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Brian: 26 minutes before the top of the hour. the judge is waiting in the wings to update us on what is going to be happening at 2:00 this afternoon and more jillian has other breaking news. jillian: get you caught up with this. major win in the war on terror. 22 islamic state fighters were killed in a special forces raid. [gunfire] the top u.s. general there saying firefighters in northern afghanistan are losing and on the run. the operation comes six days after an airstrike took out a top isla...

To ensure security measures. it will cover a limited period. if a passenger transferred through a second city, the threat would be negated according to officials. the ban on the electronics is related to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they are actively trying to build bombs with little to no metal detection. officials say information from a recent special forces raid in yemen contributed to that move. remember that recent raid in yemen? >> where we lost a navy s.e.a.l. a terrifying story. st...

Military play? >> yeah. i think what that statement really is, is thats just more iranian bluster. when you look at the sanctions that are put on and everything, it still doesnt interfere with the $18 billion deal that boeing just signed. so, yes, there are sanctions. yes, we have a destroyer, the cole in fact be, over patrolling off of yemen, not in the gulf. there hasnt really been that much of a stepped-up effort militarily. but i think if the united states really wants to get into the irania...

Mulvaney. he will still get to the senate floor and move forward. but it has been interesting to watch how this has all happened. carol, i also want to draw your attention to one other thing. we spoke to senator mccain as he was walking into the hearing. there are a number of issues hes focused on on foreign policy, whether the special forces raid in yemen or the presidents call with australia with the australian leader. he had very strong comments on that specifically. take a listen. >> austral...

Faced this year alone, this nation wants to make sure its first responders are as ready as they can be for any scenario should terror strike again. fred pleigen, cnn, france. >> now for discussion on security nez sures, were joined by aaron cohen, the chounder of cherries covert officer apparel. they manufacture covert ops gear for special mission units. aaron, thanks so much for joining us on cnn today. we wont focus on the chemical potential for an attack, thats really speculative at the momen...

>> reporter: milissa, isis has once again claimed responsibility for downing that russian airliner, and today u.s. officials are increasingly suspicious that it was a bomb that brought down the plane and that the bomb may have been smuggled onto the aircraft at the airport either by baggage handlers or someone who had access to the aircraft. >> if isis did bring down the russian plane with a bomb, then the group which few had heard of only two years ago will have proved it has not just ambitions...

Hearing. there were fireworks. >> you said from the beginning, we want the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. >> but in the end, what did we learn? >> i dont know that she testified that much differently today than she has previous times shes testified. >> plus, hes in. congressman paul ryan is running for speaker. can he really shake up congress? a u.s. commando killed in a special forces raid in iraq. new details about the dramatic rescue attempt. lets talk live in the "cnn newsr...

Hillary clinton, and so it goes. >> certainly sounds like it, yeah, not too thinly veiled. also he today, we just mentioned at the top of the show, he made comments getting a lot of attention about osama bin laden and the raid and that situation room picture we all remember where hes in there and hillary clintons in there. what did he say thats different than what he said before? >> yeah, this is going to be the most controversial part what have he had to say today and there have been conflictin...

Rubio. we sat down with the senator yesterday and began with that special forces raid on isis. >> senator rubio, welcome back to "fox news sunday." as a member of the senate foreign relations commit and intel, what do you know about the syria raid? >> successful raid and good news. obviously any time you can degrade or take away top leadership of an organization its a positive step forward. it doesnt take away from the fact that isis remains a group in the hast 48 hours captured another critical...

Likely the bulk of the information will come from technological aspects. >> great to have you on the show. thank you so much for joining us with your insight. >> thank you so much for having me. despite todays successful special forces raid in eastern syria, isis remained on the offensive with terror group gaining ground in the key city of ramadi. the extremist group now has control of the citys police headquarters and even raising its symbolic black flag over the provincial government buildin...