from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news. the biden ministration is releasing a newly declassified intelligence assessment, saying al-qaeda has not returned to afghanistan after the u.s. withdrawal it is no longer able to launch an attack from there. the late saturday statement comes two weeks after president biden announced a drone strike in kabul, killing al-qaeda s leader. tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. began its chaotic withdrawal of military forces, allowing the taliban to regain control and another breaking story that we are following for you. the bipartisan congressional delegation planning to stop in taiwan as part of a trip to asia this weekend. senate relations chair ed markey is leading the delegation, which includes one republican and several democrat lawmakers. donald trump fires off new claims about what was seized in mar-a-lago, a debate over the fbi search rages on. we have been talking
mean he was on a p.r. excursion? well, you can certainly make the case that he was and certainly with things like that being apart of the press coverage, you can certainly say that. when you look at going into the war zone and congressional delegation planning to go into a war zone, that s definitely not your average excursion out there. the president spoke if i can add to that too with the commander in chief, you are the commander. you have the responsibility to visit your forces. what you are talking about with pelosi, speaker of the house, you are talking about her responsibility for over site and appropriations and armed services and the kinds of things that are relegated to congress in the constitution. the president has a requirement visit soldier, troops across the spectrum.
certainly with things like that being apart of the press coverage, you can certainly say that. when you look at going into the war zone and congressional delegation planning to go into a war zone, that s definitely not your average excursion out there. the president spoke if i can add to that too with the commander in chief, you are the commander. you have the responsibility to visit your forces. what you are talking about with pelosi, speaker of the house, you are talking about her responsibility for over site and appropriations and armed services and the kinds of things that are relegated to congress