zawahiri in afghanistan. happened over the weekend. the news is breaking, confirm now. i can tell you what you may know, the president will be addressing the nation if about 90 minutes. the white house saying president biden will speak out on this. it is a fast moving late-breaking story, and for that reason we go directly to some of our experts on this. kristen welker and retired four-star army general barry mccaffery. wristen, what are we learning from the white house about something that apparently already occurred but is breaking news tonight? it certainly is. first we learned that president biden was going to speak at 7:30 eastern time to announce an operation against a senior al qaeda leader, and based on conversations with two sources familiar with the matter, my colleague and i have been able to confirm that that leader was ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda, took over after osama bin laden was killed. this is significant. this is a raid that was conducted ov
the illegal server taking the fifth, i think it s disgraceful. have you seen what is going on in front of congress? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! the lawyers are deposing trump in a civil investigation by the new york attorney general. she s looking into the donald trump organization s allegedly misleading of lenders and insurers and tax authorities by providing inaccurate financial statements. add this to the list of legal troubles facing the former president. including a probe of documents. monday s search has his supporters urging him to move up the announcement of the 2024 run. cnn has the latest on the deposition from outside the new york attorney general s office. what is the president saying about why he took the fifth? reporter: well, victor, as you have played in the montage, you can see it s a different tune today that the former president saying he s not answering questions and asserting his fifth amendment right. in a l
trump recorded the day after the riots on january 7th. the whole thing is only about three minutes long of what we saw. but it took an hour to shoot, according to the washington post. and even then, it still needed to be edited. watch for when the camera position changes. now congress has certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. a menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens. so, how was the other 57 minutes spent? what s in those outtakes? and why was it so hard for him to condemn the violence? now, those outtakes, we re told are going to be part of the committee s case that donald trump abandoned his duties as president, like to stop his own supporters from attacking the u.s. capitol for more than three hours, mind you. and tonight, we ha
from you in person, instead of hearing from the media. this is the first time, and the only time that i had threat conversation with him. and i said i would like to see just speak to you at some stage to get your side of the story, effectively. i cannot be there in march. i m going to iraq for he said he was very busy, because involve the saddam, rack at the time. i will be there very polite, very sincere. i can bring you documents, if you want. [inaudible] i arranged a meeting with him. [inaudible] the day came, i waited, he didn t turn up. all the signs were, when we were going through it, it s charade. okay, i ll go along. i ll play the game. i have never had a case like that before, which became so personal. the devils advocate, mr. murder, call him what he is. he is the who s who of the criminal world. giovanni destefano is one of the attorneys representing saddam hussein. mr. di stefano, good morning to you. good morning, katie. [inau
mar-a-lago. former president trump now hinting at fourth amendment violations will also threatening to release surveillance video of the search, which would have a white ranging impact. the life reporting, in just a moment. and does trump s argument hold any water legally? we are going to ask a former federal prosecutor about that and much more. plus, the balance of power in the senate. could democrats be poised to maintain control, or even gain seats, holding off the gop? search minority leader mitch mcconnell race a few eyebrows with his comments this week about candidate quality. we ll dive into a new report that has the senate as a toss-up. 80 days from election day. we are also keeping a close eye on the georgia election and investigation of rudy giuliani, and what we ve learned from his testimony this week, and where the probe goes from here. he is now considered a target of the investigation. and the next hour, we will dive deeper into right wing extremism and the thre