risking a rise in tensions between the u.s. and china. the death toll is rising from the devastating mckinney fire in northern california. at least two more people found dead inside their homes. the fire burning more than 56,000 acres, nearly 6,000 people under evacuation orders. also, rescuers struggling to reach flood victims in eastern kentucky. dozens of people still unaccounted for. thousands without power or water. the new danger, temperatures expected to climb into the 90s beginning tomorrow. news tonight about more missing text messages following the january 6th attack on the capitol. a watchdog group is accusing the pentagon of wiping text messages from cell phones belonging to top officials. the nfl suspends the owner of one of its top teams. what the league is accusing him of doing. and why tom brady s name was part of the investigation. the monkeypox outbreak spreads across the u.s. more than 6,300 cases now reported. a fifth child now tests positive.
concern. 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 will find you and take you out. a lot went into the drone strike and a lot may follow from it. we begin tonight with new details how it all came together and with chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. anderson, remarkable details coming out from a senior administration official tonight which speaks to a months long intelligence operation preceding this strike from a drone on saturday. we re told the president was first alerted to his presence in kabul in april, the start of april this year. but that had followed months where u.s. intelligence agencies had been tracking him, that he had moved to kabul ostensibly it seems to stay with family there, a downtown villa. in the course of those months cia and other intelligence agencies developed patterns of his and his family s behavior with intention of filing an
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
his death sends a clear message. this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. and one week ago after being advised the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. the white house has just released this photo from july, president biden meeting with his national security team in the situation room, discussing the possible operation to kill al zawahiri. reminiscent of the photo from the operation room during the bin laden operation. we re learning about the planning behind it, it was intricate, months long. u.s. intel agencies were tracking down the al qaeda leader going back well into the beginning of this year. cnn s arlette saenz joins me now from the white house. what more do we know about the planning behind this, because what is remarkable, it seems, they first a