. >> reporter: the youngest and his favorite stayed with him, amal ahmed.sport was found in the compound this week. she had been given to bin laden as a gift when she was only a teenager. >> she was a very young woman by the account of the bodyguard who brought her to meet bin laden from the tribal family that had presented her for marriage. >> reporter: amal and bin laden and their young children lived on the second and third floors of the hideout. bin laden apparently felt safe enough here to keep his family with him, living in relative luxury. >> i think it was always mistaken to believe he was in a cave and nobody on the inside ever thought that. >> reporter: on sunday, when the navy s.e.a.l.s moved in, amal was in the bedroom with bin laden where she reacted with apparent fury. >> in the room with bin laden was bin laden's wife. she rushed one of the u.s. assaulters and was shot in the leg, but not killed. a woman on the first floor was killed in the cross fire. >> and bin laden's wife was unarmed, as well? >> that is my understanding. >> reporter: peo

amal was known to be devoted to bin laden and was in the room when her husband died. and amal has reportedly told investigators that bin laden and his family had been living in the abbottabad compound for the past five years. a. >> and that was anne curry reports. al qaeda also says it will soon release a voice message from bin laden which it claims was made a week before his death. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay," tsunami and earthquake survivors in japan, fortunate enough to get out are now hoping to return home. the question is what will they find when they return? the long journey home just >>xo6m >>> "today in the bay's" sheryl herd as the story of courage and hope. >> i came here to raise money. >> reporter: and in two months, she raised $7,000 to send to the tsunami victims in japan. >> in japan, people are still look for the missing bodies. >> reporter: we met her at the airport two days after the disaster hit. she brought her two daughters with her from tokyo because she was worried about their safety. >> we need help still. >> reporter: her husband

amal, the youngest, along with khairiah and siham. they have all been with bin laden since before 2001. >> what i want to know from osama bin laden's wives is what sort of individuals he met with. what information he may have been involved in in terms of terrorist attacks overseas. >> reporter: bin laden's youngest wife was given to him as a teenager from her tribe in yemen. a marriage arranged by this cleric, sheikh rashad, who told abc news the bride never complained about bin laden. "amal has never made him upset," the cleric told us, "with reprisal or guilt for not offering her a better lifestyle." bin laden required his wives to strictly follow the koran. put aside jealousy. and provide sex when called. >> fulfilling the desires of the, you know, the male leader, or the husband, in the family, is a very important duty for women. >> reporter: pakistani authorities said today that while one bin laden son was killed in last week's raid, a second one is supposedly missing. authorities say it may be hamza bin laden, seen in this video

his wife was the youngest of his wives. 29-year-old amal ahmed abdul fatah.horities as the woman pictured in this yemeni passport that a pakistani tv station said was found in the compound after the raid. amal ahmed was in the bedroom with bin laden when the navy s.e.a.l.s closed in. >> bin laden's wife rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed. >> reporter: bin laden married amal ahmed at the age of 15. she was a gift to him from a yemeni family. >> she was a very young woman by the account of the bodyguard who brought her to meet bin laden from the tribal family that had presented her to bin laden for marriage. >> reporter: over the years, bin laden had at least 11 children with his wives. >> he married very young. first a cousin from syria, then a couple of very well-educated women from saudi arabia. >> reporter: there are no known photographs of the other wives and his former sister-in-law, carmen bin laden, told diane sawyer that bin laden did not like women to talk to him. >> my brother-in-law was standing at the stairs of the pla

especially to amal, bin laden's last and favorite wife. amal was known to be devoted to bin laden and was in the room when her husband died. amal has reportedly told interrogators that bin laden and his family had been living in the abbottabad compound for the past five years. and "the new york times" is reporting this morning that u.s. officials have demand pakistan identify some of its top intelligence operatives to see if they had any contact with bin laden in recent years. this as some officials in the united states have publicly questioned whether anyone here knew we was hiding and had helped to shield him. alex? >> ann curry in islamabad, thank you. >>> coming up at the half hour, i'll talk with new york democratic congressman elliott engel. we invite all of you to watch "meet the press" tomorrow. among the guests, white house national security adviser, tom donilon and rudy jewgiuliani, michael chertoff and michael hayden. >>> record water levels among the mighty mississippi. they are expected to be broken as the mississippi continue

the cia has asked pakistani officials for access to the wives, especially to amal a amal al assada, his last and favorite wife. she was known to be devoted to bin laden and was in the room when her husband died. and she reportedly told interrogators that bin laden and his family had been living in the abbottabad compound for the past five years. the new york times is also reporting this morning that u.s. officials have demanded that pakistan identify some of its top intelligence operatives to see if they had any contact with bin laden in recent years. this as some officials in the united states have publicly questioned whether anyone here knew where he was hiding and helped to shield him, alex. >> ann, to that end, i've watched your reporting from there, and you're asking really tough questions of intelligence officials there, and exponentially that has to be asked from the united states as well. let's look at just the difficulty of the pr war between these two countries. >> reporter: exactly, alex. you hit the nail on the head. what seems to be happening or shaping up is two very diffe

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after more than ten years of marriage, amal was known to be devoted to him. when u.s. special forces stormed the compound, she lunged forward, seemingly to protect osama. the americans pushed her aside, shot her in the leg. she was in the room when her husband died. she's from yemen, a country osama considered his homeland. she was like him -- simple, pious and not interested in luxuries like his other four wives. it appears she lived his life on the run. >> she joined bin laden and traveled with him during one of the most difficult parts of his life, mostly on the run, traveling across pakistan, afghanistan weather few luxuries. yet she stuck by him. >> reporter: there are reports that amal, now in pakistani custody, has told her interrogators that osama bin laden and family members had been living in the compound for the past five years. she will know details about the life of the world's most wanted man, and u.s. officials will want to speak with her. meantime, pakistan security is reportedly considering making bin laden's wives available to the united states but sa

among the wives, bin laden's youngest, the 29-year-old amal, is said to be his favorite. she's strongly committed to his ideology. she's also still recovering after being shot by navy s.e.a.l.s during last week's raid. and this evening users on top al qaeda websites are threatening "serious consequences" if the pakistani government gives the u.s. access to the widows or if the u.s. tries to bring the women back to the united states. nbc news has also learned that the u.s. has already shared threat information from materials seized in the compound with several other countries. brian? >> all right. peter alexander, our coverage from islamabad tonight. peter, thanks. >>> now to the other front overseas. libya, which is back in the news tonight. the fiercest nato air strikes in several weeks bombarded tripoli today, pounding away at targets in the city of misrata, where the rebels are again claiming they're getting the upper hand in the fighting against gadhafi's forces. speaking of home, we haven't seen gadhafi in a while. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel bringi

he said it was no surprise to him that amal would attempt to shield bin laden. she wanted to be a martyr, because she is a true, muslim woman, the cleric said. u.s. officials were surprised that the two other, much older bin laden wives were in the compound. um khalid, meaning, the mother of khalid, and um hamza, the mother of hamza, are from saudi arabia and described as highly educated, apparently content with sharing a husband. >> women are content with the ideas of osama. to have the opportunity to be within his family would be appealing, even for some of the educated women. >> reporter: there is no timetable as to when the u.s. authorities could talk to the three widows. but u.s. authorities say, the sooner the better. robin and george? >> indeed. all right, brian. thanks so much. >>> going to turn to josh elliott with other stories develop right now. >> good morning. things escalating this morning in libya. nato war planes bombed several targets overnight in the capital of tripoli. the heaviest bombing in weeks. several government buildings were hit in the

so is her 29-year-old mother, ahmed amal, who was shot in the leg, trying to protect bin laden. she was a gift to the al qaeda leader when she was only 15 years old. there is little chance that bin laden would have lived through the assault. one u.s. official saying tonight, "unless he was standing naked with his hands up, they were taking him out." this comfortable city compound, where an official told abc news that bin laden was dying his beard to cover the gray, was a stunning setting for his demise. for years, officials, including the president, have said bin laden was likely in a cave in the wild tribal areas of pakistan. >> between the borders of afghanistan and pakistan. this is the heart of it. this is where bin laden is. >> he is, as is obvious, in very deep hiding. he's in an area of the -- the tribal areas in pakistan. obviously has tremendous security around him. >> reporter: that obviously did not turn out to be true, but clearly, panetta's cia stayed with it, ending this story with stunning success, diane. >> all right, martha. and we'll go now to pakistan. our nic

reporter: we knew that one of osama bin laden's wives was captured in the deadly raid. 29-year-old yemeni amal ahmed abdul fatah. but tonight, abc news has learned a total of three of his wives were taken. all of them had been living together with bin laden inside the compound where he was killed. abdul fatah has told investigators that for the past five years, bin laden confined himself to just two rooms, including the bedroom where he was shot dead sunday, with abdul fatah, who was injured in the raid, at his side. >> two rooms on one of the floor. he never went anywhere. >> reporter: tonight, held under guard in islamabad, the three wives are being interrogated, likely facing a firm but nonviolent questioning. >> we give them a questionnaire, there are 20 questions. she answers, then we change the order of those questions another day. >> reporter: investigators then look for any contradictions in their answers. >> they have a very, very good memory. you find out, normally would tell you for the first day, the correct things. >> reporter: still reeling from being kept in the dark about the r

amal, the youngest, along with khairiah and siham. >> what i really want to know from osama bin laden'sat information he may have been involved in in terms of terrorist attacks overseas. >> reporter: bin laden's youngest wife was given to him as a teenager from her tribe in yemen. a marriage arranged by this cleric, sheikh rashad, who told abc news the bride never complained about bin laden. amal has never made him upset, the cleric told us, with reprisal or guilt for not offering her a better lifestyle. bin laden required his wives to strictly follow the koran, put aside jealousy and provide sex when called. >> fulfilling the desires the male leader or the husband in the family is a very important duty for women. >> reporter: pakistani authorities said that while one bin laden son was killed in last week's raid, a second one is supposedly missing. authorities say it may be hamza, seen in this video at an. al qaeda training camp. pakistani authorities are suggesting the missing son might have escaped but a u.s. official told abc news there is absolutely no evidence that anyone got away

so is her 29-year-old mother ahmed amal, who was shot in the leg trying to protect bin laden. she was a gift to the al qaeda leader when she was only 15 years old. there was little chance that bin laden would have lived through the assault. one u.s. official saying unless he was standing about naked with his hands up, they were taking him out. this comfortable city compound where an official told abc news that bin laden was dying his beard to cort gray was a stunning setting for his demise. for years officials including the president have said bin laden was likely in a cave in the wild tribal areas of pakistan. >> between the borders of afghanistan and pakistan, this is the heart of it. this is where bin laden is. >> he is, as is obvious in very deep hiding. he's in an area of the tribal areas in pakistan. he obviously has tremendous security around him. >> reporter: that obviously did not turn out to be true, but clearly panetta's cia stayed with it, ending this story with stunning success. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> in other news this morning, workers have now

. >> there's not time they can prevent if somebody has amal and tena mile intent. >> i have more chance of being heard at home than a train. >> i feel safe. >> if you have to fear mortality all the time you'll just i hate to say this but i knew him to leave. >> reporter: we are learning pakistan's intelligence officer is describing a split al-qaida in bin laden is final days. officials say bin laden was a cash crunch. coming up continuing copper of the death of osama bin laden latest comments and information. it can always go to our web site for the latest information. >> james: let's get the latest on the forecast, of cool down and look head of mother's day. >> louisa: we don't want to say it. we don't want to put it out there, there is a chance of showers. but then you can stay inside with a long period is doing inside. it is cooler as we head into the afternoon starting off with breezy conditions around the bay, as you head towards the sfo, big cool down this afternoon cool temperatures and to the weekend and even a chance of sprinkles as we head towards weekend. windscreens right no

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reporter: we thu that one of osama bin laden's wives was captured in the raid, 29-year-old yemeni amalf his wives were taken. all of them had been living together with bin laden inside of the compound where he was killed. abdul fatah has told investigators that for the past five years, bin laden confined himself to fitwo rooms. including the bedroom he was shot dead sunday. abdel fatah who was injured. in the raid at his side. >> he was on the floor. he never went anywhere. >> reporter: held under guard in islamabad the three wives are being interrogating. likely facing a former intelligent official tells us, firm but nonviolent questioning. >> we give them a questionnaire. literally 20 questions. she answers and then we changed the order of those questions another day. >> reporter: investigators then look for any contradictions in their answers. >> you have to have a very, very good memory. you find out. nobody will tell you for the first day the correct things. >> reporter: still reeling from being kept in the dark about the raid, pakistani officials warned the u.s. never to do the s

the fifth wife, amal al-sadah, married a year before 9/11.ars old and he was 43 when they got married. this was seen by many as a political alliance between bin laden and the yemeni branch of al qaeda. this is the one that defended osama bin laden in the compound. she was shot in the leg when the s.e.a.l.s went in there. passport was found and she had also -- she is in custody with pakistani authorities and telling them she was in the hideout, in the compound for five years and didn't leave. carol? >> i can't even imagine that. >> do you think he shared -- >> i know. >> it is unlikely the way he felt about women that he would share any important information with him. i have to wonder. pakistani authorities are questioning his fifth wife. what will happen to her. will she be sent back to her country of origin or will they charge her with something? >> it is not clear. i don't know if they will charge her with something because they would need to charge her with a crime. is it a crime to be osama bin laden's wife. he may have told her informati

. >> reporter: bin laden's youngest, favorite wife, 25-year-old amal, the woman who tried to protect her husband from navy s.e.a.l.s is from a religious yemeni family. the other two wives were saudi and well educated. one with a ph.d. in islamic law. one report suggests the children living inside bin laden's compound, at least 15 by most accounts, were home-schooled. >> the children were without a play ground. they were just playing with some rabbits. >> reporter: the children all survived the raid. most of them under the age of 10 were born after 9/11. >> the question is will this younger group of kids from his final wife, will they take up the cause? i think that explains why the u.s. military was concerned about what would happen to them after the raid. >> reporter: on monday, pakistan's prime minister addressed the nation for the first time since the u.s. operation calling allegationses that pakistani authorities were eitherer incompetent or complacent absurd. >> no other country has done is so much to interdict al qaeda than the isi and armed forces. >> reporter: the u.s. confir