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chris connelly tonight with one man who knows. >> reporter: if you've watched such mu veechs at blackhawk down" or "green zone," the scene is familiar. an elite team of commandos, under the clock of night, deploying in a courtyard. >> this is a kill, not capture, mission. >> reporter: then, weapons at the ready. moving swiftly and ruthlessly toward their ultimate prize. because we do not get to witness actual counterterrorism raids, even on the news, scenes like these from movies and television fosh forge in our minds a powerful image of what it must look and feel like when the real thing happens. a thing as real as the raid on osama bin laden's raid. how close have the movies come to showing us what that raid must have actually been like? >> the movies have come close. like "blackhawk down." >> reporter: retired sergeant major jim daver spent 25 years with the marine corps, including work in special ops. someone with your experience, watching a movie like that, you say, wow, that's the way they do it. >> correct. wow, they did a great job. >> reporter: for the last 11 years, he had a job

chris connelly is here to tell us about the man behind the legend. good morning chris. >> reporter: 22 sweet years they were according to barbara. but she points out, when their paths crossed in las vegas, frank was saying something stupid. the former barbara ann blakeley was a vegas showgirl when she first encountered frank sinatra, then. partying with the rat pack. >> he said, come in and join us. i recognized dean and sammy and some of the others. i said i do not care. i'm not dealing with a bunch of drunks. >> reporter: that was your future husband. >> i didn't know that. >> reporter: later, she was his neighbor in palm springs, married to another man. then, blue eyes became perfectly frank. >> he said i want to show you something. and before that we were kissing. >> what did that feel like? >> wonderful. wonderful. he was a great kisser. he made me feel special. he treated me like a queen. put me on a pedestal. >> reporter: it led to a 22-year marriage. filled, she says, with intimate moments, in her book "lady blue eyes." >> he took about 12 sh

as chris connelly reports, her road to recovery has been anything but smooth. ♪ i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> reporter: by the standards of whitney houston's public life over the last decade or so, word yesterday that she is back in rehab qualifies as good news. back in the 1980s, her once-in-a-generation voice, strong, supple, soaring, brought joyous enthusiasm to dance pop. ♪ how will i know ♪ >> reporter: and made a nation gasp in admiration, during the gulf war, with this rendition of "the star-spangled banner" at the super bowl in 1991. ♪ and i ♪ >> reporter: yet years after 1992's "the bodyguard," and her cover of dolly parton's "i will always love you," came a familiar pop star decent. there were erratic performances and personal appearances. and legal issues for her and husband, bobby brown. even tabloids scandal. always, there were rumors of drug use. rumors she confirmed after the fact, in this september 2009 interview with oprah winfrey. >> your drug choice was weed combined with cocaine. >> with rock cocaine, yes. >> reporter: she had gone to rehab. divorce

for "good morning america," chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> chris, thank you very much. >>> we have a great audience down here. i don't tell you what part of my body she's going to put on facebook. she already made me aware of that. sam has to get prepared. first, back upstairs. new guy, josh, with the developing stories right now. >> thank you. we do continue to follow some breaking news at this hour. what's being called the first retaliatory attack for the death of osama bin laden. the taliban, claiming responsibility for the bloodiest attack in pakistan this year. dozens of military recruits have been killed. our nick schifrin has just arrived at the scene. nick? >> reporter: the 800 recruits who were training here were just about to go home. they graduated yesterday. they had a party. and this morning, they boarded these vans in order to leave. and that's when two suicide bombers drove up in motorcycles and exploded in this group of vans, killing more than 80, injuring more than 150. the pakistani taliban are claiming credit today, saying this attack is in revenge for os