russia s special operations forces, praising how they are fighting in what he calls a special military operation. and saying that they are protecting the russian nation and russian lands. now, the next big speech vladimir putin is going to happen in just a couple of hours from now when he addresses the intelligence service, the fsb, here in moscow, erin. we will be waiting for that, and of course from ed is there, thank you so much. and now seth jones, director of the international security program at the csis. he was an adviser of the commanding general of u.s. special operations forces in afghanistan, and he wrote the report that we mentioned at the top of the program. and the former commanding general of the u.s. army europe who spent a lot of time training ukrainian troops. thanks to both. seth, you say the u.s. government itself was shocked at your finding, and obviously you ve been doing so much tracking of this and troop buildups and satellites since the beginning of the war
dogs suffering injuries. reporter: u.s. special operations forces went in by helicopter and surrounded a nondescript house in northeastern syria. but as they closed in on their target, an explosion, either a suicide vest or a hand grenade, went off. the troops and the working dogs are in stable ction. ter:s ad bakal-bagi me he b u himse and three children to avoid capture. last year, ibrahim al-hashimi al-qurayshi, another leader of isis, set off a booby trap that leveled the third floor of his house, killing himself, his wife, and two children. this time, the target was hamza al-homsi, and this time, he apparently waited for the americans to get close enough. he was overseeing the groups deadliest terror network in eastern syria before he was killed in the raid. reporter: there are about 900 american troops in syria, working with local syrian forces
deadliest terror attack in new york since 9/11 was not an accident.but that it wasn t to . he wanted to die a martyr. the jury finding saipov guilty on all 28 counts.le for the dea. aaron with us now. any decision to execute saipov would have to be unanimous. there have been no federal executions under president biden, who campaigned against the death penalty. david, the penalty phase of this case starts here at court early next month. david? our investigative correspondent aaron katersky tonight. air, thank you. there is also late word tonight u.s. special operations officers have taken down an isis leader along with several fighters, killing ten of them in somalia. all part of a daring raid. let s get right to martha raddatz tonight. and martha, what have you learned? reporter: david, this was a dramatic and risky ground raid by u.s. special operations forces that the pentagon says ended with the death of at least ten isis fighters, including the
opposition and u.s. special operations forces rolled into the tora bora mountains in pursuit of fleeing al-qaeda fighters, but the pentagon says it s anyone s guess where bin laden is. al-qaeda got away, bin laden went off to pakistan. but what was very striking is how quickly it turned to iraq. i never say anything s inevitable, but if i were saddam hussein, i d be thinking very carefully about the future and i d be looking very closely to see what happened to the taliban in afghanistan. the pepperoni on panera s new toasted baguette. is sliced a little thicker. to hold more flavor.
unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. i m wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. you re in the situation room. they re not the headlines mitt romney s campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britain s prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about london s readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. what s going on with the republican candidate? what happened? reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt romney told british leaders he s hoping to take in an olympic swimming event during his time here in london. but with no pool in sight he s making some waves of his own. as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the races with comments the gop contender made about the city s preparations for the games. you know, it s hard to know just