a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. just ahead -- >> president biden announcing that the united states has indeed killed the leader of al qaeda, ayman al zawahiri.

>> no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> there are hundreds of unaccounted for people minimum. >> it was all water surrounding us. >> it was very scary. >> dramatic warning from china after sources confirm that nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. >> there is no reason for beijing to turn a potential visit consistent with long standing u.s. policy into some sort of crisis of conflict. it is tuesday, august 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. joe biden claiming a major win in the war on terror after a drone strike killed ayman al

zawahiri. the 71-year-old took over as leader of the terror group after u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s killed bin laden in 2011. he was involved in planning the 9/11 attacks and as well as the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. the drone strike happened sunday morning local time in that afghanistan after months of surveillance and planning, two hell fire missiles hitting the balacony of al zawahiri safe house. president biden was first briefed on al zawahiri's location in april and then spent months with cabinet members and advisers planning the strike. >> after relentlessly seeking al zawahiri for years under presidents bush, obama and trump, our intelligence community located him earlier

this year, he had moved to downtown kabul to reunite with members of his immediate family. after carefully convincing the clear and convincing evidence of his location, i authorized a precision strike that would he move him from the battlefield once and for all. as commander in chief, it is my solemn responsibility to make americans safe in a dangerous world. the united states did not seek this war against terror, it came to us. and we answered with the same principleses and resolve that have shaped us for a generation upon generation. to protect the innocent, defend liberty, and we keep the light of freedom burning a beacon for the rest of the entire world. because this is a great and defining truth about our nation and our people. we do not break. we never give in. we never back down. >> mj lee is at the white house with more on this story. >> reporter: a significant announcement from president

biden on monday night thattist airs u.s. airstrike had taken out ayman al zawahiri. zawahiri of course became the leader of al qaeda after osama bin laden's death more than ten years ago and is seen as one of the masterminds of the september 11 attack here in the u.s. about. what we're told is that earlier in year u.s. intelligence had gathered that he was in a safe house in kabul and that u.s. intelligence officials had spent months gathering information about his whereabouts, about his pattern of life, and had kept president biden informed as he ultimately last week made the final decision to go ahead with this airstrike. now, the president indicating in a speech to the nation that this is something that will hopefully give a little bit of closure to the families and victims of the september 11 attacks, he said in

his remarks that justice has been delivered. >> now justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to feert vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. >> reporter: now, this news of course comes about a year after the united states pulled out all of its forces from afghanistan, a process that ultimately ended up being chaotic and also being bloody. at the time the president himself said that the u.s. was going to continue fighting terrorism in afghanistan, but that it doesn't have to be a ground war. he said at the time that it could be via over the horizon capabilities. now, we saw the president speak behind the podium outside at the blue room balcony, this of course is because the president is continuing to isolate after a

rebound case of covid. there is no question that this is going to go down as one of the most significant moments of president biden's presidency so far. mj lee, cnn, the white house. a senior counterterrorism analyst tells cnn it would have been impossible for ayman al zawahiri to be in kabul without the knowledge of at least some taliban officials and recent states from the al qaeda leader suggested that he might have let his guard down really. and peter bergen weighed in. >> reason i think that he was killed in afghanistan over the weekend was he was beginning to take a lot more risks. according to the united nations, he had released an unprecedented number of videos. every time you record a video, there is the chain of custody of that video, getting it out there, somebody maybe taking the video. so he was becoming more prominent and i think it seems to me that that may well have

been the reason that he was detected. >> this is a very, very symbolic success to bring one of the last of the original al qaeda leaders who did so much damage around the world. again, east africa bombings, a number of other bombings in north africa and elsewhere not to mention of course being a core part of al qaeda when the 9/11 attacks were planned. >> ben we'd mdeman is joining m from realome. hearing petraeus describe it as deeply symbolic, the question is, is it more than that, does it undermine al qaeda and the war against the united states that they waged? >> reporter: certainly symbolic, but the united states does put a premium on sort of the symbolism of either killing or capturing its enemies, whether that is

hussain, osama bin laden, abu bakr al baghdadi. but essentially the reasons why these people exist is because of ongoing problems. basically the fundamental nature of the political systems that exist in the middle east. if you look at the contemporary landscape in the middle east, it is full of failed or failing states, brutal dictatorships and corruption, much of which the united states turns a blind eye to. and this is very fertile ground for the growth of groups like al qaeda, like isis, like others. and therefore, yes, politically it is certainly a plus for president biden or president trump or president obama before him to take out these enemies. but at the end of the day, because of the existing political systems, the dystopia

that is the middle east, nothing really is going to change and in fact if you look at the middle east at the moment, things are just going from bad to worse. so great political bonus perhaps in the united states, but little difference on the ground. >> he was found in one of the most wealthy areas of kabul, the suggestion being that the taliban were aware that he was there, or at least affiliated groups were aware that he was there. what is the relationship as we understand it between al qaeda and the taliban? >> reporter: he was in the district of mansions and villas owned by afghan officials, businessmen and others. and we understand that the building ayman al zawahiri lived in was owned by a member of the haqqani network which of course

is part of the taliban movement. and certainly it would appear that one of the reasons why his profile was increasing in kabul is that after the pullout of the u.s. and its allies from afghanistan and the takeover of the entire country of afghanistan by the taliban, that he felt comfortable. and there is no doubt about it, the taliban were well aware that ayman al zawahiri was in their midst. we don't know, but it is likely that they were in some way providing material support for him. so, yes, there is no question about it at this point. and it is certainly ironic that the united states was able to locate and kill ayman al zawahiri after it pulled out of afghanistan, that perhaps this

over the horizon tactic that is being used by the united states with drones and whatnot in the end proves more effective than a highly expensive military presence on the ground in that country on the other side of the globe from the united states. max. >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. we'll have more on this story coming up later this hour as well. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has arrived in malaysia, the second stop in her trip to asia. her visit there coming as u.s. officials say pelosi is also set to go to taiwan. that is already sparking strong reaction from china and escalating tensions between beijing and washington. >> there is no reason for beijing to turn a potential visit consistent with long standing u.s. policy into some sort of crisis or conflict or use it as a pretext to increase aggressive military activity in or around the taiwan strait.

we won't take the bait or engage this saber rattling. at the same time, we will not be intimidated. >> blake essig is joining us there tokyo with the latest. the reaction from china really to this visit, the world is watching. what do we know about the details of the visit so far? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, speaker of the house is in malaysia now. could taiwan be the next stop on her tour of asia, we don't yet know that answer. but what we do know is that pelosi is expected to visit the democratic self governing island of taiwan during her tour of asia according to officials in both the taiwanese and u.s. governments. as you might expects news of pelosi's potential visit to taiwan hasn't exactly been received well in beijing. earlier this morning china's ambassador to the united states called the speaker'sprovocative.

and monday a spokesperson from chinese foreign ministry said this. >> translator: we would like to sternly warn the u.s. once again that china is standing by and the people's liberation army will never sit idly by. china will take resolute responses and strong counter measures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. as to what measures if she dares to go, let's wait and see. >> reporter: in a video also posted online monday, the people's liberation army sent a not so subtle note to the world, the video shows off the pla's weaponry and fighting tactics while saying that it is standing by and ready for the fight and command and that it will bury incoming enemies in response to china's perceived saber rattling, taiwan's defense ministry said that they don't underestimate their enemies but remain confident in their ability to ensure national security. as for the u.s. response,

secretary of state antony blinken said that it is on beijing if they try to create a crisis around the speaker's possible visit and multiple sources say president biden has made it known that he doesn't think that it is a good time for the speaker to visit taiwan, but doesn't believe that it is his responsibility or his place to tell her that she shouldn't go. that being said, with pelosi expected to make this trip, u.s. officials said that the defense department is monitoring chinese movements in this region and working to secure the plan to keep nancy pelosi safe. >> blake essig, thank you. we'll be watching the developments closely. still to come, brittney griner is back in court as the u.s. attempts to secure her release from a russian prison. we're live outside the courthouse for you. plus kentucky residents try to move forward after deadly flash floods despite still rising waters. but there is more trouble ahead in the forecast. pedram has the latest.

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at least 37 people have died from flash floods in the state of kentucky and officials expect the number to grow. rescue crews are racing to save those trapped. they have been pulling people off rooftops like this one stranded and helpless. good samaritans like nathan day weren't even aware of the bad weather until he answered the call to help his neighbors and their children escape their home as it filled with water. he spoke earlier with anderson cooper. >> they were down there in the bo bottom. and the otherther house is where other family lives. >> did you have a boat with you or any supplies? >> no, i went through the water. >> you just went down by yourself through the water? >> me and my wife. >> officials say all state roads

are passable for now but continuing rain could maken cans much worse. evan mcmorris-santoro has more now from kentucky. >> reporter: monday was another day of digging out and finding out just how much damage these historic floods have done in this part of kentucky. i'm in perry county, one of the hardest hit places. and everywhere you go you hear stories of how harrowing it was to live through these floods. listen to this mother who is now listening at a church shelter because she lost everything. listen to what it was like for her and her children. >> we have a creek in front of us and a creek beside of us, but only ankle team. like something that the kids would play in on a regular day. i had no idea how fast and how deep that would get. and he took my 11-year-old up first, he had to tie a rope around himself and to her and

they started out. he lost his footing in the water and she about went under, but thank god he got his footing and got her on to safety and then he came back one at a time and got us. >> reporter: the governor telling people here the death toll is continuing to rise. a number he expects will continue to go up as rescuers and first responders can finally get to some of these places that have still been trapped by the waters that ripped away bridges and roads. he says that there are some good signs, some power is being turned back organization cell service back in some places, some waters coming back, but overall the damage here is immense and will be here for a very long time. and in the short term, people here have to worry about maybe more rainwater and also heat. heat, which is very bad for people who have been trapped in their house and maybe don't have power or water. that is coming in a couple days. the situation here very fluid and very dangerous. evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn,

perry county, kentucky. and the international agency fire center says more than 55 large fires are burning in the u.s., combined they have burned more than 1.5 million acres. in california mckinney fire is now the largest in the state this greer, it is more than 55,000 acres and has turned deadly with two bodies found inside a burned vehicle on a residential driveway. thunderstorms and lightning have complicated efforts to contain this blaze. the fires also expected animals. this cavlf is recovering from dehydration. officials warn that winds are about to pick up. pre-evacuation orders are in place for some residents who live in the elmo 2 fire zone.

and native american officials say that the fire danger level is very high. pedram javaheri is at the cnn weather center monitoring all of this for you. >> yeah, max, we'll start off talking about the flooding concerns because we know still about 2 million americans across eastern kentucky, portions of west virginia are still underneath a risk here for flooding over the next few hours before conditions gradually begin to improve and of course you've seen the scenes play out here with a tremendous amount of rainfall and devastating floods that have been in place and you really cannot overstate the significance, the force, ferocity of moving water. because water just at your knee height moving at around a 6 miles per hour has the same force per unit area as a high end tornado. so that is the amount of force behind the water that was on the ground across this refugee often eastern kentucky and you see why the damage left behind. radar imagery this morning, you want to look towards pikeville area, notice it is very quiet. to the north strong storms.

well to the west, strong storms. but it looks as though we're getting a break when it comes to the active weather. and even yesterday, there was one tornado report in the united states. guess where it was? right next door across the border into west virginia. so again active pattern had been in place, but from tuesday to wednesday, you will notice the threat here diminishing across the state of kentucky and entirely being removed out when it comes to the risk for excessive rainfall and flooding. so we know very little rainfall can cause quite a bit of damage at this point given how saturated the soil is, but forecast guidance moving forward does look to bring quieter conditions here with very minimal rainfall at most and again, that is the good news at least in the immediate forecast. now, heat also a big story across the central u.s. some areas feeling as hot as 109 farenheit, about 42, 43 celsius. and now seeing the fire risk more scattered in nature. moisture has complicated with storms in the areas of the fires. but the cloud cover and scattered wet weather has also

limited the growth of the fire. so containment still at 0%, but 2340 notice from saturday to sunday, we went from 18,000 to 51,000 acres. but sunday into honmonday, grow only 5,000 acres. so slowing down a little bit which is good news for some of the firefighting efforts in the region and there is a chance for additional storms across this general area moving forward as well. here is the excessive rainfall risk going into tuesday, notice much of the western half of the u.s., drought stricken, fire stricken region does have a chance to see some wet weather, so again beneficial news for the immediate forecast across these areas. >> pedram javaheri, thank you. now, the trial of american basketball star brittney griner is under way as the u.s. attempts to negotiate a prisoner swap for her release. it is the seventh appearing for griner after being arrested. she pleaded guilty in the hopes of getting a more lenient

sentence. and fred pleitgen joins me from outside the courthouse in russia. just explain what this hearing is about in comparison to the prefer one. >> reporter: well, the previous one was really an important one for grirn o brittney griner, that is where she laid out her side of what exactly happened on february 17 when of course she was apprehended at the moscow airport and also of course showing remorse saying that she took responsibility for having the vaping cartridges in her luggage, she did not mean to take them. so she is obviously trying to get some leniency from the court and that really is a large part of the strategy of the defense. what is going on today is that the defense has called another witness, an expert witness, and that witness has sort of tried to cast some doubt on some of the original forensics that were done on those vaping cartridges. if you call prosecution saying that in total in those two vaping cartridges, it contained about they said 0.7 of a gram, maybe a little bit more, of thc, of cannabis, among the oil that was obviously in those vaping

cartridges. now the witnesses the defense has called saying that there is some doubt about that and that the original findings that were done there at the airport, that those could not be considered scientific as this expert witness says. again, right now this trial is in an extremely important phase because it is the last couple of hearings that will take place. it is unclear when exactly there is going to be a decision, when there is going to be a verdict, but it certainly looks like that we'll be moving towards the back end right now. been able to speak with the defense team for brittney griner, and they say so far they believe that the trial has gone as well as is possible under these circumstances. they have been able to present their evidence. brittney griner has been on the stand as well. but of course looming over all of this the whole time is also those negotiations that the u.s. made pin last week trying to get brittney griner out, also paul whelan the former marine serving a 16 year sentence right now for alleged espionage which he

denies. in return possibly for viktor bout, currently serving a sentence in the united states. it is unclear whether or not that has any influence here. certainly what we're hearing from the court it doesn't, but griner's defense team said they were not aware of any negotiations taking place, but they said if there is an exchange, they wouldn't be against it, they simply want to see grirn brittney griner get h fast as possible. >> how is she bearing up under the pressure? she's been there since february. >> reporter: yeah, that is a very important question and something that we put to the defense team as well. when we spoke to her defense lawyer, that defense lawyer had literally just come from a meeting with brittney griner. we of course saw her this morning. she is still looking very strong, she looks very focused as well and that is exactly the vibe that we got from her defense lawyer also. she said that right now brittney griner of course is quite nervous as the trial is sort of coming to the last phases, but also very focused on her

defense. and one of the other things that the lawyer also pointed out is that brittney griner did want to let all of her fans, all her supporters in the united states and around the world know that obviously she sees all the support that she is getting, she gets a lot of that also from her lawyers who bring her documents, some of the newspaper articles into the jail that she's being held at, the detention center. and she really does appreciate all the support that she's getting and that obviously gives her strength as well. so right now obviously a bit of anxiety as this trial is coming to a close or going into the closing phases, but at the same time you do see brittney griner as her team says very focused on trying to see it all through and trying to gets a lenient as possible a sentence from this court. >> fred, thank you for joining us. time for a short break. when we come back, the u.s. takes out the world's top terrorist in a safe house in afghanistan. we'll hear from u.s. president biden. >> no matter how long it takes,

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if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date. at least 37 people are dead and hundreds are still missing in kentucky's devastating flash flooding. the state's governor says the death toll is expected to rise. search and rescue efforts into some of the more difficult to reach areas began on monday. all those u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to

visit taiwan, officials i ss in beijing, china warns that they will take strong counter measures if pelosi does visit. the world's most wanted terrorist is dead, ayman al zawahiri was killed in a u.s. drone strike at a safe house in kabul, afghanistan. top u.s. officials say the taliban knew ayman al zawahiri was in the city and tried to conceal evidence of his presence after the strike. the white house says no civilians or members of al zawahiri's family were killed. the strike happened on sunday morning local time after months of planning. the al qaeda leader was heavily involved in plotting a number of terror attacks including 9/11. now justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and our

capacity to defend the american people against those who seek to do us harm. we 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. >> it is rim eminisce sent that out the osama bin laden. and they tweeted that it is also proof to root out terrorism without being at war in afghanistan and hope it provides a small measure of peace to the 9/11 families and everyone else who has suffered at the hands of al qaeda. president biden worked for months getting ready for the drone attacks. intelligence officials built a

scaled model of the safe house for biden to study and the president insists that every precaution was taken to ensure no civilian casualties. take a listen to two military analysts. >> they talk in great deal about how they would hit the building so as not to make the building collapse on top of itself, that was critical if you want to avoid civilian casualties. and the fact that we went through that painstaking exercise to do this kind of operation really speaks volumes as to how the united states conducts these kinds of things. luckily it worked this time. sometimes it doesn't work. but the effort is made very much to use precision intelligence to find exactly where things are, exactly where the vulnerable points are and exactly the place where you need to target. the intelligence picture has to be nearly perfect in order to pull an operation like this off. so the overrising cape agents are the operational capabilities

that we see with these drone strikes but also the intelligence that goes this to making the drone strikes possible and the very fact that we did this shows that there is a really robust intelligence architecture that is watching over afghanistan at this point in time. >> the average american doesn't understand the detail, the level of effectiveness and efficiencies that go into this kind of targeting of indi individuals. the president can stand on the balcony and talk about the operation, but there had been months and maybe even years of the targeting of ayman al zawahiri. i first heard about this guy in 1998 when i was at the war college. we had been wanting to get him for a long time. he is a leader within this organization and the strike that was conducted was effective and efficient. >> ayman al zawahiri had been one of the fbi's most wanted terrorist for years. this updated post added the word

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to ukraine and the brutal fight for the country's south and east. ukraine says its troops are still fending off russian advances in the eastern donetsk region, a key target in moscow's push to seize the wider donbas. but despite the heavy shelling, russian troops don't appear to be making much head way. at the same time ukraine has been steps up counterattacks in southern regions like kherson which may be forcing russia to spread its troops even thinner. there are some reports that some russian troops are being moved away from the eastern frontlines to protect the russian position in the south. and meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken is accusing

russia of nuclear saber rattling in ukraine and also the use of a nuclear power plant as a military base saying they are using it like a nuclear shield to prevent ukrainian troops from returning fire. cnn is covering theangle. let's go first to jason carroll live in kyiv. >> reporter: whether it be intense fighting in the east or in the south, that seems to be encouraging more and more ukrainians to join the military. we spoke to one soldier who has been sidelined by his injuries but he says he is eager to get back into the fight. yuri is just out of the hospital after doctors spent more than a month tending to his injuries. this is shrapnel? >> yes, from here. >> reporter: an unwelcome souvenir of war, another piece embedded in his chest. his leg shattered so badly these rods now hold it together.

this video showing the moments after he was injured and rescued in june by fellow soldiers who were fighting alongside him on ukraine's eastern front, an area where ukrainians have managed in places to hold back the russian advance. he was laying a mine when he was hit by russian mortar fire. doctors initially thought his leg needed to be amputated but they saved it and his life. >> i feel the pain, but i feel also angry and my angry is more bigger than the pain. >> reporter: patriotism, sense of duty, anger, there are a

range of reasons for what continues to motivate ukrainians to join the military. but anger is one reason this new soldier will soon be deployed to the eastern front and gave up his job as a personal trainer to join the fight. soldiers ask that we not show their faces to protect their security. do you have any worries about going there? >> of course, but my hate is much more than any worries. >> reporter: he says he did not tell his family he joined the military. do you think that's going to work? >> they will be worried less for some time. >> reporter: family not an issue for this young soldier who says his father is already fighting for ukraine and he says his decision to join was not about emotion. but yuri says it is hard for him not to give into his emotions, he says as soon as he is well enough, he would like to go back to the frontline despite his

wife's objections. she says no woman in the world wants her man to go fight, but respects his desire one he says is also personal. >> now i have a personal situation because i need to revenge for this. i want to gut all the enemies of my country. and kill them. kill them all. >> reporter: you know, max, as you know in the beginning of the war you would hear so many stories about ukrainians who were leaving their regular day jobs to join the military as we were doing this story, and we continued to hear stories like that from soldiers leaving their regular jobs to join the military. so that motivation is still there. as for yuri, again you heard from him there, anger one of the reasons why he wants to get back

there on the frontlines, another reason why he wants to get back out there, he says it is simply revenge. max. >> jason carroll, thank you so much. clare, let's talk about the nuclear plant because the suggestion from ukraine is that the russians are using it as a defense but also there is a lot of saber rattling going on right now. >> yes, and the nuclear plant in zaporizhzhia region, the u.s. blinken says that they are extremely concerned, the accusation is that russia has essentially set up a nuclear base inside that nuclear plant which gives ukraine nowhere to hide. they can't fire back at a nuclear plant for risk of an accident, so the u.s. is worried about the russian side denying it, they say they reject the allegations that they are using it as a military base and in fact we had a tweet from the russian mission to the united nations which says that the zap nuclke zaporizhzhia power plant in the zone of the russian smo which i

assume means special military operation was taken under guard for the sole purpose from making use of the current situation in ukraine to carry out a nuclear provocation. so they say that they are trying to prevent a nuclear accident by setting camp in here. but meantime we have this review conference going on at the united nations in new york, an attempt to sort of dial tensions that we've seen growing not just from russia which has been making veiled nuclear threats, b blinken slamming it from russia. take a listen. >> it has engaged in dangerous nuclear saber rattling with its president warning that those supporting russian defense risk consequences such as you have never seen in your entire history, end quote. >> that reference i believe to the speech that president putin made on february 24th, the very first speech announcing what he still calls his special military operation in ukraine. look, i don't think that western officials think that it is

likely that russia would use nuclear power, but they do take the threat seriously and are very concerned not only about that, but of course about this nuclear power plant in the zaporizhzhia region. >> take us through the grain situation because we had this ship full of grain coming from ukraine ending up somewhere in africa i believe. but it is stuck in bad weather? >> yeah, there is bad weather in the black sea. it was supposed to arrive in istanbul for an inspection by the joint coordination center which was set up as part of this black sea grain initiative. we're told that instead of arriving at around 3:00 p.m. local time this even a, it will afternoon, it will be very late tuesday night or early wednesday. but still a momentous moment. the ship is carrying corn destined for lebanon. and the inspection itself will be a critical moment if it reaches istanbul and inspected, and then they can move on to scheduling other sailings. because 26,000 tons is the tip

of the iceberg. 22 million tons are in ukraine, the current harvest will add many more million tons to that. so all sides i think really hoping that this will go well. >> clare, thank you. in the u.s. the cost to fill up for gas continues to drop. aaa says the current national average is $4.19, down from monday. ninth day in a row where prices have declined. the automobile association warns a slight uptick in demand could end the steady drop in daily prices. still ahead, a judge criticized both star quarterback deshaun watson and the nfl after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. those details when we return. o . as the pain sets in. and the hill grows steeper. no matter what, we go on.

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a u.s. federal judge has harsh words for both the u.s. football league and deshaun watson in a ruling on monday. the cleveland browns star has been suspended for six games without pay after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations brought

by dozens of women. judge sue robinson wrote although this is the most significant punishment ever imposed for allegations of nonviolent sexual misconduct, watson's behavior is more egregious than any before reviewed by the nfl. the judge also expressed skepticism of watson's denial of wrongdoing. she also criticized the nfl for asking for an unprecedented full season suspension and accused the league of only seeking that punishment after public outcry. the national organization for women condemned the outcome saying, quote, shame on the cleveland browns for rewarding deshaun watson and shame on the nfl for perpetuating a system where money talks and women aren't heard. california has declared a state of emergency to bolster its monkeypox vaccination efforts as the virus spreads nationwide. california is the third station following new york and illinois to issue a statewide declaration

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good morning, it is tuesday, august 2, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. i'm erica hill. we begin with the killing of al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri, one of the masterminds of 9/11. president biden confirming that he authorized the attack in afghanistan to, quote, remove al zawahiri from the battlefield once and for all. he had been sheltering with his family and months of plannin