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Those photos will not be released. in an interview, steve croft asked the president about his decision. listen. >> did you see the pictures? >> yes. >> what was your reaction when you saw them? >> it was him. >> why haven't you released them? >> you know, we discussed this internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing and so there's no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence as...

The pictures of the world will have to wait, because president obama says he will not release the pictures of osama bin laden. this is what he said earlier today. >> you know, we discussed this interimly. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him, and we have done dna sampling and testing, and so, there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence as a propaganda tool. you know, that is not who we are.

Hours, the u.s. president will today lay a wreath to remember all those who died at the hands of osama bin laden. barack obama will meet families of some of the victims of 9/11 as well as emergency teams who responded to the attacks. the remembrance ceremony comes four days after u.s. forces shot bin laden dead in pakistan. he had evaded capture for more than a decade. mr. obama is facing repeated calls to release photographs of the body to prove once and for all that bin laden really is dead but the white house says it won't make them public in the interests of national security. >> we discus...

Internally. keep in mind that we are absolutely certain this was him. we've done dna sampling and testing and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden. it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence as a propaganda tool. you know, that's not who we are. >> that's not who we are. mr. obama went on to say we don't trot out this stuff as trophies. we don't need to spike the football. the president making essentially an ethical point of why he chose not to release those pho...

Well. unfortunately, they'll not be able to meet with the president. but obviously those 9/11 family member who will be meeting with the president later today extremely grateful. kiran? >> all right, jason carroll for us down at ground zero today. thanks very much. >> the conversation about the photographs continues even though president obama says the evidence is clear. bin laden is dead. he tells "60 minutes" there's no need to, quote, spike the football by making the gruesome death photos public. >> we've done dna sampling and testing, and so there is no doubt that we killed osama bin laden...