>> reporter: the video released by the pentagon to the world today was a personal release for charles wolf. >> i don't want to be dwelling on this for much longer. the death of osama bin laden has lifted almost like a-- almost like a black shadow off of me. >> catherine susan wolf. >> reporter: a shadow cast when his wife, catherine, was killed in the world trade center. looking at the pictures today, wolf saw a man plotting, scheming. >> kind of reminds me of one of the villains in a james bond movie who's isolated and has all these tv screens around him, but he's ultimately in control and everybody fears him. >> this is the real story, isn't it? >> reporter: that same video seen through a very different lens. security expert bob straining trained with the department of justice d.e.a. and f.b.i. most of us wouldn't glean that much from a video like this. you'd see a lot more? >> what we're looking for is the kind of things al qaeda is doing to communicate, the kind of things they're doing to raise money. you know, how did they live their life? we never had a view of this. this is a tremen

charles wolf's wife died in the world trade center. >> we beat them at their own game. we didn't give up. >> reporter: is search for bin laden began under former president george w. bush, who said in a written statement, no matter hong it takes, justice will be done. aresident warns, there is no doubt al qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against the u.s. overnight, the state department issued a worldwide travel alert. police departments all around the country are stepping up security. but officials tell abc news, as of right now, there are no specific threats against specific tar gets. rob and peggy? >> thank you so much, emily schmidt, this morning. as you saw in emily's piece, family members of 9/11 victims are speaking out. >> we got reaction from the sister of the pilot of the plane that was flown into the pentagon. take a listen. >> i'm elated. i'm elated that this man, this evil, evil, bad man, who has so much blood on his hands is now dead. i hope very much that we get to see pictures of his lifeless body. because i think it's going to be very important for t

it would have been there for years and years and years to come. >> charles wolf, we offer our sympathy loss, continue tragedy of 9/11. thank you very much for joining us today. we'll be back with what's happening in the next 24. >>> breaking news, president obama having decided not to release pictures of osama bin laden. msnbc contributor chris cillizza joins us now. his first going to ground zero tomorrow, first visit to ground zero. obviously this is going to be very much in people's minds. >> incredibly powerful symbolically. we've talked about this before. to the extent there's a symbolic book ending of what happened september 11, 2001, this may be it, president obama, going, spending several hours at site of ground zero, meeting with families of victims. he invited former president george w. bush, on whose watch, september 11th, happened to join him. bush declined. but this is going to be clearly a moment, and i think -- i think we can all hope a cathartic moment in a way. obviously you can't replace people who have been lost, but a cathartic moment for those who lost people septe

charles wolf's wife died in the world trade center. >> we beat them at their own game. we didn't give up. >> reporter: the search for bin laden began under former president george w. bush who says in a written statement no matter how long it takes justice will be done. president obama warns however there is no doubt al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against the u.s. overnight, state department issued a worldwide travel alert and police departments all across the country say they are stepping up security. but officials tell abc news as of right now, they are hearing of no specific threats against any specific targets. reporting live in washington, emily schmidt, abc news, now back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. reaction pouring in this morning all over the world. maryland congressman elijah cummings said america is a strong, proud nation that will never allow our precious freedoms to fall under attack without mounting a great and mighty defense. the death of the osama bin laden shows the righteous might of our citizens and our military in response to the at

charles wolf's wife died in the world trade center. >> we beat them at their own game. we didn't give up. >> reporter: the search for bin laden began under former president george w. bush who says in a written statement no matter how long it takes, justice will be done. president obama warns however there is no doubt al-qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against the u.s. overnight the state department issued a worldwide travel alert. police departments across the country say they are stepping upsecurity. but official tell abc news as of right now they are hearing about no specific threats against any specific targets. live in washington, emily schmidt, abc news, now back to you. >> emily thank you. many of us begin the day with a sense of relief and renewed patriotism following the announcement that u.s. forces have taken out osama bin latten. linda so is -- bin laden. linda so is live where many will make their way through to the nation's capital at penn station. >> reporter: they will be heading in soon. we have been speaking to some people who have been getting of

charles wolf's wife died in the world trade center. >> we beat them at their own game. we didn't give up. >> reporter: president obama warns there is no doubt al- qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against the u.s. >> i think clearly, the death of osama bin laden will allow people to justify attacking us even if they weren't prepared to attack us. >> reporter: overnight, the u.s. state department issued a travel alert and police departments across the country say they too are stepping up security. the same time officials tell abc news right now they are not hearing of specific threats against any specific targets. reporting hive in washington, emily schmidt, abc news. now back to you. >> thanks. and as we remember where we were and what we were doing on the anniversary of september 11th we do that every year. and now memories pop up again as we hear the news of the capture and death of osama bin laden. in the mid of relief and celebration most of us can't help but think back to that day. linda so is live this morning at penn station where she has been talking all mor

charles wolf, wife of 13 years, was among some 3,000 people who died there on 9/11. >> i'm very happy because there's one man, there's one piece of evil energy, tremendously evil energy that is off of this planet. it is out of this physical realm. god will throw his soul into hell into the depths of hell. >> woodruff: maureen lost her only son christopher a 23-year-old firefighter. >> i'd like to think that all the people that were murdered out of hatred on september 11 are celebrating tonight. they're just celebrating that good outweighed evil and evil was given a very swift blow. >> woodruff: elsewhere fans in philadelphia erupted into cheers during last night's mets/phillies' baseball game as they read t news on cell phones. small celebrations also broke out on a number of college campuses across the country. and today people were still coming to terms with the fact of bin laden's death. from washington d.c. to san francisco. >> to the men and women across the united states and in our military, it is a joyous occasion. it is a significant event for all of us in this country. >> a s

charles wolf's wife kathryn was killed on 9/11. for the last 9 1/2 years it was better for him not to focus on bin laden. >> they may have gotten my wife but they're not getting the rest my life and to have sit there and thought about it, would be giving up and that is the way you fall into the hands of the terrorists. >> reporter: in addition to meeting with 9/11 families, the president will meet with police officers and firefighters from this midtown firehouse which lost so many members on september 11th. paul is one of the first responders who will be there to say thank you. >> president obama kept that pledge alive to all first responders, all new yorkers, all americans not to stop until bin laden was captured or killed. >> reporter: the president's visit comes as the construction of the 9/11 memorial is intensifying in time for its opening on the ten-year anniversary this fall. there is some dissent among some families of where to locate unidentified remains and some parents say every visit to ground zero is excruciating. >> t