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Photos and watching the construction of this -- of this fortress, they realized how to attack it and how to take him down. >> brilliant operation. the families, the firefighters, the police officers, 37 firefighters and all their families, i can pretty say comfortably gave a great thanks to the military and to the intel folks that made this happen. >> one of the things about what happened in pakistan yesterday was it brought justice for all those faces over on that poster. brought this poster in...

>> well, this is clearly the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of the obama administration and i mean, if you were out last night and saw those people in the streets, this wasnt a partisan event but an incredible celebration for america. a great across-the-board operation. this wasnt desert one. there are a lot of people who criticized obama. this certainly wasnt that, even with a mechanical failure of the helicopter, the seals continued. the untold story is what documents of the computers ...

Thats why the state department issued a worldwide warning to americans to be -- to be careful right now. >> sure, were looking now -- we just saw some video out of boston overnight where spontaneous demonstration there as is the case in times square. jennifer, lets talk a little bit about this operation. and the intelligence that led to the takedown of bin laden, the trail had gone cold until about four years ago, i understand, where thanks to some detainee information from somebody at gitmo, th...

Register for me. theres been so many near misses over the years and so much frustration. somehow you thought it would never happen so it actually did take me several seconds to really fully absorb it and comprehend what i was told. >> as chairman of the house homeland security committee, are you going to tell me you knew nothing about this operation, that you were surveiling his -- you were surveiling his two couriers and possibly zeroing in on a location, they didnt even tell you? >> no, i was ...

Hillary clinton said they are defyi defying. >> were going to see the end of the gadhafi regime in libya. and we are attributing in many ways in order to see that goal realized. >> only half of natos 28 members are involved in the libya operation and just six of those 14 members are willing to use their military assets to strike ground targets. france and britain are appealing for more aggressive targeting. and natos attornsecretary gene says he needs more firepower tonight. >> we need a few mor...

Take for that to happen. >> reporter: but military leaders bechbt over backyards to describe a limited libya operation, the u.s. pulling back to a supporting role. that caused john mccain deep concern. >> for the united states to be withdrawing our unique offensive capabilities at this time sends the exact wrong signal. >> reporter: a major point of bipartisan contention, lack of approval. >> we have been left out in the cold. >> vld have been better for the white house to begin discussions as w...

Administration says have been vetted, they continue to work with them with non-military, non-lethal assistance to them. but certainly, again, assessing the situation because there is concern there about these rebel forces, whether or not they will be able to stand up to the libyan government, which at this point is not backing down. >> one of the big questions here, dan lothian at the white house, thank you. today is really key here when we talk about libya because this is the day nato officia...

Officials have said about the president of syria and get your reaction to this. lets go ahead and take a listen. >> there is a different leader in syria now. many of the members of congress of both parties who have gone to syria in recent months have said they believe hes a reformer. jenna: a different leader, president al-assad came out today and blamed the united states and israel for the uprising in his country. who is this guy. >> reporter: quite frankly the secretarys comments are really te...

And you could save 25%. wow... its all in the wrists. ♪ nationwide is on your side were now less than an hour away from president obamas address to the nation about the libya operation. the president will speak from the national defense university here in washington, d.c. at ft. mcnair. our white house correspondent ed henry is already there for us. set the scene for us. give us a little bit of the flavor of whats going on. >> well, wolf, a lot of people expect that you know, address about m...

International air strikes, rebels continue to push back forces loyal to gadhafi. this morning an opposition spokesman claims the rebels captured gadhafi as hometown of sirte, a city located half way between the rebel-held east and the government-controlled west. if that is true, it will be a significant victory for the movement which retook two key oil complexes and eastern town over the weekend. those developments come as nato agreed to take over command and control of the entire libya operatio...