but first, we begin with major developments in the fight against isis. the pentagon saying u.s. special forces carried out a daring nighttime raid in eastern syria, killing a senior commander in charge of the terror group's oil and gas operations in a fire fight, including hand-to-hand combat and capturing his wife. those commandos also liberating a yazidi woman who was being held captive as a slave. let's go to molly henneberg who is standing by with the very latest on this breaking story. who ordered this raid? >> reporter: this decision went all the way up to the president. an overnight raid with u.s. boots on the ground specifically an army delta commando team going after a high value target. this was an operation with a lot of risk. here's what defense secretary ash carter said about it in a statement. he said quote, last night at the direction of the commander in chief, i ordered u.s. special operations forces to conduct an operation in eastern syria to