this is 9 news now. a long time coming, but it was my brother's killer. >> nothing would make me happier than to know that it was long and painful. >> as a celebration over the death of osama bin laden continue around the world, a warning from the fbi and the department of homeland security. less than an hour ago they issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning that spinoff groups of al-qaeda around the world could use his death to speed up plans for attacks. bruce leshan begins our team coverage on the death of osama bin laden live from the satellite center. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, lesli, in the white house situation room, the president, his advisers monitored the raid on osama bin laden in realtime. homeland security adviser says it felt not like hours, it felt like days. on the fbi's 10 most wanted list officials have now changed osama bin laden's status to

deceased. but the fbi and homeland security have just flashed out a bulletin warning local law enforcement that the killing of the terrorist will likely inspire home grown extremists to step up their efforts to hurt america in the near term. al-qaeda less of a threat. al-qaeda spinoffs, perhaps more dangerous. >> this does not mean that we are putting down our guard as far as al-qaeda is concerned. it may be a mortally wounded tiger that still has life in it. >> reporter: but the president says this is a good day for america. >> our country has kept its commitment to see that justice is done, the world is safer. >> reporter: american intelligence operatives tracked a courier to find bin laden not in pakistan's remote tribal regions, but in a luxurious compound north of islamabad where he had been living apparently for years. a neighbor shot video of the fires after elite navy seals assaulted the mansion.

the u.s. had been watching the fortress for months. >> i think it's inconceivable that bin laden did not have a support system in the country that allowed him to remain there for an extended period of time. >> reporter: neighbors included a pakistani military academy and an army brigade headquarters. congress is now questioning military aid to pakistan. >> pakistani army and intelligence have a lot of questions to answer. >> to feel glad about somebody's death is a weird feeling but when it comes to him, that's all right. >> reporter: according to files released on the wikileaks website, american diplomats were told that one of the key reasons that the u.s. failed to find osama bin laden earlier was that pakistan security services tipped him off whenever american troops were approaching. the white house, of course, did not tell the pakistanis about this raid on osama bin laden's compound until it was over and

those black hawk helicopters were safely out of pakistani airspace. lesli. >> bruce, were those troops prepared to take bin laden alive? that's a question a lot of people are asking after getting a few mixed messages today. >> reporter: apparently they were according to the homeland security adviser but the president's key, key goal here was the safety of those american troops and allegedly osama bin laden either reached for a weapon or turned a weapon, had access to a weapon and that's when they opened fire. >> all right. bruce leshan reporting, thank you. derek mcginty continues our team coverage live from the pentagon and intelligent analysts say nobody could second guess what happened in this operation. >> reporter: it was a heck of a mission last night lesli, they are talking about it as courageous, bold, smart but we know the threat is out there, still remains. what's the biggest threat to this country? michael greenberger an expert says they call it al-qaeda in

yemen. he says home grown terror is danger too and we are the first line against that. >> we have the responsibility especially because there may be retribution now as individuals to be on the watch for things that are out of the ordinary as the old saw goes, if you see something, say something. >> reporter: and homeland security says the department does not plan to use its new terror alert system because nobody has made any specific new threats. on the other hand, both reagan and dulles airports have increased security as has metro taking a few extra precautions tonight. matt diablo live out the la font station with more on that. >> reporter: the head of metro transit police said that today starting immediately we will be seeing a lot mover union -- more uniformed officers on washington subways and buses. chief michael taborn says the beefed-up security is a cautionary measure not a response to any specific threats. i spoke earlier today with the former head of intelligence for the department of homeland security. he said increasing security

around key potential targets like transit systems is a good idea, given the possibility of a retaliatory attack from one or more terrorist groups. >> i think there will be efforts to try to conduct acts of revenge for what has happened. mass transit is and has been a target of al-qaeda. >> reporter: as far as how long the increased security will last on washington subways and buses, the head of metro transit police said today indefinitely. derek, now back to you at the pentagon. >> reporter: thank you for that. we also note tonight that more than 6000 american servicemen and women have been killed in the last 10 years of war in afghanistan and in iraq as well. thousands more have been injured. our own peggy fox talked to one injured soldier to find out what the death of osama bin laden means to him. >> looked down and blood was just pouring from my vest. >> reporter: retired staff sergeant joe bimeford does not

12 on the -- dwell on the fact he lost his legs in iraq but he remembers every deat a time -- detail. >> my left leg was severed at a little bit above the ankle. >> reporter: and he was the lucky one. he wasn't the one who stepped on it. >> specialist christopher dickinson, he was from seattle, washington, he was 26 years old, he died instantly. >> reporter: he was pleasantly surprised when he heard the news last night but while he's happy osama bin laden is dead, he finds the news bittersweet and questions why america ever invaded iraq in the first place. >> for guys like me who have lost, you know, personally so much and have lost friends and after a while it just seems like are we going to be there forever. >> reporter: he hopes the country's leaders learn something from the costly wars. >> i think if definitely we would have kept to focusing all our efforts into fighting just this one guy -- finding just this one guy and not get sidetracked with 10 years of war in another country, maybe we would have caught him sooner. >> reporter: joe has moved on

with his life. he has a job with the fish and w50eu8d life service as a pre -- fish and wildlife service as a procurement specialist. >> you have two choices, you can sit and be angry and blame the world and blame everybody for your problems or you can say, you know, this happened to me. i have to accept it and now i have to move on. >> reporter: and that's what joe bimefor has chosen to do. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> always have to be impressed with the heart of those young people. joe will be riding this friday with what they call soldier ride. that is a one day cycling event to help wounded warriors. he's participated in many cycling events including the marine corps marathon and army cycler and won the cycling category in both of those. after this, the news will pick up the broadcast of bin laden with a special hour broadcast. then join me at 9:30 for more local impact of the killing of

osama bin laden. >> as we have reported, islamic custom calls for burial as soon as possible. it also requires the body to be turned over to the family. bin laden's family is in saudi arabia and the saudis wanted nothing to do with his body which is one reason why he was buried at sea. ahead, a man who lost his wife on 9/11 reflects on bin laden's death. plus painful memories from tornado ravaged alabama. 9 traffic now is brought to you by geico.

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on the assault team, this was a surprise attack, a team of navy seals swooped in by chopper. one aircraft was too damaged to fly back out. it was not hit by enemy fire but it suffered some sort of mechanical failure. bin laden's compound was built like a fortress, 12 to 18-foot walls with resistance on each level. it's located on the outskirts of a city where three pakistani army register comments and -- regiments and thousands of soldiers are based. white house says he used one of his wives as a human shield before he was shot in the head and the white house says it is also inconceivable that bin laden could have hidden there without some support from within pakistan. the pakistani government has released a statement saying they too are victims of al- qaeda with almost 30,000 civilians killed in terror attacks. the statement goes on to read in part quote "osama bin laden's death illustrates the resolve of the international community including pakistan to fight and eliminate terrorism.

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hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. late last night president obama delivered the news that families who lost loved ones on september 11th have waited nearly 10 years to hear osama bin laden had been captured and killed. and for one man who lost his wife during the attack on the pentagon, the announcement brought reflection and a sense of long overdue relief. >> at times it looked like we would never see this day. >> steven push is relieved to know that the taunts of a murderer are no more, but he says that osama bin laden's death does not bring him closure. >> it's a bittersweet moment for me because, you know, nothing is going to bring back my wife, lisa, who died in 9/11

attacks. >> reporter: on september 11th, 2001, reesa rains was making -- lisa rains was making a grueling one day trip to california when her flight cashed into the pentagon. >> i don't know if you ever completely get over that, the loss is always there to a certain extent. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: steve's life has moved forward since that tragic day. i first met him back in 2003 shortly after he said i do for the second time. >> you healed me with your kind words and taught me how to love again. >> reporter: deborah lost her fiance that same year, while the couple started their lives together, steven remained haunted by the fact that al- qaeda's top leader was still out there plotting to do more harm to america. today he feels some comfort. >> this is one very symbolic and important victory but it's just one victory in a war that will continue for some time. >> reporter: steve and deborah keep the memory of their loved ones alive in a memorial garden. as we get closer to the 10-year

anniversary of the day that changed america forever, steve is thankful that this year will be different. >> this is an excellent gift for the 10th anniversary to have osama bin laden brought to justice and the lives of our loved ones avenged. >> steven tells me he wishes that al-qaeda's number 2 al sa wary had been -- al softwarey zawari had been taken down too. stay tuned for an hour long special with the news with katie couric. 9 news now will continue at 7:30 with more on the local impact of the killing of osama bin laden. 339 people are confirmed dead from those twisters that took hold of the southern states last week. 250 of those victims were in alabama alone. hoards of volunteers poured into the state to help the people left behind and not just organized relief efforts like

the red cross, every day people are pooling their resources to alleviate the pain there. sunday was a day of prayer and of mourning in alabama. victims there were remembered including lauren brown who was on the phone with her mother when the tornado struck. >> and i said it's okay, baby, it's okay, get the pillow over your head and she said mama i'm scared and the phone cut out and i knew at that moment that she was gone. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano and other federal officials will down south yesterday surveying the damage assessing the needs. nearly half a million of people in alabama still do not have electricity. we see these pictures and you want to say unbelievable, but it's believable. i mean, you look at that, look at the damage. >> record setting. these are preliminary numbers but they think just last week with 312 tornados and in one day 226 tornados. >> you have to go back decades to find that number. >> back to the depression or back to 1974 too and we average 110 for the entire month of

april, so that was indeed record setting. for us we are in pretty good shape. we have a few clouds off to the west but no showers, showers are well to the west of us. get in here tomorrow but right now they are in ohio, kentucky, indiana and tennessee, we have a few clouds that will roll through tonight. we will stay dry, maybe a sprinkle out toward garrett county, that's it and very nice for baseball too. nats are hosting the giants, 76 downtown right now, 79 at manassas, 75 in gatingberg -- gaithersburg and 82 in 40s districts -- in fredericksburg. milder tonight, warmer tomorrow, thunderstorms late tuesday and then much cooler wednesday. we are probably going to lose 20 degrees between tuesday and wednesday. so get ready for that. here's our futurecast. late tonight, maybe a sprinkle out toward leesburg and wind chester but i think -- winchester but you think if you -- i think if you want to walk the dog, fine. by morning, good shape. sunglasses, a few clouds to the north but no precipitation in the immediate metro area so a

dry morning commute and then by late morning, early afternoon, nice, you want to walk to lunch, you can do that. look off to the north and west in the afternoon, some of the showers and thunderstorms try to develop into kind of a line and i think there is a pretty good chance of some pretty big thunderstorms from hagerstown west ward out toward cumberland and oakland into the mountains eessential west of i81. if you get home early enough tomorrow you'll make it home dry before the showers and thunderstorms roll in and then after midnight it turns into a rain event, a kind of a chilly rain event as winds turn northwesterly and expect a wet commute on wednesday morning. no doubt about that. but nothing severe wednesday morning. for tonight, partly cloudy, breezy and mild, 56 to about 64 and winds increase southwesterly at 10 to 15. lows tonight very comfortable really, 63 in arlington, 63 in springfield, some 50s but not bad, 57 in rockville and college park and in bowie, probably low 60s in waldorf and upper 60s in fairfax and reston

maybe 57 sterling and maybe 56 in leesburg. pretty nice. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, breezy and mild. grab your shades, 50s and 60s, winds southwest 10 to 15 but the temps go up quickly, by afternoon, partly cloudy, breezy and warmer, thunderstorms possible, high temperatures in the low 80s, winds south-southwest at 10 to 15. breakdown tomorrow, mid-50s to mid-60s to start, 70s by lunchtime, upper 70s and low 80s by evening, there will be a few thunderstorms primarily west of town by 5:00. next seven days, better chance for thunderstorms in the immediate metro area tomorrow night and then it turns into a rain event through wednesday morning. only 62 on wednesday, we kind of stay cool for a while, thursday we are in the mid-60s, friday maybe a shower, upper 60s and then over the weekend not a big event but some showers possible late saturday, early on mother's day. should clear out on mother's day afternoon and then we are back in the upper 70s next monday. >> all right. thank you. brett is live at nationals park and it is fitting that today is military appreciation

day there. >> reporter: very fitting, lesli. a lot of washingtonians learned about the bin laden news last night at the caps game and they will honor those who fought the war on terror right here at national park tonight. military appreciation night, we will get you ready for it and the man who will try to replace jim layer anythinga -- larinegga. that's next. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover.

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brett haber, the best sports in town. >> reporter: welcome to nationals park, everybody. military appreciation night here at the ballpark which could not be more perfectly timed given the events in pakistan last night and as d.c. sports fans gather here to honor the armed services, tonight a lot of them learned the news about bin laden last night at the capitals playoff game, that includes a number of the capitals players, the team was understandably down after losing in overtime to the lightning but as they got to their locker room and then to their cars, the news started to filter out and they confessed to me today at practice that their mood changed a little based on that. >> escalated really quickly of that really just happened to when i got home it was on every channel and people were jumping on the white house and stuff like that, so seems to be pretty exciting news around there. >> it's world news, obviously and probably a little more important than what we are involved in. >> reporter: the capitals did skate this morning and then took off for tampa, game 3 down there tomorrow, big focus on

improving the power play, 0-11 so far in the series. i will have live coverage from florida beginning tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. all jim larranaga did for george mesa university was take them to five ncaa tournaments a a final four and turned them into a -- from a no named into a national power. you replace him with this guy, paul hewitt introduced today as the new george mason coach, the former georgia tech head man, spent 11 seasons with the control le jackets -- yellow jackets led them to the title game in '04. he followed bobby clemens and -- cremins there and follows another one here. >> a school where everybody is on the same page in what we have to do to be successful from the president down to the players, that's an exciting opportunity. >> reporter: in case you missed it, the redskins who started out with six picks in this weekend's nfl draft wound up with 12 after pulling off a handful of trades, espn's mel

kuiper today gave the skins a c plus on their draft class pointing out they addressed most of their needs except the biggest one, quarterback. if you live anywhere near bethesda you have six weeks until the corner of river road and bradley boulevard turns into grand central station. that's because the u.s. open coming back to congressional country club. they held their big media today unveiling the grueling new 7500- yard track even tougher than it played when ernie els won there in 1997. graham mcdowell was on hand today thinking about a little repeat. >> prepare myself as well as i can and come and try and follow this golf course behind us, you know, it's going to be a tough task, you know, i feel like -- got a great chance to win and i'll be one of the guys trying to win this thing back. >> reporter: so golf starts june 13th here tonight it's the nats and giants military appreciation night. feel free to come out and show yours. lesli, back to you. >> thank you much. and it's going to be a quiet night tonight.

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