residential health in the area of kabul. he was in the capital of afghanistan. he spent time in united states, and in 2021, released a video to celebrate america s withdrawal from afghanistan. people have been saying he was dead. but here he is. in his video, he is heard being fake, quote, let us not forget the warriors of islam stabbed america in its heart. which america had never tasted before. today, making his exit from afghanistan, broken, deceased defeated, 20 years of war. in the years to follow, he continued to lead al qaeda he prays terrorist to targeted americans. he prays the second lieutenant of the saudi air force who shot and killed three navy s.e.a.l.s in pensacola just in 2019. according to zawahiri wanted poster, the reward for the most wanted terrorist with up to $25 million. there are things we do not know tonight. details of how they found where he was, how they got it. we do know, 25 years on the list, $25 million, they say, the ward. outside the white ho
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a trump white house insider testifies. tonight, cnn has learned that former vice president mike pence s chief of staff, marc short, testified before a federal grand jury investigating january 6th. he is believed to be the highest ranking official in trump s white house to cooperate with the federal investigation. now, in just a moment i m going to speak with marc short live. he is a valuable witness. the day before the january 6th rally, he grew concerned about president trump s attack on pence and warned the secret service. here s a portion of his testimony to the january 6th select committee. concern was for the vice president s security, and so i wanted to make sure the head of the vice president s secret service was aware that likely as these disagreements became more public that the president would lash out in some way. and on january 6th, short was with the vice president who had to be rushed to safety when an an
make advances abroad, at home, he s facing significant headwinds. we re talking recession fears, soaring inflation, a stock market selloff, $4 gas in every state and a shortage of baby formula so severe, he invoked a wartime measure to increase production. with us now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz and cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what is on the president s agenda? reporter: just to start off, forgive the noise, there s construction here at the white house, but president biden is on air force one flying to asia for his first trip to the region as president. as he wants to reinforce that that region remains a central focus of his foreign policy. now, officials have said that he had hoped to get to the region much earlier in his presidency, but he had been constrained due to covid concerns as well as other brewing crises, including the war in ukraine. the president will first travel to seoul, south korea, where he will meet with the country s new le
Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c
In the middle east. The white house just updated the american death toll from the hamas Terror Attack. At least 27 americans killed. 14 still unaccounted for, and less than a handful as the white house describes it, are believed to be held hostage by hamas. Tomorrow, u. S. Charter flights will begin for americans seeking to leave the country. Anderson . A short time ago, the Secretary Of State met with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing the u. S. Would stand shoulder to shoulder with its ally, and described the overwhelming nature of the atrocities committed by hamas. I just spoke with a commander for the Israeli Defense forces. Heres what he told me about the fight ahead. How difficult is this fight going to be on the ground in gaza . There have been incursions before . I know its a tough place to fight. We will do what we need to do in order to get to this goal t that isis wont govern gaza. And if any country here in the region next to us that hosts hamas isis, theyre r