how the operation unfolded. reporter: a u.s. raid shattering the overnight hours in northwest syria. special forces going after the leader of isis,. last night s operation took a major terrorist leader off the battlefield. and it sent a strong message to terrorists around the world we will come after you and fwiend find you. president joe biden watched from the white house as special forces closed in on their target. the helicopters approached the three-story compound in the middle of the night according to senior administration officials. once on the ground, special forces warned civilians to clear out, evacuating ten civilians, including eight children. officials say he then blew himself up, killing his wife and children, and tearing the top of the building apart. his lieutenant one floor below was killed in an exchange of fire with u.s. forces. the pentagon said a child was also killed on this floor but wouldn t say how or by whom. toward the end of the two-hour op
without power and thousands of flights canceled. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the death of the brettal leader of isis, targeted during a dramatic raid in syria overnight. the biden administration said the operation dealt a catastrophic blow to the terrorist group. oren leibermann has more from the pentagon. a u.s. raid shattering the overnight hours in northwest syria. special courses going after the leader of isis. last night s operation took a major terrorist leader off of the battlefield. and sent a strong message to terrorists around the world we will come after you and find you. reporter: president joe biden watched from the white house as special forces closed in on their target. the helicopters approached the three-story compound in the middle of the night, according to senior administration officials. once on the ground, special forces warned civilian
january 6th certification process. the electors plot is one of the schemes that spans from trump s early efforts in the states to wider national efforts to create confusion about the results, and it went all the way up to mike pence, all the way up to an attempted, ultimately thwarted pretext that was going to be presented by pence to help stage a coup on jan 6th. in essence it involved fraudulent electors or getting states to appoint trump electors in the states that biden won or was winning and try to send those to congress. unlike some of the other plots that we ve covered, this one s already at the center of three different cases, including indictments by doj s jack smith, plus the probes in michigan and now georgia, where d.a. fani willis just charged several trump lawyers and aides for these types of plots as part of the larger rico conspiracy. that is why tonight s scoop, this video, may be of interest in the two big cases led by these tough prosecutors who mean busine
york, a live look of the hearing room, the vice chair of the committee, liz cheney giving a preview yesterday. she says the panel will examine a plot by former president trump and attorney john eastman to prevent former vice president mike pence from counting lawful electoral votes. john: the hearing is expected to feature two witnesses, greg jacobs. served as special counsel, chief counsel, rather, to vice president pence and former federal judge who also advised mr. pence. ludig is called the last ditch effort to keep trump in power incorrect at every turn. we are going to pause for one moment to let our fox stations join us now. and this is fox special coverage of the third public hearing in the house select committee investigation of the january 6th insurrection. we are going to pause right now. all right, this is fox news special coverage of the third public hearing in the house select committee investigation of the january 6th capitol riot. i m john roberts in washi
erin burnett out front starts right now. reporter: out front next, a ruling from a colorado judge on whether to disqualify trump from running in the state. breaking, powerful explosions rocking northern gaza. israel now warning it will strike anywhere hamas is found as hamas release as new hostage video. new video of house speaker mike johnson making anti-gay comments weeks before he was elected speaker, more as we learn from his wife s ultra conservative views. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. a judge seconds ago just ruling on whether former president trump should be kicked off the ballot in the state of colorado. the judge deciding trump is eligible to run for president even after his role in the january 6 insurrection. a group of voters filed a lawsuit, and this was based on the 14th amendment, arguing that amendment would bartrum from federal office. a judge, though, ruling the other way. a team of reporters stand