Orders to try to capture this man. But apparently a firefight broke out. Handtohand combat he resisted. He was killed in the firefight along with other isis fighters there. His wife captured and taken back to iraq. The big question why this guy, why was it worth risking so much u. S. Military lives to go after him . What we are being told is he was an isis leader if you will in their oil and gas operations. So thats very key. Because of the Financial Impact the financial benefit to isis. But perhaps more serious even there had been a sense by the u. S. That he was increasingly involved in isis command and control. And isis operations. And u. S. Officials are beginning to indicate there may have been a reason to believe he might have been in contact at some point with abu bakr albaghdadi, the very reclusive leader of isis. The guy the u. S. Of course wants to get. All right. Lets talk more about this Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh is with us from beirut. Nick you ha
Control portfolio, as well. So this was a significant hit this morning. The white house, of course has said that we would not put boots on the ground in syria, it seems like we just did that. Have we established a new precedent . Oh, no. These boots were look lets not call them boots. These are special operators that went after a very highvalue target eliminated the target and were able to come back safely with abu sayyafs wife um sayyaf who is the deputy to her former husband. This was a highrisk, highreward operation executed phenomenally. In other words, youre saying there could be great military significance. Intelligence gathered from the wife. Absolutely correct. The interrogation that will follow ing this is significant. Thats kind of point number one. Point number two, as a result of this raid special operators walked away with a lot of documents. A lot of information. Hard drives, computers, et cetera. We will go through, we, the Intelligence Community will go through that ver
Also today he hopped into the cockpit of a private plane with his young son ignoring air Traffic Control and crashing the plane. Want until you hear what police say he was doing before he got behind the controls. Good afternoon afternoon. Welcome to the lead everyone. Im jake tapper. A disturbing and unprecedented admission upon the people we count to protect us from tear rage. Tear original. The fbi asking for help dealing with the huge surge of isis sympathizers here in the u. S. Some perhaps online loners others could be quite dangerous and hellbent on carrying out an attack in the homeland. We have evidence this is a real problem. Evan perez joins me now. Part of this plea for help is an admission they did not have the man power to stop the shooting outside that cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad contest in garland, texas. Jake theyre facing two problems really. They cant stop what they cant see, and secondly they dont have enough people to keep an eye on what they say are hundreds of
Speaker. Russian aggression. International monitors warn the situation in ukraine is getting worse by the day. Is russias president putin about to launch a new invasion . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. U. S. Investigators are blaming china for a cyber attack which may be unparalleled in its scale and audacity. Millions of americans including current and former government workers are the victims. Personal information and security records have been jeopardized in a data breach which cuts across almost every federal agency and the Chinese Military is suspected of building a massive database on americans. What will the chinese do with all this information . Ill speak live with senator james rich. Hes a member of the intelligence and Foreign Relations committees and our correspondents and analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with jim sciutto with the very latest. Reporter this breach unprecedented both in scope and target. 4 million federal emplo
Where did all of the cops go . And the pop culture lead. First came appear idea of mourning. Now a mystery after losing b. B. King two of his daughters claim their dad was murdered. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Breaking news in our National Lead. At least five people have been killed by the flooding in texas. Your others by extreme weather in oklahoma. Theres so much water on the ground it has krooe yated a purr pech chul high tide that has much of the city of houston submerged under shoulder high water. Texas state officials mobilizing a fire and police and dispatching them in zodiac boats to pull anyone stranded in the waters. Its unclear how many people need help as roads are saturated, driveways swirled thick with mud. In many areas only evidence of cars is the windshields. There is no trace after 12 people in central texas, including a mother and her two children. They were last seen in their cabin by the river with several other families now also missing, ralph