at the time of 9/11, the man who took over as al-qaeda leader after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals. the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach churning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the fraters of al-qaeda and groups like that, toward indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere, including muslims, all in the name of islamic piety. and how we got there, we are now looking back, and it seems like a straight shot. but if you dropped in anytime in his biography, you wouldn t know if he was going there. he was trained as a doctor, he was trained as a surgeon. he was from a respected family in egypt, born and raised in cairo. by the time he was 15 years old, he was a committed radical, that wanted to try to impose islamic theocracy by force. he formed his first terrorist cell, with the aim of overthrowing the government of egypt, when he was only 15 years old. when islamic militants did assassinate egypt s president, anwar
condition as he recovers from covid. dr. anthony fauci is standing by live. we will discuss. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the guilty verdict in steve bannon s criminal contempt trial. the former top trump adviser convicted on two counts of contempt of congress for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. cnn s senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz is joining us from just outside the federal courthouse here in washington. katelyn, give us the latest. reporter: well, wolf, steve bannon was convicted today, even though he had vowed this was going to be the misdemeanor from hell for the select committee. it was not that. by the end of the day, we had two criminal convictions of steve bannon. now, these were both misdemeanor charges, but congress writes the law, and when they wrote this law, they said that it would be punishable by a minimum
the heat will be lasting. dr. deborah birx on why covid cases are surging. welcome. i m neil cavuto, this is your world. you piled the news into this day capping a news week. let s go back to the white house with a president trying to get back to business as usual. moments ago, we heard from the white house. said the president is doing well. that his condition as improved and his appetite is still there. certainly trying to put a positive spin on the president s diagnose. officials say that he was still suffering from some of the same symptoms that we saw just yesterday, which was the cough, the run any nose and the fatigue. the same officials say the president has been responding well to an anti viral drug and his condition will only improve. we saw president biden on camera. pool cameras were allowed to go in the south auditorium and get a shot of the president as he was conducting a meeting with his economic team. the team was focused on lowering gas prices. the presid
availability and the simple activities that could pose a risk to your family. and later, nearly 200 house republicans vote against protecting access to contraception. i m going to go one-on-one with the co-sponsor of the bill about why this is so important, and what democrats need to do to protect other crucial rights. good morning, and a happy sunday to you. i am katie fang. biden continues to recover from covid this morning as his doctor says that he likely contract at the highly contagious ba.5 variant, which is rapidly spreading throughout the united states. biden tested positive for the virus on thursday, and has been isolating in the white house resident sense. why do sympathizing the biden through was all wild, he has received four vaccine doses in his taking an anti viral drug. for more on all of this we turn to nbc news correspondent peter alexander, who is at the white house. hello katie, good morning. biden beginning his third full day in isolation here. white ho
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with both new hope in ukraine and a new round of fighting. officials say 13 missiles struck a city about 300 kilometers north of mykolaiv, leaving a number of people injured and killed. the missiles targeted a military airfield and a railway facility. officials are urging people to stay in shelters for now while the mayor of mykolaiv is reporting what he called powerful blasts in that city as well. on the hopeful side, ukraine and russia have signed an agreement that will allow ukraine to resume grain exports through the black sea. much of that grain has been stranded buzz of a russian naval blockade leaving 47 million people around the world in state the u.s., britain and the eu all have welcomed the agreement. president zelenskyy seems skeptical that russia will keep their word. here he is. translator: we trust the u.n. thousand it is their responsibility and responsibility of international part