bin laden's son, omar, left him.e attacks were dumb, they were stupid. we've got this 800 pound gorilla after us now. in fact, i'm going to leave. he left afghanistan and he went to saudi arabia and he's basically, i think washed his hands of his father. >> reporter: on november 12th, kabul was overtaken by an afghan militia allied with the united states. the taliban were routed and bin laden ran to the one refuge he knew best, the afghan mountains. >> what will the future of osama bin laden's jihad look like? those who knew him said the holy war and violence it ignited will continue on. and everywhere people are wondering when al qaeda will strike next. bin laden himself had already written the next chapter. he called for his own children to carry on the fight. before his death, bin laden became a father again. this time to a daughter he named sophia, after a woman famous for killing a jewish spy. >> he told me that when my daughter will grow she will also kill the enemies of islam. >> from one generation to the nex

we will kill bin laden. we will kill bin laden. and then finally after all these years, the news late on a sunday night. they killed osama bin laden. they took custody of his body. >> at my direction the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. a small team of americans carried it out with extreme courage and capability. 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. >> you would be forgiven the night they killed bin laden for putting down your homework or your tv remote or whatever and running to the white house and, say, climbing a tree and singing the national anthem with a thousand strangers. you've waited a long time for this. some of the people i was out there with at the white house with last night have waited half their lives. i don't know what it means at this point in history that american forces have killed osama bin laden. i don't know what it necessarily means for politi

has bin laden's body.here's jubilation here inside of the white house, outside the white house, tourists and others have gathered outside. they're singing the national anthem, chanting "usa." some of them are singing "na, na, na, na, good-bye" to bin laden. point out, george, that 9/11 was bin laden's most devastating and deadly attack but other attacks linked to al qaeda including the 1998 bombings of the u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenya, where more than 200 individuals were killed and of course, the bombing of the "uss cole." i think 17 service members were killed in 2000, and those families have got to be experiencing the same thing that the families of the victims of 9/11 are feeling which is a great sense of closure, a great sense of relief, and a real happiness that the u.s. has not taken it's eye off of the ball throughout the bush administration and continues bot obama administration. >> the white house says bin laden's body is being treated in accordance with islamic practice and tradition. th

>> ¿cuál cree usted será la consecuencia inmediata de la muerte de osama bin laden?>> cuídese buenas tardes . >> >>> el pentágono revela más detalles del operativo donde murió osama bin laden, pero aún no deciden mostrar imágenes >>> el presidente barack obama volvió a hablar de la misión, y junto a funcionarios del gobierno, advirtió que la red al qaeda buscará venganza >>> la zona 0 en nueva york vuelve a estar concurrida, recordando a las víctimas de osama bin laden >>> los ataque del 11 de septiembre, también cambiaron la vida de los indocumentados en estados unidos, qué significa para ellos la muerte de osama bin laden? >>> este es su noticiero univisión, con jorge ramos y maría elena salinas [♪] . >>> muy buenas noches, osama bin laden está muerto, lo anunció anoche el presidente obama, lo que ahora faltan son imágenes >>> la casa blanca está considerando dar información e imágenes, importante conocer que con la muerte de osama bin laden termina una misión de más de 20 años >>> ahora nos cuentan >>> fueron las fuerzas especiales de la armada, que lanzaron el at

s lead source on osama bin laden. in a rare "60 minutes" interview he told us recently that america's greatest enemy in that region is not al qaeda, it's pakistan. >> you have to give pakistan a title. is it a friend? what is pakistan? >> reporter: it currently has the title of ally. >> right. deceptive. >> reporter: so you think its title should be? >> it should be a hostile country. a hostile state. >> reporter: so pakistan is the enemy of the u.s.? >> the amount of pain pakistan has inflicted upon the united states in the past 12 years is unprecedented. no other country has inflicted that amount of pain upon your nation. >> reporter: that pain is pakistan's long-term support for al qaeda and its allies. battling u.s. forces in afghanistan. today, the president's counterterrorism chief also seemed to point the finger at pakistan. >> i think it's inconceivable that bin laden did not have a support system in the country that allowed him to remain there for an extended period of time. >> reporter: that was more blunt t

tracking down bin laden. more on detective work that led to the final assault on terrorist. >>> and how the news is impacting stock markets. >>> and a very tense incident at a strip mall. how it ended. >>> and where gabrielle giffords is it morning and where the shuttle launch has been rescheduled. ♪banner yet wave ♪ >> you hear it there. hundreds of people celebrated the death of osama bin laden in times square, new york city last night. the crowd showed its enthuse atism by -- enthusiasm by singing "the national anthem." many people are offjoyed but at the same time they -- overjoyed but at the same time they thought this day would never arrive. osama bin laden was at the top of the most-wanted list. but now his picture shows a bright red "deceased" label at the bottom. the post advertised a $27 million reward. no word on who might be in line for a money. >>> we're talking more about the secret intelligence that led to the capture of washington, d.c. alison burns is live with the latest briefings in both th

and yet, osama bin laden was in pakistan. >> i think it's inconceivable that bin laden did not have a support system in the country. >> bin laden holding up there over the course of the last six years. >> hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. >> and what happens next? >> are we going to ultimately get a photo of the deceased osama bin laden? >> do you believe that's necessary at this point? >> sure. >> al qaeda central is going to try and respond. >> by netta is warning of potential retaliation. >> it's not going to end just because we killed this notorious, really international criminal. >> good evening, from new york, president obama will visit ground zero on thursday to honor the victims of osama bin laden's september 11th attacks. today, after the central intelligence agency said it confirmed through d.n.a. analysis that osama bin laden is dead, president obama said this -- >> i think we can all agree this is a good day for america. our country has kept its commitment to see that justice is done. the world is safer. it is a better place because of the death

be another bin laden. in the week of good things that it sometimes feels awkward to call good, that would be a good thing.

bin laden was one of a kind.combined an extraordinary talent for propaganda, for oratory, with rhetoric, with a largely mythical, but nonetheless convincing story of being a rich kid who'd given away his riches to live a life of a fighter, who had taken on the soviets himself, again, largely myth on the jiesed, but nonetheless very convincing. all of that is very difficult to put together as a package. there's no one else who's got it. the obvious successor is his associate, ayman al-zawahiri, but al-zawahiri is older, hasn't got the looks, hasn't got the chris ma of bin laden, and he's going to find it difficult to communicate in the way that bin laden did. bin laden was a strategist, but primarily a communicator, and that kind of person is almost irreplaceable for any organization, particularly a covert organization like al qaeda. >> while you're speaking, jason, we're just looking at some of those archived pictures of jihadees training in al qaeda camps. of course, there are still al qaeda groups around the wo

at the end of the day, osama bin laden is dead after the u.s. military entered his compound and brought him to justice. >> you said that you agree with the president's decision not to release the pictures of osama bin laden. have you seen those pictures? >> i have. >> and having seen them, does that inform your decision or is it a matter of something you just wouldn't want to release no matter what those pictures looked like? >> my concern as i said earlier today we don't want to treat osama bin laden like a trophy. i just talked to a soldier today who served after the abu ghraib pictures came out. their units right the day and the day subsequent were reminded that it's likely to get more dangerous. they had to double their first aid kits. they had to double their patrols. spend more time on patrols and violence had an uptick. when you look at that and you say what value do we have in showing this photo versus what we know are soldiers who are in harm's way in places that we know some people -- i'm not talking about people who are against this,

the president said bin laden deserved the justice he received and to anyone who doubts bin laden was killed, the president said you will not see him walking on this earth again. >> reporter: did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> reporter: what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> reporter: why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we have done d.n.a. sampling and testing, and so 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 incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. you know, that's not who we are. >> couric: you can see more of the president's first interview since the killing of bin laden this sunday on "60 minutes." over to the white house now, and chip reid. chip, that interview and talk of those photos dominated today's briefing. >> reporter: they did, katie, and that's because that interview is the best source we have for underst

he called bin laden a mass murder of muslims. and the president reaffirmed that the united states is not at war with muslims. >>> president obama announced osama bin laden's death about 8:30 last night. he made the announcement from the white house. and we showed it to you here live. that immediately brought out thousands of people to celebrate right outside the gates of the white house. >> usa, usa. >> you can hear for yourself this crowd started forming right as the president began his statement announcing the death of osama bin laden. the crowd last night may have been the largest to gather spontaneously outside the white house since president obama's election night victory in 2008. >>> the news of bin laden's death also brought a huge crowd in new york this morning and last night. want to -- we've been looking at ground zero. here's the scene last night where a large crowd gathered. still remains this morning. we've been dipping in to check out the people still gathered this morning. this of course where so many people lost t

osama bin laden. the architect of 9/11 had eluded the world's most powerful nation for more than a decade. >> the trail was quite cold. >> reporter: former cia director michael hayden recalls the early misfires. >> most of what he had looked more like elvis sightings than intelligence. >> reporter: the trail caught fire last august when u.s. intelligence zeroed in on this compound. >> an unusual compound. unusual in its security, in its size and location. >> reporter: its location, just over a mile from pakistan's premier military academy, north of islamabad. the compound was discovered after tracking down bin laden's trusted courier. >> one of my sources said to me, you know, one of the reasons it was so interesting to us is we knew bin laden was in the construction business. and this was well constructed. >> reporter: more clues begin to emerge from behind the 18-foot-high walls. >> what they began to notice is the occupant burned their trash. they couldn't determine that there was any internet acce

it was obvious bin laden would not be taken alive. u.s. officials say armed with an automatic rifle the al qaeda leader fired on americans who then shot and killed bin laden. >> then three other consecutive bangs came. then one fifth final bang that made the whole sky orange. that's when we had to duck. >> reporter: in the exchange, the navy seals also killed two al qaeda courser, and one of bin laden's adult sons. one woman who the al qaeda gunman used as a human shield was also shot and killed. when the shooting stopped the americans loaded bin laden's body on a helicopter to be transferred to afghanistan. nearly ten years after 9/11, the operation to kill bin laden was over in 40 minutes. >> it's amazing that this plan began to take shape eight months ago. the president held five meetings in the last six weeks to try to get this closer and closer to a decision to do, to make the order that he made on friday for what happened on sunday and then amazing harrowing moments. tell us more. >> actually for years intelligence operatives have be

there is archival video of our osama bin laden -- of osama bin laden. he has been captured and killed in the u.s. operation. he was confirmed by the president a short while ago in the east room of the white house. i will let you listen in to al jazeera coverage of the story. >> it is different from after 9/11. we are seeing a shift in strategy. let me be very frank. in afghanistan, people are very puzzled as far as the war against terrorists goes. we do not know what strategy they will adopt after what happened today. >> thank you for joining us on the line from afghanistan. we've got news that the most wanted man in the world is dead. u.s. president barack obama has just announced that osama bin laden has been killed by u.s. forces. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, the terrorist responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. >> obama says osama bin laden was killed in a special operation by u

the vatican says it hopes bin laden's death will promote peace and not hate adding bin laden will haveo answer to god for killing so many people. now that bin laden is gone, some muslim groups are pushing for u.s. soldiers to withdraw from the region. >> there is no need to stay in afghanistan and there is no need to stay in iraq. >> reporter: but u.s. troops say their job isn't done. >> just because osama bin laden is dead now doesn't mean the taliban will stop fighting us. >> reporter: european governments with close ties to america are tightening security. >> osama bin laden will no longer be able to bring terror and murder and mayhem to the world and that does not mean that the terror threat from al- qaeda is at an end. >> not -- >> reporter: u.s. officials say al-qaeda will almost certainly try to avenge bin laden's death. carlie d'agata, cbs news, rome. >> world financial markets actually got a boost from bin laden's death. the dollar rose, oil prices went down on thoughts that there will be a prediction of more global security following this. lesli, back to you. >> thank you. >>

osama bin laden killed in pakistan. isi confirmed it. there goes the neighborhood. >> reporter: it is reported there were 5,000 tweets were second. a new record by far. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> wet winter is paying off in the sierra. crews took their measurements today. the snow pack came in at 209% of average at this location. that is due to a lack of snow melt in april. the state says this year's water allocation is the highest since 2006. the wet winter could translate into lots of fuel for wildfires this summer. this is video of one of the many wildfires to hit the state. california has an average of 7,000 wildfires this year. homeowners need to clear brush and have an evacuation plan ready to go. >>> getting warmer. let's check in with bill for the latest on the forecast. >> the snow is melting slowly so we are not getting the big run offs so the snow is still captured up there. what we want is a slower melt so e we can capture that water and use it. things are heating up around here. it has been cool up till now. patchy

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osama bin laden, and a resident identified osama bin laden, and osama bin laden was given a chance to surrender and he resisted and shot in the head and a photo identification was made of osama bin laden, they have photographed but the c.i.a. has not released the photographs, and now we can report he has been buried at sea. >> the defense department official said they took pictures. with saddam hussein they thought it was important to see the photographs after death, will we see the photographs? >> they have in not decided. there are photos that claim to willing osama bin laden shot but we are told by intelligence fills they are doctored photographs and have been there for a while. so far, the photographs have not been released but they have photographic evidence. they did not want to set up a land burial so there would be a land shrine. there was a decision made so there was no place for pilgrims to come to visit. saudi arabia was asked if they wanted possession of body of osama bin laden but they dechained. >> it would be more appropriate to throw him off the building. that would be

that left him standing right in front of bin laden. bin laden was unarmed but the seal thought he was a threat so he shot him twice. katie? >> couric: and, david, doesn't that support the notion that this was, in fact, a kill mission? >> well, the seals certainly weren't there to give bin laden the benefit of the doubt. but only that seal knows why he pulled the trigger. >> couric: all right. david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. earlier today i talked with c.i.a. director panetta, the man in charge of the operation, and i asked him why photographs of bin laden taken after he was killed have not been released. >> well, i'm sure the concern is that just the nature of the photos themselves are such that it could, in fact, be used to try to develop the revengeful nature of what al qaeda is all about and try to inspire them to take even further action against us. i think that's the concern. >> couric: yesterday, white house counterterrorism advisor john brennan said the navy seals were prepared for a capture or kill missi

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osama bin laden's father who was a construction mogul in saudi arabia he died when bin laden was about 10 years old. he left behind a hefty, but undisclosed fortune. that gave osama bin laden not only a lot of his own money, but it also gave him access to the megarich saudi elite. he grew up playing with saudi princes and sheiks. he had his own stable of horses by the time he was 15 years old. that became the key not only to his direct financial power, but to his mystique. to what made him ince rational in the extremist world to the myth of imhim. bin laden used to brag when the russians invaded afghanistan, the saudi government wanted to send a prince. the saudi president wanted to send somebody from the royal family. when they couldn't get a saudi royal to go to afghanistan to be an inspirational figure supporting the muslim fighters against the communists there. they picked osama bin laden who was essentially saudi royalty even if he wasn't actually from the royal family. those were the roots of his inspiration ral power. this rich guy. this almost unimaginably rich guy with unimagi

this is have filling in the gaps that is still around about bin laden, about the death of bin laden,hat he's been doing for the past years. >> very early in the morning. we appreciate that. >>> we're continuing to follow the breaking news on cnn. in case you haven't heard, in the last few hours the u.s. government has released never before seen videos of osama bin laden. karen greenberg is the executive director at the center on law and security at new york university and an author. thanks very much for joining us. what doyou make about the release of the tapes, first of all? >> i think the release is partly a substitute for not showing the picture of bin laden when he was killed. i think it's an attempt to show the public, the american public that not just that it happened in a kind of corroborative way, because i think conspear a eeir theorists will find their way out of there, but to show that we were there, and to show, you need to keep in mind the reason we have this information, like the reason we have the thumb drives is because the obama administration chose not to bomb this

down. >> osama bin laden is dead.he significance? >> i think it is quite significant. i wouldn't say that the threat of terrorism is eliminated but i think it is substantially reduced. >> do you think that president obama now having brought him to justice will serve another term? >> it is too early to predict. i hope so. i believe this has enhanced his political standings, particularly those that didn't think he was a strong, competent person that could carry out a mission successfully. >> is the war on terror over? is it time to get out of afghanistan. >> i would hope this would expedite our time in afghanistan. >> the u.s. has known that is about overwhelming the taliban. he would like to see u.s. troops get out as quickly as possible. i did ask him about his own failed mission in trying to rescue american hostages in iran under his watch. what does it feel like? what does he go had through as a president making that kind of tough decision. he talks about that as well. >> what does it feel like when you fail at that

-- killed bin laden here. they want the u.s. to deliver proof to what they believe at the moment is the american version. >> the white house is considering whether or not to release a photo of osama bin laden's body as proof of his death. the press secretary has called the picture gruesome and potentially inflammatory. the administration has released a number of photographs taken at president obama and his senior staff monitoring the operation live late on sunday. >> surrounded by his cabinet today, a grant from a man who is not been so praise since he was first elected, praised for getting america's worst enemy. this photograph shows them watching the operation, faces etched in anticipation. he ordered a race rather than a missile strike. hillary clinton stairs as though she cannot believe that she is seen -- as though she cannot believe what she is seeing. then, they got the word that that the target was obtained. the firefight was very one- sided. >> bin laden's wife rushed the soldier and was shot in the l

was the capture of osama bin laden.a mega phone said, you know, these people will be brought to justice. is that now justice served, for you? >> well, yes. i mean, justice, getting one person who was evil and killing him. i'm so glad they didn't take him prisoner, i'm so glad they buried him at sea like a mafia low-life. i'm glad the fish already ate him. that's one man who has started a movement that now we've got to deal with. there's who knows how many thousands of radical crazies around the world doing evil like this person did. now they'll be fighting to take his place, and lead this movement. so we've got to really be afraid and vigilant and prepared. all the soldiers that are out there, the navy, the marines, just have done a great job for us coming back. firefighters and police officers. these are the young people that we're counting on to keep us safe. >> all right. former fire commissioner of new york, thomas von essen. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> next we're going to hear what bin l

where she reacted with apparent fury. >> in the room with bin laden was bin laden's wife.hed one of the u.s. assaulters and was shot in the leg, but not killed. a woman on the first floor was killed in the cross fire. >> and bin laden's wife was unarmed, as well? >> that is my understanding. >> reporter: people who study bin laden say his wives are devoted to him. >> he is in the al qaeda context an honorable man. he's viewed as a statesman. i would be surprised in this guy would sacrifice a wife. but i'm sure she was prepared to get in front of a bullet for him. >> reporter: amal's injury is not considered serious. buzz his son khaleed from a different wife was killed in the raid. bin laden is survived by at least 11 other sons, including hamza, seen here as a young teen, supposedly training 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 addi

the fight against bin laden's followers as far from over. >> bin laden was a person and al qaeda is much bigger than a person. two days after u.s. forces killed osama bin laden, new details of the operation are still emerging including the fact that he was unarmed. pressure is mounting on authorities in pakistan to explain how they did not know that he was hiding right under their noses in the shadow of a military facility. we have complete coverage from pakistan. >> hiding in plain sight in the house towering above all the rest, this was osama bin laden's window on the world and in side of the window -- inside of the compound, signs of the struggle. the u.s. claimed that he might have lived there for as much as five years. the powerful spy agency of pakistan said that they had raided the place in 2003 but then it dropped off the radar. they told us today it was embarrassed by their failure. this local man insists that no one passed unnoticed here. >> all of these people when they came in the night to their house, they checked their cards. they ask where you live, which house you live. m

this hunt either for osama bin laden. we're coming up now on the tenth anniversary of those 9/11 attacks. how different that anniversary will be this year now that osama bin laden is dead. >> incredible difference, particularly when you mark a decade these families have waited for some sort of justice. jake mentioned the polls as recently as this last fall that 67% of americans never thought osama bin laden would be captured or killed. he continued to taunt the united states with those audiotapes. three in the last year. the last was in march where he threatened to kill captured americans if sheikh mohammed khalid was not key leased. just this evening on "world news" we featured a young boy who grew up in lower manhattan, a kindergartener when those towers were falling that morning. he saw it happen, saw people jump from the offices and a firefighter running to him at the scene, a little boy, he said it never left him and that's what drove the documentary. that's the sentiment we'll hear over and over again as we continue

osama bin laden is dead!rfew is normally 11:30 but people were out until 1:00 this morning, and they were celebrating. so the great quest of our time is finally over. so what happens to the war on terror and the mission in south asia? >> peter bergen here to talk about that. he interviewed osama bin laden in '97. and terrorist analyst paul c krupshank is with us, and fran townsend, as well. peter, let's kick it off with you. how if at all does this affect the campaign in afghanistan? >> well, americans have fought the war in afghanistan according to polls including democrats, this will increase political pressure on president obama to, you know, to try and make the campaign in afghanistan. but i think president obama has made a significant decision, his decision that has been not really completely processed as it's probably the most important decision of his presidency on the foreign policy front, other than the intervention in libya which is extending the american military presence in afghanistan until decem

that was the same offered for bin laden. least two others may also be in line to succeed bin laden, including an american born in new mexico. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has been following developments in the war on terror certainly for years. he joins us libya. who stands in line next? >> reporter: the egyptian position, al zawahiri, 59 years old, someone who has been with bin laden for a very long time burke he does have detractors. he's considers arrogant. he's not charismatic at all. he's been giving speeches of late on the internet and they just don't get a lot of traffic. very different story for a much younger individual, the american u.s. citizen from new mexico yemeni, he speaks english flew enly obviously. speaks in a language that young people can understand and he makes logical arguments in aver of al qaeda's cause instead of using only koranic phrases and speaking in a type of poetic language that bin laden would favorer to use. some people even in the united states, it was al lackey an e-

asked why bin laden wasn't more heavily guarded, panetta reportedly said, bin laden believed he would get a heads up before an attack. >> the fact was that we completed this operation within 40 minutes and we had everybody on their way out of that country. >> nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house now. so, mike what are you hearing about a decision on releasing that picture? >> reporter: still under consideration. you saw that interview that the cia director leon panetta had with brian williams on "nightly news" last night in response to the question of the photograph. he says there is no question it will be ultimately be presented to the public. we have to reveal it to the rest of the world. the question is really when and what is to be gained by releasing it, said to be very gruesome, as you know. bin laden was shot in the region of the left eye, blood and brain tissue said to be visible there. you don't want to present that image to the public and unnecessarily inflame the muslim and arab world and what is to be gained really? are people going to believe it if they publish a pho

in the room with bin laden a woman, bin laden's -- a woman, rather, bin laden's wife rushed the u.s. asalter and was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. >> the white house continues to consider whether to release a photo as proof of bin laden's death, which was already confirmed through d.n.a. analysis. earlier tonight cia director leon panetta revealed the status of that decision to nbc news brian williams. >> there is a report as we have this conversation for the record, 10:36 a.m., that the president, the white house has decided and it may already be out to release a proof of death photo what light can you shed on this. >> the government obviously has been talking about how best to do this. but i don't think there was any question that ultimately a photograph would be presented to the public. >> leon panetta also provided details on the president's rules of engagement with bin laden. >> the president's order read capture or kill or both or just one of those? >> the authorities we have on bin laden are to kill him. and that was made

bin laden hated democracy.o the few who made up osama bin laden's following in the world, he was a charismatic and powerful leader. al qaeda functioned almost as a cult of personality for him with his manufactured personal myth, oodles of family money, twisted pseudoreligio pseudoreligiousity at his center. he was a good talker when he was talking about himself which he always was. he also tried hard to portray himself as the modern day heir to the profit mohammed, dressing like him, welcoming the comparison. that's what was so awesome about that book supposedly by bin laden's ex-wife which said bin laden spoked a lot of pot and lusted obsessively after whitney houston. i bet money that book was made up. don't you think it drove him nuts that was out there? osama bin laden is not the death of al qaeda as an organization. they're still here. the good news about al qaeda, the man likely to succeed bin laden as their leader, whatever bin laden had, this guy does not have it. >> number two zawahiri is not charismat

al qaeda after bin laden. a warning from the c.i.a. director. >> i can assure you, whoever takes his place he will be number one on our list. >> couric: and not even the neighbors knew that in the house down the block lived the most-wanted terrorist in the world. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. from the site of the deadliest terror attack ever on u.s. soil. president obama will be here later this week to mark the end of the hunt for the man who ordered it, osama bin laden, killed sunday night in his hideaway in pakistan in a raid by u.s. navy seals. pulling the trigger on that operation was one of theÑi toughest decisions the president has ever had to make. david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it

pour years to the location. >> we must take out osama bin laden. >> though bin laden was never seen early friday morning president obama gave the go- ahead for the special operations rate. i mean every navy seals who entered escaped unharmed. a mechanical issue brought down a u.s. helicopter inside the compound forcing troops to bomb and burn its remnants. >> we beat them at their own game. >> at 7:00 p.m. last night president obama received official word that bin laden was dead. the fbi was able to make that using dna from one of osama bin laden's sisters. u.s. forces took custody of bin laden's body. he was buried at sea and in accordance with islamic law. abc 7 news. >> ok, thank you so much. meanwhile, flash pops celebrated in the streets last night at the white house as were the bin laden's death spread on line. we continue our coverage live at the white house. are there more crowds today as well? >> there are indeed. a smaller crowd of rissole last night. but certainly the motion is still there for many. people are continuing to come up to the gates. we saw additional people walking

, a woman, bin laden's -- a woman, rather, bin laden's wife, rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. >> bin laden was shot, one in the chest and once above his left eye. his dna has been identified, but much of the muslim world still believers bin laden is alive. the white house says a record of the sunday assault on the compound, photographs of bin laden's corpse and a video of his burial at sea do exist. but president obama has not authorized their release. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot this the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. that's not who we are. >> question, we are fighting against al-qaeda. what do we gain in that fight from the execution of osama bin laden, and will president obama be forced to prove that he is in fact dead? james? >> i just checked with the white house press office, they're still pretty serious he's dead. more than likely still dead. >> it

in the room with bin laden, a woman, bin laden -- rather, a woman, bin laden's wife, rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg, but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. following the firefight, the noncombatants were moved to a safe location as the damaged helicopter was detonated. the team departed the scene via helicopter to the "uss carl vincent" at sea. aboard the "uss carl vincent" osama bin laden was buried according to military practices. the deceased body was washed and placed in a white sheet and placed in a weighted bag. a military officer read written remarks translated by a native arabic speaker. a then afterwards the body was place odd an prepared flat board and tipped up and the deceased body eased into the sea. >> carney mentioning the burial at sea, and there is a new tidbit at the end, because we knew that bin laden was buried at sea, but he told us that it was the north arabian sea and his words were that he was eased from the deck of the "uss vincent" and so more information emerging from the top secret raid, and more news from

it was osama bin laden. now this operation track and take down bin laden was years in the making but really hit high gear last summer as vital new intelligence came together. jake on the critical decision facing president obama. >>reporter: it was a nerve wracking 3 hours in the situation room sunday as president obama and his national security team watched in real time the navy seals making their way to osama bin laden compound. >> it was probably one of the most you anxiety filled periods of time i think in the lives of the people who were assembled here yesterday. the minute passed like days. >>reporter: as the presidential candidate then senator obama argue he would refocus military asset from iraq to afghanistan and pakistan. >> we will kill bin laden. crucial died. >>reporter: in june 2009 less than 5 months into his presidency the president wrote a memo to the cia director telling him quote to provide me provide me within 30 day as detailed operation plan for locating and bringing to justice osama bin