Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the operation. President trump is expected to make an earlier announcement earlier. He tweeted something very big has just happened. President trump is lashing out at john kelly. I said whatever you do, dont hire a yes man. Someone that wont tell you the truth. If you do, i believe hell be impeached. Reporter press trump saying john kelly never said anything like that. If he would have said that, i would have thrown him out of the office. Announcer this is cnn breaks news. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for Victor Blackwell this morning a u. S. Military raid in northwest syria. Sources say he detonated a suicide vest as u. S. Special forces closed in. We are told his location was based on cia intelligence but we have going to have wait for dna analysis to wait and confirm that it is, indeed, al baghdadi who died. He has been in hiding five years and declared the isis caliphate in 2014. President trump is expected to make a major Foreign P
Were going to start this hour, though. The leader of isis believed to be dead. Killed last night in a u. S. Military operation during purported u. S. Air strikes on a suspected isis safe house in syria. Nbc news has confirmed the mission started about 6 00 p. M. Eastern saturday. It included helicopters, jets and drones and special ops forces that fired from the air. Isis leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is believed to be dead. Theyre conducting dna tests right now. The suspected safe house was under u. S. Surveillance in recent days. A convoy leaving the compound was also struck in this attack. The safe house was later decimated by an air strike. President trump is expected to address the nation 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Of course, well go to that live right here on msnbc. This is where this all unfolded overnight. It happened in the northwestern part of syria. Close to the border with turkey. Nbcs pentagon and National Security correspondent, courtney cube i is in iraq. Richard engel in sy
Syria, but there are some more and new details. Nbc news learning that special forces targeted a suspected isis safe house in syria, the Mission Began around 6 00 p. M. Eastern saturday, it included helicopters, jets and drones. That safe house had been under u. S. Surveillance in recent days and the compound later destroyed by an air strike. President trump is expected to address the nation at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time, but this is where it all unfolded in northwestern syria, very close to the border with turkey. Standing by for us nbcs pentagon and National Security correspondent Courtney Kube, she is in iraq, chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in syria, hans nick rolls and retired army colonel jack jacobs. Welcome to you all. We will start with Richard Engel in Northern Syria. Richard, give us a sense of exactly who was al baghdadi and the kind of impact his death could have. Reporter before we get to that just a few more details about what actually happened. We just spoke minu
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