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He doesn't work with others. he doesn't try to form a team. he doesn't think ahead and he doesn't take advice. it's all about him. this raid was him. the fact was the raid was about our military, the outstanding delta force and the cia and the kurds. and he doesn't give credit where credit is due. and not sharing information with the other policymakers like adam schiff and speaker pelosi just jeopardizes him if the raid was unsuccessful and he wouldn't have an opportunity to say you knew about it and you didn't comment. he leaves himself open on the back end. that's because he doesn't listen t...

Didn't happen at all the way this did. the delta forces and the task force 121 were tracking him down and i don't remember any call to the white house saying we think we've got him or we're about to start a mission. i heard about it after the fact when the general called back to the secretary and the secretary called the president and said we think we've got saddam hussein. so it was a very different time and the technology in the white house situation room was very different. it's so much more mature today because president bush actually had the situation room upgraded in 2006 to give them th...

Early this morning. kevin, what are you hearing? >> you heard jennifer griffin mention something interesting, the way the president described al-baghdadi, he died a cowardly death, screaming, crying, whimpering and the description of the president of the united states, taken out in the special operation's force raid involving 50 to 70 army rangers, delta forces as well, the isis leader as you know gillian has been on the run for years but thanks to intelligence collected weeks ago the u.s. in cooperation with allies and others in the region were able to finally catch and kill him. >> when we l...

And historical operation due to a joint intelligence work with the united states of america. as ed pointed out, we anticipate hearing from the president around 9 a.m. this morning. we continue to get more information not just about how this operation was carried out but also who was involved, american forces, delta forces in particular. for now, back to you. ed: we take a step back, you've been covering the story for a week or so now about the president's decision to fulfill a campaign process saying i'm going to take most or all of u.s. troops out of syria. there's been some pushback on that ...

>> yeah. >> you have to use it while it's fresh. >> okay. richard engel there in northern syria, thank you for that. let's bring into the conversation nbc's courtney kube in erbil, iraq. what more are you learning about what happened? >> reporter: well, i mean, these were elite special operations forces as you have been talking about, some delta forces that were involved, helicopters, jets, some drones. we know that the special operators who were involved in this arrived here in the region about a week ago to start the planning. they got some actionable intelligence from u.s. intelligence sour...