his name was hamza ali alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body covered in cigarette burns. he had been embassy claited. according to family accounts on arabic news channels, syrian government officials came to their home last wednesday asking them to sign a waiver accepting hamza's body but only if they wouldn't show the body or say anything about the circumstances of his death. they signed but were so horrified by the condition of his body they could not keep quiet. so they consented to a video of their son's body. it later turned up on al jazeera. almost all of it is so grisly we could only show you those two frames. that set off a weekend of outrage as activists raisen zeitouni put it to the "washington post," torture is usual in syria. what was special about hamza is he was only 13 years

one pakistan intelligence sours says testimony by the women indicate that bin laden's youngest son hamza may have escaped during the raid. he was 14 years old in this photo. he's now 20 and has been described as the crowned prince of terror. it's believed he was bin laden's closest confidant and was being groomed as a possible future al qaeda leader. we're also learning more about the raid on bin laden 'compound. top officials say president obama insisted that the assault force was large enough to shoot its way out of pakistan if necessary. they also say there were two teams of specialists on standby. one was prepared to bury bin laden if he was killed. the other was a group of interrogator translators and lawyers who would take him to a navy ship if bin laden was captured alive. we have continuing coverage on the death of bin laden on the air and online. go to ktvu.com and click on the "osama bin laden" tab. >>> eight months after the san bruno pipeline explosion, some homeowners will take a big step toward rebuilding. allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: bob and nancy hens is del are he

bin laden is survived by at least 11 other sons, including hamza, seen here as a young teen, supposedlying to become an al qaeda fighter. but none of the bin laden sons are considered to be in line to succeed their father. >> the sons have never played a real operational role in any significance. they did not appear to be being groomed for leadership roles in al qaeda. >> reporter: in addition to taking out bin laden, the u.s. mission here produced an unexpected intelligence disdiscovery what is described as a boat load of documents, computer discs and laptops whose harddrives were removed by the navy s.e.a.l.s and arrived in washington, d.c. today, where all the material is being studied by the fbi and the cia. >> the first thing they're looking for is attack plans, because we know in the past, bin laden personally went over attack plans including the 9/11 plan, which he rejected and said it needed further work before he finally approved it. so, number one is attack plans. >> reporter: number two is information that might lead the u.s. to the location of bin laden's deputies, including

authorities say it may be hamza bin laden, seen in this video as a teenager at an al qaeda training camp. pakistani authorities are suggesting the missing son may have escaped, although a u.s. official told me today the u.s. is extremely confident, diane, that no one got away. >> and to be clear, omar bin laden who we saw in the piece, his mother was not in that compound? >> reporter: she was not. he and his mother fled in 2001, 2000. before the attacks. >> they fled earlier. okay, brian, thank you. >>> and now, for the first time since taking office, president obama traveled to the u.s.-mexican border today, calling for immigration reform. and saying that the border is more secure than ever. but you're going to hear now from someone who has fear in her eyes, and that fear will tell you that on the mexican side of the border, drug violence is creating one of the most dangerous places in the world. tonight, in an abc news exclusive, john quinones talks to someone you met here once before. >> reporter: they called her the bravest woman in mexico. the petite and feisty 20-year-old student w

it's not if -- known if another son, hamza, seen in this video as a boy, sometimes referred to as the crown prince of terror, was living in the compound. suspected of ties to terrorism, he was credited with writing a poem, praising the july 7th london bombings. and before her assassination in 2007, former pakistani prime minister, benazir bhutto, accused hamza, in public, of being involved in an earlier assassination attempt against her. pakistani officials are also looking into the possibility it was another bin laden's son. bin laden's wives and other children are now being questioned at a safe house in or near islamabad. and they're providing their own treasure trove of intelligence. about bin laden's five years in the compound. u.s. officials have requested their own chance to interrogate the women. but so far, still haven't been granted. another of bin laden's sons, omar, is living in saudi arabia. and other family members have condemned the raid, calling it an illegal assassination of an unarmed man. robin, those family members are also now calling for the release of bin laden's

state department condemned the tortured killing of a 13-year-old syrian boy, identified as hamza ali "the new york times" reported the boy was arrested at a protest, and his mutilated body was returned later to his family. north and south sudan have agreed to set up a demilitarized border zone patrolled by both sides. the african union announced the arrangement today, after escalating clashes in recent days. i spoke this afternoon with rebecca hamilton of the pulitzer center, reporting from juba in south sudan. rebecca, what is the assessment there of how this talk of an agreement that would stop the dispute in the central region might affect the kind of problems of refugees being displaced in the central region? >> everybody is happy to see that the two sides are talking. but this idea that this agreement is going to fix the immediate humanitarian crisis just doesn't seem realistic. for people here it seems very far removed. >> reporter: we've heard a couple of different reports, one that the ethiopian army would comprise the peace-keeping force, if you will, and the other that ther

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 attacks. >>> meanwhile, president obama visits the u.s./mexico border today to renew his push for new immigration laws. border agents in arizona, meanwhile, just uncovered this smuggling tunnel. take a look. complete with electricity, running water and ventilation. eight such tunne

authorities say it may be hamza, seen in this video at an. al qaeda training camp.on might have escaped but a u.s. official told abc news there is absolutely no evidence that anyone got away during the raid. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> well, we've all heard the postal service of course is in some big financial trouble and now we know just how bad it is. the postmaster reported a $2.2 billion loss during the first quarter of this year. money is so tight the postmaster warns that if congress does not allow more borrowing the postal service may default on some of its federal loan payments. mail delivery will likely continue on schedule, but future retiree's health benefits could now be on the line. >> oh, boy. >>> move to some good economic news. general motors is now putting $2 billion back into production. the automaker is creating thousands of jobs and that means that many laid off employees could be going back to work. linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: the idea that general motors is on its way back to running on all cylinders means preston is about