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United states. the raid to take him out could boost president trump who's faced criticism recently for his decision to pull back troops in northeast syria. and, of course, the president is under fierce attack here in washington as house democrats pursue an impeachment inquiry against him. in a moment we'll discuss it all with vice president mike pence. but first, let's get the late from kevin corke live from the white house. kevin? >> reporter: chris, an extraordinary news conference following the president's announcement about the death of the isis leader. he said he died a cowardly death, sa...

Incredible. i got to watch much of it. 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 re...

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 and groun...

>> so quick note on this counterterrorism mission, it's one of those rare operations that really is a tactical victory for the united states, but it's also a strategic victory for the united states meaning it's great news today, it's going to continue to pay dividends for the months and years ahead, so that's great. what i'm hearing from my sources in the national security community is that the fbi and state and local law enforcement are already, at this hour starting last night, beefing up protection because they're worried about the risk of reprize a-- reprisal attacks meaning folks who are ...

And isis itself is completely destroyed, that is not true. isis affiliates are still operating around the world, but as we know today, the leader of the islamic state, al-baghdadi, is dead. chris? chris: and, trey, what about the possibility of retaliation? often times when one of the leaders of these jihadi groups dies, there is talk about people striking back, there's a possibility of retaliation in syria, in europe and here even in the u.s. are jihadi web site groups talking about this? >> reporter: well, this is certainly a major concern. what we've been able to see monitoring some of thes...