break. there s five charges related to three separate shoot that is left two people dead and another injured. the shootings taking place in kenosha, which is wes last summer after police shot jacob blake. here are the charges against rip the house. reckless homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment. intentional homicide and attempted intensional homicide. the most serious charge carries a sentence of life in prison. rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the judge has allowed lesser charges for two of these original council to be considered. if the prosecutors are unable to prove those more serious counts are, you know, beyond a reasonable doubt, they are not able to prove them beyond a reasonable doubt. also today, a sixth misdemeanor weapons charge was dropped, and that marked a stunning blow to the prosecution. we ll discuss all that have in just a moment, but here s where the trial stands right now. court is in lunch break. up next, the prosecution will fu
on this new day, justice has been delivered. president biden announcing the leader of al qaeda, the world s most wanted terrorist has been killed in a drone strike. and nancy pelosi is set to visit taiwan amid escalates threats from china. and dozens of people are dodd and hundreds more missing in rising water on the way. plus, a january 6 rioter who was turned in by his son handed down the longest insurrection sentence today. his son joins new day, ahead. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. one of the master planners behind the 9/11 attacks is dead. president biden said ayman al zawahiri was killed by a precision drone strike in afghanistan. he was bin laden s trusted lieutenant and took over al qaeda s leader after bin laden was killed in 2011. biden said the strike that took out al zawahiri was the result of extraordinary persistence and still by u.s. intelligence. zawahiri was targeted when he stepped out on
Isolation, professional security once this trial got under way last week. we re expected to hear from jones himself on the stand as the only witness in his defense. lewis and hesslin seeking $100 million from jones and his company. called one dollar for a giant hoax, totaling $75 million there. and $75 million more for the anguish they endured from his harassment. it will be up to a jury to decide how much of that amount these parents should be awarded in damages, after last year, a judge ruled jones was liable by default because he refused to hand over a bunk of court documents and testimony. get this, guys, all while jones company filed for bankruptcy protection just as the trial got under way on friday. that s not stopping the judge from allowing this trial to move forward. but it s unclear if it s going to impact the judge s decision how much money can be awarded here or pause separate trials