U.S. Service Member Killed In Raid On Al-Qaeda In Yemen
WHITFIELD: Welcome back. I'm Fredricka Whitefield. A U.S. service member has died from wounds suffer in a raid against Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Three other service members were also wounded. President Trump authorized this operation and he released a statement say in part quote "Americans are saddened this morning with news that a life of a heroic service member has been taken in the fight against the evil of radical Islamic terrorism. My deepest thoughts and prayers are with the family of these fallen service member. I also pray for a quick and complete recovery for the brave service members who sustained injuries." I want to bring in CNN's pentagon reporter Ryan Browne. So, Ryan, what more do we know about this service member?</s>RYAN BROWNE, CNN PENTAGON REPORTER: That's right. This elite service member was fatally wounded during a gun battle as part of that followed a raid, a special operations forces raid on an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula headquarters. This was a pretty intense firefight. About 14 Al-Qaeda fighters were killed in it. And it was part of a mission what's called, you know, it was attempting to gather intelligence that will that would allow for additional raids and drone strikes in the future. Now this raid also involved the crash of the U.S. aircraft, the B-22 Osprey that was forced to conduct what's called a hard landing and the U.S. Military had the to destroy it to prevent that technology from falling into enemy hands. This follows the first day of Trump's presidency we're they targeted al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen with drone strikes. We are seeing a lot of ramped up activity against in al-Qaeda in Yemen and something to watch in the future days. This is what's considered al-Qaeda's most capable affiliate, so we're definitely seeing a renewed focus on this terror group under the Trump presidency.</s>WHITFIELD: All right, Ryan Browne Thank you so much.</s>BROWNE: You bet.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Trump's immigration ban is not only generating strong reactions in the here in the U.S. People around the world are also responding. What they're saying next.