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right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york citys triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnnsdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. >> reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by t...

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...

safe house. the president stressed his death sends a message. >> 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. >> administration is now warning that the taliban could face consequences for harboring al say -- al-zawahri. president biden meeting "the situation room" discussing the operation to kill al-zawahri. lets bring in john harwood at the white house. this was in the works for months and m...

we begin this hour with a very public and defiant show of force by the speaker of the house. speaker nancy pelosi walking down in taiwan. you can see the american flag on the tail of pelosis air force jet lit up moments after touching down. her trip is both high stakes and high danger. she say this is trip reaffirms the unwavering commitment to taiwans democracy. this moments after pelosi landed, this new threat from beijing, quote, these moves like playing with fire are extremely dang...

thats a quote. they view it as part of their territory. thats why its a big deal. will ripley is there. tell us about what youre learning. >> so ill start with the response because thats the new information were getting from the chinese side. they have actually put out a map showing a number of different military exercises that are going to be happening at various locations that encircle the island of taiwan. some of these locations are very close to the shore line of taiwan. so we don...

the state department works to find them. cnns barbara starr has the latest developments. >> reporter: it was in the fighting north of kharkiv where two americans went missing last week, less than 5 miles from the russian border. the u.s. government working with ukrainian authorities to find them. >> i have been briefed. we dont know where they are, but i want to reiterate americans should not be going to ukraine now. >> reporter: now this photo from a russian blogger has emerged of ale...

so alex, did the u.s. have any help on the ground from sources who were not americans? >> reporter: well, alisyn and victor, that is a terrific question. its one of the many that we still have about how this intelligence was gathered and of course how this culminated in the killing of ayman al zawahiri. its certainly possible that there were afghans acting as intelligence assets or agents on the ground, but for now, the administration is not detailing what they call the sources and met...

inflation was high before, certainly before the war in ukraine broke out. >> martha: senator john kennedy was in that hearing with jerome powell. hes here to react to that and respond to it in moments. first, were glad to be joined by james spurling, senior adviser to president biden. thanks for making time for us today. what is your reaction to what jerome powell just said about the real driver of u.s. inflation? >> there was no contradiction at all with what president said and your t...

to coach legal -- its important for the inflation deduction act. the white house joe manchin said this bill would increase inflation. of course you have to look at the message. >> straight to a fox news alert. al qaeda leaders ayman al-zawahiri, known for being usama bin ladens right-hand man, has been killed in a u.s. drone strike in kabul, afghanistan. >> after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of his location i authorized a precision strike they would remove hi...

appointing heat advisers to combat the rising temperatures. plus -- festivities are under way for americas newest federal holiday, juneteenth. why its important here in the u.s. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with kim bruneber. defenders hold the line against russian forces in ukraine. the governor of luhansk said that the russians tried to break through but were pushed back. an attempt to cut off ukrainian units, the governor also said a chemical plant sheltering ...