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He said we will remain relentless in our campaign to degrade isis safe haven within syria as part of our broader campaign to destroy isol. this is the same sort of operation that took down osama bin laden and we know from that operation president obama then watched in realtime from the situation room watched every step as it happened in realtime. the big question was, was president obama in the situation as this mission happened overnight and waiting for confirmation from the white house on that point. >> will the president, himself, make remarks on this subject today if. >> at this time we do...

Particular case. send in special forces or solve this problem with a drone strike. >> i'd likely suggest, michael, you had drones over the target gathering intelligence before the strike itself. but using a missile from an unmanned system to destroy a target is used in some cases, but in this case, it's boy, you do that and all the intelligence that is on the scene. we are talking about an operation in a major headquarters. i mean this is their financial headquarters if you will. and, so you don't want to destroy all that great information that might lead to other sources by just bombing the p...

One if not hundreds or thousands physical slave by isis has been rescued in this operation. >> nick paton walsh please stay with us. when we come back in a moment i want tapursue nick's idea the idea that a drone wasn't used here but special forces were sent in. when we come back we'll have the very latest developments in this situation. with every hole-in-one at a pga tour event you could be mortgage free for an entire year. how great would that be? just ask the growing list of winners who have already had their mortgages paid for one whole year by quicken loans. win a year's worth of mortgag...

He? it seems that isis or isol doesn't have the command struck thar that one would find say in the u.s. military? >> a battlefield commander someone who has been in the fight and someone who understands the dynamics of moving men and material across spaces and then engaging in some very specific operations those individuals can be replaced. but this is the cfo. this is the one who has been running all behind the scenes, has been running all the activities that fund what we see as a matter of routine. what isis puts out there. their activities that we see them routinely conducting. this is the ...

Control portfolio, as well. so this was a significant hit this morning. >> the white house, of course has said that we would not put boots on the ground in syria, it seems like we just did that. have we established a new precedent? >> oh, no. these boots were look let's not call them boots. these are special operators that went after a very high-value target eliminated the target and were able to come back safely with abu sayyaf's wife um sayyaf who is the deputy to her former husband. this was a high-risk, high-reward operation executed phenomenally. >> in other words, you're saying there cou...