evidence: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "blew himself up" when cornered by US forces who conducted a daring, two-hour nighttime raid on his compound in northern Syria, Trump said, providing a detailed account of the mission. [...] While the military operation took place over the course of just two hours Saturday night, Baghdadi had been under surveillance for a couple of weeks, Trump told reporters, adding that two to three planned missions were scrapped before the successful one was launched. [...] Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were notified about Baghdadi’s possible location "earlier in the week" and told Thursday that there was a high probability he was in the compound.