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Casualties. >> knowing this terrorist chose to surround himself with families including children we made a choice to pursue a special norses raid at a much greater risk to our own people rather than targeting him with an air strike. >> reporter: they were on the ground for two hours, long enough to identify abu ibrahim al-hashimi al-quarayshis body and seize cell phones and laptops. a blackhawk helicopter broke down and had to be left behind and destroyed by an air strike. two years ago, they at...

Several months. one senior administratn official told me on this call it was in early december they finally got that certainty, that confirmation that indeed al qureshi was in this building that they had identified several months earlier as a possible location for the isis leader. the president was then briefed several times by operational commanders, including one meeting in december where the president was presented with the tabletop model of this actual building and it was after that point th...

The next two weeks but many of the athletes said no thanks to nancy pelosi on this. >> we will be following this. still ahead on "morning joe," new details are emerging about the u.s. raid on the isis leader in syria. the biden administration is calling the mission a success, but what kind of threat remains? well talk to brett mcguirk, the national security councils middle east coordinator about just that. plus, just how strong is donald trumps grip on the gop? we may find out when the rnc v...

>> this horrible terrorist leader is no more. >> the mission months in the making. the u.s. positively identified his location in early december, and after weeks of practicing, president biden gave the military the green light on tuesday. u.s. special operators arrived near the compound via helicopters. moving to the building where he was believed to be living, closing in, they used bullhorns urging everyone to leave. before the u.s. military even set foot inside, a massive explosion from the th...

Promote deconfliction as happens in that part of syria was conducted in this case. lets see. helene cooper? >> hi. thanks, john. does this commando raid in sere yo send a message of any kind to vladimir putin? >> this raid was not meant to send a message to any other nation. it was meant to remove haji abdullah from his leadership of isis, and to that degree, it was successful. and we are immensely proud of the forces that conducted this and planned it, resourced it, executed, rehearsed for it. ...

To avoid any of the secret information on the aircraft getting in the hands. wrong people. we also know that at some point while the military were on the ground there, there was an exchange of gunfire, there were at least a couple of militants that were killed in that. no americans were killed according to the officials that we spoke to. president biden pointed to this raid as an example of how the u.s. military and the united states will continue to go after terror leaders like this. heres what...

Heard an explosion and apparently the isis leader killed himself along with the other people in the building. >> richard, thank you so much. joining me now is nbc news chief correspondent, kristin welker, and courtney cube yea. the briefing by john kirby was long and extensive and detailed all things considered. tell me what we learned? >> we learned more about the raid. we knew a bit already based on how the day unfolded. u.s. military helicopters landed a couple kilometers away from the buildi...

Correspondent barbara plett usher reports. in a corner of northwest syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america reminded the islamic state group that its leaders were still a target. 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 th...

But ultimately as many as 13 civilians were killed in this operation. nonetheless, the u.s. says it went to great lengths to make sure that there would be as few civilian casualties as possibility. the president saying they did this in the form of a special operations raid as opposed to an air strike for that very reason. and were learning new details about the backdrop to this raid today. officials telling us that for months they have been focussed on this effort. that the president in december...

Civilian deaths during a raid in which the leader of islamic state group blew himself up. mr biden said hed authorised an assault by special forces rather than an air strike, because the is chief surrounded himself with civilians. the winter olympics are getting underway in beijing with the opening ceremony in just a few hours�* time, but the run—up to the games has been fraught with controversy. many countries have announced a diplomatic boycott of the event, citing human rights abuses by t...