how was osama bin laden influenced by the muslim brotherhood? th the muslim brotherhood in saudi arabia. he was very much influenced. >> the muslim brotherhood was born in egypt, and again and again, bin laden is influenced by egyptian ideas, egyptian political organizations, and egyptian people, and they tend to move him in a more radical and militant direction over time. >> reporter: this man, syed qutb, was an inspiration for the muslim brotherhood. he was executed in 1966 for what many believe was a trumped-up charge for attempting to overthrow the egyptian government. his book, "milestones," was must reading for jihadists and still is today. it challenges the long-accepted belief that holy war should only be waged in response to an attack. qutb justifies something new, holy war that attacks the enemy first. >> all these things are now coming together for bin laden, the islamic awakening, the fact that he's joined the muslim brotherhood, the fact that he's reading syed qutb, and these are politicizing him and giving the idea we need to create

. ♪ >> osama bin laden was the world's most wanted terrorist. haunted americans and millions of others around the world. i'm christiane amanpour in peshawar, pakistan, the birthplace of bin laden's terrorist organization, al qaeda. not far from here, just across the border in afghanistan, he disappeared shortly after 9/11. to know more about osama bin laden, to bring you his whole story, we visited his homes, his headquarters, his hideouts. we journeyed in his footsteps, from saudi arabia to pakistan to afghanistan. those who have prayed with him, lived with him, and fought for him share of story of his gradual but deadly transformation. from a quiet religious boy to the angry voice of holy war. ♪ osama bin laden grew up in the boomtown of jeddah, saudi arabia, a town his father helped build. >> saudi arabia in the 1960s was of course a fantastically wealthy kingdom. jeddah was its main door to the west. it was its main port on the red sea, and a huge amount of building had taken place. i'm brian. i taught osama bin laden english in saudi arabia

bush had been the president to get osama bin laden. that clip later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> a new suicide attack by the taliban this morning underscores the long-term challenges that face afghanistan, challenges president obama addressed from kabul last night in the trip to the war zone to lay out what he called a new chapter in the u.s. mission there. at least seven people were killed by insurgents today, just hours after the president left the country. marking the one-year anniversary of the mission that killed osama bin laden, president obama met are u.s. troops on that unannounced visit and later with a national audience watching back home where the president outlined his vision for ending this nation's longest war. >> my fellow americans, we've traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war, yet here in the predawn darkness of afghanistan we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. the iraq war is over. the number of our troops in

. >>> more than a decade after the osama bin laden attacks ordered by osama bin laden there is prideound zero. the new world trade center reaches a milestone, becoming the tallest building . >> reporter: 21 feet taller than the empire state building. >> it's inspirational. and it's going to make a lot of people happy. >> reporter: it took a while after september 11th for construction to get started but eventually in a rate of a new floor every week, the tower started to become part of the new york skyline. >> you're not going to stop america. we're going to rebuild. we're going to keep going. >> sends chills up your spine when you think about what happened. >> reporter: this building is all glass, windows floor to sealing all the way around. the tower is one of many buildings under construction at the site which is also home to the september 11th museum. >> it's an act of passion and an act of patriotic beauty. >> reporter: when the needle is added the tower will top out at 1,776 feet. making it the tallest building in the united states. right now the tallest building in the u.s. is

this was a year after osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. after the president left, there was a car bomb in kabul which killed seven people including children. let's get the latest now. >> air force one touched down in afghanistan in the middle of the night on the anniversary of the killing of bin laden. the president only briefly illuminated by the flash of camera said he wanted to spend the day with troops in harm's way. >> a year ago we were finally able to bring osama bin laden to justice. that could have only happened because each and every one of you, in your own way, were doing your jobs. >> he will also stining new -- also sign a new document marking the end of the war and there will be money and training and no permanent military bases. it was 4:00 a.m. in afghanistan but primetime in america. the president had a message for his countrymen. the goal of defeating al qaeda was in reach and the war coming to an end. >> my fellow americans, we traveled more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. but here, in the predawn hours of afg

team six's successful mission to get osama bin laden. tonight the commandener chief hailed the united states military's accomplishments in afghanistan. >> we broke the taliban's momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaeda's leadership taking out over 20 of their top 30 leaders. and one year ago, from a base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the bold goel that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> the president then described the path forward for the united states after its combat troops withdraw from afghanistan by the end of 2014. >> emerge from a decade of conflict abroad and economic crisis at home. it's time to renew america. an america where our children live free from fear and have the skills to claim their dreams. a united america. of grit and resilience. whe sun light glistens off towers from manhattan and we rebuild as as one people, one nation. the war began here in afghanistan and this is where it will

laden. >> the death of osama bin laden. >> it was here where osama bin laden established a safe haven for his terrorist organization. >> let's not make the capture or killing of osama bin laden a politically divisive event. >> in new york city with rudy giuliani. >> the man dubbed america's mayor. >> good to be here with rudy giuliani. >> with rudy giuliani at a firehouse. >> this on the anniversary of the day that osama bin laden finally was taken out. >> is there a little bit of hypocrisy. >> trying to politicize this. >> disappointing. >> all i want to do is say thank you. >> he was decisive, he made the right decision. >> a very courageous call that made. >> look what the result was. >> and killed by a drone strike. >> president obama. >> troops out of iraq. >> president succeeded. >> president planning for withdraw from afghanistan. >> our commander-in-chief gave the order. >> these are, are they not, considerable achievements for this president? >> god bless you. god bless the united states of america. now i want to shake some hands. >> the breaking news at this hour is th

we are told they signed a strategic partnership agreement on the way year marking of the death of osama binden. in neighboring pakistan. this week the defense department reported that pakistan remains "a safe haven," for militants. bin laden was living with his family near pakistan's version of west point we are told before forces killed him there, some american lawmakers accused pakistani army of playing both sides. both with al qaeda. and the united states. which all of the evidence indicates is exactly what they were doing. and, now we are learning that pakistanis have not answered one tough question: did their security forces protect the world's most wanted terrorist? keep in mind the united states has given to pakistan, listen now, we have given to pakistan $22 billion in united states taxpayer money over the past decade. $22 billion. to pakistan. and now, like from the site of the former home in pakistan. dominic? >>reporter: some elements of pakistan's spy agency former element of pakistani spy agency must have been part of the support network. that is the key conclusion from what wi

that is the killing of osama bin laden. jimmy carter had a bad economy. >> let me go quickly to peter alexander. he is standing by. he is with the romney campaign. we know he talked about an array of things. what is next? i think we lost -- >> reporter: the world trade tower stood. he was here with the firefighters in the fire house. 11 firefighters were killed on 9/11, standing beside the man often referred to as america's mayor. rudolph giuliani. to pay tribute to the lives that were lost on american soil on the day of 9/11. and as they were articulating, he did return to the same language he tried to use over the last 24 hours saying in his words, of course i would have ordered taking out osama bin laden. he said as he tried to explain it, that he agreed with what joe biden has said four years ago. chuck todd referred to that archive of information because both president obama and mitt romney ran for president four years ago. back then in 2007. he essentially said he thought it was naive of the president, or ill timed an

the minor issue was killing osama bin laden. it was the right thing to do, so i think that's a minor point. that's an unmitigated good to the administration. the bigger question is going to be the president says we're coming out by 2014, combat troops out by 2013. will it work or not, and by the way, will the romney campaign then say, i have a better idea. what would it be? to stand there and win 77% of america not supporting the win. >> i have to go back to what you just said. if i know what said, you said it is political theatre in the best way. you're saying that despite the fact that many people feel the president is politicizing the death of bin laden, and you've had mitt romney attacking the president for doing so, and yet you call it political theatre in the best possible way? >> there are 317 million of us. we ought to vote for the next administration based on how the foreign policy and defense strategy in the united states are being handled. tonight we're going to hear from the commander in chief on the battlefield sayi

how much of an impact does osama bin laden's death have on al qaeda? >> reporter: this inexperienced inner circle of new leaders has struggled to maintain al qaeda's profile. spectacular coordinated attacks in the west-- such as those on the world trade center-- have been replaced by smaller operations in this region. >> pelley: and clarissa ward joins us flow the pakistani capital, islamabad. clarissa, you were in abbottabad where osama bin laden was killed and i'm wondering what did do the folks there today say about the american raid? >> reporter: well, it's quite astonishing, scott. one year later many people still do not believe that osama bin laden was living in n that city. they certainly don't believe that he was killed by that u.s. navy seal raid there. short of seeing proof, they say, they simply can't fathom that it would be possible. obviously this is a part of the world that is big on conspiracy theories. and even those people who do believe that osama bin laden was living there and was killed there are more angered than anything else by t

one year after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces, the mission has become a campaign issue. president obama says the anniversary should be a time of reflection. while his campaign touts the raid as a new ad. it's a move that's drawing criticism from mitt romney. meanwhile soon to be declassified documents are revealing new information about al qaeda and its leader. tara mergener has more now from washington. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning to you, michelle. that's right. a task force has sorted through these documents, which will be available online later this week. this as the political war of words continues over bin laden's death. the u.s. government says osama bin laden's death was a crippling blow to al qaeda that is still being felt today. >> they're struggling to attract new recruits. morale is low. in short, al qaeda is losing badly. >> reporter: on the evening of may 1st, the navy s.e.a.l.s launched a daring raid on osama bin laden's compound. they stuffed a big bag full of documents and provide

have a footprint in afghanistan going forward and as the country marks one year since the death of osama bin laden, there are still big questions about the security situation in afghanistan. you were talking about occasional problems with the taliban. and this is separate from the bin laden anniversary, but will have been questions for a decade now about corruption in the afghan government. to get the afghan government up to the point where it has the confidence of its people. so that it makes it heartit har taliban to come back. >> i'm going to bring in this fareed zakari. we have heard reports of president obama and president karzai will be signing this memorandum of understanding. we've heard reports about this this significant pact that we now are hearing will be signed. which i think lot of americans don't realize even though the majority of our troops will be drawing down in 2014, it really extends for another decade that the united states will still have a presence there militarily, but also financially, as well. >> exactly. this this agreement is meant to deal with two issues, one is

to take out osama bin laden. what's wrong with that? >> nothing. but that's not the controversial part of the ad. the controversial part is what would mitt romney do? it's controversial because one of the cliches we hear is foreign policy is to stop at the water's edge. the football said we shouldn't gloat about it running campaign ads gloating about it. saying the other guy isn't tough enough to do what i did. and i think that's reprehensible? >> you do. >> i have no problem about him killing osama bin laden. >> what about mccain who said shame on president obama by turning it into a cheap political attack ad. the same president who criticized hillary clinton for invoking bin laden to score points. how do you feel about the speech when he used the capture of saddam hussein? he said george bush took the fight to our enemies and away from our shores destroying the regime. president obama made the difficult decision to liberate iraq. we need a leader with experience to make the tough decisions and the resolve to stick with it. what is the difference?

mission to get osama bin laden, and suddenly the dead osama bin laden has become issue one in the presidential campaign. >> president obama is not convinced. >> i just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into pack -- pakistan and take out bin laden. i assume that people meant what they said when they said it. that's been at least my practice. i said that i'd go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him, and i did. if there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they do something else, then i'd go ahead and let them explain. >> here is what senator barack obama said during his first presidential campaign in 2007 about being willing to violate if necessary pakistan's sovereignty to get osama bin laden. >> if we had actionable intelligence about high-valued targets and president musharraf won't act, we will. >> just four days after that, the 2007 version of presidential candidate mitt romney said, i do not concur in the words of barack obama in a plan to enter an ally of ours. tonight on fox

well how do you figure that with osama bin laden is that well first off osama bin laden's death to signal our departure from afghanistan is like see it we're done frankly we've engaged the afghan taliban for no good reason they are now a resistance movement now and we're we're the ones in the middle of the karzai government was corrupt and the taliban who are not corrupt but clearly have visions of coming back in and being supported by the pakistanis with that said the key is always been pakistan we continue to pretend otherwise but the pakistanis are the key they have nuclear weapons are the ones who have been supporting the taliban they've given the quetta shura or the mole more. conny network these are all networks we used during the soviet occupation against the soviets so we're we're not actually addressing the real issues and frankly this drone strike stuff is just going to continue to create the next generation of terrorists because for every one you kill brennen finally admitted that yes we're killing civilians to we've known this germany has gone in there and found the sound from

let's not make the capture and killing of osama bin laden a political device and event. >> the president took issue with the criticism that his campaign has been using the bin laden anniversary for political campaign. >> i hardly think you have seen excessive celebration taking place here. i think that people, the american people rightly remember what we as a country accomplished in bringing to justice somebody who killed over 3,000 of our citizens. >> the obama campaign is more than happy to have this political fight front and center and this morning romney did his best to walk the fine line of trying not to be the guy who minimizes the bin laden take down while making the obama campaign look small. >> i think them taking credit for the right decision is appropriate but i think trying to attack me on the basis is disappointing and the wrong course. >> moments ago romney released a statement. romney may not want to go after the president too aggressively. listen to this tough language from the man who has turned himself into the surrogate for the republican party. john mccain. >> to now

he was referring to the hunt for osama bin laden.at did he mean by that because it has generated a little controversy given osama bin laden's role in killing 3,000 americans on 9-11. >> bill: not worth spending millions of dollars. in fact, mitt romney, at the time said the mission to get osama bin laden, he called it ill-timed and ill-considered. mitt romney. so, if you take a look at their statement at the time, i think you can legitimately raise a question as the obama campaign did in that spot with bill clinton in it. would mitt romney have done the same thing? would he have had the could hewn hewn -- kahunas to go after osama bin laden? based on his statements last year, based on his statements four years ago, the answer is no way would he have done so. 866-55-press. you know what really bugged me is that ariana huffington said it was despicable for president obama to show that ad. it is not despicable for president obama to show that ad. again, he did it. he can take credit for it. mitt romney would never have done the same thi

victim have not been released. >>> it was one year ago today president obama announced to the world osama binden had been killed. on the evening of may 1, navy seals raided the al qaeda leaders compound in pakistan. >> the team shot and killed bin laden and collected commuters and other evidence. astaire a mergener -- as tara mergener tells us, officials say they are no longer capable of a september 11 type attack. >> reporter: it was a crippling blow to al qaeda that is still being felt today. >> they're struggling to attract new recruits. morale is low and al qaeda viewing badly. >> reporter: on the evening of may 1, navy seals launch add daring raid into osama bin laden's compound

laden, and obviously that obama had on osama bin laden. are they just trying to say, hey, barack obama is the better decisionmaker here, he was decisive, made the right decisi decision, and look at the result? >> absolutely. that's probably fair game. it's going to be tricky for romney to back away from past statements but he did say them. in subsequent weeks at the time he said that in 2008 and what romney did say is it was a problem that was bigger than just one person, just one man, that he would go after the whole apparatus. but he down played the importance of bin laden at that time. he did make those remarks and later said, of course, he, too, would go after bin laden. but it seems to me he said those comments. they're obviously fair game. in the moment, you have to remember president bush had spent at that point seven years himself trying to go after bin laden and failed to do so. and by that time, president bush was saying, yes, it's bigger than any one person himself. so i think now, again, it's something that romney is going to h

many conclusions have been drawn from the osama bin laden files. in his last days in charge, the world's most feared terrorist was paranoid and bureaucratic. hospitals ordering -- lamenting the end, the moscow times looks back at the much ridiculed car. >> the chinese dissident at the center of a diplomatic standoff between beijing and washington has made an unexpected live appeal to the u.s. congress. " said don says it is fully committed to ending hostilities with its neighbor, but it warned that it would defend itself against aggression. chinese get more on the dissident at the center of a diplomatic standoff between beijing and washington. the managing director of china knowledge shares his view on how relations between the two countries have been affected. >> every year, you see some achievements. over two years, you see the chinese yuan rise. every year, it achieves something. the most crucial thing, they cautious about the transition and october. there is a change of leadership, there will be a new president, new leaders. i think americans -

president barack obama and his republican rival trade slights on the anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. >> the fbi foils a homegrown terror plot to blow up a bridge in the united states. why the fed say we were never in any danger. >> i am here in the weather center with a cool breeze that is kicking in to drop,,,,,,,,,,, >> recapping the special report at the top of the hour, we just learned that president barack obama arrived in afghanistan earlier this morning and is there to sign an agreement to cementing the u.s. role in the country after the war ends in 2014. barack obama and the afghan president are set to approve the agreement before he addresses the nation on the war effort. you can see that speech live right here on cbs 5 at 4:30 p.m., or streaming live on cbssf.com. >> five men have been arrested in a plot to blow up a bridge near cleveland. the fbi says there was no danger to the public because the explosive devices were controlled by undercover agents. the suspects do not appear to have any ties to international terrorism. at least three are self- described anarchist

innovation never felt so good. >>> today is the first anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. vy seals shot and killed him in pakistan. a new poll shows that no love lost for bin laden in the muslim world. only 13% of people in pakistan have a favorable view of bin laden. 55% have an unfavorable view, and 31% have no opinion at all. hearing first-hand what people think of bin laden. >> reporter: it's a year since the death of osama bin laden in pakistan is still criticized for being the country where the most wanted man in the world managed to hide for nearly a decade. it's no surprise many pakistanis have strong opinions about one of the most notorious men in history. in this segment of open mike we hit the streets of islamabad with this question -- how will you remember osama bin laden? >> is it rolling, hi mom. >> osama bin laden was a terrori terrorist. >> i'll remember him as a terrorist as he was. >> i will always associate him with the war on terror. >> he should not be remembered. >> i don't have any positive feeling about him. >> i don't want to remember him. why. >> i

the president killed osama bin laden. he's over there in afghanistan, he's got a substantive mission. why attack the president who leaves the -- who goes to foreign shores? what's your take on this. who's right and who's wrong? >> the reason you attack -- obama was already accused in the commercial of so-called spiking the ball. >> i disagree -- i don't like any part of that commercial. i'm with you on that. >> okay. >> why go on to day three if you're mitt romney? what's the point? >> this isn't spiking the ball. this is running through the end zone, running home and putting it in a trophy case. setting an agreement with afghanistan makes sense. >> right. >> setting an agreement on the day that bin laden was killed, the anniversary of that is blatant politics. everybody knows it. but to use something that even the s.e.a.l.s are complaining about now -- >> as a wedge issue, i don't like it one bit. and i think the white house has done that. whatever the president's view. they're making it into a wedge issue. but regarding

>> the taking out of osama bin laden. and that was a decision that the president didn't just check a box. >> he could have lost seals over there. >> he campaigned on going after osama bin laden, he said if he had actual intelligence he would go into pakistan. it was a controversy between him and hillary clinton, and in the general election. but what he is doing is he's trying to build an infrastructure in afghanistan to leave whoever the next president is, republican or democrat, so we can have our drones based there, so we can have a c.i.a. presence and not just abandon the country the way we did in the 80s. >> i'll turn to mr.-- okay. the political angle. >> it was also a political motive perhaps for mr. obama's trip to engage in some chest thumping over bin laden's demise. the week began with an ad questioning mitt romney's commitment to hunting down the al-qaeda founder. in contrast to mr. obama's accomplishment, with bin laden. the democratic ad featured this mitt romney quote from 2007. "it's not worth moving heaven