americans 70 percent do notin think biden should run again, with nearl y half of those citing his age as a major reason why. reme biden will turn 82 shortly after the election, and even biden s own aides are g raising the alarm about his diminished energy level,o schedu telling axios it s difficultn th to schedule events ineekend the morning, in the evening ors. on the weekends. and there s renewed concern yet about his age after biden suffered through yet another bizarre, gaffe filled week. takkne a lookow at this. we know that there s no there s no such there s so much more to finish the job. s the speaker, the former president and the magnetic, forr streamers were cut from a different cloth. they treat these folks. they treat these folks and they think they re a threat. lks,they think that somehow we e going to go back with regard to age. i can t even say, i guess, old how old i am. i can t even say no, it doesn t it doesn t register with me. so doe i m trying to think
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
good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 1st. john berman is off and john avalon is here with us this morning. good morning. great to you have. we begin with major news just n cnn reporting that nancy pelosi will be visiting taiwan after all despite china s stern warnings for her not to go. this comes from u.s. and taiwanese sources. it s not clear which day pelosi will be visiting as her asia trip gets under way here. we previously reported that the biden administration privately tried to convince pelosi not to go to taiwan. more exclusive cnn reporting. sparking an international response, protests erupting in sudan after a cnn investigation revealed russia is plundering sue began s goal to help finance putt putt putin s war in ukraine. tell us more. we have known for some time about russia s project to buttress itself against the u.s. sanctions regime ptbut what we haven t been able to pin down is the mechanisms of the invasio
desperately to make the chinesea dominant, what more could you do now than the biden n democrats are currently doing? . yeah, and allspeake or,f t. mr. speaker, leavingdone sixteen thousand americans effectively abandoned to in sudan with , you know, you re on your own shelter ine. place, that it used to bee sacr sacrosanct to rescuene americans to make sure we left no one on the field. right. and evenght? that is now out the window. newt gingrich, thank you so much for all of that. you very nice. ofappreciate it. now, thank you for again. just n, you know, the history ot this is what we need is recognizing that this is note politics as usual. i think a lot oft it people dont understand that or get it now.sr cheat sheet, joe also made a comeback this week after biden was caught using another note card on wednesday with detailed instructions to call on an l.a. timesl.a. tim reporter first. and despite the reporter being a the first one chosenskin by joe and asking a question that was o
you re a cio in 2022. so what s on the agenda? threat briefings, it meetings, and lots of coffee. but with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. you re ready. comcast business. powering possibilities. ™ welcome back to way too early. it s exactly 5:30 a.m. on the east coast, 2:30 out west. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us this morning. just n-just a few minutes we will teak sbooek richard haas about the drone strike that killed al qaeda s leader and first we will two to capitol hill where a bill for veterans is at a cross roads. senate majority leader chuck schumer says another vote on the pact act will come in the coming