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also military analyst retired -- general mark hertling. and philip mudd. good evening gentlemen. appreciate you joining us. let's start with alex. what are you learning tonight about this mission and how it went down? >> well don, this was a remarkable and complex mission. we've got a lot of the details from a senior administration official who spoke to reporters shortly before president biden spoke with the nation. now this was months in the making. it was back in april when president biden's first briefed on the fact that the war was believed to be, not just in afghanistan, but in ...

the united states successfully concluded an air strike in kabul, afghanistan that killed the immere of al qaeda. ayman al zawahiri. he was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11. let me make it clear again tonight that 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. and good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. i'm brianna keilar. john berman is off. john avlon is with us this morning. and president biden delivering that message to the nat...

on this new day, justice has been delivered. president biden announcing the leader of al qaeda, the world's most wanted terrorist has been killed in a drone strike. and nancy pelosi is set to visit taiwan amid escalates threats from china. >> and dozens of people are dodd and hundreds more missing in rising water on the way. plus, a january 6 rioter who was turned in by his son handed down the longest insurrection sentence today. his son joins "new day," ahead. ♪ good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, august 2nd. one of the master planners...

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 we're able to do is stitch together some intelligence, based on the movements of his family, quite frankly, and then once we track...

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: china's foreign ministry spokesman called her stop in taiwan, a serious violation of the one china principle that will have a serious impact on the relations, and they said that cyber attacks took some sites off line. and...