chasing the lion retire army general anthony tata sir thank you so much. i guess the best question is, why are we still talking with the taliban? we know they are continuing to harbor terrorists. we know czar heri and mastermind behind a lot of things he wasn t as charismatic but he was brains behind all of their operations. well you re exactly right lawrence, disawmed had alan more of the fashion al qaeda operation but at the end of the day it s a good thing that he s dead and gone. it was good that we did that. the united states continuing to negotiate with the taliban makes little sentence my view the doha agreement signed couple of weeks ago during trump administration that began the phaseout of foreign troops from afghanistan was a good agreement. and it was poorly executed by this, you know, last year about a year ago. by the biden administration about what we have now is no real agreement in place because they re not abiding by that agreement as you said harboring te
refinery maintenance shutdowns ant and opec s latest cuts as retirees will soon get the biggest social security living increase that they ve seen in decades. in a moment we will hear from the wall street journal jon hilsenrath. analysis in moments. arthel: the white house trying to get in front of rising gas prices and inflation among top voter concerns. hey, lucas. lucas: price of regular unleaded gasoline nationwide is 3.91 according to triple a. president biden lashing out against saudi arabia and opec for cutting oil production former secretary of state mike pompeo responded this morning on fox news sunday. the the point the finger at someone else opec and saudis is enormous mistake when america has the capacity to produce energy independence for its own country and provide energy for the world as well. lucas: pompeo also taking issue with biden s comments on armageddon defined last battle between good and evil before day of judgment and called comments reckless and w
robberies brought several democrats are now backing away from defending police movements, both sides are now ramping up their messaging and up several tight races including in georgia. eric: is a topic and charles watson is live in atlanta with a look at how crime is affecting some of the races in the peach state, hi charles. had good afternoon eric and arthel. republicans appeared to have found their footing and have a winning message with voters, certainly in terms of rising crime and trying to connect democrats to lawlessness. stacey abrams said yesterday funding the police. abrams even joined a radical anti- police group. republican incumbent governor brian kemp made it a key issue crime here in georgia and the georgia governors race against democrat stacey abrams. campus criticizing his opponent for defending place by highlighting the task force decreed as governor to target street racing and violent crimes in cities like atlanta were only burglaries and shopliftin
and rocket attacks in baghdad as that country sees upheaval not witnessed for years. i m john berman with brianna keilar. and president zelenskyy telling troops to go home as they gained ground in south. ukrainians have retain foul villages from russian occupation. you can see a couple right here. they re near the crucial taking of kherson. kherson was the first city, of course, to fall to the russians months ago. and announcing the counteroffensive, a claim that failed miserably and heavy losses. we re live on the ground. and political chaos gripping iraq as deadly clashes play out in baghdad s green zone. at least ten people were killed. more than 200 injured after a powerful cleric announced he s stepping down from politics. hundreds of protesters stormed the presidential palace. they were met by tear gas in live fire. and just getting word that four rockets damaged straight ahead. and one year since the final plane left afghanistan. the cnn special report an how life
plus, the latest on house speaker nancy pelosi and taiwan. the uncertain visit is straining an already tense relationship between the united states and china. and a texas man gets the longest prison sentence to date tied to the capitol attack, but his daughters want someone else locked up, too. good morning, and welcome to way too early, on this tuesday, august 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. after decades on the run, the top leader of al qaeda has finally been taken off the battlefield. ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid said j