greg: out of time, thanks to dagen mcdowell, cory mills, a studio audience. shannon bream next. i love you, america. [applause] shannon: hello and welcome to fox news @ night. shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, a cia drone strike in afghanistan takes out al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri. once usama bin laden s right-hand man, he helped mastermind the 9/11 attack and lead the terror group after that. pick of the house nancy pelosi maybe heading to taiwan in a matter of hours of the men to not talk tough about taking grievous action against the high-profile lawmaker, so should the speaker be going on? a panel debate. breaking news at the nation s capital right here tonight with
knowledge of that the taliban having some knowledge of it. the unanswered question and probably best not to think about a publicly is to beget any inside information from the taliban? this is the unknown part right now probably be best if the public does not know. that is the problem with this transnational terrorism to be successful it requires some safe havens, some area of support from some national capability and that s always a challenge that we have globally. brian: general over the rise and work in this case how much better would be if we had some type of presence that it would be right next door. real quick in your estimation with bin laden in charge when we killed him and with zawahiri in charge when we killed him?
particularly in the way that he did idea that some of this is a vindication for the counterterrorism but you re run. yes, we did get ayman al zawahiri, but we also got usama bin laden in a place wouldn t have active operations are going on a day-to-day basis. we ve long known that we have the capability but the ability to stave off terrorism without being there is simply not true. it will be over the long run, but in this case, the president it did a good job, he took out 37, it should get credit for that because frankly, the credit really should go to the 20 years of hard work of our men and women in the intelligence community and special operations and dod overtaken the spy to the enemy for years on end and we finally brought a 7-ton. shannon: it is great news for the american and especially for those families were still suffering from the loss of 9/11. some small measure, hopefully, vindication and compared to the back of the new york times as a suspect was asked the question, t
i think that bin laden was the bigger head, not involved in the day today operator. working the logistics they each had specific roles. so him leaving the scene both as the designated leader and really follower of bin laden as well as the key operator over decades is a major hit for al qaeda. brian: general it was great to catch up with you thank you so for joining us tonight we appreciated. organ a talk china with this breaking news were able to write it because you lived in for the last 20 years thank you. switching gears of the home front you got it. as they mentioned he was outmaneuvered by the democrats in that new tax and spending bill. his reputation to the democrats and reckless policies has been perhaps directly shattered
al qaeda after bin laden was killed in 2011. he also helped plot the bombing of the uss cole during 17 american sailors in 2,000. families of 9/11 victims calling the strike a significant step forward, but military experts say it is a major blow to the terrorist organization. al zawahiri always has been, as you said, the master planner and operator, so him leaving the scene, both as the designated leader and real follower of bin laden as well as the key operator over the decades as a major hit to al qaeda. but the terrorist leader s death in kabul raising concerns about the state of afghanistan after u.s. withdrawal in a president biden let you. republicans believe it proves that seeding the country to the taliban paves the way for an al qaeda resurgent. secretary of state said the