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
unintended consequences. so, yes, lots of concern there, i think, about her safety. but that hasn t swayed her. you saw her defiance to the january 6th rioters as well. you know, nancy pelosi is somebody with a pretty like her politics or not, somebody with a pretty stiff spine. and yes, there will be geopolitical repercussions from this, during her visit and afterwards. but, you know, i think in her mind, standing up for our democratic ally in taiwan is worth it. susan, do you think this is all bad for the biden administration? what i mean by that is, they say the military thinks it s a bad idea for nancy pelosi to go. she says i m going anyway. they re on the record dissuading her, but then the u.s. also sends this message of nancy pelosi being able to go and being the highest ranking official who has gone.