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the man who was bin laden's number two in al-qaeda, the man who took over as al-qaeda's 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 shot, but if you sort of dropped in on him at any time in his biography you wouldn't have known he ...

whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the island's democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from china's military. and also this hour we'll talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this week's historic floods. i'll 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 democratic senator to signal whether or not she will support the democrats' new compromise bill to c...

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...

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But i think thank you probably is. so thank you, sir. >> you're 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 it's an important night. and yes, i've been covering him since the mid-1990s. i was a reporter in egypt when terrorist attacks were becoming an increasing problem in the country. you mentioned the luxor attack when a group of islam...