about six to seven dead. in the morning we heard that baghdadi was here, but people living here thought displaced people from aleppo lived in the houseworking in the grain trade. no one knows, he said, exactly what happens. somewhere below in the dust is the tunnel where president trump said baghdadi blew himself up, killing his three children with him. by dawn, there was so little left to pick over here, baghdadi s sudden end with the world he pierced with radical violence. we learned from president trump that actually some children inside that compound were left with locals there, too. it would be interesting to learn the makeup of the family where baghdadi was hanging out. but also, too, who was sheltering him? what radical group in that area was providing the infrastructure to keep him hidden? that s a vital question to ask in terms of who they may have
baghdadi, who killed himself. democratic leader ships say they knew nothing about the mission, before or even immediately after it was announced. in fact, minority leader chuck schumer said he only found out about al baghdadi s death after hearing about it on television. joining me is alex ferion and doug. good to see both of you. thank you. doug, how does it look that trump would say in this morning s announcement that he alerted russia but not members of congress about the raid? it doesn t look good, and i tell you, i used to work for richard burr, the current senate intel chair. i know if this was something where a democratic president was withholding information from him, he would be very angry. i think democrats have a right to be angry. also this ties into trump politically. he certainly wanted to withhold information from democrats because he doesn t trust them to
being pulled out and then bringing in special forces for this operation? yeah, i don t know for sure, fred. i wouldn t be surprised if we find out that the president s abrupt decision to withdraw forces from syria might have thrown into some disarray or confusion the planning that went into getting al baghdadi. this was likely a months-long process from working on intelligence and monitoring his movements through various means of surveillance and reconnaisance, so i think it took a long time to get here. i ll suspect we ll find out that his abrupt decision may have thrown that process a little bit off dead center here. that said, i think operationally clearly this was a success, but i do think it s important to remember that in some parts it was a success driven by the partnership that we have with the kurds and the kind of intelligence on the ground that they have been able to give us. that partnership now is very much in jeopardy because of a strategic decision that the
there is no question that the demise of baghdadi is a very important milestone in terms of our fight against isis, and all credit goes to our special forces, to our intelligence community. this is a real blow against isis and a positive step in the fight against terrorism, and credit should go to all who were involved, and i think it s an example of what our special operations and intelligence capable are capable of throughout the world. it s important to note that that attack was carried out by information from the kurds. as you know, the president has turned his back on the kurds, something i think that will have a negative impact not only in that region of the world but in terms of our relationship with allies from one end of this planet to another. more of our breaking news in a moment. coming up next, there is
after skpiisis and other terror. this is what he said. al baghdadi has been on the run for many years long before i took office. but at my direction, as commander in chief of the united states, we obliterated his caliphate 100% in march of this year. today s events are another reminder that we will continue to pursue the remaining isis terrorists to their brutal end. that also goes for other terrorist organizations. so, nick, how does the president s decision to pull out u.s. troops out of syria impact this goal to eliminate the remaining isis terrorists? it perhaps removes the ability of some u.s. assets, and one would assume these would be more covert assets to move