good morning. i m melissa harris-perry. we begin this morning with the latest on the u.s. special operations forces entering eastern syria late friday night with the intention of capturing an isis leader and he is wife. that leader was shot and killed when he engaged with army delta force commandos. his wife an iraqi was captured and is in detention now. along about a dozen isis fighters were killed. this is a boots on the ground, cross border operation inside syriament the first successful raid by american ground troops since the military campaign against the islamic state began last year. the operation came three months after three unsuccessful raids in syria and yemen to free american hostages. the decision to put u.s. boots on the ground this weekend highlights several factors. one, thatten on the ground intelligence from within syria seeps to be increasing and improving. also the administration will continue to send in ground troops in order to capture and kill suspected