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the man who was bin ladens number two in al-qaeda, the man who took over as al-qaedas leader after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach turning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the term of al-qaeda and groups like that towards indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere including muslims all in the name of islamic piety. and how he got there now looking back at it seemed like a straight s...

whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the islands democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from chinas military. and also this hour well talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this weeks historic floods. ill speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democ...

presence. >> nancy pelosi has been supporting taiwan for decades and it is very important for me as a taiwanese to be here tonight to welcome her. >> reporter: others accuse her of escalating tensions. >> translator: right now, pelosi and the united states are treating taiwan as a chess piece. once she land, china will retaliate using their own methods. >> reporter: chinas foreign ministry spokesman called her stop in taiwan, a serious violation of the one china principle that will hav...

Later. Are you worried about the russians hacking us . No, im not worried at all. Russian espionage on the streets of new york city. I take the post of the people in Street Justice. And even find a little love. Youre getting married . Why question it. When you fall in love, what you do . You run. Justice starts now i will speak with Press Secretary spicer. First, my opening statement. Politics get get in the way a lot. Sometimes, even in the way of dying kids. I wanted to start tonight with all ...

But i think thank you probably is. so thank you, sir. >> youre welcome. thank you. >> all right, joining us now from london is richard engel. nbc news chief foreign correspondent who has covered al-qaeda and ayman al-zawahiri for decades, a man who knows more than your average bearer about the egyptian radical islam. >> it is a hisseric night, of course and i think its an important night. and yes, ive been covering him since the mid-1990s. i was a reporter in egypt when terrorist attacks were be...

Group formally absorbed zawahiris group. from that point forward they were no longer compatriots, now in 2001 al-qaeda was it. he was bin ladens second in command and his strategic think, where his ideological guide, his doctor, the chief operating officer of al-qaeda. two days before the 9/11 attacks in an operation masterminded by zawahiri, a man was assassinated, the strongest leader in that country opposed to the taliban. zawahiri wiped him out on september 9, 2001, doing a huge favor to the...

Tonight there is an update. tonight theyve updated the post at long last. this has just changed this evening as we were prepping to get on the air. put a big red deceased across the bottom of it now. what we know is this. ayman al-zawahiri was back in afghanistan, which itself is a story. he was in a well-off neighborhood in the capital city of kabul. "the new york times" and "the washington post" are reporting that the house where he was killed was owned by a senior member of the taliban govern...

Blackmailing his mistress. more recently his ex-wife has accused him in court of physically abusing both her and their kids. and hes released an ad that features him and other guys with guns in tactical gear pretending to hunt fellow republicans they deem insufficiently trumpy, by storming into their house with guns. eric greitis main rival for the senate nomination in missouri is another man named eric. his name is eric schmidt. hes the sitting attorney general in missouri. you may best remembe...

Zawahiris background is there anything i got wrong or anything else you can tell us how this unfolded? >> i think you did a pretty good job telling who this man was, what he was responsible for. there was a lot of work done in the intelligence community to get us to this point. it was painstaking, meticulous work. as you pointed out in your opening, rachel, the president was kept informed throughout, finally made the decision in late july, july 25th specifically. even though hed given the order ...

So excited today. >> carley: full circle with the band. cheryl casone, congratulations. twitter employees speaking out about elon musks takeover and showing how outraged they are by tweeting about it. mecklenburg is former ceo and president of convention of states. mark, good morning, before we get to the outrage and there is so much, your reaction on elon musk buying twitter, how do you feel about it? >> mark: i feel fantastic, it is necessary strength for free speech and hes one guy who might ...