surae, good morning. >> good morning to both of you.s have been happening across the globe and right here in front of the white house. it has quieted down substantially but they were celebrating as a victory for justice. but people cautioned that this will not end terrorist attacks but for the moment, they were able to celebrate as the president announced jubilation. >> u.s.a., u.s.a.! >> reporter: cheering, chanting, flags waving for the historic moment. people had a chance to express their emotions outside ten years after a globalwide manhunt, the president announces a mastermind behind 9- 11 terror attacks has been killed. immediately following a late night announcement from the president, the patriotism trickled and flowed and grew in front of the white house. all sorts of people, young and old expressed their joy at the news. >> we're over here celebrating with our cia who got them. god bless america. >> this is a big victory, man. this is symbolic. >> proud of our president, proud of our armed forces for going in there. a national

surae?well, mike, the natural response and with good reason is because of the potential for retaliation. so, what you'll find is heightened security nearly everywhere you go where lots of people gathered. such as government buildings. public transportation, heightened security everywhere you go in the district including the u.s. capital. capital police officers are patrolling with automatic weapons. they usually do but there are more of them. and d.c. police officers are also on guard for any suspicious activity. terrorist experts caution government buildings, public transportation such as metro, airports are a directed target for terrorists and that the killing of osama bin laden could inspire homegrown terrorists to avenge his death. in response, d.c. metro and the airports have beefed up security. now, d.c. police chief cathy lanier says a safer district means everyone helping out. >> in this fight, it is not just police and intelligence and the military. we really need our community to s

good morning, surae. >> good morning to both of you.parently twitter was the first to break the news to and lenged to the masses even before the president made his announcement that osama bin laden had been killed. after the announcement, people gathered here at the white house to celebrate. >> u.s.a., u.s.a., u.s.a.! >> reporter: cheering, chanting, flags waving for this historic moment. people had a chance to express their emotions. ten years after a globalwide manhunt, the president announces the master mind behind the 9-11 terror attacks has been killed. immediately following that announcement, the patriotism trickled in then flowed and grew in front of the white house. all sorts of people, young and old expressed their voy at the news. -- their joy at the news. >> we are over here celebrating with our cia, god bless america. >> this is a big victory, man. this is symbolic, you know. we've been after this dude for ten years. >> proud of our president, proud of our armed forces for going in there, courageous moment for our country. i

>> thank you, surae chinn live at metro station. we're learning more today about the security measures on the virginia railway express as well. "the washington examiner" reports vre relies on passengers who are undercover federal agents. vre says its program is similar to that of the air marshal program on the airlines. it gives secret service officers and fbi agents free rides in exchange for them keeping an eye out during their commute. >>> president obama made it clear in his speech sunday night that the united states is not at war with muslims. that has been a message leaders have struggled to get across since 9-11. we went to the national islamic center in the district hoping to get some reaction to bin laden's death but not even the imam was willing to talk with us on camera. >> can you talk to me about osama bin laden? what's the reaction? >> nothing to say. >> cab you tell me the reaction? >> some muslims told 9news off- camera, they feel they've been unfairly targeted since 9-11 and they're not sure if the killing of osama

surae chinn is live in arlington with more on that and a vip visit to the pept gone today. >> reporter: the vice president will be visiting here meeting privately with 9/11 victims and participating in a wreath playing ceremony. at the same time the president will be traveling to new york, doing the same thing, meeting with 9/11 victim at ground zero. these visits come after the president says he will not release pictures of osama bin laden after he was shot to death by navy seals. he explains all of this in an interview with steve croft of 60 minutes. >> it is important for us to

surae? >> well, good morning. you know, people wanted a place to celebrate. they wanted this historic moment to go somewhere and they chose in front of the white house. there were spontaneous crowds that formed here. things have since quieted down but most likely, formed back throughout the day. here's what it looked like a couple of hours ago as people heard the news after obama spoke. an enormous crowd gathered in front of the white house after president obama announcing the leader of al-qaeda was killed by u.s. forces after the global wide manhunt that had gone cold in recent years, thousands gathered chanting u.s.a., u.s.a., waving their flags in jubilation. one of those in the crowd was proud father of a man who was killed in iraq. >> i'm very proud of our military servicemen out there. i really appreciate that. he's buried in arlington. i miss him every day. >> a lot of people put their lives on the line like my husband and this is one of the greatest days of my life. >> i'm proud to be an american. this is a very historic evening. >> this is a night th

surae chinn is live in arlington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. vice president joe biden will be visiting the pentagon later on today. he will be meeting privately with 9/11 victims and also participating in a wreath ceremony there. also, at the same time the president will be traveling to new york at ground zero. he will also be meeting with 9/11 victims and participating in a ceremony. well, this comes after president obama says he will not release pictures of bin laden after he was shot to death by navy seals. he explains why in an interview with steve croft of 60 minutes. >> 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 in sight. to additional violence, as a propaganda tool. you know, that's not who we are. >> reporter: the president says he has seen these photos and the world will not. he said without a shadow of a doubt bin laden is dead. he knows this through dna testing, facial recognition and those on the compound who identified him. meanwhile, there are bog

back to you. >> wow, surae, thank you. the video is amazing. we'll continue to follow that story throughout the morning. as we learn more about the killing of osama bin laden, a new debate is emerging. >> should the government release photographs of the al- qaeda leader's body to prove he's dead. since president obama announced bin laden's death late sunday, more details have come out about the navy seal raid on bin laden's compound in pakistan. some people say they won't believe without more proof. one local homeland security expert says releasing more could quell most doubters. >>> president is under pressure to release evidence. i'm not saying he has to release some of the evidence but some would be good. >> canewski says one way to do this would be sharing the evidence with congress since they cab get the word out that bin laden is really dead. >> soon, more d.c. area shoppers will be paying a bag tax. the montgomery county council has approved ike leggett's proposal. most stores will have to charge 5 cents for each bag whether it is paper

surae chinn joins us live from there this morning. >> good morning, andrea and mike. this was a massive explosion. there is nothing left of this home. wait until you see these pictures. i have steven here whose friend took this picture you're about to see, a ball of fire and you actually ran toward the fire. >> yes, i did. >> tell me about that. >> well,ives in the house and we heard a loud rumble and it sounded like thunder. came down or something. next thing you know, we see a ball of smoke and fire and my thing was to come and see what happened. they said there was two people still inside and everything and upon coming, i noticed they were off to the side. it was a miracle they were out. the explosion blew them away. there was another neighbor over there helping him out. it was fire. you could hear propane. it was just -- it was very intense. it was wreckage all the way down to almost to my house. >> you came before firefighters and first responders got here. you're talking about this neighbor whobd into the home, tried to save the woman who is still trapped inside

surae chinn joins us now from metro's chinatown station in northwest washington with more information. >> reporter: j.c., we witnessed a heightened sense of security here. what you'll find are more uniformed officers and what you'll also see and what they'll tell you is that they are more vigilant whenever and wherever throughout the transit systems. a robbery suspect was hiding out at metro brought additional police coming against traffic within seconds. canine and extra officers on high alert throughout the transit system. and customers appreciate it. >> i totally expect it. after something like that happens, there's definitely going to be heightened security. >> reporter: folks are reacting follow the attack that killed terrorist leader and the mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks, osama bin laden. >> they finally got him. >> i don't think that it is right to be joyous over the death of someone. >> we're waiting for this moment. that's the best way to say it. >> i think it is a great accomplishment for the american forces. >> metro says there is enhanced security both seen and unseen

surae chinn reports from northwest washington. >> reporter: students and faculty hoping for a calmer day today as new letters arrive at different d. c. public schools. >> they may have been some letters in the pipeline that hadn't been opened yesterday that may have been in the mail. >> reporter: a subdued response at bancroft elementary, one of a handful of schools this morning that received suspicious letters with powder on it consistent with corn starch. >> knew nothing about it. >> reporter: the d. c. fire chief says there will be little class disruption and in some case, no one but the front office will know anything is wrong. no evacuations? >> not that i was aware of. >> reporter: a very different response yesterday when they were evacuated. >> we were running and all the teachers were like this isn't a drill. this isn't a drill. go, go. go. >> reporter: duke ellington school of the arts among 30 schools cleared out after receiving the letters yesterday which reportedly had the words fbi, al-qaeda and usa on them. >> to do something to this nature for children? that's really a

the heightened state of alert continues across our nation and here in the district, surae chinn reports from union station. >> reporter: from the air to the ground, law enforcement is trying to keep us safe as we conduct our daily travels. >> i feel safe. >> union station is extra vigilant. >> i always feel good on the train. i like the dogs and the way they do things here at amtrak. >> reporter: on capitol hill, an increase in heavily-armed guards, stepped up patrols at the pentagon and heightened security and more scrutiny at our airports. >> more than what i normally see on a regular basis. >> reporter: d.c. police chief cathy lanier says keeping the district safe will take all of us. >> this fight, it is not just police and intelligence and the military. we really need our community to step up their game and report anything they see that's out of the ordinary. >> i always keep my eye open. i think as they say in the security video here, suspicious behavior, not suspicious people. i keep my eyes open for people who are doing odd things. i'll keep my eyes open and probably more. >> me

we go live to surae chinn near the spent gone in arlington, virginia.ing. >> reporter: good morning, the president says he has seen these photos and he says without a shadow of a doubt it is osama bin laden and he is dead. but the world will not be able to see these photos, at least by way of the white house. the president said he does not want to do this and he explains it in the 60 minutes interview which will air this sunday. he says they don't want graphic photos to incite more violence here and abroad. he he's even if the photos were released it wouldn't convince some who believe he is alive. jay carney. >> these are graphic photographs of someone who was shot in the face -- head rather, it is not in our national security interest to allow those images as has been in the past been the case to become icons to rally opinion against the united states. the president's number one priority is the safety and security of americans citizens at home and americans abroad. >> reporter: the decision also applies to the burial, which press secretary jay carney s

the sura month ago found that the water content in this sierra snow pack was 165% of normal. and that was enough for governor brown to declare the drought officially over. >>> there is no guilt for this glorious day of sunshine and for the boots in the bay. a parade of more than 120 watercraft made its way along the san francisco shoreline. it's for the 95th annual opening day on the bay. this year's theme is giants of the bay. the event marks the official start of the 2011 boating season and, boy, it was pretty everywhere today. >> how about that, just really a spectacular weekend. today warmer than yesterday. looks like we're gonna see a minor hiccup in the forecast coming up. then back to the sunshine again. outside now we have mostly clear skies and looking good so far. a few high clouds drifting overhead there, but otherwise nice and clear. looks like san francisco, some of those high clouds drifting over there, but oregon wise looking great as we're setting sail on what looks like a fantastic evening after a banner day. you see some of the clouds begin to encroach along

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