ing so much detail the i way that he did, he threatened to undermine the sort of operational efforts that might take place in future raids of that kind. >> i missed the part this morning where the president described him as a beautiful and talentdog, but it's good to know the canine is okay. thank you. let me turn to erin mclaughlin. as i understand it, you're a few miles away from where he was killed and the question that a lot of folks are still asking this morning, what was he doing there so close to the turkish border. what more do we know about this part of the story? >> that is the key question at this point, craig. especially when you consider where he was. he was in idlib, a known al qaeda stronghold. unfriendly to isis. the president yesterday said that he was there to spread the isis ideology, but experts i have been speaking to really question that. they say i.c.e. wouldn't use such a high level target this that way. i was just down at the border