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Now. it's approaching 1:00 a.m. here on the east coast. fran townsend, tell us how dangerous of a military operation for the navy seals and other u.s. troops that were involved flying in by helicopter, going to abbottabad and finding bin laden and killing him, how dangerous, how risky of an operations this for a president of the united states to authorize? >> wolf, we're all celebrating now and incredible relieved at the great news. but let's remember, it's a settled area. this is not from islamabad. it had very high walls around the compound and barbed wire. there are many things that could h...

The president himself lauchbing this operation, not telling the government of pakistan. only telling them after the operation took plachls u.s. base is here. coming across the border. again, let's measure what we're talking about. as you zoom in here and get the measure, you see exactly what we're talking about, 120 miles ore the border. 120 miles in, 30 miles north of the capital of pakistan. for years we have focused over here. instead it turns out osama bin laden was living in large city. this is not a suburb. this is a city of about a million people. when you come in, you see how densely p...

The american audience that they had a key role in finding bin laden. and they tried to brush away suggestions that they must have known had he been there for months not too far away. >> we're going to hear about that from the pakistani ambassador to the united states. he's going to be here in "the situation room." but the pakistani officials in islamabad, where you are, they know what u.s. officials are saying that the u.s. shared no information and did not even consult or inform the pakistani government of what was going on until all of the helicopters and troops and bin laden's body was out ...

120 miles in, 30 miles north of the capital of pakistan. right in here this takes out. again, we've focused over here. the tribal areas and cave areas and ungovern nabl areas of pakistan. it turns out that he was living in a large city, not a suburb. a city of about 100,000 -- of about one million people. when you come in and see how densely populated it is, a very different kind of operation that for years people have talked about finding bin laden in a cave, in a remote area, protected by tribes up in the hills. in fact, it turns up that he was hiding in a very densely populated area and, ag...

Different kind of operation that for years people have talked about finding bin laden in a cave, finding bin laden in a remote area. finding bin laden protected by tribes up in the hills. no. in fact, it turns up that he was hiding in a very densely populated area and, again, we're told to look at a complex something like this, something like this ballpark right here. one of the focuses of the operation. you can see the large walls and spaces and all around it you can see. all around it densely populated areas which shows you the risks that any of the elite forces, not only risks to the firefi...