things that will take some risk maybe that we shouldn t take. how do you weigh the death of al-baghdadi in terms of president trump s previous policy decision to take troops out of northern syria? so, you know, again, i said at the very beginning i think al-baghdadi is an operational victory. but you have to view that operational victory in terms of the larger strategy. what s our strategic position in syria. and i think as we see this operation wouldn t have happened without the intelligence and the partnership of the iraqis, without the partnership, you know, of our allies in the region, without the partnership frankly of the kurds who gave, as we know, we heard who gave us some of the information that we needed to execute this operation. so, as we put that relationship at risk, we put at risk our ability to do future operations like this. so it has to be taken as a whole. the operational victory is unquestionable. we should sit back and be proud of that. but we have to keep our
operation wouldn t be able to the tapes showed john dean was telling the truth. afford a year with soybean when john dean testified, millions of americans understood what the issue was. prices $2 below the typical the president, he claimed, was amount they get in return. one year later, this was friday, covering up the watergate i said going forward is this sustainable, having an aid package carry you through. burglary, and the president said no. to be clear, this is the only simple issue. was the president telling the truth or dean telling the truth. here there are so many facts way we survive and keep this involved, the russian investigation, what is that farming operation going is by getting the government aid package. at the same time, what you re about. you have pardons, what s that about, a bunch of different looking at is essentially people like jeff that are facing the witnesses. no one has heard from them or seen them. real issue that they were the ones that called on the mcga
don t have extended eyes and ears around yourself or the human intelligence to determine when you have met a threat. reporter: the last soldier who died, sergeant johnson, was mourned by his family. alex, this morning the new york times is reporting the american and nigerian forces are giving different attacks of what happened to investigators. that is adding to the uncertainty, the unclarity. one other note, secretary mattis said yesterday he wouldn t say whether or not president trump authorized this specific mission. pentagon officials tell nbc news this type of operation wouldn t require presidential authorization. all right. thank you so much for that report. now a dispute between the white house and frederica wilson. here is part of a report from peter alexander. reporter: president trump ignore onning questions about
citizens, u.s. courts have jurisdiction. so no problem prosecuting him in the united states. there are some thoughts, quick wrap-up here, that this will be looked at by the libyans at something they will protest. others say not at all. this kind of an operation wouldn t have happened without the guidance and the you know, the rubber stamp of the libyan government. could this be looked at as a kidnapping? certainly could be looked at as a kidnapping. without a warrant having been issued by an international court or u.s. court, it s going to be described as such. i will tell you this. u.s. courts close their eyes to what happens overseas in the apprehension of suspects. his rights will be judged only when he crosses on to an american ship. if he s being held on an american ship now, now he s being judged under u.s. law. because you have taught me well, the first thing i can imagine the defense lawyer that defends that man is that picture
it is plausible to believe if pakistan was a true u.s. ally and had made every effort to help locate him this operation wouldn t have taken only now. read all those full at facebook.c facebook.com facebook.com/w1cnn. there is talk tough for the libyan leadership paying for suspected war crimes. the latest from the u.n. not so no anonymous. did a renegade group of hackers leave sony its calling card? uh, laugh lines?