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
todd: the battle of the buses continues between texas governor greg abbott and new york mayor eric adams as adams threatens to take on abbott s reelection campaign by sending buses of new yorkers to campaign against abbott and texas vis-a-vis bus. you re watching fox & friends first on a thursday morning i m todd piro. carley: adams and abbott it s tough can one change their name for us. i m carley shimkus, as the biden administration keeps the boarders wide open, where is democrat outrage over this? a new report from the dhs inspector general reveals the biden administration is obtaining illegal immigrants for ten times longer than the legal limit with some migrants being held in confined spaces for over a month todd: ashlolight the o struggles of the open border policies and the effect it has we have to, for the good of america, we have to get him out of office. ashley: abbott responding with the quote from the clint eastwood classic dirty harry. go ahead, mary, m
messages saying that she which her job. she had something down in kansas. left behind a puzzling computer trail. emails, text messages, so active on social media. nobody can locator. she did not want to be found. exactly. a mom turned ghost. was she missing? or hiding? i wanted to know. taunts, threats, violence my leg is soaked with blood. oh, jesus. a deadly mystery that would lead three moms and one man. you were the last one to see her? it was as if i had already done something, and he already knew it. he was a drilling me with the ironies. it was almost an obsession to get it solved. a heart stopping case of jealousy, secret identity, and murder. it is like, they are on edge. what s gonna happen next? it was dark when they started searching, dark and cold. the 5th of december, 2015, just across the night black mystery from omaha, back and forth when the chopper, as a proud the park, big lake park, iowa, looking for shooter. 9-1-1.
kick russian out of ukraine. there is no question that president xi is watching. putin is watching to see if the west, if the united states and europe lose interest in ukraine and if we do, then i think it potentially gives him a green light. so, we are on the cusp of the post world war ii order where big nations didn t change their borders through force coming apart. and i think right now the most important thing that we could do to stop china from making a move on taiwan is to make clear to the ukrainians we re with them today and in the future to make sure they regain their own sovereignty. senator chris murphy, thank you very much for being on this morning. we will be in touch. so we are well into the fourth hour of morning joe right now. let s talk more about the bills to help veterans that republicans blocked. joining us now, retired sergeant ted corcoran. he s a disabled veteran and a veteran advocate who suffers from the effects of burn pits. he s now organizing
help ves rans sickened by toxic burn pits. i m used to the lies. not used to the cruelty. can the bill pass this week? veterans secretary denis mcdonough will be here. with some world leaders falling short, will it be too late? i ll ask the new australian prime minister, anthony albanese, about his ambitious plan in his exclusive first u.s. interview ahead. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is wondering if political tides may be turning. president biden is back in isolation this morning after testing positive with a rebound case of covid after being treated with paxlovid. though his doctor says he no longer has any symptoms. this time biden does have some good news to mull over. first, the bipartisan passage of a bill to boost competition with china on the manufacturing of semiconductors. and second, a sudden possible deal in congress on a massive plan to begin to tackle the climate crisis, high drug prices and address big companies tha