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wanted terror list with the word deceased. good evening, gentlemen. appreciate you joining us. alex, what are you learning about this mission and how it went down? >> this was a remarkable and complex mission. we got a lot of details from a senior administration official who spoke with reporters before president biden spoke with the nation. april president biden was briefed on the fact al-zawahiri was believed to be in the afghan capital of kabul living in that city and living there he...

trying to get more information about it. what can you tell us about this attack? anything more about the type of weapon that was used? and can you guarantee that no one was killed besides zawahiri? >> all good questions, brianna. so, look, this mission really took shape over the course of the last six, seven months. it was really sort of early this year as you heard the president say we got indications that mr. zawahiri had moved into afghanistan. so what were able to do is stitch toge...

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...

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...

cnn identified the house where it happened. and right now china is threatening to start air and sea military exercises around taiwan, this is a direct response to house speaker nancy pelosis arrival there. the house speaker is the first high ranking u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. a landmark flashed a sign that said speaker pelosi welcome to taiwan. >> china is not mincing words, the foreign ministry issued a statement, quote, this is a serious rye lags of the one china pr...

six months to plan. and brittney griner is returning to a russian courtroom as she is possibly learning her fate in a russian penal system. welcome to "the lead with jake tapper." house speaker nancy pelosi is in taiwan and ignoring weeks of learning from president biden and threats of retaliation from the chinese government, and she says it is americas unwavering commitment to the american democracy which china views as inseparable part of its territory. and president biden said...

brian to be late tomorrow. good luck for that. >> all right sean giveaway i am brian coming in for laura ingraham special edition of "the ingraham angle" a lot going on. will she or wont she bed is the as it relates to potential taiwan trip for nancy pelosi. all points of the speaker making the visit it would happen in just a of a few hours about 12 hours behind us and if anything happens will tell you right away going to "the wall street journal" is in a matter of whether she goes to ...

tomorrow. i love sean.w. luck with that. well be watching. believe me, theyve got a lot of pull. all right. go get them. sean,, thanks a lot. great show.y all right. as sean gave away. i am.ng and brian kilmeade. i i am indeed brian to meet in for laura ingraham, specialal edition of the "ingraham angle" comes your way right now. a lot going. will she or wont she? that is the question as it relates to potential taiwan, the taiwan trip by speaker pelosi nowal at this hour, allal signs p...

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...

the massive wildfire burning out of control in northern california. the mckinney fire is now the states largest fire this year. more than 55,000 acres burned. more than 100 structures destroyed. at least two people killed, apparently trying to escape the flames. matt gutman on the fire line. ginger zee tonight on the red flag warnings in the west and the new flood watch issued for eastern kentucky. severe storms possible in the same area. the monkeypox outbreak spreading in the u.s...