al-baghdadi silently behind isis violence even al qaeda didn't back it.ths laters its followers declaring it's caliphate. this was al-baghdadi's moment. the pinnacle of years of calculation and isis rose fast. then came the attack on an occupation of mosul. the atrocities against the people, the be headings of western hostages. horrors marked by an obscene worship of violence. al-baghdadi isn't visible, but a doubtless decision maker. one more terrifying thing is not isis' obsession with gruesome murder, but its harnessing of social media to create. there were atrocities committed by isis' brand to die for it. in november 2014 rumors of an air strike hitting him and then within a week a recording of his speech. it became a pattern. no public appearances mixed with randomly released audio statements. u.s. officials told cnn they believe he was injured in may 2017 and had to take time away from his leadership duties. from that moment onwards what was left of isis' caliphate collapsed. mosul freed from their grip in july. isis reduced to a tiny slip of land

al—baghdadi is dead. the islamic state leader who was killed by us forces in syria over night. mrtrump said killed by us forces in syria over night. mr trump said he had retreated into a tunnel and committed suicide. pa rt part two of the weekend looking much sunnier than saturday was. high pressure has been building in the north—east of scotland and you can see them scuttling here. see some of the wintry ones over the high ground. you can see them over the north of england and wales and elsewhere in northern ireland. these conditions for the size it will be a dry story. but my for the south. you at least have the sunshine to compensate. shows continue over the north—east of scotla nd continue over the north—east of scotland in particular over the northern isles. dry and clear skies. a recipe for our cold night. temperatures will follow it quickly and you see the blue colours across the northern and eastern areas. wide red low temperatures. those in cities close to freezing. frost and chris sunshine aroun

abu bakr al—baghdadi is dead.der and leader of isis, the most ruthless and violent terror organisation anywhere in the world. the united states has been searching for al—baghdadi for many years. capturing or killing al—baghdadi has been the top national security priority of my administration. us special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring night—time raid in north—western syria, and accomplished their mission in grand style. though us personnel were incredible. i got to watch much of it. no personnel were lost in the operation, while a large number of al—baghdadi's fighters and companions were killed with him. he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering, crying and screaming all the way. the compound had been cleared by this time, with people either surrendering or being shot and killed. 11 young children were moved out of the house and are uninjured. the only ones remaining were al—baghdadi in the tunnel, and he had dragged three of his young children with him. this they were led to cert

al baghdadi silently behind an isis brutality so extreme even al qaeda disowned it leading the groups to split in 2014. months later, the group, to show its fighters, breaking the borders of syria and iraq, the cleric they khraeurd caliphate. they claimed direct lineage from the prophet muhammad, the new caliph. this was the pinnacle of careers of calculation and isis rose fast. and then the attack on an occupation of mows up. the atrocities in mount sinja, the beheadings of western hostagings, the proceeding of kobani. more errors marked by an obscene worship of violence. in all these, he isn't visible. one of the more terrifying things about the eyes he helped create is not his object section with gruesome acts of murder but the harnessing of social media to create a global franchise in libya, afghanistan, paris, brussels, atrocities committed by people who were attracted to isis's brand to commit atrocities and even die for it. but in november 2014, rumors of an air strike hitting him. within a week, a recording of his speech. [speaking foreign language] . it became a pattern. no p

but that is what al baghdadi did. he did it, in being boxed into this area, away from where isis had any serious support on the ground, away from the putative capital in raqqah, but in fact, inside the area controlled by al qaeda, just maybe four or five miles south of the turkish border. begs the question, was he trying to make a run for it? was he trying to get his own family out of the country, perhaps that is the way he was exposed. no doubt we will over the coming days get much more detail on how this raid was conducted. but i think the other thing to bear in mind is this highly complex raid that in all probability did involve u.s. ground troops. at the very least to connect dna material for testing so that they can identify who exactly they did kill in this raid. so, in all probability it was launched, the closest launch pad for them would have been an air base here in turkey, a very big american air base, which would have provided at least the short flight time onto the target and then of course the extraction.

special operators left syria, al-baghdadi was killed in northwest province, al-qaeda, he went there to try to reestablish isis according to president trump, no u.s. special operators were killed or seriously injured during the raid, defense secretary mark esper says two americans were likely wounded but already back on the job, u.s. bomb sniffing dog was injured after hunting down al-baghdadi down the tunnel which proved to be a dead end. back to you. leland: jennifer in terms of where the raid took place, northwest syria has a lot of russian-control, russian influence in it, how was that dealt with number 1, operating inside russian-controlled and syrian-controlled areas and number 1, what does it say that al-baghdadi was there and the russians had not taken care of him? >> they control the air space, that's why the u.s. military reached out and alerted the russians and deconflicted, if you will, with the russians telling them not to shoot at those u.s. military helicopters when they were coming in. the russians did not know the target but they were warned not to target the u.s. milit

abu bakr al—baghdadi died in the dark in northern syria.ound of the firefight was heard for miles. pictures of donald trump watching the operation live have now been released by the white house. he later described how baghdadi he had fled into a tunnel wearing a suicide vest, taking three of his children with him. he reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. he died like a dog. he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. this was the scene this morning. donald trump thanked russia, turkey and the syrian kurds, but said only americans were involved in the raid. a neighbour told the bbc what he saw. translation: around 11pm, they started shooting the house of abu mohammad. the house was completely destroyed. we recovered seven bodies from under the rubble and two others on the main street. abu b

the fact that al baghdadi was in idlib province tiding out in an area with al qaeda and civilians and very close to the turkish border. >> reporter: yeah. this is a thing people will focus on the next few days. you would assume most people thought he was in western iraq where the support network is in better shape than it is in syria. so why would you be in a place such acid lib where you are vulnerable, surrounded by people who aren't your friends, many of whom are absolutely your enemies. so the only rationale you would think is he wasn't planning on being there for a long time. being that close to a border, it may as well have been a transit location with a view of entering turkey in the not too distant future. but the u.s. was able to interdict him. it's not a place you would stay tore a long time. . >> i want to ask you about the fact that american forces are pulling out of syria. now the head of isis is very likely dead. and how this changes the landscape of syria right now. >> well, i think the first element of that you have to say the timing is extremely coincidental. this per

acknowledged there were su ccesses that speech acknowledged there were successes lined up after abu bakr al—baghdadi sites. tom batemen is at the turkey syria border. he gave us this analysis of what baghdadi's death means for the region. we certainly got an extremely vivid account from president trump of that special forces operation flying over territory which she repeatedly referred to as the most dangerous part of the operation because he said they had to fly over swathes of territory in syria which included that controlled by russian forces, by turkish forces, repeatedly talking about the strength of firepower that those airborne troops had to potentially come into contact with. he said that they didn't apart from some limited fire but he believed that not to be from any of the main players. he described it as just individuals who don't like helicopters flying over them. but he said the eliminated or terminated that fire. as for cooperation, he again repeatedly talked about the different countries and actors that they had to coordinate with and specifically thanked people. i thought it was real

heather: the operation to take down al-baghdadi dedicated to victims, kayleb who al-baghdadi raped andd hostage, mueller's crediting the president, i still say kayla had been here and if obama had been as decisive as president trump maybe she would have been. also thanking president trump. >> i'm grateful for this president for tracking al-baghdadi and keeping vigilant about isis. heather: dianne foley said president trump call today personally inform of her al-baghdadi's death. senator lindsey graham says the death of al-baghdadi reinforces the united states commitment in fighting terrorism. >> the caliphate has been destroyed because president trump changed the rules, he allowed the military to get the done, obama had one hand tied behind his back, there's still 15,000 fighters roaming around but spiritual leader is dead today and information will be useful here. others should do more, our footprint should be smaller but no substitute for the american military, the american military and intelligence community never forgets they're the best. amazing no one injured, congratulations to

i said i want al-baghdadi, he's the only one i know now. i want al-baghdadi, and they got him. lou: under obama, isis grew from 700 fighters to 31,500 fighters after his 8 years in office. all this while a civil war ranked in syria. after president trump's first year in office, isis lost 98% of its so-called caliphate. none of its territory is now under control of isis. the radical left was quick to try to downplay the killing of is leader al-baghdadi. the left joining russia's defense minister who claimed there was no evidence the isis leader had been killed. listen to what former national dni james clapper said on cnn. >> isis is more than just al-baghdadi. somewhere in the neighborhood of 18,000 fighters remaining. i don't if they have anyone who would have the symbol i can importance of al-baghdadi. but i don't think we can say at this point we can stop worrying about isis. lou: somebody stopped worrying about isis, including mr. clapper, in the obama administration. the obama administration allowing isis to grow to the strength that president trump had to take on. the left

in some respect, it might be the last place you would want to go and i'd, if you were al baghdadi. the man who declared himself in the view of al qaeda, the caliphate, and now, heighting just five or six miles inside the syrian territory, close to the turkish border, vulnerable to exposure. not only to al qaeda, but other groups there. one element that's not there in any significant number, are the kurds of the democratic forces. alongside the united states and other allies, the united states, crushing their ability to hold territory. forcing into his rivals. they are united in their hatred among the west. that's how he was able to covertly embed himself in that environment. he was there, as a guest, if you like, of the related groups. he was, nonetheless, forced out. he had never been occupied in any significant way by his followers. great complexity, involving aircraft and has to involve some kind of ground element to retrieve the bodies there, in order to conduct the dna an analys analysis, to find out if the man targeted, believed to be al baghdadi was killed in this raid. offic

just a few weeks ago from al baghdadi encouraging the isis caliphate to continue and for those isis fighters to continue without him. >> well, what baghdadi knew for certain is that he had to stay off telephones and any communications, electronic communications. he had to get away. like mullah omar in afghanistan. simply go underground, stay away from e-mail, telephone calls, and the rest of it. and you know, it's significant, especially now, because so many islamic state prisoners have escaped, possibly up to 800. they're talking about reforming. to have their leader taken out in whatever way at this time would be demoralizing obviously for the islamic state. you know, this would be a very crucial, important operation in that part of the world. >> in terms of what's going on in that part of the world right now as you just mentioned, there is a lot of confusion over foreign policy there. certainly president trump will have been briefed on a lot of these covert operations over the last couple years to try to find al baghdadi and bring him to justice. in terms of what's going on on the ground

officials confirming to cnn, that they believe that al baghdadi is dead. >> it's significant. t, what does all this mean? when we were interviewing, we interviewed dozens of isis wives and children. for few of them spoke about baghda baghdadi. their loyalty was to the islamic state. unlike, for instance, bin laden, who was a cult figure in al qaeda, al baghdadi wasn't seen as the embodiment of the islamic state. he was seen as the head of it. you didn't have the cult of personality. osama bin laden, his fame goes back to the mid 1980s, during the soviet occupation of afghanistan. baghdadi, when he first appeared in july of 2014, announcing the position of the caliphate, he was in the unknown. even within iraq itself. he was an unknown figure. we know that the islamic state, in afghanistan, in the fill l n philippin philippines. and it's unlikely if abu baghdadi, that isis is going to disappear. >> we will leave it there for now. it will bornlt to get your perspective in the coming hours. 50 days, front-row seat as they tried to hold on to their caliphate. all of those people th

to a fox news alert abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead.cessor is too but our next guest is the threat of isis is not. doctor rebecca grant breaks down where the terror group will look to make a comeback. a city bus swallowed up by a sinkhole. wait until you hear how this happened. ♪ >> a fox news alert, texas police officer is in critical condition after being shot overnight. police confirming the officer's condition moments ago tweeting 2 people are in custody. the shooting reportedly happened during a traffic stop just after midnight. we are waiting for additional details from the police department for updates. we will continue to bring the latest as we get it. to another fox news alert. us forces also killing the likely successor to dead isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi in a separate raid in syria. what does the loss of leadership mean for the terror group? doctor rebecca grant, who we always enjoy having with us. tell us what we know about this second person who allegedly was in line to take over for abu bakr al-baghdadi. what do we kn

abu bakr al baghdadi is dead. he died after running into dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all of the way. he reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest killing himself and three children. but test results gave certain immediate and totally positive identification. it was him. >> and this is where it happened in northwest syria and close to the border of turkey, and standing by to kick off the coverage we have nbc white house correspondent hans nichols, and foreign correspondent kim kube, and also our foreign correspondent richard engel. what did you hear about this, hans? >> it is a terrorist leader who menaced the west so far and the president wanted to paint him as someone who is cowardly and w m whimpering and treated like a dog and even though it is an american dog who saw the final moments of al baghdadi, and this is the visceral descriptions and comments of what happened from the president. >> we had him under surveillance for a couple of weeks. we knew

sources tell cnn that isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a u.s. military raid in northwest syria. >> defense officials are saying it appears that baghdadi detonated a suicide vest as u.s. forces moved in. we are told that president trump will make a major announcement at 9:00 a.m. and he tweeted last night "something very big has just happened!" >> ben wedeman is in beirut. sfa as far as the significance of the overall twisted cause of is isis, does this change the trajectory of those people you have spoken to? i mean, they still bought into the whole thing, right? >> reporter: yes. many of them, most of them did express loyalty to the islamic state. few of them, however, actually mentioned abu bakr al baghdadi by name. he was elusive figure and only appeared once in public and july 2014 when he delivered a sermon in mosul. unlike bin laden, he didn't make frequent audio or video messages and didn't give messages to isis online publication. so he was a very low profile figure. isis, as an organization, as a group, has affiliates all over. for insta

to al—baghdadi or some other kind of credentials that will give him credibility with isis sympathisersrt of changes, though, happened within a group when a leader dies? al-qaeda was affected in some way, surely, when 0sama bin laden was killed. right. and the man who took over is just not as charismatic as he was pulled up he was an older gentleman. a geriatric was an older gentleman. a geriatric was not they were grooming bin laden‘s son and he was killed in a strike so they will be some to—ing and fro—ing. the concern i have is that both al-qaeda and isil, they split in the past and i am concerned they might try to come back and become one as a more lethal terrorist organisation so that is something we really need to look out for, even though, in many respects, al-qaeda and isil have been tactically cooperating in other parts of the world but in the iraqi — syria area, they were not working together. '5 christine, how concerned should the united states be about reprisal attacks, either from iis or any other functions which emerge along the lines that karenjust which emerge along the

i said, "i want al—baghdadi, that's only one i know now. i want al—baghdadi. get him!"s operation to capture or kill al—baghdadi was codenamed kayla mueller, in honour of the american aid worker he enslaved and raped. but most victims of is were muslims in the middle east. like ibrahim abdul qader, a young activist from raqqa who dared to oppose them, and was slaughtered in 2015. they tried to kill his brother ahmed, who had to go into exile. we reached him today in paris, where he's still getting medical treatment. but some traumas may never heal. translation: i carried ibrahim. his head was separated from his body, and he had 160 stab wounds. i was shot three times, but i don't think there's a worse pain than the one i had when i carried ibrahim in my arms. how do you think ibrahim would feel if he was alive today, knowing that al—baghdadi is gone? translation: he would have celebrated in the street and shouted, "we are still here and you died. your state collapsed!" he always used to say that we would survive and baghdadi will die. his death was quick. as us forces c

now democrats slow to react to news of al-baghdadi's death.: doug collins says it's because they rather remain silent in his opinion than acknowledge any success for the trump white house. >> they are just focused on one thing, election next november, this should be something celebrated by all parties, isis separated themselves, leader al-baghdadi separated themselves out and did not want to participate in the world as we know it, they we wanted to kill everything and be a part -- disrespect for themselves and everything that the civil sized world knows, the silence on there, maybe they're upset that impeachment are not headlines this morning, this is a god day for america, good day for the administration and good day for everyone. carley: several leaders on both sides of the aisle accuse the administration of having no real plans to combat isis following the shift of u.s. troops in syria. rob: mourning turns into mayhem when gunfires are shot at candle light vigil, chaos unfolding after moments a monowas shot dead at homecoming party in texas

that said, al—baghdadi wa5 major, major news. that said, al—baghdadi was never a strong leader.as always a wea k isis's heyday, baghdadi was always a weak reader. —— leader. he didn't do what strong leaders tend to do. for example, he didn't vet out prospective members. he didn't decide who could be a member. he opened the doors and said absolutely anybody can be a member including so—called lone wolves. they don't even need an official isis affiliation, they can just declare their allegiance to the leader al—baghdadi. he didn't tell members which countries they could attack in which countries they could attack in which targets they could strike. he said they could commit violence anywhere essentially on your wish list. for that reason, anywhere essentially on your wish list. forthat reason, i anywhere essentially on your wish list. for that reason, i don't think that his removal will change the nature of isis violence at all and i actually don't even think it will increase the amount of violence because this is not a restrained group. this is something that was sitting on not a

i want al-baghdadi. that's the only one i know now. i want al-baghdadi, get in." and they got in. >> harris: meanwhile, they are saying al-baghdadi's death shows a need for the u.s. to maintain a presence in syria to fight isis. >> our options in the region are becoming fewer and fewer, as we have fewer and fewer places from which to launch these operation operations. frankly, the loss of the northeastern third of syria at exactly the moment when isis will make its probably strongest effort to try and reform, i think it's an unfortunate development. >> harris: just really clear, about 50,000 more troops remain in that region, just to balance that out. benjamin hall's live in northern syria with the latest. benjamin? >> yeah, hi, harris. we were earning more details about the raid. more specifically about the background to the raid. the general, he is the head commander. he told us her interestingly that intelligence told american intelligence on may 15th where al-baghdadi was many months ago. they also said they were crucial in finding and tracking him. after the

, the general said, tracked al-baghdadi for five month providing a floor plan he'd memorized of al-baghdadi's last hide out, the number of guards, locations of tunnels and stealing a pair of al-baghdadi' used underwear and a sample of blood to prove to the cia the source had the access he claimed. so far, president trump has been down playing the kurds' role. >> they gave us some information that turned out to be helpful. >> reporter: tonight the pentagon says it has video of the raid and it may release it soon it began with eight helicopters taking off from a base in iraq. delta force commandos on point flying low across syria. blowing a hole in the wall of the compound sending in dogs. during the fire fight al-baghdadi hid in a tunnel with no way out. as u.s. troops moved in, al baghdadi's suicide vest detonated and that tunnel collapsed. >> he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. >> reporter: president trump is being praised for the raid. >> he was a sick and depraved man and now he's dead. >> reporter: abu bakr al-baghdadi founded isi

gillian: president trump announcing the death of abu bakr al-baghdadi in u.s.d raid in syria overnight. welcome to america's news headquarters, live from washington on this momentous afternoon. leland, great to be with you. leland: about 18 hours or so in the story from when the president tweeted last night, the president saying in his address to the nation this morning that al-baghdadi detonateed suicide vest that killed 5overs including two of his wives. fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin following the story since late last night.

the successor to abu bakr al-baghdadi is confirmed dead.nt showing photos of the military soon corner of the isis leader. >> a national security council expert will testify on the hill in the democrats impeachment inquiry. alexander thenman will express concerns about a between donald trump and ukraine. carley: boeing's ceo on capitol hill facing questions on the 737 max jet. and it was involved in two fatal crashes. rob: the president vowing to serve and protect those who keep us safe. and executive order help law enforcement officers speaking at the police chief's convention. commission to help our men and women in blue. >> to recruit, retain, higher train and provide safety and the well-being of law enforcement officers. rob: the order will look at key policeing issues like drug abuse, homelessness and mental illness. despite the president -- eddie johnson boycotted the speech citing the city's core values and his own personal beliefs. donald trump slamming johnson at the event. >> more than anyone else this person should be here because

the blast when al-baghdadi set off his suicide vest. and then the question was, well, if somebody is going to blow themselves up, how do you identify their remains? he said they had d.n.a. samples with them and were able to make a match within 15 minutes of al-baghdadi blowing himself up, and then they collected all the body parts and brought them out with them along with some unspecified number of prisoners who had surrendered. and he gave some idea of the scope of this operation. he said, all told it took about four and a half hours, an hour and ten minutes in, two hours on the ground, an hour and ten minutes out. >> brennan: we don't know where it was launched from. >> we don't. we're going to have to do some backtracking to see where you can get from in an hour and ten minutes. but this was a large force, eight helicopters to just put it in perspective. the force that went into bin bin lade compound two helicopt5 ners, 2y seals. they had some others in reserve, but this sounded like it was a bigger operation and one which had been i

abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead.resident trump announcing today the isis leader, al-baghdadi, has been killed in a raid by the u.s. military in syria. the president spoke earlier today from the white house. i'm chris wallace, and hello again from fox news in washington. baghdadi is perhaps the world's most wanted man with a $25 million bounty on his head, responsible for overseeing the global jihad that created a caliphate across syria and iraq and inspired terror

the aim was to capture abu bakr al-baghdadi.nd if we couldn't capture him then of course we were going to kill him. and like i said, the raid was successful. we pulled our troops out. we had two minor casualties, two minor injuries to our soldiers but a very successful, flawless raid. >> when you say minor injuries, they will recover? >> they've already been returned to duty. >> that's great. so the president knew about the operation ahead of time, he approved the operation? >> he was given options earlier this week. he reviewed them. asked great questions. chose the option that he thought gave us the highest probability of success. confirmation that the head of isis would be there, either captured or killed, and we executed from there. >> was there a lot of deliberation? >> yes, the president had a chance to hear from me, he had a chance to talk to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. that decision was made late last week. >> could this operation have been done without u.s. troops on the ground in syria already? >> that's

why is al baghdadi's death such a big deal? s is bigger than osama bin laden, according to the president. >> reporter: the difference between osama bin laden and abu bakr baghdadi ran a country, what was essentially a country, iraq and syria. it was the size of great britain and ruled more than 12 million people. that state was created very quickly. this was a man who really knew how to run a terrorist organization and turn it into, albeit, a very briefly lived terrorist state. and for him to be eliminated, certainly it does represent an important milestone in the fight against isis. however, even the pentagon's inspector general in august came out with a report that said that between syria and iraq, there are between 14,000 and 18,000 isis fighters still on the loose. isis still operates through affiliates in west africa, in libya, in egypt sinai peninsula, in afghanistan, in the philippines. it has sleeper cells in europe that have carried out a variety of mass murders, terrorist attacks. yes, it's an important milestone, but

he talked for example about al—baghdadi crying and whimpering ina about al—baghdadi crying and whimpering a dog, and a coward. that is language we are not used to from an american president — well, at least until this administered in. and with an election coming forward, you can imagine trump will be saying time and time again that he has been responsible for killing the world's most responsible for killing the world's m ost wa nted responsible for killing the world's most wanted terrorist leader. earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner who explained how the search for al—baghdadi had been going on for some time. the man had a $25 million, £19 million bounty on his head. at the time, he was the world's most wanted fugitive and terrorist, which is how the fbi referred to him as. this is somebody who has been on the run really since 2010. he was a key figure notjust in an islamic state, but also before that, the islamic state in iraq was born from a rack. he galvanised what was left of al-qaeda, turned into a fighting force, he had the religious credentials. he turned i

donald trump says isis leader al baghdadi is dead.ut now there's a vacuum at the top of the leadership. the top isis members will try to fill. trump told the world in detail how he died during a military raid in syria. a source tells cnn he's may be disposed of at sea. the death was called a turning point in the fight against isis. however, the kurdish-led democratic forces say cur turkeys offensive delayed by more than a month. they are questioning whether the raid even happened and a spokesman says conflicting accounts about the operation raised questions and doubts about its existence and success. president trump had thanked russia for its help while announcing the raid, but moscow says it's unaware of providing any assistance. >>> president trump did not mince words in describing al baghdadi's death on sunday saying he was whimpering, crying and screaming as u.s. forces closed in. this video shows what the scene looked like after the raid nothing but rubble and debris. here's the just susquehanna susquehanna with more. >> the aim

brit hume with reaction to the abu bakr al-baghdadi rate and the latest impeachment news. we start with mark meredith for more on the democrats plans to vote on a resolution that will only affirm what they are already doing. >> reporter: nancy pelosi says lawmakers will vote on a resolution to formalize the next steps of impeachment inquiry. this is not a vote on the actual articles of impeachment. democrats say it is meant to send a message to the trump administration. house speaker nancy pelosi defending her decision to hold a vote formalizing the impeachment inquiry process. in a letter to lawmakers she explains why she favors a vote after refusing to hold one two weeks ago writing, quote, we are taking the step to eliminating any doubt whether trump administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas or continue obstructing the house of representatives. the white house is long accused democrats of running a secret and improper investigation. steve scalise is this week's vote will do little to legitimate is the inquiry.

morning, the leader of isis is dead this morning, we have learned that islamic state leader abu bakr al-baghdadis dead, president trump spoke about this earlier that baghdadi died in a tunnel whimpering and screaming as special forces cornered him. many islamic state fighters were also killed along with baghdadi the president did not immediately notify congress as a fear of leaks, he killed himself and every one of his children in suicide blast as u.s. military special operations forces cornered him and moved in toward the tunnel where he was. president trump spoke about this at the white house, let's get right to jennifer griffin with the latest right now. >> it was a mission more dangerous than bin laden raid, the president said the flight in and out of syria was the most dangerous part. the flight took over an hour, up to 70 u.s. special operations forces launched in kurdish held northern iraq, they took fire approaching the target, the president described abu bakr al-baghdadi last moments. >> he died after running into a dead-end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way, he re

morning, the leader of isis is dead this morning, we have learned that islamic state leader abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead, president trump spoke about this earlier that baghdadi died in a tunnel whimpering and screaming as special forces cornered him. many islamic state fighters were also killed along with baghdadi the president did not immediately notify congress as a fear of leaks, he killed himself and every one of his children in suicide blast as u.s. military special operations forces cornered him and moved in toward the tunnel where he was. president trump spoke about this at the white house, let's get right to jennifer griffin with the latest right now. >> it was a mission more dangerous than bin laden raid, the president said the flight in and out of syria was the most dangerous part. the flight took over an hour, up to 70 u.s. special operations forces launched in kurdish held northern iraq, they took fire approaching the target, the president described abu bakr al-baghdadi last moments. >> he died after running into a dead-end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way, he

. which was targeting abu bakr al-baghdadi.to the turkish border in the north of idlib province. the bbc has spoken to one resident in a village who said he heard helicopter gunships above his home. he said the downdraught was so strong he could feel it in his house as he and his children cowered in the basement. the helicopter targeted two homes in the village, one of which was completely flattened. it is clear that casualties resulted from that. the uk wore monitoring group says that nine people were killed. as you say, us media in the last hour or so are claiming that they have confirmation from us officials, unnamed at this stage, that abu bakr al—baghdadi was killed, but also that he was identified by use of biometric data. they were immediately able to identify him according to us media. there is no independent confirmation that either abu bakr al—baghdadi was targeted or indeed killed. we do expect that statement, described as a major statement, from the white house, from president trump, in the next hour. if it turns ou

in 2014, al—baghdadi declared the establishment of a caliphate.rsion of an islamic entity. he spoke in mosul in a mosque his men destroyed as their caliphate fell three years later. followers of i has carried out attacks that killed dozens or even hundreds at a time. earlier this year more than 250 were killed in bombings in sri lanka. in the situation room under the white house in washington, president trump and his closest advisers watched video feeds of the attack. he said al—baghdadi killed himself by detonating an explosives belt, also killing three of his own children. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. he died like a dog, he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. this is not the end for the violent extremists of islamic state. look at their own history. in 2006, an earlier leader was killed in an american air strike after a long manhunt. the organisation regenerated itself. under al—baghdadi, it called

i want al-baghdadi. that's the one i want and they say well we have somebody else and i say that's great, fine. take him out, but i want al-baghdadi. that's who i want. i don't want other people. then i also wanted hamsa bin laden because he's a young man, around 30, who looks just like his father, tall, very handsome, and he was talking bad things, just like his father. you know, if you read my book there's a book just before the world trade center came down. and i don't get any credit for this, but that's okay, i never do. but here we are. i wrote a book, a really very successful book, and in that book about a year before the world trade center was blown up, i said there is somebody named osama bin laden. you better kill him or take him out. something to that effect. he's big trouble. now, i wasn't in government. i was building buildings and doing what i did but i always found it fascinating, but i saw this man, tall, handsome, very charasmatic, making horrible statements about wanting to destroy our c

she was raped by al-baghdadi. we know that to be a fact.e or someone in his organization. >> reporter: also among his victims, three other americans captured in syria. aid worker peter casic and journalist james foley and steven sotloff. under baghdadi's control isis spread its gruesome campaign of terror on social media, to a degree never seen before. barbaric beheadings, hostages burnt alive. but now a moment of justice after a u.s. military operation killed kayla's captor. the man who for many the world over was the face of evil, abu bakr al-baghdadi. on saturday president trump with vice president pence gathered in the situation room with military brass, all watching a live step-by-step feed of the top secret mission. >> we had absolutely perfect, as though you were watching a movie. >> reporter: eight chinook helicopter took off from kurdish territory in iraq, flying low and taking on gunfire before landing in northern syria. just after 5:00 p.m., 100 u.s. delta force soldiers arrived at al-baghdadi's compound, where they blasted throu

abu bakr al—baghdadi died in the dark in northern syria.us sound of the firefight was heard for miles. pictures of donald trump watching the operation live have now been released by the white house. he later described how baghdadi he had fled into a tunnel wearing a suicide vest, taking three of his children with him. he reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children. a brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated. he will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. he died like a dog. he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. this was the scene this morning. donald trump thanked russia, turkey and the syrian kurds, but said only americans were involved in the raid. a neighbour told the bbc what he saw. translation: around 11pm, they started shooting the house of abu mohammad. the house was completely destroyed. we recovered seven bodies from under the rubble and two others on the main street. a

some show part of the raid targeting al baghdadi. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of this video but here it is. >> a witness in syria described two helicopters and war planes and gunfire an hour last night. this day time video is from iraqi state tv and shows the aftermath of the raiders in northern syria that is believed to have led to the demonstrating of the i shortstsis leader. >> we have this covered from all angles. we start with initiation p-- nick. isis is not like al qaeda. a lot of individuals who are radicalized over the web. so what kind of impact does his death have? >> reporter: it certainly ends a chapter and this is an overnight ideally. let me tell you more about what we know has happened so far today. still awaiting official confirmation from the white house. the signs are from hearing eyewitnesses and seeing that social media video that some sort of ground elements, u.s. special forces ground element moved in it seems towards this village that is close to the turkish border. a firefight ensured. we hear the eye

had to be sure they got al baghdadi.e hearing from the iraqis who are saying and this is gain not confirmed by the u.s., that they assisted in locating baghdadi because one of his advisers was arrested on the out skirts of baghdad, this man called mohamed led them to a cure your and the iraqis killed t the courier in a raid but his wife had documents. the american allies trying to show how useful they were in the military success. and it seems the raids are continuing. just hours after baghdadi raid there was another one near another town like where al baghdadi was under the influence of turkish control militia and syrian rebels. in that raid it seems the successor of abu bakr al baghdadi, a man called abu hassan, rarely seen or talked of frankly, he was also killed it seems most likely according to the u.s. official and probably by u.s. airstrikes at some point. so these raids continuing. a reflection of the information that donald trump said was gathered in that particular compound and a slow erosion of what remains of

al—baghdadi is said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack.r middle east editorjeremy bowen. the sound and flame of battle lasted around four hours, witnesses in the village told the bbc. in the morning, boys on their way to school checked out the rubble. they're from a new generation violentjihadists might try to recruit. nothing was left of the house where baghdadi and his family had been staying. translation: the heli went back and fired. soldiers rode down on the helis, on two sides, we couldn't stay longer than two minutes on the roof. we went down and hid inside. in 2014, abu bakr al—baghdadi declared the establishment of a caliphate — his brutal vision of an islamic entity. he spoke in mosul, iraq's second city, in the mosque his men destroyed as their caliphate fell three years later. followers of is carried out attacks that killed dozens or even hundreds at a time. earlier this year more than 250 were killed in easter bombings in sri lanka. in the situation room in the white house in washington, president trump and his closest adviser

he talked about al—baghdadi crying and whimpering ina about al—baghdadi crying and whimpering in a state american president. at least until this administration. with the election coming forward, you can imagine that donald trump will be saying time and time again that he has been responsible for killing the world's most wanted terrorist leader. being congratulated internationally, few people are cautioning that president emmanuel macron has just treated saying that al—baghdadi is a hard blow against islamic state, but it is just estate. this is the fight from which the united states has largely now absented itself. on one hand, donald trump took complete credit for in his words, obliterating islamic state. and yet at the same time, there was also these little hints and mentions of the fact that there we re and mentions of the fact that there were potentially problems going forward. for example, he did say that america was watching and identified potential successors to al—baghdadi. that indicates that the organisation may be trying to regroup and reorganise, and that is something that wi

but the white house says the combination of visual evidence and dna tests confirm that al-baghdadi's ty. and in accordance with the law of conflict. >> we should note islamic rituals were followed before baghdadi's body was buried at sea, much like usama bin laden, shannon. >> shannon: trace gallagher with all the details, thank you. isis supporters say wasting no time closing ranks after their leader was taken out. what is next? former cia director james woolsey and deputy secretary of intelligence, jared boykin, both join us, great to have you but that's. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> shannon: okay, this is a quote from pro-isis telegram channel, communicating out there that said that insulators don't understand with regards to the muslims creed, that of john huddy fighters is that g hud in its entirety is not sounded on men, but islamic state shall remain, shall disturb the lives of infidels and punish the general. where does this put us in the fight against isis? >> look, this was a great operation and it was precise. it had very little collateral damage and it took out the

the new leader of al-qaida is five times strategically smarter than baghdadi. al-qaeda has shown it has great patience. >> i want to get to saudi and yemen because it is an interesting topic. something incredibly important that we need to cover. i want to stick with baghdadi and how he was radicalized. he was radicalized before he was apprehended. from what i understand he was first apprehended because they were after his brother-in-law in the area and he brought in and subsequently released because they felt he was not a threat. in fact, there are people that argued that he was radicalized in that u.s. detention center in iraq. >> that's a good point. it would not surprise me. he was there almost a year and there was a great intelligence stuff if you will, looms very large that we let him go. accidentally we did that with quite a few people. al-qaida and other people where we just messed up and because of the torture program largely we didn't really go after people in a solid methodical way and determine whether or not they were future threats. we let a lot of