noncombatants. while clearing the objective, the u.s. forces discovered al-baghdadi hiding in a tunnel. the assault force closed in on al-baghdadi and detonated a suicide vest. the chairman of joint chief said al-baghdadi dragged three children with him. the president said the terrorist chief went whimpering, crying, screaming all the way to his death. he reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children. we are told al-baghdadi s remains taken to a facility to confirm his identity with forensic dna testing. in fact, the near inference analysis appears to be a dramatic demonstration of new capabilities that special forces now possess. but the white house says the combination of visual evidence and dna tests confirm that al-baghdadi s identity. and in accordance with the law of conflict.
developing a precise strategy of attack late last week, u.s. forces finally got the break they were looking for. intelligence from numerous organizations throughout the department of defense and across the entire interagency dented by the target location approximately 4 miles from the turkish border and the providence of syria. once the white house learned probability al-baghdadi would be in the compound, it set up 48 hours of hurry up planning to culminate a daring and dangerous raid. but on friday with the stakes mounting and the clock ticking, the president held his cards close even heading to camp david and to celebrate the tenth wedding anniversary of his daughter of anke and jared kushner. saturday appeared normal as well. president trump played golf with major league baseball commissioner with senators lindsey graham and david perdue. at 4:18 saturday afternoon the president got back to the white house. within 45 minutes, he was in a
future attacks. and its leadership under any number of baghdadi s successors. lawmakers say whoever takes the reins after baghdadi will have been trained by a terrorists mastermind. this is a guy that took 20 people and put them in jumpsuits on a beach in libya and beheaded them. he is a guy that poured gasoline on a captured jordanian pilot. in a cage and lit him up. he is also the guy thousands of people by beheading them. president trump trump taking a jab at producer and the reality is the search for baghdadi took way too long. he should have been killed years ago. and another president should have gotten him. fox news has lined the raid that killed baghdadi was months in the making. involved significant intelligence from kurdish allies in syria including one rare informant at the heart of isis. but now, fresh from the heels of a counterterrorism success for the history books, the president already is facing criticism from
suit seated in the situation room monitoring the raid with real-time imagery. moments after the white house team was in place, a group of 47 helicopters took off from al-assad airbase in western iraq. u.s. forces were infiltrated by helicopter and once on the objectives, secured the compound. a local villager told the associated press they saw helicopter swooped low o on the horizon we went out on the balcony to see and they started shooting with automatic rifles so we went inside and hid next the villagers heard a large explosion. president trump said soldiers blasting the hole in the sight of the building because they feared the entrance might be booby trapped. authorities believe at that point, al-baghdadi fled into a network of underground tunnels and bunkers. the forces engaged with small fire and the threats quickly eliminated. our forces isolated the compound and protected all the
democrats who say he should have notified the so-called gang of eight before bringing lighting the raid to. we are talking about why i didn t get the information to adam schiff and his committee? and the answer is i think adam schiff is the biggest leaker in washington. former vice president biden said the more details that emerge about the raid the clearer it is, the credit for the victory doesn t go to the president saying it happened despite his ineptitude as commander in chief. also breaking tonight machine on fox news confirms abu bakr al-baghdadi number 2 was i so spokesperson and also killed ove weekend in a nearby that separate u.s. operation, shannon. shannon: gillian turner, thank you. you bet. shannon: though world s most notorious killed in a special raid. the washington post headline emphasized abu bakr al-baghdadi murder arrest terrorist but rather strict adherence to islam. the fact that a national