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Now. its approaching 1:00 a.m. here on the east coast. fran townsend, tell us how dangerous of a military operation for the navy seals and other u.s. troops that were involved flying in by helicopter, going to abbottabad and finding bin laden and killing him, how dangerous, how risky of an operations this for a president of the united states to authorize? >> wolf, were all celebrating now and incredible relieved at the great news. but lets remember, its a settled area. this is not from islamabad...

The president himself lauchbing this operation, not telling the government of pakistan. only telling them after the operation took plachls u.s. base is here. coming across the border. again, lets measure what were talking about. as you zoom in here and get the measure, you see exactly what were talking about, 120 miles ore the border. 120 miles in, 30 miles north of the capital of pakistan. for years we have focused over here. instead it turns out osama bin laden was living in large city. this i...

The american audience that they had a key role in finding bin laden. and they tried to brush away suggestions that they must have known had he been there for months not too far away. >> were going to hear about that from the pakistani ambassador to the united states. hes going to be here in "the situation room." but the pakistani officials in islamabad, where you are, they know what u.s. officials are saying that the u.s. shared no information and did not even consult or inform the pakistani gov...

120 miles in, 30 miles north of the capital of pakistan. right in here this takes out. again, weve focused over here. the tribal areas and cave areas and ungovern nabl areas of pakistan. it turns out that he was living in a large city, not a suburb. a city of about 100,000 -- of about one million people. when you come in and see how densely populated it is, a very different kind of operation that for years people have talked about finding bin laden in a cave, in a remote area, protected by tribe...

Different kind of operation that for years people have talked about finding bin laden in a cave, finding bin laden in a remote area. finding bin laden protected by tribes up in the hills. no. in fact, it turns up that he was hiding in a very densely populated area and, again, were told to look at a complex something like this, something like this ballpark right here. one of the focuses of the operation. you can see the large walls and spaces and all around it you can see. all around it densely p...

Us would be marching in washington, demanding that we get out now. >> if we had a draft wed already be out. >> wed be gone. >> harold ford, you were in congress when we first went into afghanistan. when we went into afghanistan, actually it wasnt about defeating the taliban. it was about rooting out al qaeda. we did that. >> and finding bin laden. >> and we failed at that. >> we found him, we let him go. as far as defeating al qaeda, we defeated al qaeda in afghanistan. leon panetta says there a...

Police using tear gas and pepper spray to push the protestors back from the security fence surrounding the summit site. forecasters are keeping a close eye on tropical storm alex as it moves toward the gulf of mexico. its bringing torrential rains and high wind. it could be a potential hurricane potentially halting oil spill efforts in the gulf. most. aggressive operations in c.i.a. shift under way to disrupt al-qaeda. u.s. led strikes have left the group at its weakest point since the 9/11 at...

Serving in high-level positions at the agency who approve directed or committed acts related to the cias detention and interrogation program. >> while the white house repeatedly stressed the moral authority of the united states. >> the moral authority of the united states of america is one of the most powerful tools in our arsenal to protect and advance u.s. interests around the globe. and its the view of the president that the use of these techniques, regardless of whether or not they elicit na...

A white house briefing is set for this hour. many people including president obama and republican senator john mccain agree details needed to be aired. others like former cia chief george 10 and and vice president dick cheney says this is puts u.s. people in danger. peter doocy at the white house. good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, shannon. the big debate is whether or not the interrogation method worked. cia is insisting they did and sometimes the very harsh methods were very effec...

And the president hasnt weighed in. he was asked about that yesterday during an interview with jose diaz ballard. and josh earnest refused to way in this afternoon during the daily press briefing. he was asked a number of times, a number of different ways if these harsh interrogation tactics were effective. and he, essentially acknowledged theres a debate, a big divide. that this report found they were ineffective. however, the current cia director, john brennan has said that these tactics were ...