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Conversations with moscow before the inauguration. we have live coverage beginning right now. welcome back to "early start." im christine romans. >> im john berman. great to see you. 30 minutes after the hour. a stunning turn of events. 25 days into the trump administration, just 25 days, the presidents national securities adviser michael flynn is out. this comes that flynn spoke to the russians during the transition about sanctions and lied about it to top officials or misled them. now the ques...

Retired lieutenant general keith kellogg. he was the director of the nse. he was a vietnam vet. other names in contention for the post is david petraeus. he was forced to resign from the cia for disclosing classified information. officials say he has baggage. another name we are hearing is robert harward. he is a navy s.e.a.l. and served under james mattis. well known to at least one member of the administration. we will see in the coming days who becomes the permanent national security adviser....

Some ngos estimating 23 civilians were killed. the intelligence that was gathered is yielding valuable insight into the terror group which is the al qaeda most capable franchise in terms of carrying out attacks on the west like the "charlie hebdo" massacre. and al-rimi wasnt captured, but this intelligence could lead to finding him down the road. christine. >> ryan browne, thank you. lets look at what is coming up on "new day." alisyn camerota joins us now. good morning, alisyn. >> good mornin...

Ryan. >> reporter: christine, yes, thats is right. a senior official told cnn that the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula was a target in the raid and they hoped to capture him as part of the raid. officials at central command which oversee u.s. forces in the region have pushed back. the goal of the mission was intelligence gathering. if senior leaders like him were there, he would have been captured and used that for additional intelligence. they say the raid could lead to his capture ...

Raid could potentially lead to his capture down the road. that is one of the reasons the mission was green lit to get the inn te intelligence to paint that picture. the raid was a costly one. cost the life of the navy s.e.a.l. some ngos estimates up to 23 civilian casualties. military officials say the intelligence gathered during the mission is already yielding valuable insighinsights. >> ryan browne, thank you. time for an early start on your money. asian markets lower. u.s. futures are flat...

S.e.a.l. his life. cnns national security reporter ryan browne is live in washington. ryan, what are you learning? >> reporter: john, we are starting to understand from senior military officials that the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the local al qaeda affiliate, was a target in the mission. the central command which oversees the military force in the region, pushed back he was a potential target. this was an intelligence raid against al qaeda headquarters. they would likely detai...

Very beautiful. ryan, a great man. >> and were learning details about the raid that killed the navy s.e.a.l. i want to bring in ryan browne. he is live in washington. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: miguel, this raid was what the military calls a site exploitation. it is designed not to kill an al qaeda leader, but gather intelligence to facilitate additional strikes down the road. this operation was incredibly complex. it was in the planning stages for months the obama administration. certain ...

Fighters engaged in a battle that saw small arms fire and grenades. 14 al qaeda members were killed and owens as well. the u.s. called an air strikes against the building where they were taking fire and that resulted in civilian casualties. during the mission, an aircraft was called in to evacuate. that suffered a technical malfunction and hard landing. the u.s. destroyed that to prevent technology from falling into the hands of the enemy. the u.s. military is confident that this will help deter...

Missions and they had to get out thereof which resulted in an aircraft going down. definitely an important day in yemen today. >> ryan browne, thank you so much in washington. all right. coming up, federal judges have blocked parts of trumps travel ban. will a flood of new lawsuits overturn executive order or is this case headed to the u.s. supreme court? well discuss when we come right back.

The road. 14 al qaeda members were killed. three additional service members were wounded. while they were leaving, an aircraft crashed and u.s. decided to destroy that. it was a hard landing. they destroyed it to prevent it from falling into enemy hands. >> ryan browne, thank you so much in washington. coming up, members of the muslim community rejecting claims that the travel ban is not a muslim ban. one islamic advocacy group is threatening to launch another legal challenge with the white hous...