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Us about president bidens strategy when it comes to afghanistan. does the success of this strike in any way change what happened, you know, a year ago? >> well, its kind of like a test how you look at this. for president biden and his allies this is proof he made the right decision to get out of afghanistan. we dont have to is v a large deployment on the ground to fight the war on terror. we can do it in a precision kind of way as done with the hellfire missiles from a drone. if youre one of pre...

Watching the pattern of live at that house was both to confirm that he was there, but also, to try to find the right way in the right window to get him without getting anyone else, to get him and get him alone. president biden was briefed in detail on the prospects for a drone strike, hitting that house. the intelligence community reportedly built a physical model of the house that they wanted to hit. they used that physical model to show the president their intentions, and to brief the presiden...

It is not just about hellfire missiles. a drone has visual on the target to say, what is the pattern of life there, are there for example women and children on that balcony? you could also use technical intelligence. are you getting transmissions from that building? are you getting, for example, cell phone calls? so it is a kaleidoscope, don. this combination on the ground, in the air, an interception communications. that allows you over weeks and months to say, not only is that target we want, ...

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 preci...

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Inside the situation room, intelligence officials brought in a small scale model of the safe house. they brought it to the president to describe to him, how exactly, they can conduct a strike with a drone and ensure that the building would remain structurally -- that the structural integrity of the building will remain. but the people inside the building, the civilians, including al zawahiris family would not be killed. and ultimately, that is exactly what u.s. officials say happened here with t...

Really incredible hard to do. because we have boots on the ground youve got people who can tell you certain things. everything from the wind direction, on a given day, and with the weather patterns are. like from that perspective as well as what the pattern of life of an individuals. they could be following that individual and finding out what the routines are. if you dont have people on the ground. you can do those kind of things, but it is a lot harder to do them. because you need to rely on t...

One of the worlds most wanted terrorist. taken out by two american hellfire missiles. hitting the balcony of a home right in the middle of kabul. joining me now the former defense, secretary twinkle. and secretary, thank you, i really appreciate you joining us. i should say. ambassador >> good evening don. >> it has been nearly 21 years since 9/11. an attack that changed united states and the world. tell me how significant a moment this is? >> this is a really historic moment. and as you pointed...

Obviously, its not impossible. >> talk to us more about these hellfire missiles. to strike a balcony without destroying the rest of the building, how does that work? >> that requires precise targeting intelligence, don. what they did with these whole fires was they gave them the coordinates. they gave them the exact location where they need to be. they decided exactly whats the impact points would be. that means, where theyre gonna be heading that particular structure. as jeremy mentioned, they ...

Al-zawahiri. saturday night eastern time, sunday morning kabul time, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a drone, fired two hellfire missiles at the building where al-zawahiri was living. he was on the balcony at the time. he was killed and no one else we are told by the administration was hurt, just a remarkably precise strike against the most wanted terrorist in the world. >> lets talk about some of that intelligence. what kind of intelligence would president biden have needed to ultimately give this ...