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>> we're getting a lot of requests to replay the president's comments. we'll replay it, don't worry, in its entirety. that will be coming up. we'll share it with our viewers here in the united states and around the world. gloria borger is getting more of the intelligence that led to the dramatic breakthrough, the killing of bin laden. what are you hearing, gloria? >> well, officials are starting to brief reporters on this. this compound in abbottabad was apparently built in 2005. the physical security of it was extraordinary. 12 to 18 foot walls with barbed wire around it. access was restricte...

Significant and heavy security presence there. 12 to 18-foot high walls topped with barbed wire and two security gates at the compound and that the com compound itsef was three stories high and at the ta terrace on the third for that there was a 7-foot privacy wall. the property was valued at about 1 million u.s. dollars and there were two brothers living there and they had a connection to bin laden and there was no reasonable explanation as to why they would have that much money to live in such a compound. also confirmd that bin laden's son was at the compound and killed in the raid. we have ...

Area lookouts. we will get the details. 24 of them swept in. this is the video of the compound where osama bin laden apparently has been living for some time. it is a large compound about 60 miles to the north and east of islamabad, the capital city. sometimes 18-foot walls surrounded the place. it was a three-level structure, 8 times larger than any other more than the average home in that area. that's part of the reason cia analysts felt there must be a high value target like osama bin laden staying there. the third floor of the place had seven-foot privacy walls around it and apparently all...

And something special to be watching here live on cnn. >> that is right. as it starts a new day, this monday, the start of a new week in the united states. it's going to be interesting to see how those people go starting their working day. all right. well, just moving on now, some more details about the u.s.-led operation in the pakistani city of abbottadad. cnn's gloria borger tells us about the compound where the world's most wanted terrorist was hiding. take a listen. >> reporter: this compound in abbottabad was apparently built in 2005. the physical security of it was extraordinary. it has...

Was gathered over an eight--year period. it began under the public administration. it had the foundation or origination in the c.i.a. interrogation program. that continued through guantanamo bay and other intelligence was picked up in afghanistan and pakistan leading to a picture that osama bin laden was hiding in that compound. >>alisyn: this compound is fascinating. 12' to 18' outer walls and topped with wire. and the residents burned the trash. what else in there? >>reporter: it is eight times the size of other compounds in the area with obvious and heavy security presence and you mention t...