this evening. justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of a location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised of the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him! biden described al-zawahiri, as a terrorist to quote, carved a trail unquote. of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding that he was the mastermind at the bombing of the uss coal in 2000 which killed 17 u.s. sailors. the fbi just now updated its most wanted terrorist status for al-zawahiri with the word deceased. al-zawahiri was killed in a precise strike as the president on a balcony of a safe house with two hellfire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the grounds in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al-zawahiri comes
stand by the high stakes missions to take out the world s most wanted terrorist. the pentagon wiped the phones at the end of the trump admini administration. i ll get reaction from a member of the january 6th select committee. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off, i m pamela brown and you re in the situation room. we begin with house speaker nancy pelosi s controversial trip to taiwan and the added strain it s putting on already tense u.s. relations with china. cnn selina wang has a report from beijing. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi staying overnight in taiwan, ignoring relentless warnings from beijing that there would be grave consequences. speaker pelosi touching down in taipei just before 11:00 p.m. local time, becoming the most senior u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. but the high-stakes, high-risk visit also comes at a delicate moment for u.s./china relations. speaker pelosi expected to meet the t
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from buffalo, new york. good evening from buffalo. a still proud but deeply wounded community asking tonight, why us. why a teenager traveled hundreds of miles to this city, to this block, to this grocery store to allegedly seek out black people to kill today we learn the gun attack that killed ten and injured three may not have gone entirely as planned police believe the shooter, pumped up on false and racist conspiracy theories, intended to head down the street and shoot more people. thankfully he was stopped and arrested it came on the same weekend as a mass shooting at a southern california church, an attack on taiwanese church members being investigated tonight as a hate crime that was politically motivated. we ll have more on that in a few moments. let s begin here with the pain, remembrances, and fear in buffalo tonight, buffalo still struggling to come to terms with how someone could turn a s
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im victor blackwell. And im amara walker. Israels army appears to be entering a new phase of war. An Army Spokesperson from the idf confirmed to cnn that idf Ground Forces are in gaza right now. Infantry, artillery and other units moved into gaza from the north overnight. As troops march in the north, israel continues to fire missiles across the border. The idf have been launching heavy and continuous air strikes throughout the night into the morning. Idf reserve soldiers are calling it the most intense night of bombing of the conflict so far. Cnns jim sciutto is with us now from northern israel. So, israel promised a major Ground Offensive after the attacks by hamas on october 7th. Is it clear yet that this is the beginning of that . That we are seeing that Ground Incursion in a major way or is this potentially Something Else . Reporter well, victor, its the beginning of something. Thats no question. Because israel is now confirming the Idf S
Courthouse in manhattan. We expect to hear from him before this day of court begins. What is his message in the morning, anyway before Stormy Daniels takes the stand . We expert her to be on the stand at 9 30 eastern time. Were off and running already. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Stormy daniels is said to be one of the key witnesses in the prosecutions case. She is expected to testify she had a sexual encounter with trump. But what will she add about receiving payments by his lawyer, Michael Cohen . Waiting on those remarks. As the republican candidate faces the threat of jail time from judge merchans Gag Order Trump said yesterday jail is a sacrifice he is willing to make. Andy mccarthy has the analysis. Eric sean has the reporting and where we begin live outside the courthouse this morning. Eric, hello. Good morning, bill. A big day at court. Stormy daniels, stephanie clifford, expected to take the Witness Stand in the trial half an hour from now. Ms. Daniels l