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i'm christiane amanpour in peshawar, pakistan, the birthplace of osama bin laden and 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 the 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, main port on the red sea and a huge amount of building had taken place. i taught osama bin laden english in saudi arabia from 1968 to 1969. osama sat about two-thirds of the way back on the right by the windows. he was not an outstanding student academically. on the other hand, he was a very bright boy. >> reporte

. >>> in peshawar, a pakistani bystander died while several americans were hurt. the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility. >>> senate republicans have handed president obama his first senate defeat of a judicial nominee. the senate was eight votes short of the 60 needed to end debate and give goodwin liu, a university of california law professor who is viewed as a liberal, an up or down vote on his nomination. >>> and who knew the centers for disease control has a sense of humor? in a blog post, the cdc gives ways to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. the post got so much attention, it actually crashed the cdc website. they say it was just a satyrical way to get attention for the real issue of preparing for hurricane season. mission accomplished there. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,605 after gaining 45 points yesterday. the s&p inched up two points. the nasdaq added eight. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei shed 13 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng was up

. >>> seven police officers have been killed in a suicide attack in the pakistani city of peshawar.rammed a truck that was loaded with 300 kilograms of explosives right into a police station, destroying it. more than 20 people were injured. the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> as fighting in libya continues, the south african president, jacob zuma, is planning to visit the capital, tripoli, as early as next week, to hold talks with moammar gadhafi. nato air strikes hit the city for a second consecutive night on tuesday. the government says 19 people were killed. >>> back to our top story now, barack obama in the uk and the so-called special relationship. it's likely to be at the heart of his address to parliament today. but when did it all begin? cnn's dan rivers explains. >> that unity of purpose and of action, which has made victory possible and certain for the united nations in this war. >> the special relationship between britain and the u.s. will be forever be associated with the close friendship between president roosevelt and prime minister win

this is the first video just coming into our newsroom of the aftermath of a roadside bombing in peshawar. the explosion set off near two u.s. consulate vehicles. you can see it there killing a paccy citizen and injuring some americans 678 the vehicle that were targeted, they were traveling through the northwest region. so far no one is claiming responsibility for this bombing. the pakistani taliban has said there will be revenge. we'll bring you new information on the story when it becomes available. >>> the death of his wife' pet chihuahua could mean a south bay man goes to jail for life. he is charged with felony animal cruelty. is that worthy of a life sentence? in this case, the law says yes. we bring in nbc's reporter. three strikes. is he out? >> reporter: well, raj, it is possible he could face life in prison for allegedly killing a puppy if santa clara prosecutors try him under the three strikes law and he is convicted, then he faces the mandatory 25 to life. when he looks at the 6 week-old, it reminds her so much of teddy. >> i think there was an instant bond. this one is a she.

two others injured after a car bomb tore through a police station in pakistan's northern city of peshawar medically people are believed to be buried in the ruins the incident took place just half a mile away from the u.s. consulate were a week earlier a taliban militants made another car bomb targeting a u.s. convoy this is the way to attack in pakistan says the group about to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. is a giant ash cloud from of all can a corruption in iceland is continuing to disrupt air travel as it goes towards europe more than five hundred delays and cancellations haven't reported more than you were following saturday's eruption last year ash from another icelandic volcano left millions stranded after european air space was closed for a week. and rescue teams are continuing to pick through the rubble in the u.s. city of joplin after a series of devastating twisters pummeled it over the weekend at least one hundred twenty people were killed and five hundred others injured the storms the deadliest in the last sixty years have also destroyed samson's of buildings causing m

americans were the apparent target of a car bomb blast in the city of peshawar. it marks the first taliban attack on westerners since the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. the bomb exploited near a pair of armored u.s. consulate vehicles killing a pakistani bystander. one american was also slightly hurt. >>> the war in afghanistan is delivering a big blow to u.s. troop morale. up to 80% of soldiers and marines say they had seen a friend killed and half say they killeden enemy fighter. they say they're suffering from the highest rates of mental healthince 2005. military doctors blame it on the dramatic increase in fighting. >>> the stage is set for a tense confrontation at the white house today. president obama is meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about stalled mideast peace talks. now, in his policy speech, at the state department, president obama surprised israel by endorsing an independent palestinian. this is based on the 1967 six-day war. well, before leaving israel this morning, prime minister minister netanyahu rejected that idea a

thirty others injured after a car bomb tore through a police station in pakistan's northern city of peshawar twenty people of believed to be buried in the ruins the incident took place just half a mile away from the u.s. consulate where just a week earlier taliban militants detonated another car bomb targeting a u.s. convoy this is the latest attack in pakistan since the group valor to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. the icelandic volcano that's disrupted air travel in parts of europe has now just for the moment stopped erupting. from it continue to drift towards european cities causing hundreds of flight cancellations i'm going to its last year from another icelandic volcano left millions strategy after european air space was closed down for an entire week. added least five people being killed and sixty others injured after a devastating tornadoes tore through the american state of oklahoma the storms caused significant damage to property it comes just days after destructive twisters left the city of joplin in ruins and more than one hundred dead and four hundred injured well hundred

he is either in peshawar or he is in this specific building with this telephone number." they never arrested tajmir because tajmir is their man. >> grey: both american and afghan counterterrorism officials told us about one senior taliban haqqani leader. he's called tajmir jawad, and they say they have constantly told pakistan's military agencies about this man, but still he appears to be living freely. >> i'll have to check back with the intelligence agencies what exactly is their information on that. but other than this, all other... these things are up in the air. there are no specifics in that. one would like only to counter if a fact is given, in detail, on the... on these issues. but in the past, a lot of these leaders have been arrested, apprehended, and have been acted against. so, if this is a specific case, i would like to check up with the agency and then return back on that. >> smith: it's true that, over the last 18 months, pakistan has arrested some key taliban leaders, and the taliban now complain that the isi is playing a double game with them. but after s

was tracked to a particular vehicle and once they found that vehicle perhaps in the environs of peshawar waiting to see where he went. >> last august,ing august 2010, they finally had the courier lead them to the compound. my source said to me -- one of my sources said to me, when we got a picture of that compound we said, wow, this is different. >> reporter: despite constant surveillance, there's never 100% certainty that osama bin laden is inside, but back in the united states an elite force has begun to train for a top secret mission -- getting bin laden. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does the buck stop here? sfx: buck's blustery exhale. host: could switching to geico 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ thank you very much. you're on e-trade. huntin' down stocks, bonds, etfs. oh i love etfs. look at you. why don't you show me your portfolio? i'd love to... i already logged out. oh no, it's easy, actually, to get back... see where it says history? there's a history? yeah, it'll take you right back to the

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was tracked to a particular vehicle and once they found that vehicle perhaps in the environs of peshawarit was waiting to see where he went. >> last august, august 2010, they finally had the courier lead them to the compound. my source said to me -- one of my sources said to me, when we got a picture of that compound we said, wow, this is different. >> reporter: despite constant surveillance, there's never 100% certainty that osama bin laden is inside, but back in the united states an elite force has begun to train for a top secret mission -- getting bin laden. [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value to help close the calcium gap, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. [ airplane engine whines ] [ grunts ] [ dog barking ] gah! [ children shouting ] [ grunts ] [ whacking piñata ] [ whacking piñata, grunting ] you think i have allergies? you're sneezing. i'm allergic to you. doubtful, you love me. hey, you can't take allegra with fruit

convoy in northwestern city of peshawar. michael holmes is here to bring us the latest on this. claiming responsibility? >> they say it's a revenge killing for the death of osama bin laden. two u.s. consulate officials were slightly wounded. a motorcycle rider was killed there. i think nine civilians also wounded. luckily the u.s. officials were in an armored vehicle, two armored vehicles. they were slightly hurt. this is the latest in a bit of a surge of violence since bin laden's death. >> we've been seeing quite of bit of that. also there was another u.s. drone attack in pakistan. what happened there? >> it's a bit of an uptick what we're seeing. this happened in a tribal area in north waziristan. we heard that place before. four militants said to have been killed. we've seen 6 drone attacks in the past 15 days according to a cnn count. there's a huge source of tension between the pakistanis and united states. we're seeing more since bin laden's death. >>> turning to syria. after prayers today, more violence. >> i can't get over the bravery of the protesters. they're going ou

attack, a double-suicide attack, outside another military facility, a training school outside of peshawar, they're showing people they can strike when and where, going after these high-value installations. >>> president barack obama is in ireland, kicking off a week-long tour of europe. they touched down about half an hour ago in the capital, dublin. in just a few minutes they're going to be heading to the residence of the irish president for a guest book signing and tree-planting ceremony. the highlight of the u.s. president's stay will be a special trip to the small village of manegal, where his great-great-great grandfather lived and worked as a shoe-maker nearly 200 years ago. brianna, tell us about this visit and the tiny village that he's going to? >> reporter: well you know we focused so much on the president's kenyan heritage, because he is the first african-american president. but it is so interesting that he can trace his roots back here to ireland. even though he's only 1/32 irish, one of the reasons he's here is to reconnect with his ancestral homeland. it's the tiniest of pla

cia operatives tracked down the courier on the streets of peshawar, pakistan and eventually tracked him to this massive compound 35 miles north of islamabad. from then on the compound was under heavy cia and satellite surveillance. and although bin laden himself was never spotted, intelligence officials became convinced he was there. >> putting this together was not an easy feat. it meant a sustained analysis over a substantial period of time. >> reporter: last friday president obama considered the intelligence compelling enough to order the attack on sunday. half past midnight, three u.s. helicopters flying low under pakistani radar zeroed in on the compound. one helicopter was forced to land inside a courtyard, clipping a wall with its tail rotor. back at the white house the president and his national security team were riveted to a live video feed of the operation. as dozens of u.s. commandos set up a perimeter, two teams of assault forces, delta force and navy s.e.a.l.s, stormed the compound. as one commando entered a third-floor bedroom, he came face to face with osama bin laden, w

courier who had the nom de guerre of code name of al kuwaiti, was that all part of tracking him to peshawar and the compound? >> you can ask the other question also, if other techniques, more sophisticated techniques, torture had been used, would we have got the same nickname, two, probably you gotten more information? the interrogation of the lead that led us to zarqawi, who we tubed out with a smart bomb, we were able to lead him to a source that not only got a nickname, this was a complex process, but i don't think anybody has made a credible case that there was such good, clear unequivocal information from waterboarding that led us directly to bin laden. it in fact it took years and years and years of intense work to get to bin laden. >> look what the cia director leon panetta had to say about this question, the usefulness of torture. let's listen. >> we had a multiple series of sources that provided information with regards to this situation. clearly some of it came from detainees in the interrogation of detainees, but we also had information from other sources >> we had a multiple ser

it happened near peshawar, along the border of the khyber pass tribal region, where taliban and other militants take refuge. meanwhile, in washington, defense secretary robert gates said it is still not clear who in pakistan might have known osama bin laden was holed up there. >> i have seen no evidence at l that the senior leadership knew. in fact, i've seen some evidence to the contrary. but, and we have no evidence yet with respect to anybody else. my supposition is that somebody knew. >> sreenivasan: gates advised against any attempt to cut off u.s. aid to pakistan. at least a dozen people were killed in afghanistan today after angry crowds fought with police. the protesters carried four bodies through the streets and chanted anti-american slogans. they said the victims were civilians killed by nato troops in a raid overnight. nato said the dead were insurgents who tried to fire on alliance troops. the government of libya has freed four foreign journalists after holding them for six weeks. they included two americans-- james foley of "global-post", and clare morgana gillis, a free

replacement in al qaeda, led us to this fella this courier who had the nom de guerre of tracking him to peshawarhe compound? >> you can ask the other question now, the techniques, nonsophisticated techniques, torture not used works we have got the same nickname, two, probably you gotten more information? the interrogation of the lead o zarqawi, we were able to lead him to a source that not only got a nick bnamickname, but i d think anybody made a credible case that there was such good, clear unequivocal information that led us directly to bin laden. it in fact it took years and years and years of intense work to get to bin laden. >> look what the the cia director leon panetta had to say about this question, the usefulness of torture. let's listen. >> wie had a mult tell source - multiple serious of sources that provided information with regards to this situation. some came from detainees and the interrogation of detainees but we also had information from other sources as well. they used these enhanced interrogation techniques against detainees but i'm also saying that you know, debate about whet

. >> reporter: the hospital in nearby peshawar was overwhelmed, and many pakistanis are resentful. >> it was the americans who killed osama, but it's the blood of our people which is being spilt. why? why is this happening to us? >> reporter: the pakistani taliban, who've claimed responsibility for the bombing, have the answer to that question. >> . >> we don't consider-- as the leader of al qaeda but also as the leader of all muslims. and we had mujahideen decided it was our duty to avenge his murder. we will not just wait until we can target obama but we will take our revenge on any of his allies, be they pakistani, iran or americans. >> a memorial service to the cadets who died today. thousands of pakistani soldiers have died fighting the taliban. and now more have died in this terror attack >> sreenivasan: hours after the bombings, pakistani officials reported a u.s. drone attack killed five militants in the northwest. the former first lady of egypt, suzanne mubarak, will be held for 15 days in a corruption probe. authorities issued the order today for the wife of ousted president

first, al-qaeda was created here in the peshawar area. it's stronger support base in for my view is here as opposed to any other place in the world, somalia, yemen. in particular if one looking at the tribal structures peshawar structures with the others, these are the individuals who have thought for the last three decades and provided sanctuary to a range of al-qaeda leaders. so they have a long-term relationship. they are also in addition to the tribal subclan issues there are a range of tribal groups that have supported al-qaeda so i would strongly argue that this is a safe haven, in my view, that is different from yemen, somalia, and other places. and in addition, i would also say if one looks at the bulk of the attacks over the past 10 years, the london attacks successful, the madrid attack, successful, the 2006 transatlantic plot nearly successful. the zazi attempted attack, shahzad, they emanated from individuals operating here. clearly, yemen is a problem but i think this is an extraordinary threat. >> i would agree with dr. jone

vehicles that were traveling on a road just outside the peshawar. 50 kilograms of explosives packed intoar by the side of the road. it was detonated by remote control. luckily in that case the casualties were low. one person killed who was a bystander. 11 injured including two foreigners. no one seriously. an indication of how the taliban are able to strike and they said that was in retaliation for killing of osama bin laden. we've also heard from the second in command of the pakistani taliban and he's been very explicit. he says they will continue to target nato and american targets and also going after the pakistani military and once again as i say, linking it directly to the killing of osama bin laden. this is what he said. >> we love his mission, which is not dependent on any one man. we loved him because he was courageously fighting against america and its allies. we have to continue his mission because we love his mission more than the man. >> reporter: they love the mission even more than the man who of course they revered and just today another indication of how serious they are.

again, right now the hospitals in peshawar are filled with victims of the attack. more than 150 wounded, many in critical condition. pakistanis are bracing for more violence today. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. >> let's get a check of the top stories of the morning. ann is on assignment. hoda kotb is at the news desk for us. >> good morning. rising floodwaters have federal engineers preparing drastic measures. the goal? to protect baton rouge and new orleans. anne thompson has the latest from baton rouge, louisiana. good morning. >> good morning. so far the flood of 2011 has set 21 new records across eight states and the worst may be yet to come. this is something william jefferson never thought he would ever do -- row his way to his home near vicksburg, mississippi. >> i'm about out of prayers. i don't know. we'll just wait. >> reporter: waiting for the water to recede, but the mississippi river in vicksburg hasn't even crested yet, and won't until next week. in morgan city, louisiana, they are waiting for the decision to open a spillway and flood the a

this happened outside the northwest city of peshawar.ibility, but militants linked to the taliban and al qaeda have, of course, been increasing attacks in the aftermath of osama bin laden's death. >> and the chopper incident. >> this was interesting. this is a case of there's two sides to every story. this happened as the nato choppers were flying along the afghan/pakistan border. the nato side, the u.s. side received fire and then they returned fire. pakistan says two of its soldiers were wounded in this, by the way. but pakistan has lodge add strong protest. they're already outraged. they're saying the u.s. planes flew over the border and were then fired on by pakistan troops. >> and what's this about cia flying stealth drones over the compound before the raid. >> talk about high tech, this is out of "the washington post." it's an interesting read. dozens of drone secret missions conducted by drones that were designed to evade radar. stealth drones if you want. this is all just another indication of the mistrust the u.s. had for pakist

military to close military intelligence liaison centers in peshawar and qatar.ist organizations. >> we've done that with mutual understanding. it is not a lateral action on the part of pakistan. there are operational reasons for these that i can't go into but the fact remains pakistan and the united states continue to remain in robust intelligence cooperation, we want to improve the relationship between our mill taerz in terms of going after the terrorists but we also have a case here, and that case is that there is too much mistrust of pakistan. yes, there is a history to it and we understand, for example under the musharraf regime, there wasn't cooperation. but the democratic government of pakistan has fully cooperated with the united states and secretary clinton being a nonled that. it is a process in which we need to overcome the burden of history, move forward. so there will be certain occasions when we will be taking a step back. but there will be many occasions when we will move forward together to eliminate terrorism which is the common enemy of both the