it's written by a member of the navy s.e.a.l. team that did the job. among s.e.a.l.s, it is considered a violation of their rules of operating in silence. for the rest of us, there were details in it not known heretofore because it was a secret operation. our report on it tonight from our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: it's the most detailed account yet of the mission that killed osama bin laden, written by a navy s.e.a.l. under the pseudonym mark owen who helped take down the al qaeda leader. it was pitch black as the navy s.e.a.l. crept upstairs to the third floor of the compound. the author says he was second in line when the lead s.e.a.l. saw bin laden poke his head out of the doorway and the lead s.e.a.l. opened fire. we were less than five steps from getting to the top, he wrote, when i heard suppressed shots. bin laden disappeared back into the room. the s.e.a.l.s found bin laden on the floor. he was unarmed and fatally wounded. two women wailing over his body. bin laden had been shot once in the head. as he convulsed on t

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the book by a navy s.e.a.l.laden wasn't fighting back when he was shot to death. that's according to the associated press. john miller, former deputy director of national intelligence joins us from new york. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> the question is what did we learn from this and did it contradict anything we knew? >> i think we learned from this that this is a typical piece of washington reporting where they are parsing very small details with a bit of a spin. scott pelley from "60 minutes" and obviously from "cbs evening news" has actually spoken to the navy s.e.a.l. who calls himself mark owen who wrote the book. here's how his account actually goes. he says the point man was coming up the stairs. bin laden poked his head out the door. the point man fired. bin laden was down, still moving. the other two s.e.a.l.s who followed the point man into the room fired more bullets into bin laden to make sure he was dead unaware whether he had a grenade or suicide bomb. yes, an ak-47 was found in the

the strong words from the pentagon to a former navy s.e.a.l. who was part of the raid that killed osama bin laden. >>> a lot of heat for today. some of the hottest weather in the east bay with discovery bay at 94. livermore at 90. south san jose, 88. a mere memory. the fog starting to roll in. we are expecting estimated travel delays of an hour at sfo in the morning with fog and drizzle. we're tracking that fog and will have it for you coming up. >>> here's a twist. surveillance video and a manhunt. but the man they are hunting for didn't commit any crime as far as we know. instead, he won the lotto. $52 million. so what's the story? nbc bay area's cheryl hurd joins us from the winning location in fremont. cheryl? >> raj there could be a lot of reasons why someone may not want to redeem a big ticket like this. maybe he bought the ticket with a group of friends and doesn't want them to know. maybe he's in shock. maybe he's scared. well, his picture is now out there. we definitely know what he looks like. take a look at the video of the mystery m

and that navy s.e.a.l.ays he will donate the proceeds of the book to charities who help the families of fallen navy s.e.a.l.s. the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >>> we have been talking a lot about hurricane isaac and the risks and the flooding, but there is a huge impact on the rest othe country and christine romans is here to join us about what is happening day to day and another gas spike. >> another couple of pennies overnight, and people are saying that the gas is going up, up, up, but i will tell you that it is coming back down, because all of the experts say that once you get the refineries up and running and the pipelines up again, you will see a price coming dow

according to the department of defense, the former navy s.e.a.l.nuing obligation to never divulge classified information. this is a national security attorney who has hired many cases like this one. he is "outfront" tonight. let's just start off with he signed these agreements that he can't ever divulge classified information. now the pentagon is saying, look, we're considering legal action against this man. what could they charge him with? >> they have a few things they could charge him with. one, seek a civil suit against him for breach of contract. essentially he failed to submit the book for prepublication. that would subject him to civil penalties like seizure of his royalties or his advance. if it is determined he disclosed classified information, he could be subjected to criminal penalties and a sentence in jail. >> so he could actually have to serve jail time? >> yes. >> any sense from precedent if it were to get to that how long? >> well, there's never been a prior case where an individual who wrote a book was sentenced to jail. there have

. >>> a member of the elite navy s.e.a.l.ok out osama bin laden has written a book about it. in the famously secret community, that alone is causing controversy. it was not vetted by government officials. the operation is still classified. joining me now former navy s.e.a.l. captain dib couch, also a "new york times" best-selling author. this book was not cleared by the defense department, the white house, the cia has not reviewed it, though a spokesperson for the publisher says it was vetted by a former special ops attorney. aren't s.e.a.l.s or special ops generally required to sign a nondisclosure agreement and what about the fact this is still classified? >> sfwlr security concerns there, and yes, special operators, as i understand it, do sign nondisclosure agreements, so there are security concerns here. both a classified operation, and the unit that conducted the operation is a classified unit. so there may be security considerations here associated with this work. >> he is retired, this author, but presumably others on

. >>> plus, the pentagon threatens a former navy s.e.a.l. with legal action after he writes that tell-all book regarding the raid that ended in osama bin laden being killed. we've got new information just in from that former s.e.a.l.'s attorney, what that attorney said only in the last hour. >>> melody shea, founder of asa products, led the company to more than $3 million in revenue in three years. but some bad decisions caused sales to plummet to a tenth of that. instead of giving up, melanie got her mba and took what she learned to rebuild her company. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. >>> officials in flood-ravaged plaquemines parish, louisiana, say more victims of hurricane isaac may be found as the waters there begin to recede. the storm has so far claimed five lives. on the gulf coast, hundreds of thousands of people still wi

a navy s.e.a.l.ho took part in the raid that killed osama bin laden and wrote >> from the cbs studios, it is 726. a strip mall fire in san jose is out and firefighters are on the scene, and up and looking for the cause. the fire started about 430 in the morning near alum rock. the company that screens bags sfo denies reports that it has turned off a key x-rayed function in order to save time. the examiner reports the move means that high risk baggage could get through. a secret settlement for a victim of the san bruno pipeline explosion has been posted on line by mistake. the san mateo county court website has information that pg&e paid a teenager who was burned more than $2 million. ,,,,,,,, >> towards highway 4 is super slow this morning. a couple of accidents in antioch so and you can see the line of slow traffic sensors continues all the way close to 242. the bay bridge is backed up this morning, about a 20 minute wait to get you on the bridge. >> looking towards russian hill right now, a little

a book written by a navy s.e.a.l. who was there. >>> sitting down with the man accused of covering up the sex scandal. the school's former president. an abc news exclusive. >>> and royal reaction. prince harry arriving home to face the music about his american escapades. >>> good wednesday -- thursday morning, everybody. we begin with tropical storm isaac, now on track today to become a hurricane and rain on the republican parade. >> the track of the storm actually shifted west overnight, increasing its chances of hitting tampa during next week's gop convention. >> but this morning, isaac is kicking up 45-mile-per-hour winds and dumping some heavy rain on the virgin islands and puerto rico. abc's tahman bradley has the very latest. >> reporter: tropical storm isaac, already the size of texas, is quickly moving west. the storm is expected to make landfall in the caribbean island of hispanogola. the storm is dangerously close to the florida coast, making officials there nervous. >> we've been talking to fema, the depart

of the navy s.e.a.l. who wrote a book detailing the night osama bin laden was killed. the question is, does the s.e.a.l. reveal classified information in the book that is out in a couple of weeks? it's "way too early" for this. good morning, i'm willie geist and this is "way too early," the show that's going to be covering the republican convention in a longshoreman's rain slicker and chained to a light post. i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. e-mail me at waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me @williegeist, let me know what you're doing up. or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this friday, august 24th, including mitt romney's plan to make the united states energy-independent by 2020. we'll comb through the details on that. plus, our man chris matthews on leno last night talking politics and doing an unsolicited impression of a monkey. i dare you to miss that one. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city

now a navy s.e.a.l. talking about the raid. the commanders are beginning we are told to become extremely concerned that there is just too much talk out there about it. there's always been war movies, hasn't there? we have seen this since world war ii. so there's plenty of that going on all the time. but is it finally going just a bit too far? carol. >> barbara starr reporting live for us from the pentagon. >>> the death toll from the west nile virus continues to rise. it's up to 42 now. the latest death in arkansas. this is now the largest west nile virus outbreak the united states has ever seen. the centers for disease control and prevention says epidemics normally peak in mid august, but it takes time for cases to be reported. so the numbers will likely rise. the cdc has already recorded more than 1,100 infections across 38 states. nearly half of those cases in texas. >>> to pennsylvania now, where the former penn state university president is speaking out for the first time on the jerry sandusky scandal. and he's blasting th

and the author/former navy s.e.a.l. may face actions.details the raid that killed osama bin laden last year. the man who wrote it violated agreements to never reveal military skrets. the book is titled "no easy day." it goes on sale tuesday. >>> he knows he's won millions but has not come forward to claim the money. lottery officials say right here, this is surveillance of a man buying the $52 million winning mega millions lottery ticket at the quick and convenient convenience store in fremont. he's physically checked his ticket several times at bay area stores but for some reason has yet to claim the money. we talked with the cashier who sold him the ticket. >> i know him. he used to come almost every week. >> he has one year from the date of the draw to claim the prize or else he will lose all $52 million. >> then he has the rest of his life to spend it. enjoy. >>> when we come back, everyone knows what it's like to be married for ten years. how about 80 years? we'll introduce you to a couple. >>> 77 years later, and they are still in

gabriel gomez was a former navy s.e.a.l.nd a member of the opsec group and john salts is president of vote vets. thank you for your service to our country. mr. gomez, i want to start with you. doesn't the president deserve credit for issuing a very difficult order? this was far from a certain mission and in the process, we invaded the sovereign the of pakistan. do you give him credit for that? >> absolutely. we have always been to the conclusion that the president deserves full credit for giving the green lilgt on the operation. it was a difficult decision. a lot of his advisers were gens it and you have to give him 100% credit. >> and it was something for which he was strenuously criticized during the campaign. he was called nooif and worse when during the course of the campaign and i know it because he said it to me on at least three occasions, that he was willing to take that shot even if were in pakistan. they thought that was mistaken. >> we agree and have never said he should not have full credit. >> so, your criticism

navy s.e.a.l.t raid that is still classified. and washington was totally surprised, we hear, by that news. a report from the pentagon is up next. you're watching "starting point." phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. ooo no. the hotel lost our reservation. nonsense! you book at travelocity, your reservation's guaranteed. well, i did not book with travelocity, okay?!? [ female announcer ] get the travelocity guarantee any way you book, including our new app. you'll never roam alone. >>> it's the first account of the raid that killed osama bin laden from someone who was actually there. a man claims he was a member of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. team 6 coming out with a book about some of the most thrilling 38 minutes in modern military history. and just like the raid, no one saw it coming, its release date is on september 11 of 2012,

the former navy s.e.a.l. who uses the pseudonym mark owen, has written a tell-all to beat all tell-alls. "no easy day, the firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden" has been a closely held secret by the publisher but is expected to be an instant best-seller when it is released on september 11th. no one knows exactly what's in it yet. but the publisher says the book provides a blow by blow narrative of the assault, beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended owen's life straight through to the radio call confirming bin laden's death. the administration and military were quick to say that the author did not request approval for the book, which is usually standard, even though the s.e.a.l. left the military a year ago. the s.e.a.l. community hasn't shied away completely from publicity in recent months. some active duty s.e.a.l.s playing themselves in a fictionalized movie, which has some very real-looking raids. but talking about the bin laden raid is different. already the auth

note from the book, with one helicopter down, the flight back to the base was so crowded, one navy s.e.a.l. actually sat on the chest of the dead bin laden. president obama honored and praised the courage of the s.e.a.l. team after the raid. >> job well done. job well done. >> reporter: although the author reportedly wrote -- "none of us were huge fans of obama. we respected him as the commander in chief of the military and for giving us the green light on the mission." >> but brian, s.e.a.l.s have a code of protecting their secrecy. why is he doing this? >> reporter: well, he wrote this book without the advanced approval of the pentagon and they are now reviewing it to see if he's revealed secrets that could help understand how the s.e.a.l.s do their very dangerous jobs. and it could be very controversial. >> okay. brian ross reporting in tonight. >>> and, coming up right here, a deadly epidemic. new warnings about the west nile virus stretching coast to coast. deadly epidemic. new warnings about the west nile virus stretching coast to coast. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell he

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can they track down the former navy s.e.a.l. and find him and prevent the book from being published? >> well, i imagine, suzanne, that they are looking at the options right now. of course, they could go to the court to seek an injunction to prevent the publication, which in some ways that increases the public interest and likely book sales, and so they have the make judgments about what they are willing to do. the s.e.a.l. runs the risk of having not gone through that proce process, if he, even if it is inadvertent and he reveals classified information that is defense-related, he could face a criminal prosecution, and not simply sort of having his security clearances revoked and all sorts of penalties he could face, and the worst of which could be criminal. >> and fran, help me to understand this, what are the kind of specifics that would be revealed in a book like this that would put either special ops people or their missions in trouble. >> well, the easiest one for people to appreciate is that he could reveal the identities o

. >>> a navy s.e.a.l. breaks the military code and speaks out. new details about the killing of osama bin laden that contradicts the white house's version of the events. >>> and apple wants to help you buy an iphone 5. the offer the company's making and what you'd have to give up to get it. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. after some hot weather for today the forecast going to get even worse. everything in the moderate to high category the next 48 hours. we also have the track on tropical storm isaac. i'm going to detail what that's going to mean if you're doing any kind of air trofl avel in ja few minutes. >>> south san jose has been plagued with power outages. residents are frustrated with pg&e's response. people in the hacienda school neighborhood have been averaging about one power outage a month since the beginning of the year. finally, after months of complaining, it appears that pg&e is taking some action. only on nbc, jean elle is in san jose with more on this power strug of sorts, jean. >> report

here's a clip of it with the former navy s.e.a.l.amed ben smith. >> worse than ever are leakings coming out of the white house. >> i don't see why anybody would purposely put lives in jeopardy. >> it will get americans killed. it is my civic duty to tell the president to stop leaking information to the enemy. ♪ >> wow. that's pretty tough stuff to watch. quick question for you. this group has said their bipartisan. are there nuances to what bipartisan means in their books? >> nuances at the very least, ashleigh. we found out the group's president, former navy s.e.a.l., scott taylor, was once an unsuccessful republican candidate for congress in virginia. the group spokesman worked in a similar capacity for the bush administration. this group opsec shares office space with two republican strategy groups in virginia. we went over there yesterday and checked that out. there is at least some tie to the republican party here, maybe implied but some tie despite their group that they're nonpartisan. >> thank you. >>> i want to make one more

he's also a retired navy s.e.a.l., thanks for joining us. >> it's good to be here with a fellow marylander and our thoughts and prayers go out to the teammates that we lost yesterday. >> absolutely. when we talk about the reception of the film, there have been critics of the film saying that your group produced this and it smells a little bit like the swift vote acts that bogged down the kerry campaign of '04. how do you respond to that? >> i wasn't involved in that with the swift veterans. we were not either. this is a group of special operations and intelligence s.e.a.l.s, we're really upset about the unprecedented amount of leaks that have come out over the past couple years and we feel it's time to come out and say something about it and i understand we'll get criticism from anyone. that's fine. we're undeterred with our message. >> scott, a major criticism from the group is that the president claims too much credit for making this decision to take out osama bin laden. wasn't it his decision? without it that never

a new book from a former navy s.e.a.l. is now raising questions about the raid that killed osama bin laden. chief correspondent jim mikal j miklaszewski. >> reporter: in this case plenty of confusion about the killing of bin laden. in this first person report by a navy s.e.a.l. who was there, he reports osama bin laden was unarmed. when he first poked his head out the door, one navy s.e.a.l. shot him twice and other navy s.e.a.l.s moved in and pumped additional bullets into his body as he lie dying on the floor. initially the white house reported he was armed and a threat and this was a kill or capture mission. but frankly, the ugly truth about special operations raids like this is that u.s. forces almost always immediately open fire and shoot to kill any military age male, armed or not. by the way, there was some concern that this book would reveal classified information, but defense and military officials who have read it said while it does reveal some navy s.e.a.l. tactics, it does not revolley any deep, dark national s

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stay with us. >>> the controversial new book by a former navy s.e.a.l. is raising questions about the way osama bin laden died. former s.e.a.l. took part in the raid that killed the terror leader and says he was shot in the head as he looked out of the bedroom door. that official account that said osama bin laden was killed after ducking back into his room and possibly reaching for a weapon and the book goes on sale next week. >> the leader of the free world crashed a social media site. first, good news for yelp. hi, emily. >> yelp shares surged as a lock up expired despite fears of a stock drop allowing big inside investors to sell 53 million additional shares, six months after yelp's ipo. shares of the user review site ended the day up at over 22 dollars a piece. the social network's first lock up expired the stock plunged even further with investors selling majority of the stake. facebook remains down 50% since the ipoz shares of pan dora rows roes in after hours trading after it broke even in the second quarter, surprising analysts. pan dora says sale

at the national cathedral, tom scherr within, news4. >>> we're learning more tonight about the navy s.e.a.l. who wrote a book about taking part in the covert raid that killed osama bin laden. the s.e.a.l. from virginia beach retired from the navy tomorrow, wrote the book. we're honoring requests not to identify him by name. it's scheduled to be released on september 11th. >>> we have an update now late this afternoon, delegate don dwyer revealed he was drinks before he boat collided with another bode last night. dwyer, four children, and another adult all we are taken to a hospital. >> it is true i was drinking while operating my boat yesterday. it's also been reported that my blood alcohol content was 0.2. no one, no one should be drinking and operating a motor vehicle or a powerboat. >> that accident happened on the river, all of those injured are expected to recover. >>> an unusually dressed bronc into a bank of america and authorities don't think it's the first time he's done it. chris gordon has the surveillance videos. >> reporter: right next door to the bank. this door front is vacan

navy s.e.a.l.his controversial book about the killing of osama bin laden. i am wolf blitzer, you're in i am wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we're coming to you live from the site of next week's democratic national convention. the time warner cable arena in charlotte, north carolina. the spotlight from the republican convention hasn't cooled yet, but the party's newly minted nominees are out there on the campaign trail, tweaking a schedule to squeeze in a presidential looking visit to a disaster zone. cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta is in new orleans with details. what's the latest with mitt romney, jim? >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney was scheduled to visit three battleground states today. at the last minute, his campaign aides scheduled a stop here in louisiana so mitt romney could go and visit some of the storm damage in this state. it is a sign that this campaign with just two months to go will have plenty of twists and tur

is the former navy s.e.a.l. who wrote it crossing the line? we'll get reaction from another former s.e.a.l. who knows him. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ radio ] it's a scorcher out there...stay refreshed! [ female announcer ] new lipton tea & honey. sweetened with honey, made from real tea leaves and real fruit flavors. ♪ it's never felt so real ♪ no, it's never felt so right ♪ [ female announcer ] only 5 calories. new lipton tea & honey. >>> still to come on "today," a high salary without a higher education. jobs that pay six figures and don't require college degrees. >>> good morning. live at the streets of san jose on what is a cool start to this saturday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez with meteorologist roby mayeda. we have a little bit of everything. >> we do. fog, misty skies, san francisco can't see it right now, with the fog there. 55 now. 60 in sunnyvale. 57 san jose. a good strong sea breeze. southwest wind at 21 into fairfield which is good news if you happen to have an ac 45 and out across the bay today. we'

is the former navy s.e.a.l. who wrote it crossing the line? we'll get reaction from another former s.e.a.l. who knows him. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on "today," a high salary without a higher education. jobs that pay six figures and don't require college degrees. >>> good morning. it is 7:26 on this saturday, august 25th. i'm richard jordan. topping our headlines today, give yourself some extra time if you are driving near 66 and the beltway in northern virginia this weekend. last night crews shut down several lanes on i-66 west at the beltway. some lanes on exit ramps leading to 66 west have also been closed. then starting tomorrow night, the southbound 495 ramp to 66 west will be completely closed. during that time, you'll have to take the little river turnpike. everything should be reopened by monday. the closures are for work on the express lanes project. metro riders can also expect plays this weekend on the red line. trains will single track between grovener and medical center as well as between takoma and fores

is the former navy s.e.a.l. who wrote it crossing the line? we'll get reaction from another former s.e.a.l. who knows him. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> still to come on "today," a high salary without a higher education. jobs that pay six figures and don't require college degrees. >> this is wbal tv-11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning, everyone, i'm lisa robinson. it's 7:25, here's a look at the morning's top stories. baltimore city police are a shootingng involving one of their own. shortly after 10:00 p.m. last night officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 2400 block of maisel court and police discovered the suspect still firing his handgun. >> officers responded, found an individual allegedly firing shots off at a home of a female associate. police officers encountered the suspect, the suspect engaged police officers, police officers discharged their service weapon and later we recovered a 45 caliber handgun at the scene. >> we are told the suspect is in stable condition. a police spokesperson says the injuries ar