biden described al zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding he was the mastermind of the attack of the uss cole. the fbi just updated its terrorist status for al zawahiri with the word deceased. al zawahiri was killed in a precise strike on the balcony of a safe house with two hell fire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the ground in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al zawahiri comes 11 years after u.s. forces masterfully took out osama bin laden, who was hiding in pakistan at the time. here s what president biden says about just how long this strike took. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states the find you and take you out. joining me now to discuss this huge news is richard clark. new yorker staf
what is the reason? well, at different periods of time, different reasons. i think during the george w. bush administration, it was not the priority. but the significance of this hit is, as dexter said, it s evidence that the taliban regime that is now running afghanistan is corroborating with al qaeda. the number of al qaeda fighters in afghanistan has doubled in the last year according to a recent u.n. report. so, it s clear that al qaeda was trying to make a come back, still trying to make a come back, and that they were doing so with the support of the interior minister haqqani, who is a known terrorist himself. so, for all of the pledges that we ve had from the taliban that they wouldn t be like their old selves, well that all turns out to be horse pucky. and they are backing a terrorist
this is dangerous business. and it is a reminder of why any reporter who gets leaked texts should be very dubious if they don t have the full picture, and it is a reminder of why it s really important that robert mueller is investigating this and we re not relying on it should also be a lesson to them that should there come a national security crisis or law enforcement crisis, the american people need to be able to trust their elected officials when they engage in this horse pucky to be polite. it undermines confidence in institutions. it is tough in davos, but president trump does have some friends. as you finish your first year in office, i want to say that i look forward to continuing our remarkable, tremendous friendship in the years ahead.
no, but listen, according to use guy, the most amazing thing is. we had a guy out hear a couple of days ago who worked for the bush administration or whatever. but because he is for trump he s not a part of the establishment. if the same guy had said he was against trump he is the establishment. the only thing that defines. you are getting it now. oh my you are proud of this? this is complete horse pucky. to wax serious here. the whole fbi clinton episode really shows to a lot of people the situation bipartisanly is corrupt. and they want to make it ebert and donald trump is that vessel. but this does, i think president obama is going to be
and medicaid said this stuff is just driving me crazy. that is why we have so many uninsured. martha: juan, if you got a letter in the mail tomorrow from news corp, said, you know what? you re not going to be covered anymore. it would be upsetting. i have just said, we have stories like that. but i just don t think entirety of the story. when the president says we have to look out for each other, we have to look out for the elderly woman who might get sick as well as kid who might get into a car accident, i think that is rational. martha: people are very nervous right now about losing their coverage. change is not easy. martha: mary catherine. it wasn t supposed to be any change if you like what we had. why don t we look out for each other by telling truth about legislation before shoving it through. i agree with that point. it would not have passed if he told people some of them might lose their health insurance. martha: leave it there. horse pucky on everything. that is g