news 4's kimberly suiters joins us live with more on that.d morning. >> good morning again, eun. this mission was so secret. this cower area was trusted by bin laden. the impound, 18-foot high walls, barbed wire, security gates. no phone or cable lines into or it of the house. the cia believed the compound housed a major terrorist figure but wasn't entirely certain until february of this year it housed osama bin laden. after weeks of meeting with the national security council, president obama approved the mission to kill bin laden on april 29th. that was friday. the navy s.e.a.l. team 6, under the command of leon panetta, landed four helicopters in darkness. there was a firefight. >>> today at my direction they launched an attack against that compound in an batabad, pakistan. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >>> the white house called this operation surgical raid designed to minimize collateral damage. the elite navy team lost one

i'm kimberly suiters. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. much more on the devastation in the south in just a moment. first a check on our forecast. meteorologist chuck bell joins us in the studio this morning. we're pretty much where we were this time yesterday. >>> pretty much. only the clouds have come in, and there are already rain drops on the radar. >> they'll go away. >> it's not going to be a washout. but there will be many dry hours for us, but a chance for rain drops to get your sunday wet. outside, not a full deck of overcast over washington just yet, but these clouds will continue to thicken up. we'll get breaks of sunshine, but on the whole, the clouds will win the day. temperatures upper 40s to around 50 degrees in many spots. 48 in sterling, virginia. 45 manassas. 48 degrees in bethesda, maryland. 52 in annapolis. take a check on the radar there. i need a backwards button on the remote control. a couple of light sprinkles now moving into the panhandle of west virginia. there are steadier showers way back across kentucky. most

news 4's kimberly suiters is collecting that information from our newsroom. good morning, kimberly. >> good morning, joe. the white house has access to photos and video of the raid and is weighing whether they should show a precision shot above his left eye. now, these are the only images the public has seen of bin laden's compound outside islam bad in pakistan. there's a lot of evidence the public has yet to see. many may never see it. we know a monitored phone call involving bin laden's most trusted aide led to the hideout of the world's most wanted terrorist. information about that courier was gleaned from captured terrorist suspects. the operation was rehearsed in a mock up of the compound at a u.s. military base. it was a near textbook operation despite the failure of one of the helicopters used in the raid. the s.e.a.l.s made it all the way into his compound sliding down ropes and darkness. it was s.e.a.l. team 6 which works secretly with the cia, started in iraq and active in afghanistan. kill or capture suspects and then gather evidence at the scene. m

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. it's sunday, may 8th.her's day to you. >> and to you. >> thank you. first, we want to get a check of the weather with meteorologist chuck bell because a lot of people have brunch plans, outdoor plans. >> one of the good days to get outside and enjoy the good weather, and the weather should cooperate for the most part. can't rule out the random rain drop or two, but rain chances remain very, very low, and the rainfall amounts, if we get anything at all anywhere, it will be measured in the few hundredths of an inch. not even enough to mess up mom's hair. that's what mom's caring about. if she's up this early, she probably already put her hair together. first thing this morning we had a gorgeous sunrise a little while ago. sun is up above most of the clouds. these are not rain-making clouds just yet. temperatures on the mild side, low to mid-50s. 54 in washington. 54 manassas. 55 fredericksburg. here's live doppler radar. i got the sensitivity turned ray up. a few drisly drops cannot be ruled out along i-95 a

. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. welcome to "news 4 today," this saturday, may 7th. all the news just ahead, but first, a quick check on our forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. he joins us live now in the studio. starting out to be a mild morning, chuck. >> nice and quiet outside. how are you guys this morning? >> wonderful. >> great. >> i didn't get the memo again. i don't understand. >> we've learned that we can't keep up with your sense of fashion. so we just try to get -- >> sitting over here like, i don't know how to play well with others. >> outside on a saturday morning, a few clouds around this morning, but nothing really all that major. no raindrops on the radar just yet, though that may not be the case all weekend long. we're waiting on the sun to come up, and it's just moments away. sunrise, 6:07, i think it is this morning. just a couple more minutes away. temperatures in the upper 40s in the western suburbs to right around 50 in town. in fact, 57 at national airport. 53 in annapolis. 47 in triangle and fredericksburg. 51 in martinsburg this morning.

i'm kimberly suiters. it's saturday, may 7th, the news is just ahead, but first, a quick check on our forecast with chuck who joins us with all his sunny optimism. >> some days take a little more effort than others, today will be pretty easy. it's a gorgeous-looking day outside. a great way to get your weekend started, everybody, no matter what you're doing for your mother's day weekend, bright and sunny outside for now. that is definitely welcome news. we will have a chance for some showers coming in late this afternoon and this evening, but certainly the weekend is not going to be a lost cause. temperatures continue to warm very rapidly now. 62 downtown, 62 at andrews air force base. also at the naval academy, 63 and win chester and new market and front royal. 63 at culpepper, up into charles town and inwood and the panhandle of west virginia, temperatures hovering around 60 degrees. a few showers up around eastern ohio. they are moving in our general direction. so we'll be keeping an eye on our northwes

. >> reporter: kimberly suiters joins us with more details coming into the newsroom. >>reporter: eun and joe, only a select few of u.s. officials knew about it. allies were not informed. pakistani intelligence was not told. there was one pakistani man on twitter who nearly unwittingly blew the u.s. cover. more on that in just a moment. according to u.s. officials, military forces found osama bin laden on a million dollar compound in the town of abbottabad. an area full of retired pakistani military. that compound was only 100 yards from a pakistani military academy. but the key to tracking down bin laden, a courier. the courier was so trusted by bin laden, following his trail led right to that compound. it had 18-foot high walls, barbed wire, two security gates. the cia believed it housed a major terrorist figure but didn't feel it was bin laden entirely until this february. after weeks of meeting with the national security, president obama approved the raid on friday. one of bin laden's sons was killed. his brother was kid. bin laden himself was shot in the head and

"i'm kimberly suiters. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist.appy mother's day to all you moms out there, and to you, mrs. suiters. >> thank you, mr. gilchrist. >> and for the mother's day forecast, we turn to mr. bell. >> my dad's here? they'd say, mr. bell, we have a question. where's my dad? why is he taking questions all of a sudden? >> it's you now, buddy. >> i hate being a mister. >>> anyway, a little bit of sunshine getting through for now. i think this trend is going to continue as we go through the remainder of the morning and into the afternoon. i think your mother's day plans, no matter what they may be, will be very, very pleasant. temperatures are now climbing into the upper 50s and low 60s. we're at 62 here in capital heights and district heights. 59 degrees in vienna and ashburn. 59 in manassas. 56 in hagerstown. last of the raindrops in st. mary's county. the last of the drops are finally just about ready to move out of southern maryland. good riddance to them. and you folks in southern maryland will get your sunshine as well lat

. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. >>> the number of dead stands at 342.his morning rescuers are quickly shifting their focus to the missing. >> nearly 600 are unaccounted for in tuscaloosa alone. as the hours pass, the chance for survival in the rubble left behind is quickly diminishing. nbc 4's chris clackum has more. >> reporter: the race to help tornado victims in alabama is matched only by the massive need. >> we have some of the greatest people that care about their neighborhoods, and it was evident today. every place that we went, we had -- we saw so many volunteers. >> reporter: with a tatterred flag recovered from the rubble of tornado ravaged tuscaloosa raised for inspiration, the mayor calls this a crisis. >> although we were ravaged, we still remain the shining city on the hill because the world has seen our faith in good and our faith in each other. >> reporter: the searches here have intensified, though, because tuscaloosa still cannot account for over 600 of its residents. >> going through the rubble looking for those that are missing, we ar