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A u.s. service members life, yes. listen, its difficult to call it completely successful. you have one dead navy s.e.a.l. you had a number more than two dozen civilian casualties, that according to an ngo on the ground. you also have, as of yet, an indeterminant intelligence haul from this raid. so its difficult to call it a complete success. and one more note, i spoke to a former navy s.e.a.l. commander, who said now that aqap has shed american blood on yemeni soil, thats an enormous propaganda...

>> you would hate to think politics would get involved in something like this when you have service members putting their lives on the line and one navy s.e.a.l. sacrificing his life. >> i think this thing is completely and utterly ridiculous, that theres a political debate about a well-thought-out, well-planned -- and listen, if everything was perfect, this would be a different world. its not. its dangerous. this reinforces how hard the fight on terrorism is, when youre going to insert united s...

Fighters, including some females, positioned themselves along rooftops on adjacent buildings, pinning down u.s.-led forces. aircraft conducted an air strike, leading to at least 23 civilian deaths, according to an ngo. the al qaeda fighters used heavy arms, killing navy ciel, william "ryan" owens. a v-22 osprey aircraft was badly damaged, as it tried to land to rescue the wounded. special operators then took intelligence materials from the compound, including computer hard drives. >> when you lo...

Hertling, cnn military analyst. the back and forth between obama administration fishes and trump official saying, it was okayed before obama left office, obama officials saying, thats not true, whats your reaction to all of that? >> its silliness, anderson, and what ill tell you is this raid, like any other capture/kill raid is planned months in advance. details are consolidated, information is gained, there is more observation of the target. it occurs, depending on what the target is, and depen...

Just not how its done. at the same time, were learning that president trump was central to the final decision making on this raid. tonight, new information that president trump was actively involved in the decision making on the yemen raid up until the final hours. on january 25th, four days before the mission, the president was briefed by national security adviser, michael flynn, and then again during a ten-person white house dinner later that evening. the dinner, at mr. trumps request, include...

And the special operations command. and they make decisions on it. and its passed back and forth between the pentagon and the combatant commander. it will eventually get to the white house for final coordination and approval when it has certain elements that need the presidents approval, because of things like politics and relationships with other countries. and thats what happened at the end. now, the timing of it, as ive learned today from some of my sources, was based on moonlight. and that w...

Underestimated the amount of money they were making from it. we said they bombed their oil revenue down and then we found from some intelligence we seized in a kill raid against their oil in eastern syria they were making half a billion dollars a year from oil. $400 million is not a rounding error. thats hugely significant. >> the new issue of bloomberg business week is out now. cam simpson, thank you very, very much. >> this is whats so disturbing about this. again, one more example of a ros ro...

Jon: across pakistan today there are protests erupting, thousands taking to the street following friday prayers. they are, of course, burning american flags, calling usama bin laden a martyr, as we learn more about what led u.s. forces to his hideout. greg palkot, streaming live from islamabad in pakistan. greg. >> reporter: hey jon. it turns out that the u.s. had eyes and ears on the ground and in the runnon to the capture and kill raid which targeted usama bin laden, new reports say the cia ra...

Paid off. >> reporter: jenna, one person told us the folks inside, who was was inside was so security conscious, when the milkman came to the front door he was torn to give the bottles to somebody else to carry in. jenna: very secretive. s with eo as we take a look at that compound and the streets around it, is it becoming a bit of a tourist attraction? what kind of activity is happening at that compound when you were there? >> reporter: it has been getting a lot of attention, and in fact, today...

There are no absolute friendships on the world stage. people push until they can see where they can no longer push anymore, and then they draw the line, and say, this is where our boundary is. >> no permanent allies, only permanent interests. well continue this after a short break. fallout from trumps phone call with australias prime minister and mexicos president. plus, new reporting on the raid in yemen that cost a navy s.e.a.l. his life. the planning originated in the obama administration, ...