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Laden but a record number of predator drone strikes, three times as many as we saw in the last year of the bush administration when then president bush stepped it up. so this is part of an overall strategy that obamas been pursuing for some time. one of the things i report is that there was a meeting, you know, early on in 2009 where panetta went to obama and said, look, these are the things we need in pakistan -- additional facilities, additional predators. obama said youre getting it all. i wa...

And vengeance at last, u.s. nails famed in pakistan. last night, the president made a statement to the nation, about 11:30 eastern time. heres a little bit about what he said stressing the historic perhaps of bin ladens death. >> at my direction, the united states launched a targeted operation against that compound in abbottabad, pakistan. a small team of americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casu...

Nbc news terrorism analyst and former member of the u.s. national security council, roger cressey. i wonder, as we have celebrations in the streets of washington and new york city, where the attacks happened on 9/11, if there is concern that perhaps this opens a new door, in terms of our security. >> well, mika, this is a tremendous triumph. this is personal for many people. its personal for me because i was in the white house the morning of 9/11, counter terrorism was my portfolio up until that...

>> you know, i think bin ladens have been a problem for the saudi government big time and they know it. i think there will be a sense of relief. the thing to watch today is the reaction in pakistan. im told the reason the president made that unusual just before midnight disclosure what happened, the pakistanis wanted. they wanted the news out we had taken bin laden, thats what the purpose of the news was before the public woke up today fearing reaction of public backlash. keep my eyes on that. i...

Libya? >> there was an article out today in the new yorker about the evolution of the obama policy and in this article in the summation an aide to the president describes the presidents approach as leading from behind which i dont know how that is going to resonate but it may well be accurate. i think what we are seeing here is the president is kind of making it up as he goes along as he confronts this chaotic and either hopeful or not so hopeful situation in the middle east and in terms of liby...

Hopeful situation in the middle east and in terms of libya he really doesnt know what to do next. i will hope what he is learning is the indispensability of american leadership. we quickly were able to establish the no fly zone. the military actions seem po be effective but he quickly withdrew america from the lead role and the situation has been much more mixed ever since. i dont think -- i agree with secretary gates. i dont think the addition of the predator drone attacks is going to make more...

Celebrity candidate. >> juan: wow. leslie, andrew, thanks for joining us this evening. directly ahead with gas prices soaring over 4 bucks a gallon in some places, president obama vows to crack down on so-called speculators. but will his investigation help you pay the bills? well debate it. and, is our mission in libya getting out of control? president obama authorizes predator drone attacks in the northern -- african nation. its a stalemate. colonel ralph peters is analyzing those reports strai...

Leslie, andrew, thanks for joining us this evening. directly ahead with gas prices soaring over 4 bucks a gallon in some places, president obama vows to crack down on so-called speculators. but will his investigation help you pay the bills? well debate it. and, is our mission in libya getting out of control? president obama authorizes predator drone attacks in the northern -- african nation. its a stalemate. colonel ralph peters is analyzing those reports straight ahead. hey susie, why dont you ...

Amnesty international, though, saying at least 75 people were killed. cnns anderson cooper asked the former u.n. ambassador from syria do these people stand a chance against government security forces. >> do these people stand a chance against such brutal violence? >> well, first of all, you have to admire their courage. i cant tell you how much i respect what theyre trying to do. but at the same time, unfortunately, repression, if used repeatedly, ruthlessly, brutally, can work. we saw that in ...

>> juan: wow. leslie, andrew, thanks for joining us this evening. directly ahead with gas prices soaring over 4 bucks a gallon in some places, president obama vows to crack down on so-called speculators. but will his investigation help you pay the bills? well debate it. and, is our mission in libya getting out of control? president obama authorizes predator drone attacks in the northern -- african nation. its a stalemate. colonel ralph peters is analyzing those reports straight ahead. hey susie,...