alice hoagland's son, mike bingham was 31 years old when he died on flight 93. he was credited with one of the leaders to fight against the terrorists on that plane. alice, i met you ten years ago during a lot of grief. tonight how you feeling. >> i am very relieved, and i am thrilled to learn that president obama has worked so hard and long and persevered. and in a sense, he and president george bush have worked together on this. george w. bush made a promise to us 9/11 family members that he would not stop until osama bin laden was brought to justice. and teaming with his successor, president obama, they have done just that. and it -- i am gratified and very, very grateful. >> alice, this is so significant, your son mark bingham, los gatos high school, went to berkeley, such a big part of this community. >> right. >> en route to jersey on that flight from san francisco. when you got the news tonight, what was your first reaction? how did you react to this? >> well, a friend called me from colorado springs to tell me the news. and i was just flabbergasted. i rus

alice hoagland, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. it's a real pleasure to hear you articulate the issues so well. >> thank you. can i just start by just asking how you felt and what you've been thinking about since you learned that bin laden had been killed? >> well, it started out with a cautious hope. and it turned to real optimism and i was very gratified to hear the bipartisan members of congress cheer and applaud because to tell you the truth i am very glad that osama bin laden is dead and not in the world anymore. i think the world is well rid of him. i am so grateful to our past presidents bill clinton and george w. bush who began this ardent effort to capture osama bin laden. i am thrilled to death that president obama has been able to accomplish that. i am so grateful to him. i am very grateful to leon panetta who had the courage to gather the intelligence and be willing to take a bullet for this operation if it failed. but was fortunately spared that because his navy s.e.a.l.s, those courageous men were able to execute a mi