leader of al-qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. president barack obama making the announcement during a rare sunday evening address. this morning the world is reacting to the death of the mastermind behind the september 11th terror attacks who have been in hiding for the near decade that have followed until his death. [ cheering and applause ] this is the reaction outside of the white house last night. very similar scene at ground zero in new york city. fox 5 morning news at 7:00 starts right now. it is monday morning, may 2nd, 2011. a live look at the pentagon early on this monday morning. good morning, thanks for being with us this morning. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. osama bin laden killed yesterday by a team of navy seals acting under direct

orders from president barack obama. the seals raided a camp and he was killed. osama bin laden's body was buried at sea following islamic tradition and we'll have much on this story in a moment. but first we'll say good morning to tony with the forecast for the washington area. >> good morning. we have a few rain showers moving through the region. let's check in with hd radar and you can see the band of rain north and west of the city, around frederick, maryland, where there is heavy rain. down across silver spring, probably getting some rain showers into northern portions of the district. alexandria and southern portions of prince george's county down toward la plata. these rain showers moving to the east this morning. so if you're off to the east, haven't seen yet, you're likely to get sprinkles or rain

showers coming through. here is a look at the bus stop forecast. temperatures in the mid-50s. mostly cloudy skies and as i said, a few showers here and there. they are tracking eastward. current conditions being reported at reagan national, 56 degrees right now. relative humidity 75%, skies are cloudy and winds out of the south. forecast for today, more clouds than sun. a few showers possible not just this morning but again this afternoon. high temperature today about 74 degrees. we'll have more details on the forecast coming up in just a little bit. right now let's get an update on traffic and for that we go to julie wright. a lot going on right you for those traveling in bound off of 66. accident as you travel eastbound tieing up your commute before you reach nutley street. we have the two right lane blocked off. traveling east to 123 but before nutley, two right lanes blocked off. delays beginning back at 50 fair oaks toward the capital

beltway. you're also going to find, if you are traveling west of springfield, accident on rolly road, possibly involving an overturned vehicle. no accidents to report along 270 but below speed out of gaithersburg and again at the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we continue with our breaking news story this morning. the u.s. raided a compound that killed the fbi's most wanted man, osama bin laden. >> audrey barnes is live outside of the white house with more on the attack. audrey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. president obama gave the order to carry out this attack last friday after getting detailed information about a million dollar compound in pakistan. that facility had 18-foot tall walls with no windows to the outside. all of the mail from the compound was burned. they learned it was the hideout for the al-qaeda leader and that's when special forces moved in. >> justice has been done.

>> reporter: in a stunning white house announcement, president obama said that terror mastermind osama bin laden is dead and it came at the hands of u.s. military personnel. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. a small team of u.s. special forces launched a target add salt -- targeted assault on saturday. >> after a fire fight they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> reporter: bin laden's identity confirmed by a dna test. his most recent recording came in january. the 54-year-old terrorist has topped the fbi's most wanted list for more than a decade. his capture has been the country's highest order. >> it does not mark the end of our effort. there is no doubt that al-qaeda

will continue to pursue attacks against us. we must, and we will, remain vigilant at home and abroad. >> reporter: osama bin laden has been buried at sea and it was done quickly, which is in keeping with islamic tradition. the reason it was done at sea is two-fold. first of all, u.s. officials did not know which country would accept his remains. and they did not want to give the opportunity for shrines to pop up to make him a martyr and also on the reverse side they do not want to give people an opportunity to deface those shrines so that's why his body was indeed buried at sea. allison, back to you. >> audrey barnes live outside of the white house. thank you. president bush called this a momentous achievement and president obama called him last night -- the president called the former president shortly before he addressed the nation. now in a state president bush said that osama bin laden's death is marking a victory for

america and for people who seek peace around the world and for those who lost loved ones on september 11th, 2001. and he said the united states sent a message that no matter how long it takes, justice will be done. and thousands of families who lost loved ones on 9/11 in new york and in the pentagon. earlier we talked with a family who had a son on flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon. >> it does help ease the pain. we have tried for nine and a half years to get this guy and to know that our forces finally did is helpful. it does help. even though it's bittersweet for us. >> i'm just glad that he as the head of what he was is gone. and it gives a lot of closure.

it shows that the united states is unified in going after him and getting him. >> hundreds of people have been gathering at ground zero since the news of the death. the crowd cheered and some people climbed a pole to wave the american flag. a similar scene in times square where firefighters have also been joining in on the celebration. and a similar scene here in washington. hundreds of people gathered at the white house cheering and chanting. holly morris joins us now with more on that. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, allison. it was quite a scene here last night on pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house. take a look at these pictures because they really tell the story. thousands of people made the pilgrimage to the white house and many of them came before the president addressed the nation as the word had gotten out that osama bin laden had been killed. they were, like you said, cheering and chanting, they

were cheering usa, chantingous, singing god bless america all just overjoyed at what they said is obviously justice that is long overdue. well here we are this morning, not quite the same scene this morning, but thousands have dwindled to a few, but the few that are here are bursting with american pride, parading the american flag up and down pennsylvania avenue, passionate in joy that osama bin laden is finally dead. >> once i heard the great news, we had to come to d.c. for this. it was awesome. thank god that piece of garbage is dead. >> i'm here because i'm a washingtonain and i voted for president obama and i think it's time he got his due. he spent the last couple of years embattled and this is a significant achievement not only for him as a human being but for the entire nation that

he represents and for the whole world. obama got o soma. >> reporter: and they had the need to cheer because they wanted the president to hear first-hand their joy. back to you in the studio. >> holly, thank you so much. the council on american- islammic relations said this to say. we join our fellow citizens in announcing that osama bin laden has been eliminated as a threat. as we've stated repeatedly, osama bin laden never represented muslims or islam. in addition to killing thousands of americans he and al-qaeda caused the deaths of countless muslims worldwide. and we'll talk with a represent from there coming up in a few minutes. his terror network not only responsible for funding 9/11

attacks but al-qaeda is blamed for the 2000 attack on the u.s. cole and the 1998 bombings in africa. for more on the impact, we're joined by frank sal ua. thanks for coming in this morning. a lot of people have been celebrating the news. we're reminded after talking to family members, not so much a celebration but in an occurrence to mark what happened here. you've studied this for so long, what could happen, what should happen, what was your response? >> i've dreamt about this day for a long time and i'm with my family and four daughters were driving home from new york and we did stop by the white house. so not to necessarily celebrate but to mark the occasion.

and it is a significant blow to al-qaeda. it is by no means the end of the threat. the threat has met afta sized and it comes in various flavors and forms and it is a significant threat we must face but it is a momentous occasion. >> will there be a counter attack? >> they want to demonstrate the ability and whether it is one of the affiliates in yemen oral shab on in somalia, clearly someone is going to have to demonstrate a capacity to be able to continue their war. so, yes, i think that is a concern in the short-term and in the long-term it continues to be a concern. until we address theidyo logical issues we're going to get better at our tactics which are significant but we need to address the ideology that under pinned the al-qaeda narrative. >> was osama bin laden still running the al-qaeda network

and still involved in the operations or just a figure- head for the operation? >> he was largely at this point a figure head. but the only reason is because we put a lot of pressure on almost in the pakistan region, in afghanistan. terrorist need time and space. and if you look at it, it's ungovernorred -- ungoverned places where they can plan and engage in terrorist activities and we need to drain that swamp and look at where the next threat may emanate from. >> well for years and years people under the impression this was a man hiding out in waives in pakistan or afghanistan living in very rural areas and then the news coming out that he is living in this huge mansion in a very affluent suburb, some people say right under the noses of so many people that must have known he was there. talk about the lifestyle of osama bin laden and any surprise to you that he was found living in this type of

environment? >> sadly, not a surprise that he was in pakistan because he had a number of entities sympathetic to the al-qaeda cause. that said we need to work with pakistan to take the next steps in our campaign against terrorism. as to where his whereabouts have been since 9/11 for the past 9 and a half years is still illusive. it's great to know where his movement was but he did probably have a mixture of caves and found his way to pakistan where he had some support and that is a concern. >> we're going to learn more about it and still follow it. thank you, frank, with gw, good to have you here this morning. >> thank you. there are security warnings following the death of osama bin laden. the state department issued a travel alert and police departments are also on alert. we have more from sarah simmons live at the pentagon. sarah? >> reporter: well, allison, some local law enforcement agencies around the country in places like los angeles and new

york city have issued travel warnings, have beefed up security. they say out of an abundance of caution here. they have also issued travel warnings, the state department has, to people just out of concern for any kind of retaliation from al-qaeda over osama bin laden's death. now the u.s. officials have put all u.s. embassies on alert. the state department issued that travel warning, that worldwide travel warning after president obama gave his speech last night. specifically they are warning americans living or traveling abroad in areas that have been known to have anti-american violence in the past. as you know the bin laden compound was found in the middle of pakistan in an army town, a military analyst talked this morning about the security concerns that raises. >> we have a problem with pakistan. everybody is talking about it. this will highlight it.

they've got to do more to help. >> reporter: now los angeles and new york, they are putting security details in popular tourist attractions. we have tried to contact d.c. police this morning, still no word as to exactly what they are doing differently, if anything, here in the d.c. metropolitan area. but so far no information indicating that there is a specific threat that has been planned or any specific attack that is imminent. at this point they are saying this is out of an abundance of caution that they are stepping up security. that's the latest from the pentagon. back to you. >> sarah simmons live from the pentagon city metro stop. we have much more on our website at myfoxdc.com. just look for the links on the home page. we're going to get to tony perkins with a look at our forecast. it's now 7:15 this monday morning. >> we have a few showers moving through, including right outside of our studios here in northwest washington. light rain is being reported at reagan national airport as well. let's take a look at the satellite radar. we can show you the regions

where we're seeing that precipitation. it's moving through, moving from the west to the east. we've been dealing with this for the last two hours, i would say. and here you go. it is mainly light rain that's falling, although there are a couple of spots where the rainfall is heavier -- in particular down near the fredericksberg area. a frontal boundary making its way through here tomorrow. it's a cold front. it will drop our temperatures for tomorrow and trigger showers and maybe some thunderstorms tomorrow after and evening. so we're not worrying about that for today for our region. we are going to see plenty of clouds today. some sunshine will break out here and there later on. but our temperatures will be warmer than yesterday. right now it's 55 degrees here in the nation's capital. wilmington. 48 in boston. heading west to louisville -- i'm sorry, nashville, it is 70 degrees at this hour. temperatures behind the cold

front drop off into the 40s. 47 in st. louis, 43 in wichita. look for a high today around 74 degrees. a lot of clouds and a little bit of sunshine here and there. a chance for a few more showers this afternoon and this evening. tomorrow better chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. high of 80 degrees. then the drop-off in our temperatures for wednesday. 65 and maybe showers on thursday and friday. temperatures moderate to about 70 or so and it should be dry for those days. that's a look at the weather. more coming up in a little bit. let's check in with julie and get a quick look at traffic. >> this is a live shot from the crew in sky fox above 66 as you travel eastbound after 123 but before nutley street. that's where we had the accident activity. and you're going to find traffic is able to squeeze by to left. accident blocking the right green arrow lane. so the right shoulder is available for traffic but it's tied up with a three-car

accident. traveling eastbound, big delays from 7100. rolling road south of burk lake for the accident possibly involving a over turned vehicle. 395 at the 14th street bridge, as you travel northbound across the potomac, all of your lanes here are open. traffic slowing from the beltway up to seminary road, boundary channel road to the river. game toward 370, montrose road to the split still tied up. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. joining us now on the phone, thomas heidenberger, his wife michelle was on flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon. >> mr. heidenberger we are happy to talk with you this morning and we're curious to see what your reaction was when you heard the news last night. >> good morning, steve, good morning, allison. my initial reaction was that they got the guy, but then in the overall big picture, it doesn't change anything. it didn't bring michelle back, it didn't bring any of the

other 3,000 victims of that day back. but it is in many respects a closing of a particular chapter in this large history book, so to speak, of the events of 9/11. >> as you move forward now, and i hear you loud and clear, closure is a very poor choice of words, but as you move forward from this day knowing that osama bin laden is now dead, is there anything to pass along to the viewers as someone who feels this perhaps a little more personally than we do? >> well, from a purely personal aspect, it's gratifying to see on the news and the like that there is now this reunification, so to speak, this unit and bond of the american public and the like. but as i just said a minute ago, we have to take this unity

forward and address the issues that we face now as a country. but for my personally, i'm glad in many respects that it's been done. it's's long overdue but then again it doesn't change the outcome. i am still without michelle, my children are still without their mother, and we, as a family, continue to just move forward. >> i think it's important that people remember that as we see these crowds of people calling this a di of celebration, that there is a huge human aspect to this and you are one who can make that clear for us. and before we let you go, you have been so instrumental in not only keeping michelle's memory alive but in trying to keep the focus on the people who were affected so much by this and we talked to you at the pentagon memorial unveiling, we've talked to you numerous times about the efforts you've done to try to do this. will that continue for you

personally now as we move forward? >> absolutely. with respect to the pentagon memorial, there are plans for a visitor center, there is a plan to keep the memorial going. it's not for just the families, it's for everyone and all to see, not just where it happened, but to remember and reflect on the events of that day. but as a foot note, michelle, for years, said you need to choose your battles and move on and get over it. she would tell me you have to get over it. and she would want me not so much to continue her legacy, but to move forward, not just for her because she gave so much of herself to others that it would be incumbent to not to emulate her life and help

others. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you and have a great day. >> thank you. 7:21 now on this monday morning. coming up next we'll switch the focus to libya where gadhafi's son was killed over the weekend. and the road to recovery after the devastating storms last week. we'll be right back. it's just about 7:22 now. kebl

rage in the streets of tripoli after an air strike killed the son of gadhafi and three of his grandchildren. he was not hurt in this

bombing. this was saturday night. after it angry mobs attacked. pope john paul is getting closer to sainthood. he did it before a crowd of million in a half in st. peter's square yesterday and this morning tens of thousands of catholic are packing the square for a mass for john paul's beatification. president obama signing the disaster declaration following last week's deadly tornado. 342 people died, 34 in tennessee. the president had sign disaster declarations for alabama, mississippi and georgia. 7:26 now. after the break we'll check in with weather and traffic. plus much more on the death of osama bin laden. it is now 7:26. 

back now with this morning's top story. osama bin laden is dead. president barack obama is announcing late last night that

the terrorist leader was killed in a sunday raid. pakistani intelligence officials say it happened at a mansion about 60 miles north of pakistans capital. his body was buried at sea. this morning there are concerns his death could set off attacks against americans, something the president did address last night. >> the death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al- qaeda. his death does not mark the end of our effort. there is no doubt that al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. >> and in just a few minutes we'll be live at the white house where huge crowds are turning out to celebrate the news. we'll see what the scene is there this morning. news of bin laden's death illicitting strong reaction from baseball fans in philadelphia. the phillies were playing the new york mets. the game went late enough for

them to hear the announcement and this is the response from the crowd. heard a lot of that, whether in new york city or in philadelphia or here at the white house where several thousand people gathered overnight. >> it does remind you, as our guest said earlier, the unification of americans rallying around something as we did for our nation when the 9/11 attacks happened and now this. so we've been using that word closure and that's a hard word i'm sure for families to hear, but for the rest of it, it does feel like this chapter -- we can move forward perhaps. so we'll have many guest this is morning talking about that very thing and what we should be looking out for now. dave ross was at the white house last night and he said that was perhaps the biggest part of it, was forget about political affiliation or anything else, last night everybody was one. and he said that's what was so resounding about what was happening. switching attention now to

weather. >> yes. some rain showers moving there through the area this morning. moving through the area as we speak and moving into the district and points eastward. let's take a look at the satellite radar composite we can show you across the area we're seeing rain showers moving at a pretty good clip now. moving out across the chesapeake bay into eastern portions of maryland and southern maryland, places like that. so the showers continue their march eastward. we do have a lot of clouds out there as well as the morning progresses. i think we'll see a little bit of sunshine here and there but we certainly have mostly cloudy skies. there is that system of rain. here is the other one. this is associated with a frontal boundary that won't get here until the latter part of tomorrow. now here is what is going to happen. tomorrow we'll warm up quite nicely. today will be warmer than yesterday and tomorrow warmer than today in advance of the front. but then once the front comes through it will likely trigger showers and thunderstorms and then usher in cooler air for wednesday. our current temperatures around the region, we're in the 50s

this morning here in d.c. 55. nan app list, maryland at 59. cambridge, maryland 57. at quantico, 57. 54 in manassas. and in winchester, it is 55 degrees at this hour. forecast for washington for today, more clouds than sun. i do think there will be some partial sunshine here and there, but mostly cloudy today. chance for showers later -- not just this morning but later on in the day as well. high about 74 degrees. that's a few degrees above normal. then for tonight, we'll see an overnight low right around 60 degrees. cloudy skies and again a few showers during the evening hours. your five-day forecast, unsettled weather for the next couple of days. today some showers here and there. tomorrow more organized showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. wednesday maybe scattered rain and 65 for the high on wednesday. but then thursday and friday look good with a good amount of sunshine each day, high around 70. that's a look at what is happening with the weather. now let's good to julie wright and get an update on morning rush hour.

julie. >> i thought it was april showers brought mayflowers. >> well it's still early may. just a couple of days. >> i want tulips and i want them now. >> you'll get them. on the roads we'll say good morning to the crew in sky fox. once again chopper brad live over the scene of the crash on rolling road at parliament, south of burk lake drive and that's where we had the crash reported as an overturned vehicle and some traffic squeezing by on the northbound side, single file to the left at this point. so northbound rolling road toward burk lake for the accident here at parliament, one lane throat -- to left will squeeze by. and at 66, before nutley street, that activity cleared. still congested at 7100 toward the beltway. outer loop below speed, leaving college park headed toward georgia avenue before the pace improves. inbound 50 slowing approaching the beltway from bowie and again leaving riverdale to chefly.

northbound 5 on the brakes at cedarville road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. while g the country about osama bin laden's death last night, president obama invoked president bush saying we must reaffirm that the united states is not and never will be at war with islam. i've made clear just as president bush did shortly after 9/11 that our war is not against islam. joining us hubert hooper with the council of american islamic relations or c.a.r.e. and while we have you on the phone, we'd like to hear your reaction, sir? >> well i think we join with all americans in being relieved that this threat to our nation has been eliminated and that we're a little safer today than we were yesterday. >> and you use that word "little." i feel like i should ask you to

ex pound on that. >> obviously the threat of terrorism has not gone away with the death of one person. there is an ideology that used the faith of islam to kill innocent people and that's the idiology that has to be challenged. he was a symbol of this idiology, but the idiology remains. >> you'll be holding a news conference later in morning on the hill. what will the message be? >> well we're just repeating this message. because so often when american- muslims speak out against terrorist and religious extremism people say you don't do enough. every day we try and get the message out and let our fellow americans know we reject terrorism just as much as any other american and we have to keep repeating that message. >> in your statement that we have been reading this morning, you remind us that al-qaeda has also been responsible not just

for american lives but also many muslims. >> yeah, along with the thousands of americans killed obviously on 9/11 and other times, there is just uncounted numbers of muslims worldwide that have been killed and injured by al-qaeda attacks. >> we reiterated both president and bush statements that this was never a war with islam. when you hear that, what would you like to -- how would you like to further that, i suppose, for our listeners and our viewers? >> well we've always said that osama bin laden and al-qaeda never represented islam and muslims. they tried to say they represented islam but they didn't. so i think it's good that both president bush and president obama have re-stated that or made it clear in past statements. >> c.a.r.e. has come up with its own list of anti-terror initiatives and

ways to go about our business in our day-to-day lives. can you tell us about the initiatives and what is the message is from c.a.r.e. as america's largest muslim organization. >> it's the rejection of religious extremism, we've had television public service announcements with that message, we've had an online petition drive called not in the name of islam. we've coordinated religious rulings against extremism and so we're trying to do every day whatever we can to put the message out there. >> thank you for joining us today and again there is a news conference later today. we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. 7:38 on this monday morning. we've seen strong reaction to the news of osama bin laden death in new york. large crowds gathering at world trade center and times square. we're going to find out what is

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a raid in pakistan yesterday that came from direct orders from president obama. in the early morning hours bin laden was buried at sea following islamic tradition. hundreds of people have been gathering at ground zero in new york city since the news of bin laden's death. >> john hottie joins us from new york. we've seen thousands of people outside of the white house. crowds thinned this morning. what is the situation like there in new york? >> reporter: there were hundreds of people here last night when the announcement was made here at ground zero and earlier this morning. the crowd has thinned out quite a bit. but again, after the announcement, many people were i guess drawn here by a sense of american spirit and pride and celebration as well. we are at the corner of vesy street and church street which is the shadow of ground zero. you can see the construction going on there on tower one right now.

this was the scene of immense destruction and horror now almost ten years ago as we're coming up on the 10th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. this morning, last night, it was a scene of celebration. a lot of people have left so far this morning but some folks remain, including those who came down here. while you see some of the video, folks chanting usa. among those in the crowd are servicemen and women. including this gentleman. tell them your name one more time. >> bill cortez. >> and you served with the united states marine corp. you had family members, correct, that died on 9/11. tell me about that and then also when you heard about bin laden's death and your reaction. but first what family members? >> i lost two cousins on 9/11. i had an uncle down here who was a firefighter for 35 years. we didn't know if he was alive or dead for two days before we found out he did survive. when we found out that osama bin laden was taken out, it was bittersweet. there is a bit of closure to it

and the excitement that we took out al-qaeda's number one guy. >> reporter: but we remain a nation at war so you say it's bittersweet, is that what you are talking about? >> certainly. the war from terror is far from over. this is progress. but it is far from over. we have a long road ahead of us. and afghanistan and iraq and now in libya, so this far is far from over. but i think this certainly strengthens the resolve of the american people and my brothers and sisters in arms overseas. >> reporter: we appreciate your service. thank you very much. definitely a sense of spirit and later there is going to be a more formal ceremony among family members of victims on 9/11 here at ground zero. that's the latest from here. back to you in d.c. >> thank you, john, we appreciate the update in new york. 7:44. let's get a look at the forecast here. it was raining a little bit ago? >> it's still raining to the

east. they have sped up. and let me show you the areas covered by light rain activity. it was taking it's time as it was moving across the western portions of the viewing area. once it got through d.c. it moved quickly into eastern maryland, including easton, maryland. cambridge, st. mary's city, portions of the chesapeake bay seeing rain. and showers up to the north of baltimore, into towson. the rain is wrapped up for here in the washington region. we'll deal with this as it continues to track off toast and then we'll be done, although there is a chance of more showers popping up here and there this afternoon. let's look at the future cast. let's see what that shows us for later today. for this morning what is going on. and then through the course of the day, a lot of clouds. this shows clouds later on in the afternoon. i mentioned earlier, chance of rain is 30-40%. this is not showing anything for us later in the afternoon. so perhaps we'll be rain-free. but then tomorrow we do get rain showers pushing in. tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening, as a frontal boundary comes through and brings with

it rain and maybe even thunderstorms here and there. five-day forecast looks like this. today high of about 74, our average high for this date is 71. we'll see more clouds than sun. maybe a shower or two later on. although our future cast is not showing that. tomorrow better chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. high of about 80. wee cool off for wednesday. thursday and friday look pretty good right now. highs both days right around 70 and both days look like they'll be dry. that's the latest on the weather. more coming up in a little bit. >> thank you, tony. let's check in with julie wright and look at traffic now. it's 7:46. >> good morning once again. and still a busy morning. we've had our hands full with a couple of fender-benders. 95 slow to georgia. 175 and rocking back drive for the accident north of town. slow to the beltway and bw parkway delays leaving 197 out of laurel. no incidents to report on 50 out of annapolis and bowing but

the pace is slowing through riverdale and cheverly. and delays through 7100 and to the beltwaych the beltway slow between braddock road and 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. 7:46 now. we're going to be right back with por as fox 5 morning news continues this monday. sand jsa

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7:49 now on this monday morning. want to talk a little bit of sport this is morning. and we're going to start with the washington capitals. the caps in a bit of a pickle as they did not want to go down to tampa down two games to none and that is exactly what is happening. no shortage of drama in this game. backstrom there for the rebound and hack add way for the goal to tie it up. and they pull their goalie for the extra skater. and keep an eye in front of the net. we'll slow it down. watch number 8, ovechkin tieing the game to force overtime. unfortunately 6 minutes into overtime, the lightning scores the game-winning goal. the caps trail the series two

games to one but far from throwing in the towel. >> a couple of years ago we came back and won against the rangers when we lost the first two games at home. so we really have to be desperate. we were desperate tonight and i thought we played a good hockey game. i thought our guys played pretty well and i don't think we gave them a whole lot. it's 2-0, big deal. and there is still a lot of hockey left and we are not out of this and we're going to come back in game three. nfl draft now. we know what the skins brass had -- why they had any on on the university of nebraska. taking roy hallu, safe toy john gomes and niles paul in the 4th and 5th rounds. the first time they have taken the players from the same school since 1985. and the running back from

nebraska, so we'll see what that does for the backfield this season. >> hopefully some good things. if they play at all. 7:51 right now. we'll be right back.

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with how bin laden's death will change the ongoing war on terror. the very latest coming up at 8:00.

the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaeda. >> it's the news the country has waited almost ten years to hear. the man behind the 9/11 attacks killed by american troops. good morning, i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm allison seymour. the world's most wanted man found inside a home just 100- yards from a pakistani military academy. four helicopters carrying u.s. forces swooped in just after 1:15 in the morning pakistani time and killed osama bin laden by shooting him in the head. despite gunfire from his guards, american troops were able to recover his body. it was handle add cording to islamic practice and tradition and then it was buried at sea. [ cheering and applause ] that's the scene here in

washington. all night long americans have been celebrating the news at the white house. at one point it was estimated some 5,000 people made their way to the white house gates. >> ahead this hour we're back out at the white house with reaction and talk with virginia representative jim moran and also live at the pentagon with a look at security concerns in the wake of this news and we'll replay the president's entire address to the nation. >> and all of that is coming up. but first at 8:00, let's look at the forecast and for that we look at tony perkins. >> many of us it was so late and didn't see the address and found out about it waking up this morning. so looking forward to seeing that. we've seen some rain through portions of the area this morning. it's pushing off to the east, impacting eastern maryland, mainly light rainfall. let's take a look at your satellite radar. our main story is the cloudy conditions that we have this morning. you see the light band of rain that has moved through, it's moved through our entire region and continues to push off to the east. there were spots where the rain

yaz heavier but those it's all light rain across eastern into southern marylandch a lot of clouds around and that will hang in there for the bulk of today. 55 in the district. 55 in baltimore. dulles at 54 degrees. ocean city is at 61. and in winchester, it is 55. the forecast for today, i think more clouds than sun. do you think we'll see some sun but it's going to be mostly cloudy. a few showers possible in the afternoon and evening. look for a high around 74 degrees. that's warmer than yesterday and warmer than norm. our average high is 71 degrees for this day. more details on the forecast, including a look at five-day coming up in just a little bit. >> tony, thank you. let's check in with julie and look at traffic. good morning. >> we have some delays along northbound 210 from ft. washington toward curvey hill road. southbound on 95 in maryland, slow out of beltsville and the bw is tied up between 197 and powder mill. there was a crash east of 295

along 175 at rocking back. follow police direction. and 66 still trying to recover from the accident at vienna. and slow toward 66, 395 delays over the 14th street bridge. all lanes are open. delays from the beltway toward seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. we continue now with more on the death of the fbi's most wanted. osama bin laden, who was killed by u.s. troops during a raid in pakistan. >> president obama said, quote, justice has been done. audrey barnes is live outside of the white house with more on the attack. audrey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison. the crowds that have gathered here at the white house are gone now but earlier there were thousands of people here and pure jubilation at the news that the mastermind of the september 11th attacks was dead. president obama gave the order to go after bin laden last friday after getting detailed

intelligence about this million dollar compound in pakistan. experts determine it was indeed the al-qaeda leader's hideout and they moved in. a special forces team killed bin laden and several others died in that raid. despite bin laden's death, u.s. officials say the fight against terrorism will continue. >> the death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al- qaeda. his death does not mark the end of our effort. there is no doubt that al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. we must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad. >> reporter: u.s. travel advisory has been issued for pakistan and there are concerns will renewed attacks on the homeland as well. allison, back to you. >> audrey barnes live at the white house. thank you. even before president obama made the official announcement, crowds began to gather to

celebrate the death of bin laden. they came out in droves to ground zero and times square in new york. >> it was a similar scene here in washington outside of the white house. and holly this morning joins us live now with more on what is happening there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's kind of quiet here this morning. just a regular business day. but that was not the scene last night. and in fact it was quite the party scene here on pennsylvania avenue. take a look at these amazing pictures. they tell the tale of how jubilant it was here last night. thousands converging on pennsylvania avenue just outside of the white house to celebrate the capturing of osama bin laden, some were chanting usa and some singing "god bless america" and others feeling the need to watch it just on tv. and when others saw it they decided that it was a moment not to be missed. >> i was watching the news and i texted them and i said we need to get to d.c. asap and we got in the car and drank some red bull and now we're here.

>> we didn't know where he was and now he's dead and it's incredible and it feels empowering and america is getting back together and it's great. >> i'm glad we got bin laden and it's been a long time coming. i'm proud of america. this is a great day in america and a great day in history. it will never be forgotten, i promise you. >> reporter: the few still here this morning, most had driven some distance. those young woman had come from salisbury, they were taking pictures, marking the moment and said they needed to get back for a 9:00 a.m. class but they said the road trip was well worth it. back to you in the studio. >> thanks, holly. president obama called bill clinton and george w. bush before he made the announcement last night. president bush congratulationed president obama. he said this is for those who seek peace around the world and those who lost loved ones on

september 11th. he said the u.s. sent a message that no matter how long it takes, just list be done. the death of osama bin laden making the front page of newspapers all over the world. >> let's look at some of the headlines on the internet right now. the washington post reads osama bin laden killed, justice has been done. the new york times has a photo of a group of firefighters sitting under the giant electronic headline in times square. and the wall street journal shows a group of college students celebrating the news at the university of georgia. our coverage of the killing of osama bin laden far from over. coming up in a few minutes, we'll be live at the pentagon with more on the security concerns in the wake of the killing. but first we'll check out other stories making headlines including the woman accused of killing her co-worker inside of the bethesda's lulu lemon store. stay with us. 

nine minutes past 8:00 this monday as we check stories making headlines. reports of previous acts of violence in the suspect of the

murder of the lulu lemon store in bethesda. court records from 2007 show brittany norwood punched and threw things at her boyfriend who had an order to keep away from him. she then followed him. she is accused of murdering her co-worker in march and trying to cover it up. and homeland security secretary janet napolitano toured hard-hit neighborhoods in alabama and mississippi over the weekend. she is pledging federal support. more than 350 people are dead. nasa officials say they have no idea when they can launch the subtleen deaf your. engineers are repairing the fuel line heaters. mission managers say the first possible date is not until may 8th. more on the top story which is the death of osama bin laden. it's led to security warnings.

a travel alert was issued by the state department. >> and police department are an alert. for more on the security concerns we turn to sarah simmons live at the pentagon. sarah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, both. we are here at the pentagon memorial behind me which is very quiet at this time. we have seen some maintenance work hes tidying up for the day which could be busier after news that osama bin laden being killed by american forces has come down. but we know is no end to the terrorist threat. we have information coming out that al-qaeda followers are vowing revenge after his death. we are getting reports of security. metro is beefing up security, putting additional police officers out there along the metro. also things that you may not notice visibly, but they are increasing security. the state department as well has already issued a worldwide

travel alert. this is something that they issued after president obama's speech last night saying that there is an enhanced potential for anti-american violence. the state department also putting u.s. embassies around the world on alert and also warning americans who travel or live abroad to limit their travel as much as possible. especially in areas where there has been anti-american violence if the past. so that warning going out for anyone traveling to keep it limited to stay inside where they are staying, their homes, that type of thing. but again, we're going to continue to see an increased alert and awareness and cities around the country and also in los angeles, new york city, those citys have increased their patrols. and also at popular tourist attractions as well. so again, everybody is on a heightened sense of alert with this news coming out overnight. back to you in the studio. >> sarah simmons at the pentagon for us live, thank

you, sarah. we'll talk with congressman jim moran in a few minutes but now let's check in with tony perkins with our forecast. >> and he has a bonus for us today. >> sure too. and before we get to the forecast. this is ryan. ryan just turned 1-year-old and he had a great time tackling the take, we are told. it looks like it. >> he had a successful tackle. >> they were smart. no shirt for ryan while he's eating cake, keep him clean there. thanks for sending photo in. it is very cute. to send us your child's photo go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings. here is a look at what is happening out there. we'll start with the radar image and you can see we've had some precipitation. that's pushing eastward and dissipating. so we're losing the rain as the time goes by. it is pushed off to the east.

more rainfall out to the west but we don't really deal with that until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. temperatures across the nation look like this, we are at 57 degrees here in the district. 63 in wilmingtonton. 52 in boston. cincinnati is at 55 degrees. is that what that says? and 57 in st. louis, 37 in omaha. so temperatures drop off significantly behind that cold front in the western plains and the northern plains. temperatures in the 30s and even 20s in some locations. five-day forecast, today plenty of clouds, still a chance of a few stray showers this afternoon and evening. high today about 74 degrees. tomorrow scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening with a high of about 80 degrees. wednesday a few scattered showers here and there and cool and 65. friday and saturday will be the best days of the week. thursday and friday a good amount of sunshine and high around 70 both days.

that's a look at the weather. now for more on the rush hour traffic and for that we turn to julie wright. >> i just want to offer ryan's parents an eating technique and i want to show the little guy how to not get it on your face. there is a sneak to eating cake and not leaving evidence anywhere. >> you are so kind. you are a tutor. >> i try. there is evidence on my hips. keep it cute. and this is shady grove from the airport headed toward the -- toward 270 and they are moving the camera around on me. but the fire trucks on the northbound side of 355 tieing up the right side of the roadway. 355 north of shady grove you'll find that you can excuse -- squeeze by in the two left lanes. slowing to rubberneck past the scene. and 270 lanes are open to the split and delays have improved.

66 headed for the tr bridge still heavy and steady crossing over the potomac. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. our big story this morning, the killing of osama bin laden. joining us with reaction is congressman jim moran. thank you for being with us today. >> glad to be with you. >> i want to know your reaction. you've been very outspoken. >> obviously you can't overlook this. i think the first thing we ought to do is congratulate our military, specially the joint military operations command under the c.i.a. they carried out this operation. but how was he living in a suburb of islamabad. the retired military offices at least, which means the head of islamic intelligence had to

know he was there. we could figure it out. >> we did hear he was living a very fluent lifestyle. >> and he was right there in pakistan and right near the capital. so that raises a whole lot of questions and it confirms some suspicions unfortunately. now we talk about the security concerns. well who makes the call? who decides the level of attack, and there probably will be an attack. is it al azeroy? the control of al-qaeda would have to shift from the arab to the egyptian leadership which is different that the saudi arabia perspective that osama bin laden provided. they have to regroup. where is the center of power? is it in yemen or in some of

the areas around europe? we don't know that. so now we've got to figure out their next step. but clearly this is a very important accomplishment. and we did what we said we would do. and a lot of people have lost their lives. you about i hope this is the beginning of the final chapter. >> those who lost their lives here on american soil that day, 9/11 and then more than 6,000 coalition troops in the wars that have started in the days since then. what does happen now with those troops there as far as these wars -- we've heard tweets and people say get out of those countries but it is not that easy. >> of course we're not in afghanistan because of-- because of al-qaeda. to spend $100 billion -- $2 billion for al-qaeda, that's not where we're there. we're trying to stabilize the country so it is not a haven for destruction in the future.

for all intents and purposes we've left iraq. and we don't know where we go next but i think it buttresses the argument that we don't need to spend that much in terms of our financial resources and the lives of our military personnel. so we now have to make a lot of decisions. and i think this is for those decisions to be made. we can't afford it. and the question is is that really the target now to be in afghanistan particularly? and i'm sure we're going to work with a whole lot of other countries who feel equally threatened. this is going to be an international coalition. we have done the job and got bin laden and now let's figure out their step so we can calculate our next step and i hope it's just as effective. >> congressman jim moran on the death of osama bin laden. thank you very much. >> thank you, allison. and coming up next, we'll check other headlines and including more on the beatification of pope john paul

ii. and our coverage of osama bin laden continues. we'll replay barack obama's address to the nation at 8:45 this morning. stay with us. it's now 8:19. l

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8:27. we want to take a minute to check sports now. the caps and lightning facing off in game two of the conference finals. last night second period, getting a score. hacks away at the rebound for a pole. and six on five, just over a minute to go and ovechkin pokes it in. we missed that one. that would have tied it but that was the game-winner. the game three in tampa tomorrow night. >> they played so much better

too. >> well, yeah. but we're still alive. >> still alive. >> barely. >> a little tough going into enemy territory now but not over yet. >> sometimes that's when we do the best, right? >> sometimes. >> you're a little skeptical. >> the glass is half empty or half full. how is the weather? >> a couple of light showers moving across but more showers and warmer temperatures too. >> that sounds like all the way full. >> and maybe a shower in the forecast too. 57 at reagan national. we're cool but not cold. i'm tall but not short. 55 in gaithersburg. 58 right now in fredericksberg. 61, i'm huge, 61 in annapolis. and 55 in leonardtown. a little smaller for you. and satellite radar, cloud cover, some shower activity moving through. very light showers that doesn't

amount to much. hazy clouds out there and that are be the theme around here today. not going to be completely cloudy but then again it won't be a sunny or bright beautiful day either. kind of partly to mostly cloudy during the day. off to the north and west, a cold front will come charging toward the washington area later today and tonight and then hang up just to the west. and we'll have the possibility of showers and thunderstorms later in afternoon, tonight and again tomorrow before kind of clearing the coast during the day on wednesday. so the beginning of the week not beautiful but toward the end of the week more sunshine and nice temperatures. still today not bad. 74 daytime high. more clouds and sun. the chance for a few showers. winds out of the south at 5-10. and most of the day should be dry. cloudy a couple of showers tonight. 60 your overnight low. winds oust of the south -- out of the south at 10 miles per hour. 74 today. 80 tomorrow. that will feel good. and then cooler for wednesday with showers around. and then the front gets out of here by thursday and friday and returns to sunshine with

temperatures -- temperatures about 70 or so. that's a look at the forecast allison and steve. back to you. let's get more insight into the killing of bin -- osama bin laden and what is happening today. >> good morning, jennifer parker. what is happening tonight. >> from here at the pentagon, we can confirm at approximately 2:00 a.m. this morning was buried at sea. this was done in accordance with muslim tradition. essentially the way this operation went down, according to u.s. officials, is there were seal team 6, an elite seal team on loan to the c.i.a. this was a title 50 covert operation led by the c.i.a. but the seal team 6, there were about 40 members, 24 of them

got off of four helicopters. they basically rappeled into the compound, about 30 miles northwest of islamabad. osama bin laden with living with two other families in this large mansion. the house is eight times larger than any other house in the area. the seal team 6, the 24 seal members, they basically rappeled into the compound, they saw bin laden, they asked -- this was a noncombatant there and they said is that bin laden and got verbal confirmation and asked him to surrender and within moments he was resisting and shot in the head, i'm told and killed. but he did resist. and there were four other people killed in the process. two brothers who lived at the compound who had served as couriers over the years -- the way they unraveled this plot, it took five years in planning. four years ago they got the

name of two couriers at detainees at guantanamo and they were part of the bin laden inner circle and four years ago they put a name to these couriers. two years ago they located the area in pakistan not far from the capital of islamabad. it's a military town. the pakistan military is very strong in that area. and on friday president obama authorized the mission. i'm told that it was supposed to take place on saturday night but weather got in the way. and it was delayed until sunday night. it was -- the time was chosen, they did it at about 1:15 in the morning local time in pakistan and during a time there was low moon light so the helicopters could go in. one blackhawk went down. it was having some sort of

mechanical issue or a flight control issue. it had to make a landing. navy seal had to explode the helicopter before they left. so they lost one blackhawk helicopter during the raid but otherwise it was picture- perfect and intelegence-driven raid. osama bin laden now dead. >> jennifer griffin at the pentagon, been there all night. jennifer is a correspondent with fox news. we appreciate you filing that report for us this morning. >> it's 8:33 now. we talked with family member who's lost loved one -- members who lost loved ones. and what about those who survived. >> joining us is david king. two of his office members did not make it out alive. thank you for joining us. your reaction to this? >> it's a wonderful thing. it took a few years but we were

patient and it was done. and it's a good thing and we should be rejoicing. >> and major king, when we look at this, if you can in a nutshell, take us through what you've dealt with the past nine and a half years, culminating with what we heard happened yesterday with the death of osama bin laden? >> i came back from the hospital, i continued my military career and retired. i was fortunate that the army allowed me to stay and continue to serve. i retired three years ago and in fact i'm back inside the pentagon right now working again. i continued with my life. i know others have dealt with this differently. but being a soldier with over 20 years of duty, you learn to deal with things differently. >> what is the secret to that for you? is it just simply to continue to push forward to deal with this? because as you mentioned, everybody tends to deal with

these in different ways and some have taken it much harder than others? >> right. i have a strong support group of family and friends and they contributed to my -- to my positive attitude. the military was positive in the way they treated me. and i was able to continue my job. i was only 22% burned, so i wasn't as severe as some of the others. i was a little more physically fit than some of the others so my recovery took a shorter time. and i was able to return to work and able to continue with my life more than -- and without it being interrupted as much. this culmination of what happened today was -- it took nine and a half years to do but it shows the persistence of the u.s. military and we're given a mission and we executed it.

>> you have worked to honor those that did lose their lives on that, especially those two office members staff sergeant white and lieutenant colonel dickerson. what are some of the ways that you're hoping we never forget they're names or faced? >> i walked out here and i'm standing outside of the fourth corridor and at the end of it is the memorial room or the chapel where they have everybody's name and occasionally i drift in there and look at their names on the wall and i remember them. and i remember that they were taken away the way they were and imbitters me and also imposed that we have to move forward. >> thank you for joining us by phone. you did survive that pentagon attack, army major david king working at the pentagon that day. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> appreciate the perspective

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our top story this morning, the killing of osama bin laden. >> president barack obama made the announcement last night around 11:5. many of you were probably sleeping so we want to replay it in the entirety for you now. >> good evening. tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. it was nearly ten years ago that a bright september day was darkened by the worst attack on the american people in our history.

the images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory. hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless september sky. the twin towers collapsing to the ground, black smoke billowing up from the pentagon, the wreckage of flight 93 in shanksville, pennsylvania where the actions of heroic citizens saved more heart break and destruction. and yet we know the worst aimths were those known to the world. the empty seat at the dinner table and children forced to grow up without their mother or father, parents that would never know the feeling of their child's embrace. nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us, leaving a gaping hole in our hearts. on september 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the american people came together. we offered our neighbors a hand

and we offered the wounded our blood. we reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community, and country. on that day, no matter where we came from, what god we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one american family. we were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. we quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al-qaeda, an organization headed by osama bin laden which had openly declared war on the united states and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. and so we went to war against al-qaeda, to protect our citizens, our friends and our allies. over the last ten years, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counter-

terrorism professions, we've made great strides in that effort. we've disrupted terrorist attack and strengthened our homeland defense. in afghanistan we removed the taliban government which had given al-qaeda safe haven and support and around the globe we worked to capture or kill scores of al-qaeda specialists including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot. yet osama bin laden avoided capture. and he escaped across the afghan boarder into pakistan. meanwhile al-qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world. and so shortly after taking office, i directed leon panetta, the director of the c.i.a., to make the killing or capture of bin laden the top priority of our war against al- qaeda. even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle and defeat

network. then last august, after years of pain-staking work about our intelligence community i was briefed on a possible lead from bin laden. it was far from certain and it took many months to run this threat to ground. i meet with my national security team as we developed more information about the possible security that we had located bin laden hiding in a compound deep within pakistan. and finally last week i determined we had enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation to get osama bin laden and bring him to justice. today, at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbotta bad, pakistan. this kaz youried out with -- this was carried out with security and no americans were harmed. after a fire fight they killed osama bin laden and took

custody of his body. for over two decades, bin laden has been al-qaeda's leader and symbol and has continued to plot attacks against our country and friends and allies. death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al-qaeda. yet his death does not mark the end of our effort. there is no doubt that al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. we must, and we will, remain vigilant at hope and abroad. as we do, we must also reaffirm that the united states will not and never will be at war with islam. i have made clear just as president bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against islam, as bin laden was not a muslim leader. he was a mass murderer of muslims. indeed al-qaeda have killed scores of muslims, including

our own. so for all that believe in peace and human dignity, over the years i've made clear that we would take action within pakistan if we knew where bin laden was. that is what we've done. but it's important to note that our counter terrorism cooperation with pakistan helped lead us to bin laden and the compound where he was hiding. indeed bin laden had declared war against pakistan as well. and ordered attacks against the pakistani people. tonight i called president zardari and my team had spoken with their counter terrorism parts and they agree it is a good day for both of ow our -- our nations and in going forward it is important they continue to help us against al- qaeda and it's affiliates. the american people did not choose this fight. it came to our shores. and it started with the senseless slaughter of our

citizens. after nearly ten years of service, struggle and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war. these efforts weigh on me every time i, as commander-in-chief, have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one or look into the eyes of a service member who has been gravely wounded. so americans understand the costs of war. yet, as a country, we'll never tolerate our security being threatened nor stand i'dly -- idly by when our people have been killed. we will be true to the value that's make us who we are. and on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al- qaeda's terror, justice has been done. tonight we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counter terrorism professions who have worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. the american people do not see

their work, nor know their names, but tonight they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice. we give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplified the professionalism, patriotism and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country and they are part of a generation who have bore the heaviest burden since that september day. finally let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11. that we have never forgotten your loss nor waivered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores. and tonight let us think back to the sense of unit that prevailed on 9/11. i know that it has at times frayed. yet today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the american

people. the cause of securing our country is not complete, but tonight we are once again reminded that america can do whatever we set our mind to. that is the story of our history. whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality for all of our citizens, our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are. one nation, under god, in dividable, with liberty and justice for all. thank you, may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. and with that, again the president late last night at 11:35 or so announcing to the world that the leader of al-

qaeda, the mastermind behind 9/11 was dead. >> a lot of people not knowing what he would talk about, just hearing word that the president would be speaking and a lot of people saying if it's late on a sunday night we'll tune in and see what happens to find out that information. still a lot of questions out there though. many of them being answered today and many of them will not be answered for sometime. but we'll continue to stay on top of the story for you. we have another hour and some change to go here this morning on fox 5 morning news. much more for you. and the fbi updating the top ten most wanted list by putting a deceased photo across his photo. and now updated with the deceased banner. the defense department has released photos of u.s. troops watching the president's address in afghanistan. they appear to be like most americans were last night, glued to the television, watching to see what the president would say and how much information he would

release last night. we are also hearing from fox 5 have -- 5 viewers on osama bin laden. >> and nancy wallace said it's about time. teresa little writes, thanking all of our military for a job well done. >> to weigh in, we welcome you to do so. share your thoughts via facebook just search under fox 5 morning news and you'll find our facebook page. no space between the word fox and the number 5. now 5 minutes before 9:00 on this monday morning. tony perkins will be in after the break and join allison to take you up to 10:00 with much more coverage on the killing of osama bin laden and including what is next. >> dr. neal livingston joining us after the break and we'll sit down with a member of the 9/11 commission. and also dave ross and dave feldman both went to the white house last night after the president's announcement. they'll be here live to share that experience with us as well. stay with us. 8:55 now. o

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he's the man responsible for the death of thousands in new york, pennsylvania, and at the pentagon. on a day forever marked in history. >> the united states has conduct the an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaeda. >> now word of osama bin laden's death has spread across the world, sparking celebration from ground zero in new york -- [ chanting ] -- to the white house here if d.c. >> it makes me proud to be an american. >> our coverage of the death of osama bin laden continues now at 9:00. and thanks for staying with fox 5 morning news. i'm allison seymour. >> i'm tony perkins. more on the death of osama bin laden coming up in just a