zawahiri in afghanistan. happened over the weekend. the news is breaking, confirm now. i can tell you what you may know, the president will be addressing the nation if about 90 minutes. the white house saying president biden will speak out on this. it is a fast moving late-breaking story, and for that reason we go directly to some of our experts on this. kristen welker and retired four-star army general barry mccaffery. wristen, what are we learning from the white house about something that apparently already occurred but is breaking news tonight? it certainly is. first we learned that president biden was going to speak at 7:30 eastern time to announce an operation against a senior al qaeda leader, and based on conversations with two sources familiar with the matter, my colleague and i have been able to confirm that that leader was ayman al zawahiri, the leader of al qaeda, took over after osama bin laden was killed. this is significant. this is a raid that was conducted ov
boxes of classified documents from mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago, even more republicans have rallied to his side. his vice grip on the party seem to be confirmed this past week. it is the results of one of the highest profile republican races of this entire cycle. on tuesday, congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january six committee, the republican party s top critic of the twice impeached ex president lost her reelection bid for wyoming s lone seat in the house of representatives. it was a blowout. she has been in office since 2017. during wyoming s last republican primary in 2020, she won handedly. back then, she got more than 70% of the vote. this time around, she did not even crack 30%. even with record turnout. more people cassoday vote for her opponent, harriet hagman then the ones who participated in the entire primary or two years ago in 2020. she knows perfectly well what she lost. her integrity and vowed to uphold democracy would not allow her to have
i know we will all be tuning in to watch that interview. hello to everyone at home. i am alicia menendez. we kick things off with the latest maneuvers by team trump to avoid accountability to hold on to power. aided and abetted by republican leadership. according to new nbc news reporting, trump believes the search of his florida home will help him clinch the 2024 republican nomination for president. team trump is relying on and exploiting existing resentments within the republican base to maintain his position as the leader of the party. nbc news reports, quote, trump seems to be consolidating republican support since the unprecedented search at his home. in retrieving the records, the fbi tapped into deep seated grievances among many republicans in that government institutions are trustworthy or prosecuting their alone defender, that is according to multiple gop operatives who spoke to nbc news. the search at mar-a-lago, also helping trump rake in cash, the political commit
mike pompeo and our top story outrage grows here in washington and throughout the country over the fbi s surprise raise on former president trump s compound, mar-a-lago in florida. republicans now calling for resignations of the attorney general and the fbi director. meanwhile, the silence is deafening from the men in charge. and the white house continues to deny any knowledge beforehand. but, we still don t have specific details from the search warrant there either from the doj or the trump team. we have fox team coverage tonight. aishah hasnie on capitol hill with what all of this means for the possibility of another presidential run for former president trump. we begin with correspondent david spunt at the justice department. what we are learning today about monday s raid. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. fbi agents this evening are still going through documents that were seized at monday s search of former president donald trump s home at mar-a-lago. the
peter doocy has more. the white house sees inflation as a problem but we re in a very good economy. today s economic news confirms the fact that my economic plan is moving in a better direction. the reason the president says that, he sees a low unemployment rate as top above all. right now wages are not rising as fast as the prices on everything else, which republicans say they see as a blinking red light. the problem is that every single day americans are hurting when they re either putting gas in their tanks, trying to put food on their table or trying to pay rent or energy bills. all of these things are out of the president s control. so white house officials say those are the only things that they believe is hindering their economic agenda. remember, this price increase is due to putin s tax highs, putin s war on ukraine. that s why we have seen the increase of gas prices and food. the press secretary says that we are stronger economically than we have been