at this time every day. and he's here today, as well. ed, we're seeing great pictures from inside the situation room, as this all unfolded. such drama. can you take us through the operation from the president's view? >> reporter: oh, yeah. sure. these are from pete sousa, the official white house photographer. they're essentially government photos. and we're allowed in the media, the we take our phone photos. and we actually have an independent view of the situation. but since this was such a sensitive operation, they were obviously not going to just randomly let the media into the white house situation room, very secure area. that's why we're using these photos. and they painful paint an amazing picture. let me tell you two quick anecdot anecdotes. one about the moment when osama bin laden was actually killed in pakistan. the president, his top aides, when you look at these photos, they were monitoring the situation. this operation by the navy s.e.a.l.s in real-time. it appears they had some sort of video hook-up. the white house is being careful