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Obviously been in hiding we believe in pakistan? any closer to finding him? >> what happens when something like this, we know this through the history of how al qaeda will respond. when we get other senior leaders or senior logisticians or finance people, they change their security protocols. this was a major impact on them. he was an inspirational leader and operational leader. >> bin lad. >> and when that happened, they're going to change. so zawahiri doesn't know if the last note that he was writing had his name and address on it or not. >> do you think the pakistanis or at least elements o...

opportunity in the middle east. this hour, his vision for the region and the controversial way he's pushing the israelis and the palestinians to make peace. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the financial power broker who bailed out countries is being baled out himself as he awaits trial on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. dominique strauss-kahn denies the allegations that many people find shocking. but the former head of the international monetary fund has been tied to previous allegatio...

>> nbc's jay gray, thank you. ? play of the day comes from our friends at funny or die. it is a tribute, albeit a completely irref haven't one, to the unname seal who took out osama bin laden. enjoy. >> in a record of your name. no one will know. >> absolutely, sir. discretion assured. >> [ bleep ] i shot bin lad. >> specials for i don't know, a guy who just shot bin laden. >> i shot osama bin laden. who shot bin laden? >> you shot bin laden. >> who shot bin laden? osama bin laden. he goes who's asking in i go, us of a, [ bleep ]. bam. ♪

Rangers, roughly a battalion. they never came. >> reporter: instead, the u.s. relies on its hired guns. >> it was not a professional military source by any stretch of the imagination, some took bribes to look the other way. >> reporter: out sourcing fails and bin latden vanished to the mountains. >> bin lad an 180 escape. >> the moral of the story is to capture someone as resourceful as bin laden who has so many local contacts and friends you have to do the job yourself. >> reporter: though he has disappeared, his threats continue. >> the fact he communicated through video and audiotapes, i do...

failure, high. >> would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is underway. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> re...