the pentagon releasing newly declassified video and images of the raid that killed abu bakr al baghdadi. the cent-com commander said that the raid was prestaged in syria, after president trump ordered most troops to withdraw. barbara starr has the latest from the pentagon. reporter: dave, christine, the top u.s. commander briefing reporters at the pentagon about the mission to get baghdadi. right off the top, it should be noted that general mckenzie said he could not confirm president trump s details that baghdadi died whimpering and crying. in fact, general mckenzie suggested that at some point baghdadi had attempted to fire his weapon. he showed three sets of videos. the first video was u.s. forces on helicopters approaching the compound, when they came under fire from the ground. forces onboard the helicopters returned fire and eliminated that threat. they don t think it was isis
defending their policy. there was a fake page that was linked to mr. trump s re-election campaign to run ads on his platform. the pentagon releasing newly declassified images of the raid that killed abu bakr al baghdadi. the cent-com commander said that the raid was prestaged in syria, after president trump ordered most troops to withdraw. barbara starr has the latest from the pentagon. reporter: dave, christine, the top u.s. commander briefing reporters at the pentagon about the mission to get baghdadi. it should be noted that general mckenzie said he could not confirm president trump s details that baghdadi died whimpering and crying. he said that baghdadi had attempted to fire his weapon. he showed three sets of videos. the first video was u.s. forces
he is using the highest office in the land to advance his personal political interest instead of the national interest. the president s most he cent violation of the rule of law calling for china to interfere in our elections as he stood on the south lawn of the white house is so outrageous it s clear he considers the presidency a free pass to do whatever he wants with no accountability. joining us from washington, d.c., political reporter for the washington examiner, emily larsen. thanks for betting up early for us. what do you make of president trump ramping up his attacks on joe biden and his son s dealings in ukraine? it has been the running theme now for the past couple of weeks, and how likely is this to impact 2020 voters watching the impeachment drama unfold? well, i think it s extremely likely that these attacks on joe biden from donald trump and some of his allies will continue. this is what the whole ukraine controversy was about to begin with, right?
york city cigar bar that to the return of crab lover s dream! included paul manafort and his grab your crab crew, hurry in or order it to go! long-time business associate, a man whom mueller notes rick gates thought was a russian spy and whom the fbi assessed has ties to russian intelligence according to gates, it included discussion of battleground states, which manafort identified as michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and minnesota. michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. hmm, three states which nobody considered battlegrounds in the summer of 2016. and which trump won by a margin of fewer than 78,000 votes out of almost 14 million cast. now, it s been well more than a year since rick gates pleaded guilty. in he cent months, his
brought us nothing but poverty at home and disaster overseas. that s what we have. disaster. the wars we never win. you re tired of the reckless foreign policy to crazy wars that are never won. but in he cent weeks, his administration has been struggling to defend the continued presence of roughly 5,000 troops at our southern border. the ploy to fight the ultimate phony war against asylum seekers. president trump has been under increased criticism from skipping two veterans events over this weekend, one in france and one at arlington national cemetery. then on tuesday, a day after veterans day, he called for the florida recount to end even though military votes aren t due in until tomorrow. according to the washington post, the president s been angered by some of the media coverage that implied he didn t respect veterans so today four days after veterans day the white house organized two military events to honor veterans. and trump also tweeted this