statement earlier today confirming that the top leader of isis was killed in this mission, taken off the battlefield was the phrase that president biden used. he will be making remarks momentarily, how this went down and executed and how president biden ultimately gave the go-ahead for this to take place. barbara, so much to get into in terms of the detail here. it s a complex raid. it was a nighttime raid. the intelligence behind it but also, we learn new details about the effort to attempt to avoid civilian casualties here, members of his family. nothing more to ensure avoiding civilian casualtiesful it s our understanding that troops on the ground through a translator called out through an aired speaker and said, have the civilians, women and children, come out.
way and we d support. toomey did take on the nra to do this, and i should just note i ve been in this town for a long time, so have you. i first started talking about the gun show loophole in 1999 after columbine, and it s still open, that gun show loophole. cedric richmond, thank you for your time today, we appreciate it. coming up next, the stunning level of detail about the u.s. raid on the leader of isis. women and children caught in the drama, a u.s. chopper down and the terrorist leader detonating himself. plus hall of famer john elway and other nfl executives responding to a coach suing the league and three other teams for discrimination. stay with us.
the rest were striking the targeted house. did the u.s. forces fire on other buildings? footage from the scene and the surrounding areas show damage to multiple other buildings as well. this child s body, green socks on tiny feet, was ripped in half. taking out isis leader may be a win for america. it may put a temporary damper on isis abilities. but isis will rise again, and the war on terror will leave more innocents in its wake. and that, jake, is the very disturbing nature and the reality of these kinds of missions, in fact of warfare as a whole. and we do need to recognize the innocent civilians whose lives have been lost. we also do need to be asking questions when narratives don t exactly add up. and there has to be a certain measure of accountability. arwa damon reporting live from istanbul for us.
out, evacuating ten civilians, including eight children. they say he then blew himself up, killing his wife and children and tearing the top of the building apart. the pentagon said a child was also killed on this floor, but wouldn t say how or by whom. toward the end of the two-hour operation, two members of an al qaeda affiliate were killed in an exchange of fire with u.s. forces. u.s. forces had to destroy one of the helicopters on the ground after mechanical failures. four civilians were killed in all and five combatants. that wasn t the plan. i say capture the leader of isis. that was the intent of the mission. reporter: this was the biggest operation in syria since the operation to kill al baghdadi, the original leader of isis. his background is a bit of a mystery. he was in u.s. detention in 2008
leader of isis, this from the white house. my orders. the united states military force successful ly removed a major terrorist threat to the world, known as haji abdullah. took over in 20-19 after the counterterrorism killed al baghdadi. airli allies and partners in south asia. haji abdullah oversaw the terrorist groups around the world after savaging communities and murdering innocents. he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on the prison in northeast syria, holding isis fighters, which was swiftly addressed by brave partners in the syrian democratic forces. he was the driving force behind