Sentinel. A special honor for an old guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. At night, it would be mighty quiet. You do a lot of thinking about who that is under that marble statue there. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The worlds most wanted man is dead. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was responsible for a rain of terror across iraq and syria and copycat attacks across continents. He was killed in northwest syria on saturday after being tracked down by u. S. Forces. President trump announced al baghdadis death with an address to the nation. And this morning, david martin has new details about the daring operation. A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. Reporter President Trump said baghdadi died a cowards death. He died after running into a deadend tunnel, wimpering and crying and screaming all the way. Reporter the president , who watched the operation along with top aides in t
Isis leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is believed to have ben killed in a raid. A u. S. Official says ago baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the operation. President trump is expected to make an earlier announcement earlier. He tweeted something very big has just happened. Someone that wont tell you the truth. If you do i believe hell be impeached. This is cnn breaking news. A u. S. Military raid in northwest syria. Sources say he detonated a suicide vest as u. S. Special forces closed in. We are told his location was based on cia intelligence but we have going to have wait for dna analysis to wait and confirm that it is, indeed, ago baghdadi who died. He has been in hiding five years and declared the isis calca caliphate in 2014. Last night, President Trump tweeted, quote, something very big has happened, unquote. Some show part of the raid targeting al baghdadi. Cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of this video but here it is. A witness in syria described two helicopters and war pla
As our dogs chased him down. He ignited his vest killing himself and the three children. But test results gave certain immediate and totally positive identification. It was him. Part of the president s speech that went for ten minutes earlier today following up with 40 minutes of k and a frq a fro. He watched it from the situation room. And the stars started lining up some time ago and in the past week or so, the Operational Forces which were one of several options available to the president started rehearsing and practicing and doing what they would have to do on the objective. It wasnt until thursday and then friday the president chose his option and gave us the green light to proceed as we did yesterday. The president said no u. S. Troops with are harmed and they were able to obtain highly sensitive intelligence. Lets go to courtney could you be ku bhchlbe and scott wong. Courtney, you have been reporting since the story broke. What is the latest in the process as they move forward
Were going to start this hour, though. The leader of isis believed to be dead. Killed last night in a u. S. Military operation during purported u. S. Air strikes on a suspected isis safe house in syria. Nbc news has confirmed the mission started about 6 00 p. M. Eastern saturday. It included helicopters, jets and drones and special ops forces that fired from the air. Isis leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is believed to be dead. Theyre conducting dna tests right now. The suspected safe house was under u. S. Surveillance in recent days. A convoy leaving the compound was also struck in this attack. The safe house was later decimated by an air strike. President trump is expected to address the nation 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Of course, well go to that live right here on msnbc. This is where this all unfolded overnight. It happened in the northwestern part of syria. Close to the border with turkey. Nbcs pentagon and National Security correspondent, courtney cube i is in iraq. Richard engel in sy
Syria, but there are some more and new details. Nbc news learning that special forces targeted a suspected isis safe house in syria, the Mission Began around 6 00 p. M. Eastern saturday, it included helicopters, jets and drones. That safe house had been under u. S. Surveillance in recent days and the compound later destroyed by an air strike. President trump is expected to address the nation at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time, but this is where it all unfolded in northwestern syria, very close to the border with turkey. Standing by for us nbcs pentagon and National Security correspondent Courtney Kube, she is in iraq, chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in syria, hans nick rolls and retired army colonel jack jacobs. Welcome to you all. We will start with Richard Engel in Northern Syria. Richard, give us a sense of exactly who was al baghdadi and the kind of impact his death could have. Reporter before we get to that just a few more details about what actually happened. We just spoke minu