the beloved community that jim lawson first mentioned to him. and he was a person who could have had a wasted life that we would never reach. i joined the new york times that year, the day after john kennedy's election. and one of my last images of nashville, right before i left: the sit-ins are over, they've won, everybody's sort of gone back to their normal lives. i'm downtown on a saturday picking up something, and there on a street corner, absolutely by himself, is john lewis. nobody else, just doing this on his own. and he's trying to register black people to vote. and i thought, "boy, he has really got staying power." and 40 years later, he still has staying power. but it's a reminder again of untapped potential in our society when we don't make full democracy, full education, full economic possibilities available to ordinary people. the children took a risk when they went into the lunch counters in nashville and staged the most organized early sit-ins there. initially, those encounters were peaceful, and then they grew more violent. and t

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. it has been almost ten years since the september 11th attacks at the pentagon, the world trade center and in pennsylvania. this afternoon dna tests came back and confirmed osama bin laden was killed yesterday in a fire fight in pakistan. >> officials say cia interrogators in secret overseas prisons kick-started the effort find bin laden. he was shot and killed in a bat bad, pakistan in a $1 million mansion. steve has the latest from the national mall. >> good evening from the national mall in washington where there have been a scattering of celebrations by tourist, local residents and of course, they're celebrating down at the white house where we have now learned that president obama first heard in august of 2010 that the founder of al qaeda, osama bin laden might be using that mansion not far from the pakistan capital of islamabad, the evidence mounted up, we are told. the president gave the green light to go last night. it's page one worldwide, america kills osama bin laden. this p

jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. this afternoon, president obama met with his cabinet where loud applause could be heard outside by the media. also today, the obama administration says it's weighing the pros and cons of releasing a picture of a dead osama bin laden. >> we're also learning new details this afternoon on how the al qaeda leader was killed. news 4's steve handelsman starts our coverage at the white house. >> reporter: president obama made the call to send in the s.e.a.l.s. now he's got to decide what if anything, to send out to proof bin laden is dead. should he release photos of the terrorist's corpse or videos of bin laden's burial at sea? team obama is cautious, concerned about inflaming the muslim world. >> the additional release of information or any type of photographic evidence is something that we have to take into account in terms of what the reaction might be to it. >> reporter: in 2006, when musab al zarqawi, al qaeda's leader in iraq was killed by u.s. forces, the bush administration released

i'm pat lawson muse. >>> i'm jim handly. it's our top story. there is a decision today on the death photos of osama bin laden. those pictures won't -- won't be made public. president obama has decided that no proof is needed. >> and he said presenting the photos as a trophy would be in his word, not who we are. steve handelsman reports the president's decision is being met with unity even from his opponents. >> reporter: president obama made the decision. his press secretary quoted the president exactly. >> there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an encitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. >> reporter: big-name republicans backed the decision. >> i don't see any point in the macabre picture. >> i think there's ample proof that this was osama bin laden. >> reporter: attorney general holder testified it was legal for s.e.a.l. team 6 to kill bin laden even though he was unar

i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. here's what's making news.l qaeda confirmed that president obama has what he's been saying since sunday that bin laden is dead. the terror network called on muslims to avenge the death of their leader. >> police say they have recovered an additional ten suspicious letters sent to d.c. public schools this morning. they're all similar to the 29 letters delivered yesterday. investigators say they contain a white poweder that turned out to be harmless. all of them appear to be postmarked from dallas, texas. the fbi is working to identify a suspect. a rousing sendoff into retireme retirement. gary williams officially announced his retirement today. he cold the crowd the time is right for him to make the move. williams says he'll stay with maryland as an assistant athletic director. we have student reaction and a one-on-one interview with coach williams right here at 5:00 tonight. you don't want to miss it. >>> an unexpected surge in hiring sent stocks higher. the labor department reported that private employers adde