And we start tonight with breaking news reports are coming in of a navy seal operation in somalia, citing officials saying that the raid targeted a Senior Leader of alshabab the group behind the killing of more than 60 people in a mall in kenya. The raid happened this morning on the somali coast, south of mogadishu. There are conflicting reports of whether the target of the attack was killed or captured. Jim walsh joins us from boston, a researcher at the mit securities studys program. What do you make of the attack . Its a little surprising. Obviously an attack aimed at foreigners took place at that mall in kenya and so this is an opportunity for the u. S. Or others to, first, try to degrade the capability of alshabab, and, second, to send a message that if you carry out attacks therell be a price to pay. Im surprised because they went into a terror stronghold, they took a lot of fire and put themselves at risk. They didnt use a drone. So this was a major operation for the u. S. I wan