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A u.s. service member's life, yes. listen, it's difficult to call it completely successful. you have one dead navy s.e.a.l. you had a number more than two dozen civilian casualties, that according to an ngo on the ground. you also have, as of yet, an indeterminant intelligence haul from this raid. so it's difficult to call it a complete success. and one more note, i spoke to a former navy s.e.a.l. commander, who said now that aqap has shed american blood on yemeni soil, that's an enormous propaganda win for aqap. and that's something to be factored into this decision. these raids are always di...

>> you would hate to think politics would get involved in something like this when you have service members putting their lives on the line and one navy s.e.a.l. sacrificing his life. >> i think this thing is completely and utterly ridiculous, that there's a political debate about a well-thought-out, well-planned -- and listen, if everything was perfect, this would be a different world. it's not. it's dangerous. this reinforces how hard the fight on terrorism is, when you're going to insert united states soldiers, special operators, into an environment like this. it's very, very difficult. not...

Fighters, including some females, positioned themselves along rooftops on adjacent buildings, pinning down u.s.-led forces. aircraft conducted an air strike, leading to at least 23 civilian deaths, according to an ngo. the al qaeda fighters used heavy arms, killing navy ciel, william "ryan" owens. a v-22 osprey aircraft was badly damaged, as it tried to land to rescue the wounded. special operators then took intelligence materials from the compound, including computer hard drives. >> when you look at the totality of what was gained to prevent the future loss of life here in america, and agains...

Hertling, cnn military analyst. the back and forth between obama administration fishes and trump official saying, it was okayed before obama left office, obama officials saying, that's not true, what's your reaction to all of that? >> it's silliness, anderson, and what i'll tell you is this raid, like any other capture/kill raid is planned months in advance. details are consolidated, information is gained, there is more observation of the target. it occurs, depending on what the target is, and depending the target packaging, going after either an individual or the site. it takes a lot of time ...

Just not how it's done. at the same time, we're learning that president trump was central to the final decision making on this raid. tonight, new information that president trump was actively involved in the decision making on the yemen raid up until the final hours. on january 25th, four days before the mission, the president was briefed by national security adviser, michael flynn, and then again during a ten-person white house dinner later that evening. the dinner, at mr. trump's request, included his three closest aides, chief of staff, reince priebus, and senior advisers, jared kushner, an...