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Does prove the drone attacks were working. >> yeah. that's right. i mean intelligence intercepts that we've been told about from concerns that al qaeda and other taliban commanders have in the field, that they're being targeted by drones, it's hard to escape the drones. we've been told about those in the past, so here we have bin laden saying the same thing which tells us he was still in touch, although hold up in abbottbad, he was in touch with the commanders in the field because he was clearly getting to hear the same things, that the drone strikes were effective. he was telling his operativ...

Pakistan. and you write, an embassy asks drones or diplomacy. the strains in the u.s./pakistani relationship became acute after the may 2nd, 2011 attack on abbottbad that killed osama bin laden. so did the intraembassy dispute about drones. the ambassador is said to have supported high value target strikes on named individuals and imminent threat strikes to stop, say, a car bomb, but he questioned the cost to benefit ratio for some so-called signature strikes, where the name of the target isn't known. sometimes these strikes produce a bonanza, as in the june 2011 signature attack that killed o...

Pipeline at the airport in twefrp in a plot that authorities said was to try to outdo the 9/11 attacks. the plan was foiled after an informant recorded their conversations. his sentencing is set for october. the cia hoping to uncover more of osama bin laden's terror files. pakistan is allowing a team of forensic specialists to search his compound in abbottbad. >> this time they're going to be combing this house with highly specialized equipment. cnn's pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us live to tell us about it. what's the cia team going to be looking for? we know they were in and...

Secretary of state hillary clinton in islamabad on a surprise visit with talks with pakistani leaders, trying to repair relations between the two countries following the raid that killed bin laden. she's also pressing pakistan to step up its counterterrorism efforts. the cia's granted permission -- has been granted permission by pakistan's government to enter osama bin laden's compound. they're allowing a team of forensic specialists to search the compound in abbottbad. cnn's pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joins us live. a lot of people are wondering what are they looking for. we hear...

and welcome to "american morning." it is friday, may 27th. the beginning of a long holiday weekend for many in this country. >> that's right. hopefully the beginning of some nice, calm, summer weather which we have not seen. >> we haven't seen. it's not going to be a great weekend for those in joplin, missouri. the search for the missing there continues. the state officials are releasing a list of 232 people who are still unaccounted for, a list they concede may not be entirely accurate. the death toll right now stands at 126. >> we're getting a look at some dramatic new video when j...