. >>> with pinpoint accuracy and utter secsy, usa navy seals accomplished something that americans have wanted for a decade. the capture and death of public enemy number one, osama bin laden. john hendrin die sects the operation. >> reporter: in the end public enemy number one spent his last moments hiding behind a woman. >> there was a female who was in fact in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin laden. >> reporter: it all began last august with a tip from a guantanamo detain any. the first good info on his whereabouts in a decade. >> torah bora was the last time we had credible information about where he was located. >> reporter: as it turns out the al-qaeda chief wasn't hideing in a cave but in $1 million mansion outside islamabad near a pakistan naval base. in april they practiced the raid in a mock up compound. last week president obama approved the daring raid for saturday. delayed by weather problems, sunday. after midnight 30 to 40 navy seals crossed the border in afghanistan. they dropped down on to the roof on ropes and walked into a firefight.

navy s.e.a.l.'s took out the terrorists.   >> usa! i >>> believe it or not, there was live coverage of the operation that killed osama bin laden bin hours before president obama ever made the announcement. turns out a pakistani man broke word of the raid on twitter unknowingly giving a play-by- play account what was going on. he tweeted helicopter hovering above abbottabad at 1 a.m., a rare event and later a huge window shaking. i hope it's not the start of something nasty. last night's news broke on twitter before president obama even announced the death and then it spread like wildfire through facebook. the story sparked an incredible spike in internet traffic, fox 5's will thomas in the web center tonight. >> normal traffic on twitter is about 600 tweets per second. last night we're toll from twitter itself between the hour -- told from twitter itself between the hours of 10:45 and just after midnight we're talking about more than 4,000 sustained tweets her second, so a lot of folks tuning into the social net

god bless the usa extra pride from those from the u.s. naval academy. navy special teams involved in the seals in what occurred of taking out bin laden. >>> we have light rain on the way and chilly 58 degrees. kim, how about the traffic? >> reporter: traffic looks good. we are off to a good start looking at 95 at 159 through baltimore county. all lanes are open northbound and southbound. we have a couple incidents. we will get to those in moment. now back to you guys. >> all right. listen. if you went to bet bed early and are just waving up, huge celebrations across the country late last night. the president made it official. announcing that osama bin laden has been captured and killed outside islamabad at a mansion. we are learning more about it. but we will go live to emily schmidt who is in washington, d.c. >> reporter: two hours north of islamabad the capital of pakistan. footage showed smoke and fire at the compound where bin laden was found. cheers from ground zero and outside the white house sunday night with crowds gathering as the news spread. >> on

a close look at the navy seal team that took down bin laden. former miss usas she was groped by tsa agent. that is when we get started on a tuesday morning right here on the "today" show. >> 59 degrees on tv hill. >> we will come back and check on the weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. stay with us. s. >> it has been a pretty nice morning picket the latest accident on the east side of the beltway at 702. watch for possible delays forming part of route 24 and pulaski highway, we are tracking an accident. some fire activity longview drive. route 4 -- 32 miles per hour on southbound 95. on the west side of of, 24 miles per hour. let's give you a live view and on the west side. some delays. this is traffic near white marsh. traffic in pretty good shape once you get closer to the beltway. >> we will make it into the 80's today. you don't want the sunshine to come out. more sunshine we see, the better chance of severe weather later today. thunderstorms will movement and some could be strong. most of the daylight hours are going to be

usa! >> as we've mentioned, u.s. navy.e.a.l.s carried out the mission it that resulted in osama bin laden's death. the raid occurred in abbottabad north of islamabad. s.e.a.l. is an arrow nim for sea, air and land. the web page describes them as a special breed of warrior who conduct special operations in any environment but who are uhe fe uniquely trained. here to join us are two s.e.a.l. veterans. both lieutenant commanders in the reserves. thanks for joining us both of you. tell us a little bit about the s.e.a.l. training and how they might have trained for a mission like this one. >> well, s.e.a.l. training is often considered the most arduous training in the entire u.s. military. it takes approximately 18 months to become a bona fide s.e.a.l. operator and then beyond that many years of additional training. to train up and to practice for this raid, this is not weeks in the making. this is months and years of dedicated training. >> and eric, you once served as the commander of an al qaeda targeting cell, you write abo

. >> usa winning because of the prowess of the navy s.e.a.l.s. more about what happened as it went down. for more, let's bring back in martha raddatz, jake tapper, at the pentagon and the white house. martha, i want to start with you. tell us more details that you can give us. the s.e.a.l.s go in, recognize him, what happens at that moment? what do we know? >> they don't know what room he's in. they go room to room. he's face to face, eye to eye. they ordered him to surrender. they kept looking in other parts of the compound as well. they had s.e.a.l.s on the roof. they fast-roped down from the helicopters to get on that roof to surround that compound and get inside. when they killed him, shot him if the head, they quickly took the body way. he's now buried at sea. >> and jake, this was an operation a long time coming. the first tip coming in last august. better information in the last week. the president ordered the mission on friday. >> that's right, george. originally, the mission was planned for saturday night. this is a time in that country

usa needs to know is that he is gone. releasing photos is wrong. >> carolyn says good it isn't necessary. the navye integrity and wouldn't lie. >> joe says let a couple representatives examine the photos in private and make a statement on whether they believe they're genuine. >> it doesn't matter if i see them. leave your thoughts on facebook,. >>> in other news at 6:35, d.c. council woman mary cheh and several other women were led away in handcuffs after a protest on capitol hill. house republicans passed a bill that would ban the use of federal funds for abortion for low income women. advocates for d.c. voting rights say such decisions should be made at the local level. both president obama and senate democrats oppose the bill. >>> later this morning, 15 protesters arrested alongside mayor vincent gray will appear in court. this happened last month. they too were outraged about the federal budget deal. most of the protesters including gray paid $50 to get out of jail and have charges against them dropped. the 15 heading to courted to opted for a hearing instead. >>> after a long legal battle vot

navy commendation medals for valor, two purple hearts and their medals. is novel "matterhorn" come his debut book was in her times bestseller and the "usa today" bestseller, best of 2010 title from "time" magazine, entertainment weekly, esquire and the "washington post." "matterhorn" is the recipient of this year's colby award and we are very proud to have karl marlantes with us today. [applause] and finally nears to me here is doug stanton. doug is the author of two "new york times" bestsellers "in harm's way" and the sinking of the uss indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors and more recently "horse soldiers," the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afghanistan. his writing has appeared in esquire, then our times, the "washington post," time and other national publications. he is the founder of the national writers series, a book festival bringing great conversations to life in with the erica's greatest writers consider by editors and readers to be one of the country's countries top tier book events that takes place in michigan. stanton's recent book horse soldier spent more than three years on the hou

navy cross. lebron star and two metal the valor and two purple hearts. his novel "matterhorn: a novel of the vietnam war" was a new york times best seller the bridge the usa today best seller, best of 2010 title in time magazine by digital entertainment weekly and the washington post. "matterhorn: a novel of the vietnam war" is the recipient of this year's colby award and we are proud to have karl marlantes with us today. [applause] >> nearest to me is doug stanton. he is the author of two new york times best seller is, in harm's way:the thinking of the uss indianapolis and the extraordinary story of its survivors "horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afghanistan". his writing has appeared in esquire, washington post lead to an all-time and other national publications. he is a founder of the national writers series. a book festival bringing great conversations to life with america's greatest writers. he is considered to be one of our country's top tier book events that takes place in michigan. his recent book "horse soldiers: the extraordinary story of a band of u.s. soldiers who rode to victory in afgh