[ 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
rioters attacked the capitol. it was the final action of donald trump s own plan to assert the will of the american people and remain in power. after eight explosive hearings, what s the impact on the ex-president s political future and how closely are prosecutors listening? plus the latest on president biden s health. we feel quite optimistic that the president is on the way to recovery. could be back to a normal schedule this week but what about long covid? mike pence s delicate dance. the republican party is the party of the future. he s fighting a proxy war against trump. can he emerge from the shadow to launch a viable 2024 campaign? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome inside politics sunday. it was an attack on democracy directly overseen by the president of the united states. that is the message the january 6 committee sought to convey to the american people. it painted a picture of a president obsessed
see if the suburbs come in bigger than expected numbers against this ballot measure. that is one thing i m looking for. and the other thing as you mentioned it, this is a big day for a certain time of republican peter meijer in michigan, jaime herrera butler and dan newhouse in washington, three of the ten republicans who voted to impeach donald trump following january 6. we ve been keeping track of this and you could see here, dave val de in california won his primary. and now we have three on the ballot today. and this meyer race is one of the most interesting because it is exactly what we were just talking about. this is the grand rapids area. peter meijer came in as a freshman. one of his first votes was to impreach donald trump. he s being challenged in republican primary here by an opponent who said meyer betrayed republicans with that vote and democrats have poured in huge money to try to boost peter
leading in the polls. we ll find out in the arizona race what pro trump ideas get you. more interesting is washington state with two republicans on the same day that voted to impreach donald trump. that s the one that i look at. if they get through we see that there isn t a huge sanction for challenging trump and you can say liz cheney. right. trump is still at it. we learned last week he called the wisconsin house speaker urging him to desert if i the election. that is not a thing. it is impossible to know what trump is thinking but why do this? i think donald trump, we understand everything we will about why he does this.
democrats that control illinois just did their redistricting map and they put kinzinger against lahood who is a congressman lahood. they d have to battle it ot. lahood is a much more trumpy republican. that would have been a tough fight for kinzinger. but i have to say, i am surprised. i am surprised that kinzinger is retiring. absolutely. and even if the restricting is a part of the calculation, there have been a wave of republican retirements, both during the trump presidency and since that have largely comprised of more of the moderate voices, the prominent critics of former president trump because they ve been pretty clear that they don t really see themselves having a place in the republican party as it currently stands. kinzinger alluded to that in this video. one of the few house republicans who voted to impreach former president trump after january 6th. and trump and his allies have also made it clear they were going to primary any of these