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Wanted to leave troops on the grou ground. >> it's a bad message to send to the region, it confirms that confirms the conspiracy theorys that the u.s. steals the oil. this doesn't make a lot of sense. before this happened, there were reports from the intelligence community that isis was reviving, they still have 18,000 fighters in iraq and syria and now you're seeing escapes from isis detainees, my concern is all of this is a great day and i'm very glad that al baghdadi is dead my concern is you can see the organization that he led revived under new leadership. >> maybe it's a messaging proble...

>> we have team coverage around the world covering every aspect of this monumental moment in the fight against isis. let's start with barbara starr. barbara, what do we know about the logistics of the raid? >> the president laid out a good deal of detail that was extraordinary. it began with helicopters and u.s. special forces coming in by helicopter, perhaps as many as 100. the entire mission lasted about two hours, which really is extraordinary. that's a long time for these kinds of troops to be on the ground as the president said. they called out for al-baghdadi to surrender. he did not app...

Lot of corporatioperation with intelligence. what kind of coordinated effort took place to share intelligence? >> a lot of parties involved including the iraqis, the kurds and the turks. look, it's always better to have eyes and ears on the ground to watch how people are moving, who they meet with, scoop up telephone conversations, laptop communications, all of that. it is better. u.s. troops now according to the president in the mode of withdrawing even in the face of this. have a listen to a little bit of what the president had to say about this point. >> we don't want to keep soldiers betwe...

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In iraq and in his period where he tried to create a caliphate was the ultra violence he used. that was distasteful even to al qaeda. >> sam, thank you so much. mark esper told cnn today the president was briefed on al-baghdadi, this raid and the options this past week and gave this green light for the operation. esper said the objective was to capture the terrorist alive. >> cnn's reporting it appears al-baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the raid. did that happen? >> that's the report we have on the ground that we tried to call him out and asked him to surrender. he refused. he went ...