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we're here with senior obama re-election strategist david axelrod.ployment rate? >> first of all, i don't think there will be an 9% unemployment rate. i'm not an economist. i believe we will make improvement just as we have made -- we were at 10.2 and it's down to 9. i think it will go down, but that's not the fundamental issue. the issue is do people feel like we're making progress and moving in the right direction, and do they feel like the person on the other side of the ballot will hold out greater hope? i am very confident that we will be in the right place. >> david, if you look at right track, wrong track, which i know a lot of pollsters put stake in, overwhelmingly, a lot of people think we're on the wrong track. isn't that what it's about? you have to have people feeling things are getter better and they don't. >> here's what i think. people understand that the problems we're facing took years to create and years to manifest themselves, and it's going to take longer than anybody would like to solve them. but they want to know the approach ta

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saying what the job reports have been, friday's report on unemployment very disappointing, but david axelrodd said today, where is the gop's jobs agenda? and nancy pelosi said their agenda is to blame. >> they set the agenda. we have said every day that they're there, another day goes by and there isn't a jobs agenda or jobs bill that's come to the floor. >> all these republicans out there this weekend yammering will be -- >> i think from what we're seeing from former speaker pelosi and david axelrod, they're holding boehner's feet to the fire. usually he would send a tweet, mr. president, where are the jobs? the republicans ran on platform saying, you know, we're going to be about putting the american people back to work. they've been in session since january, so far there's been no jobs plan. i think that is the number one issue that the american people say they care about and what the unemployment numbers that came out that's been reinforced, i think the democrats are going to try to use this to their political advantage to push the republicans in a corner. >> alex? >> i agree with jonath

we heard from david axelrod there. >> reporter: well, richard, one thing you're not going to hear is mission accomplished speech. we expect the president to acknowledge that the economy is in a tough spot right now, to try to comfort americans. he will also likely reiterate one of the themes that we have heard from this administration which is that recovery takes time. he'll talk about the fact that 2 million jobs have been added over the past 15 months, but there is still a long way to go towards progress and towards t getting americans feeling like they're in a stable spot. on friday, he was touting one of the things he feels worked in the economy, namely the auto bailout. he was in toledo, ohio, at a chrysler plant there, saying the auto bailout has worked. it saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. the auto industry is productive once again. but having said all of this, republicans have wasted no time seizing on the issue of the economy. we heard mitt romney last week when he announced his bid for presidency go straight to the issue of the economy. and again today when rick santorum

you will hear from former without house senior advisor david axelrod who is now heading up president obama a re-election campaign and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. they spoke at the annual convention. cnn chief political correspondent leads this 20-minute discussion. we want to talk turkey and politics. >> some people think they're the same! >> how do you pick where you put your advertising dollars? >> look, it is a simple concept. we are all about targeting. we want to reach people who might vote for us or we need to mobilize at the most cost-effective way. i remember when i started off in this business a long time ago, the late bob squire was a media consultant. bob used to say all the media consultants should put together and put lawrence welk back on the air so we can target senior citizens, and you know, now we have more tools including cable television to target, but we spent the vast majority of our money last time on broadcast television, we spent about 12% or so on cable, and i think we will spend a little more now, but there is still some barriers on cable that we need

asked obama's chief campaign strategist david axelrod how he intends to make obama cool again he said quote i find it is cool to be an obama supporter having sat with him for two years in the white house and watched him watching him work through some very difficult things with a lot of intelligence and grace and equilibrium i have great admiration for him you know working with equilibrium really cool sounds more like a man crush love has a funny way of seeing past little things like the hidden youth oppression unemployment more wars the price of gas food and clothing renewing the patriot act failure to close gitmo and a bailout for wall street and i guess i guess we can we can axelrod here can be our version of baghdad bob. the believe that we know with this is. so with the youth vote in jeopardy obama the brilliant strategist is hard at work on the other segments that the left the pens on right whoa obama had promised to return to the annual conference of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. in the state now three years in a row turns out this year he w

here is what david axelrod had to say. >> i think he is a very bright fluent person. a little surprising to me, because when we were in shanghai, we got a chance to talk and this was the fall of 2009, about what the president was doing. so i was surprised when he emerged as a candidate. >> reporter: now, huntsman' campaign has fired back calling axelr axelrod's comments absurd. what is interesting to see somebody going after his former boss running for the white house. not something you see very often in american political history. but it is something that jon hutsman is going to have to do if he is going to overcome this obama taint that some conservatives see huntsman as having at this point. he is going to try it up in new hampshire today and north carolina tomorrow. two big battle grounds no huntsman. >> stay here for huntsman's formal announcement. you can see it live 30 minutes from now in the "cnn newsroom." >>> the longest war in the u.s. history. this morning, we are getting an idea how it is going to end. tomorrow, president obama outline the withdrawal of u

but david axelrod and others said when you were ambassador they had meetings where behind the scenes you embraced the president's economic plans. and you encouraged his efforts on health care. when they say that, are they not telling the truth? >> i think a lot of that is nonsense. >> not true? >> when you -- listen, when a group comes to town, as they did once for a state visit, when you greet them, you congratulate them on what they're doing, good work on your legislative victories. that should not be smis misinterpreted as a wholesale embrace of what they're doing. i don't know where that's coming from. the fact that everyone -- >> it's coming from david axelrod. >> you would expect that, you know, in a political environment. but, listen, i have respect for the president. he's a good man. he's earnest and hard working. we have fundamental disagreements on the direction of the country. 2012 is going to be a critically important election year because it will have everything to do with resetting our numbers. getting our economy back on track. and i believe resetting our position in t

and david axelrod, he is the president's top political strategists for 2012.n very different subjects, but very interesting. >> they will shape the strategy. but have we seen signs of what the president's strategy will be for the president. sit stick with me, we're halfway through my plan and i need the other four years to implement it, is that going to be the sell? >> that's part of it. but i will tell you, all the talk now is the president isn't so much running against republican nominees, whoever that may be, but against the economic figures. what they believe is sure, that's true, running up into the fall of next year, people will talk about the figures and economic figures, those are bad. they believe that come 2012, it really will not be a race of president obama and his record but it will be president obama and whoever the republican nominee is, and they have big files now on the various republicans already in the race. and axelrod was out spoken of the ways they may go after them should they become the nominee. >> candy crowley coming your way in 18 mi

then a discussion on next year's presidential election with president obama's campaign strategist david axelrod and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. the convention coverage begins saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> your watch and cspan, bring you politics and public affairs every morning, "washington journal" connecting you with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. watch live coverage of u.s. house of weekdays and weeknights, policy and supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. you can also watch our programming any time at c- span.org and it is searchable on our cspan video library. cspan, washington your way, a public service credit by america's cable companies. -- created by america's cable companies. >> remarks from the white house national economic council director gene sperling on the debt ceiling and the national debt. he spoke at the committee for responsible federal budget and a new america foundation conference yesterday. we will also hear from former republican senator alan simpson who cochaired the natio

i talked to david axelrod, the president's top adviser the other day, and he said that's why you have elections. we'll have big dedates in the 2012 presidential election, but what about the millions of americans who are unemployed and underemployed in the meantime? >> let's talk about the president's opinion research. the cnn research poll shows the president's approval rating has dropped since late may. it's down six points. 48%, you know, we were talking after the killing of osama bin laden, john, about this bounce that the president got, and people saying, well, he's walked into his next election victory. nobody really thought it sensible to predict in may of the prior year whether that was going to be sustained. but the reality is it does seem to be coming back to the economy. >> it is all the way back to the economy. now, there could be some world event. there are global challenges, afghanistan, libya and beyond that could come into play as we get closer and closer to the election. without a doubt, everybody serious about this election. they believe the number one, number two, nu

the discussion on next year's presidential election with president obama's campaign strategist, david axelrod and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. coverage of the convention begins saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. here is presidential candidate newt gingrich at the republican leadership conference last night in new orleans. this is 40 minutes. >> i want to cut through the challenge we have over the next 80 months. i want to ask some of these questions. how many of you think america is currently on the wrong track? raise your hand if you agree. virtually all of you, right? how many of you believe that washington will fight very hard against to getting back on the right track? think about this. this is the key question about the 2012 campaign. i want to make his case to you. it is very important to defeat president obama but that is not enough. we need to pick up 12 u.s. senate seats -- [applause] and we need to pick up 30-40 seats in the u.s. house -- [applause] and we need to strengthen our position with state legislators and governors and local city councils and county commiss

you saw stan greenburg, the clinton pollster from the '90s, apparently he and david axelrod got a bit of a debate, according to "the wall street journal" report and an interview he did with the journal, and they talked about how to message this economy and the reality being you have stan greenburg and james carville saying, look, this economy is not going to be looking like a fully recovered economy come 2012. and that this white house and the president needs to be talking more in the feel your pain language that bill clinton was so good at in the early '90s when he was running the first time, and so you saw a little bit -- the president himself, on friday, you know, he used to use that car ditch analogy. we're getting the car out of the ditch and the republicans won't let us. they're saying hurry up and get it out. now he's talking about rehab. you get hit by a truck, takes a long time to recover from something like that when you survive something like that. and so a slight change, a little almost less glitzy about it in talking about it and more serious. and i think that's what you'

. >>> and president obama's senior re-election campaign strategist david axelrod says the overall economy be a factor in the 2012 election. and he says he's confident voters will back the president. >> the questions on the fundamental things, basic things, are you going to be consistent so that when people vote for you, they have some sense of where you'll be the next day, my experience with barack obama is he's one of the most consistent people that i've ever met. the values that drove him in the first to get into politics are the values that drive him today. >> so the republican conference in new orleans we mentioned a few moments ago is making news. organizers did not quite anticipate. to entertain party delegates, conference leaders hired a president obama impersonator. while the comedian's jokes generated laughs, some were considered over the line. even offensive. including this one referring to the president's biracial background. >> my favorite month is february. black history month. you see, michelle, she celebrates the full month. and, you know, i celebrate half. >> organizers gr

it's david axelrod, senior advisor to the obama campaign.with him at a breakfast fundraiser this morning for charity. axelrod offered this assessment of pawlenty what could be described as the same old supply side stuff. have a listen. >> he wants to replay the same formula that got us into the jam in the first place. i think the american people don't want to go back there. >> again this underscore what is is going to be easily the biggest argument or biggest issue of this campaign coming up, shep. that's going to be economy and specifically jobs. >> shepard: certainly is right now. steve brown live in chicago. steve, thanks. our government continues to run deep in the red. though not as deep as a year ago. the congressional budget office today reported $929 billion deficit for the first eight months of this fiscal year. it's a 6 billion-dollar improvement over the same time last year. vice president biden leading a bipartisan series of talks this week. they're aimed at cutting the budget in order to end the stand off on raising the national

then they look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and former national committee chairman for the republicans, ed gillespie. >> the time ordered the world when i was growing up. >> page one producer andrew rossi looks at the newspaper industry. >> came into it without a grand sense of what the solutions are for traditional media. i came in with a desire to observe. >> will talk about his new documentary tonight on c-span "q &a." >> president obama's and personnel are reggie brown performed at the republican leadership conference in new orleans. he spoke for bad 18 minutes. -- for -- for about 80 minutes. -- 18 minutes. >> thank you all so much. i know that you are republicans but that wellcome is pretty weak. listen, i will go backstage and you will try that again. [laughter] [born in the usa] >> thank you so much, louisiana. that's what i'm talking about. that is a welcome. thank you. thank you all so much. yes weekend. -- yes we can. god bless you. well -- now, that's enough. it is my turn to speak. now -- it's great to be back in new orleans. is it hot outside

i'm very confident that we will be in the right place. >> host: david axelrod making his comments. next is andy joining us from san diego. republican line the issue reducing unemployment and reducing the deficit. how do you do both? good morning? >> caller: yes, i called the white house comment line about two weeks ago and suggested as far as unemployment that we increase demands, and the little example i gave, why not have the first family buy a small robot, for example. something like computers and cell phones that everybody would want to have. as far as reducing the deficit, we have to cut spending in both entitlements and defense and at the same time, we have to raise taxes. >> thanks for the call again. look at the unemployment rate other the years from 1940 through 2004 which went on average from 14% back in 1940 down to just 1% during the height of world war ii in 1944, more recently with ronald reagan at 7.2%. when he was seeking, he did win by nearly 20% of the vote in 1992, the unemployment rate was 7.4%. george herbert walker bush losing his reelection effort and during

huntsman's comments about the economy and here's what david axelrod had to say, basically when you werer ambassador to china you didn't raise any red flags then. >> i think he's a very bright, fluid person. it was a little surprising to me because when we were in shanghai, we got a chance to talk and he was very efusive, this was in the fall of 2009, about what the president was doing. i was surprised when he emerged as a cancandidate. >> john hunts man will have a busy day, not only kicking off his campaign at 10:00 this morning, he's off to new hampshire and south carolina later in the day. his website for his presidential bid is going live. jon2012.com. it's j-o-n for jon huntsman. >> we will keep that in mind. >> we have to show the ads. >> all right. >> as promised. >> the motor cross ads, ready for this? these were unusual. in fact, they were released on the web, one of them didn't even say jon huntsman's name or explain it. >> that's right. >> we'll show people and get your take, jim. >> sounds great. ♪ ♪ >> that's whacky, isn't it? it's different. it's creative. >> little unusua

host: david axelrod making his comments yesterday. next is andy joining us from san diego, republican. the issue reducing unemployment and reducing the deficit. how do you do both? caller: i called the white house comment line about two weeks ago and is adjusted as far as unemployment that we increase the demands. the little example i gave was why not have the first family by a smaller -- for example something like computers and sell funds that everyone will want to have. as far as reducing the deficit we have to cut spending -- both entitlements and defense. and at the same time we have to raise taxes. host: and looked at the unemployment rate over the years, from 1940 through 2004, that when on average from 14% back in 1940 down to just 1% in the height of world war ii to. recently, ronald reagan at 7.2% when he was seeking reelection and he did win with 20% of the vote. 1992 7.4% and george herbert walker bush losing his reelection effort. during the clinton and bush years the unemployment rate hovering at 5.4%. next is victor from

you also have to look at the polls and listen to david axelrod and robert gibbs and see who is leading in the republican primary. they don't want anyone to come out of the gates strong. >> we'll see if she starts hitting up on michele bachman, to see if they start taking her seriously. another conference in minnesota with conservative activists. she brought down the house. she's starting to pick up steam, i think. >> she could win in iowa. the thing to watch this week this is the last week they can raise money for this quarter. it will be interesting to see who comes out of this quarter with the most money. it's really the big tell. let's watch that at the end of the week. >> and how newt gingrich does if any of those donors stick with him too. there's a lot to talk about here in politics. a lot going on this week. >> a discussion that will continue for quite some time. jan crawford and ron fournier we appreciate your time this morning. thank you from washington. >> thanks. >> interesting how it c thanks so. . that's your latest weather. erica and jeff coming up flooding, arizona wildf

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then a look ahead to next year's presidential election with david axelrod and ed gillespie. >> presidentbama and house speaker john boehner met today for a round of golf at andrews air force base in maryland. the so-called old, was reportedly a chance for both leaders to discuss some of their political differences. they were joined on the green by vice president biden and ohio governor john kasich. >> hi, everybody. this father's day weekend, i would like to spend a couple of minutes talking about what is sometimes my hardest but always my most rewarding job, being a dad. i grew up without my father or brown. he left when i was 2 years old. even though my sister and i were lucky enough to have a wonderful mom, and caring grandparent's to raise us, i felt his absence. i wonder what my life would have been like had he been a greater presence. that is why i try to be a good dad to my own kids. i have not always succeed, of course. in the past, my job has kept me away from home more often than i would like. the burden of raising two young girls with sometimes all too heavily on michelle. bet

and david axelrod last week said this would be over fairly soon, that's an indication it went all the to the top. at 46 years old if you were having a conversation with somebody about anthony weiner three or four months ago, they would tell you he was most likely the next mayor of new york city. he was abrasive at times. he challenged his own leadership, publicly at times. that's one of the reasons this played out the way it did. anthony weiner does not have a close friend action say, in leader pelosi, does not very, very very close friends -- maybe personal friendships, but not deep political relationships with the leadership. because of his brusque new york city and sometimes abrasive way, and because he's publicly criticized their decisions over the years. this was the last thing they needed. >> john, why does he still have supporters? >> well, he's a good politician. he has supporters in his district, because he's able to win elections there. his office is known for fairly good constituent services. there's somebody with a lot of supporters in the liberal community, because he goe

we will interview tonight david axelrod who said this is up to congressman weiner and also said at theersation i think this will all be resolved fairly soon. >> add to that the -- democratic law maker who i talked to who is very familiar with this strategy to try on get anthony weiner out. said to me that he believes that this needs to be dealt with by the end of the week. that congress -- particularly the house, is home and they are not in washington. they are back in the district. and that there is a growing feeling they just want this dealt with and done by the end of the week. he has been very clear he wants to stay and does not want to resign. whether the pressure will change, that we don't know. >> lisa sylvester is doing other reporting for us on this very, very new development, graphic picture came out. x-rated. tell us what we know about it. >> wolf, first off, this picture is way too graphic to show. it has gone viral. you it's all over the internet. and it is adding a new dimension to weiner's problems. an x-rated picture of congressman weiner is making the rounds on the int

. >> last question -- david axelrod and robert gibbs were here today. >> we're focusing a football --e are focusing on a football team this year as well. i do not know particular beyond robert's presence here to celebrate the national championship of his beloved football team. beyond that, i did not know specifically what those meetings might be, but obviously, there is ample reason. again, i do not know that there are any meetings. for all i know, ax was here having lunch with somebody. >> the president said he does not expect another recession. the chairman of the federal reserve yesterday discouraged the notion of a qe3 or any further monetary easing. there is a perception today that there is sort of a stand back attitude on the economy coming from washington. do you dispute that perception? >> i would. again, whether it is free trade agreements or making permanent the r&d tax credit the president supports, and then taking the serious approach the president has taken towards deficit reduction in these very important meetings and negotiations being led by the vice president, which r

jon stewart will be on we will hear from david axelrod. p.m., it is face the nation from cbs. bob schieffer talks with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. , chuck schumer, and congressman mike rogers. the five network tv talk shows are brought to as a public service by the networks and cspan. the re-airs begin and noon, eastern. you could listen to them all on cspan radio and 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area. it also listen on sirius/xm radio. you can also go on line to cspan radio.org. >> cspan has launched a new website for politics and the 2012 presidential race with the latest cspan events from the trail. there are links to cspan media partners in the early primary caucus states. business at c-span.org campaign 2012. the times or the world when i was growing up. >> andrew ross he takes an inside look at " the new york times." >> i came into it without a grand sense of what the solutions are for traditional media. i came in with a desire to >> observe> he will talk about his new documentary tonight on c- span and "q &a." continu

they took out the car in the ditch analogy is because democratic pollster stan greenberg has told david axelrodtely, people still feel like they are in the ditch. that president obama has not gotten the car out of the ditch. >> interesting. >> so they've dropped it and come up with a new metaphor now. >> we know he was at the chrysler plant to say you he bailed out car industry and the republicans wouldn't have done that. if these facts keep playing out in economy, how do you campaign with the figures working against you if you're president obama? >> i would say in the next week or so, they're going to hit their own reset button and come up with yet another thing. remember, brian, if you go back two weeks ago when president obama first decided to bail out the auto industry, he blamed president bush for it and i remember distinctly what president bush's team did is tell the transition team we'll leave open for you the option if you wanted to do this. you're talking through a terrible situation accide, a me you want to call it that. now he's taking the victory lap and "the wall street journal" op

annecy environment that barack obama and david axelrod and his political team comes out of. to have a billion dollars. is going to of air force one, and he's going to have the power of the federal government and every special interest in america in his back pocket. so, i'm telling you we are going to have to work harder than we've ever worked. we're going to have to rearrange our lives. if you're going to be able to triumph over that kind of political machine. and more importantly we're going to have to break. we're going to have to do this prayerfully so it is not by might nor by strength, but by his power that this country will be turned back to him. [applause] >> that's what we need to do. now, now, why do we do that? i will tell you why we do it. joanne and i were privileged to be in normandy, in france, about a month ago. and so this memorial day that we just had this week impacted me more deeply than any memorial day i had ever experienced. because i stood up there on the cliff where those nazi machine gun stations were firing down on those young men. the average age o

you'll hear from the former white house senior adviser david axelrod who is now heading up the reelectionident obama and former rnc chairman ed gillespie. >> we want to reach people who might vote for us but we need to mobilize at the most -- in the most cost-effective way. when i started off in this business a long, long time ago, the late bob squire was a media consultant. he is to save that all the media should get together and put lawrence welk back and the air so we can target senior citizens. now we have more tools including cable television to target. we spent the vast majority of our money last time on broadcast television. we spent about 12% or so on cable. i think we will spend a little more now. there are still some barriers on cable that we need to overcome. >> let me ask what the barriers are. >> you often have to buy in a day parts and you cannot target programming to the degree that you can on broadcast television. there are fewer slots available. if you are buying local cable, in the past, you have not been able to get direct satellite television advertising. can do that a

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. >> they vote -- david axelrod, robert gibbs, they are all here today. anita doug is here. >> i do not know beyond robert's presence, specifically what those means might be. obviously, -- meetings might be. >> obviously there is ample reason. >> you are not involved? >> i was not involved. >> the president says he does not expect a double dip recession. the chairman of the federal reserve yesterday discouraged the notion of qe 3, or any other further monetary easing. there is a perception today that there is a stand pat attitude on the economy coming from washington. would you disagree with that? >> i would. again, whether it is free trade agreements, or making permanent the research and development tax credit the president supports, and then taking a serious support -- approached the president has taken toward deficit reduction in these meetings been led by the vice- president which resumes tomorrow, there is a lot of activity driven by the desire to continue to grow the economy, and continue to create jobs. again, the president is focused on this as hi

after proposition 8 decision came out in california, david axelrod said, -- it seems like his position has evolved to be more supportive of civil rights to less supportive of civil rights. is the president going to evolve again and get back to supporting civil rights on a marriage? [applause] -- on gay marriage? [applause] >> the president highest -- the best way to do this is to paraphrase an answer that the president gave -- >> i have the exact answer right here. >> if you go back and looked, that questionnaire was filled out by somebody else. there was a long debate about this. >> it is a thick questionnaire? >> the present position has been consistent on this -- the president position has been consistent on this. >> you are saying that this is a fake questionnaire? it has never been clarified. there are a lot of people here who are concerned about this issue. the president has never favored same-sex marriage? >> the present's position is that he has been against it, but he has said that the country is evolving on this and he is evolving on this. he said, it is clear the country is

then at 6:30 we will look ahead to next year's election with david axelrod and ed gillespie. >> from today's "washington journal," a discussion on the candidates for president on the republican side. this is a little over one not -- one hour. host: over here on the right is the national political reporter with politico. and the white house reporter. let's start with the baby important news of the weekend, the golf summit. any substance to that? guest: it was really more about the speaker and the president forming a bit of a relationship as they try to do business. most immediately the debt ceiling vote and the deficit reduction that the vice president has talked about. it was an interesting moment because barack obama is not someone who mixes business and pleasure, particularly on the weekend. this is something he has not done with any member of congress. there's a lot of intrigue from the press corps to see him and the speaker kicking back and having a couple drinks afterward. both of them had a good time. they won a bet. there was another funny thing they did which, we were wonderi

david martin on what we need to know about ayman al-zawahiri, al qaeda's new leader. in the foreclosure crisis, many more americans with troubled mortgages say it's okay to walk away. jim axelrod shows us why. he finally quit today. nancy cordes on the end of anthony weiner's congressional career. and a simple test might have saved nicole aldrian's child, but dr. sanjay gupta tells us throughout america most states don't require it. >> my child's dying and i'm angry every day. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, al qaeda has a new leader. he is the man who taught terror to osama bin laden. ayman al-zawahiri, a 59-year-old egyptian, was bin laden's number two in al qaeda. today an islamist web site announced he has taken over and u.s. intelligence sources are telling us that it's true. david martin says this marks the rise of a physician turned terrorist who is determined to do violence in the united states. >> reporter: the king is dead. how long will the new king live? ayman al-zawahiri, osama bin laden's right hand man for over a decade, is the new leader of al qaeda. and with that comes the title of world's