delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. al zawahiri, the second in command to osama bin laden during the 9/11 attacks as well as the attack on u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 and the uss cole in 2000, killing 17 service members, took over the terrorist organization after bin laden s death in 2011 and was killed on the balcony of a taliban-linked safehouse in kabul, afghanistan. to those around the world who continue to seek to harm the united states, hear me now. we will always remain vigilant and we will act and we will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of americans at home and around the globe. i ll be joined this hour by white house homeland security adviser elizabeth sherwood randall and intelligence committee chairman senator mark warner for more on this major national security development and the future of al qaeda and the taliban. a
aggressive military exercises in 25 years in response in advance of the trip. and the u.s. reiterating that policy remains unchanged. yeah, i hear you fine, erin. i think we ve got some audio problems here, if the control room could just clear that up. okay. thank you. taiwan, we should point out, is self-governed but china claims it as part of its own territory. joining us now is ed louis, financial columnist at the financial times and richard haass, the president of the council on foreign relations. gentlemen, thanks very much for joining us. i should point out that dan sullivan and mitch mcconnell and a group of senate republicans have put out a statement just now saluting this trip and endorsing what the speaker is doing. in contrast to the house republicans who all declined this invitation to join this congressional delegation, which was intended to be bipartisan. so pelosi, as you know, the speaker s been a hawk on taiwan for decades. even tweeting let me show you this.
actually sit on the committee. nancy pelosi has to give the okay. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill this morning. good morning to you. so pelosi, was one of the big republican gripes about how this was set up does have, i guess, the right to sayy ay or nay on that. she would not say if she would allow the picks to go forward. kevin mccarthy believes that they should. of course the five picks, members who represent different aspects of the republican conference. but three of those members voted to overturn the electoral results. you see them there, jim banks who is the top republican on the committee, jim jordan, a big trump defender on this as someone who defended the president undoubtedly assuming he s allowed to serve going forward. and there is also troy nels who overed to over turn for arizona
personal gain, #defendourdemocracy. i know you tweeted on this earlier, but what s your reaction when you hear the speaker of the house tweet that? their entire case is contested. so pelosi,as schiff, nadler, thy keep saying the facts are uncontested. the very first interview was a transcribed interview with former special envoy with ukraine, volcker. he talked w about there was no quid pro quo. the president didn t know untill august 29ou until he read in politico there was a hold up on aid. the aid is released shortly there after. he testifies from omb. he is the only one that testifies from omb. he said the reason there was a hold on aid is president trump was concerned about other countries paying their fair share. the open hearings that the house intelligence committee had when asked george kent, to bill taylor, to marie ivan vich, are you aware of any crimes, bribery, extortion, none of them had anything.
personal gain, #defendourdemocracy. i know you tweeted on this earlier, but what s your reaction when you hear the speaker of the house tweet that? their entire case is contested. so pelosi, schiff, nadler, they keep saying the facts are uncontested. the very first interview was a transcribed interview with former special envoy with ukraine, volcker. he talked about there was no quid pro quo. the president didn t know until august 29 until he read in politico there was a hold up on aid. the aid is released shortly there after. he testifies from omb. he said the reason there was a hold on aid is president trump was concerned about other countries paying their fair share. and in the open hearings that the house intelligence committee had when asked george kent, to bill taylor, to marie ivan vich, are you aware of any crimes, bribery, extortion, none of them had anything.