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Welcome back, were following breaking news out of the gulf. bp according to the associated press, bp says a fire believed to have been caused by lightning has shut down the system thats capturing that oil gushing from the well in the gulf of mexico. now bp said the fire was spotted very early this morning, 9:30 a.m. local time is what the ap is reporting. the fire was quickly extinguished and according to this report, bp says the capture operation is expected to resume later today. there were no...

Back, and i understand that president obama among others was able to watch realtime video. >> they were. from the operators perspective, that is a double-edged sword, because you could be watching, but there is nothing that you can do to impact events on the ground, but technology has gone to the point where they can observe in realtime exactly what is happening and a mission of this ip credible strategic importance that almost was certainly happening. >> and we are learning hour by hour more e ...

Secretary jay carney on what happened when the navy s.e.a.l.s entered bin ladens compound. >> there was concern that bin laden would oppose the capture operation and indeed he did resist. in the room with bin laden, a woman, bin ladens wife, rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed. bin laden was then shot and killed. he was not armed. >> if he didnt have his hand on a gun, how did he ri sift? >> the information i think resistance doesnt require a firearm. >> did he have ...

Significantly different from the one initially provided by senior counterterrorism adviser john brennan on monday. >> the concern was that bin laden would oppose any type of capture operation. indeed he did. it was a firefight. he was engaged in a firefight with those that entered the area of the house through his end, and whether or not he got off any rounds, i quite frankly dont know. just thinking about that from a visual perspective, here is bin laden who has been calling for these attacks l...

>> good evening from new york. as intelligence officials investigate what one official called a treasure-trove of come computers, hard drives, storage devices and documents u.s. special forces seized during their raid on the bin laden compound, white house press secretary jay carney provided the official account of what those forces encountered when they first entered the home of osama bin laden. >> on the first floor of bin ladens building two al qaeda couriers were killed along with a woman wh...

>> the concern was that bin laden would oppose any type of capture operation. indeed he did. it was a firefight. he was engaged in a firefight who those that entered the area of the house. whether or not he got off any rounds, i quite frankly dont know. just thinking about that from a visual perspective, here is bin laden who has been calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound. living in an area that is far remove from the front, hiding behind women who were put in fro...

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Mean it was not really a capture operation, that it was an operation to kill someone, do you say if youve got him, kill him anyway? >> cenk s. i think some of the reporting has been off. john brennan said today pretty explicitly there was a capture option here. the force that went in did have pretty explicit instructions, capture if possible. if that was not on the table, to neutralize the subject. youre trusting them to make a decision in the hostile environment. they performed brilliantly. >> ...

Counterterrorism advisor john brennan on monday. >> the concern was that bin laden would oppose any type of capture operation. indeed he did. it was a firefight. he was engaged in a firefight who those that entered the area of the house. whether or not he got off any rounds, i quite frankly dont know. just thinking about that from a visual perspective, here is bin laden who has been calling for these attacks living in this million dollar plus compound. living in an area that is far remove from t...

Operation? i mean, how long would they have to prepare for a sight-specific operation like this? >> well, the beauty of the special operations forces in the united states military is that they really truly are the tip of the spear. when you combine that with the intelligence analysts working in the support structures behind them, so they could execute this raid very quickly if necessary. i think that because of the high value nature of the target here, this was a meticulously planned. they alleg...