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Attacks in mumbai, india. brand-new developments from pakistan today. john kerry announcing a series of steps he and pakistani leaders have just agreed to that are aimed at improving relations that hit a rock bottom following the u.s. commando raid on osama bin ladens hideout. we are streaming live from islamabad pakistan. >> reporter: the most surprising step of all is the fact that the pakistanis have to hand back the tail of that downed blackhawk. it had a hard landing during the raid. the pa...

Altered the plan about ten days before the commando raid. so that additional, two additional helicopters that were going to stay over the border in afghanistan were going to go in with the two helicopters that landed at the compound. the idea was that these backup helicopters could get there quickly if there was a fire fight or no other problem. there was no fire fight with pakistani soldiers or police. there was a problem. one of the first helicopters had a hard landing and had to be destroyed....

And windows phone. more tech news with silicon valley correspondent dan simon later. pakistan has done an about-face. its going to allow u.s. investigators to question osama bin ladens three wives. the women have been in pakistani custody since the u.s. commando raid that killed their husband. president obama on the road. el paso, texas reenergizing the debate on immigration reform. hes going to press republicans who generally oppose his immigration proposals. presidents speech live in the c...

Can assure you it was signals intelligence, imagery intelligence and human intelligence that allowed us to build this. fareed, this wasnt done one brick at a time. this was actually done one pebble at a time. >> former cia director michael hayden also talking about his thoughts about the decision to attack bin ladens compound with a commando raid instead of a missile strike. well have that comments later on this hour. and then this. a remarkable rescue in nevada. this canadian couple disappear...

Osama bin ladens face is recognizable from the photographs. >> and, savannah, there was some disagreement among the national security team, but as you point out, secretary of state, certainly the white house, key advisers, but we know that leon panetta had suggested that there was discussion that eventually the photo would be released. lets play the interview. >> the government obviously has been talking about how best to do this. but i dont think there is -- there was any question that ultimate...

Deal and he looked politically invincible. however, the bump from that faded in the face of the conditions the people of the country found disagreeable, the economy and so on and i suspect that whatever boost the president gets out of this will prove temporary as well. >> bill: you cant really get him if you are a republican on national security and things like that. this certainly bolsters his resume in those area. and if you going to call him soft on national security or soft on terrorism he c...

Hygiene deal and he looked politically invincible. however, the bump from that faded in the face of conditions the people of the country found disagreeable. the economy and so on. and i suspect that whatever boost the president gets out of this will prove temporary as well. >> bill: short-term. you cant really get him if you are a republican on national security and things like that. certainly bolsters his resume in those areas. if you are going to call him soft on national security or soft on t...

This extraordinary operation and the decision to take it? >> well, i this i you hit it. it was a very gutsy decision by the president, made by the president. he could have sent some missiles in there and destroyed everybody and everything. he didnt do that. it was a tactical commando raid. and the risks. and you saw that with the one helicopter. and yet these commandos now, jsoc, theyre so well trained. they know what the mission was. they know the time they had, they moved quickly, they moved e...

Than 250 million dollars in separate scams every year. estimated 60 to 90 billion dollars in medicare abuse is absorbed by you, the taxpayer. >> nato saying a commando raid has foiled a terrorist attack on a major conference in the afghan capital today. secretary of state clinton among those set to attend the meeting of more than 60 nations tuesday in kabul. secretary clinton expected to press the afghan president to follow through on reform pledges and outline plans to improve security in the n...

And asked to try it out and then answer a few questions. the biggest thing was that its effortless. you stick it and forget it. by not putting in the dryer sheet, its one less thing that i have to do. a new round of deadly violence in afghanistan. five nato troops died in various roadside bombings today. they came in the southern provinces where the taliban has strong presence. one of the dead scattered showers is american. and joint commando raid woke up a terrorist plot in the capital of kab...