disaster for our partners in the fight against isis and the united states foreign policy more broadly spoken. while i welcome the temporary cease-fire announced a short time ago and hope that a permanent cease-fire can be achieved, it does not absolve president trump of responsibility for his betrayal of our kurdish partners and his role in unleashing violence and instability in northern syria. it is not clear whether turkey made any concessions as part of the deal struck with the u.s. delegation or whether kurdish forces will comply. if not, i am concerned that additional violence is likely to follow and we'll have little leverage to prevent it. in fact, there is a quote attributed to the turkish foreign minister by the white house reporter at cnn. she quotes the turkish foreign minister as saying this is not a cease-fire. we will poise the operation for 1 -- pause the operation for 120 hours for the terrorists to leave. we will only stop the operation if our conditions are met. indeed, even this supposed cease-fire may not materialize as a cease-fire. but the reality is that

his children. >> collected, quote, highly sensitive information on future isis operations, large number of isis fighters were killed, some captured alive, 2 of al-baghdadi's wives were wearing suicide vests but killed before they could detonate. >> his body mutilated by the blast. test results gave certain, immediate and totally positive identification. it was him. >> facial recognition was used, they brought back dna, more than they liked according to the president when these u.s. 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 nu

terrorist group knn as isis-- the islamic state-- is dead. >> was the founder and leader of isis, the most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world. >>en sasan: speaking from the white house this morni, president trp said u.s special forces attacked a compound in northwest syria near the y rder with tur a two hour overnight operatio >> last night was a great night for the united states and for the world. a brutal killer, one who has caused s o much hardship and death, has violens y been eliminated. heerill never again rm ano innocent man, woman or child. >> sreenivasan: al-baghdadi was rarely seen after an appearance at a sque in iraq in 2014 wedhere he declhe creation of an islamic caliphate. isis quicquy took over a huge section of iraq and syria-- capturing and killing llousands including four amer hostages-- james foley, steven s sotloff, peter kassig, an.kaya muelle u.s., syrian and coalition forcesorced isis out of much of the territory over several years. the u.s. decred victory over the group this march when the last isis-controlled town in syria was reca

maria: welcome back, fox news alert, breaking news we are covering all 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

their five-year reign of terror was short lived. >> isis is a death cult. it's a death cult. >> we are the victorious group. >> now the caliphate is destroyed. their leader has sworn to fight on in a global jihad, promising to bring the fight to the west. so is the islamic state really dead? join me as i trace the rise and fall of isis. >>> i've covered isis from the beginning. as the militant army rolled through much of iraq and syria, conquering a vast territory and establishing its caliphate. but by the spring of 2019, the tables had turned. isis was losing. i came back to witness the end. only a few thousand of the most hard-core militants were left. they were surrounded in a little syrian town called bagouz. >> translator: this is as far as we can go. it's very dangerous. >> he's a field commander in a force made up predominantly by ethnic kurds, a key ally in the fight against isis. >> they don't look like they're ready to surrender. he's saying the ones who are in here, they're prepared to die. the united states and the kurds had a joint war plan, a partnership. the u.s. militar

savagery that was isis? >> reporter: this is an ideological blow to isis. its author that enabled it to get thousands behind it, creates so-called caliphate across the borders of syria and iraq. something sophisticated enough that has its own police and its own currency. that man is now dead. that is an extraordinary victory. there's no other way even america's critics can deny the fact. an extraordinary victory for u.s. intelligence gathering and the military reach here. bear in mind because this occurred at the weakest part of the campaign, where president trump's own orders had them pulled back when the job had yet to be finished. it does appear with the death of al baghdadi, that this is not finished, but its chapter has come to a close. they will have to find new leadership, a new guise, and will have to explain this to occ occurs. they possibly know an evacuation plan. the leader of isis appears to be death. he gave birth to and promoted the sickening creed that cast so many innocent lives. his face in public, only once. even then, in the presence of a small number. this is the mo

, breaking news we are covering all 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, whimp

isis in the united states foreign policy more broadly spoken. while temporary cease-fire announced a short time ago, and hope that aac permanent cease-fe can be achieved, it does not excel president trump responsibility for his betrayal of our current partners in his role in unleashing violence and instability in syria. it's not clear, both of turkey made any concessions is part of the deals struck in the u.s. delegation or both of kurds will comply. if not, i am concerned that additional violence is likely to follow and we will have a little leverage to prevent it. in fact, there is a quote attributed to the prime minist minister, by the white house reporter cnn, she quotes the turkish prime minister isur staying this it's not a cease-fire. we report that the operations for hundred and 20 hours in order for the terrace to leave. we will only stop the operation if our conditions are met. so indeed even this cease-fire may not mature or materializes a cease-fire. but the reality is that the blood of kurds, kurds, is on president trump sands and thousands of isis prisoners could be let

unprecedented level of cruelty. by 2014, isis gathered enough strength to spill over the syrian border into iraq. isis captured huge swaths of territory and declared the formation of its so-called caliphate. the world watched as the yazidis faced slaughter. iraqi soldiers were marched to mass graves. women and children were sold into slavery. execution videos made by isis were packaged as recruitment materials. after several false starts, the united states led a syrian, kurd, and arab fighting force in a 91-nation coalition, intent on defeating the caliphate. with a limited number of boots on the ground, u.s. and coalition air power, coupled with an effective kurd-based air force forced the territorial defeat of isis. it's come at great cost. nearly 11,000 syrian kurds have been reported killed and many more wounded. that brings us to the present day. turkey's relationship with the region's kurdish population has been fraught for centuries, particularly over the last three decades. u.s. support for syrian kurdish fighters in the war against isis created massive tensions in the u.s./tur

has given isis quota new lease on life. the event was held in davenport [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> folks, roxanne and i have known each other a while. i have to tell you she is right about how she is serious. it means a great deal to me. after this time she would endorse me. i mean it sincerely. it's -- it means a lot. and i've got a great, great friend who has -- we keep in touch with one another. we lost one of our good friends, doc, when we passed away. but jim where are you? jimmie? you're where in here. jim, thank you. [ applause ] >> you know aband mayor bill gluba. i know you know this because a lot of you have been involved in politics a while. but, you know, one of the things that's the great honors, as much of a repetition running for president is, going all over the country. you -- people don't raeltz you make friends for life. you make friends for life, no matter you win, lose or whatever happens. you become friends for life. and so the folks i just named have been friends. they know -- roxanne and i were just talkin

. trump personally approved the operation himself as he just stated. the leader of isis. abu bakr al baghdadi was among several killed in the raid. watch this. >> last night the united states brought the number one terrorist to justice. abu bakr al baghdadi is dead. baghdadi's demise demonstrates america's relentless pursuit of terrorist leaders and our commitment to the enduring and total defeat of isis and other terrorist organizations. >> abu bakr al baghdadi is dead overnight. joining me from the white house, hans nichols, nbc news correspondent. hans, good to talk to you this morning. you've been reporting on this overnight. it has been an incredible 24 hours or so in the development of this story. the president speaking for almost 50 minutes or so. >> yes. >> going into an incredible amount of detail with this operation, with the delta force carrying out this operation. the president watching it himself alongside the vice president and many others, the joint chiefs as well. talk me through what you heard the president say there this morning and sort of the unprecedented -- unpr

. but the reality is that the blood of many kurds is on president trump's hands and those isis prisoners as a result of this tasty and uninformed decision. on those also strengthen the handad of erdogan and khamenei and assad they are not friends and in many cases adversaries. and with those turkish incursion that they made clear to give erdogan a green light. so with that withdrawal from syriamb that they certainly gave the turks the impression not the pricing he did. on the phone call erdogan was pushing he knew it and the president knew it. and that's when it came across the line. because of the long-standing grievances to be per trade with the national security interest with their own american ideals the white house statement released called erdogan and was criticized for that planned turkish incursion after bipartisan and international outcry with any concern while at the same time and furthermore following to distance the united states when those evil consequences with the humanitarian challenges. within we have the impulsive president making these decisions to the nation

war against isis, and it's a blockbuster. just a for short time ago, president trump announced that the u.s. had conducted a special operations mission that killed the senior leader of the terrorist group the islamic state or isis, abu bakr al-baghdadi. >> last night the united states brought the world's number-one terrorist leader to justice. abu bakr al-baghdadi is dead. he died like a dog. he died like a coward. the world is now a much safer place. >> brennan: mr. trump detailed the raid and al-baghdadi's death in graphic terms. >> i got to watch much of it. he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. he had dragged three of his young children with him. they were led to certain death. he reached the end of the tunnel, as our dogs chased him down. he ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children. his body was mutilated by the blast, but test results gave certain, immediate, and totally positive identification. it was him. >> brennan: and vice president pence is on his way here from an interview across the street. he wil

e reminded how bad al bagdadi was. >> absolutely. >> and what isis was doing. that was a good moment. i wish they had cut off the press conference right about then, that's when he got off it and started rambling around. he didn't think his cia chief who i guarantee you was up to her eyeballs putting this paneling together and making sure the intelligence community had everything they need, gina haspel. >> gina haspel. >> and i agree with lisa, given the detailed information about the compound, that tells me, and he told the world, there was likely somebody on the ground understand what that complex looks like. you can take great pictures over it but what's underneath it, pretty difficult. so you needed a human source likely close to that. so the more he talked about it, that's where i think you saw the grimaces around the table, worried that that one little piece of braggadocio is the one piece that gets somebody in trouble down the road. >> he also talked about the fact that they knew that al bagdadi kept changing his travel plants, which would also suggest some insider infor

the resurgence of isis. also testifying was state department deputy assistant secretary for european and eurasian affairs, matthew palmer. and eurasian affairs, matthew palmer. risch: we have an interesting hearing today. i would like to say good afternoon and thank you to our guests who i think will be enlightening after the discussions we had earlier today. the situation is quite fluid and i'm sure they can help us get up-to-date. this hearing today is intended to assess the humanitarian impact of turkey's cross-border attack on u.s. interests in the middle east, and evaluate the state of u.s.-turkey relations. before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, it is important to recall the path that brought us here. to begin, the syrian civil war is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u.s., nato allies, and other entities. ira, the u.s., nato allies and other entities. over the course of this eight-year conflict, the syrian dictator with the support of russia over the course of this eight-year conflict, the syrian dictator bashar al

>>> isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi is believed to have ben killed in a raid. >> a u.s. official says ago baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the operation. president trump is expected to make an earlier announcement earlier. he tweeted something very big has just happened. someone that won't tell you the truth. if you do i believe he'll be impeached. this is cnn breaking news. a u.s. military raid in northwest syria. >> sources say he detonated a suicide vest as u.s. special forces closed in. we are told his location was based on cia intelligence but we have going to have wait for dna analysis to wait and confirm that it is, indeed, ago baghdadi who died. >> he has been in hiding five years and declared the isis calca caliphate in 2014. last night, president trump tweeted, quote, something very big has happened, unquote. 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

. secretary mark esper and mark milley gave more details of the u.s.-led raid. it led to the death of isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. this is 15 minutes. >> this operation was the culmination of multiyear interagency effort to find him and capture or kill him. baghdadi and the thugs who followed him are responsible for some of the more brutal atrocities of our time. his death marks devastating blow for isis who are deprived of their inspirational leader, falling to the destruction of original caliphate this year. i want to thank our brave senior members to took part in this raid. there's no guarantee of success in an operation with this level of difficulty. president trump knew this when he made the bold decision to order the raid confident in the expertise of our forces. our service members conducted themselves with incredible skill and professionalism. they executed the raids brilliantly. not a single united states service member was killed in this high risk operation. despite baghdadi's death, the security situation in syria remains complex. multiple state and nonstate actors continue

to capture the isis leader alive but after u.s. special operations blew their way into the compound and ordered baghdadi to surrender the isis leader had already started running down a tunnel away from his compound. baghdadi detonated his suicide vest taking three children with him. president trump called him a wimp for doing that. >> is sick and depraved man. and now he is gone. baghdadi was vicious and violent and he died in a vicious and violent way as a coward running and crying. >> the president said he watched the raid last night from the white house situation room in real time, he said it was like watching a movie, the vice president defense secretary mark millie were among those present. the president said th u.s. miliy had been watching him for the past two weeks. in fact u.s. intelligence was watching the compound in northwest syria for several months. the president said two other times the u.s. military wanted to launch the mission but the missions were scrubbed at the last minute. the president thanked russia for letting the assault force fly into northwest syria in rang

into syria puts our allies at risk. we believe that the rise of isis is imminent if this continues. we appreciate what the president did with sanctions in turkey, and we are here to add to it, and to supplement what the president did and let turkey know that there are three branches of government and i doubt if the court can do much, but congress is going to speak with a very firm singular voice that we will impose sanctions, and the strongest measure possible against the turkish outrage that will lead to the reemergence of isis and the destruction of the ally and the kurds who eventually benefit to iran to the detriment of israel, and i will briefly go over what is in the bill, but i would like to make a statement that the house passed yesterday a resolution urging the president to change course inside of syria, and 354-60. i believe that same resolution if brought to the floor of the united states senate would get over 80 votes, and i am urging senator mcconnell and senator schumer to find a way to do that, because people are literally dying as we speak, and we want the president to

months and years in the fight against isis. that was a betrayal of our partners. it was a gift to russia, a gift a gift to isis, and a gift to assad. and it was a blow to our security. now, a week later, the same kurdish forces who fought with special forces to fighting s are now tooth and nail to survive slaughter, russian and regime forces have quickly by the he vacuum left united states. president trump's decision has allowed isis fighters in escape from a to prison, paving the way for a esurgence of the terrorist group. get out of jail free card, if monopoly from the old days. and the humanitarian crisis is staggering. of thousands have been displaced. families, women and children, gruesome stories of beheadings, torture and abuse, all set into motion, by the actions of the president of the united states. what kind of message does this the world? how can america be trusted to keep its word? betray one of our close partners, loyal and faithful them out just throw like an old shoe? how can america be trusted to word when we make mpulsa decisions -- impulsive decisions that have an imme

booktv journalist azadeh moaveni reports on how women from around the world are recruited by isis and the experiences they have after joining. scientist and onto runner gary marcus weighs in on the current state of artificial intelligence and the future of the field. later we visit rapid city, south dakota to explore the area's literary culture. check your program guide for more information. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. my name is gwen hunter and i'm the coordinator at policy books. i'm pleased to introduce our guest. i would like to ask you to silence your cell phone. booktv, c-span, thanks for being here. tonight i'm thrilled to introduce azadeh moaveni to talk about her book "guest house for young widows: among the women of isis". this is not her first book. she has written for time magazine, la times. she is also co-author of awakening. in conversation with her tonight is senior fellow and director robert mckenzie, brookings institution scholar, policy analyst has written for us. and the baltimore sun. cnn, guardian, new york times. these individuals are ou

jenglige. i want to go to nick paton walsh in 2014, him declaring the isis caliphate. an incredible turn of events in the last couple of weeks. the u.s. has moved out of syria and we're retreating here. >> there's two things that are important to know. the author of the isis ideology appears to be dead. it's believed to be dead. the ideology can live on but it's hard to inspire, if the man who placed elusive, evaded, is, in fact, dead, and was, in fact, killed. the other point you make, too, this is a badly needed victory for the united states in this area. their own commander in chief has spent the last fortnight eroding the position against isis, depriving them of tactical locations, handing over territory to turkey. and russia taking control at exactly the same time when they have to get out of town. they are still able to kill the most-wanted man. the best of times. this was the worst of times for the u.s. military. donald trump will be standing up in the next eight or nine hours, announcing what he referred to is something really big. we have increasing locations that it will be the

reassuring to me. that when it comes to isis and other terrorist groups we are coming after you, wherever you go as long as it takes to protect our country and our way of life. isis is a depraved organization. they are religious nazis. they cannot be accommodated, they cannot be negotiated with, they have to be destroyed and marginalized. byy few people over there into what these crazy people are selling. it will always be in our interest to partner with people over there who are on the front of making sure isis types never come here and to replace this ideology with something more sustainable to the american people. -- it has been a long and difficult war. the president wants to reduce our footprint and lower our costs and he is right to want to do that. i'm very encouraged about what i see in syria. new strategy that focuses on building up the lives of people in the region, having a small footprint of americans lift up local populations and securing the oil is a smart idea , that is how isis survived for so long. of can take syrian oil out the hands of isis and put it in the hands of th

follcontinu follow the breaking news that isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a u.s.-led military raid in northwest syria. what you're seeing is nighttime video taken by syrian activists as a military operation got under way in northern idlib province near the turkish border. cnn cannot confirm that this was the actual raid targeting al baghdadi. a u.s. defense official tells cnn that al baghdadi apparently detonated a suicide vest as u.s. special forces closed in. dna analysis will confirm whether it is in farkt al baghdadi. the islamic cleric has been in hiding for five years and locating him was based on cia intelligent. president trump is expected to make a major announcement early sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. earlier the president tweeted this "something very big has just happened". nick paton walsh and ben wedeman will be helping to put this in perspective. let's go to nick. first, talk about the significance of finally catching up and reportedly killing the leader of isis. >> reporter: i'm actually inn in erbil, but this is an end of a chapter.

unprecedented level of cruelty. by 2014, isis gathered enough strength to spill over the syrian border into iraq. isis captured huge swaths of territory and declared the formation of its so-called caliphate. the world watched as the yazidis faced slaughter. iraqi soldiers were marched to mass graves. women and children were sold into slavery. execution videos made by isis were packaged as recruitment materials. after several false starts, the united states led a syrian, kurd, and arab fighting force in a 91-nation coalition, intent on defeating the caliphate. with a limited number of boots on the ground, u.s. and coalition air power, coupled with an effective kurd-based air force forced the territorial defeat of isis. it's come at great cost. nearly 11,000 syrian kurds have been reported killed and many more wounded. that brings us to the present day. turkey's relationship with the region's kurdish population has been fraught for centuries, particularly over the last three decades. u.s. support for syrian kurdish fighters in the war against isis created massive tensions in the u.s./turkey r

that the rise of isis is imminent if this continues. we appreciate what the president did with sanctions against turkey. we are here to add to it and supplement what the president did and let turkey know there are three branches of government. but congress is going to speak with a sing did you lar voice that we will impose sanctions in the strongest measure possible against this turkish outrage that will lead to the re-he mergens of isis and benefit to iran to the detriment of israel. i will briefly go over what's in the bill. but i would like to make a statement that the house passed yesterday a resolution urging the president to change course inside of syria. 354-60. i believe that same resolution if brought to the floor of the united states senate would get over 80 votes and i'm urging senator mcconnell and senator schumer to do that. because people are dying as we speak and we want the president to be successful. secretary pompeo and vice president pence are meeting with turkey as i speak. i called this morning to our envoy regarding syria to tell him we would be here at 12

mcgirk for the coalition to defeat isis and two other mideast policy experts spoke at the foundation for defense of democracies regarding how president trump's decision will impact the region as well as its implications for u.s. national security. mr. mcgirk served in this position under presidents obama and president trump from 2015 to 2018. >> welcome, everyone. i'm jonathan chancer, senior vice president at the foundation for defense of democracies. i am pleased to well in you to today's event marking the release of "shatter the nations. isis and the war for the caliphate." a warm welcome to those tuning in via c-span or live stream. today's program is one of many we host throughout the year. for more information on our work or our areas of focus we encourage you to visit fdd.org. there, you can find out the latest analysis and subscribe to receive information on the latest research, projects and experts. this event is hosted by fdd's center on political power which seeks to from moat understand g seeks to promote diplomatic strategies to defeat threats against the united states and w

international manhunt for isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi just took a very dramatic turn. cnn can now confirm that u.s. special forces have launched an operation targeting al baghdadi after receiving crucial cia intelligence on his possible location in northwest syria. now, president trump is expected to make a major announcement on sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. an administration official says the announcement is foreign policy related. that's all we know right now. al baghdadi has been in hiding for the past five years. ever since he stood in the great mosque in mosul, iraq in 2014 and proclaimed the isis caliphate. cnn pentagon reporter ryan brown has the latest from washington. and suffice it to say, ryan, these are the kinds of tips certainly that those special forces look for. what more do you know about the operation as it's under way? >> reporter: well, very few details about the actual operation have become known at this time. of course that's not untypical in such a high-risk, high-value target operation such as this. now, it's interesting that it took place in northwe

syria trump managed in one fell swoop to betray our ku kurdish partners who helped defeat isis and with innocent civilians and ethnic and religious minority communities caught in the cross fire with up to 160,000 newly displaced persons run out of their homes. forces -- forcing our troops into retreat and they're in retreat. the united states military is in retreat from turkey. russia and the murderous assad regime is flowing in to fill a vacuum. he's given isis, formerly al qaeda, a new lease on life by forcing the kurds to leave from continuing to fight isis and hold the 10,000 isis prisoners they have and fleeing north to try to protect their sons, their daughters, their families. instead of fighting for remnants of the so-called caliphate that isis had set up. and leaving guarding 10,000 isis terrorists and supporters, some of whom have already escaped and the throw of global confidence of american leadership into complete freefall. i'll say something self-serving. this is something i know a lot about. i spent a lot of time in that area. i know all of these leaders. i've been e

, if confirmed, impacts the fight against terror and the remaining influence of isis and whether his death, if confirmed, may be used as propaganda by his followers. cnn correspondent nick paton walsh has more on al baghdadi. >> reporter: his face in public only once. and even then in the presence of a small number. this is the moment of friday prayers. creator of one of the most successful and inhuman terrorist networks in history chose to reveal himself. yet before the in famy of his pulpit, he spent a decade rising quietly. a ph.d. student said to like football, these pentagon records show his capture by u.s. forces in 2004 near fallujah, his hometown. held for a years at u.s. camp buka. it was there one expert who knew him, that he turned. >> translator: al baghdadi was not cruel or radical at the time, he just wanted to fight toward the americans. at buca he met foreigners who gave him such ideas. >> he knew my unit was from long island, new york. he looked over to us. and he said, see you guys in new york. here we are a few years hence, and i like at those words in a little bit

the u.s. withdraw from syria means to the kurds going forward, and a threat of the resurgence of isis. also testifying was a state department deputy assistant secretary for european and eurasian affairs, matthew palmer. i like toisch: welcome our guests. i hope they can get us up-to-date, which is difficult, as fast as the situation is moving. the hearing is intended to examine turkey's cross-border attack on u.s. interests in the middle east. state ofaluate the u.s.-turkey relations. before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, it is important to recall the path that brought us here. the syrian civil war is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u.s., nato allies and other entities. over the course of this eight-year conflict, the syrian dictator with the support of russia and iran has bombed towns and cities across syria, resulting in 500,000 deaths and leaving 10 million people displaced. we are all aware of confirmed use of chemical weapons by the regime incked assad violation of international law. syrian, russian and iranian regimes hope

of unanswered questions and increase risk for america, isis, the possible reemergence of isis. isis. yesterday we did note po hear mh about how we're going to counter that. we didn't hear anything yesterday about what steps will be taken to prevent ethnic cleansing as turkey has promised to return press up to 3 million arab syrians to that region and what that will meet in terms of potential clashes with the syrian kurds. i think it left this one for a lot of answers. >> host: what was the alternative, to keep u.s. troops in syria indefinitely, to keep troops in between what was becoming a shooting war between turkey and the kurds, surge more troops into the region? >> guest: let me start by saying the decision made in late september, late september or in september to remove the 50 or so you'll soldiers, that was necessary because what we don't want is a small contingent of your soldiers between two convergent forces. but when people say the president greenlighted turkey, a green light wasn't in september. the green light was back last year in december when the president announced w

remind the world as you said of the savagery of isis, the chopping off of heads, the raping of women and the burning in cages and he described watching it like he was watching a movie from the situation room we just got that photo but the description, running into a dead end tunnel, as you said wimpering, screaming, crying 11 children saved but ultimately baghdadi dead because of courage ed: the president said he's not changing his policy of pulling out stroops and seems to suggest he was vindicated and bottom line is there is a relentless pursuit of terrorist. our reach the president said is very long. thanks for joining us all morning we want to pass the bat on to our colleague maria bartiromo for "sunday morning futures" thank you for joining us. maria: the fox news alert the united states has killed the world's most wanted terrorist, isis leader, abu bakr al-baghdadi u.s. special operations forces cornering him last night in a compound in northern syria, he apparently detonated a suicide vest as troop closed in here is president trump moments ago at the white house. president tru

. we must not forget the fight against isis is certainly not over. we must not confuse the debt of whose evil man, with a total defeat. of isis. because of the president's abrupt reckless decisions, the withdrawal of u.s. troops from northern syria, the threat of potentially hundreds of isis prisoners and sympathizers, monday of them dangerous, will it escaped in recent weeks is growing every day. could not heard a single word on the trump administration on the plan to deal with the escaped prisoners. and to ensure the defeat of isis. which is exactly why the trump administration should brief the congress and what the plan is. and finally after we pushed for two weeks, we are doing a briefing tomorrow and secretary general millie, and others will be there. not secretary pompeo, he seems to be running away from talking to us. but they will be there and we want to know a plan. isis is the danger to her homeland. is a new yorker, i realize it may be better than anybody. just how small groups of evil people, thousands of miles away can cause huge damage here in our homeland. we don't k

details that ended with the death of the isis leader bobby. whose is just over 15 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone is president trump announced yesterday, united states jointed a successful raid on saturday night, resulting in the death of abu, the founder and leader of isis. whose operation was the combination of a multiyear interagency effort to find him, then capture or kill him. backdating and the folks who follow him are responsible for some of the most brutal atrocities of our time. his death marks a devastating blow to the remnants of isis. they're now deprived of their leader. following the destruction of the physical fate earlier this year. i want to thank our brave servicemembers who took part in the steering rate along with our interagency his partners who supported the mission. there is no guarantee of success and operation of whose difficulty. president trump knew whose when he may the bold decision to make the raid and confident in the expertise of our forces. our servicemembers conducted themselves with incredible skill and professionalism. they executed the rape

with former special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat isis brett mcgurk is expected to talk about some of the ramifications of president trump's decisions withdraw u.s. troops from sears you. this is hosted by the foundation for defense of democracies. live coverage on c-span2. >> this event is hosted by fdd's center on military and political power which seeks to understand of the military and diplomatic strategies, policies and capabilities necessary to defeat threats to the united states and its allies while advancing american influence. many of our audience members no fdd is a nonpartisan policy institute. we take no for an government funding or corporate funding, and we never will. we're glad to be joined by a distinguished audience of diplomats, represented from congress, the department of state, the pentagon, active military and experts on the policy community and, of course, the media. we encourage guests both your online to join us in today's conversation on twitter at fdd. by way of housekeeping today's event is on the record. is the life story and

remnants of isis following the detrustruction of their caliphate earlier this year. there is no guarantee of success in an operation with this level of difficulty and president trump new this when he made the bold decision to order the raid confident in the expertise of our forces. our service members conducted themselves without incredible skill and professionalism and they executed in raid brilliantly. not a single united states service member was killed in this operation. despite baghdadi's death, the security situation in syria remains complex. nonstate actors continue to vie for control of territory and resources within the country. as we have learned from our recent history in the middle east, it is very easy to get drawn into continued conflict if our objectives are not clear. acting as a police force is not our mission. our mission in syria remaining the same since 2014, to enable the enduring defeat of isis. it is intended to posture us to continue this mission and give the president options while returning the balance back home to the united states. those who remain will continu

isis. >> committee will come to order. without objection all members will have five days to submit statements, material, and questions for the record. all members will have five days to submit statements, material, and questions for the record. there is subject to the length, limitation, and rules. we meet today to discuss president trump's decision to withdraw from northern syria clearing the way for turkey to attack kurdish partners. the decision i view as disastrous. to our witnesses, welcome to the foreign affairs committee, welcome to the members of the public and the press. welcome to our friends from c-span who are broadcasting this important proceeding. i recognize myself for an opening statement. this committee has a long tradition of bipartisanship. we work on that every day. i think we are the most bipartisan committee in congress. the main reason is that members on both sides tend to share a vision of american foreign policy that is rooted in and guided by our values. supporting human rights and human dignity. leadershipt american can and should be a force of good in th

fell swoop help to feed isis, create a humanitarian crisis and ethnic and religious communities caught in the crossfire 160,000 newly displaced persons run out of their homes. forcing our troops to retreat. they are in retreat. the united states military is in retreat from turkey. russia and the murderous aside regime is moving in to fill the vacuum. isis, formerly al qaeda has a new lease on life by forcing the kurds to continue to fight isis and hold those prisoners that they have and try to protect their sons and daughters and families. instead of fighting the remnants of the caliphate isis has set up 10000 isis terrorists. some of whom have already escaped. and with global confidence american leadership in a complete free-for-all. if you say something very self-serving this is something i know a lot about i spend a lot of time in that area i have been engaged because that was my job as chairman of foreign relations committee and doing major national security for president obama. all the consequences i have mentioned, every single one can be laid at the feet of donald trump. he gree

it is but we know that isis was fractured as an ideology and franchise and unlikely that one man's death will end from a stretch from philippines through russia and to the streets of european capitals but an interesting set of questions that the commander-in-chief will end up answering about how this raid came about. it was literally miles away from the southern turkish border, an area where many did not imagine abu bakr al-baghdadi, the leader of isis, would look for shelter. this is where al qaeda have the biggest strong hold, a place where western intelligence chiefs are concerned about the next wave of jihad but who led them to that particular location. we understand from u.s. officials turkey was told this operation was happening perhaps already underway and the question being what piece of information brought them to that spot. the syrian kurds who have been the u.s. main ally on the ground losing over 10,000 sons and daughters but abandoned in the past weeks by the shift in trump policy over syria. their chief has said this is a result of intelligence gleamed over a five-mon

organization c.d.'s sit back for the for isis but we're not talking about the ice is the organization to the we're talking about ideas and idolaters that out of still there the who the causes are still feeding into the aside the visions given that people say or analysts have been telling us in the past 3 hours now that you've got people who are still loyal to either islamic state and or its affiliates stretching from or covering an area literally on the globe from as far afield as afghanistan to nigeria in west africa is there a sense in which i saw me yet be more dangerous than it's been for a few years because some people have been saying to us will hang on the idea of creating a caliphate it in iraq was inherently flawed so it's better to have an a more firsts organization spreading itself thinly around the world because with morton communications and lots of money you can still carry on with their so-called war of attrition you know sort of. and to put this into perspective let's remember how. it was a tag defeated all saw in 201-120-0120 extension 03 afghanistan and

kurdish partners who fought alongside the united states against isis. already nearly 200,000 people, including women, children, and families, have been displaced, driven from their ancestral homes, ethnic cleansing at its worst. so the deal we signed with erdogan has led directly to this ethnic cleansing in northern syria's indigenous kurdish region. it's a disgrace. these people fought with us, these people took bullets for us. these people were our loyal and faithful allies. for the united states to turn our backs on them, or to start a series of events, chain of events, which would hurt them, really is a very dark day in our country's history. as the kurds fight to survive this onslaught, they've been forced to abandon their watch over the prison holding thousands of isis fighters, over 100 of these terrorists have reportedly escaped. and now a situation in northeast syria is a humanitarian and national security crisis. in a region already rife with conflict, tur keys' military operation is wreaking more havoc. rather than hold cur to tee -- turkey accountable for how they've con

gripping firsthand account of the rise and fall of isis. writing is crisp, clear and often jarring. meet the brave fighters on, read isis head until the end and you will find yourself grinding your teeth as and recounts his brush with i was i was suicide car bomber in the battle to reclaim iraq. you here please grab a copy of the book after today's panel if you've not already done so. i would also like to note while it's not safe to explicit -- say explicitly in the book he confirms much of what we've been saying here about the government turkey. in this book you'll read about he antiquities middle men and traffickers who all helped to facilitate isis activities from turkish soil. what we've nfirmed long known about the 565-mile border between turkey and syria. the erdogan government deliberately allowed that border remain porous. in short, the erdogan government in turkey did not exacerbate the crisis. in some ways it created it. this raises troubling questions about the recent decision by president donald trump to stand and allow for the turkish military to invade northern syria.

assaulting resulting in the death of abu bakr al-baghdadi , the founder and leader of isis. this operation was the culmination of a multi-year interagency effort to find him and capture or kill him. baghdadi was responsible for the most brutal atrocities of our time and his death marks a blow for isis who are now deprived of their inspirational leader following the destruction of their physical caliphate earlier this year . i want to thank our brave servicemembers who took part in this daring raid along with our interagency partners who support the mission . there is no guarantee of success in an operation with this level of difficulty. president trump new this when he made the bold decision to order the raid confident in the expertise of our forces. our servicemembers conducted themselves with incredible skill and professionalism and executed the raid in all of its facets brilliantly. not a single united states servicemember was killed in this high-risk operation. despite baghdadi's death, the situation in syria remains complex. multiple state and nonstate actors continue to vie

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 speculative. i don't know. i would have to consult with our commanders about that. you know, we have tremendous reach and capability. the service members who executed this attack are the best in the world. and there's nothing beyond our capability. >> the administration has been taking heat for the handling of the kurdish al plies in syria. did the kurds take a role in this? >> i'm not going to get into details right now. >> the general of the kurdish forces say they did play a role. >> what does this mean for the troops helping protect the oil fields in syria? >> the two are separate, but related. related in the sense that both signify,

kay hagan. the impeachment inquiry in the u.s. house, and the raid that killed the leader of isis. >> first i was saddened that our former colleague senator kay hagan had passed away. during the time kay hagan was just that gentle lady. she had a service with a friendly and collegial approach and members will remember fondly serving alongside here and the facing of serious illness in the recent years was inspiring. today the prayers of this entire body are with kay's husband chip, children jeanette, tilton and carrie and with all of their family and friends at this extremely difficult time. now, on a completely different matter on sunday morning, we woke up to a better and safer world because one monster was no longer in it. abu bakr al-baghdadi was the founder and leader of isis, in recent years made him the singlemost important target in the fight against radical islamic terrorism. his band of fanatics has committed heinous crimes and shed an unmant un unimaginable blood in an entire reason. isis has been part of a civil war in syria that claimed hundreds of thousands of innocen

remarks. a u.s. military operation that targeted isis leader abu back ar al baghdadi. we are told a u.s. special ops mission targeted him overnight. the mission included helicopter, jets and u.s. drones. the u.s. received actionable intelligence from u.s. intelligence sources in recent days. and after confirming it, the mission began late yesterday local time around midnight. the u.s. fired from the air and then landed and gathered intelligence. forensic testing is underway, but they believe it was baghdadi, and that he is among the dead. several others were also killed in a convoy. the officials said maybe four or five others kid, but it's not clear how many yet. no reports of any u.s. casualties. pentagon correspondent courtney kube joins us now on the phone. courtney, what can you tell us? >> reporter: you pretty much just read all my reporting. we know that there was a raid that was overnight last night that targeted isis leader baghdadi. it occurred in the western, northwestern part of syria, which is, you know, one of the few areas where there seems to be some al qaeda or -- e

room during the raid. al-baghdadi's death is being described as a devastating blow to isis and it marks the end of a year's long man hunt. president trump went into explicit detail about his final moments. >> he died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. the compound had been cleared by this time with people either surrendering or being shot and killed. he was a sick and depraved man and now he's gone. baghd baghdadi was vicious and violent and he died in a vicious and violent way as a coward running and crying. this raid was impeccable and could only have taken place with the acknowledgement and help of certain other nations and people. i want to thank the nations of russia, turkey, syria, and iraq and i also want to thank the syrian kurds for certain support they were able to give us. >> we have team coverage following the developments around the world. let's begin with barbara stahr, so what are you learning about this raid? >> well, what has emerged over the last several hours is this raid as you say conducted under the cover of darkn

commander of isis. so i don't quite agree that he's not somebody who is not in direct control of the organization. you know, he does. he commands a lot of authority from the rank and file not just by the way in syria and iraq. but, remember, isis has fanned out throughout the world and, you know, the thing that i would emphasize to your viewers is the deadliest attack, the deadliest foreign jihadist attack that isis planned and perpetrated was executed after the collapse of the so-called caliphate, after t they lost their, you know, putdtiput putative-state building enterprise. that was the sri lanka attack. so isis still very much has a loyal following not just in syria and iraq but around the world. baghdadi was a lightning rod. he was somebody able to galvanize, to convince people that this was still a struggle worth joining. his death, i think, is actually a little more significant than just, well, you know, they'll find somebody to fill this role. no. they will, and if they're smart as an organization, they've already lined up several people to fill his shoes, but this is somebo