biden described al zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding he was the mastermind of the attack of the uss cole. the fbi just updated its terrorist status for al zawahiri with the word deceased. al zawahiri was killed in a precise strike on the balcony of a safe house with two hell fire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the ground in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al zawahiri comes 11 years after u.s. forces masterfully took out osama bin laden, who was hiding in pakistan at the time. here s what president biden says about just how long this strike took. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states the find you and take you out. joining me now to discuss this huge news is richard clark. new yorker staf
addressing the nation from the blue room balcony at the white house where he is in isolation with rebound covid case. the cleric, that justice has been delivered. and warning that the united states will defend the american people. no matter how long it takes. no matter where you hide. if you are a threat to our people the united states will find you and take you out. we are also learning some more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri, children what was being called a precise tailored airstrike. using to hellfire missiles fired at the balcony of a safe house in kabul. at 9:40 pm eastern time. it happened on saturday. the president thank you kate final trouble for a patient a week ago after months of highly secret planning. one official is telling cnn that members of his family, who are in other areas of the house, were not harmed. he helped mastermind the deadly terror attack on american soil alongside osama bin laden, when planes crashed into the world tr
no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. there are hundreds of unaccounted for people minimum. it was all water surrounding us. it was very scary. dramatic warning from china after sources confirm that nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. there is no reason for beijing to turn a potential visit consistent with long standing u.s. policy into some sort of crisis of conflict. it is tuesday, august 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. joe biden claiming a major win in the war on terror after a drone strike killed ayman al zawahiri. the 71-year-old took over as leader of the terror group after u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s killed bin laden in 2011. he was involved in planning the 9/11 attacks and as well as the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. the drone strike happened sunday morning local time in that afghanistan after months of surveillance and planning, two hell
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
his death sends a clear message. this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimize the risk of harm to other civilians. and one week ago after being advised the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. the white house has just released this photo from july, president biden meeting with his national security team in the situation room, discussing the possible operation to kill al zawahiri. reminiscent of the photo from the operation room during the bin laden operation. we re learning about the planning behind it, it was intricate, months long. u.s. intel agencies were tracking down the al qaeda leader going back well into the beginning of this year. cnn s arlette saenz joins me now from the white house. what more do we know about the planning behind this, because what is remarkable, it seems, they first a