osama bin laden's death at the hands of u.s. navy seals could inspire new attacks against the u.s. the department of homeland security issued a situational awareness alert last night. they killed the al-qaeda leader in pakistan and then buried the body at sea. >> at ground zero, people waved american flags and chanted american patriotic slogans and sang the national anthem. they were pleased to hear the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks is dead. >> turkey's foreign minister saying they are closing their embassy in libya. a mob went on rampage for a nato airstrike that rumored killed the son of moammar khadafy setting fire to the british and italian embassies in tripoli. they showed damage to the embassies and cars parked outside. buildings have been ransacked including the ambassador's residence. >>> season is now eligible for federal disaster assistance. obama signed a declaration after the storms killed 34 people in in that state. flooding problems in parts of the state. residents say the flood levels have risen four feet in the last 24 hours forcing residents to higher ground.

navy s.e.a.l.s who carried out a raid in a city in northern pakistan. >> and now a u.s. official tells us that bin laden's body was buried at sea earlier this morning in accordance with islamic law. >>> law enforcement is stepping up security in case of retaliation. >>> it may be ironic that osama bin laden was killed just as a new documentary about the 9/11 attacks makes its debut. >> it was made by a teenager who witnessed the attacks firsthand. david muir reports. >> i remember the crumbling of the towers crumbling in. >> reporter: brook peters was just 4 on that day. he knew many of the firemen that rushed to the towers. raised by a single mother, she would take him to the fire house so he would have male role models. and on 9/11, it was one of those firefighters with who offered him the words he would never forget. >> grow up to be a good man. >> reporter: he saw the towers falling, the workers jumping. for years, struggled to make sense of it all. he decided to make a documentary, interviewing other student and teachers who witnessed it too. >> i remember being on

death by u.s. navy seals. he told steve kroft of "60 minutes" today america doesn't trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. the president said bin laden deserved the justice he received and to anyone who doubts bin laden was killed, the president said you will not see him walking on this earth again. >> reporter: did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> reporter: why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. heave done d.n.a. sampling and testing, and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. you know, that's not who we are. >> couric: you can see more of the president's first interview since the killing of bin laden this sunday on "60 min

navy s.e.a.l.s. what happened in this house that night and the years leading up to it has captivated the world and shocked the people who actually live here. today, a homeowner next door briefly gave access to his rooftop. dozens of neighbors climbed up, eager to see what they could. this is one of the best views we have had so far of the compound. you can tell that the house is large, but really in comparison to other houses in the neighborhood, it's not that big. there's a rumor flying around town today that security forces are eventually going to destroy it. residents of abbottabad are sharing what they remember of two brothers, tariq and asad, owners of the house. they used to come to these small shops buying milk and pepsi, often in bulk. we now know one of them was the infamous courier pursued for years by u.s. intelligence. this man remembers seeing the brothers in town but never the wives. >> reporter: did the women ever come out of the house? >> no, no women. you don't see here the women. >>

they are u.s. navy seals, the equivalent of britain's's special boat services. they were performing a helicopter dropped. that is how they invaded osama bin laden's compound. the pentagon did not discuss its mission. the team lives and trains here on the outskirts of town. the home base of seal team 6 is the other side of those trees across the lake. everything they do is highly secretive and highly classified, whether it is iraq, afghanistan, or osama bin laden. what we know is that it's a unique fighting force, an elite within the elite. don shipley served as a seal and 20 years. he says today's generation was uniquely qualified to face bin laden and to minimize when they lost a helicopter. a guarantee they wondered what if we lose a helicopter in their briefings and they had another plan. it's either zero or hero. >> hero it is. the blood stains. the legend is being toasted at this virginia beach hotspot. >> phenomenal, awesome. very proud of the goalboys. >> he was more like a figurehead. we need to stay on our toes even more now than before. >> it is the en

i mean every navy seals who entered escaped unharmed. a mechanical issue brought down a u.s. helicopter inside the compound forcing troops to bomb and burn its remnants. >> we beat them at their own game. >> at 7:00 p.m. last night president obama received official word that bin laden was dead. the fbi was able to make that using dna from one of osama bin laden's sisters. u.s. forces took custody of bin laden's body. he was buried at sea and in accordance with islamic law. abc 7 news. >> ok, thank you so much. meanwhile, flash pops celebrated in the streets last night at the white house as were the bin laden's death spread on line. we continue our coverage live at the white house. are there more crowds today as well? >> there are indeed. a smaller crowd of rissole last night. but certainly the motion is still there for many. people are continuing to come up to the gates. we saw additional people walking up to the white house a few minutes ago. as news spread to what happened to osama bin laden the crowd continued to build up here on the street. [chanting usa] >> in a spontane

killed by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s in a daring raid deep inside pakistan. bin laden's body was recovered and later buried at sea. the raid happened early monday pakistan time at a fortified compound in the city of abbottabad north of the capital islamabad. pakistan television aired pictures showing what appeared to be the compound on fire following the raid. late last night, president obama summoned reporters to the white house press room to announce the successful mission. >> a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. >> the announcement triggered an outpouring of celebrations. outside the white house. at the ground zero site where the twin towers fell on 9/11. and elsewhere around the country. we'll have special coverage throughout this broadcast, along with expert analysis of the covert operation that finally ran down the al qaeda leader. but we begin this morning with joel brown in washington. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning to you. the cia spent the last 2 1/2 mont

. >>> in less than an hour, u.s. navy seals took out osama bin laden and hauled his body away. up next, we'll have a blow-by- blow of how it all went down. >>> now, back to our top story, the death of 9-11 master mind osama bin laden. the u.s. navy seal who carried out the mission to kill the terrorists are being hailed as heroes. today, we're learning more about their dangerous mission. >> it was a 25-man platoon in two helicopters backed up by an additional 55 man doughs and two more choppers that finally killed the illusive bin laden. this surveillance photo shows his compound in friend ration for the mission, the seals trained on a full-scale replica built at bagram air force base. it was a mission so secretive, the seals were not initially told who the real target was. >> once they hit the compound, they had already simulated that a number of times. >> it was just after 1:00 a.m. monday morning, pakistan time. two blackhawk helicopters desended on bin laden's compound. the second team close behind. as the seals roped in, one of the helicopters stalled and made a hard landi

a call that ultimately led a team of u.s. navy seals right to osama bin laden's doorstep. this was when you didn't see sunday night in the white house situation room. the president and his national security team sweated out the tense moments before the words the world would soon hear. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> reporter: the trail began several years ago as bin laden's most trusted courier was identified by cia detainees. then last fall, that courier was spotted at this house . the family inside burned their garbage, had no phones and internet. officials determined it was osama bin laden behind those walls. >> we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and president musharraf won't act. we will. >> reporter: the entire assault took 40 minutes. as the president monitored the progress, u.s. navy seals fought their way inside the home. women were used as shields. osama bin laden found on the third floor. when he resisted, he was killed. >> concern was that bin laden would oppose any type of capture o

i'm jenna wolfe and thanks to them for performing the u.s. navy theme song "anchors away." we will hear more from them. >>> we'll head to joplin, missou missouri. the memorial service for the victims of last sunday's tornado takes place at missouri southern state university. president obama will be traveling there to speak to mourners. he will also survey the damage from the deadliest tornado in decades. we'll get a live report coming up. >>> also, here she comes. sarah palin. she's making waves this morning as she kicks off her one nation bus tour. it's a high-profile road trip but will it lead to a trip it to the white house? >>> plus to italy for the amanda knox case. she was convicted of killing her british roommate and now appealing the verdict. knox is getting support from a grum of italian lawmakers. why and what does this mean for her? we'll explore that coming up. >>> and then celebrity reinventions. britney spears did it. the robert downey jr. did it. both were successful. but what about arnold schwarzenegger? can he bounce back from shame and from scandal? we'll

bin laden had been killed by a team of u.s. navy seals in an operation but he had no qualms taking credit for it was soon announce that because of a newfound respect for muslim burial practices and a desire to keep bin laden's grave from becoming a shrine he was buried at sea raising many suspicions as to the validity of the killing itself considering that he was reported dead as early as december two thousand and one many are asking for further proof of his demise and there have been reports that his identity was confirmed by the d.n.a. but trust in the government is so low at this point that any time that evidence is withheld the narrative put forth by the government is really hard to believe but let's assume for a second to the general narrative of what occurred is true this is still an event of far greater political significance than tactical significance bin ladin was just one of many and not even near the most prominent excuses for our government to have hundreds of thousands of troops in the middle east those excuses wil

u.s. officials said they have prove that navy seals killed

. >> it was one week ago today that u.s. forces ended osama bin laden/life, and in that time, u.s. intelligence has been sifting through information that navy seals seized during that raid. >> new video of osama bin laden is just one tiny gem from a treasure trove of intelligence snatched up last weekend by u.s. navy seals in their daring raid. >> is about the size of a small college library. we have put together a task force to go through it. >> there are several hundred al qaeda operatives who are now in an incoherent organization. for the next year or two they will not know if they are under surveillance. >> the u.s. government is leaning on pakistan, demanding to know how the world's most wanted man was living so comfortably in a military town. >> they need to provide us with intelligence from the compound that they have gathered, including access to bin laden's three wives to they have in custody. >> former vice president dick cheney advocates a return to parse interrogation techniques such as waterboarding. >> it is a legal program, not torture. >> bin laden's death, giving n

the video is among the evidence seized by u.s. navy seals. tomas ramon has more on what is being called the most valuable intelligence break ever. >> the materials taken from the bin laden compound contain a strategic play book of his plan. he was constantly thinking of new ways to attack the u.s. >> obviously the first thing when the helicopter got back into afghanistan was the c.i.a. pounced on that stuff because they knew minute by minute it was aging in front of theirs eyes. >> he worked at the national security agency. some of the materials seized included proposed attacks on water supply, rail, air, hotels and shopping centers. play book included trying to enlist minorities for class warfare. other enemies have tried and failed. >> they would be able to manipulate the chicano community or african-americans. >> by using the tool of minorities as terrorists, what he wants to create unrest. >> while the c.i.a. pores through the documents al-qaeda will be rebooting. >> safe houses will be gone and for those that survive. >> it included a wa

. >> good evening, tonight the u.s. navy seals who killed osama bin laden are back on u.s. soil, and rereport on the secret we weapon they used. a stealth helicopter. >> before they left the compound was to blow up the damaged helicopter that had to be left behind, setting off a huge fire, and we know why that was so important. aviation analysts say is that the remnants reveal that they're part of one of the u.s. navy's most guarded secrets. a stealth helicopter whose existence was only rumored and it had never been seen in public before. >> this was the first time we have seen one. >> the analysts say that the photos that emerged on the at the time reveal that it's no ordinary helicopter. >> they have a disc over the rotors to muffle the sound and deny radar signature. >> neighbors say that they did not hear the helicopter sunday night until they were directly overhead. this is what a standard helicopter sounds like of. this is the sound of an earlier experimental version of a stealth helicopter. >> it sounded like it was going in the opposite direction >> not key is a sec

navy s.e.a.l.s on the raid. they say that the u.s. soldiers found a stach of pornography in this particular compound. it's not clear who they belong to if indeed they belong to osama bin laden or if they belong to his son, a courier. this is certainly fodder for water cooler talk. a man may have been in possession of important nalgraphy. there has been a debate if it's forbidden and generally speaking, a muslim scholar says it is because the koran says you shouldn't go near items that would lead you to sin and lewdness and certainly pornography could fall into that. >> less than two weeks after president obama revealed that osama bin laden was u.s. policy for the middle east. the white house announcing today mr. obama will deliver a major speech on the region over at the state department. this coming on thursday. let's turn to our senior white house correspondent ed henry. he's working the story for us. a lot on the agenda for the president right now. what's the point of this major address next thursday? >> reporter: wolf, they have h

>>kimberlee: legendary name was used by u.s. navy seals to report that osama was killed. this has upset many in the native american community. the stick a look at the movement on line. getting people to change the profile pictures to a total of geronimo as a form of protest and to honor him. if this is one of the tweet us calling for action. are going to check out of facebook post of the asking people for a change to honor geronimo. a lot of people on facebook part are calling for people to change the profile pictures, there are lots of people who have changed the pictures. here's the post. 142 people like this post, it has 31 comments. a lot of people changing the profile pictures. native american leaders including those of the tried to descended from geronimo are asking president barack obama to issue a formal apology and explanation. >>catherine: stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of the death of osama. coming up at 4:30 p.m. a look it to members of the close on the family that were inside the compound during the raid. >>jacqueline: all live look outside this aft

he died in a gunshot wound with u.s. navy seals. no americans were injured in the raid. now live from washington, d.c. >> for months, u.s. intelligence had been focused on a suspicious mansion in pakistan and some signs that bin laden could be inside. president obama authorized the mission to find out and u.s. forces took out the number one enemy. >> in a nine minute statement late last night. he announced the end of a nearly ten-year manhunt. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader of al-qaeda and terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. >> nearly 3,000 people died in the 9/11 attacks. by the end of 2001 u.s. forces were bombing in afghanistan searching for bin laden. yesterday a team of navy seals raid this had mansion in pakistan. 3 minutes after a fire fight that bin laden fought back and he was dead. >> we are ones remind that had america can set our mind whatever we set our mind to. >> jubilant crowds were outside white house and celebration continued in times square

. >>> the u.s. navy will name a cargo ship after caesar chavez tomorrow. not everyone is happy about it. there are many other people out there that better honor the hispanic contribution to the united states. chavez served in the u.s. navy and founded the united farm workers in the 1960s and as the work continues through the foundation. he died in 1993 and named his compound near vicalia a u.s. historic. >>> a local company now about to go public, hauling in some big time money. business and tech reporter skod budman is linked in to the upcoming deal. i remember in the old days you used to come in here after going to all of the ipo parties. >> one after another. who knows, they may be coming back. linkedin may be the first to rip through the area. the company expects to raise around $340 million by selling stock warning weaker than expected sales. a setback for android phones. virtually every android phone out there is susceptible to attacks if you use anandroid phone, you use only protected spots that you know and trust. >>> your favorite online video gam

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not in a cave but a mansion in pakistan by a team of u.s. navy seals. our coverages starts in new york. >> good evening, four months before the 10 year anniversary of the terror attack in shanksville, pennsylvania and here in new york city and washington d.c., the most wanted man in the world osama bin laden is dead. president obama said ben bin was killed after a u.s. firefighter in pakistan. >> it was the news that americans and allice waited for 10 years. >> tone, i can report to the american people and world that the united states conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda and a terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. >> and osama bin laden and the al qaeda network became household names after the september 11th attacks. bin ben's face was synonymous to the growing awareness of terrorism here at home. >> there was a posted out west that said wanted dead or alive. >> bin laden was enjoying himself. raising those carrying out attacks and saying they were overjoyed when they

u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s swoop in on helicopters and take out osama bin laden. here's the most wanted list. yesterday, he's at the top, today they put in, deceased. >> they waste no time updating it. >>> we want to show you pictures you will not see anywhere else. they are inside the compound of osama bin laden, where the hand-to-hand combat took place. there is blood on the floor. we'll go live if just a moment. also, bob woodward will join us, he's has exclusive details about what is going on, the decisions that were made inside the administration. robin?ere made inside the >> yes, diane. again, ground zero where the twin towers once stood. corner of chuj street. right now, it says win across church street. someone scaled the pole. across the way, u.s., winning. people have put flowers. newspapers that are out. flags are out. a real sense of jubilation, to tell you the truth. throughout the morning. we'll have more reaction from here. we're going to go to nick schifrin in pakistan. we have been showing you the pictures from inside the compound. nick has more o

u.s. navy seals conducted the operation dubbed geronimo. they say bin laden was not armed but did resist capture. according to white house officials, his wife rushed one of the seals and was shot in the leg but not killed. it is also uncheer if women were used as human shields. >> they certainly resisted the raid and they put themselves against the salters, whether or not they were trying to shield or attack is still unclear. >> president obama and his national security team watched as the raid happened. however, cia head leon panetta says mr. obama did not see the moment when bin laden was shot dead. panetta says there was a heart- pounding period of 20 minutes in had they didn't know exactly what was going on. >>> the debate over releasing the photos of bin laden continues this morning. the white house describes the photos as gruesome. if they are released, some say they could spark even more anti- american sentiment in the muslim world. on the other side of the argument, many in pakistan openly question if bin laden was actually killed.

navy blue angels were barred from flight on this graduation day. >> reporter: they're the u.s. military's premier precision flying team, the blue angels. thrilling crowds for more than 60 years, but it came close to crashing down this week. it happened at an air show this sunday in lynchburg, virginia. in perfect formation, the wing tips of the faa jets appeared to almost touch. at 600 miles per hour, the slightest mistake could be catastrophic. at this point, four of the angels planned to execute a crowd pleaser, the diamond barrel roll break, as they have done hundreds of times before, the naval aviators enter a steep dive. as they pull up, the commander in the first plane realizes they're too low to the ground and they're forced to break off the maneuver. this is what the barrel roll is supposed to look like. as the jets separate in what looks like a starburst formation. in the incident this week, as the blue angels come out of their dive, navy officials say they're dangerously close to the ground. only 130 feet, when the absolute minimum is more than three times that at 500

but no one knew for sure what the u.s. navy seals would find behind the walls of the compounds which was on a dirt road when the president gave the go ahead on friday. >> he had to evaluate on the strength of the information and then made what i believe was one of the most gutsiest calls of any president in recent memories. >> surely after 7 p.m. east coast time on sunday two helicopters in pakistan dropped into osama bin laden's compound. elite forces from the navy seals team 6 stormed the $1 million home. osama bin laden and his supporters resisted, though it's not clear if osama bin laden himself fired a weapon. the al qaeda leader master mind of the 9/11 terror attacks was killed with two shots. a number of other people were also killed, including one of osama bin laden's wives who was used as a human shield. there were tense moments when one of the american choppers stalled, had to be abandoned. it was blown up by the commandos and a replacement was flown in. amateur cell phone video shows multiple fires at the compou

navy seal raided this compound. earlier today, american military officials aboard the uss vincent buried his body at sea. this was a momentous day for america but no question that this event has special meaning for the families of bin laden's many, many victims from the innocent men and women who perished in the attacks on our embassies in kenya and tanzania to the 17 american servicemen bruteally murdered aboard the uss kroal t cole to the thousas slaughtered in new york city, washington, d.c. and a field in pennsylvania on september 11th, 2001. joining me now with reaction a rudyr new york city mayor rue giuliani. a great day for america. >> a great day for america and a sense of vippe vindication aa sense of satisfaction that is this s a to describe sean man who real di really deserve. even though it doesn't bring your loved ones back there is a sense of fulfillment that justice has been done. >> one of the greatest things in all this and president bush said this and gro you said thie will find you, we will hunt

these operatives in this case, u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s are trained in infiltration into the target and clearing the target precisely, be able to clear roomsing take out enemy targets, protect civilians, gather intelligence and get out of there quickly and effectively. it went textbook operation. that's always not been the case in the past, chris. this is a big victory for the u.s. and u.s. special operations forces. a classic operation done perfectly. >> great, michael. let's go right now to bob. bob, do we have a sense of how much they were caught by surprise? were they confronted with gun play as they arrived? was this a shootout for the second they got there? did they get the jump on them? >> no, they come in quietly. they had no idea this was coming. once the flash grenades start flying, it's too late. you neutralize everybody in a building like this. there's nothing they can do. someone might pick up a gun and you shoot them. the word is right, michael's right. textbook. this is a brilliant operation. i've been part of

the u.s. navy will name the newest cargo ship after him. the family will go to san diego for the dedication ceremony tomorrow. chavez served in the u.s. navy after world war ii and founded the united farm workers of america in the 1960s. his work continued through the foundation. he died in 1993, and this past march the u.s. parks service named his compound in california a u.s. historical landmark. >>> a stunning arrest in new york. one of the most powerful financial brokers in the world is charged with violent sex crimes at a manhattan hotel. dominick strauss kahn was arrested over the weekend for attempted rape. tonight he's held at a detention facility in new york after prosecutors convinced the judge that strauss kahn would be a flight risk. she denied bail and ordered him to remain in jail. he's accused of assaulting a hotel maid over the weekend. >> he restrained a hotel employee inside of his room. he sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her. >> he controls a trillion dollars. he was also set to run for president of

the president gave the order for the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s to go in. even though bin laden was never once actually seen in the compound. >> after a fire fight, they killed osama bin laden, and took custody of his body. >> reporter: the fbi confirmed it was bin laden through a dna match to one of his sisters, who died in boston of cancer, whose brain was taken into custody for just that purpose. u.s. officials say the pakistani military was not informed of the operation beforehand. there will be a lot of questions about that, how they could not know what was going on in the compound. >> you saw afghan president hamid karzai say, this proves what we have been saying all along, that he was not in afghanistan. >> they were inside there for 40 minutes. the rest of the time was spent scrubbing the place for more information. >> done by navy s.e.a.l.s. >> our own martha raddatz has be on this region so often. he's been on the phone nonstop. tell us what you have learned. >> reporter: when they entered that compound, they didn't know what room osama bin laden

navy seals retrieved from osama bin laden's compound in pakistan is a handwritten journal. now u.s. officials say bin laden wrote in that journal about attacking new targets in the united states, including smaller cities. and the head of al qaeda in yemen warned today that despite bin laden's death, the terror group is stronger than ever. in washington, i spoke today with homeland security secretary janet napolitano about the threat of retaliation. >> one source of concern is what is called the lone wolf. that is somebody who's in the united states, a united states citizen. he may have become radicalized by the internet to the point of violence and says in retaliation for the death of osama bin laden, i'm going to do "x." and a sole actor who is not in contact with anyone, that's very difficult to prevent. >> couric: there was a veritable treasure trove, of course, of information that was seized from the compound. what kinds of things have you gleaned about potential threats? continued defenses to aviation and rail. so we're in contact with, say, amtrak, and the other rail carriers

. >> the navy ordered the seals to take pride in their mission but keep it to themselves. the u.s. navy video shows navy seals being trained. the white house has not decided whether it will release images of bin laden's death, his body or burial at sea. the navy commander emphasized in an e-mail that the fight against terror and sharing too many details about the overnight raid could endanger future operations. >> president obama will visit ground zero in new york on thursday to mark the death of bin laden and honor the september 11th len victims. the white house released the pictures showing president obama in the situation room yesterday. the u.s. could have bombed the compound but the president wanted to make sure there was a body so they could verify that the u.s. killed or captured bin laden. >> it is especially meaningful for those who lost loved ones on 9/11. vick lee has the story. >> dan part of that story is here in san francisco. some of the many victims lived here and in yesterday's developments gave their families a sense of peace. >> on the day after her sister was ki

. >>> u.s. president barack obama has visited the former new york trade center site in new york city where he paid respects to the victims of the september 11th attacks. the visit on thursday came four days after al qaeda leader osama bin laden was killed. on sunday, u.s. time, u.s. special forces killed bin laden in his hideout in pakistan. >> what happened on sunday because of the courage of our military and the outstanding work of our intelligence. to send a message around the world but also send a message here back home that when we say we will never forget, we mean what we say. >> obama later visited ground zero and laid a wreath at the foot of the tree known as the survivor tree. he then paid solemn tribute in front of 60 people, including families of the victims. >>> many new yorkers turned up to see the president's visit. some said they were pleased that bin laden was dead, while others expressed concern that the united states would again be targeted by terrorists. >> i'm glad they got m

. >> reporter:er the ri er thterr president chose to send u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s instead of bombing it to the compound, so there would be no doubt of the bin lad bin l al qaeda leader. but pictures were deemed too gruesome to show and not in the best interest of the country. there does not seem to be widespread doubt that bin laden is dead. the taliban acknowledged his death in vowing revenge against america. we will attack both u.s. and pakistan, a taliban spokesman said. today, despite the threat, the scene outside the bin laden compound was almost festive, with large crowds milling about, amazed their neighbor was the world's most wanted man. officials told abc news that while he was here, bin laden dyed his beard to cover the gray and was found with the equivalent of $800 sewed into his clothes. and two american phoemergency p. his discovery in this city was a reminder of just how far off earlier u.s. intelligence estimates were about his location. >> if we could find the cave he's in, i promise you he would be brought to justice. wherever he's

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a team of u.s. navy commandos killed bin laden on monday after raiding his hideout in the town of abbottabad, 50 miles north of the capital islamabad. security sources say they took his family and some others into custody when they found them in the compound after the raid with their hands tied. sources say osama bin laden's wife is being treated at a military hospital in the town along with three pakistani women who are looking after her. security authorities say they are trying to obtain information from the four women about bin laden's activities in pakistan. they say his wife is still too upset to answer any questions, but her caregivers are responding calmly. >>> north korea has confirmed it is detaining two japanese men on charges related to drug smuggling and currency counterfeiting. media in japan reported in april that three japanese were detained in the north korean city of rason in mid march and that one was later released. on wednesday, the korean central news agency reported the case fo

u.s. navy seals found osama bin laden in a bedroom and shot him. reportedly there are photographs of bin laden with a gunshot wound right above his left eye. president obama and his advisors were actually able to watch the whole 40 minute mission in realtime. many watched c.i.a. director on a video screen narrating from headquarters in virginia what was happening far away in pakistan. in these photographs here from the white house situation room you can see them they're waiting to hear one word, geronimo. that was the code word that osama bin laden was either captured or dead. >> i want to again recognize the heros who carried out this incredibly dangerous mission as well as all the military and counterterrorism professionals who made the mission possible. >> now president obama was given a standing ovation. look around the room there. this was a dinner for congressional leaders last night. the ovation from both democrats and republicans. the president says he's hoping the lawmakers can harness this current spirit of unity to take on the many chall

and knows that its access to the high seas can be shut almost instantly by the u.s. navy. and third, we see an iran whose energy production has peaked and with the economy it supports is steadily declining. in cold war terms then, iran is fully contained by opposing powers but then again so is iraq and that did not stop an unnecessary disastrous war. ah, you might say, but what if iran gets a nuclear weapon, my answer there is no if about it. iran will get a nuclear capability. if we had been serious about stopping it, we would have stopped our european allies from selling iran the necessary elementary technology in the 1990s. the iranian leadership, moreover, has heard nothing from washington, israel, and much of nato for the past 20 years except threats of regime change and preemptive strikes, has experienced little but reality of u.n. sanctions and most recently has seen more than 400 u.s. congressmen and senators turning on their own president by standing and cheering a 2010 speech in washington by benjamin netanyahu calling for a war on iran. it has also seen, as we'r

the u.s. navy ship from which his body was buried at sea. when asked about the timetable, the press secretary said that the administration is weighing several factors before they make a final decision. >> there is not, as is reported, there is not some broiling debate here about this. there is simply a discussion about what the appropriate action should be. >> reporter: the final call on this is going to be made on whether or not to release the photos is going to be made by president obama himself. and u.s. officials say that they have set up a task force to examine a large amount of treasure trophy, if you will -- treasure trove, if you will, of intelligence gathered at bin laden's compound, and they could be an added blow, brian, to al qaeda after the killing of osama bin laden. >> a lot of questions following the killing of osama bin laden. the head of the center of intelligence committee wants pakistan's government to say why it never found him when he was living in a suburb of the nation's capitol. >> i think we have to know whether the

. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence is scrambling to follow every lead the terror chief left behind. >> there are several hundred al qaeda operatives who are now in annin coherent organization. for the next year or two, they won't know if they're under surveillance. >> reporter: and the u.s. government is leaning on pakistan, demanding to know how the world's most wanted man was living so comfortably in a military town. >> they need to investigate that, and they need to provide us with intelligence, by the way, from the compound that they have gathered, including access to osama bin laden's three wives whom they have in custody. >> reporter: and what if the pakistani government lets americans question the survivors of bin laden's inner circle? former vice president dick cheney advocates a return to harsh interrogation techniques like waterboarding. >> it was a legal program, it was not torture, and i would strongly recommend that we continue it. >> reporter: bin laden's death, giving new life to some old ar