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in 2019 it was abu bakr al baghdadi. this time it was abu ibrahim al hashimi.up, also killing his wife and children. national security analyst peter bergen, author of "the rise and fall of osama bin laden," also mark hertling, former commander of the u.s. army in europe. peter, how effective are strikes like these in crippling a group like isis? >> well, i mean, if you look at the taliban, anderson, president obama ordered a strike on mullah man sure who was the leader of the taliban. he was killed, they replaced him, and now they control afghanistan. in that case, clearly it was ineffective. i do think the attack on bin laden, al quaeda never really recovered from that. it was already in bad shape. they had taken a lot of hits from drone strikes frrks arrests. the new leader of al quaeda has not been particularly competent. so, i think it kind of depends on each group. but we know isis will appoint somebody else. they appointed somebody else after abu bakr al baghdadi was killed during the trump administration. the war goes on. the etiology continues. one man'

he then became al baghdadi's deputy and has watched al baghdadi until he was killed in 2019 and thener. but he is a theological leader -- or was a theological leader within isis. he had a degree from the university of mosul. in sharia studies. so, he was a guy who took sort of a contrary view of what isis could be from a strategic standpoint living under sharia law and ensuring that it was executed throughout the global environment. so, i think -- i kind of disagree with peter a little bit, whereas, yeah, there's a constant whac-a-mole in terms of killing people and watching a new one take over. this guy was really trying to centralize the command of isis in many nations and pull them together. not as successful but he was attempting to do that. >> peter, i'm fascinated by these groups in africa which have now popped up claiming allegiance to or spiritual allegiance to isis. are they actually linked directly to -- are they supported by isis? or is it just an ideological affinity and they want the name recognition and so they pledge allegiance to isis? >> i think it's the latter. if y

does have this capability and that this underscores that. >> general, 2019, al baghdadi taken out in syria. 2022, ibrahim al hashemi qurashi taken out. is syria now the epicenter of these terrorist organizations? >> who knows? if i had to say, the epicenter is more likely to be in paris, madrid, indonesia, the gulf region. this is a global phenomena. it's not going to go away. it's a continual attempt to protect our allies globally from home-grown terrorism reinforced by foreign fighters from places like syria. we are in a persistent state of considerable danger. thank god for the fbi and u.s. law enforcement inside the united states. part of the effort to protect america obviously involves an active, on going, continuing attempt to tis rupt foreign terrorist organizations, and syria is clearly a part of it, syria and iraq. >> general, is the importance of having intelligence sources, even members of the armed forces in places like syria, is that really the game-changer in getting the intelligence and being able to carry out this type of targeted attacks? >> well, clearly our technica

has conducted since the previous isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi was killed in 2019.oint we're told all u.s. personnel involved returned safely. president biden is expected to

abu bakr al-baghdadi. intel gathering on the raid ramped up last fall.en being briefed and detailed five days before christmas. in the wake of the raid, pentagon spokesperson john kirby warning isis still has the ability to attack the u.s. mainland. joining me now. cnn counter terrorism analyst. good to see you. this would have been the biggest news, right, that we have been covering at one point but we have all this craziness going around. it's still a big deal, so let's talk about it. we were getting some new details on the raid, a source telling cnn that president biden was briefed on an operation in late december. the objective was to capture him alive. biden himself asked about what could happen if there was someone with a suicide vest. what goes into deciding how to carry out this kind of very risky raid, phil? >> there's a couple of characteristics you have to look at. you mentioned one. the intelligence value is very high. if you get him, regardless of whether he's a hardened terrorist there's a prospect he's going to speak. getting inside someon

when al—baghdadi was killed, it didn't take them very long to announce al qurashi as his successor. watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a pretext for an invasion? the us says the kremlin has plans to broadcast fake images of the ukrainian army shooting russian sympathisers. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. and the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. three, two, one. the countdown to the critical moment — the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and, apart of its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of the launch that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space travel. two americans have become the first humans to walk- in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. - one of them called it "a piece of cake". - thousands of people

we saw a shift in the poll numbers when president donald trump took out al-baghdadi.y people said he deserved some of that credit, similar to when we sophomore president barack obama take out osama bin laden. a massive uptick in the polls. politically, this will look good on the administration. guy: in terms of the timing, obviously this is something that happened as a result of careful intelligence gathering. you can't really pick the moment on which it is going to happen. nevertheless, does this signal in some way refocusing of attention by the biden administration? the biden administration has seen everything through the to muster policy lens. we've got a lot of things to think about around iran as well. are we going to see this in most ration refocusing on foreign policy anymore sick and way? -- a more significant way? annmarie: i don't think they have a choice. they have no choice but to deal with the in eastern europe and russia. they have had no choice but to also make sure they are on top of what is going on in the middle east, especially since many individual

charisma or the pull that al baghdadi did. the organization was perhaps struggling in that sense when it came to getting more recruits, especially when it came to getting more foreign recruits. it is worth noting at this stage isis has yet to acknowledge his death. >> arwa, thank you very much for all of that context. >> let's turn now to the white house coordinator for the middle east and north africa. he was also in the situation room with the president as this operation happened. let's starred there in the situation room, give us, as it's called, the color. we understand there were some very tense moments. describe what happened. >> thanks for having me, victor. the president was involved in the operation over the course of the months. we developed the intelligence over the summer. the president got his full operational briefing in december, about six weeks ago and focused on the complexity of the operation because the isis leader instrumental in a genocide against yazidis killing tens of thousands of people and here he kin

she gave a top isis commander, al-baghdadi a plan in 2014 to break into the u.s.ia the southern border in order to bomb a college campus. more on the "axios" report that refeels the white house shrugged off cia warnings as chicken little about imminent collapse of afghanistan. this is right in line how then senator biden downplayed afghanistan and vietnam. we have got to the story. top biden team members could be ensnared in special counsel john durham's criminal probe into the botched trump russia investigation. we have reports that dhs flights of border-crossers into the u.s. interior cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. congressman mo brooks will join us what he discovered. i'm a elizabeth mccdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: we begin with u.s. markets rising for the fourth straight day. we've got strong earnings still coming in even though jobs fell by 301,000 for january versus the estimate for a 207,000 job gain. this is according to adp. this is the first reported net loss since december 2020. gallup is reporting voter sa

counterterrorism mission in syria since the 2019 operation that killed his predecessor, al baghdadi.3 civilians, including six children were tragically killed in today's raid. asowner lieberman reports, this did not turn out as planned. >> reporter: a u.s. raid shattering the night. they were going after the leader of isis. >> last night's operation took a major terrorist leader off 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 civilians to clear out, evacuating ten civilians, including eight children. they say he then blew himself up, killing his wife and children and tearing the top of the building apart. 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 operation, two members of

people may have heard of al-baghdadi. just tell us the importance of this elimination. >> reporter: well, he was the successor to baghdadi, and look, isis is going to name another successor. we have seen this in terrorist organizations for decades, but will the next person down the line have the kind of loyalty, if you will, that the last two leaders have had? isis is morphing and expanding. there's isis in afghanistan. they believe, for example, al qurayshi may have had links to those responsible for the isis suicide attack at the kabul airport this summer that killed 13 american service members. isis is in africa. will the next leader have that kind of pull? one of the most interesting things that kirby said that we can contemplate here, he said qurayshi had knowledge about very recent operations, including a prison break in syria that unfolded over the last couple of weeks. there was very specific knowledge by qurashyi overseeing this. >> as you point out, we're learning this was being planned for a while. this didn't

will be the next leader and that will happen probably fairly quickly based on what happened after al baghdadi was killed. with the death of al hashimi al qurayshi, they will meet virtually or in person to select a new leader and will in all likelihood announce that leader as a means of declaring that they're still here, that they're still relevant, and that they're still able to carry out their missions and their terrorist acts. >> barbara, talk about the threat that isis still poses on the u.s. and our interests around the world, reminder to our viewers it was isis who was responsible for the murder of 13 u.s. marines and during the hasty evacuation back last summer from afghanistan. >> well, i think that actually underscores what the challenge is with isis right now, by all accounts, they have morphed into various organizations in various locations in afghanistan, in parts of africa. whether they still really have the centralized command structure that they did under baghdadi may remain an open question because these affiliated groups around the world certainly have shown an ability to pick

he took over in 2019 after al baghdadi's demight. resurgence of isis in various parts of the syria and iraq. >> he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast syria, holding isis fighters. he was the driving force behind the genocide of the people in northwestern iraq in 2014. >> reporter: according to officials, al qureshi never left his family on the third floor except to bathe on the roof. by december, u.s. officials were certain it was him in the residence. >> this operation is testament to america's reach and capability to take out terrorist threats no matter where they try to hide, anywhere in the world. >> reporter: while the death of a top isis leader remains a significant victory in the fight against the terrorist group. >> make no mistakes that isis is a much more degraded organization than they were in 2014. we know we have to stay focused on isis. we know they still have designs to kill and maim and terrorize, and there will likely be another leader appointed by them. so we will stay focused on t

. >> reporter: the president described this isis leader, the leader who succeeded al baghdadi as a horribleerrorist leader and described his death as a desperate act of cowardess after special operation forces arrived on the scene of his safe house in northern syria. this terrorist was on the third floor and u.s. officials say he detonated a bomb, killing not only himself but his wife as well as some children there. ground at the time this took place that a u.s. military translator was pleading with individuals in the house that one family on the first floor did leave. but ultimately as many as 13 civilians were killed in this operation. nonetheless, the u.s. says it went to great lengths to make sure that there would be as few civilian casualties as possibility. the president saying they did this in the form of a special operations raid as opposed to an air strike for that very reason. and we're learning new details about the backdrop to this raid today. officials telling us that for months they have been focussed on this effort. that the president in december was first notified in the sit

the former head of isis, al-baghdadi, was killed in a military raid in 2019.at al-baghdadi detonated explosives in that raid as u.s. forces closed in on him and that's how he died. the biden administration says the same thing basically happened today. the guy who has been running isis worldwide is when they went after today. u.s. military intelligence determined apparently in december that he was living on the top floor of this multi family residents in syria. they apparently started planning a mission to get him at the park. biden gave a final approval to the mission on tuesday this week and they went in. they went in loud announcing their presence, telling people to get out of the house and to get away from the house. when the isis leader detonated a suicide bomb on the third floor, that is what u.s. officials attribute civilian casualties in this raid to. no u.s. forces were reportedly injured or killed, but the worst civilian casualties. the -- set off by the isis leader himself. the news of that raid and of the guy's death was announced early today. presi

two years ago, a similar raid attempted to capture the then-leader of isis al baghdadi. he, too, blew himself up. general frank mckenzie commanded both missions. >> while baghdadi was iconic and a philosopher figure in isis, this guy was actually far more of an operational planner and a director of operations. >> reporter: afl qurayshi is responsible for planning attacks and rapes of the yazidi people in iraq. ten people got out alive. seven were killed, three of them children. administration officials blamed all the deaths on isis, but defense secretary austin promised to look at whether u.s. actions caused any harm to innocent people. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. they will be able to get up to t ver-e-counter he sing. last month the government directed private insurers to cover rapid tests for people on their plan, but until now medicare recipients could not get them. the biden administration says medicare will pay eligible pharmacies and health providers for the tests. overseas, austria is one step closer to becoming the first european country to mandate covi

bombing appears to be the cowardly terrorist tactic seen in the 2019 operation that eliminated al baghdadi. >> president biden says all american forces involved in the raid have returned safely from the operation. >>> also at 11:00, speaker nancy pelosi responding, saying in part, quote, the death of the isis leader does not mean the death of isis. congress remains iron clad in our commitment to our national security, and we will continue to work closely with the administration to protect the american people, end quote. >>> new at 11:00, we're learning more about a deadly shooting in gold country. one person has died, several others were injured. this comes after a gunman opened fire aboard a greyhound bus last night in oroville. the suspect boarded the bus in redding. he was acting paranoid after a phone call he received. that bus was parked at a gas station when coleman opened fire. five people were shot, including an 11-year-old girl, who is in stable condition. a pregnant woman who was struck is in critical condition. coleman ran to a nearby walmart getting into an altercation with a c

two years ago, they attempted to capture al-baghdadi but he blew himself up. mackenzie led both megs. >> this guy was a planner and a director of operation also. >> reporter: abu ibrahim al- hashimi al-quarayshi is blamed for massacre and rains to have the yi sydy people of iraq and spring 3,000 isis fighters from a prison in syria. ten got out alive. seven killed, three children. administration officials blame all the deaths on isis but defense secretary austin promised to look whether u.s. actions caused any harm to innocent civilians. norah. >> o'donnell: david martin at the pentagon. thank you. more news about the military. u.s. troops with the 82nd airborne division in fort bragg, north carolina prepared for deployment to eastern europe amid escalating tensions between ukraine and russia. they are among the 2,000 troops head odd the region to support n.a.t.o. u.s. intelligence revealed an elaborate russian plot to stage a fabricated attack by ukrainian forces as a pretext for at that possible invasion. cbs's holly williams is in kyiv for reporting. >> repo

actually conducted a raid that killed the top isis leader al baghdadi three years ago. >> president biden is expected to address the military operation later this morning. >>> a massive winter storm is set to impact 130 million americans. snow, sleet and ice are wreaking havoc from here in dallas to detroit. thousands of flights are canceled, and millions are bracing for power outages. this morning, treacherous travel for nearly half the nation. states from texas to maine right now in the path of a wicked winter storm. more than 2,200 flights already canceled today, and overnight nearly 30,000 power outages reported across texas and oklahoma as temperatures plunged into the teens. in texas, store shelves stripped bare. customers rushing to buy essentials. >> because of last year people are pretty much afraid, so they want to stock up on food in case the power goes out. >> reporter: tractor trailers jackknifing on this highway in missouri and careening off of overpasses in india. this car flipping off the road in lubbock, texas, while officials investigate whether icy conditions are to bla

a similar aid captured al baghdadi. but he too blew himself up.insey commanded both missions. >> while baghdady was iconic and a philosopher figure, guy was more of an operational planner and director of operations. >> reporter: he's blamed for rapes of the yezidi people in iraq and freeing prisoners from syria. 10 got out alive, seven killed, three children. they blame all the deaths on isis. but defense secretary austin promised to look at whether u.s. actions caused any harm to innocent civilians. nora. >> the cbs overnight news will be right back. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on

he is the one that took over for al baghdadi in 2016. not much in the way of details just yet a.r this morning. unclear if it will be at that prayer breakfast, perhaps later in the day before he heads to fork. but a significant, we hear the phones ringing here, breaking news, significant move here and a win as isis was trying to reform and restrengthen itself again in that portion of syria, there was growing concern about the reach elsewhere and particularly after fall of afghanistan, significant development here. >> yeah, and like walter cronkite here. i've got the phone ringing. i got the black phone. i put it under the desk. so is, we have, by the way, helene cooper, of course, the correspondent with the "new york times" will be with to us talk about this in a little bit. jonathan, any idea this was coming? have you heard any rumblings at all? or is this something we think the intel mofld quickly on it? >> it still is developing. we will learn more how long u.s. forces have tracked this, it was news overnight about the strike here. reports on the ground of some casualties and

. >> abdullah took over the terror organization after former leader abu bakr al-baghdadi was killed in they have been tracking him for months. no civilians were hurt. justin trudeau is not planning to deploy his nation's military to clear out a trucker protest that has paralyzed the capital. trudeau, in isolation after contracting covid, said the government would consider any official request for military

. >> the target, the head of isis that replaced al-baghdadi in 2019. abu al-hashimi that officials called abdullah had a $10 million bounty on his head. he lived on the third floor of this compound with his wife and children and relied on couriers and a lieutenant that lived on the second floor. he occasionally went to his rooftop to bathe. president biden gave the final orders tuesday morning in the oval office opting for a commando radiusing ground forces given the number of civilians after seeing the operation from the pentagon op center, lloyd austin and general mark milley went to the hill for classified briefings on ukraine and russia. at the pentagon briefing today, i asked pentagon press secretary john kirby about newly declassified u.s. intelligence suggesting russia had approved at the highest levels of the kremlin a false flag operation to justify a russian invasion. >> russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video which would include corps and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations as well as militar

killed previous leader of isis al baghdadi. listen to this. >> last night, operating on my orders, united states forces successfully removed a terrorist threat of the world, known as haji abdullah. knowing this terrorist chosen to be surrounded by families including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our own people rather than targeting him with an air strike. we made this choice to minimize civilian casualties. >> there were no u.s. casualties but 13 civilians killed including six children and four women and cnn learning new details about the tense moments inside the white house situation room as president biden oversaw the raid. let's begin this breaking news coverage with cnn's barbara starr. she's live at the pentagon. barbara, what else have you now learned this morning which is quite a lot about this operation. >> several details. we want to tell people that one u.s. helicopter had to be destroyed by the american forces on site because it suffered mechanical trouble. it co

al qaeda, captured and imprisoned in iraq. and somewhere around the 2004 time frame, that was where he met baghdadi. after he somehow got out of that prison, he left al qaeda and joined isis. so, yes, in that time, there are some reports that he provided information to the u.s. military or government in some capacity in a way to make his life a little bit more pleasant there. we don't know about that, but there have been reports about that in the past. that being said, you would think we would know a little more about it given the fact he was in u.s. custody for some time in iraq. but i think the admiral makes an excellent point here when he talks about how, you know, one of the worst jobs you'll have in a terror network is the number two or three people because those jobs don't tend to last very long. the fact he was taken out, he's the number-one leader of isis, a huge counterterror win for the united states, symbolic, a big win, but someone else will most likely come up after him. >> admiral, that's what i want to get at. sometimes we outline, say isis and its affiliates, and people here, is this

. >> the united states terrorism operation killed al baghdadi.then, they have targeted americans, our allies and our partners and countless civilians in the middle east, africa, and in south asia. haji abdullah oversaw terrorist groups around the world after savagery killing of innocents around the world. he was responsible for an attack on a prison, which was swiftly addressed by our partners. he was the driving force in the genocide of people in northwestern iraq in 2014. we remember the gut-wrenching stories and mass slaughters. thousands of young women and girls sold into slavery, rape used as a weapon of war, but thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is carried out the operation with their signature preparation and precision, and defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terrorist had chosen to surround himself with families, including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our own people rather than targeting him wi

. >> yeah, and that may remind people of the al baghdadi raid only a little over two years ago that installed al qurayshi to be the head of isis. there was also joint military intelligence shared between the united states and the iraqis for that raid to be carried out. >> you heard courtney lay out some of the similarities right at the top there between the bin laden raid and what happened here. what's interesting though, is some of the differences too because when joe biden was then vice president under then-president obama, there was reported hesitation he had about doing a raid like this that was seen as riskier. obviously president biden has evolved in his thinking on that front, and felt more comfortable ordering the strike to go ahead as he did this week. >> reporter: it's a good point, hallie, and i think that the timeline that we have for the extent to which he was being briefed on this operation underscores not only the ship that you are talking about, but why he may have been confident moving forward with what is a riskier way to go about taking out the leader of isis. so we are tol

or the post fawning description of islamic state leader al-baghdadi as a quote-unquote austere religiousolar? and who can forget the "new york times" reporting that russia placed bounties on heads of american soldiers, which was quickly dutifully parroted by other outlets in the run-up to the 2020 president election. it was until after president biden was not good that they felt comfortable admitting that the story didn't hold up, mission accomplished i suppose. i know senator cotton will recall how his suggestion that covid-19 may have been leaked from a lab in wuhan, was scoffed at and derided rather viciously in a series of personal attacks against him for saying that. as it turns out he was right. so how did the media respond? well, they still have their original reporting. they pretend it never happened. just last month just in the last few weeks the salt lake tribune editorial board literally said that if you tell we are a more just decent place at the national guard would be mobilized, it would affect all people on under house arrests if there unvaccinated. so they are fiery but m

you might remember from that that al-baghdadi reportedly detonated explosives in that raid as u.s. forces closed in on him and that's how he died. the biden administration has said, that the guy who has been running it worldwide since baghdadi's death has been the one today, and he was living on the top floor of this multi-family residence in syria, they apparently started detailed planning for a mission to go get him at that point, and president biden reportedly gave final approval to the mission on tuesday this week, and then last night they went in. and u.s. forces reportedly went in loud. and announcing their presence, telling people to get out of the house, and to get away from the house. when the isis leader detonated a suicide bomb on the third floor, that is what u.s. officials attribute to the civilian casualties in this raid to. no u.s. forces were reportedly injured or killed. but there were civilian cashes. and again, the administration said those were caused by the suicide bomb set off by the isis leader himself. the news of that raid and of the guy's death was announc

nick: al-qurashi became a senior isis leader in 2014, and took over in 2019 from abu bakr al-baghdadi after he killed himself in a u.s. raid in the same part of syria. officials call al-qurashi the driving force behind what the u.s. labeled a genocide of the yazidi ethnic minority in northern iraq. he was a mysterious figure rarely seen in photos. he never recorded messages for isis foot soldiers, and u.s. officials say he communicated by courier. but the u.s. says he personally directed operations in syria and iraq, including last week's assault on a prison in northeast syria. it was the largest isis attack in years. allied mostly kurdish troops and american troops had to fight back for days to maintain prison control. and u.s. officials say qurashi provided inspiration for the isis fighters responsible for attacks in afghanistan and for a resurgence in sub-saharan africa. gen. mckenzie: i do think it makes it harder for them to come up with an integrated global approach. and i think what you're going to see is a continued devolvement to the regional level of these ganizations. when

heavily involved in running many of this organization's operations for years before, including under al baghdadi, the previous leader of isis. he was responsible for the genocide of yazidis, this official said in syria and also involved in coordinating isis' operations of its international partners, including, for example, in other countries as well. john? >> jeremy diamond, very important details and context from the white house. appreciate it. let's get perspective from james spider marks. general, grateful for your time today. let's start with the complexity and heroism and bravery. the president himself saying we had other options. could have used jets, drones, air strikes but wanted to put the commandos on the ground. about two dozen, we are told. helicopter gunships, drone support. talk about what it takes to pull something like that off in northern syria. >> first john, thanks very much, but we're not surprised by this, are we? this is exactly what our special operations command does and specifically what jsoc does so incredibly well. immensely elite special operators. this is how they tr

described as the biggest operation since the october 2019 killing of al karachi's predecessor, abu bakr al baghdadi. it is a man that we should all be happy is no longer walking on the face of the earth . the mission, drawing bipartisan praise on capitol hill. i want to thank the incredible work of our brave military service members who worked day and night. to keep americans safe. we've removed an isis commander, and that's a very good news in the aftermath of the raid, defense secretary lloyd austin said. the fight against isis continues and the group is still a viable threat. but weakened in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news earlier today and mornings onto we spoke with stephen zunes professor of politics and international studies at usf, he said. it is not clear how much of a blow this raid will be to isis. on the 11 hand. this was the number one target for us counterterrorism experts, but on the other hand, it could be another kind of whack a mole situation where one leader is knocked off, only to have another tickets place. zona said. while isis is not as strong as it used to be, some is

described as the biggest operation since the october 2019 killing of al karachi's predecessor, abu bakr al baghdadi. to the man that we should all be happy is no longer walking on the face of the earth . the mission, drawing bipartisan praise on capitol hill. i want to thank the incredible work of our brave military service members who worked day and night. to keep americans safe. we've removed an isis commander, and that's a very good news in the aftermath of the raid, defense secretary lloyd austin said. the fight against isis continues and the group is still a viable threat. but weakened in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news. more than 22. people are now without a home after a fire in san francisco's mission district, and some of the victims claimed the homeless outside may be to blame. i'm just living. you know , we're all sitting up here all night long. people can't get their stuff. this place got to work. you know, we're not rich people. the anger among those displaced after they claimed they were, they warned the city about conditions outside of their building, but that city officials di

and he was a very hands on leader unlike his predecessor al baghdadi who was more of a policy guy. abdullah was involved actually in helping direct operations so he was very animated to reconstitute and to sort of lead a resurgence of isis. so, this is a big bird for them. but you are right. look, we are not -- we are not doing a victory dance here. no -- no -- no victory laps. we know that we got to stay focused on isis. we know that they still have designs to kill and maim and to terrorize and there will likely be another leader appointed by them. and so, we're gonna stay focused on the threat. >> we have seen, also, groups pledging allegiance to isis pop up. there is a whole conflict in the sahal in west africa. also, there has been fighting in mozambique, the rwandan military is involved trying to combat. how centralized is isis and some of these off chutes we are seeing in africa and elsewhere, are they just pledging allegiance or do they actually have contact and support from isis? >> yeah, they do have splinter groups that -- that sort of proclaim loyalty and allegiance to i

described as the biggest operation since the october 2019 killing of al karachi's predecessor, abu bakr al baghdadi. to the man that we should all be happy is no longer walking on the face of the earth . the mission, drawing bipartisan praise on capitol hill. i want to thank the incredible work of our brave military service members who worked day and night. to keep americans safe. we've removed an isis commander, and that's a very good news in the aftermath of the raid, defense secretary lloyd austin said. the fight against isis continues and the group is still a viable threat. but weakened in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news while there were no american casualties in that raid, the us did lose an m h 60 helicopter. the pentagon confirms the helicopter was forced to land after a technical problem. it was then destroyed by a combination of charges and munitions launched from an f 16 fighter jet. but as you can see here from these images, some parts of that helicopter did remain intact. and historic plunge billions of dollars lost in just one day today. meta the company formerly known as facebo

attack on a leader of isis that had really taken the reigns of isis since october of 2019 whel al baghdadi states also in syria. as i say, president biden will be speaking to the nation about this raid that took out the leader of isis. it took place in northwest syria near the border with turkey. there were no u.s. casualties.

but if i recall, after the former isis leader al baghdadi was killed in 2019, we discussed how isis is structured so losing the figure head or the leader wouldn't dismantle the organization. bob, what impact does it actually have to take out this one man? >> well, he was a leader. he was an islamic leader. studied islam and the reason he took the name qureshi was pretending to be a descendent of the prophet. whether he was or not. you take these spiritual leaders and operational leaders and remove them and it disrupts the organization. no doubt we'll hear about in the coming weeks or months about another leader, but he's got to start all over again and don't forget these people can no longer, if they know what they're doing, use cell phones or computers and you depend on sources on the ground. and i think something probably came through the turks because they're right on the border. and they want to stop this as much as we do. >> and colonel, you know, we heard questions also about russia. in terms of the timing of this raid, i think about resources and the u.s. sending more troops int

now let's move over to syrian operation that took out the replacement for al-baghdadi six names that nk american people need to know about this operation? >> well it, comes at a time when ice isis is trying to reemerge this leader was moving in that direction. he is not a charismatic figure like al baghdadi. he hasn't been putting out communique people. he has mostly been hiding to tell you the truth. nonetheless, he is the leader. and that was their plan. this will be disruptive for them. take time to put somebody else in charge. isis is still a threat. we don't get a lot of notice about it in the united states. but just last year they conducted close to 3,000 attacks, killed thousands of people into syria area alone estimated by the united states government analysis close to 10,000 fighters. mostly in hiding. some of them trying to conduct very limited terrorist attacks. this is an organization we have to be concerned about and it's growing exponentially in afghanistan. and this is the lesson -- this operation is well done. the president deserved significant credit with his team for

he's been in charge of the group since 2019, since the previous leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, was killedyria. let's bring gary o'donoghue in washington. we heard they are from and talking about coalition in syria. what isjoe biden�*s degree of commitment there. it is syria. what is joe biden's degree of commitment there.— syria. what is joe biden's degree of commitment there. it is now limited to trainin: commitment there. it is now limited to training and _ commitment there. it is now limited to training and support. _ commitment there. it is now limited to training and support. there - commitment there. it is now limited to training and support. there has . to training and support. there has been a formal end to us involvement in iraq and syria over the last couple of years but there are trips there doing that kind of thing. this operation demonstrates there is a clear commitment to carry out these counterterrorism activities. particularly when they get reliable information, they have had this apparently since december and been planning it since then and joe biden gave the go—ahead for

this was not just al baghdadi's successor but the right-hand man, orchestrator of the genocide of tensonths of planning and tremendous credit to our military team that carried out the operation. >> hey, brett, good morning. it is richard haass. i agree, it was a really impressive operation and the troops and everyone involved deserves i think a lot of credit. one of the things that came out is we seem to have revived cooperation with the syrian kurds. a week ago or so in the prison situation and now this. can you say something about where this leaves the united states in syria more broadly in the middle east? it looked like we were essentially departing and it now looks as though we have an open-ended presence and, again, we've re-recovered, if you will, our ability to cooperate with some local forces. >> richard, it is a great question. look, we have really tried to reset our position in the middle east. we want a sustainable presence. this type of operation is rare, but we have partners that do these things every day. we train and advise. we made clear, our administration, we're not

without putting american lives at risk same with al-baghdadi and crushing isis, they can occur out entireplex implemented, for thing like afghanistan, that went on for a generation with limits to what it was. it was about looking what is beneficial for america and the world, without moving into a status quo that puts us all in the end, at risk. this is an another example. we all understand we -- we're not putting boots on the ground but we heard same argument about country far away and too different. what taliban was in afghanistan. and al qaeda was there. it was very foreign to us, but what happens in foreign countries does affect us, it is a matter of dealing with enemies in a discreet, specific manner and part of that, as trump was good at was the reagan doctrine of peace through strength, you want to have an enemy like putin, and ayatollahs know you are going to act for the country, you are not going to sit back and watch and not know what to do. and also, about the american economy. you know when it comes to oil and people say, this would happen with trump, nothing to to with biden i

he took over as isis in 2019 after the united states counterterrorism operations killed abu bakr al-baghdadierations targeting americans, our allies, or partners, and countless civilians in the middle east, africa, and south asia. he oversaw affiliated terrorist groups around the world after savaging communities and murdering innocent spirit he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on a prison in northeast syria holding isis fighters. it was swiftly addressed by our brief partners in the syrian democratic forces. he was the driving force behind the in northwestern iraq in 2014. we remember the gut wrenching stories of mass slaughters that wiped out cities. thanks for the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is no more. our forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation and precision and i directed the department of success stomach defense to take every precaution possible to mie civilian casualties. knowing he chose to surround himself with families including children, we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our ow

took over as leader of isis in 2019 after the united states' counterterrorism operation killed al—baghdadigut—wrenching stories of mass slaughters that wiped out entire villages, thousands of women and girls sold into slavery, rape used as a weapon of war. thanks to the bravery of our troops, this terrorist leader is no more. 0ur forces carried out the operation with their signature preparation and precision, and i directed the department of defence to take every precaution to minimise civilian casualties. knowing he'd surrounded himself with families, including children, we pursued a special forces raid at a much greater risk to our own people, rather than targeting him with an air strike. we made this choice to minimise civilian casualties. our team is still compiling the report, but we do know that, as our troops approached to capture the terrorist, in a final act of desperate cowardice, with no regard to the lives of his own family or others in the building, he chose to blow himself up, blow up that third floor, rather than face justice for the crimes he committed, taking several membe

operation in syria since the one that killed abu bakr al ba baghdadi, the original terrorist. in march 2020, the state department labeled him a specially designated global terrorist with a $10 million reward. >> he was responsible for the recent brutal attack on the prison in northeast syria holding isis fighters. he was the driving force behind the genocide of the people in northwest iraq in 2014. >> reporter: he never left the third floor of the building in northwest syria except to bathe on the roof, officials said. by early december officials believed they had pinpointed his location and president biden called for the raid. in 2019, they have plans to rebuild. it's 24 hours after the operation but there remain a number of questions, including this discrepancy. pentagon said there was a total of 9/11 killed in this operation while people on the ground say there were 13. that discrepancy needs, at some point, to be resolved and we expect more information about this. anderson, officials say the next set of fighters will receive the same fate. >> we have navy rear admiral john

or the post fawning description of islamic state leader al-baghdadi as a quote-unquote austere religious scholar? and who can forget the "new york times" reporting that russia placed bounties on heads of american soldiers, which was quickly dutifully parroted by other outlets in the run-up to the 2020 president election. it was until after president biden was not good that they felt comfortable admitting that the story didn't hold up, mission accomplished i suppose. i know senator cotton will recall how his suggestion that covid-19 may have been leaked from a lab in wuhan, was scoffed at and derided rather viciously in a series of personal attacks against him for saying that. as it turns out he was right. so how did the media respond? well, they still have their original reporting. they pretend it never happened. just last month just in the last few weeks the salt lake tribune editorial board literally said that if you tell we are a more just decent place at the national guard would be mobilized, it would affect all people on under house arrests if there unvaccinated. so they are fiery b