concern. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people the united states will find you and take you out. a lot went into the drone strike and a lot may follow from it. we begin tonight with new details how it all came together and with chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. anderson, remarkable details coming out from a senior administration official tonight which speaks to a months long intelligence operation preceding this strike from a drone on saturday. we re told the president was first alerted to his presence in kabul in april, the start of april this year. but that had followed months where u.s. intelligence agencies had been tracking him, that he had moved to kabul ostensibly it seems to stay with family there, a downtown villa. in the course of those months cia and other intelligence agencies developed patterns of his and his family s behavior with intention of filing an
biden described al zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding he was the mastermind of the attack of the uss cole. the fbi just updated its terrorist status for al zawahiri with the word deceased. al zawahiri was killed in a precise strike on the balcony of a safe house with two hell fire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the ground in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al zawahiri comes 11 years after u.s. forces masterfully took out osama bin laden, who was hiding in pakistan at the time. here s what president biden says about just how long this strike took. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states the find you and take you out. joining me now to discuss this huge news is richard clark. new yorker staf
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while we re still learning details about the u.s. military strike that killed the most wanted terrorist in the world, we know these type of strikes can actually help a president s popularity. as odd as that sounds to even say and think about. polling in 2011, for example saw a majority of americans gave donald trump credit for the death of al baghdadi. and obama saw a six point pump after the death of osama bin laden. we ll see what the death of al zawahiri does for biden s numbers. between falling gas prices, a bipartisan win to boost production of semiconductors, and now an apparent deal in the senate to fight climate change and lower drug prices. i m joined now by cnn political commentator and political anchor errol lewis, and jonah goldberg.
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