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abu bakir al baghdadi. he is presumed to be killed. testing has been done to test that.sident will make an announcement at 9:00 a.m. for now, back to our regular programing. >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales there and this is "dateline." "datelin.

connell: new debate over president trump's syrian strategy of at death of leader of isis, abu bakir al-baghdadi. they say ultimately he was found because troops were stationed there, but the former state department advisor under president trump and bush 43, christian whiten shows the opposite. you think we should and can get out of syria. explain? >> i think so. the reason we went to syria not make the place like beverly hills or manage the outcome of the syrian civil war which would be difficult especially considering none of the sides was great. the purpose going in was to kill isis. president trump did this, essentially allowing u.s. military and partners do what they needed to do. they were fighting with one arm tied behind their back under obama administration. we did that we killed isis as military force. this recently, nice cherry on the cake killing what was left of their leadership. now is the time to get out, frankly focus our resources on more threats like china and iran. connell: i said coming into the counter argument to that, heard it from others we were able being there, having a

abu bakir al-baghdadi is dead.d death has violently been eliminated. he died like a dog. he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. god bless america. steve: our top story in america this morning, a big win for the country as the world's most wanted terrorist dead. ainsley: retired navy seal who killed barack obama rob o'neill is the author of the operator, and he joins us to weigh in on this. >> good morning ainsley. good morning, steve. >> what did you learn about this news? what was your reaction? >> i was at a veterans event, veterans from world war ii, kia, vietnam, i was on stage from some of my guys they killed baghdadi. rob riegle who made funny video, i want wait to find out who did it, how it was done. so proud. so proud. steve: when i heard details. we don't know all the details yet. it will come out in coming weeks and months, but they took eight helicopters. >> yes. steve: in your raid for bin laden you took two. you were positive you were not coming back alive. there was that danger.