correspondent nick paton walsh is live for us in irbil, iraq. nick, the president gave quite a vivid account of this raid. reporter: absolutely. at times the rhetoric was quite sort of crude, in all honesty, the notion of bagdadi dying like a whimpering coward. he talked about how there were some frightened puppies in sum cases who were fighting alongside bagdadi, a vivid picture painted by the president, who seemed at times to be in awe at the military machinery around him. he referred to how it was like watching a movie, at times revealing more than his security officials would have liked. he suggested that the flight time was an hour and ten minutes. a basic assessment of that, with helicopters, means you re probably looking at somewhere in
gunfire at one of the key border towns on the edge of the american interpretation of where the cease-fire deal should go. as jomana said, this is all about the meeting in sochi. the timing of this pause in fighting, kind of a humiliating nod, frankly, to the lack of u.s. traction and diplomacy here. donald trump tried to make it sound like a big deal. but they re kicking the can until putin and erdogan can sit down. back to you. playing into the hands of putin. nick paton walsh, live for us in irbil, iraq, thanks. trump s behavior at his meeting alarmed members of his own party. a gop source familiar with that meeting says, people there were shaken by what they saw and heard. a source says, they describe
and the forces around them aren t enough to keep them in check. hurting our allies. helping isis, the assad regime and russia. an extraordinary move by the administration. nick paton walsh for us in irbil, iraq. he was going to be fired and he fit instead. now, a former ft. worth police officer that shot and killed a woman in her own home, he is charged with murder. managing lipids like very high triglycerides, can be tough. you diet. exercise. but if you re also taking fish oil supplements, you should know, they are not fda-approved, they may have saturated fat and may even raise bad cholesterol. to treat very high triglycerides, discover the science of prescription vascepa. proven in multiple clinical trials, vascepa, along with diet, is the only prescription epa treatment, approved by the fda to lower
kabul, given the insurgency swirling around it. what more can the trump administration doing? in the 16 years of u.s. involvement, pretty much every option has been tried. what else can they try? something old? is there something new left? not really clear. the mother of all bombs, the m.o.a.b. deployed against isis was a new tactic. the biggest nonnuclear twice used in u.s. battle history. but that inflicted a 94-toll on isis. the question is what else do they have in their arsenal? back to you. unbelievable. thanks. keep us up to speed on any developments. that s nick paton walsh in irbil, iraq. the perfect scenario for the markets, one what analyst is calling the fallout from the first round of the french elections. investors like macron s chances to win. he s a former banker and economics minister. dow futures set to pop at the open, more 170 points right now.
particular the fight against terrorism. the iraqis are obviously very happy about this. and it certainly makes up for a lot of the hurt feelings before. i remember, when i was in baghdad in january, i arrived just moments before the iraqi parliament voted to implement reciprocal measures on american citizens. so it was more symbolic than real, the vote, but nonetheless it was a very good reflection of the consternation felt by many iraqis having their country included in the original ban. so this is positive news in baghdad. ben wedeman for us in irbil, thanks so much. i spoke to the former iraqi ambassador to the u.s. who would be banned under the old measure, he was very upset about that. it seems now at least in this new revised ban that will be taken into account.