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Tape, of course, is him watching himself on satellite television, the gray beard not dyed. the others they believe are unreleased tapes. one very interesting. it has a title on it, "message to the american people." they believe this was made some time in late october, november of last year. of course right before the midterm elections. bin laden was known to have put his messages timed to u.s. political events. other ones, again more formal appearance. hes rehearsing in a couple cases, some of h...

We have the release of the tapes and why now? >> because it counters the narrative image he was trying to perpetuate. he is not a man that is 10 feet fall. he is a frail, aged looking man, being housed in a complex with not a lot of personal time. and bin laden was the worlds most dangerous terrorists, but look at the way he was living and operating. not as powerful as he tried to make himself out to be. >> the video we are seeing right now is where he has a gray beard, and he is hunched over wa...

Administration, wrestled with the idea of releasing the picture, what some described as gruesome pictures of osama bin ladens remains. they decided against that. and i think these pictures will convince some skeptics, and perhaps theyre a safer way, maybe not as effective as releasing pictures of his remains, but a safer way of showing skeptics that bin laden is dead. we should point out one new picture where you see bin laden with the gray beard sitting with remote control in his hand watching ...

A feed being provided by the pentagon here today from the obama administration. ah, this is it. this is going to be fascinating. you are watching a satellite television, we believe, in the compound, satellite tv, the channel selection. we believe he is watching al jazeera, if we look at it very closely. you will see the -- whoever is shooting this with a camera will pull out to a wider shot. and youre going to see an osama bin laden i dont think any of us have ever seen. gray, white/gray beard, ...

Very interested in these images of a man whos become synonymous with some of the most evil figures in history, obviously there havent been any pictures or video images of osama bin laden. these are the first one much of the world has seen in years. a couple of things stand out. for me, when i look at this videotape -- and thats his care for what he looks like. image these days is very important for world leaders when they campaign, when they present themselves to the public. and it looks like os...

Before he would appear on videos, would dye his beard black and dye his hair black before he would show himself to the world. this will be the candid osama bin laden, white/gray beard, white/gray hair. the government -- the obama administration in distributing these videos to the news media wanted to show the world what they had -- some of what they had found. but one of the things they did on these five videos is they do not show us or let us hear any of the audio. they have stripped the audio ...

Available very shortly. well bring it to you as soon as we turn it around. i think what americans will be absolutely surprised by is a very candid video of osama bin laden watching himself on investigation. i just want to describe because this is going to be really something for everyone to see. he will be sitting in a chair watching essentially himself on tv a number of video clips of himself on tv. he changes the channel. he gestures to someone off camera who is filming this. what is going to ...

Not what he portrayed in these videos that you see where he clearly dyed his beard and perhaps his hair. im candy crowley in washington. >> and im fionnuala sweeney in atlanta. barbara star was called in for the briefing today when officials released these videos. you were talking about the u.s. wanting 0 to control the message and the image of osama bin laden by releasing these videos. my question is, what is the mood in the pentagon now about anticipating any possible backlash? >> well, you kn...

Three, four, five new pictures. these are tapes that the u.s. government has released today. four of those pictures you recognize. osama bin laden over the years. we have seen tapes like this as he spewed his propaganda out to the world. look in the middle. a very, very different tape. this is osama bin laden as we have not seen him before in a very sparse room. you see him there with the gray beard, very unlike what you saw in his public image, an old man image as he clicks through satellite tv...

Meeting, did a great job of explaining what was taking place in this video that you will see a different kind of osama bin laden than the public is generally used to seeing. you will see, as barbara is about to explain, him actually viewing television, watching the satellite -- via satellite, watching the television coverage around the world as it pertained to stories involving him and his images. barbara, ill let you pick it up from there. >> reporter: fred, let me jump in. you are about to see...