congressman eric swalwell confirmed that the records were seized. here s where the reporting is more disturbing. prosecutors were hunting for the sources of media news reports of contacts with russia. the da the and other evidence did not tie the committee to the leaks. investigators debated whether they had hit a dead end. some discussed closing the inquiry. they took this unprecedented investigative the ep when donald trump took the unprecedented step of asking the fbi director james comey to let mike flynn go. mike flynn took the unprecedented step as the sitting national security adviser to lie to the fbi about the conversations with russian ambassador kissly yak. trump lying about conversations with vladimir putin. the sidelines of a global summit. unprecedented conduct all around contacts between trump figures and russia. all of it as robert mueller investigating the ties to russia. so doj at this time crosses this red line. they subpoena apple for the phone records and
confront bigotry, that s your reality check. a very needed one, john, thank you. new day continues right now. this is cnn breaking news. very good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, february 3rd, and breaking just moments ago, president biden confirming that the united states carried out a counterterrorism raid in syria, that has killed the leader of isis. so this is the first video that we are seeing of this operation. it is just in to cnn. and these are the first images from the scene showing some of the aftermath of this mission. the pentagon so far not saying much about this, except that it was in their words successful. the u.s. targeted al qaeda and its affiliates in the idlib province before. syrian defense forces say this operation killed 13 people including six children. the breaking news, which is hugely significant, if true, this statement from the white house that the isis leader is dead or as they say off the
address the nation in just moments. we re going to bring you those comments as they begin. we have a team of reporters and experts covering this from all angles. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. and, barbara, we re now hearing that it was the target himself who detonated a bomb that killed members of his own family. what more are you hearing on this front? well, several sources, administration officials are telling cnn that the initial assessment they have from the ground is in fact the leader of isis al qurayshi blew himself up as u.s. troops were approaching or entering the building where they thought he was. and that these 13 people were killed, including 6 children, when that happened. of course, the military will look at this and review it as part of the standard after action review. there are always concerns about civilian casualties. that said, this mission was one of the most dangerous the u.s. military can undertake, special operations forces went
answer the question. margaret: anger and anguish as parents adeneey sool oforing bullies. this place is toxic. i was headed to the back, and i turned around and looked. the sirens were going off, and they are lucky that no one was seriously hurt. margaret: and stories of survival, the miracles 11 days after that earthquake hit turkey and syria. first responders still digging and pulling victims out from beneat the rubble alive. margaret: good evening, and thank you for joining us. norah is off. i m margaret brennan. tonight, we have a cbs news investigation into the fight for thousands of veterans to restore their benefits after being less-than-honorably discharged from the military. plus, it s friday, so we go on the road. tonight, to meet a high school football star making a difference in his community. but first, a counterterrorism raid in northeast syria left four u.s. service members injured. three of the four had wounds serious enough they needed
arizona house speaker rusty bowers. bowers didn t just refuse to participate in trump s campaign to, i don t know, end democracy. he testified about it publicly before the january 6th select committee laying out exactly how team trump pressured him to throw out the legitimate arizona election results even if they admitted they didn t have a scrap of evidence to back up their vote fraud claims. after saying back in june after that dramatic public testimony that he would support trump in a rematch against biden, bowers had a change of heart and is now saying that he will never, ever vote for trump again. here s what he told abc news jon karl after being the subject of attacks from donald trump. i have thought at times someone born how he was and raised how he was and he has no idea what a hard life is, and what people have to go through in the real world. he has no idea what courage is. how do you explain the hold that he has, though, on republicans including a lot of repub