good evening, expecting a background briefing from the nst in about 30 minutes time and just now learning as you mentioned that over the weekend the u.s. carried out a successful counterterrorism operation, a drone strike against what it calls a significant al qaeda target in afghanistan, two intelligence sources tell fox news al qaeda leader zawahiri was the target of the strike and was killed. no civilian casualties and the target was a residential home in afghanistan. age 70 was the leader of al qaeda and usama bin laden s right hand responsible for the 9/11 attacks, the egyptian doctor fled to al pakistan during the 1980s after being jailed twice and asia for the member of islamic egyptian overthrowing the government of egypt and a former surgeon, the personal physician and closest confidant and became the nominal leader of al qaeda after bin laden was killed in 2011. since september 11th attacks the u.s. state department has offered a u.s. $25 million reward for inform
right now with connell mcshane. the consumer is really feeling it. not in a good way. in a perfect world, americans would have slowly built confidence back post pandemic. there s now the new signs where actually that we re going back in time instead of moving forward. look at this chart. today s reading on consumer confidence, the lowest since february of last year. mostly because people continue to say their present situation, how they are right now, is getting worse, thanks in large part to inflation. too much of a hassle. we have two kids, both work. drive to a different supermarket, go somewhere else or look for savings. we re biting the bullet. everything is more expensive. supplies for him. i spend a lot of money on blackberries and cherries. so i m cutting back on my fancy fruits. for those worried about recession, walmart s profit forecast didn t help. gigantic retailer that is the largest private employer in the country cut its outlook. saying consumers are
refused to talk about his role when loftily subpoenaed, he awaits sentencing. cnn s katelyn polantz was in the courtroom and joins us now. walk us through what happened in court today and how bannon reacted when the verdict was read? well, john, as steve bannon moved around the courthouse today, on the grounds in the courtroom, he appeared to be very much himself. he was smiling throughout the day, right before the verdict came down, when the jury came back in, he was waiting, on his phone, what appeared to be looking at social media, thanking his lawyers, patting them on the back. but then when the jury came in to deliver their verdict, they came in about two and a half hours after they started. when they came in, steve bannon didn t show a lot of emotion. he smirked a little bit. he nodded, as the judge thanked the jury. but ultimately, he wasn t really that reactive in court. and the jury had bought what the prosecution was arguing. that this was like a parking ticket, t
now the man who cannot stop talking about overturning the election to his listeners, but refused to talk about his role when loftily subpoenaed, he awaits sentencing. cnn s katelyn polantz was in the courtroom and joins us now. walk us through what happened in court today and how bannon reacted when the verdict was read? well, john, as steve bannon moved around the courthouse today, on the grounds in the courtroom, he appeared to be very much himself. he was smiling throughout the day, right before the verdict came down, when the jury came back in, he was waiting, on his phone, what appeared to be looking at social media, thanking his lawyers, patting them on the back. but then when the jury came in to deliver their verdict, they came in about two and a half hours after they started. when they came in, steve bannon didn t show a lot of emotion. he smirked a little bit. he nodded, as the judge thanked the jury. but ultimately, he wasn t really that reactive in court. and the
already from china. we ll have much more on that in just a moment. but we re also keeping an eye on the pentagon where in just minutes, top leaders will hold a press conference. this question of military intervention in taijuan, it s very likely to be raised. we ll bring that to you when it begins. president biden is also formally answering an indy pacific trade pact. a lot to get to this hour. let s get started. cnn s jeremy diamond is live in tokyo. jeremy, what are you hearing from administration, from the white house about the president s comments in taijuan? reporter: well, listen, a white house official almost immediately after the president made those comments at a news conference saying that quote, as the president said our policy has not changed and yet, if you listen to the president s words directly, he very much does seem to be tossing away the u.s. s decades long foreign policy of strategic ambiguity as it relates to taijuan and the question of whether or not