andrea mitchell, is that going to fly in this republican party?uestion, open question, as to whether jon huntsman can be viable in this party. it's a place where the bush family now goes, having lost mitch daniels as a running horse. he's opened a campaign headquarte headquarters, or he will open a campaign headquarters in orlando. does that raise questions about his authenticity? is he running away from his mormon faith as governor of utah? it seems almost too cute, too obvious to open in florida your campaign headquarters when you can choose any place in the country. >> do democrats think he's formidable? do you worry about him? >> i don't worry a lot about huntsman. we're obviously just watching the republican field play out, the thinning of the field. it'd be great to have don trump back, but -- >> yeah, but -- >> who do you worry about? >> obama! >> right now, the president -- no, we don't, because as we're saying, at least the president has been focused on jobs, and as part of his deficit, he has said his number one priority is to make sure

up next, "andrea mitchell reports." hello, andrea. >> hi, contessa.istan's former president, pervez musharraf. what is his reaction to the u.s. raid? and the fallout now facing pakistan, plus, will they or won't they as the white house decides whether to go public with pictures of bin laden. lawmakers are now weighing in and israel's ambassador to the u.s. joins us on what bin laden's death means for the wave of change in the middle east. "andrea mitchell reports" up next right here on msnbc. now we're hittin' the road with the proglide challenge. [ horn honks ] yo, my friend, come on down here! what do you think about that proglide? yeah, this is great. this thing is fantastic. it feels good on my sensitive skin. i don't feel like i'm shaving. [ male announcer ] fusion proglide is engineered with gillette's thinnest blades ever... it feels like it's doing the work for me. [ male announcer ] ...so it glides for less tug and pull. it was smooth! this was fantastic. i'm having way too much fun with this razor. [ male announcer ] turn shaving into glidin

. >>> i'm andrea mitchell. coming up on "andrea mitchell reports," we're live on capitol hill.s want answers from pakistan. we'll talk to the intelligence chairs from the senator and the house. >>> pakistan's ambassador to the united states, we'll see you in 15 minutes here on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> afghan taliban members have proclaimed they don't believe it. they don't think osama bin laden was killed in that raid in pakistan. but the u.s. says facial recognition software matched bin laden with 95% accuracy. the dna results came back absolutely positive. and bin laden's youngest wife survived the attack and went on to identify his body. lawrence kobilinsky is an expert in forensic science at john j. college in new york. let's talk about the dna. more than one dna sample was used to identify osama bin laden's remains and that there are places where his dna has been available in the past that the united states has been preparing for this kind of eventuality. what does the result, 99.9% accurate tell you about what dna they got? >> well, in typical dna procedures where w

andrea mitchell is in washington. andrea, it's interesting, and again for those just joining us, we are soon going to be going to the east room of the white house for live coverage of the president's address to the nation. journalists were told tonight in the likely event the president requested live air time from the white house foreign address on national security. it has subsequently come out and people will long remember where they were when they heard the news that osama bin laden is dead, has been proven dead, details to come from the president. terrorist groups in the back channels over the year, diminishing the importance of osama bin laden, as they grow as splinters in size. we've heard various u.s. politicians, members of at least two administrations and military commanders say it isn't exactly an obsession. we would like to get him. he's in the back of our minds. yet you and i know that when these people go on background and off the record when you get the out of them, this terrorist defined the last ten ye

correspondent andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom with a look at both of those questions. andrea, good evening. >> good evening, brian. those are the questions. relations with pakistan had already been on the down slide, especially after that prolonged arrest and jailing of a cia contractor recently. but now there is an even worse breach. and frankly, i cannot find a senior official in the u.s. government who is not deeply suspicious about the surprising circumstances of bin laden's location in what was essentially a military enclave, right down the road from pakistan's military academy. intelligence chair dianne feinstein told me that she is going to be asking those very questions starting tomorrow morning at a closed hearing with intelligence officials. essentially, what did pakistan know, when did they know it? and she's asking were they warned off by higher-ups in the government from even checking out the compound? today pakistan amped up its criticism of the raid. after initially saying that bin laden's death illustrates international resolve to eliminate terrorism, no

andrea mitchell is in washington. andrea, it's interesting, and again for those just joining us, we are soon going to be going to the east room of the white house for live coverage of the president's address to the nation. journalists were told tonight in the likely event the president requested live air time from the white house foreign address on national security. it has subsequently come out and people will long remember where they were when they heard the news that osama bin laden is dead, has been proven dead, details to come from the president. terrorist groups in the back channels over the year, diminishing the importance of osama bin laden, as they grow as splinters in size. we've heard various u.s. politicians, members of at least two administrations and military commanders say it isn't exactly an obsession. we would like to get him. he's in the back of our minds. yet you and i know that when these people go on background and off the record when you get the out of them, this terrorist defined the last ten ye

i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. new details now about how they targeted and killed the world's most wanted terrorist. these are just released satellite images from the cia showing bin laden's compound in pakistan. that's where a manhunt that began in the mid1990s, long before 9/11, ended in the suburb of pakistan's capital with president obama watching in real time from the white house situation room.

andrea mitchell is in washington. richard, considering you and i walked right behind you there through the square, the height of the first of the uprising, how is this going over there? >> reporter: people have not been terribly impressed. they didn't think president obama was nearly specific enough. they wanted a concrete plan of action to advance on the israeli/palestinian front. they didn't think they heard anything new, frankly, brian. >> and andrea mitchell in washington, understandable, i'm guessing, you're going to report kind of a different view. >> reporter: the white house view is there's a grim landscape right now for accomplishing anything on the peace front. egypt brokered the deal between the palestinian government and hamas declaring hamas part of the talks, and hamas is an enemy of israel. they won't recognize israel's right to exist. george mitchell, the middle east negotiator has quit. so one argument would be why take the political heat to launch something now that's not going to go anywhere? that s

andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: in this sleepy mill town, bin laden million dollar compound was a mcmansion. with 12 to 18 foot walls topped by barbed wire. the luxury home, eight times the size of nearby houses had no internet access or phone service. the bin ladens even burned their trash. in these cia satellite pictures, neighbors are almost next door. and less than a mile away, pakistan's military academy, pakistan's west point. >> it is a little incredible. my personal view is that they certainly probably were aware of it. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence concluded it could only have been built for bin laden. how could pakistan's army and spies not notice? >> it could be a case of eyes wide shut, decided to keep their eyes opened, but closed as far as americans are concerned. >> the neighborhood certainly noticed the raid. blogged in realtime on twitter. helicopter hovering above is a require event. now i'm the guy who live blogged the osama raid without knowing it. the u.s. has poured almost $20 billion into pakistan without getting a reliable ally. last year, hillary clinto

andrea mitchell with us with more on this one. andrea, good evening. >>> in that republican race, already wide open, the palin factor. aides tell me she's seriously considering a run for president. it's a clearer sign she just might do it. a bus tour starting this weekend with the rolling thunder rally in washington. stopping at iconic places like gettysburg and the liberty bell, all the way to new hampshire. new hampshire? >> i want to make sure that america is put back on the right track, and we only do that by defeating obama in 2012. i have that fire in my belly. >> and there's a biopic, a flattering film debuting in iowa. the first caucus state. a redesigned website for her political committee. click on it and a pop-up asks for a generous donation. a lavish new home in arizona. more convenient than wasilla. high-profile appearances at this week's "dancing with the stars" and the white house correspondents dinner. so is she or isn't she? >> i think that anyone who speculates they know what she's going to do doesn't know her or

nbc's andrea mitchell with us tonight from our d.c. newsroom with more on this story. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. newt gingrich wanted to kick off his presidential campaign with a big splash. now it looks as though the only one getting drenched is the candidate himself. >> are you announcing right now? >> reporter: he announced less than a week ago on twitter and facebook. no chance for gaffes. >> i'm newt gingrich. and i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: but on "meet the press," his first big interview, gingrich sided with liberals, slamming fellow republican paul ryan's plan to cut medicare costs. >> i don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. i don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate. >> reporter: ryan shot back. >> with allies like that who needs the left? >> reporter: and now fellow conservatives are taking numbers to attack gingrich. >> he cuts paul ryan off at the knee

. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell. we begin with new threats from al qaeda, warning of retaliation for the death of osama bin laden. already u.s. intelligence says information found at bin laden's compound show that the terrorist leader was crafting plans to attack the u.s. again. possibly on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. at the same time, we are learning that the cia spent months right down the street from bin laden's compound, keeping an eye on the man they call the pacer. nbc's stephanie gosk has more now from abbottabad. >> reporter: it doesn't look like al qaeda needed those photos of bin laden as proof that he was killed by navy s.e.a.l.s. they confirmed that in a statement today. it's also a rallying cry for muslims around the world to rise up and avenge his death. they say the attacks against the united states will continue. they also specifically call on pakistanis to rise up and avenge bin laden's death. we have seen a number of pakistanis, hundreds of them today, protesting. they are angry. they are saying

i'm andrea mitchell live from capitol hill. the death of osama bin laden may go down as president obama's most significant foreign policy achievement. now the white house and u.s. intelligence agencies are mining a treasure trove of intelligence data seized from the compound. nbc's chuck todd is chief white house correspondent and the co-host of "the daily rundown". bring us up to date. what is the white house saying on their plans, whether or not they're going to go forward with a proof of death, how they're handling all of the intelligence that they have now obtained from the compound? >> reporter: one thing that folks should realize, no decision has been made about whether to do this or not. you heard john brennan, both this morning, this is the president's chief deputy having to do with national terrorism and homeland security, you heard him say both yesterday and today that he finds it interesting that nobody -- they don't feel as if they have to prove anything because nobody in the terrorist community, folks in al qaeda a

andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> up next here tonight, the question a lot of people are asking. what happens to al qaeda now that its founder is gone? >>> and later tonight, we're going to go back where we saw you on friday night. we're going to revisit the struggle in the american south after those twisters. >>> as promised here, we're back with more on the death of osama bin laden. he was, of course, the founder of al qaeda as we know it, but his influence of late is open to some question, and now the question becomes what becomes of al qaeda with bin laden dead? our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has been covering, of course, this war on terrorism around the globe for a long time, many years, and has some perspective on all of this tonight. he's in libya tonight, of course. and richard, this was never an organization with a flow chart or letterhead. it's part of what we all had to get used to in the new world. >> reporter: absolutely. but they did have a second in command. and osama b

nbc news correspondent andrea mitchell reports. >> reporter: in this sleepy military town only 30 miles from islamabad, bin laden's compound was a mcmansion with 18 foot walls topped by barbed wire dwarfing the neighbors, many of them retired military. there are other red flags. the luxury home, eight times the size of nearby houses, had no internet access or phone service. the bin ladens even burned their trash. in these cia satellite pictures, neighbors are almost next door. and less than a mile away, pakistan's military academy, the equivalent of our west point. >> it is a little incredible, and my personal view is that they certainly probably were aware of it. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence concluded it could only have been built for bin laden. so how could pakistan's army not notice? >> could be a case of eyes wide shut, which they were aware of it and decided to keep their eyes open but closed as far as americans are concerned. >> reporter: the neighborhood certainly noticed the raid, blogged in realtime on twitter by@really virtual. helicopter hovering above abbottabad at 1:00 a.

our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell in our washington bureau has been working this aspect of the story all day. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. in the end, osama bin laden wasn't underground in a remote mountain cave after all. he was living in luxury in a suburb of pakistan's capital, on land controlled by the military, hiding in plain sight. in this sleepy military town, only 35 miles from islamabad, bin laden's million dollar compound was a mcmansion with 12-foot to 18-foot walls topped by barbed wire, dwarfing the neighbors, many of them retired military. there were other red flags. the luxury home eight times the others around it had no phone or internet access. the bin ladens even burned their trash. in these pictures, the neighbors are almost next door, and less than a mile away, pakistan's military academy, the equivalent of our quest point. >> it is a little incredible. my personal view is they certainly probably were aware of it. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence concluded it could have only been built for bin laden, so how could pakistan's army and

i have the greatest respect for america and for the office of the presidency. >> by the way, andrea mitchell's full interview with netanyahu of israel will air tomorrow on her msnbc show "the mitchell report." >>> in other news domestically chrysler announced today it has paid back the bailout loans from both the u.s. and canadian governments. we're talking about $7.6 billion in all, but this is a little bit misleading. the government loans were paid back by borrowing money from banks and selling bonds. italy's fiat has taken a much bigger stake of chrysler these days and now owns 46% of chrysler. >>> on wall street back home in new york today the dow was down 25 points in today's trading. another break and when we come back tonight from joplin, missouri, we'll show you what happened to the president and first lady overseas today. >>> because we are tracking a lot tonight and because the weather to our west is so important to this vulnerable and exposed area in and around joplin, missouri, we are going to go to weather channel meteorologist mike bettes. you will recall he was the first one to

andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> up next here tonight, the question a lot of people are asking. what happens to al qaeda now that its founder is gone? >>> and later tonight, we're going to go back where we saw you on friday night. we're going to revisit the struggle in the american south after those twisters. sounds like somebody paid too much. excuse me? i use progressive's "name your price" tool. they showed me a range of coverages, and i picked the one that worked for me. i saved hundreds when switching. hundreds? who are you? just a man that loves savings... and pie. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. i'm friend, secret-keeper and playmate. do you think i'd let osteoporosis slow me down? so i asked my doctor about reclast because i heard it's the only once-a-year iv osteoporosis treatment. he told me all about it and i said that's the one for nana. he said reclast can help restrengthen my bones to help make them resistant to fracture for twelve months. and reclast is approved

our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell in our washington bureau has been working thisect of the story. >> in the end, osama bin laden wasn't underground in a remote mountain cave after all. he was living in luxury in a suburb of pakistan's capital, on land controlled by the military, hiding in plain sight. in this sleepy military town, only 35 miles from islamabad, his military compound was a mansion with 10 to 18-foot walls topped with wire. there were other red flags. the luxury home eight times the others around it had no phone or internet access. in these pictures, neighbors are almost next door in the military academy, the equivalent of our west point. >> it is a little incredible. my personal view is they certainly probably were aware of it. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence contend it could have only been built for osama bin laden. so how could army and spies not have known? >> it could have been a case of eyes wide shut where they kept their eyes wide opened bup closed as far as americans were concerned. >> there are a lot of questions asked about the role of the

good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. first to the white house where the president is now said to be leaning against increasing -- releasing pictures of bin laden's body as we learn more about what happened in the commando raid. nbc's chuck todd, chief white house correspondent, joins me now. co-host of "the daily rundown." what is the latest today, leaning against, leaning for and what are they saying about the picture release? >> reporter: look, the white house is still -- one thing we do know is that some definitive decision is going to come today. the last thing they want is this dragout and have this should they or shouldn't they? we know everybody on capitol hill is weighing in on this at this point and so there is a belief that they need to have a sort of -- some cloture on this decision. we know that secretary clinton, secretary gates, defense and state department both seem to be arguing against a release, really it is leon panetta at the cia who has been the most outspoken in the national security team of being i

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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. new details now about how they targeted and killed the world's most wanted terrorist. these are just released satellite images from the cia showing bin laden's compound in pakistan. that's where a manhunt that began in the mid1990s, long before 9/11, ended in the suburb of pakistan's capital with president obama watching in real time from the white house situation room. chuck todd and richard engel are here. chuck, extraordinary tee tails, the fact this was under way, the secret was kept. and what we now is how they pursued this trail. >> reporter: well, i mean, we could -- there is -- it started seven years ago in, as far as this particular mission, though, the first tip started eight months ago, last august. and from there, and that's when they felt as if they identified this compound, identified this courier to bin laden that they believed that they were finally on the trail to where bin laden was. and then it really ramped up in the last six weeks. the president himself heading up

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i'm joined here by andrea mitchell. what a weekend. it begins with the president saying now more than ever, there's got to be a peace deal. it ends by all sides being pretty far apart. >> reporter: very far apart. it was really tough. i was told even some israeli officials were uncomfortable with what they acknowledged was a lecturing tone by the prime minister, but he felt he had to say this to the world, to president obama pfsz face, and on top of that, they had had a call. he called hillary clinton yesterday before the speech, hours before the speech when they heard the president was going to use this language, and i was told, he didn't shout at her, he didn't scold her, but it was really tough. they did meet for two hours one-on-one, so they got to the bottom of their disagreements, but it's tough going on from there. >> not a peace agreement that's about to start. >> no, not until as fact, as chuck pointed out, the palestinians deal with hamas. the next stage will be the president's speech to the israeli lobby on monday. >>> and t

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. >> sarah shourd appeared on the msnbc show andrea mitchell reports saying she fears her fiance, shaneour, and josh have gone on a hunger strike out of desperation. >>> oakland police are doing a little spring cleaning this morning. so far, opd arrested three dozen people. the two-day operation also targets gang activity. homicides are up 13% this year, shootings up 29% from last year. on a positive note, though, general crime in oakland is down 13%. police anticipate the sting will also get a large amount of drugs and guns off the streets as well. >>> san jose state will honor the memory of two students who were gunned down in a campus parking lot by giving them posthumous degrees in accounting. the two were less than three weeks from graduation when they were shot and killed this week. police say the woman's husband shot them then turned the gun on himself. he was separating from her husband reportedly because he was abusive toward her. >>> mayor check reid declares a state of fiscal emergency. the city has a $115 million deficit and mayor reid says the city can no longer afford the

. >> that was former pakistani president musharraf telling andrea mitchell he's surprised that he wasred in the town of abbottabad. in december of 2003 pakistani intelligence suspected al qaeda's number three was hiding in a safe house in abbottabad. he wasn't found, but the location became, quote, a sharp focus of intelligence agencies in pakistan. in 2004, authorities arrested an egyptian al qaeda operative who was yew using abbottabad, and where did they arrest him? i think you've got it by now. abbottabad. it seems a little hard that it would be surprising. pakistan claims they are working diligently to root out these terrorists hiding in their country. now, look, there's two ways to prove that going forward. one, hand over the other terrorists that are surely there. just do one sweep of abbottabad and you'll probably get a dozen or show. secondly, fire almost everyone at the top levels of your intelligence. they're either complicit or the worst intelligence agency in the history of the world. all right. joining me live now is representative gary ackerman, a member of the house fo

. >> andrea mitchell, it's worth also reminding our viewers, the president gets a presidential dailys been a question about the extent to which osama bin laden has been able to direct what al qaeda was capable of as a centralized terrorist organization or a splinter organization that operates anywhere almost anytime after it effectively got shut down in afghanistan and forced across the border, where most of al qaeda operatives are believed to be, which is in that rugged land between afghanistan and pakistan. >> and, in fact, even if he is not directing operations, and if he's not operational. he's inspirational. as general mccaffrey points out, the fact that he has been killed by american forces is such a major shot in the arm and such an important factor right now, especially considering the military reputation, the importance of what is going on in the middle east, and the frustrations, frankly, for our military in many parts of the world, setbacks in afghanistan, problems now in iraq. this would be a huge defeat, psychological and operational. most of the threats in the matrix, a

coming up next, chris jansing and company and don't miss andrea mitchell reports. >> here's a look atd forecast. saturday not bad. showers in minneapolis, chicago. maybe even up in northern new england. it won't ruin your day. much of the southern half of the country is going to be great right through mother's day. mother's day is looking nice in many locations. d.c. to baltimore to new york. just cloudy skies with a chance of showers in the great lakes. that's going to go right in your glove. ohhh. oh. see that? great job. ok, now let's get ready for the ball... here it comes... here you go. good catch. perfect! alright now for the best part. let's see your pour. ohhh...let's get those in the bowl. these are way too good to waste, right? oh, yea. let's go for it... around the bowl and... [ male announcer ] share what you love... with who you love. mmmmm. kellogg's frosted flakes... they're g-r-r-reat! good catch dad. [ laughs ] >>> al qaeda responds to the death of osama bin laden as new details are emerging about potential al qaeda plots right here in the united states. >>> a powerf

>> all right, andrea mitchell, thank you very much.fense of the united states twice from 1975 to 1977 and then again from 2001 until 2006. secretary rumsfeld, good to see you. good morning. >> thank you very much. >> thifirst of all, how did you receive the news? >> well, my staff called and i turned on the television and was able to see the good news and was impressed by the spontaneous demonstrations we have seen across the united states. there is clearly an understanding that this is an important event. >> let me ask you about where he was found. he was found not in a cave along the border between pakistan and afghanistan. he was found in a rather up scale neighborhood in a town about 35 miles from islamabad. does that surprise you? >> obviously the conventional thinking was that he was in the federally administered tribal areas in pakistan, not in the urban areas near the capitol. this is a man who called the united states a paper tiger and assumed that the united states would do nothing, that we would continue to not really react.

. >> on that msnbc show, andrea mitchell reports, shourd says she fears her fiance shane bauer and theirriend josh fattal have gone on hunger strikes out of sheer desperation. >>>acquaintance, abandoned by police. >> told to call the insurance company. >> you got the run around. >> i got the run around. >> a local woman sexually assaulted overseas while her study abroad program left her with nowhere to turn, she says. more local news in a half an hour and more of the "today" show continuing in a few minutes. >>> back on this saturday morning, the 14th day of may, 2011. we hear it might be a bit soggy here in new york city a bit later on today. we want to thank everyone who's decided to come to the plaza and say hi. there's family and friends back at home. inside studio 1-a i'm amy robach with lester holt. it's a show that went out with a bang. "the real housewives of new jersey". >> the bravo show gets underway. danielle is gone replaced by two new members of the family. you can see everyone is getting along swimmingly. copping up, meet them all and find out what kind of drama we can exp

nbc's andrea mitchell is in washington with the very latest. good morning to you, andrea. >> reporter: good morning. sarah palin has jolted the republican race with her strongest signal yet that she might be getting in. it has the look of an old-fashioned presidential campaign -- a bus tour starting this weekend with rolling thunder. stopping at historic places like getsberg and the liberty bell all the way to new hampshire. on her website, sarah palin calls it her one nation tour. >> i want to make sure that america is put back on the right track. we only do that by defeating obama in 2012. i have that fire in my belly. >> reporter: sarah palin is rehiring staff, buying an expensive arizona home, has a flattering biopic premiering, that is in iowa. showed up at "dancing with the stars," and with others deciding not to run, there is room for another social conservative. sarah palin could thwart michelle bachmann's possible run and hurt candidates with less star power like tim pawlenty. >> as to what else may run or may not run, that is up to the

andrea mitchell joins us with the latest. >> good morning, ann. newt gingrich's presidential campaign is only a week old but he's already battling fellow kentuckys and refusinging to explain credit card charges that could fight his current image. it's the iconic little blue box, the signature of luxury, tiffany's. holly golightly made it a cultural icon in capote's classic. hardly what gingrich expected to be asked about when he announced his candidacy. >> i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: there are hundreds of thousands of dollars of unpaid debt during 2005 and 2006 listed as her spouse's to tiffany. on fox he called it trivial >> i'm not commenting on stuff like that. i am perfectly happy to talk about what we need to do for america and what we need to do to help americans. i don't want to play the gotcha games. >> this comes after a rocky rollout with former aim lie, conservatives. in meet the press, he slammed former republican paul ryan's plan to slash medicare. >> i don't think right wing social eng