joining me now is denny hecht, and a member of the intelligence committee. big welcome to you and couple of questions right off of the bat. what you thought when you heard about the news of the raid and the president's announcement that al baghdadi was killed and also your assessment of the candor with which the president spoke at that news conference revealing that which normally takes quite some time to come out, and usually in dribs and drabs. >> well, first of all, alex, acknowledge this for what it was which is a good day for america. a very bad person who committed heinous acts and murdered lots of people is no longer going to be able to do that. he is not getting up tomorrow morning with a capacity to plan and carry out those kinds of activities against our friends and ourselves. >> yes. >> so this is a good day for america. >> agreed. >> and totally full stop. so with respect to the way in which the president characterized this, i think that the more traditional approach is to not reveal the operational details whatsoever in the immediate aftermath,