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Military, theyve been sitting on the fence for the last 10 years, hedging their bets. maybe the taliban is going to win. we have to make sure we have good relations with them. maybe the americans are going to win. we have to make sure we have good relations with them. >> you just got back from afghanistan, im wondering what the turbulence and the relationship seems to have been at an all time low right now. >> between the united states and pakistan. >> does that have anything to do with the oper...

Bin laden dead and thats enough said. and thats where weve been expanding as we find out more about this operation. immediately, my first thought and early reporting was drone. drone strike missile took him out. it wasnt, it was one on one and some interesting reporting, too, about pakistans role or lack thereof. >> and the amazing thing is if you went to bed last night, not only was osama bin laden shot and killed in pakistan at his compound but already been buried at sea. so all that happened ...

With the military. and our gratitude is just huge. >> it will be interesting to see if they say who the members of that navy seal team are. >> we know who took down saddam hussein. we knew that in that operation. to me, this will be something for the military to be proud of. >> absolutely. i know every family member i spoke with has the same sentiments and they would love to hug and shake their hands. >> looking at some pictures from earlier in times square where, as you can see, that bagpiper a...

Not destroy everything. jennifer, we know when theres an operation or major takedown like this, the next 36 hours are key because you get information from that area from bin ladens office. and then youve got to act quickly. do you hear anything about subsequent actions? >> well, i think what was not anticipated for one of these helicopters is to have mechanical failure and have to be detonated within the compound. so thats why likely you see the fire there. that was not anticipated but otherwise...

I believe that is the ground zero area. it all came after president obama addressed the nation with the stunning news that we have waited almost 10 years to hear. >> tonight, i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al-qaida. and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. last week, i determined that we had enough intelligence to take actio...

Psyche of al-qaida and its allies throughout the middle east and even here in country, the home grown terrorists that theyve recruited. >> sure, congressman, before the president made his address to the nation last night from the east room of the white house, he did call former president george w. bush and william jefferson clinton and gave him a heads up of the operation and we understand a number of white house personnel called members of congress, what did they say? >> at 10:05, a received a ...

Pakistanis and i would say theyve got some explaining to do and they better start right now. >> we went in there on our own and informed the pakistani forces as of late and did it. this is an american operation. the world didnt end. we still live. maybe we have -- are at the point now, where we should identify these camps and go for it. how can we -- how can our relations be more fractured or frayed? >> i think that will be one of the things that president obama talks about today with his nation...

Were we pulling out of libya operation? and then all of a sudden, this news came. how did you find out? >> well, we were -- we were all on the track, everyone was sort of focusing on qaddafi thinking of libya. no one was even thinking of bin laden until suddenly, the penny turned. i got a call from a sources and said, what about bin laden? i didnt have it confirmed so i started making the rounds of calls and eventually, very quickly, actually, i had a senior u.s. intelligence official confirm to...

Highest bounty in u.s. history. bin laden became the face of americas war on terror as authorities sought to bring to justice those responsible for the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 civilians on september 11th. >> despite that pledge, the al-qaida leader proved elusive and vanished before u.s. special forces and their afghan allies could overrun his mountainous hideout. reports suggested that he walked across the pakistan border with trusted bodyguards until a massive operation obliterated hi...

No americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. for over two decades, bin laden has been al-qaidas leader and symbol and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our friends and allies. the death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nations effort to defeat al-qaida. his death does not mark the end of our effort. theres no doubt that al-qaida will continu...