it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
the president trump to hear that on the feeds he watched. images of the raid will be released in the coming days. as for now, president trump has declassified a photo of the dog he said was involved in the raid. he says the name is classified. and officials say the dog suffered injuries but is recove recoverying. syrian democratic forces played a key role in the ail bad d al baghdadi raid. a troop withdrawal for syria, opening the door for kurdish invasion of turkish-held areas. they will patrol much of the border as early as today. nick paton walsh in irbil, iraq, with more. reporter: we re learning more about what the kurds say was
fact, killed by u.s. air strike. they seem to be working fast on the intelligence they ve got. and the isis leadership, shattered by the loss of its key figure. nick paton walsh, live for us in irbil, iraq. thank you, nick. the parents of slain kayla mueller is speaking out about ail baghdal baghda baghdadi s death. th this has been going on for so long, i m not sure about the last 48 hours for me. i m just searching for kayla. she was killed in 2015. here s what the muellers told fox news. this has been going on for so long, i m not sure about the last 48 hours for me. i m just searching for kayla. i was glad that he blew himself up, that no one killed him from our side. they hope the mission can shed some light on their unanswered questions. our hope is to seize this moment. and this moment is the fact that al baghdadi has been killed.
best, after a troop withdrawal for syria, opening the door for kurdish invasion of turkish-held areas. they will patrol much of the border as early as today. let s go back to cnn s nick paton walsh in irbil, eriraq, f more. who helped this military raid and who got so close to baghdadi they were able to be the human intelligence on the ground? reporter: yeah. we got little extra detail, frankly, out of the pentagon yesterday. donald trump having divulged quite a lot. he, too, thanked russia, turkey and iraq, authoritarian governments there, before he thanked the syrian kurds who he said played a role. and the syrian kurds say they provided the isis informant that was inside baghdadi s inner circle who said where the compound was, gave detail plans
they will patrol much of the border as early as today. nick paton walsh live for us in irbil, iraq, for us. good morning. reporter: dave, interesting to remember that during that press conference, president trump even recognized the fact that while he was effectively green lighting the turkish incursion in syria, he saw al baghdadi closing in. startling he couldn t see one affecting the other. there s confirmation, on how they played a role in tracking down baghdadi, the key u.s. ally who has lost sons and daughters on the ground trying to kick out isis and their caliphate. it s who they say got rid of a mole, an informant, who seemed to have access to the compound itself. to draw detailed plans of it and take from it, dirty underwear, from ail kl baghdadi and the bl