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It seems to mirror president barack obamas. walking to the podium in the middle of the night to inform the nation that the master mind hiepd the 9/11 attack was dead. stark difference to sunday morning announcement and extended news conference and shows the white house may have an uphill climb as the president tries to convince the american public that this moment is, in fact, bigger than bin laden. joining me now from stanford, brett mcguirk, presidential envoy for the global coalition to defea...

The president of iraq. we saw a clip of it last hour for an interview that aired on axios hbo. he told you he was concerned about whats happening in syria. >> five years of blood, treasure, effort. a lot of human misery went into defeating isis. this was not easy. and for anyone to become complacent about it is terrible. its dangerous, tragic. >> it sounds like youre worried about what president trump has done in northern syria. >> the entire neighborhood is concerned about the implications of t...

Day, that this isis leader died by a raid of special u.s. forces? >> you know, i just returned from afghanistan, jordan and qatar last week. i talked to a lot of our intelligence officials, some of our military people. theyre doing a good job but it has to be a steady job. you cant health lter skelter, what were doing in that region of the world. im concerned because we have a lot of lives at risk. more importantly, theres still a threat to the homeland because of whats occurring in that part of...

Know, i heard the president and senior officials say we want to make sure that a reconstituted isis cannot take control of these oil facilities. that doesnt really make sense. the mission should be and was we want to make sure that isis cannot reconstitute. not that once they do they cant retake control of oil facilities. i think theyre trying to hold a tow hold in syria. its remote. not reliable in the coming months and over longer term. i think theyre making this up as we go along. weve alread...

Situation in syria is far from stable because of donald trumps actions. most recently, he has not listened to the same people that he listened to, apparently, on the raid. instead he created chaos in syria. if we are to succeed against isis, we have to have a coordinated, strategic plan that includes our global allies and that listens to our intel and american community, something that donald trump has apparently refused to do in multiple situations. so, this is a serious problem for us going fo...

Working with the men and women who helped do these sorts of things. so really all my thoughts today are with them and with the victims of isis. tens of thousands of iraqis and syrians, americans. diane foley i sent her a note today, think iing about james a her entire family. kayla mueller, who this operation was named after. its a hugely significant development. it is very positive. it cannot have been done without years of painstaking work. and i think thats really the most important thing to ...

Us to gather intelligence and pick off isis leaders one by one. that is from all the reporting today, that is really what led us to baghdadi. and tonight, we have intelligence analysts, im sure, pouring over the information thats been taken from this compound. then that will be turned into actionable intelligence for follow on operations. the problem is that weve already abandoned most of the northeast syria, which was the isis caliphate over the last three weeks and raqqua, that we had influenc...

Under its domain. and baghdad falsely claimed to have a unique religious credentials and declared himself the caliph of this state. that declaration in 2014 led to so many people, foreign fighters flowing into syria from over 100 countries around the world. 40,000 of them, which swelled the ranks of this terrorist organization. and then those foreign fighters would carry out attacks in the streets of brussels and paris. he is a unique figure. dont get me wrong. his removal does not end isis. isi...

President trumps rhetoric was so off base. >> well, look. there is no question that this is a good thing. and it shows that every single day there are amazing professionals in our military and intelligence agencies who are working hard, totally behind the scenes to keep us safe. but its one step. and if you look at the last week, the last two weeks, its been unquestionably a strategic victory for isis, not the united states. the fact that the president has empowered isis by pulling us out of syr...

He died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. >> it probably makes me a little uncomfortable to hear a president talking that way. but, again, baghdadi was the inspirational leader for isis network across the world from africa to southeast asia. if you can take a little of the glamour off him, if you can make him less inspirational, then there is a value to that. >> democrat congress man seth moulton wrote today on twitter much of president trumps language and his comments this mor...