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He didnt die a hero. he died a coward. rying, whimpering, screaming. >> the president talked about baghdadi whimpering and crying and screaming, how do we know that? >> well, i dont have those details, the president probably had the opportunity to talk to the commanders on the ground, but clearly, the guy was a coward, and a murderer. >> president trump described yesterday baghdadi whimpering and crying before he died. can you elaborate or confirm those details? >> the secretary was asked the sa...

Screammy. >> the president talked about baghdadi whimpering, crying, and screaming. how do we know that? >> i dont have those details. the president probably had the opportunity to talk to the commanders on the ground. clearly the guy was a coward and a murderer. >> president trump described yesterday baghdadi whimpering and crying before he died. can you elaborate or confirm those details? >> secretary was asked the same question yesterday. i know that the president had planned to talk down to ...

More outraged about it? something that also didnt >> does protecting the oil happen this time, there werent a lot of defenders of katie hill. there were no senior colleagues fields include russian forces which have changed the on the hill rushing to her battlefield? >> yes, because in that case we defense or people who are want to make sure sdf does have access to the resources in order anti-revenge, we didnt really to guard the prisons, in order hear those voices. i will say, though, one of the...

>> reporter: the president is going to great lengths to brag that hes outdone his predecessor, barack obama, complete with his situation room photo. >> osama bin laden is big. a man who built a whole, a country, a caliphate and was trying to do it again. >> reporter: but as for a key element of the presidents account of the mission, that baghdadi was whimpering in final moments -- >> they should see how he died. he died a coward. >> reporter: general mark millie told reporters he wasnt sure abou...

Defeat isis mission. that is our mission, to secure the oilfields. >> reporter: you just said you would deny russia and the regime -- >> reporter: general milley, president trump described yesterday al-baghdadi whimpering and crying before he died. can you elaborate or confirm those details? >> the secretary was asked the same question yesterday. i know the president had planned to talk down to the unit and unit members, but i dont know what the source of that was. i assume it was talking direct...

Members. >> you have not talked to any communi unit members to describe that to you? >> i have not talked to unit members. >> all right, last question, thank you for doing this. there was a member that was part of this raid and he talked about the intelligence the sdf provided putting a person inside of isis, can ucoyou confirm tha? can you talk about the overall picture after these last couple of weeks. are there going to be more troops in syria than there were before? >> i will take the other ...

>> within what you want to do in the oil fields, does that include denying access for preventing russian or syrian forces which now change the battle? >> yes, because in that case, we want to make sure that stf does have access to resources in order to guard the prisons and in order to arm their own troops or in in order order to assist the isis mission. thats our mission with the oil fuels. >> you said you were denied by russia. >> general millie, president trump described yesterday that baghda...

Little bit indecisive about this. >> he appears conflicted. conflicted and concerns and nuances which we dont see on a lot of issues. >> go ahead, it is true on the one hand he said we want to help them and on the other hand we have to end this -- >> can we remind people why were here? the reason why were here congress couldnt get the act together to do some kind of immigration reform. despite the fact that president obama in trying to get them to move became what we call the deporter in chief. ...

Positions fortified with sandbags line the new-tranquil road. the isis fighters even dug trenches that lead all the way up to these fighting positions. since june, isis was only pushed back three miles, along this this particular battle line in anbar province, west of baghdad. it took month for the paramilitary force part of the predominantly volunteer shia volunteer army to break through this line of defense. "we tried to advance from the front," he says, "but we couldnt. we flanked them from b...

>> i think were seeing a lot of leaks right now whether from the condition bergdahl is in or, you know, so there is a lot of leaking taking place. what i can tell you is that senior generals who were in afghanistan when these young men were serving with bergdahl tell me that they are sickened seeing the backlash against these unit members who they say they have known over the years and they say are very credible. >> jennifer, thank you. that is our focus tonight. after private bergdahl was relea...