molly henneberg is live with the dramatic developments. molly, we're learning new details about what happened when the operation forces were on the ground in syria. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: very dramatic detail attention. a senior u.s. defense official tells fox this was quote a real fire fight a no kidsing old school fire fight. some members of the force were fighting in hand to hand combat with islamic state or isis militantses, we're told. the delta team went in on ospreys and blackhawks from iraq into syria. they approached a multi-story building, guards started shooting at them. the target of the raid, a high value isis target, and others, started using civilians as human shields. fox learned the u.s. team separated the women and children away from him killed him when he resisted, killed 11 other guards captured his wife, took lap tops, phones, files for intelligence purposes and left. here is what defense secretary he carter said about the raid. he said, quote last night at the direction of the commander in chief

molly henneberg has the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi. this was such a significant operation with with such high stakes such a high value target and such risk to u.s. special operations troops that president obama personally gave the go ahead. we're starting to get details on what happened whether an army delta commando team landed in eastern syria. there was a quote intense fire fight. one defense official says some of the fighting during the raid was hand to hand combat. u.s. forces tried to grab a sewn orisis leader and his wife. he put up a fight. he was killed. and his wife was captured and is in u.s. military detention in iraq. according to the national security council quote, the president authorized this upon the recommendation of his national security team. as soon as we had developed sufficient intelligence and were confident the mission could be carried out successfully and consistents with the requirements for undertaking such operations. that's from the national security council today. we were told that during the fight, they

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in washington, molly henneberger. fox news. >> hundreds of people took to their kayak, and how boards today. activist days the event called pothole in seattle in elliott bay. him and happened near the bailey road offramp. the big rig with caring almost 80,000 pounds of coal the highway patrol said the driver ran out of gas on the highway and stomped in the road without its hazards lights on. it truck drivers were to try to miss the carpet hit it and overturned. as you can see the rack causing huge traffic backup. >> thousands of people are putting the finishing touches on their costumes tomorrow is the 100 fourth they to breakers. san francisco police say security will be a top priority tomorrow. the fact, backpacks are banned from the course from us they are see through. floats are also not allowed and there's the zero tolerance policy for alcohol possession and public drinking. that race begins at 8:00 tomorrow morning and the route starts at me and howard streets and ends up the great highway. from the embarcadero

molly henneberg is following this from our dc news room. molly? >> reporter: hi she's been on the job less than two weeks and already president obama's new attorney general loretta lynch, announced a very public civil rights investigation into the baltimore police department in the wake of the death of freddy gray and the riots there. one former deputy attorney general in the civil rights division under former president george w. bush says this investigation may be warranted but it should not become a pattern. >> i do think there is some risk that the public now expects every time there is a high profile matter, the feds will swoop in and help. and why think that's a healthy attitude to have. >> reporter: one legal expert at the conservative heritage foundation warns that this investigation may not be even handed. >> the down side is that they're asking in federal bureaucrats who are hostile to law enforcement, have no experience actually as law enforcement officers and they're not going to get a fair evaluation of the practices in baltimore. >> r

molly henneberg isw3 live in washington with more onçi] thisçñr 4zu9 9 hi molly. >> reporter:s8p&c @&of a jaw dropper to republicans and democrats who have known the former house speaker republican dennis hastert for years. john boehner put out a short statement in response to the news that he had been indicted saying quote the denny i se) behalf of his we wants and the country and i'm shocked and saddened to learn of these reports. democratic senator dick durbin from hastert's home state oft( illinois who also served in the hotce of representatives with hastert, had this to say on friday. >> something i never ever would have imagined. i wok the news that's coming out on this. i don't know the details. we haven'theard hisside ofq the story. in fairness, but it'sxd reallyi] troubling. >> reporter: theç indictment says hastert agreed to pay someoneç3 called individual ai] in courtw3 documents ~h illion toq keep quiet about something that had happened inthe past between -them. prosecutors say hastert was illegally structuring money withdrawals from various banks to make those payments. h

let's go to molly henneberg who is standing by with the very latest on this breaking story. who ordered this raid? >> reporter: this decision went all the way up to the president. an overnight raid with u.s. boots on the ground specifically an army delta commando team going after a high value target. this was an operation with a lot of risk. here's what defense secretary ash carter said about it in a statement. he said quote, last night at the direction of the commander in chief, i ordered u.s. special operations forces to conduct an operation in eastern syria to capture an isil senior leader known as abu sayyaf and his wife umm. abu sayyaf was involved in isil's military operations and helped direct the terrorist organization's illicit oil, gas and financial operations as well. abu sayyaf put up a fight and was killed. his wife was captured and is in u.s. military detention in iraq. secretary carter says no u.s. personnel were killed or injured during this operation. as for that yazidi woman who appears to have been an isis slave, the obama administration says they hope to

>> molly henneberg, thank you very much. >>> president obama speaking out in a new interview about hisgreement with china dismissing critics who say it could put the american consume earp at a disadvantage. >> about 17 cases in 30 years have been brought you against the united states and we've lost zero. none. so this is not speculation on my part. it's just not something that will be realistically used to knock down things i've fought for. i'm busy out there protecting the american consumer. i would not be signing something i thought would weaken the position of the american consumer. >> meantime republicans making a pitch of their own and accusing the president of overstepping his authority. trade promotion authority binds the will of congress before the agreement is reached. if and only if he meets congress' objectives will congress then agree not necessarily to pass the agreement but only to vote on it after the american people have had their say. >>> well some good news liberia is free of ebola. the african nation has not seen any new cases for 42 days. that's twice the maximum in