but not top congressional leaders. the president made a series of dubious claims making the claim that baghdadi's death was a bigger deal than osama bin laden. >> this is the worst-ever. osama bin laden was very big. but osama bin laden became big with the world trade center. this is a man who built a whole -- as we should like to call it -- a country, a caliphate. he was trying to do it again. >> you might recall this 2012 tweet from donald trump after bin laden's death. stop congratulating obama for killing bin laden. the navy s.e.a.l.s killed bin laden. it's not slowing the pace of house democrats' impeachment probe. the testimony set from a half-dozen national security and state department officials. much of the intrigue hovering over whether today's witness will even show up. >> charles kupperman was the