martin fletcher, thanks. good to see you, as always. >>> nbc news learns pakistan has agreed to let the cia send a forensic team into the compound where bin laden was killed by the navy s.e.a.l.s to search for any al qaeda materials that might have been left behind. items buried in the walls, buried in the ground. pakistan's cooperation here could be a sign tensions are easing a bit over the secret mission. >>> up next tonight, new numbers and what they're telling us about love and marriage in america. >>> because there's got to be more to life than the news we have been covering lately, look at this, the video that got our attention today comes from the san diego zoo via youtube. in the contest on who has the most energy, it looks like a tie early on between the otter and the 2-year-old. notice the fake, the direction change by the cagey toddler. not enough to outsmart the friendly otter. >>> another milestone, we mentioned earlier, from the census tonight. married couples now make up less than half of all a

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. >> nbc's martin fletcher is following the global reaction and doing so from london. martin, celebrations across the united states, but i want to find out what the reaction is from europe especially being that this kind of capped a weekend of a lot of activity in europe, and one being the royal wedding friday and the beatfication of pope john paul ii in rome. >> well, it is changing the mood, thomas. congratulations to america pouring in from london, and especially countries suffering from terrorism, and not just britain, but africa and the middle east. nato called the assassination, quote, a significant success, but others played it down. russia's ambassador said that bin laden was only a symbol who had long-since retired and been replaced by younger commanders, but they are also warning en to extra care everywhere. thomas. >> martin, the arab world though, how are they responding to the news as it continues to be absorbed around the globe? >> well, among the muslim countries, it is a bit of a mixed bag. congratulations from some who suffered, because more than half o

. >> let's get to nbc's martin fletcher live in london for more on the reaction of the world. in, how is this playing to the global audience? >> well, hi, savannah. well, the world is echoing what the british prime minister just said on your air. britain and kenya and israel are delighted and sending congratulatory messages and france held the tenacity, and nato called the assassination a significant success, but others are playing it down. russia's ambassador said that bin laden is a symbol who had long since been retired and replaced by younger commanders and also there have been warnings of the british prime ministers that while killing osama bin laden is welcomed, it is not the end of the fight of terrorism by a long way, and the britain citizens are warned to stay alert for possible threats and interpol is called for extra care. and london is mixed bag, because congratulations of some who suffer and more than half of bin laden's victims were muslims, but also calls for revenge on the islamic web sites and in afghanistan the government leaders burst into applause when presi

british reporter martin fletcher witnessed the roundups in homs, after he got into syria on a tourist visa. >> quite clearly, the regime had been going around the street of homs arresting any young man of fighting age and putting him into this and presumably other detention centers. i was held for about six hours and at regular intervals young men were brought in some of them whimpering with fear others quite defiant, but it gave me a glimpse as to what lengths this regime is going to suppress this insurrection. >> woodruff: another journalist- - al jazeera's dorothy parvaz-- was detained at the damascus airport in late april. she holds american, canadian and iranian citizenship and has reportedly been sent to iran and imprisoned there. today, president assad told a syrian newspaper he will work to resolve the issue of detainees jailed during the unrest. he also urged syrians to cooperate with the government so reforms can be made. but u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon urged assad again to stop using excessive force. and in washington, white house spokesman jay carney condemned today