good evening, expecting a background briefing from the nst in about 30 minutes time and just now learning as you mentioned that over the weekend the u.s. carried out a successful counterterrorism operation, a drone strike against what it calls a significant al qaeda target in afghanistan, two intelligence sources tell fox news al qaeda leader zawahiri was the target of the strike and was killed. no civilian casualties and the target was a residential home in afghanistan. age 70 was the leader of al qaeda and usama bin laden s right hand responsible for the 9/11 attacks, the egyptian doctor fled to al pakistan during the 1980s after being jailed twice and asia for the member of islamic egyptian overthrowing the government of egypt and a former surgeon, the personal physician and closest confidant and became the nominal leader of al qaeda after bin laden was killed in 2011. since september 11th attacks the u.s. state department has offered a u.s. $25 million reward for inform
plus, economic silver lining. a rosy job support, gas prices coming off record highs, but the summer travel season marred by delays at the airport due to pandemic staff cuts and pilot shortages. we will as transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the waves of disruption and new spending to improve airports across the country. and senate democrats and make a last push for a party line package to revive the president s stall domestic agenda. we will bring in leaders from both sides of the al republican conference shared job grasso and senate majority whip dick durbin to discuss the fate of the massive spending bill ahead of midterms. plus, shock and sadness after the assassination of an american ally in one of the world s safest countries. and another key ally resigns after a stream of personal and policy scandals. and politics, no it is remotely indispensable. will ask or send a panel but impact back here in the u.s. all right now on fox news sunday. mike: and hello a
plus, economic silver lining. a rosy job support, gas prices coming off record highs, but the summer travel season marred by delays at the airport due to pandemic staff cuts and pilot shortages. we will as transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the waves of disruption and new spending to improve airports across the country. and senate democrats and make a last push for a party line package to revive the president s stall domestic agenda. we will bring in leaders from both sides of the al republican conference shared job grasso and senate majority whip dick durbin to discuss the fate of the massive spending bill ahead of midterms. plus, shock and sadness after the assassination of an american ally in one of the world s safest countries. and another key ally resigns after a stream of personal and policy scandals. and politics, no it is remotely indispensable. will ask or send a panel but impact back here in the u.s. all right now on fox news sunday. mike: and hello a
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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. a lot went into the drone strike at a lot may follow from. it will begin tonight with new details on how it all came together, cnn correspondent jim sciutto, one more have you learned about this mission? anderson, remarkable details coming up from a senior administration official tonight that speaks to a months long intelligence operation proceeding the strike from a drone on saturday. we re told that the president was first alerted to al-zawahiri presidents in kabul, start of april this year but that had followed months of u. s. intelligence agencies have been tracking ham, he moved to kabul extensively it seems to stay with friends there, downtown villa. and then over the course of the months, cia and other intel agencies developed patterns of his and his family s behavior with the intention of finding an opportunity to kill al-zawahiri in that ho