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
as some states rush to ban abortions, others work to protect them. hours ago mississippi certifying the state s trigger law that makes nearly all abortions in the state illegal. we re following all the developments and the supreme court s latest decision that sticks with a familiar trend, dismantling the separation of church and state. first to cnn national correspondent nadia in mississippi. nadia, talk to us about the state s latest move and where it falls in the big picture. well, we knew that the state s first female attorney general, lynn finch, was a big supporter of overturning roe v. wade. it was a matter of time before she certified the trigger law in mississippi. that happened just this morning. so now there s a ten-day period where the clinic behind me, the state s last abortion clinic can continue to perform abortions. today they are not performing abortions. the clinic is closed, but they will begin again tomorrow and for the next nine days after that. once tho
democrat dechlic precinctses. the plan as outlined by a republican national committee staffer in michigan includes utilizing rules to provide political balance among poll workers to install party-trained volunteers prepared to challenge voters at democratic majority polling places to connect a website in establishing a network of party-friendly district attorneys who can intervene to block vote counts at certain precincts. here is a clip of an rnc official in michigan making his pitch to potential recruits in october 2021. that is what we are here tonight for. to show the program that we are creating to create that safety net on the polls before election day, after election day to make sure that fraud does not happen again. i understand that we are upset with the 2020 result, but we cannot just look at the 2020 results or else the exact same thing will happen in 2022. we need volunteers on the ground on election day ahead of election day working so that that fraud does not
Of litres of fuel in the hands of hamas. The bbc has not been able to verify this. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and other western governments. There are growing International Calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to Reach Gaza Which continues to come under intense bombardment. The Health Ministry in the hamas controlled territory says more than 6,500 people have now been killed there 2,704 of them children. Israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in the hamas attacks on the 7th of october. Another focus of the past 2a hours has been israels furious reaction to comments made by the un Secretary General at the Security Council. Antonio guterres said the hamas attacks in southern israel had not happened in a vacuum. He also said there was no justification for the hamas attacks. Israel is now withholding visas from United Nations officials in response to the remarks. Mr guterres has spoken again in the past hour. Shocked by the misrep
Hello and a warm welcome to our viewers in the United States and aroundour viewers in the uns and around the world. Im bianca nobilo. And im max foster. Just ahead i think were a conservative center right party and i think im the guy who can unite that. My politics are entirely consistent with where conservatives are across the country. It was a horror show who ran on the basis that she would get trump before she even knew anything about me. Mr. Trumps comments were offensive, were baseless, and were void of any facts or evidence. It is not okay for our patients to have to wait such a long time to receive the patient care that they need. And that is why were out here for our patients. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is thursday re, october 5 and the fallout of Kevin Mccarthy is rattling capitol hill. The race is on to find his replacement after tuesdays stunning vote removed him from the top leadership post. Several names of possible success