up before departing syria after two hours on the ground, the administration calling the mission a success. >> it sent a strong message to terrorists around the world. we will come after you and find you. >> all right. lets bring in white house coordinator for the middle eas...