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at the time of 9/11, the man who took over as al-qaeda leader after bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals. the string of attacks and murders attributed to ayman al-zawahiri is stomach churning. he was the ideological mastermind behind the fraters of al-qaeda and groups like that, toward indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere, including muslims, all in the name of islamic piety. and how we got there, we are now looking back, and it seems like a straight shot. but if you drop...

zawhahiri is stomach churning.ch he was the ideological master behind behind the turn of al qaeda andnd groups like that toward indiscriminate mass murder of civilians anywhere, including muslims, all in the name of islamic piety and how he got there, we now, looking back at it, it seems like a straight shot, but if he dropped in at any time of his biography, you wouldnt have known, trained as a doctor, as a surgeon, a respected family in egypt, born and raised in cairo. by the time he...

[ technical difficulties ] that helped mastermind the worst terrorist attack on u.s. soil. and many other attacks against americans. ayman al zawahiri has killed by a cia drone strike this last weekend while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul. he was osama bin ladens deputy during the september 11th attacks and rose to al qaedas leader when the u.s. killed bin laden back in 2011. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family insi...

killed in a safe house in kabul. it was carried out by a cia drone strike. and president biden met with his national security team to discuss the operation. you can see in this photo, just by the president, a wooden box on the table that contains a model of the safe house used by al zawahiri. national security council john kirby spoke about the intelligence that led them to find al zawahiri, after a two decades long time. >> yeah, just an incredible amount of painstaking work went into...

alleges tried to hire an assassin to kill former u.s. national security adviser john bo bolton. >> the deal with the growing threat that iran poses and not try to appease them. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is thursday, august 11, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in palm beach, florida where were learning about what prompted the fbi to search donald trumps mar-a-lago residence. the "wall street journal" reporting investigators were given an insid...

per lined, the dni confirms its looking into the risks to our national security. also tonight, lindsey graham and the politics of violence. he says if trump is indicted, republicans will riot in the streets. quite a contrast to pivotal moments in history when nonviolence prevailed. plus, the mid terms and why after roe no one with any sense is still talking about a red wave, and as kids head back to school, how to navigate the sometimes confusing guidance out there about covid and ot...

people were genuinely freaked out inside the west wing. people who are now downplaying the hearings, they were freaked out that day because of what the committee laid out last night. nothing that he saw changed trumps perspective of what happened. >> they were shocked when they heard that, shocked it exists, that the recordings of it existed, and it was just some of the compelling testimony we heard last night. and in some cases laid out some new details. >> also words from the former ...

>> good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it is monday, august 1st. john berman is off and john avalon is here with us this morning. >> good morning. >> great to you have. we begin with major news just n cnn reporting that nancy pelosi will be visiting taiwan after all despite chinas stern warnings for her not to go. this comes from u.s. and taiwanese sources. its not clear which day pelosi will be visiting as her asia trip gets under way here. we previously reported...

the belief among democrats that a horrible political climate is improving some. plus, a high stakes trip. multiple officials now tell cnn the house speaker nancy pelosi will touch down in taiwan, ignoring dramatic warnings from china. and this week, democrats promised to put a vets bill back on the floor a second time. that after republican rejection prompts angry viral protests. we begin the hour, though, with death and devastation and sadness in kentucky. more heavy rain coming tonig...

more about those who did not. lives and families forever changed. evan kicks off our coverage in hazard, kentucky. tell us what youve been seeing. >> reporter: we have been by this creek in route 128 in perry county, one much hardest hit counties. you can see the water level that they are still dealing with here after this flood that came through. this creek flooded over, you know, eight or ten feet from here, taking a whole house with it and knocking out the bottom of this building to...