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, that's not true, what's your reaction to all of that? >> it's silliness, anderson, and what i'll 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 depending the target packaging, going after either an individual or the site. it takes a lot of time to confirm or deny what's there. this was started in terms of the planning process a few months ago. but as items are collected and intelligence is gained, it's further refined. it is looked at by all the chain of command, the central command,