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Al-baghdadi has done, and i don't want to take away from that. chris: does this success in taking down one of the country's greatest enemies at all -- and this is a question i asked the vice president -- at all weaken the case, if only politically, for the impeachment of president trump in. >> we still expect the president to carly out his duties as president -- carry out just as president nixon did when he underwent an impeachment inquiry and just as president clinton did. and we're going to continue to make sure he's held to account. this can be compartmentalized. chris: so despite the succe...

No personnel were lost in the operation while a large number of baghdadi's fighters and companions were killed with him. he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. >> reporter: pretty powerful words there and a very descriptive news conference by the president, chris. he also described the important cooperation with other nations to make this raid possible. >> russia treated us great, they opened up -- we had to fly over certain russia areas, russia-held areas. russia was great. iraq was excellent. we really had great cooperation. and you hav...

Were victims of what al-baghdadi has done, and i don't want to take away from that. chris: does this success in taking down one of the country's greatest enemies at all -- and this is a question i asked the vice president -- at all weaken the case, if only politically, for the impeachment of president trump in. >> we still expect the president to carly out his duties as president -- carry out just as president nixon did when he underwent an impeachment inquiry and just as president clinton did. and we're going to continue to make sure he's held to account. this can be compartmentalized. chris:...

This attack unfold in realtime just made me so proud to be an american, proud to see our special forces, their extraordinary courage and professionalism. and also i want to say very proud to be vice president to a president who acted so decisively to take down a man who was a threat to this country and a threat to the world as the leader of isis. chris: the president talked about watching it. he said almost as if it were a movie. i mean, were you -- did you have video on the ground and you're able to see what's going on in the compound and then as the forces go into that tunnel chasing al-bagh...

Enemies. let's get reaction now and reporting from trey yingst who is in our middle east newsroom. trey, what's the reaction there in the middle east to the takedown of al-baghdadi? >> reporter: well, chris, many world leaders were waiting until president trump addressed the nation from washington to respond to reports about the death of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. we have just gotten a statement from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who congratulated president trump on an incredible achievement. u.s. allies across the region, more than ten countries participating in airstrikes ...