. >>> continuing coverage in our next segment as we look at the blackhawk helicopters. we will learn about the hardware inside a factor in admissions success. >>> the california highway patrol california highway patrol said seatbelt saved five people from serious injuries. the accident happened at 12:30. the chp says a toyota crossed into oncoming traffic and sideswiped a mercedes. and all at least four cars were involved in one person had several broken bones and punctured a lung. the crash blocked all southbound lanes and all but one northbound lane for an hour. >>> a warning from state and local fire officials. high temperatures predicted in the bay area will increase fire danger. jana katsuyama is live in dublin. >> reporter: you hear it every year. clear 100 feet around your house. this homeowners association did that today. very important. firefighters are working with fewer resources. >> i do worry about fire. >> reporter: they live on a hill in dublin with great views but it's also a perfect spot for fire. their homeowners association is preparing by clearing ar

the seals were about to fast- rope into the courtyard in front of bin laden's house when the blackhawk lost lift. imagine what would have happened if it had crashed into the courtyard with all its seals still aboard. chris marvin doesn't have to imagine. it happened to him in afghanistan. >> how close did he come? as close as any helicopter came, maybe closer, but he had or she had the talent and skill level to land the aircraft safely and let everybody off without injuries. >> reporter: the pilot nudged the blackhawk forward into a controlled crash, shearing off its tail section. the seals were able to continue with their mission, and before they left blew up as much of the blackhawk as they could, but had to leave the tail section intact. that gave aviation expert bill sweetman his first good look at a stealth helicopter. did you know these existed? >> i think nobody outside the classified community knew these existed. >> reporter: sweetman points out the features that make it tell stealthy. like the cover over the tail rotor hub. >> what that is there for to s to reduce the radar si

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helicopters -- >> from two helicopters -- >> two blackhawks brought this team in. >> the raid began with four u.s. military helicopters. >> you see the two helicopters coming in. >> four helicopters, two blackhawks and two chinooks. >> half past midnight three u.s. helicopters flying low under pakistani radar zeroed in on the compound. >> the compound where bin laden was found surrounded by seven-foot walls. walls as high as 18 feet topped with barbed wire. >> walls at least 12 feet high topped with razor wire. >> it had 12 to 18-foot walls lined with barb >> right up to one of those ed wire. 18-foot walls which surrounded the compound. >> carried about 25 s.e.a.l.s to the compound with a second team as backup. >> two dozen commandos arriving overhead. >> approximately 24 navy s.e.a.l.s repelled into bin laden's heavily guarded compound. >> incredible new details about how 40 members of navy s.e.a.l.s team six took bin laden's compound. >> as dozens of u.s. commandos set up a perimeter, two teams of assault forces, delta force and navy s.e.a.l.s, stormed the compound. >> osama bin l

this is what a standard blackhawk helicopter sounds like. this is the sound of an earlier experimental version of a stealth helicopter. >> it would be a vague sound. it might be the sound of a helicopter that was going in the opposite direction. >> reporter: one key to the chopper's stealth nature is a secret, heavily coded fabric-lick material, which children in the neighborhood could be seen collecting. >> probably people in the pentagon tonight who are very concerned that peemss of the helicopter may be, even now, on their way to china, because we know china is trying to make stealth aircraft. >> reporter: the chinese military has a close relationship with pakistan. and the remaining large pieces of the secret u.s. helicopter, some hidden under a tarp, were trucked away by pakistani officials to an unknown destination. residents there also told abc news that just before the helicopters arrived, all electricity and cell phone service was knocked out. then came back right after the choppers left. senior pentagon official said today he would

the navy seal pilot was forced to land the blackhawk -- sunday because mechanical problems. the mission did go forward without further problems. >>> and we are here to warn you that this scenario of assassination people, of occupying can end. if you withdraw your forces from our country, if you stop bombing us that is the wish of osama bin laden. >> he's a radical muslim activist making his opinion of the united states very clear here. this is in london today, 300 muslims spent the day protesting the killing of osama bin laden marching from a central london mosque to the american embassy, vowing the united states will pay for its actions. >>> also, a judge's verdict disappointed the families of victims of the 2005 london transit system bombings. the judge ruled that it was neither unteligence lapses nor a flawed emergency response that contributed to the deaths of 52 people when suicide bombers attacked there and hashings -- hearings revealed the way the lapses of security bombings and the failures in the response by emergency responders did but the judge said neither contri

who was wounded in the blackhawk down battle moog dishu. the s.e.a.l.s built a full-scale replica of the abbottabad compound and carried out two drills on it. >> that's tact ins 101. if you don't have time to build a compound, we'll do ways called a string house. just lay out the floors. with strings and pegs. that's if you got to do a quick op. but if you've got plenty of time and it seems like they had months here, then yeah, let's get the thing built as close to replicating the actual target house as possible and get everybody ready to to the op. >> last friday morning, president obama, with no sighting of bin laden still with some members of his team urging him to hold off or go with the bombing operation, ordered the s.e.a.l.s in, saying it's a go. >> it's a very lonely place to be. the decision at the end, even though you have all the advisers around you, the decision is yours. and you are making a decision that you know is going to result in people dying. even if it goes well. >> weather held up the operation for one day. the preside

. >> reporter: the battle better known as blackhawk down left 18 americans dead and scores wounded. a failure, wasdin says, because the security of the mission was compromised. >> we were in there with the united nations and these guys did not know how to keep operational security. >> reporter: painful memories of blackhawk down would trouble the president and advisers. the decision is made to keep pakistan in the dark. >> to not tip them off in order to maintain the secrecy shows, number one, that there is not a lot of trust between the u.s. and pakistan. but number two, it showed this was a bigger gamble. >> reporter: that april morning in alabama, surrounded by the wreckage of mother nature, president obama hides any sign of worry. >> he really kept a pretty good game face on to not let the public know at all there was something cooking behind the scenes. >> reporter: a high risk ambulance is now in motion. the ghosts of tora bora will haunt the mission to get bin laden. web browsing on the new blackberry playbook? ♪ flash, aah-ah that's right. it runs flash. so unlike some table

this is what a standard blackhawk helicopter sounds like.his is the sound of an earlier experimental version of a stealth helicopter. >> there would be a vague sound. it might be the sound of a helicopter that was going in the opposite direction. >> reporter: one key to the chopper's stealth nature is a secret, heavily coated fabric-like material, which children in the neighborhood were seen collecting. >> there are probably people in the pentagon tonight who are very concerned that pieces of the helicopter may be even now on their way to china because we know china is trying to make stealth aircraft. >> reporter: the chinese military is known to have close relationships with the pakistani military. and the remaining large pieces of the secret u.s. helicopter hidden under a tarp were trucked away by pakistani officials tuesday to an unknown destination. residents there also told abc news that just before the helicopters arrived, all electricity and cell phone service was knocked out. then, came back right after the choppers left. a senior pe

this is what a standard blackhawk helicopter sounds like. this is the sound of an earlier experimental version of a stealth helicopter. >> there would be a vague sound. might be the sound of a hall comet their was going in the opposite direction. >> reporter: one key to the stealth nature is a secret heavily coded fabric-like material which children in the neighborhood were seen collecting. >> probably people in the pentagon tonight who are very concerned that peemss of the helicopter may be even now on their way to china because we know china is trying to make stealth aircraft. >> reporter: the chinese military is known to have close relationships with the pakistani military. and the remaining large pieces of the secret u.s. helicopter hidden under a tarp were trucked away by pakistani officials tuesday to an unknown destination. residents there also told abc news that just before the helicopters arrived, all electricity and cell phone service was knocked out and then came back on right after the choppers left. senior pentagon official said

but one of the blackhawks stalled. forcing a white knuckle hard landing outside the compound. >> we're very good at making it up on our feet because something will always go wrong. >> reporter: the s.e.a.l.s moving toward the compound. they began a room by room search. next, the larger compound, where gunfire erupted. two men were shot dead. on the ground now nearly 40 minute, the s.e.a.l.s climbed the stairs to the upper floors. there he was, staring right at them. a man well over 6 feet tall. this had to be bin laden. the s.e.a.l.s shouted for bin laden to surrender. they aimed straight for his head. giving the weapon a double tap of the trigger as they are trained to do to ensure they got him. at least one of the bullets entered just above his left eye. >> while a grab of s.e.a.l.s grabbed whatever else they could find, others grabbed bin laden's body, carrying it through the compound and loading it on to the helicopter. left behind, bin laden's wounded wife. the s.e.a.l. team had practiced this mission in the last

and it's widely reported now to be the world's first glimpse at the new stealth blackhawk helicopter program. most notable, the tail rotor, the unusual blades, the dish pan style covering on the mechanism designed to deflect electronic detection. they also fly much more quietly to enhance the element of surprise. the chinese are known to be in something of a race to perfect the same technology, and while the pakistanis took away the big parts, some local children were seen walking around with some of the smaller pieces of the chopper as souvenirs. >>> and we're learning more still tonight. details about the raid at that compound. the last minutes, really, of osama bin laden's life. for that, for an update, we go back to the pentagon. nbc's jim miklaszewski. on duty tonight, jim, good evening. >> reporter: brian, despite earlier reports, it turns out there was no prolonged firefight, and the navy s.e.a.l.s themselves actually did most of the shooting. when the s.e.a.l.s first broke into the compound, they came under fire from bin laden's courier. the s.e.a.l.s fired back and killed hi

the cia put the pieces of the bin laden puzzle together and the commander of delta force during blackhawk down in somalia, how special operations train to land in the lion as den. >> they've rehearsed so many times, that there isn't any chance at that bin laden or anyone after him is going to get away from them. ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> thank you very much, a great audience here, lots of enthusiasm, and welcome to a special edition of huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. by the way, happy mother's day to everybody. to all the moms who are watching our show, and by the way, we've done something special today. we have invited the moms from the huckabee staff to the show, and we are very happy to have them with us, and they're all down horror on the front row, so i'd like to ask our staff moms and these are the mothers of the staff tt the show, stand up so we can say thank you for loaning us your children and your husbands. very nice to have you here. [applause] >> some of the staff moms, and joan who works as one of our producers,

. >> reporter: if you've watched such mu veechs at blackhawk down" or "green zone," the scene is familiarlite team of commandos, under the clock of night, deploying in a courtyard. >> this is a kill, not capture, mission. >> reporter: then, weapons at the ready. moving swiftly and ruthlessly toward their ultimate prize. because we do not get to witness actual counterterrorism raids, even on the news, scenes like these from movies and television fosh forge in our minds a powerful image of what it must look and feel like when the real thing happens. a thing as real as the raid on osama bin laden's raid. how close have the movies come to showing us what that raid must have actually been like? >> the movies have come close. like "blackhawk down." >> reporter: retired sergeant major jim daver spent 25 years with the marine corps, including work in special ops. someone with your experience, watching a movie like that, you say, wow, that's the way they do it. >> correct. wow, they did a great job. >> reporter: for the last 11 years, he had a job of his own in the entertainment world. advising pr

>> reporter: we have a piece of the blackhawk helicopter, george. and this compound has become a bit of a tourist attraction. there's hundreds of people around me. a few dozen journalists. mostly local people. despite the fact that this compound is so much larger, so much more secure than anything else around it -- still has no idea, that inside was osama bin laden. these are the walls that protected him. 15 feet high, topped with razor wire, as seen in this exclusive video from inside the compound. inside, the house is big. eight rooms. but it seems shabby, even before it was raided. on the first floor, a bedroom covered in blood. look at the papers left on the floor. that simple bed in the corner is likely a mother's. her baby's, right next to it. across the hall, piles of clothes and blankets, clearly thrown around in the raid. up on the second floor, the master bedroom, perhaps bin laden's. with blood still on the floor. this is the nicest room in the house. the only one with a carpet and a queen-sized bed. there's children's clothes in the clos

>>pam: blackhawk down-- >>pam: the next leader of al queda has been running this operation for years. sans osama bin laden cut himself off. u.s. intelligence believes that a couple of a difficult time recovering from the depth of osama bin laden. that-well cuttable of a difficult recovery time. that al queda--will have a difficult time recovery time. look at the reaction from americans as news of this dehis death--with hundred celebrating. it this is outside the white house. people gathered purafter president obama made the announcement after the osama bin laden death. and this seems to only fitting that more people gathered outside of ground zero in times square in new york. the site of the world trade center for the towers came crashing down in september of the attack. in the new york, times square, people were chanting, you as a! in the bay iraq, the news brought people were chanting-usa. and times square in here, in the bay-area, people were dedicating a memorial for people of lost their lives to flight 93. people visiting the moral felt the debt is giving many americans a bit of

one was sent in after one of blackhawks was damaged. in addition the u.s. had also two teams of specialists on standby. one to bury bin laden which was killed. and second composed of lawyers and translators if he was captured alive. >>> back here the palo alto school board will meet tonight to tackle a proposal. they are set to decide whether to startle school year a week and a half earlier in mid-august so students can finish their fall semester before the break. opponents say it puts extra strain on seniors applying for college. >>> u.c. berkeley received half potential sites for a second campus. 20% of lab's 42300 employees work at sites scattered throughout east bay and they want to consolidate them in one spot. there is six finalists in the bidding process. new site will be chosen in late november. >> muni officials in san francisco are firing back at state puc which calls the operations sub par. they report the city attorney and muni have submitted responses to claims by the cpuc ahead of friday's hearing at the state agency headquarters. they opened

one of the blackhawks weighed down by the stealth technology clearly seen in these crash photos loseswas about to take the seals to the compounds. to those gathered to watch the sickening moment no doubt brings to mind the awful memory of the wreck that aboarded the helicopter raid to free the hostages in iran in 1979. >> the back of the helicopter hit the wall. the second problem was there was about a 15 degree difference in the temper they planned. they had it fully loaded when they came to hover they couldn't hold the hubbards. >> the quit thinking pilot manages to lift his stricken craft landing hard along side the compound wall. eminent disaster averted. with the helicopter room plan b is implemented. >> we plan for these things ahead of time. there would be a bump plan and contingency for what to do with the vehicle whether it be destroyed or leave it behind. i am sure it was a calculated decision and they moved on. >> undaunted they leap from their wrecked chopper nine have been hurt by the landing. the seals are forced to knock down the compound door. valuable seconds are exte

one of the modified blackhawks, perhaps weighed down by the additional stealth snap on technology clearlyeen in the crash photos loses lift as it was about to drop the seals in the compound. to those gathered if watch in real time at the white house situation room the sickening moment no doubt brings to mind the memory of the wreck that boarded the helicopter raid to free the hostages in iran in 1979. >> the fact that the helicopter hit the wall, the second problem was there was about a 15-degree difference in the temperatures. they had the helicopter fully loaded and when they came in to hover so that they could fast rope down they couldn't hold the hover. >> geraldo: the entire mission in his hands the quick thinking pilot manages to lift his stricken craft, landing hard alongside the compound wall. immeant disaster averted but with the helicopter ruined, plan b is implemented. >> we planned for these things ahead of time, that is part of our standard planning. so there would be a bunk plan and a contingency for what to do with that vehicle whether it be destroyed, leave it behind. i'm

the plan was to repel from the helicopters but one of the blackhawks stalled forcing a white-knuckleide the compound. >> we're very good on making it up on our feet because something will always go wrong. >> reporter: the s.e.a.l.s then moving quickly and quietly toward the compound. they began a room-by-room search in a smaller building first where they found the wives and children of two of bin laden's trusted couriers. next, the larger complex where gunfire erupted. two men, bin laden's couriers, were shot dead. on the ground, now nearly 40 minutes. the s.e.a.l.s climbed the stairs to the upper floors. and there he was staring right at them. those deadly brown eyes, the beard, a man well over six feet tall, this had to be bin laden. the s.e.a.l. shouted for bin laden to surrender. he resisted. they aimed first for the head, giving the weapon a double tap of the trigger as they are trained to do to ensure they got him. one shot hit above the left eye, one the chest. while a group of s.e.a.l.s searched the house grabbing computer hard drives and whatever else they could find, others

two blackhawks flew under the radar each carrying a team of 12 navy seals. one helicopter stalled and graze add rotor on a wall. they switched to plan "b". within 40 minutes the seals completed their entire operation. these military units spend their lives training for the type of operation that killed bin laden. some can hold their breath underwater for two minutes. >> they are naturally smart and have to be stubborn and have to be determined. they are survivors. >> the entire operational was recorded with helmet cams worn by the navy seals. white house has not said whether it plans to release any of that video. >> another setback this morning for smartmeter program. they announced they will have to replace 1600 smart meters because they ran fast and overcharged customers. they were made by the landis and deer company. it averages about $45 per customer and giving a $25 credit for the inconvenience. >>> in san jose city council begins hearings next week on the latest budget proposal. it calls for cuts in city staff. 588 city positions to help close a $115 m

the mission began with four blackhawk helicopters swooping in carrying 2 dozen u.s. troops one was forced to make a hard landing after a mechanical failure but no one was injured no members to have military were harmed in the mission. the man hunt lasted nearly a decade since he master minded one of the worst terror attacks on u.s. soil september 11th, 2001. former president bush said in a statement no matter how long it takes, justice will be done. u.s. officials are concerned act al qaeda striking back the state wept has issued a worldwide travel alert -- department has issued a worldwide travel alert for u.s. citizens. >> one of the few days you get to rejoice. >> the u.s. says osama bin laden's body was handled in accordance with islamic tradition. his remains were reportedly buried at sea. this mission to get osama bin laden was one of the world east best kept secrets not even close u.s. allies were told just a small circle of people here in washington were aware of it. live in washington this morning joel brown, now back to you. >>> so joel, tell us how concern

leon panetta referred to it as blackhawk helicopters. experts taking a closer look at images like these say they are seeing evidence of something more elaborate than a common blackhawk. the world may have been tipped off to a new weapon of war, the stealth helicopter. joining me now, david ax, thanks for joining me tonight, david. >> my pleasure, lawrence. >> david, what do you make of the helicopter? how much did we know about this kind of stealth helicopter before sunday night? >> well, we knew the pentagon experimented with various kind of stealth modifications of existing helicopters and also scratch built from new the comanc comanche. we have seen them before, we didn't know they were operational. >> what makes them stealth? how do they, for example, the first thing i would wonder is how do they quiet a helicopter? it's an incredibly noisy, moving vehicle. >> very true. there's three kinds of stealth when it comes to helicopters. much of that signature they call it is focused on the tail rotor of the helicopter. generates heat, nois

second consecutive season the sharks will be in the conference finals last season by the chicago blackhawks who will also -- for the first time in the franchise history. games 1-2 will kick off, game 3-4 will take place back at the pavilion. with one week left to go before the western athletic conference they look to finish strong, but first they must deal with the university of pacific tigers. let's start in the second inning, one apiece when michael hits 2-run double and nick all the way from first. it gives them a 3-1 advantage. already 6-3 in the 7th. as jason extended the lead with this rbi single to expand the lead by 4, but the tigers made it interesting in the 9th. as this rbi single with the bases loaded by tiger scores 2 but the blue and gold held on by the score of 7-5. the team plays hawaii later today before finishing the season at home against nevada starting friday may 20th. and finally. the main golf team who won 13 teams were invited to take part in the colorado regional championship from may 19th through the 21st. this will be the first time that the team will participate

in response to the death of american soldiers in somalia that was portrayed in the recent movie blackhawk down. >>pam: this man has been running al queda operations but u.s. intelligence believed that al qaeda will have a difficult recovery time from the depth of osama bin laden. he is described as a harsh, deadecisive figure. take a look at the reaction from americans. crowds gathered near ground zero. times square in new york to celebrate his death. celebrations broke out last night as the news broke. with the crowds chanting, usa the east bay, they gathered at the union city memorial for those lost their lives at 911 on flight 93. daniel buri was there. >> it breaks my heart. i remembered. to think of the morning that this happened it was like yesterday. just the devastation and the lives lost! it is three said. it is for each bushel to be out here. it is very sad--it is very emotional to be out of here t to think that this man was responsible for all of these lives. for me, it is kind of a closed door but for others, it is not. but i cannot think that they have the power that they had

two different united states blackhawk choppers flew to the compound. with a 20-25 and navy seals. the property surrounded by 12-18 ft. walls some with the barbed wire. they deployed soon and the gunbattle inside the building that osama bin laden occupied. this three- story building with a woman used as a shield. she was shot. osama bin laden was shot seconds later. the helicopter had engine problems with the high fence to blame. the helicopter landed and was destroyed. this is video. in all, the attack took 40 minutes. officials are still very busy learning the details of the case. navy seals are being interviewed about what actually happened. would get the full story and they're already been reports that osama bin laden might not have fired back. really, we're still in the early stages with newt amateur video coming up. >>pam: the troops mute amateur video-- >> amateur video. >> yes, that it this lasted 40 minutes. >>pam: catherine? >>catherine: pretty much the world is taking media's word for it but nobody is going to be able to see his burial plot. the body was quickly disposed

two blackhawks flew under the radar each carrying a team of 12 navy seals. one helicopter stalled and graze add rotor on a wall. they switched to plan "b". within 40 minutes the seals completed their entire operation. these military units spend their lives training for the type of operation that killed bin laden. some can hold their breath underwater for two minutes. >> they are naturally smart and have to be stubborn and have to be determined. they are survivors. >> the entire operational was recorded with helmet cams worn by the navy seals. white house has not said whether it plans to release any of that video. >> another setback this morning for smartmeter program. they announced they will have to replace 1600 smart meters because they ran fast and overcharged customers. they were made by the landis and deer company. it averages about $45 per customer and giving a $25 credit for the inconvenience. >>> in san jose city council begins hearings next week on the latest budget proposal. it calls for cuts in city staff. 588 city positions to help close a $115 m

the mission began with four blackhawk helicopters swooping in carrying two dozen u.s.a hard landing but no one was injured. no members of military were harmed in the mission. >>> the man hunt lasted nearly a decade since he master minded the worst terror attacks on u.s. soil september 11th, 2001. president bush in office that day said no matter how long it takes justice will be done. the u.s. officials are concerned about al qaeda striking back a worldwide travel alert has been issued for u.s. citizens but that is not stopping the celebrating in the u.s. >> one of those few days you get to rejoice. >> reporter: the u.s. says osama bin laden's body was handled in accordance to islamic tradition his remains reportedly buried at sea. >> so these covert missions to get osama bin laden was the world's best kept secret not even close u.s. allies were told just a small circle of people here in washington were aware of it. live in washington joel brown back to you. >> joel thank you. >>> and this morning law enforcement agencies across the country and here in the bay area are

last year the sharks were swept by the blackhawks. this time around they expect different results. >> we talked about growth at the beginning of the year, and we used that year all year, and we have to take this further. >> we were here last year and we got here a different way. we were still here last year, and this where is we need to grow. >> mike: big growth hopefully. the puck dropping in the eastern conference finals. tampa bay and boston. lightning scored in the first. then marc-andre and bergeron. connects on the power play. the lightning steal game one on the road. >> oakland's on day ward defending his title, and abraham behind a bad night be in the ring with lord. your decision as we >> mike: how about a little boxing, ain't andre ward defends his title. the olympic gold medalist, winning nearly every around in a unanimous decision over the are -- armenian borne german. he took a few shots but held on to retain his wba title belt. >>> time for your 50-yard indoor war. saber cats. the in the steel city. first quarter, over t

. >> on a near moonless night, packed into 2 especially outfitted blackhawk helicopter helicopters, the most elite navy special operation team, seal team 6. hand picked and experienced. headed for the mission of their lives. the target this sprawling compound surrounded by walls reaching nearly 20 feet high at points. the seal team 30 to 40 men flew low beneath the radar and undetected in the darkness descending on the compound. the plan was to repel from the helicopter but one of the blackhawk stalled forcing a white knuckle hard landing outside the compound. >> we are very good at make iing it up on our feet because something will always go wrong. >>reporter: the seal then moving quickly and quietly towards the compound. they began a room by room search in a smaller building first where they found the wives and children of 2 of bin laden trusted couriers. next the larger complex. where gunfire erupted. 2 men bin laden couriers were shot dead. on the ground now nearly 40 minutes the seals climbed the stairs to upper floors and there he was staring right at them. those deadly brown eyes

. >> next thing we see is this big cross coming on a blackhawk.e're like, what are they doing here? pull in. turn sideways. and ding ding ding ding ding, just get lit up. >> the birds came in. multiple -- made multiple attempts. till a bird was, you know, it was damaged so bad it actually had to go and land for immediate maintenance. >> reporter: with the rescue helicopter turned back by taliban fire and his men pinned down, mott could only radio the sergeant leading his squad and tell him to hold out. >> where are you guys? >> we're not going to be able to get over there any time soon. >> you could tell by the voice, as time went on after that, that -- i'm pretty sure he didn't think he was going to make it out of there. >> reporter: doc and sergeant arrechaga did not make it out. across the valley, another helicopter hovers with one wheel touching the ground near a farmhouse where another one of bankston's platoons is in trouble. another popular platoon sergeant frank adamsky, has been wounded. his follow soldiers exposed themselves to fire as t

i was speaking with someone who said that doesn't look like a blackhawk to me. now we learn it's a very different helo that's been used in past operations, correct? >> it is. it's a modified blackhawk, an attempt to reduce its radar signature, harder to detect on radar and also reduce the noise that their rotors make. special operations forces have had these kinds of stealth helicopters for more than 30 years, frankly. way back during the tanker wars in the '80s they were using them to sneak up on iranian boats that were laying mines in the water. but these are far more sophisticated in terms of the polymers and the skin they put on the outside that make them harder to detect. and they have been kept pretty much under wraps until various pieces of them were photographed around the ground on that compound. and just very briefly to follow up on what savannah was saying a moment ago. you know, the administration has gotten itself wrapped around its own axel as it's tried to explain what went on at that compound. and i think primarily because they have been afraid t

>> reporter: the latest we've learned what it was that caused to blackhawk 2 to actually crash at the compound. what happened was there wasn't enough air underneath the wings. as they were coming in the seal team that was being brought in, they were rappeling out of the helicopter, we are told there, was not enough lift under the helicopter for it to take off again. it came smashing down into the compound. no one was hurt but they had to a ban tkoepb iabandon it. it was because of the walls of the compound. there wasn't enough wind, they had to detonate explosives. that fire that you see at the compound was as a result of them having to blow up the blackhawk that was and i expected part of this raid. otherwise it went almost to plan. we understand that there were 24 seals involved. they made their way into the compound, they asked for a visual recognition. they saw a man who looked very much like osama bin laden. they said is that osama bin laden. one of the people on the scene said yes, that's him. he then was asked to surrender, resisted, and that's when they shot him in the head. t