delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. al zawahiri, the second in command to osama bin laden during the 9/11 attacks as well as the attack on u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 and the uss cole in 2000, killing 17 service members, took over the terrorist organization after bin laden s death in 2011 and was killed on the balcony of a taliban-linked safehouse in kabul, afghanistan. to those around the world who continue to seek to harm the united states, hear me now. we will always remain vigilant and we will act and we will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of americans at home and around the globe. i ll be joined this hour by white house homeland security adviser elizabeth sherwood randall and intelligence committee chairman senator mark warner for more on this major national security development and the future of al qaeda and the taliban. a
change in the aggressiveness by china under president xi? sure. china has gotten considerably more aggressive under president xi. there s no doubt about that. there s been more intrusion into chinese air identification zone. there s been more chinese military exercises. more quite sort of chilling rhetoric from across the taiwan strait. there s no doubt about that. the chinese see the united states as hollowing out it s a term they keep using. hollowing out the one china policy. since trump became president. there have been a lot more high-level codels, congressional delegation visitors. but particularly during the trump years by republican senators and indeed by a cabinet secretary, alex azar, in 2020. so both sides are accusing the other of escalating it. i have no doubt that china is more responsible for the escalation. and i have no doubt that xi