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Go ahead on tuesday of this week. our troops were waiting, i think, for on a opportune time in terms of weather and other conditions and able to execute it just last night. i think a major consideration is this is the leader of isis. it's roots have spread to far flung quarters in the world and threatens fundamentally othe united states and our allies. taking him off the battlefield is going to make america safer and our allies safer. it was important to do it. >> and i want to play more from the president this morning. >> know the president chose to surround himself with families, including c...

And eating healthy every single meal? if only it was this easy for us. >> martha: big news today. an attack that left an isis terror leader dead. those are the video images of the house where he and his family were holed up. it follows a special forces raid in an complex operation in syria. it happened this morning. pentagon press secretary john kirby said the terrorist blew himself up with his family as the u.s. military was closing in. >> it wasn't long after they

Haji abdullah. knowing this terrorist chosen to be surrounded by families including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our own people rather than targeting him with an air strike. we made this choice to minimize civilian casualties. >> there were no u.s. casualties but 13 civilians killed including six children and four women and cnn learning new details about the tense moments inside the white house situation room as president biden oversaw the raid. let's begin this breaking news coverage with cnn's barbara starr. she's live at the pentagon. ...

Acidy people in northwestern iraq in 2014. we remember the gus wrenching stories and mass slaughters that wiped out entire villages. thousands of women and girls sold into slavery, raped and used as a weapon of war. thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is no more. our forces tear read out the operation with their signature precision. i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing he surrounded himself with family and children, we pursued a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our own people...

Living in this compound in syria, and since then, our intelligence and our armed forces have been putting together a plan. it was really important for president to do everything we could to avoid civilian casualties. that's one reason why we didn't just drop munition from the sky, but we conducted a special forces raid. that prevented a lot of civilian casualties. unfortunately, the former leader of isis showed the barbaric nature of isis by, you know, committing suicide and essentially blowing up not just him but his family and his own children and, you know, we were able to avoid even more c...