U.S. Service Member Killed In Raid On Al Qaeda In Yemen
WHITFIELD: Welcome back. A U.S. service member died from wounds suffered during a raid against al Qaeda in Yemen. Three other service members were also wounded. President Donald Trump authorized this operation and he just released this statement saying "Americans are saddened this morning with the news that a life of a heroic service member has been taken in our fight against the evil of radical Islamic terrorism. My deepest thoughts and humblest prayers are with the family of this fallen service member. I also pray for a quick and complete recovery for the brave service members who sustained injuries," end quote. I want to bring in CNN's Pentagon reporter, Ryan Browne. What more do we know about this service member killed?</s>RYAN BROWNE, CNN PENTAGON REPORTER: Well, the service member was fatally wounded during a raid on an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula headquarters that's al Qaeda's local affiliate in Yemen. The raid was what's called a site exploitation raid, which is designed to gather as much intelligence as possible to facilitate further raids down the road. Now a big fire fight broke out, about 14 al Qaeda members were killed. Three additional service members were wounded. While they were leaving, a U.S. V22 Osprey aircraft crashed and the U.S. decided to destroy that. It was a hard landing. They destroyed it to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Ryan Browne, thank you so much in Washington. Coming up, members of the Muslim community rejecting claims that the travel ban is not a Muslim ban. One Islamic advocacy group is threatening to launch another legal challenge with the White House.