. >> al-qaeda released a statement reaffirming their support for ayman al-zawahri. statement did not official name him as the circumstance. it also made threats against americans but did not list specific attacks against the u.s. they are granting the u.s. access to bin laden's three wives captured. it's been a key white house request. u.s. officials are hoping the women will provide critical information on his life in hiding. tensions between the u.s. and pakistan remain high. u.s. officials continue to suggest there must have been about a bin laden support network in pakistan but is careful not to anger the country even more. >> i think it could easily fall into a position of most dangerous nation in the entire world. >> and today we're learning more about the operation that took out bin laden according to the "new york times," president obama insisted the assault force be large enough to fight its way out of pakistan. that resulted in the decision to send more two helicopters as backups. one was sent in after one of blackhawks was damaged. in addition the u.s. ha

an egyptian born doctor is expected to succeed him, ayman al-zawahri is believed to have played a major role in the 9/11 attacks and considered the brain of al-qaeda network. >> a person knowingly had the operation on twitter. as the operation unfolded he blog had what he was hearing as bombs exploded tweeting. i think the helicopter crashed in abbottabad and the news conference is connected. after eight hours and hundreds of media requests, one of it's latest tweets, bin laden is dead. i didn't kill him. now let me sleep. >> a special will be on tonight and 6:30 to 7:00 and "nightline" will have an hour long special tonight. we published the president's full name and reaction around the world at abc7news.com. >>> still ahead, caught on video santa cruz officials are hoping this will help them can catch an arsonist who targeted a medical marijuana club. >> and oprah, one on one with president obama and first lady michelle. what they say is one of best moments shared as a family. ♪ [ male announcer ] our tv service than comcast can give, now's a great time to switch to at&t u-verse

an egyptian born doctor is expected to succeed him, ayman al-zawahri is believed to have played a major role in the 9/11 attacks and considered the brain of al-qaeda network. >> a person knowingly had the operation on twitter. as the operation unfolded he blog had what he was hearing as bombs exploded tweeting. i think the helicopter crashed in abbottabad and the news conference is connected. after eight hours and hundreds of media requests one of it's latest tweets bin laden is dead. i didn't kill him. now let me sleep. >> a special will be on tonight and 6:30 to 7:00 and "nightline" will have an hour long special tonight. we published the president's full name and reaction around the world at abc7news.com. >>> still ahead caught on video santa cruz officials are hoping this will help them can catch an arsonist who targeted a medical marijuana club. >> and oprah one on one with president obama and first lady michelle. what they say is one of best moments shared as a family. top priority - and that means getting rid of odor-causing bacteria and plaque. try improved polident. its microcl

people went and died not for ayman al zawahri or khalid sheikh mohammed but for osama bin laden. >> hetill has great appeal as an inspiration. his challenge beyond staying alive is to remake an organization made up of scattered factions. ravaged by death. michael holmes, cnn, atlanta. >>> record floods are swallowing parts of the u.s. southeast right now forcing evacuations and interstate shutdowns and people are bracing for more. that's coming up next. it's true. you never forget your first subaru. then...over time... become dull... and lose their luster because washing in the bargain brand can leave dirt from the wash on your clothes causing your whites to get dingy. new improved tide plus bleach helps to remove the dirt in one wash to bring your whites back to bright. turning white-ish to...wow. tide plus bleach. style is an option. clean is not. also try tide stain release, the in-wash booster from tide. >>> a look at our top stories right now. the water is rising by the minute and so, too, is concern for residents live ag lon the mississippi river. thousands across six states have

presumably, it would be ayman al-zawahri. interestingly, they did not say that. that suggests to me that there are still internal divisions within the senior leadership. ayman al-zawahri is not well- liked, is not charismatic, and has an alienated some of the other leaders. second, they may not have had a chance to get together to communicate. part of the challenge is getting the remaining leadership together and communicate to make a decision. they may be having a hard time doing just that. al qaeda will be worried about its survival, a succession in the first instance. what we have to worry about our reprisals from those who are already in the field, perhaps ongoing plots. of secondly, lone wolves. people that are angry, take matters into their own hands. homeland host: our next call comes from vienna, va., just outside of washington, d.c. thank you for reading. caller: i served 30 years in the military and in vietnam. i do follow security matters. my giro question -- my general question, and i have a few points to substantiated, is how many have interest in fol

they are hoping to find information to find his successor, ayman al-zawahri. president obama plans to visit ground zero on thursday. janelle wang, "abc 7 news." >>> republicans are congratulating president obama for the successful mission in pakistan. they called the death a great victory for america but they cautioned the war on terror is not over. >> what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. i think last night's news unified our country in much the same way. >> there is ever reason to believe that there will be further attacks and for us to be patting ourselves on the back that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy. >> dick cheney says the interrogation techniques were key to get to him. >> news of his death sparked celebrations there are also mixed reaction. >> jordan says he got a sobering reply after he got a facebook message, he wrote, we got him. >> that is great. i'm glad you found osama bin laden and you killed him. but the taliban is still a real threat for me. >> he realizes the death of osama bin laden does noth

presumably, it would be ayman al-zawahri. interestingly, they did not say that. suggests to me that there are still internal divisions within the senior leadership. ayman al-zawahri is not well- liked, is not charismatic, and has an alienated some of the other leaders. second, they may not have had a chance to get together to communicate. part of the challenge is getting the remaining leadership together and communicate to make a decision. they may be having a hard time doing just that. al qaeda will be worried about its survival, a succession in the first instance. what we have to worry about our reprisals from those who are already in the field, perhaps ongoing plots. of secondly, lone wolves. people that are angry, take matters into their own hands. homeland host: our next call comes from vienna, va., just outside of washington, d.c. thank you for reading. caller: i served 30 years in the military and in vietnam. i do follow security matters. my giro question -- my general question, and i have a few points to substantiated, is how many have interest in followi

he is also expected to act as operational leader until the permanent appointment, ayman al- zawahri whos osama bin laden's right-hand man. >>> the space shuttle endeavour has docked at the international space station. commander mark kelly carried out the final docking today. meantime, as terrell brown shows us, back here on earth, today marks another milestone for his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> reporter: gabrielle giffords took a big step forward today in her recovery. houston doctors plan to close the hole in her skull. they will use a plan implant rather than replacing the original bone. >> they have actually put together a three-dimensional "ct" scan of her skull and created a custom fit piece of bone. it's actually not real bone. it's made of a plastic or a hard substance. >> reporter: surgeons removed the section of skull in january to leave brain swelling after giffords was shot in the head. to protect her brain, she has been wearing a helmet decorated with the arizona state flag. the implant goes under the scalp so hair can grow back on top. >> that's the last, yo

now american authorities are turning their attention to finding ayman al zawahri, bin laden's presumed successor. >> we don't know to what extent the strategist going for the big attack, which we've always presumed was a core element of the strategy, was driven by bin laden personal. >> i and i don't -- i think at this point we can't declare al qaeda strategically defeated. they continue to be a threat to the united states. >> many u.s. lawmakers say it is very important to keep pakistan as an ally because there are still terrorists living there. >>> two new york city lawmakers want the $50 million bounty for osama bin laden to go to 9/11 victims. u.s. congressman anthony weiner and gerald nadler announced a bill to put the funds to organizations that helped first responders, survivors and victims' families. the state department has not said whether any tipster who helped in bin laden's capture was eligible for the reward. >>> back here we're learning more about a violent home invasion in georgetown. police say three men broke into the house along is the street around 1:30 saturday mor

presumably, it would be ayman al-zawahri. interestingly, they did not say that. that suggests to me that there are still internal divisions within the senior leadership. ayman al-zawahri is not well- liked, is not charismatic, and has an alienated some of the other leaders. second, they may not have had a chance to get together to communicate. part of the challenge is getting the remaining leadership together and communicate to make a decision. they may be having a hard time doing just that. al qaeda will be worried about its survival, a succession in the first instance. what we have to worry about our reprisals from those who are already in the field, perhaps ongoing plots. of secondly, lone wolves. people that are angry, take matters into their own hands. homeland host: our next call comes from vienna, va., just outside of washington, d.c. thank you for reading. caller: i served 30 years in the military and in vietnam. i do follow security matters. my giro question -- my general question, and i have a few points to substantiated, is how many have interest in fol

cash strapped and al-qaeda had split into two factions, controlled by the number two leader ayman al-zawahri. it revealed that al-qaeda was looking in doing something on the 10th anniversary this year but no concrete plan yet. >> if they could put explosives on it, on a train, to cause the train to derail, that is a lot easier than going after an aircraft. >> documents also indicated al-qaeda's desire to hit major u.s. cities on anniversaries and holidays. the president has not -- has been careful not to politicize the killing. it's approval rate has jump 11 points now at 57% in two weeks. >>> 20/20 will have most complete picture of the raid that killed osama bin laden. you can see the special report right here tonight at 10:00. >>> san francisco says it plans to defy federal immigration officials by releasing undocumented immigrants that have been arrested for low level crimes. san francisco examiner reports that san francisco sheriff starts the policy june 1st to uphold the sanctuary ordinance. immigration officials require cities to hold undocumented immigrants until ice picks them up. u

they're looking for ayman al zawahri. in many videos said to be his number two for so long.ations that are telling us that zawia herry may not be in that so far. what if an affiliate begins to take shake and apartment. you have the cleric. aawlaki. they're looking for him and for whenever e every they can row tachlt they're moving as fast as they can with the intelligence they can can. >> our first glimpse of the home video. >> we're going to elaborate more. you know, i wonder, mark, in your view, why the pentagon, the department of deep fence, is relesion this kind of imaging of osama bin laden. think it's pretty clear what they're trying to do is demist fie this icon who has terrorized the word for the past ten years, to show for fact he was not ten feet tall. he wasn't capable of doing anything hee wanted. affect as shown in these home movies in many ways he seems to be a tired old man sitting in a chair. the problem is at the same time they're trying to demist fie him. they're also saying he's in far more operational control than we had every thought. so there's a contra

they are hoping to find his successor ayman al-zawahri. president obama plans to visit ground zero on thursday. >>> assault force that raided the bin laden compound got a trove of computer drives and disks on the operation. a u.s. official calls it the mother lode of intelligence. can you imagine what is bin laden's hard drive. he was identified after his death by two women at the compound and c.i.a. did a facial remembering anything analysis from photographs at the scene and dna samples were matched with several of bin laden's relatives for a 99.9% positive i.d.. we have more reaction to his death as well as constant developments on the story at abc7news.com. >> pg&e will replace 1600 smart meters admitting for the first time to a defect that inflated commerce' bills. terry mcsweeney is live at pg&e headquarters. >> this is the first time they admitted to any problem with smart meters. it's electrical reading problem, 1600 meters have this problem and opponents are saying we have been saying this all along, take a look at some of these sm

. >> analysts say the man most likely to succeed obama is ayman al-zawahri. both of them supported the guerrillas fighting the soviets in afghanistan. analysts have described zawahri as his closest mentor. he was described as the brain to the terror masterminds body. bin laden change the lives of almost everyone in the u.s. what happens now? does anything changed? jayne miller continues our live team coverage from bwi marshall airport. >> the fact is that we have all learned to live our lives in the teen years and go on with our lives since 9/11, so bin laden's death may not change much, though hugely symbolic. airport security has increasingly tightened since 9/11, as first the hijackers, then others, it zeroed in on commercial aviation as a prime terrorist target. >> the u.s. is definitely safer, although the key watchword now is vigilance. obviously there is a concern about the remaining terrorist infrastructure seeking retribution for this. we have to keep our guard up. >> it became our new normal, the unprecedented announcement by then mayor martin o'mal

they are hoping to find information to lead them to find his successor ayman al-zawahri. the white house says they have not seen an increase on terror chatter in the aftermath of bin laden's death. >>> as you can manage, assault force got a trove of computer drives and disks during the raid on the compound. one u.s. official called it the mother lode of intelligence. can you imagine what is on the hard drive? >> here is what we do know. he was identified after his death by two women at the compound which was raided. c.i.a. did a facial recognition analysis on the scene and dna samples were matched with several of bin laden's relatives for a 99.9% positive i.d.. >>> pg&e is promising credit at least after admitting for the firearms that more than a thousand smart meters were detective and overcharged customers. terry mcsweeney is live at pg&e headquarters in san francisco with more. >>> pg&e says there are 1600 meters malfunctioning and problem when they get too hot they read more electrical use than is actually occurring. take a look at some of the smart meters. the probl

presumably, it would be ayman al-zawahri. interestingly, they did not say that. that suggests to me that there are still internal divisions within the senior leadership. ayman al-zawahri is not well- liked, is not charismatic, and has an alienated some of the other leaders. second, they may not have had a chance to get together to communicate. part of the challenge is getting the remaining leadership together and communicate to make a decision. they may be having a hard time doing just that. al qaeda will be worried about its survival, a succession in the first instance. what we have to worr about our reprisals from those who are already in the field, perhaps ongoing plots. of second, lone wolves. people that are angry, take matters into their own hands. homeland host: our next call comes from vienna, va., just outside of washington, d.c. thank you for reading. caller: i served 30 years in the military and in vietnam. i do follow security matters. my giro question -- my general question, and i have a few points to substantiated, is how many have interest in follow

there were some details about how the no. 2 al qaeda leader, i meant al-zawahri was not popular with the group. -- ayman al-zawahri is not popular with the group. >> we are showing some of the home video would -- and video footage. what did they say about these home videos and the way they identified bin laden? >> this was part of what they said was the largest intelligence take from a senior al qaeda leader that there's ever been since 9/11. there were five videos. the first was a video that was a message to america from bin laden. they showed about one minute of video from that. they did not release the audio. the senior official said we did not want to be in the position of replaying propaganda. it contained the common themes of al qaeda and their typical message. there were two short videos of a statement by bin laden. the most interesting one was bin laden himself watching a small television monitor with the video footage of himself and ayman al-zawahri at a mountain place, a video that has been shown many times. what was unique was that bin laden's beard was completely gray. in the videos they sho

including a californian with ties to an extremist animal rights group to more infamous figures like ayman al-zawahri, and adam gadan, a former california residence a homegrown terrorist who converted to islam as a teen abler and rose through the ranks of al-qaida to become a spokesman taunting americans with his threatening videos. >> it's quite a perplexing issue there, here you have two people from california that are on the list, the fact is that we've learned that there are -- it's not just people that we have to be concerned about that are part of al-qaida that are from our area, there are also homegrown terrorists who don't have a link to al-qaida but they are worthy of our attention and concern. >> reporter: even though usama bin laden was technically considered the number one terterrorist on the list, they y there is really no order for the terrorists on the run. they are all dangerous, some with ties to catastrophic events like hijacking planes, bombing buildings and u.s. warships like the cole, and most of them have been indicted. they will likely turn to cza khd ali-m aldawsari. jon: i wo

the internet is filled with pictures of those affiliated with al qaeda, the taliban, including ayman al- zawahri, who has now taken over al qaeda. every newspaper is filled with analysis of pakistan. we may not have security, a balanced budget, but we have a lot of reading material. host: the fbi has, on their website, pictures of the most wanted terrorists. gainesville, florida. stephen, go ahead. caller: i have a few quick points. personally, i do not need to see the picture of osama bin laden, however, if it will put it behind us, we should just put it out there. we have spent a lot of time this morning talking about this and it will continue until we really know what pakistan new. as far as foreign aid is concerned, i am for cutting off aid completely and changing our foreign policy and falling more in line with what ron paul suggests, even though i am a democrat. this is my question to the representative. we continue to hear people say that there would be strings attached. i personally think that is a fallacy. it is like the idea of giving handouts and dollars, but you groceries with it.th