ayman al zawahri, al qaeda s leader and a former deputy to osama bin laden on 9/11, was killed by a cia drone strike in kabul. the administration has not confirmed al zawahri was the target ahead of the president s re, ma. the senior administration official said there were no civilian casualties in the mission. al zawahri has been on the run for year, and his history of violence extends well beyond his role in planning 9/11. the egyptian doctor was at one point arrested in connection with the assassination of egyptian president anwar sadat and was indicted in 1999 for the 1997 bombings of the u.s. embassies in tanzania. joining me now is chief white house correspondent kristen welker. what do we know about what the president is going to announce, and any details about that operation? reporter: the details are still coming in. what we do know is that the president is going to announce that ayman al zawahri was killed over the weekend in a counterterrorism operation. the pres
that was president biden, you see him there, paying tribute, laying a wreath there. john, i was covering the capitol, as i mentioned, on 9/11. joe biden was the senator from delaware and a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee. he was chair. i would watch in the days afterwards people like him and others not just try to figure out how to help the country economically but most importantly at that moment was try to get a handle on who this was, how and whether and when to rea reretaliate. that woas the biggest question. the third plane, the heroes of shanksville, that plane headed for the white house or the capitol, hit our political monuments if you will. those are the heroes. listen to a moment of silence for the second plane hitting the second tower. and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free
o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . pete: that was our that was our nation s anthem beautifully sung by a member of the port authority new york new jersey police department. you re looking live lower manhattan where 21 years ago the horrific, tragic terrorist attack of 9/11 occurred here, not just here but shanksville and the pentagon. we re live in lower manhattan for all four hours of sunday edition of fox & friends, year of our lord, 2022. myself, rachel campos-duffy and will cain here all morning long. will: ceremonies taking place at each of the attack sites throughout the morning will be featured on fox & friends. rachel: president biden will speak later from the pentagon. vice president harris will travel to the 9/11 memor
also in the programme: one of america s top lawmakers, nancy pelosi is reportedly expected to visit taiwan on tuesday, putting further strains on relations with china. doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. champions! champions! and as england s lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, we ll talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of women s football, bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news: president biden has confirmed that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al zawahiri has been killed in an american drone strike conducted in kabul. zawahiri was on the fbi s first ever most wanted terrorist list following the 9/11 attacks, which he had helped to coordinate alongside osama bin laden. this is what presidentt biden announced a short time ago. m
to separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden says an american drone strike has killed the al-qaeda leader, ayman al zawahiri. he said the operation, which he authorised, took place in the afghan capital kabul on saturday. mr biden said ayman al zawahiri was had been deeply involved in the september the 11th attacks as well as earlier attacks on us embassiesin africa and the uss cole in the late nineties. zawahiri, who succeeded osama bin laden as al-qaeda chief, was on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. this is what president biden announced a short time ago. my fellow americans, on saturday at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri. ayman al zawahiri was bin laden s leader, he was with him all the whole time, he was his number two man and deputy at the time of the terrorist attack on