act, which is another vote imminent as, the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night win. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, and while this is the eve of yet another crucial set of primaries which has 99 days to go until the midterm elections we begin this evening s broadcast with major news in the still ongoing war on terror president biden made it official in just a few hours ago. on saturday, and my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the emir of al-qaeda. we ayman al-zawahiri, after carefully clinton s interim clear evidence of his location, i authorize a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once for all. this mission was carefully, planned vigorously minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. 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 united states will find you and take you out.
i m stephanie ruhle. and while this is the eve of yet another crucial set of primaries, which just 99 days to go to the midterm elections, we begin this evening broadcast with major news and the still ongoing war on terror. president biden made it official just a few hours ago. on saturday, under my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan that killed and amir of al qaeda, ayman al-zawahiri. after carefully considering, and clearly convincing evidence of his location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield, once and for all. this person, this mission was carefully planned, rigorously, to minimize the risk. 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. > of 2000, and was believed to be one of the main architects of the attacks on september 11th. he became the lea
addressing the nation from the blue room balcony at the white house where he is in isolation with rebound covid case. the cleric, that justice has been delivered. and warning that the united states will defend the american people. 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. we are also learning some more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri, children what was being called a precise tailored airstrike. using to hellfire missiles fired at the balcony of a safe house in kabul. at 9:40 pm eastern time. it happened on saturday. the president thank you kate final trouble for a patient a week ago after months of highly secret planning. one official is telling cnn that members of his family, who are in other areas of the house, were not harmed. he helped mastermind the deadly terror attack on american soil alongside osama bin laden, when planes crashed into the world tr
just in, new details on the united states killing one of the world s most wanted terrorist, al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri, with a 25 million dollar reward on his head. osama bin laden s right-hand man. president joe biden addressing the nation from the blue room on the white house declaring justice has been delivered. warning that the united states will defend the american people. 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. we re also learning more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri killed, in what has been called a precise, tailored air strike using two missiles fired at the balcony of a safe house in kabul, 9:48 pm eastern time. happened on saturday. president biden gave final approval for a mission a month ago after months of highly secret planning. one members of the zawahiri who were in other areas of the house were not harmed. al-zawahiri help
know. i want to bring in john brennan, former fbi director, and security and intelligence analysts, and barry mccaffrey i decorated combat vector in the persian gulf. john, how big of a win is this for the u.s., in terms of the war on terror. well, it s a very big win for a variety of reasons. one is that it has taken out the leader that al-qaeda, this is a individual has been involved in terrorist activities for years and then he boldly relocated from pakistan to kazakhstan s capital, kabul, and it demonstrates the reach of american counterterrorism abilities, and intelligence capabilities that we are able to find him in kabul and take this action as president biden said with meticulous planning and with careful regard for preventing civilian casualties. i do think it demonstrates that