good evening, expecting a background briefing from the nst in about 30 minutes time and just now learning as you mentioned that over the weekend the u.s. carried out a successful counterterrorism operation, a drone strike against what it calls a significant al qaeda target in afghanistan, two intelligence sources tell fox news al qaeda leader zawahiri was the target of the strike and was killed. no civilian casualties and the target was a residential home in afghanistan. age 70 was the leader of al qaeda and usama bin laden s right hand responsible for the 9/11 attacks, the egyptian doctor fled to al pakistan during the 1980s after being jailed twice and asia for the member of islamic egyptian overthrowing the government of egypt and a former surgeon, the personal physician and closest confidant and became the nominal leader of al qaeda after bin laden was killed in 2011. since september 11th attacks the u.s. state department has offered a u.s. $25 million reward for inform
Course of wednesday night and into thursday. When it does arrive, it will bring gusts potentially of more than 80 mph, strongest in the north of scotland, where we are likely to see travel disruption. Keep tuned to the forecast. Back to the here and now, pretty quiet. A cloudy day. Still mild with temperatures around 810dc. Still mild with temperatures around 8 10dc. Rain in the north west of scotla nd 8 10dc. Rain in the north west of scotland which will be persistent at times. Elsewhere, the odd spot of bristol on coasts and hills in the north and west. The odd spot of brazil. Overnight temperatures not too dissimilar to the daytime highs. Through the day tomorrow, a similar day across england and wales to today. Still quite cloudy, a few more bright intervals, scotland and Northern Ireland, the wind picking up Northern Ireland, the wind picking up with rain. Mild and breezy tomorrow. Later tomorrow, the wins will really start to strengthen, gales on exposed irish sea coasts and part
And im alma daetz. The daily dramas from the white house are testing the patients of republicans in congress. Today is no exception. Abc news confirms james comey documented some of his interactions with President Trump. There is clear evidence the president tried to influence the Fbi Department and the investigation into the russia investigation. Abc reporter vega is at the white house. Reporter abc news confirms President Trump suggested james comey shut down his investigation into normer National Security advisor michael flynn. A source close to comey tells abc news wrote a letter the day he was fired. I hope you can let this go, he allegedly told comey. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this g. The New York Times who first reported the memo says it was part of a paper trail comey wanted to leave behind as evidence of what he called improper influence into his investigation. The times did not view a copy of that memo, but says associates of comey read it to a reporter. Tonight th
His commitment makes him a valuable asset and we are happy to have you. I would like to join you and welcome mr. Donovan. He is an outstanding attorney and an outstanding public servant. Great to have you on board. Just to show how bipartisan we are going to be, as a democrat, i would like to welcome my former colleague dan donovan. It is great to have you here and i look forward to working with you. Anybody else echo mr. Richmond onto a more serious topic, yesterday in boston, sorts are merging that mr. Rahim was killed by federal Law Enforcement officers after lunging at them with a knife. After communicating with and spreading isis propaganda online. Known associates are also being arrested as we speak. These cases are a reminder of the danger posed by individuals radicalized by social media. In garland one month ago. He urge others to do the same the mohammed cartoon contest that islamists have singled out as a target. The final tweet minutes before the attack, he told his follower
Inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. We lead off with an nbc news exclusive and what we learned with not what, but who is the intended target of a high stakes u. S. Military raid in yemen that killed a navy s. E. A. L. U. S. Military and sources tell us the Risky Missions Main Objective was to kill or capture the lead of al qaeda in yemen. The raid failed to get him and he is taunting President Trump. Our correspondent has details. Tonight, multiple military and intelligence officials told us the real piece of the u. S. Military operation last week in yemen. The top secret target, the man american intelligence officials designate the third most dangerous terrorist in the world, the head of al qaeda in yemen. The mission is to kill or capture him. I think it is a Successful Operation by all standards. Today we learn the gamble to capture him was not a success. He is alive in y