WIth InjurIes. Ambulances have been rushIng through the suburbs, the mInIstry has called on staff to report on people to donate blood. Anyone wIth a pager should ImmedIately dIscard It. Unnamed SecurIty OffIcIals say the pagers were hacked by Israel, whIch has not commented. WIth me Is our SecurIty Correspondent Frank Gardner. These are stIll the early detaIls of thIs, It was fIrst reported less than two hours ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. It ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. All, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, almost unprecedented. I cannot thInk of any case where you have got a sImultaneous, almost sImultaneous explosIon of so many personal devIces. These were not MobIle Phones, they were not MobIle Phones, they were pagers, whIch sounds very 20th century. But the reason for that Is that when the Gaza War or conflIct began after october seven massacre In
sandra: fox news alert, a live look at perry, iowa, where we are awaiting an update after multiple people were hurt in a shooting at the city s high school. it happened early this morning. it was the students first day back of classes there after their winter break. officials announced moments ago we will be getting our next update from there at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. we will certainly be watching and listening for that. john: the sheriff says there is no longer a threat to the public but released little detail other than that. nothing on the number of victims or if the shooter is dead or alive. said officials would give those updates later this afternoon. we ll bring you developments as we get them on this story. first, another fox news alert. sandra: any moment now expecting to hear from the pentagon. the press secretary pat ryder is expected to step up to the podium for the first on camera briefing of the year as escalation in the middle east takes a brand-new turn
going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now
on this new day, justice has been delivered. president biden announcing the leader of al qaeda, the world s most wanted terrorist has been killed in a drone strike. and nancy pelosi is set to visit taiwan amid escalates threats from china. and dozens of people are dodd and hundreds more missing in rising water on the way. plus, a january 6 rioter who was turned in by his son handed down the longest insurrection sentence today. his son joins new day, ahead. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. one of the master planners behind the 9/11 attacks is dead. president biden said ayman al zawahiri was killed by a precision drone strike in afghanistan. he was bin laden s trusted lieutenant and took over al qaeda s leader after bin laden was killed in 2011. biden said the strike that took out al zawahiri was the result of extraordinary persistence and still by u.s. intelligence. zawahiri was targeted when he stepped out on
and not. thanks for joining us. our team covering this from around the asia region and thanks for joining us today. i m jim sciutto at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, i m kate bolduan. we re following breaking news. nancy pelosi arrived in taijuan, arriving moments ago for a visit that s been controversial and speculated about for weeks now. the visit never publicly confirmed but been public knowledge for sometime. the white house concerned and warning pelosi about the visit although never actually telling the house speaker not to go. in the meantime, u.s. officials are closely watching china to see how beijing could respond to the visit. officials offered several veiled threats including a warning that the chinese military would not stand idly by if the sovereignty was infringed upon. taking a look at the pictures of speaker pelosi getting off the plane in the middle of the night in taipei. will ripley is live