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
Breaking news out of the middle east, Especial Msnbc our from irans state tv. They are reporting that irans president , Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday. The president was traveling back from a visit to azerbaijan, when the helicopter he was in made a crash landing. For hours, Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. Have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. That weather is believed to have contributed to the crash, and it certainly slowed down a Search And Rescue efforts which were going on for hours. U. S. Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, earlier on sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. It is still being fully investigated. The death of irans president comes during a volatile time in the region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other, just last month, and militant groups, backed b
Breaking news out of the middle east, a special msnbc our from Iranian State tv, they are reporting that irans president , Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday but the president was traveling back from a visit to the Iranian Border with azerbaijan when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. For hours, Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. They have found the crash site and there were no survivors. Bad weather is believed to have contributed to this crash, and it certainly slowed down a Search And Rescue efforts, going on for hours. U. S. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, earlier on sunday, saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. It is still being fully investigated. Now, the death of irans president , comes during a volatile time in the region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other just la
Lui. We have a special hour from iran state tv, and theyre reporting irans president , ebrahim raisi, was killed in a Helicopter Crash sunday. The president was traveling back from a visit to the Iranian Border with azerbaijan when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. For hours Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. They have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. Bad weather believed to have contributed to this crash and it certainly slowed down Search And Rescue efforts, which were going on for hours. U. S. Senate majority leader, chuck schumer, earlier sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him there was no evidence of foul play in this crash. Adding that it looks like an accident, but still being fully investigated. Now the death of irans president comes during a volatile time in this region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other just last month. Militant groups have also attacked israel as