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The ceo says documents discovered in the raid shows bin laden played a strong role in al qaeda, up to the end. michael sheehan is a terrorism analyst for nbc news and joins me now. give me a gut check on this. how do you come down on this? what is your read? >> is no question that the u.s. government, the evidence is all pointing in that direction. it is surprising that a lot of people thought bin laden may have had a lesser role in the aspects of al qaeda. thats been the conventional wisdom. th...

Something to cause the train to derail, thats a lot easier than going after an aircraft. >> counterterrorism officials say they believe the planning never got beyond the initial phase. they say there is no recent intelligence pointing to an active plot for such an attack. >> the cia apparently had its eyes on the bin laden compound long before that raid. todays "washington post" reports the spy agency maintained a safe house in abbottabad to conduct extensive surveillance. "the post" says it was...

And another aboard the uss carl vinson. is that true? >> i am aware of pictures. i have dont know exactly where they were taken, bret. >> bret: now the decision to put them out or not to put them out, where are you? why? >> well, as you have heard, many others, individuals say over the course of the last day we are taking a clear look at the ramifications of each of the decisions. i think its worth pointing out we have put out an awful lot of data in the course of the last 36 hours. in fact, unp...

Carolina as republicans sort of try to get their arms around pointing towards one candidate to run for president in 2012, all of that has become a little bit more complicated with the backdrop of what has happened and unfolded in pakistan in recent days as well. chris stirewalt to react to all of this. fox news digital politics editor. chris welcome, good to have you here. first of all moments ago president obama says those photos will not be released. what do you think about that? >> reporter: ...

Been following this story in pakistan, officials here have been pointing in the other direction when it came to the whereabouts of bin laden. saying that he was on the border with afghanistan, in afghanistan, in another country, even dead, and now it turns out he was hiding less than 40 miles from where i am standing right now in the capitol of pakistan, islamabad, the current president in pakistan, zardari, in full defensive mode today and in swift comments since the capture and killing of the ...

And another aboard the uss carl vinson. is that true? >> i am aware of pictures. i have dont know exactly where they were taken, bret. >> bret: now the decision to put them out or not to put them out, where are you? why? >> well, as you have heard, many others, individuals say over the course of the last day we are taking a clear look at the ramifications of each of the decisions. i think its worth pointing out we have put out an awful lot of data in the course of the last 36 hours. in fact, unp...

Jon: what is the administration doing about it. >> reporter: yesterday john brennan did say it was inconceivable that usama bin laden has no support within the country though hes pointing to a pakistani investigation, take a listen. >> i am not going to speculate about what type of support he might have had own an official basis inside of pakistan. we are closely talking to the pakistanis right now. >> reporter: brennan has pointed out that pakistan has been a strong partner in the fight against...

Ahead. sent pointing out they remain at heightened state of vigilance. our security posture which includes measures unseen and seen will continue to protect the american people from the evolving threat picture in the next days and beyond. joining me now on the phone, senator lindsey graham of south carolina. republican senator. good morning, senator. are you there? >> yes, good morning. >> bret: well, it as good morning if you followed this as we all have since the day of 9/11. and as the presid...

>> bill: wouldnt be smart for any republican contender to repudiate trump he has captured a segment of the republican voters. >> for all wrong reasons. >> bill: thats your opinion. but do you feel, lanny, that the democratic party will make an issue out of trump going forward or is this a snapshot in time? >> any democrat that makes an issue out of trump is getting in the way of firing squad where they are pointing at each other. no, we shouldnt make an issue out of trump. is he a fool. he is re...

>> they eave got to be. theyve got to be. now its worth pointing out the quarter to quarter figures are volatile. because they can be thrown off by the weather they can be thrown off by a spike in oil prices. but what i think they need to worry about even more is people dont feel in their lives like things are picking up. all the polls suggest that people are becoming more pessimistic about the economy. and there was a marist poll out today that suggested that were now to the point where six out...