GOOD MORNING WELCOME TO SUNDAY
"TODAY" THIS OCTOBER 27th.
I'LL WILLIE GEIST.
WE BEGIN WITH THE BREAKING NEWS
THAT THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED MAN
HAS BEEN KILLED IN A MISSION
LEAD BY UNITED STATES SPECIAL
FORCES.
THE PRESIDENT MAKING
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE MOMENTS AGO.
>> LAST NIGHT THE UNITED STATES
BROUGHT THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE
TERRORIST LEADER TO JUSTICE.
THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBING THE
DANGEROUS MISSION IN NORTHERN
SYRIA THAT KILLED THE ISIS
LEADER AFTER A PURSUIT THAT
ENDED, THE PRESIDENT SAID, WITH
AL BAGHDADI BLOWING HIMSELF UP
IN A TUNNEL.
NO UNITED STATES PERSONNEL DIED
IN THE RAID.
WE HAVE REACTION FROM THE WORLD.
FIRST, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE
WHITE HOUSE AND NBC'S CHIEF
CORRESPONDENT THERE, HALLIE
JACKSON.
GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
WILLIE.
YOU MENTIONED SOME LEVEL OF
DETAILS FROM THE PRESIDENT THIS
WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF
OPERATIONAL DETAIL FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LAYING OUT WHAT HE WATCHED AS HE
STARTED TO VIEW THIS OPERATION
IN THE SITUATION ROOM, HE SAID
YESTERDAY STARTING AROUND 5:00
EASTERN.
THE PRESIDENT IN THERE HUDDLING
WITH HIS TOP ADVISORS INCLUDING
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE AND DEFENSE
SECRETARY LAYING OUT A VERY
VIVID IMAGING.
THE PRESIDENT IN TRUMP-IAN
LANGUAGE, YOU CAN SAY,
DESCRIBING HIM AS WHIMPERING,
CRYING, AND SCREAMING.
APPARENTLY ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR
BAGHDADI'S FINAL MOMENTS AS HE
WAS DEAD ENDED INTO A TUNNEL.
ONE U.S. CANINE WENT IN.
THAT'S WHEN THE TERRORISTS, THE
PRESIDENT SAID, BLEW UP HIS
SUICIDE VEST.
I WANT TO PLAY THROUGH A LITTLE
BIT OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD TO
SAY ON THAT.
>> HIS BODY WAS MUTILATED BY THE
BLAST.
THE TUNNEL HAD CAVED IN ON HIM,
IN ADDITION.
TEST RESULTS GAVE CERTAIN,
IMMEDIATE, AND TOTALLY POSITIVE
IT WAS HIM.
THE THUG WHO TRIED SO HARD TO
INTIMIDATE OTHERS SPENT HIS LAST
MOMENTS IN UTTER FEAR, IN TOTAL
PANIC AND DREAD.
TERRIFIED OF THE AMERICAN FORCES
BEARING DOWN ON HIM.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAID THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIALS KNEW ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS
IN DEFENSE OF BAGHDADI'S
LOCATION IN THE PROVINCE IN
NORTHERN SYRIA.
FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS, KNOWN THE
OPERATION WAS LIKELY GOING TO DO
DOWN, AS IT DID ON SATURDAY.
THE PRESIDENT NOT NOTIFYING
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AT THE
TIME OF THE OPERATION.
HE MADE A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS
WITH HIS REPUBLICAN ALLIES AND
LEADERS OF THE SENATE.
EARLIER THE MORNING, THE
PRESIDENT SAID.
HE SAID SPECIAL OPERATIONS
FORCES TOOK HIGHLY SENSITIVE
TERRIBLE FROM THE COMPOUND.
IT WAS A TREASURE-TROVE,
CERTAINLY, FOR THE U.S. AS THEY
BEGIN SIFTING THROUGH THAT.
THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT OUR
KURDISH PARTNERS IN SYRIA
PROVIDED HELPFUL INFORMATION BUT
DID SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME
PRAISING RUSSIA AND IRAQ FOR
THEIR COOPERATION IN THIS.
AND THE PIECE ON THE KURDS IS
NOTABLE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN SERIOUSLY UNDER FIRE FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS FOR
HAVING SEEMED TO ABANDONED OUR
KURDISH PARTNERS IN THE REGION
BY PULLING U.S. TROOPS OUT OF
SYRIA.
THE PRESIDENT NOT HAVING ANY
SECOND THOUGHTS AT ALL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED TO TALK
AND SHARE ABOUT THE DEATH OF
WHAT HE CALLS A BIG NAME.
>> THE PRESIDENT MADE A POINT OF
THANKING THE SYRIAN