one of the first videos is labeled a message to america. where he attacks america and capitalism, again, his basic message, but it is this video that is capturing the world's attention. bin laden with no dye on his beard, a man hunched over a tv, his beard white, his facial hair white, a blanket around his shoulders, a cap on, peering at the television, looking at images of himself. we're told this all goes to the assessment they have that bin laden was obsessed with his own image. very involved in how he looked, how he presented himself to the world. he is scouring new s casts on a satellite television channel to look at the pictures of himself. where does that leave us? what do we know about al qaeda and bin laden? what the senior intelligence official says is the assessment is that bin laden was in fairly direct control of al qaeda.

strategic control, offering the big picture guidance. tactical and operational control, getting down into the weeds. the details, the planning, the plots. that he had the ability to do this, and this is what he had been doing for the last several years. he was doing this through a trusted group of couriers. use of thumb drives, use of a lot of operational security at his compound so he could not be tracked. in the end, it was a curier who inadvertently gave him up. what are they saying about al qaeda? they say all the evidence they have, that the u.s. government has, is that al qaeda is still interested in attacking the united states. they are combing through the intell jnls for any clues about current plots and plans, and of course, they are looking very carefully to see who emerges as the next leader of al qaeda. >> barbara starr, thanks so much at the pentagon. so the bin laden videos will undoubtedly be of interest to

people of afghanistan as well. >> from video showing his well groom eed i78age to the one whe he looks like an old man, it's a different peek at his world. >> stan, give us an idea of what people are thinking and saying as a result of the videos that are going out. >> you know, we haven't had a chance to put it the people directly yet, but one of the things they were saying to me over the past week is that bin laden has always presented himself as an invincible figure. this is someone who had loomed so large over the lives of the people of afghanistan, they saw him carry out the 9/11 attacks. then to escape from afghanistan, to evade capture for the past ten years, and that is really increased his stature among these people. many people i spoke to initially after the news of bin laden's death refused to believe it. they said, we have heard these

types of stories before. why should it be true now. when the news did sink in, there were mixed mesenings. some people were saying they thought it was a sad day. i went to a mosque yesterday for friday prayers, and one man said bin laden as a freedom fighter is now in pair deuce. another man i spoke to, a young man who had his leg blown off because of a land mine because of the constant conflect in afghanistan, he blamed that directly on som. he said hao ruined the lives of many many people, thousands of lives just like this. he said, in his words, he hopes he is burning in hell your see the veil of mystery, the enigma of bin laden has been removed and people are seeing him for what he was. that is starting to sink in as they come to grips with this images, as they spread more widely, people wake up and see those images, the will puncture

that myth of invincibility that he showed even more. >> there was an enormous taliban attack on government forces in kandahar. various targets, an impressive, spectacular assault. to what extent is the talabon still fighting with the memory of bin laden or in the name of bin laden now that al qaeda is gone from afghanistan. >> we do know that bin laden and al qaeda and the taliban were li linked. it was the refusal to give up bin laden that provoked the u.s.-led invasion here and the battles we have seen for the past tern years here with the taliban. hamid karzai is saying he believes these attacks were motivated by a revenge, to retaliate for the death of osama bin laden. it also comes at a time of the spring offensive. this is a regular offensive

carried out by the taliban. they announced the other day they're about to begin these attacks, these waves of attacks. what we have seen in kandahar would be in keeping with the kind of attack we have seen. we have seen the taliban capable of launching. they had multiple explosions targeting multiple government targets. they were going after the provincial governor himself to capture him or kill him. he evaded capture. at the same time, there was this ongoing battle with the taliban and foreign forces and al qaeda forces as well that drove the militants out of the area. this is the sort of attack we have seen in the past and we're likely to see again. >> stan, thanks so much, in kabul. >> the plans to bring down bin

laden were among the country's most guarded secrets. >> the group assigned to the mission is an elite navy team. outside of movies, we rarely hear about the navy s.e.a.l.s. >> the team that killed osama bin laden had gone through thousands of scenarios for assaulting a compound. just like this group of navy s.e.a.l.s on u.s. soil. but the team that went after bin laden was special. part of the naval special war fare develop group or devgru. >> this man said the men in the raid have at least five years as special operators. >> this s.e.a.l. team is based on combat experience and all these guys probably have 100, 200 missions. >> the cia provided detailed satellite pictures of bin laden's compound. enough to build a replica where the s.e.a.l. team practiced. for a time, they trained without

knowing who their actual target was. by sunday, they knew the location of every gate and window in that compound. the exact white of the walls. >> they operated according to that, and they didn't know when they got there exactly what some of the internal features of it would be. >> the defense official said by the time the s.e.a.l.s ran out of the house with bin laden's body, they could probably count the exact steps to the helicopter outside. special operator training is brutal. >> i can't see [ bleep ]. >> at least six months of sheer hell. >> let's go, jonathan. he passed you up. >> but the men who took down bin laden don't necessarily look like linebackers. >> they have a great deal of muscle. just not everybody is massive. you don't have to be 6'fiechb", 250 pounds to be a seal. >> two teams were supposed to fast rope down from the blackhawks, but one helicopter had mechanical problems and had to land hard.

putting one team directly on the ground. there was a contingency plan, and the s.e.a.l.s scrambled out to continue their milgz. >> there's a reason why they brought two helicopters. in the s.e.a.l. teams, we say two is one, one is none. they knew what to do even in the event of a down helicopter. >> an official told me that the white house left the actual selection of the team up to the military, and the question they asked themselves was, how much force do we need? he says the special s.e.a.l. team was selected because it bist fit the mission, not because it's necessarily better than delta force. he says a 12-man green beret alpha team may have been too small to assault a compound this size where he knew they didn't need an entire battalion of army rangers. he said the s.e.a.l. team was the best combination of size and capability. chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> other news that we continue to follow around the world.

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let's run down other international stories starting in syria i witnesses say troops stormed a villium with open fire on protesters. >> cnn has no reporters in syria

and can't confirm the report. also, anti-government protesters burned tired near this mural of the president. >> libya burning oil depots, lighting up the night. the oil storage tanks were deliberately bombed by forces loyal to gadhafi. >> the opposition claims the italian government has agreed to provide weapons to the rebel movement. italy has denied that. >> ouattara was signed in as ivory coast president. a huge effort under way to save stranded whales in florida. the rescue effort began thursday after more than 20 pilot whales were found stranded in shallow water near the florida keys. >> at least 13 of them have died, but of that, seven -- or of the seven who surveyed, two may now be well enough to be released back into the wild.

across the southeast, water is the story. rising by the minute, so, too, is concern for people who live along the mississippi. >> thousands across six states have evacuated the floorwaters. several highways have also been shut down. and what's worse, there's a chance of more rain this afternoon. >> we turn now to jacqui jeras. why is it so bad right now? >> because we have had so much rain. it takes long time, guys, for all of the water and all of the tiny rivers and streams to flow off and end up ultimately into the mississippi river. we have had rainfall, as much as 20 inches in the month of april. and so that's about 400% to 500% of what they normally would see within that timeframe, so too much water, the stage was setover the winter with the heavy snowpack and all that melting upstream, so ultimately it has to go somewhere. that's what we're watching for. today, the risk of rain is pushing more into the ohio river valley, but of course, the ohio and mississippi, the confluence

of them, they come together in this area, so there could be a little bit of a consequence, and a few of these thunderstorms, by the way, could be severe in central parts of illinois and indiana as well. now, how much rain are we talking about on top of what we already have? this is one computer model showing a forecast of 1 to 2 inches coming up in the next five days, and the ground is so saturated that every drop of this ultimately will make its way downstream. now, many places still have not seen the crest of this wave of water. we're talking about many cities down the line. memphis should be cresting may 11th. 14 feet above flood stage. vicksburg, mississippi, looking at may 20th. red river landing on the 23rd. and batton rouge also on the 23rd. we don't have new orleans on the map because there's a question of how high the water is going to get there. they're talking about opening some of the gates or the spillways once again that would allow some of that to move around the city. we'll keep you up to date.

it looks like one could be opening on monday. >> thanks so much. jacqui jeras from the weather center. >> he doesn't want to say i told you so, but a ucla professor nailed several aspects of where he was discovered. >> that looks like a professor's office for sure.

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just found and just released, those videos of osama bin laden show a sign of the terror leader never before seen. >> let's bring in the national security analyst, peter bergen.

he conducted the 1997 interview with bin laden which introduced most of us to the man who would later cause 9/11. >> what did you think of the tapes? >> well, of course, the great shot of bin laden looking like an old man hunched over, you know, watching tv and watching himself is an image that is going to be pretty iconic. it reminds me a little bit of, you remember the defense department released images of zarqawi, who was the leader of al qaeda in iraq before he died, and it was pictures of him sort of having trouble shooting a machine gun, and essentially, trying to, again, undercut the heroic, quote/unquote that zarqawi had. and this image we're seeing now is of course even less kind of warrior like. and i think this is what bin laden was doing much of the time that he was, you know, on the run. it was, you know, we know from his own statements, he was

watching a lot of news, listening to a lot of radio. we have had about 30 videotapes and audiotapes since 9/11 from bin laden. many of them commenting directly on news events. one puzzle to me is why we never heard anything from bin laden about the arab springa. this was the event he hoped to happen. of course, it had nothing to do with him or his ideology, and he never commented on it. given that he commented on even the most minor news events in the last decade, did he have a sense that the news was tightening around him in the last several weeks? was he more concerned about her his operational security? this video appears to be a rehearsal. we saw two videotapes like this in the post 9/11 era. one in 2004, five days before the presidential election between john kerry and george w. bush, and one in 2002007.

both of them were in the forms of addresses to the united states people, essentially saying change your foreign policy and al qaeda will stop attacking you. they were delivered, as you can see, in a gold robe. they were delivered very much slightly different from the previous bin laden aesthetic. he's not carrying a gun. he was trying to position himself as the elder statesman of jihad, and these appear to be rehearsal for those 2004 or 2007 addresses to the american people. >> so peter, when you look at these images that were selected by the department of defense in terms of selecting these images out of the cache of dvds and videos that were captured at that compound, why do you suppose -- what's the psychology you see in terms of why these images are important to see? the kind of disheveled bin laden

watching television and the more polished bin laden rehearsing? >> well, i think this could be in a sense a pre-emptive strike against -- bin laden certainly planned to have some sort of posthumous videotape. it would be implausible that he didn't have that. now, was that videotape among the videotapes siege eseized in thohouse where were copies that will be released later? we'll see, but either way, obviously, the intent is just to undercut his heroic image, and that has been dissipating in the muslim world long before this. if you look at polling data in indonesia, saudi arabia, pakistan, support for bin laden and al qaeda and suicide bombing has been crater in the last few years. that i78age was not doing well already, and these images here are designed to show this guy was an ordinary human being.

and you know, sitting back, as jonathan put it, you know, not quite on a lazy boy, but the pakistani equivalent, and you know, looking like a very tired old man. interesti interestingly, one other point -- >> why do you think he kept what were essentially blooper tape snz we have seen what was released him making mistakes, him taking direction from others, the lighting having problems. you're thinking, if you were a home video enthusiast, you would erase that. why did he keep that? does it speak of a difficulty of what to do with the image of osama bin laden because they could give him away as easily as any clue about his wearabouts could? >> they did a lot of behind the scenes. when we talked earlier on the phone, when we did the cnn interview, you know, al qaeda was videotaping the whole thing behind the scenes for their own archive. i think these images here are just behind the scenes stuff that they wouldn't have thought

to get rid of because in their own mind, you know, it wasn't necessarily clear that bin laden -- it took ten years to find him. you know, if we had this conversation a week ago, i would have said he might be found in ten days, he might be found in ten years. there was very little indication that the hunt was so close. and so i think, you know, we know there's something like 100 videotapes that were recovered from this location. we also know that al qaeda had an obsessive policy of videotaping everything it did. and so i don't think they would have thought to get rid of images that were unflattering unless, you know, this was for their own archive. they had no expectation it would be made public. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. it took u.s. officials years of tracking, months of watching and supersecret spy technology

to finally get bin laden. >> but one ucla professor used a much simpler way to predict where the world's most wanted terrorist would ultimately be found. as ted rowlands reports, he came eerily close. >> this was two years ago, ucla professor tom gillespie at his computerer showing us where he thought bin laden was hiding. he shows us the results of the study he and his stunlts put together. they applied a distance decay model used for endangered species. >> we treated him like any other endangered thing. >> they pringted he would be found within 300 miles of tora bora, where he was last seen. abbottabad, where bin laden was found, is 160 miles away. they also predicted he would be ena city, not a cave or a small town. >> if he's in a small town that

is isolated, he could be easy identified and someone could go in and capture him. he's in a larger city, surrounded by other people, it could be much more difficult. we digitized the cities in the reejage. >> as for the type of structure they thought bin laden would hide in, check this out. this is what they submitted as an example. compare that to where bid laden was hiding. >> we used his life history like his height, 6'4", we assumed all buildings had to be over 6'4". we assumed there was some protection, so a wall over three meters. >> they didn't predict the correct city. they zeroed in a city closer to the pakistan border. i met with the professor at his office. he declined another interview with cnn. in that conversation, it was clear he didn't want to brag about how close his study was to pinpointing bin laden's location.

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>> well, it's tough to say. they haven't yet. we have been closely monitoring the reaction here in pakistan and afghanistan. there have been small pockets of protesters. they haven't been violent, and there haven't been widespread attacks, but certainly, there is a possibility, both al qaeda, the pakistani taliban and the afghanistan taliban have vowed revenge. it's about 1:thirbt in the morning here in islamabad. most people have gone to bed, but before calling it a night, a lot of people did see these images of bin laden, and i think like much of the world, they're fascinating by seeing these pictures of a man who has had huge impact on pakistan and obviously the spread of extremism here in this region. i think these pictures are going to convince some skeptics here in pakistan that indeed bin laden is dead.

throughout the week, many people, not just here in pakistan, but across the border in afghanistan have been skeptical about claims bin laden is dead. they didn't believe the news. they wanted hard proof, wanted evidence. washington wrestled with the notion of releasing the gruesome picture of the remains of bin laden. ultimately, they decided not to release them. they were concerned about a violent reprisal. these pictures, perhaps, are safer. maybe not as effective way, but a safer way of convincing some skeptics that bin laden is dead. i have to tell you, even when i look at that new picture, that fresh picture of bin laden with the gray beard, it's a partial profile, so i can't conclude definitively that that picture is indeed bin laden, and i think some skeptics will point to that again. >> that's fascinating, and it's interesting, though, because you know, the department of defense, the intelligence officials

releases these images in large part to try to quiet any of the skepticism worldwide that the only way in which these videotapes could be seized would be to be at osama bin laden's compound. and you don't see that people who may be skeptical in your area would see it that way? >> remember, there's a lot of mistrust in this region. the bottom line is, because of what people here believe is a history of failed policy in what they view as lies and deceit by western governments in washington, they simply don't believe everything that comes out of washington. and i think people are still going to be as skeptical, but i think this is going to go some way in convince smg of those skeptics that something significant happened earlier this week, and perhaps the news is true that bin laden has been kill because these are images

that haven't been broadcast before. it's going to convince some people, but it's an indiction of the deep mistrust that exists in the region that some people aren't going tabe convinced. >> thanks very much. a different story to tell you. two muslims kicked off a plane in the u.s. it's creating an uproar.

atlantic southeast airlines is apologizing to two muslim clerics removed from a flight last night on their way to a conference on prejudice against muslims. the men say the pilot told them other passengers on the flight

out of memphis, tennessee, were uncomfortable with them on the plane dressed in traditional muslim garb. they were offered another flight. they said, we take security and safety very seriously, and the event is currently under investigation. >> earlier today, cnn's tj holmes spoke with the communications director for the counsel on islamic relations. he said both imams went through security twice. >> i think they were, you know, obviously upset to the extent they were inconvenienced rng but they understand what's going on in the world. and particularly in the heightened sensitivities after the death of osama bin laden. >> you mention as well, these two were imams. where are they based? they were flying out of memphis, but is that home to both of them? >> yes, in memphis. >> and not that it should make a difference if they're flying, but are these two muslim

americans? >> you know, i didn't ask them that. that's one question i'll ask them. >> this has in fact happened before, five years ago. several imams headed to the same conference were taken off a us . airways flight. >> now that osama bin laden is gone, some muslims are hoping his death will usher in a significant change in americans. many americans' view of islam. >> and if you have any muslim friends, you know what they're talking about. today, one of the largest d.c. mosques held an open house to promote simple trust in the community. >> president obama stressed sunday that the nation's war against terror isn't -- is not against islam, but do americans see it that way? >> cnn's mark joins us from washington. you have spoken to the imam of the mosque. what did he have to say. >> given that it's less than a week since osama bin laden was killed and the story before where you had the imams kicked

off the airline, muslim americans are frustrated and want to take a step forward. i was able to talk to the imam of the dar alhes raw islamic center. he had this to say about perhaps taking a step forward given osama bin laden's death. >> maybe the people who are part of al qaeda still don't like us. and so although bin laden is gone, we still have to come together as a community to fight this kind of hatred and bigotry. >> and there you have it, look, it's still very fresh on americans' minds. 9/11 was only ten years ago. the imam there told me this could bring closure, but there is still a lot to do. i have to say this mosque has not been without kroenchsh. two of the 9/11 hijackers passed through this mosque. the ft. hood shooter eer had a connection to the mosque, and

most importantly, al aliki was an imam at the mosque before leaving. that mosque is distancing themselves from aliki, but still, they're trying to roach out and do the best they can. >> mark preston, thanks so much from washington. appreciate that. >> our extense frb coverage of the startling new glimpses of osama bin laden will continue right after this. ♪ sometimes i feel like saying... ♪ mom! mom! [ male announcer ] you know mom. we know diamonds. storewide now through saturday, we'll make this mother's day one she'll never forget. momma! [ male announcer ] that's why only zales is the diamond store. and i was a pack-a-day smoker for 25 years. i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll never ever pick up a cigarette." i had to quit. ♪

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continuing with the top story, talking about the department of defense revealing some of the tapes that were seized from osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. >> jim was the director of the cia under bill clinton and he joins us now on the line. what do you make of them, sir. >> it's interesting. it clearly is very interested in production values and his own apeerbs appearance. there's this old looking man and his gray beard and his blanket around him sitting and channel surfing and watching himself looking younger because his beard is dyed, rehearsing speeches. so this is a man who is really focused on the pr. i must say, i think showing this sort of thing is for the government to do is harmless and kind of interesting. and a little bit enlightening. but when they try to, for example, tell us and the

terrorists that they know where the terrorists' safe houses are, it makes you wonder why don't they just watch the safe houses and catch the terrorists instead of scaring the terrorists away from the safe houses? >> i wanted to jump in, perhaps could it be the revealing of this information, the videos is really more for the general public, the world public, than it is to intimidate the lieutenants of osama bin laden or in any way, shake up the al qaeda network? >> i think it's probably an overall part of the pr battle and the administration is focused very much on the public relations, and they pulled off a rarbable thing, and bravo, and now they want to get, i think, as much credit for it as possible. that is fine with respect to something like a video of an old white-bearded man channel surfing and looking at himself looking younger. but i don't think it's fine with

respect to things like telling the public and thus the terrorists that we know where their safe houses are. they're talking about a lot of things that it seems to me they shouldn't be talking about. this isn't one of them. >> you're saying there should be some emphasis on the government letting the public know, letting anyone in the terrorist organization know where the safe houses are? >> no, that's exactly what they should not be doing. they should not let anybody know that we know where the safe houses are. they shouldn't disclose anything that would undercut our ability to catch our kill terrorists or our ability to catch terrorists. they're disclosing too much. one of the things they could perfectly reasonably disclose is what we're seeing here, pictures of an old man in a white beard with a blanket over him. that doesn't do harm. >> any more information that would be gleamed from dvds or

hard drivestient be revealed? >> no, you look add it case by case. there may be more things like this, that reveal what his life in hiding was like. i don't see problems with those. i think there are some things they have released in the last week that there was no point at all in releasing and which could harm our ability to capture terrorists. >> for example, what would some of those items be. >> the best example i can think of is why in the world when you have found documents or a computer drive that tells you where al qaeda's safe houses are, why would you say, hey, look what we found? we found the document that tells us where the safe houses are, because that tells the terrorists, and then they don't use the safe houses or the old ones anymore. it would be better to keep quiet and watch the safe houses to see who shows up. >> is it your feeling or are you encouraged that the kind of information that was taken from the intelligence, taken from the

compound, will ultimately lead intelligence officials to osama bin laden's lieutenants, al zawahiri or anyone else? it could help. we don't know what's in it, but it will help more if they keep their mouths shut about a lot of it and stop telling the terrorists and the public what they have. >> thanks so much, jim s woolsl. >> so when president obama met the s.e.a.l.s this week, the sooe s.e.a.l.s are being credited with carrying out the killing of osama bin laden, they also met or rather the president also met with the one four-legged member of the team. >> the most famous secret dog in america. i'm intrigued by the story. everyone is intrigued by the story, and we'll have more on it. >> everybody loves the dogs. over 14 years of experience in their fields to help him turn a thesis into a business plan

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the white house now confirmed when president obama met the navy s.e.a.l.s yesterday at ft. campbell, he also met with the brave four-legged warrior who helped take out osama bin laden. >> a look at the military's long

legacy of war dogs. >> just as the navy s.e.a.l.s who led the daring raid have gone unidentified. military officials also appear to be protecting the identity of the dog who helped them take bin laden. no name, no pictures, the pentagon won't even confirm it exists, leaving mill stare analysts to guess at what job he performed. >> i would imagine he would be used to detect explosive devices. >> dogs have been in the military for nerations, in world war ii, all sides used dogs, the u.s. army had 10,000 for sentry duty, carrying messages, and other critical jobs. today, there are only 2700 at work in the military, buthat number is rapidly growing, and never before have they been in such specialized roles. in afghanistan, they're so prized for their ability to work around the clock, general david petraeus has said the capability they bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine.

especially for dangerous work like checking for car bombs. >> we can send a dog in there without anybody getting close to the vehicle, and jour rr not risking harm to anyone directly. the dogs can indicate to me whether there's anything there. >> to train a single dog t costs $50,000, and companies like canine storm have built a multimillion industry around outfitting them. night vision cameras, motorcycle microphones and cameras are on the dogs infiltrating the camps. flack jackets help them take down dangerous opponents without injury, and with specially made jump harnesses, dogs can parachute into any hot spot as well as a human. one dog and his soldier set a record by jumping with oxygen from more than 30,000 feet up. the military has started a breeding program to try to keep up the numbers of the combat dogs. but for now, the most advanced

breeding and training facilities are overseas. that means that's right, most american military dogs were born in europe. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> i love those dogs. >> it's an enormous story of great seriousness, lives are at stake, but the dogs. >> what an incredible bond that is created between the trooper, the officer, and the dog. >> spoken like a dog person. >> all right, thanks so much for hanging out together today. john, i'm fredricka whitfield. >> drew griffin continues in two minutes with breaking news. the bin laden videos. don't go away. lovet to♪ e moy ♪ ♪ounow i ve it too soy ♪ndbrinity y ♪ ♪ounow i ve it too

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breaking news this hour. >> we'd like to welcome our viewers in the dwroous and around the world. >> our first look at videos seized from osama bin laden's hideout. five videos of a man who was the biggest terrorist. released today by u.s. intelligence officials. each with the sound removed, we're told to avoid spreading osama bin laden's message. >> one shows bin laden watching himself on television, holding a remeet control. another is said to be a message to the u.s., recorded in october or november. they're part of the treasure-trove gathered from the

compound inabbottabad, pakistan. >> barbara starr was called into a special briefing, conducted by intelligence officials who released the videos kind of a surprise to all of us, but certainly very interesting. >> very interesting indeed, drew. there was a reason for this. certainly, what they wanted to show was what they could of what they grabbed, the navy s.e.a.l.s grabbed at the compound after they killed osama bin laden. they're showing us clips that the u.s. government has distributed from these videos that they seized. and what they're telling us is these are videos that only could have come from a place where osama bin laden had been located. first of all, that video that i think has captured the world's attention in the last few hours, a graying osama bin laden, hunched over a tv, a remote control in his hand. his beard not dyed black as it is in his more formal videos.