firefight broke out, two u.s. troops were killed in what is now believed to be a friendly fire incident, the remains of joshua roberts and cameron thomas returned to their families. a full investigation now under way on how it happened. back in those mountains, the u.s. is pushing isis fighters southward toward taliban-held areas and the groups are getting into firefights with themselves. officials say that s just fine. jeanne moos on donald trump and what he has in common with elmo. elmo wants to know, how can elmo find out? i never joined in. that wasn t fair to any of us. i was covered. i tried lots of things over the years. but i didn t give up. i kept on fighting. i found something that worked.
killed was the first combat death in iraq since 2011. cnn s jim sciutto has the latest details. reporter: the deadly battle was the first time u.s. forces have directly engaged isis fighters on the ground in iraq. in a joint operation with kurdish fighters, u.s. special operations forces from the elite delta force raided an isis compound to rescue hostages believed to be in eminent danger of execution. u.s. warplanes dropped bombs on makeshift isis training camps, staging sites and bridges in the area. then helicopters brought in nearly 30 u.s. special forces and 40 kurdish fighters. as they approached the walled compound, a firefight broke out. u.s. forces were not meant to enter the compound or directly engage the isis fighters. but when kurdish forces inside the compound were overwhelmed, the u.s. commander made the decision to enter the firefight.
a group of about 40 special force commandos hiked six miles from their dropoff point to the compound, but as they approached the compound, a firefight broke out. one of the militants killed sommers and korkie. joining me is adam schiff of california, member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. good to see you. good to see you. we have to understand the
hearing. trace gallagher joins us now. we all do need to hear the story of brian for terry and trace has that for us, trace. reporter: for the context, martha it really is critical to remember how this went down. brian terry and the other agents were actually going after bandits. these are illegals who target other illegals, they rape them, rob them, steal their drugs, and brian terry and his crew came upon five of these heavily armed men about 20 miles north of the mexican border, a firefight broke out. the border agents remember first used nonlethal bean bags then they began using bullets, but by then it was too late, agent terry had already been shot. we know that a stu buyer, someone who buys guns for someone else purchased three assault rifles with cash at the lone wolf trading company in glean dale right near phoenix why the atf agents looked the other way. two of those weapons were then used in the firefight against brian terry, and today as you
the hands of the enemy. the tall ban tried to take both men alive but a firefight broke out and wund were was killed. the other sailor was reportedly wounded. the navy has not released the sailors identities but a u.s. military official says there s a $20,000 reward for information. still ahead here on cnn. that this spill was so enormous, yet you re having trouble finding the oil to skim it? it s not for lack of trying. you heard it right. millions of barrels of crude have spilled into the gulf of mexico and the coast guard officials say they re having a hard time finding it. first, the man who s become the face of the bp disaster, tony hayward, may soon be unemployed. we ll explain. when you have a different perspective on things