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from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news. the biden ministration is releasing a newly declassified intelligence assessment, saying al-qaeda has not returned to afghanistan after the u.s. withdrawal it is no longer able to launch an attack from there. the late saturday statement comes two weeks after president biden announced a drone strike in kabul, killing al-qaeda s leader. tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. began its chaotic withdrawal of military forces, allowing the taliban to regain control and another breaking story that we are following for you. the bipartisan congressional delegation planning to stop in taiwan as part of a trip to asia this weekend. senate relations chair ed markey is leading the delegation, which includes one republican and several democrat lawmakers. donald trump fires off new claims about what was seized in mar-a-lago, a debate over the fbi search rages on. we have been t ....
Some americans have serious misgivings about whether the president should be ordering the attacks because of the collateral damage. what are your thoughts about that? i wasn t personed about the strikes when i was on the inside. you have to respect the fact that everybody has a soul. that said if you re looking at an individual who is contemplating the murder of innocents you cannot allow that operation to continue. the question and what people like me call this forever war, the question is when we re transitioning from taking out leadership to looking at a civil war we are a heck of a long way from killing al qaeda leaders 13 years ago. phil, thank you so much for joining me. i appreciate it. coming up, we will take you ....
Attacks or we have reason to believe he was going to do other things. imminent doesn t necessarily have the same meaning legally as you and i know it colloquially. if it s not in it they point to the statutory authority that authorizes us to go kill anybody attached to al qaeda after 9/11. that s fine. but the problem for them. bill: where does that statutory authority come from. remember after we got attacked on 9/11 called the authorization for use of military force and that s what congress passed to allow us to go fight back. but they didn t pass a declaration of war. this is the document. bill: that allowed the bush administration to aggressively go after terrorists because congress passed it. right. but the problem if you want to get into the statutory language is it technically only allows you to kill people who are responsible for 9/11. not necessarily all the stuff that happens after. look, the drone program is directed at taliban and al qaeda terrorists. the tali ....
Attacks or we have reason to believe he was going to do other things. imminent doesn t necessarily have the same meaning legally as you and i know it colloquially. if it s not in it they point to the statutory authority that authorizes us to go kill anybody attached to al qaeda after 9/11. that s fine. but the problem for them. bill: where does that statutory authority come from. remember after we got attacked on 9/11 called the authorization for use of military force and that s what congress passed to allow us to go fight back. but they didn t pass a declaration of war. this is the document. bill: that allowed the bush administration to aggressively go after terrorists because congress passed it. right. but the problem if you want to get into the statutory language is it technically only allows you to kill people who are responsible for 9/11. not necessarily all the stuff that happens after. look, the drone program is directed at taliban and al qaeda terrorists. the tali ....
Al qaeda, the people fighting what they call the war on behalf of islam, they feel they have the right to steal from anybody to finance the cause so they can witness war. bill: and, in summary, you would believe that the west is winning it, then, when you well, i would say when you see things like this. that s right, most of the attention is on the military campaign, killing al qaeda figures but, side by side, with that is the international coura down on their financials, and is a stranglehold on their bank accounts and so-called charities that are supposed to give money to al qaeda, and it has all been closed down and is difficult for al qaeda to finance the international terrorist network. bill: we should not go without mentioning apparently there was another audio tape that came out today from usama bin laden, and it has not been verified but al-jazeera is airing it and he s threatening the french and as we talk about money drying up, bin laden pops up again, con i have ....