he is re al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well— al-zawahiri is in the us? the us? he is pretty well known in _ al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well known in the - al-zawahiri is in the us? he is pretty well known in the us, l al-zawahiri is in the us? he is| pretty well known in the us, as he was indicted for the bombings of the us embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1988, which by the way, kind of highlighted the growing threat from al-qaeda and as you mentioned earlier, he participated in the attack against uss cole and the planning of 9/11 and having taken over from 0sama planning of 9/11 and having taken overfrom osama bin laden as the leader of al-qaeda, he is a pretty well—known name, at least two folks who had been around that adult lives since that time frame. i around that adult lives since that time frame.— that time frame. i was interested _ that time frame. i was interested that - that time frame. i was interested that in - that time frame. i was interested that in a . that time frame. i was - interested that in a recent un report, the tal

what constitutes— al-zawahiri is questioned. what constitutes the _ al-zawahiri is questioned.hiri is questioned. what constitutes the moment where you can have a victory lap? is it the erasure of al-qaeda? that is unlikely. it is unlikely but al-qaeda has proliferated two franchises and what we have to see is what is the aftermath of our attack of a taliban household in kabul. what we're to have to analyse, if the taliban government has violated the agreement and they will be challenging whether we have violated the doha agreement.— have violated the doha a . reement. ., have violated the doha aareement. ., ., agreement. the treatment of detainees. — agreement. the treatment of detainees, whether - agreement. the treatment of detainees, whether in - detainees, whether in guantanamo bay or more in various parts of the world, you feel served the us and are less badly indeed in terms of bringing tojustice badly indeed in terms of bringing to justice people like ayman al—zawahiri? if bringing to justice people like ayman al-zawahiri?_ bringing to justice people like ayman al-zawah

i just wonder how familiar a name and a figure ayman al—zawahiri is in the us?us, as he was indicted for the bombings of the us embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1988, which by the way, kind of highlighted the growing threat from al-qaeda and then, as you mentioned earlier, he participated in the attack against uss cole and the planning of 9/11, and having taken overfrom bin laden as the leader of al-qaeda, he is a pretty well—known name, at least to folks who had been around that adult lives since that time frame. i was interested that in a recent un report, the taliban were given at least some credit for restraining al-qaeda and whatever its plans might be for further incitement to violence, not least against the united states, and i wonder from that point of view, to what extent this is in your view in any way a risky tactic to take them on at this point? no, personally i do not believe it is risky per se. i think that his location in kabul also demonstrates the untrustworthiness, the continual lying and deception that is perpetuated by the taliban, because

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indeed, and we will be _ al-zawahiri's name. indeed, and we will be carrying _ al-zawahiri's name.ying that - al-zawahiri's name. indeed, and we will be carrying that press - we will be carrying that press conference by president biden live here, so tune in for more details and we get that. you've described how important ayman al—zawahiri was to the al-qaeda, with the caveat that we don't know that it was him that's been killed in this drone strike. give us a sense of how significant this might be to the al-qaeda operation. of how significant this might be to the al—qaeda operation. i be to the al-qaeda operation. i mean, it's a huge blow for them. this is the leader of al-qaeda, as i mentioned, taking over the terrorist group in 2011 when 0sama taking over the terrorist group in 2011 when osama bin laden was killed by the us. but ayman al—zawahiri himself has always beenin al—zawahiri himself has always been in invisible symbol of the group, he was over 70 years old and once 0sama group, he was over 70 years old and once osama bin laden�*s personal physician. his whereabouts have

sounds like there was a similar type of attack in the sense that ayman al—zawahiri living in downtownsidential area and they said a drawn site, —— drone strike, and biden said a precision strike. he said it probably took place over the weekend. suggesting that no other civilians were killed, i know my other family members were killed. —— no otherfamily members. a very significant killing that will affect the al-qaeda group. this is in a group we've been focusing on as much as the islamic state recently, but what they had was a very significant member of the group leaving them. the other question that comes from this will be who will leave them in the future, and will they have somebody of his stature that can take over? one would assume probably not, so that kind of adds to the success for president biden. indeed, and as you point out, one of the other things president biden was very keen to stress in that speech, and the comments i found interesting, he said when he ended the military operation in afghanistan, he made the decision we didn't need boots on the ground in afghanistan, an

al-zawahiri is the last of the iconic leaders.course, bin laden has been killed and so have others, so the point here is the old al qaeda is dead. at the brand of al qaeda will continue as indeed the nazi brand continued after the death of hitler's and the defeat of the nis in germany. i don't think we can call it an end, but a transition phase in whatever al qaeda morphs into evenally. kasia: earlier, i spoke with our chief international correspondent from kabul. reporter: the details are so sketchy. there's so much speculation that swirls around ayman al-zawahiri d it continues to this day with people hearing kabul expressing skepticism he had actually been killed, that he was in that safe house in the neighborhood just a few streets away from where we are broadcasting from. there were many on social media who remindedryone that there is been repeated reports that al-zawahiri had died for, one that saying he had died of illness. those wh said he was still alive believed the man who went into hiding after the september 11 attacks

biden: al-zawahiri has been a leader of al qaeda. from hiding he coordinated al qaeda's branches and all around the world including operational guidance and called for inspiring attacks against u.s. targets. he made videos including in the recent weeks to call for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. now, just has been delivered. this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to worry about this vicious killer. the united states continues to demonstrate our resolve and 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. host: a little bit of what the president said. guest: the president is right that the reach of the united states as long. our patience is long. no matter if it takes 22 years we will come, we will find you, we will take you out. that was not just the message to al-zawahiri b

al—zawahiri was even bin laden�*s personal physician.or alive for $25 million. i think what this reflects is, really, the challenges we have had on our counterterrorism policies where al—zawahiri has been able to survive for two decades, outlasted the afghanistan war in safety, prior to us being able to eliminate him. when bin laden was killed by the americans in 2011, al—zawahiri took over. the president said america hunted him for a year, eventually locating him to a safe house in kabul last weekend. they shot two missiles at him. his family members were unharmed. al—zawahiri was rumoured to be in bad health, becoming a remote figure, and with the rise of other terror groups like the so—called islamic state, his influence was marginal compared to his predecessor. the taliban has called the killing "a violation of international principles". but al—zawahiri's presence in kabul has cast doubt on the taliban's promise its country would not be a haven for terrorists. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. 0ur chief international correspondent l

i think. unquestionably, without al-zawahiri unquestionably, without al—zawahiri on this earth, we are more aggressive, more radical, someone far younger that's able to attract a new generation ofjihadist recruits. so al-qaeda has proven throughout its inception to be highly adaptive, it's been highly responsive to changes in the counterterrorism environment. so this unfortunately isn't the last we will hear of al-qaeda, but it is quite a big blow to the group. al-qaeda, but it is quite a big blow to the grow-— to the group. great to get you on the programme _ to the group. great to get you on the programme. thank— to the group. great to get you on the programme. thank you. - let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk... british oil and gas company bp has reported its biggest quarterly profit for 14 years on the back of soaring oil and gas prices. the energy giant saw profits hit more than $8 billion for the period between april and june. the report comes as household energy bills have been forecast to rise about $4,000 a year this winter. conservative leadersh

al-zawahiri was the egyptian brains. bin laden was the saudi money.n some sense he is the original, the founder, the symbol for many of the kadris probably even more so than bin laden, so symbolically a huge setback. the truth is al qaeda is in bad shape anyway. it is a shadow of what it used to be and so i think that -- i'm not sure exactly how much effect it will have operationally because it's already a pretty ragtag operation, but without question, the single biggest blow you could give to appear died would be to decapitate al- zawahiri. >> last year, fareed, when you marked the tenth anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. you said islamic threat isn't the threat it used to be. what do you think after this strike? >> i have been saying a while what we need to look at is the most important question is are they inspiring people, getting new recruits, able to win people over to their cause? in country after country what you're finding is the answer is no. it's almost as though they had this -- there was this sense of desperation and futility

al—zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists, took over al-qaeda in 2011 after the us killed leader, osama bin laden. he made videos including in recent weeks calling for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. now justice has been delivered. this terrorist leader is no more. we'll be live in washington with all the latest. also in the programme: one of america's top lawmakers, nancy pelosi is reportedly expected to visit taiwan on tuesday, putting further strains on relations with china. doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. champions! champions! and as england's lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, we'll talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of women's football, bend it like beckham. now look — my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news: president biden has confirmed that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al—zawahiri has been killed in an american dro

but i want to go back to him, to al-zawahiri.hat he carried out mass attacks, killing civilians, hundreds of them, and thousands, actually here in the united states. and what's so striking is the kind of precision and patience, and consideration that the president biden and our entire intelligence community exercise. this is what separates us from the terrorists who are attacking civilians. it's what separates us from, let's say, the russians, who leveled entire residential buildings, killing hundreds if not thousands, without any concern about innocent civilians. and i can only tell you from my experience, when i was at the pentagon, i would have regular meetings, almost daily meetings with president clinton, going over the targets picked over that day, and the -- excuse me, one second. that day, we would go over the targets. we would go over the type of munitions that were being used, what the damage was, what's the collateral damage was, because we want to minimize the killing of innocent civilians. and that is how we are. so,

ayman al-zawahiri.e talking with richard haass in a minute. big news yesterday and something we have been working toward for the past 20 years. it is hard to overstate how important this is to people in the cia and the military that have been trying to bring this terrorist to justice because he was ultimately responsible. donald trump when he was at his golf tournament this weekend by our account had 14 people, a couple chickens, a hound dog running across a couple greens really distracting, you're sitting there and mickelson trying to play and that hound dog chasing chickens and he has to stop but so, he was asked about that while this animal battle was going on, on the 16th with mickelson and trump said we don't really know what caused 9/11 we need to look into that. well, we have actually always known what caused 9/11 and his name was al-zawahiri and he was killed by the united states. >> first of all you'd have to step off when the tumbleweed rolls across the green, that can be distracting but yes t

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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

ayman al-zawahiri was the mastermind of that. that was 1997. in 1998, al-zawahiri -- wrote what's amounted to a declaration of war against america. and he proclaimed that groups like his and his friend osama bin laden's group, al-qaeda, and all of the islamist terrorist groups, he proclaimed were all united, as what he called the international front against crusaders and jews, not to put a too fine point on it. zawahiri's declaration in february 1998 proclaimed it their mission to target america, to target the united states of america, and specifically, to kill american people anywhere in the world. that was february 1998 that he wrote that declaration of war. later that same year, and august 1998, he blew up the u. s. embassies in tanzania and kenya, more than 4000 people injured, more than 200 people killed. and in october 2000, they hit the uss cole, a guided missile destroyer, while it was being fueled in yemen. 17 u.s. sailors killed. 37 injured. the year after that, in june, june 2001, al-qaeda, bin laden's group, formally absorbed zawahi

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a senior administration official says a drone strike killed ayman al zawahiri after u.s. intelligence tracked him to a safe house in kabul. >> justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. >> reporter: according to the official, the cia first briefed the president back in april that zawahiri was believed to be living in the house with his wife and children. in july the cia built a model of the safe house to show the president how a strike could be carried out. biden authorized the strike days later, and on sunday around 6:00 a.m. a drone fired two hellfire missiles at al zawahiri as he stepped onto the balcony of the safe house. sources say no one else was killed. >> what this type of drone is, this type of munition i should say is to deliberately try to avoid any collateral damage. >> reporter: experts say hellfire missiles do not explode. instead the missiles are equipped with razor-like blades extending from the fuselage which slice through a target. >> so it will go through and essentially vaporize a human body, but somebody standing within feet of

and ayman al zawahiri and al qaeda certainly do.le a decapitation strike like this is important and it does prove that we can do over the horizon operations, it also means you keep sustained pressure on. that means continued strikes, continued monitoring. i think i know -- i know that my old colleagues in the intelligence community will certainly celebrate the events of the last several days but there's a lot more work to do because, you know, al qaeda is still -- they have a terrorist safe haven in afghanistan, they have allies, so we can't take our foot off the gas right now. >> you know the capital of afghanistan so well. talk to us a little bit about where the strike was carried out and then there's been talk -- ken was talking about the diplomatic quarter. what is that and what was the area and the context in which this strike was carried out? >> well, thank you, jose. the neighborhood is a neighborhood that was very well known amongst the western community. it was a fairly new neighborhood post-2001. it used to be a military b

the death of al zawahiri is certainly a blow. he is and has been, since the death of osama bin laden, the most important al qaeda figure, the one that has talked most significantly to the al qaeda franchises across the globe, and has been historically even during the bin laden years, probably the most influential religious leader, including through some of his texts like knights under the prophet's banner. so, this will be a short-term, possibly a midterm blow to al qaeda, but i think as everybody has said here, including clarissa, the fact that this was done in kabul and the fact that a recent u.n. report noted that the number of al qaeda fighters has doubled since the taliban took over in afghanistan, does have some very serious concerns over the midterm. >> right, right, i mean, that doesn't just go away overnight, despite the significance of this moment. i briefly showed the video, zawahiri talking about the u.s., as broken and defeated, specifically he was talking about the chaotic and messy american pullout, biden's pullout

forces, but it did not mention al zawahiri. intelligence officials believe al zawahiri's family was in another part of the home and no one else was killed. bin laden was killed in pakistan in 2011 in an operation carried out by u.s. navy seals after a nearly decade-long period to find him. anne-marie? >> trinity chavez in new york. trinity, thank you so much. >>> so coverage of the deadly drone strike continues on "cbs mornings." we'll be talking with white house national security adviser jake sullivan about that attack. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi continues her trip interest asia this morning. she is expected to visit taiwan as early as today. that's according to local media there. the california democrat is leading a house delegation of five other democrats that are also planning stops in malaysia, south korea, and japan. yesterday pelosi met with top leaders in singapore, but her expected visit in taiwan is increasing tension between china and the u.s. china considers the self-ruled island as its territory and thinks of t

al zawahiri had well established credentials. these two uniting provided a team that could not be broken. >> reporter: america was there next target, the world trade center in their sites. after 9/11, al zawahiri was seen in afghanistan, and then went into hiding, a $25 million reward on his head. he kept al qaeda alive as basis became the west's main target. pious, ruthless, the brains behind the world's worst terrorist attack, even in his final video he was calling on muslims to attack america. >> nbc's richard engel. we are expecting to learn how the cia found al zawahiri and how they took them out when the president addresses the nation shortly. cnbc senior white house correspondent kayla tausche with details now. >> we are expecting the president to make that address later on this hour. this is a major conquest for the biden administration. you heard richard engel say he was osama bin laden's right- hand man and his doctor. he founded an egyptian jihadist network and merged with al qaeda in the late '90s. the state departmen

the president was also shown a scale model of the house where al zawahiri was staying. you see that wooden box in the center of the room. now, over the course of the next few weeks, the -- his team worked together to try to answer some of the president's questions and then on july 25th, while the president was isolating during his first bout with covid, he convened a meeting with his officials, again, to try to go into more granular detail about this proposed operation. the president asking more questions about the possibility of civilian casualties and five days later, it was when those two hellfire missiles were launched taking out al zawahiri. of course, he also had to consider the circumstances with which this all played out. it was nearly a year ago that the u.s. withdrew its presence from afghanistan. many had questions whether the u.s. would have the capabilities to carry out such an operation and over the weekend, they showed they did have that. >> yeah, certainly remarkable feat to do so over the horizon as intel agencies and the military will describe it. arle

with the u.s. >> reporter: smoke billowing over kabul over the house of al zawahiri, and the windowsthe structure in tact which is the care taken to avoid collateral damage, and aside from al zawahiri killed. now the house draped in green covering and the world's most wanted terrorist was killed on the third-floor balcony. >> in this case, we used an unmanned vehicle with hellfire missiles and we used those to kill mr. al zawahiri out on that balcony and the president said that when we made the decision that we avoided civilian casualties and we did. >> reporter: other intelligence confirmed that and white house john kirby said, but there is no dna evidence of his death, and the intelligence gathering and planning took place for most of the year, and this situation room meeting with the top national security officials was in early july when he was shown a model of the house, and the leader had a $25 million bounty on his head and he had moved to downtown kabul and his movement was tracked and he was spotted on the balcony when he was killed early morning sunday when a hellfire missil

this was the first wanted poster put out for ayman al-zawahiri. this is in october 2001 weeks after the attack. you see the reward for information leading to his capture at that point was $5 million. that would quintuple to a $25 million reward, the largest reward offered for anyone on earth. after a u.s. s.e.a.l. mission zawahiri became literally the most wanted terrorist on the fbi's list of most wanted terrorists. you can see if you look at the two different wanted posters you can see over 20 years-plus, while the reward did go up, they didn't change the photo of him. they didn't change much of what theygue about him or how to advise people to find him, but tonight there is an update. tonight they've updated the post at long last. this has just changed this evening as we were prepping to get on the air. put a big red deceased across the bottom of it now. what we know is this. ayman al-zawahiri was back in afghanistan, which itself is a story. he was in a well-off neighborhood in the capital city of kabul. "the new york times" and "the washingto

ayman al zawahiri was killed this last weekend by a cia drone while standing on a balcony in downtown kabul, second in command to osama bin laden during the september 11th attacks, and became the top leader when the united states killed bin laden in 2011. a senior administration official tells nbc news that the strike was so precise, none of his family inside the home were killed. in a rare evening address last night, president biden still isolating from covid said justice has been delivered. >> 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. >> al zawahiri escaped u.s. forces in 2001. his where-abouts had been unknown since then. but earlier this year, u.s. intelligence determined he had moved from pakistan to a taliban-supported safe hou

ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to 0sama bin laden.strike that american officials say killed him as he stood on the balcony at this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hear debris still being cleared up, but then we are told to stop filming. we are in the centre of the city. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away, but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see — one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us a little earlier on. senior taliban figures must have agreed to al-qaeda's leader living here, but they have insisted in public the group no longer exists in afghanistan, so his death poses difficult questions. he had trained as a doctor in egypt, but became involved with radical circles. after joining afterjoining al-qaeda, he helped plan the 9/11 attacks, and which nearly 3000 people were killed. america placed a $25 million bounty on his head. president biden was in the command centre when 0sama bin laden was killed. and here he

al-zawahiri babe became the saudi guy's personal doctor whichy' gave them a personal bo beyond their ideological co-interests, after the two of them supplied and recruited the mujahedin fighters, in 1990, they went on to sudan and yemen to straeb establish training campingh for international terrorists. lifelong dream, in november 1993,fe the group, is islamic jihad tried to assassinate the prime minister of haegypt, they failed in that assassination attempt but they did wound and kill civilians instead. two years later in 1995, egyptian islamic jihad blew up the egyptian embassy in an pakistan, killed at least 15 people, wounded dozens of people. two years later, in 1997, zawahiri helped planned luxor attack, a half dozen gunmen descending on a big egyptian tourist attraction before 9:00 in the morning november 1997, six gunmen spent 45 minutes methodically massacring the tourists at that tourist site in egypt including kids. people fromud egypt, people fro columbia, people from switzerlandmb and the u.k. and japan, and germany, 62 people murdered. zawahiri is the mastermind of that

at 71 years of age, ayman al-zawahiri was suffering from ill health.d been living in hiding ever since september 11. the fact he became one of the u.s.'sost hunted man. there have been repeated reports over the years that he died from ill health, which is why there is still a lot of skepticism and cynicism about this latest report that they have killed the al qaeda leader. if he was alive, the general assumption was he would be living in the rugged terrain, reclusive lee, along the pakistan border. this comes as a surprise to many, including residents of kabul, that he was living smack in the center of the city in a house with balconies, a multistoried villa, stead to be used by one of the senior taliban leaders. it is a symbolic blow, but the al qaeda movement is certain to choose a new leader quickly and move on. jane: the whiteouse says the taliban knew he was there, but they pledged to prevent afghanistan from being used as a haven for terrorists. where does this leave the taliban in its standing with the international community? >> it underlines t

bear in mind, ayman al-zawahiri _ today? it's huge. bear in mind, ayman al-zawahiri has - today?l-zawahiri has been the ayman al—zawahiri has been the leader of al-qaeda since 0sama bin laden was killed in pakistan in 2011. as i mentioned before, he has someone in the us has wanted for a long time — he's only 70 years of age, he's been a very visible international symbol of the group. at one point it's believed he even acted as bin laden�*s personal physician. if it is in fact him, it's a cute moment for president biden, and in terms of the counterterrorism operation they've been carrying out for many years, we still don't know 100% that it is this person, but we will find out when president biden delivers his remarks in about an hour's time. thank you so much forjoining us with that latest information, and certainly will be able to confirm that when we hear from president biden injust an hour's that when we hear from president biden in just an hour's time, that when we hear from president biden injust an hour's time, so stay tuned to bbc news for developers on that story. you're

what do we know about this strike, and how they found al-zawahiri? >> hi, charles. thanks for having me. so, the senior white house official briefed reporters, just shortly before president biden spoke. and told us that several months ago, the united states intel sources started developing, and intelligence that showed that zawahiri's family, his wife, his daughter, and his daughter's children, so his grandchildren had relocated from pakistan into his house, a safe house in kabul, that one government official tells me was the house belong to a member of the haqqani network. the u.s. continued to follow this and they started developing what they call a pattern of life. they did the same thing, as you recall, with osama bin laden, when they first started to suspect that he was hidden in pakistan. there was some surprise that al-zawahiri was now in kabul. it had been leaked via pakistan. but a few weeks after they found out that the wife and his daughter were there, they became increasingly certain that al-qaeda leader was there as well. and they've been developing thi

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i mean, we have been tracking al zawahiri, each president and thereafter, have been tracking al zawahirir more than two decades at this point, dating all the way back to the bush administration which you worked in. give me your reaction? >> what a triumph for the united states and for the central intelligence agency, our officers have been worked steadfastly for decades, as you correctly say, looking through topography, trying to listen in on what terrorist conversations indicate about the whereabouts of senior al qaeda leaders. and so, this is really a tribute to the united states that we will stay on a particular matter, and we will find you, we'll track you down. >> leif, address for me the point that peter alexander just brought up, and that is this idea that kabul now under taliban leadership was essentially a safe harbor zone for a killer, really, the leader of a major terrorist organization that killed thousands of americans, living in plain sight in the captain capital city of kabul, in a safe harbor in an area that is for the fortified and protected. >> absolutely, i think this

ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to osama bin laden.led him as he stood on the balcony at this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hear debris still being cleared up, but then we are told to stop filming. we're in the centre of the city. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away, but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see — one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us a little earlier on. senior taliban figures must have agreed to al-qaeda's leader living here, but they have insisted in public the group no longer exists in afghanistan, so his death poses difficult questions. zawahiri had trained as a doctor in egypt, but was drawn into radical circles. afterjoining al-qaeda, he helped plan the 9/11 attacks, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed. america placed a $25 million dollar bounty on his head. president biden was in the command centre when 0sama bin laden was killed. and here he is being briefed on this weeekend's operation

al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri. with a 25 million dollar reward on his head. osama bin laden's right-hand man. now president joe biden, addressing the nation from the blue room balcony at the white house where he is in isolation with rebound covid case. the cleric, that justice has been delivered. and warning that the united states will defend the american people. >> 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. >> we are also learning some more tonight about how it all went down. ayman al-zawahiri, children what was being called a precise tailored airstrike. using to hellfire missiles fired at the balcony of a safe house in kabul. at 9:40 pm eastern time. it happened on saturday. the president thank you kate final trouble for a patient a week ago after months of highly secret planning. one official is telling cnn that members of his family, who are in other areas of the house, were not harmed. he helped mastermind the deadly terror attack on american soil alongside os

ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to osama bin laden.on the balcony of this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hear debris still being cleared up, but then we are told to stop filming. we are in the centre of the city. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away, but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see, one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us a little earlier on. senior taliban figures must have agreed to al-qaeda's leader living here, but they have insisted in public the group no longer exists in afghanistan, so his death poses difficult questions. zawahiri had trained as a doctor in egypt, but was drawn into radical circles. afterjoining al-qaeda, he helped plan the 9/11 attacks in which nearly 3,000 people were killed. america placed a $25 million bounty on his head. president biden was in the command centre when osama bin laden was killed. and here he is being briefed on this weekend's operation, a major success after criti

kills one of the key partners of the 9/11 attacks, press biases ayman al-zawahiri died in a drone strike after years in hiding. ♪ welcome to the program. nancy pelosi has landed in taiwan after weeks of speculation of whether she would visit the island that china claims as its territory. china has claimed the trip is a publication and will respond with targeted military operations. i is a 21 chinese jets have entered taiwan's air defense zone -- taiwan says 21 chinese just have entered taiwan's air defense zone. we asked whether supporting taiwan's diplomacy was the only reason for nancy pelosi's visit. >> that seems to be her most important reason based upon a statement she had issued before her arrival. she is being a high-profile trip and is demonstrating america's commitment to asia more generally. >> i asked the question because it seemed that president biden is not particularly committed to this. he would have preferred her not to go. yet she has gone? >> in the united states congress is a separate but equal plan -- branch of government. he has no authority to stop her from going a

there are two big international stories at this hour, al zawahiri was killed in a u.s. drone strike on sunday and now cnn identified the house where it happened. >>> and right now china is threatening to start air and sea military exercises around taiwan, this is a direct response to house speaker nancy pelosi's arrival there. the house speaker is the first high ranking u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. a landmark flashed a sign that said speaker pelosi welcome to taiwan. >> china is not mincing words, the foreign ministry issued a statement, quote, this is a serious rye lags of the one china principle it has severe impact on the political foundation of china/u.s. relations. kylie atwood joins us now. tell us the reaction. >> the biden administration is trying to bring the temperature down right now. you see china raising the temperature and doing a number of things. taiwan said that a number of the government websites in the country have faced threats, cyber attacks in the last 24 hours as the trip was about to occur. we know there have been war planes that ch

the killing of ayman al—zawahiri — washington says the taliban broke an agreement to keep foreign militants afghan soil. the house that was targeted in the drone strike is just a few minutes away. but the taliban are not allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there is nothing to see. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis — we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. hey, josh, it's gillian, how are you doing? very well, thank you. how are you? and the glasses allowing deaf people to see real—time conversations right before their eyes. she knew it would antagonise beijing but that hasn't stopped nancy pelosi — america's third—highest ranking politician — from paying a high—level visit to taiwan. in the past hour she's been at the taiwanese parliament but before arriving there the chinese foreign ministry summoned the us ambassador, nicholas burns, to beijing to protest against the visit. during her meeting with taiwanese politicians she insisted that she had come to taiwan in what she called �*peace for the region'. we come in friendship to

what are your reflections on the killing of al zawahiri? be this money? >> well, the takeaway should be that the biden administration has been wrong from day one. taking our soldiers out of afghanistan, allowing al zawahiri to retire in afghanistan as if he was a safe haven for him should point everything out that we need to do. we've been weeks, we've shown weakness, and we are showing our weakness all the way around the world. afghanistan has been a wreck, it's our fault, and the administration has led us to this point. >> carley: clearly something that should be celebrated, but some people have pointed out that the fact that al zawahiri was in afghanistan proves that al qaeda still has a presence that despite president biden think otherwise and it also violated the agreement, so what is the state of terrorism in afghanistan right now? >> well, it's alive and kicking. it seems that what we've done is put ourselves back in the position we were 20 years ago. we have a growing threat that never really went away. we tried to convince ourselve

let's talk about al zawahiri's legacy. just the brutal legacy that still remains with us even after his death. >> well, you know, it starts i guess with the embassy bombings in 1998 when al qaeda raised the curtain on its future attacking two american embassies in east africa killing 224 people. and blinding 100 people because of the flying glass. and then there was the coal bombing in october of 2000 killing 19 american sailors in the harbor in yemen. and then 9/11. but that doesn't stop. there was a drum roll of continuing attacks. they never got back to broadway. >> but they were attempting to contact america and allies. and then in 2011 bin laden is killed and al zawahiri has been seen the man behind bin laden and often not being as charismatic and so on. but give him credit. this was an organization that on 9/11 had about 400 members. now counter terrorist experts around 40,000 members of al qaeda and its affiliates when stretch to morocco to india. so under his guidance this organization has expanded and proliferated

after navy seals raided this compound in pakistan, killing osama bin laden, al-zawahiri took over. chaotic withdrawal of u.s. forces from afghanistan, mr. biden insisted the weekend strike shows the u.s. ability to target terrorists remains strong. >> 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. >> reporter: in addition, saif al adel, described as the terror group's military leader, is the likely successor. a former senior u.s. military official told cbs news that while the leadership has changed, al qaeda remains a resilient adversary that seeks out safe havens. john. >> dickerson: a resilient adversary. thank you, catherine herridge. after nearly a week of delays, outrage and proifts, tonight the senate is once again trying to pass a bill which will expand healthcare and disability benefits to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in iraq and afghanistan. cbs' scott macfarlane has the latest. >> reporter: with war veterans outside the capitol demanding action, a long-awaited plan to expan

military for targeted assassinations, rained down on ayman al-zawahiri.trike, green tarps hung from a building where it's believed he spent his final moments before he was killed on a balcony. >> americans can feel safer today now that the leader of alr today now that the leader of al qaeda, ayman al-zawahiri, is off the battlefield. >> reporter: within with a $25 million bounty on his head, the al qaeda's whereabouts was a lingering mystery for u.s. intelligence. earlier this year, the terrorist leader was tracked down to the busy afghan capitol of kabul. after an intelligence briefing where he saw the safe house, he authorized the strike. >> this mission was carefully planned, minimized the risk of harm to other civilians. >> reporter: the fact that al- zawahiri was in kabul. and a violation of the taliban's commitment not to harbor terrorists. >> we are communicating directly with the taliban about their obligations not to allow al qaeda to use afghanistan as a basis for plotting. >> reporter: al-zawahiri played a key role in the 9/11 attacks in plots

that's one of the big questions after ayman al-zawahiri was killed. u.s.quickly out of afghanistan a year ago. we all remember this scene. afghans trying to get on a military plane after people were clinging on to the side and some fell to their death. that evacuation led to the killing of 13 u.s. service members in a terror attack at the airport in kabul. less than a year later, one of the master minds of 9-11 ends up back in that city and thank goodness to the hard work and toil of our intelligence officials, they found him and took him out. so general david petraeus, former u.s. commandner afghanistan here with a look at where we are right now given all of this and of course given this major victory that happened several days ago. first to trey yingst live in jerusalem. >> good afternoon. the leader of al-quaida, ayman al-zawahiri is dead following a drone strike in afghanistan. the wanted terrorist had a bounty on his head for $25 million. he was sheltering among the civilian population in the capitol of kabul. reports indicate that he was killed with