[ technical difficulties ] that helped mastermind the worst terrorist attack on u.s. soil. and many other attacks against americans. ayman al zawahiri has killed by a cia drone strike this last weekend while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul. he was osama bin laden s deputy during the september 11th attacks and rose to al qaeda s leader when the u.s. killed bin laden back in 2011. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside of the home were killed. and in a prime time address, president biden called the killing justice for his victims. and the mission, quote, a total success. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. you know, we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide. if you are a
7, 8, 9, 10 points and it was much closer race than expected. and he s underperformed a bit over the past year, year and a half in polls and fundraising. what is his strength, if he goes up against this trump-backed candidate? i mean, this is would be the strength that the democrats are counting what democrats believe to be a strength in arizona and believe to be a strength in a number of key races across the country. is when you ve got these candidates who are closely tethered to trump, trump s rhetoric about 2020, about january 6 for that matter, democrats believe that is a strength to run against those candidates, so much that one of the interesting sub plots, we haven t seen it in arizona but one of the interesting subplots, of the primary season, there is a congressional race where it is a major factor, democrats have spent money and in some cases significant money to talk about millions of dollars trying to boost republican candidates and in republican primaries who echo
for democrats, extremely favorable for republicans, a state where that should play to republicans advantage on paper and then a test. could republicans nominate a slate of candidates that closely aligned with donald trump, his claims about the election in 2020 and could they still win in an environment like this or would that actually save a democrat like mark kelly, the senator seeking re-election. and by extension, would that give them a chance to hang on to the united states senate. it is really something, isn t it. you look at the environment, the political environment, you look at history. republicans should be lined up, set up for huge wins. the polls aren t sheing that right now. not in the senate or the gubernatorial races, but let s talk about arizona and that senate race because so many people are looking at that case. mark kelly, underperformed in 2020. most polls showed him winning by
2014. pro choice, pro every democratic position, willie. it is crazy. but these cyber punks, they spread these lies, idiots believe those lies. and these republican arizona officials, i swear to god, how many audits have these officials been forced to run. and you have county commissioners in maricopa county and senators, all of the these republicans saying, guys, guys, these are all lies. you re being lied to. and they have done that five, six, seven, eight, nine times since the election. it just won t stop. it is a disgrace that the conspiracy theorists who call themselves the cyber ninjas were allowed near any ballots in the state of arizona. they were sniffing them and looking at and looking at them to see if they could detect any bamboo in them because that
around the flag wloz show up at own american legion and vfw halls and say they are friends of veterans and then used us as a cheap political ploy to strike back at democrats. we should not have been collateral damage to this. but it shows how the general at attitude is when it comes to how veterans are treated most of the time, especially when it comes to how we re treated by republicans when it comes to us versus money. all right, democratic congressman ruben gallego of arizona. thank you very much for being on the show this morning. we appreciate it. and coming up on morning joe, it is primary day with voters in five states heading to the polls today. we ll have some reports from some of the key states. steve kornacki will take up his position at the big board and bring us up to date when morning joe returns. meta portal go. look professional. even if you don t feel it.