want want to go back to the pentag pentagon and david martin. david david you talked about how nobody nobody there is answering their their phones and it has been a a very busy time there tonig tonight. we've we've gone on the air, been on the on the air for about 20 minute minutes. what d what do we know, anything new new at this point? >> we >> well, cbs producer howard rosenbe rosenberg has talked to former former cia officer hank crimpt crimpton and crumpton was one of one of the man in charge of the the cia war in afghanistan and and pakistan. so he so he was once intimately involve involved in the hunt for osama osama bin laden. and h and he said that he had been hearin hearing for the past three or or four weeks that the u.s. was was getting close, getting some s some sort of location on bin laden. laden. probab probably searching first with with a drone and trying to correl correlate what the drone was seein seeing with reports they were were picking up from agents on on the ground. and th and then obviously, at some point, point, that a

. >> couric: now to national security correspondent david martin at the pentagon. david, the photos of bin laden's bode are not being released but there are other photos from the raid that have been. and new details of how it all went down. >> reporter: that's right, katie. photos of some of the dead, the navy seals left behind at bin laden's compound have surfaced, but be warned-- they are graph graphic. they include the courier, who unwittingly led u.s. intelligence to the hideout and one of bin laden's sonnies. the seals themselves are now back in the u.s. and their command, vice admiral william mcraven, is briefing congressional committees behind closed doors on what sounds like 40 minutes of pure violence. >> the seals clearly were taking fire throughout the course of the billion that they had entered. there were barricades along the way to prevent them from getting to where bin laden was. it's dark. it's confusing. >> reporter: when the seals tried to burst through one door, they found a brick wall behind it and had to blast their way in. on the first floor,

katie. >> couric: david martin at the pentagon, thank you. meanwhile pakistan's ambassador to the u.s. said the government not knowing or allowing bin laden to hide for years in plain sight. >> what i'm told is we just dropped the ball. and there is going to be an inquiry of sorts. there will be a... we will get to the bottom of it. how did it happen? but the most important concern here right now is to reassure people in the united states that pakistan and pakistanis as a nation did not look upon osama bin laden favorably, and that's very important. >> couric: today, pakistani authorities reportedly hauled in for questioning the contractor who built bin laden's home. outside the compound, the crowds keep coming, not to protest, just to look. elizabeth palmer is there. >> reporter: as hundreds of sightseers streamed by abbottabad's new infamous tourist attraction, local people shared what they could about th attraction, local people shared what they could about their reclusive neighbors, and it wasn't much. zain mohammed lives with his extende

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david martin is at the pentagon tonight and, david, based on what the president knew and didn't know, this was a very big gamble. >> couric: katie, the more you find out about this mission, the more you realize what a roll of the dice it was and how close it came to disaster. after months of studying satellite photos of the compound, c.i.a. analysts concluded there was only a 60% to 80% chance bin laden was really there. in the photos, a man could be seen coming out of the main building and walking around the courtyard as if for exercise. but it was impossible to tell whether he matched bin laden's height. photo interpreters analyzed the pattern of daily life and determined the family in the main building had the same number of members as bin laden's family. none of them ever left the fortress-like compound. it was hardly a smoking gun-- which explains these words by president obama's counterterrorism advisor. >> the president had to evaluate the strength of the information and then made what i believe was one of the most gustiest calls of any president in recent memory. >> reporter:

david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. earlier today i talked with c.i.a. director panetta, the man in charge of the operation, and i asked him why photographs of bin laden taken after he was killed have not been released. >> well, i'm sure the concern is that just the nature of the photos themselves are such that it could, in fact, be used to try to develop the revengeful nature of what al qaeda is all about and try to inspire them to take even further action against us. i think that's the concern. >> couric: yesterday, white house counterterrorism advisor john brennan said the navy seals were prepared for a capture or kill mission. if, in fact, they had taken osama bin laden alive, what were the plans? >> i think we always assumed from the beginning that the likelihood was that he was going to be killed. perchance he were to be captured, i think the approach was to take him quickly to bagram, transfer him to a ship off shore and then have the principals at the white house decide what next steps would be taken. >> couric: in a "washington post" op-ed today

david martin now on the unit that many call the best of the best. >> reporter: navy seals are known as superfit, supertough with a little rambo thrown in. but the seals who killed bin laden operate on a whole different level-- literally. they are what is known inside the pentagon as a tear-one force, reserved for only the highest priority targets like bin laden or a luce nuclear we have. >> they are the force to be called away first. >> reporter: richard marcinko was the first commander of what came to be called seal team six, a counterterrorist force founded in the wake of the 1980 failure to rescue americans held hostage in tehran. >> it's been 30 years that they've been practicing and doing counterterrorism missions so you really have a well-oiled machine that you're feeling when you send them out. >> reporter: howard wasden was a member of seal team six in somalia in 1993. shot three times in the infamous black hawk down fire fight. by then he'd been through the notoriously tough seal boot camp which is about much more than just extreme fitness. >> those classes routinely start wit

that lasted less than 24 hours. >> reporter: all right, david martin. david, thank you. one thing gates is talking about is the tension inside the white house situation room. in a "60 minutes" interview, his first since the raid, he told me his heart was in his mouth that night. >> i worked for a lot of these guys and this is one of the most courageous calls, decisions, that i think i've ever seen a president make. for all of the concerns that i've just been talking about-- the uncertainty of the intelligence, the consequences of it going bad, the risk to the lives of the americans involved. it was a very gutsy call. >> couric: you could see in the his face in that photograph. what was it like being near him in that room? >> let's just say there wasn't a lot of conversation-- by anybody in the room. >> couric: and you can see more of that interview with secretary gates-- one of his last before he retires-- this sunday on "60 minutes." turning to health news now, what could be a big advance in stopping the spread of h.i.v., the virus that causes aids. more than a million

. >>> the navy seals who killed bin laden were wearing helmet cams and as david martin shows us, thanks to that video, we're learning exactly what they did including how they avoided killing one of his wives. >> the 40 minutes it took to kill bin laden and scoop his archives into garbage backs were all recorded by helmet cams worn by all 25 seals. officials are reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened. the only fire fight took place in the guest house where one of his couriers was quickly gunned down. no one in the main building got off a shot although there were weapons nearby. they first saw bin laden when he came out on the third floor landing, they fired but missed. the first seal through the door grabbed bin laden's daughters and pulled them aside. when the second seal entered bin lad den's wife rushed at him or perhaps was pushed at him. he pushed her aside and shot him in the chest. a third seal shot him in the head. they went to view poe toes of what they took of the body? there are probably 4, 5, or 6 photos, just a couple of body shots, he was in a white under s

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david martin has that part of the story. >> reporter: the 40 minutes it took to kill bin laden and scoop his archives in garbage bags were all recorded by tiny helmet cameras worn by each of the 25 navy s.e.a.l.s. officials reviewing those videos are reconstructing a more accurate version of what happened. the only firefight took place in the guest house. where one of bin laden's couriers opened fire, and was quickly gunned down. the s.e.a.l.s first saw bin laden when he came out on the third floor landing. they fired but missed. he retreated to his bedroom. the first s.e.a.l. through the door grabbed bin laden's daughters and pulled them aside. when the second s.e.a.l. entered bin laden's wife rushed at him, or perhaps was pushed forward by bin laden. the s.e.a.l. shoved her aside and shot bin laden in the chest. a third s.e.a.l. shot him in the head. the electronic files the s.e.a.l.s carted away contained, among many things, the names of terrorist operatives which until now were unknown to u.s. intelligence. the files also contain a small 12-page journal of bin laden's handwritten not

>> couric: david martin at the pentagon. david, thanks so much. now to chip reid at the white house. chip, they have to be very pleased with how this turned out. can you tell us about the extensive planning that went into this operation? >> reporter: well, absolutely, katie. they've been planing this operation for more than eight months. countless meetings here at the white house, dozens and dozens of hours of surveillance over in pakistan and, of course, the navy seals had to rehearse the mission over and over again. but in the end it came down to a period of just 40 minutes when it could either be a major success or a disastrous failure. to give you an idea of how thick the tension was in the situation room at the white house, take a look at this photo. during those 40 minutes, they were actually watching it unfold in realtime. take a look at the president's eyes. look at hillary clinton covering her mouth. john brennan, the president's top counterterrorism advisor, says it was one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time that anyone in that r

david martin now on the unit that many call the best of the best. >> reporter: navy seals are known as superfit, supertough with a little rambo thrown in. but the seals who killed bin laden operate on a whole different level-- literally. they are what is known inside the pentagon as a tier-one force, reserved for only the highest priority targets, like bin laden or a loose nuclear weapon. >> they are the force to be called away first. >> reporter: richard marcinko now a bestselling author, was the first commander of what came to be called seal team six, a counterterrorist force founded in the wake of the 1980 failure to rescue americans held hostage in tehran. >> it's been 30 years that they've been practicing and doing counterterrorism missions so you really have a well-oiled machine that you're fielding when you send them out. >> reporter: howard wasden was a member of seal team six in somalia in 1993-- shot three times in the infamous blackhawk down fire fight. by then he'd been through the notoriously tough seal boot camp, which is about much more than just extreme fitness. >> thos

>> couric: david martin, thank you. now to libya for the second time this week, muammar qaddafi went on the air to prove he survived recent attacks there. in an audio recording played on television today, he taunted nato, claiming he's "in a place where you can't get me." earlier, libyan tv showed a bombed out house in the eastern city of brega, apparently struck by coalition war planes. the libyan government claims 11 civilians were killed. nato insists it only targets military installations. meanwhile here at home the mississippi river is rising to record levels. and it's threatening to cause even more flooding in the days to come, as the river crests in major cities and small towns. dean reynolds is in vidalia, louisiana. dean, do authorities there think they have come up with a solution? >> they certainly hope so, katie. the governor of louisiana said today they are going to open the flood gates at the spillway at morganza tomorrow, first time they have done that since 1973. and a critical step in fighting this floo

national security correspondent david martin now on what they're finding. >> reporter: the target was bin laden, but a u.s. official says we terrorist leader was killed relatively early in the operation. at least half the 40 minutes the navy seals spent on the ground went into collecting laptops, hard drives, c.d.s and paper files. as the president told steve kroft in his "60 minutes" interview, the follow-through was as daring as the hit. >> they killed bin laden and they had the presence of mind to still gather up a whole bunch of bin laden's material which will be a treasure trove of information that could serve us very well in the weeks and months to come. >> reporter: a task force is now working round the clock to analyze and exploit not just the videos released over the weekend but a staggering 2.7 terabytes of data. the equivalent of 220 million pages of text. a u.s. official says the task force comes up with another intelligence nugget on the average of once an hour. everything from leads to other terrorist leaders to how bin laden communicated with the rest of al qaeda. >> we

>> couric: david martin at the pentagon. david, thanks so much. now to chip reid at the white house. chip, they have to be very pleased with how this turned out. can you tell us about the extensive planning that went into this operation? >> reporter: well, absolutely, katie. they've been planning this operation for more than eight months. countless meetings here at the white house, dozens and dozens of hours of surveillance over in pakistan and, of course, the navy seals had to rehearse the mission over and over again. but in the end it came down to a period of just 40 minutes when it could either be a major success or a disastrous failure. to give you an idea of how thick the tension was in the situation room at the white house, take a look at this photo. during those 40 minutes, they were actually watching it unfold in real time. take a look at the president's eyes. look at hillary clinton covering her mouth. john brennan, the president's top counterterrorism advisor, says it was one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time that anyone in that

>> couric: david martin at the pentagon. david, thanks so much. now to chip reid at the white house. chip, they have to be very pleased with how this turned out. can you tell us about the extensive planning that went into this operation? >> reporter: well, absolutely, katie. they've been planing this operation for more than eight months. countless meetings here at the white house, dozens and dozens of hours of surveillance over in pakistan and, of course, the navy seals had to rehearse the mission over and over again. but in the end it came down to a period of just 40 minutes when it could either be a major success or a disastrous failure. to give you an idea of how thick the tension was in the situation room at the white house, take a look at this photo. during those 40 minutes, they were actually watching it unfold in real time. take a look at the president's eyes. look at hillary clinton covering her mouth. john brennan, the president's top counterterrorism advisor, says it was one of the most anxiety-filled periods of time that anyone in that

>> couric: david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. as we've reported, the seals took computer files, flash drives, d.v.d.s and documents from the compound. they show bin laden desperately wanted another 9/11 and was again targeting major american cities. more on that from bob orr. >> reporter: the world never saw osama bin laden after this videotaped appearance in september, 2007, but documents grabbed from his compound reveal to the very end bin laden was still at the core of al qaeda's operations and dreaming of new attacks against america. cbs news has learned that memos recovered from bin laden's lair show the al qaeda leader was thinking big. the memos referenced potential attacks against major american cities: new york, washington, chicago and los angeles. sources say the writing suggests striking on important specific dates: july 4, september 11 and new year's. that's interesting to analysts because it may suggest a subtle shift in terror planning. historically, al qaeda has attacked when it's ready, not necessarily on holidays

david martin at the pentagon this morning, david, thanks. chris? >> erica, thank you. >>> president obama is getting a big political boost from the killing of osama bin laden. a new cbs news/"new york times" poll shows the president's overall approval rating jumped 11 points over the past two weeks to 57%. cbs news chief white house correspondent chip reid has more from washington this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the president gelts huge numbers on his handling of the pursuit of osama bin laden. 85% approve. only 7% disapprove, and that approval includes solid majorities of democrats, independents, and republicans. chris? >> chip let's go back a second and talk about what some are calling this bin laden bump, job approval rating, 11 points in two weeks here. >> reporter: it carries over to one thing. it does carry over to the broader question of his handling of the terrorism threat. take a look at these numbers. now 72% approve. in august, 2010 it was 51%, a gain of 21 points. the white house believes what's happening h

our david martin will have more on all this in just a few moments. the rising mississippi has some memphis residents heading for high ground. the river is expectd to crest at 48 feet on tuesday. that is a day earlier than expected. and just seven inches short of its 1937 high. an oil industry analyst is predicting a drop in gasoline prices over the next few weeks. fred rozelle of the i'm price information service says the drop could be as much as 50 cents a gallon by next month. the navy's newest warship the u.s.s. michael murphy was launched yesterday in bath, maine. it was christened by maureen murphy, mother of the fallen navy seal for whom the new destroyer is named. lieutenant murphy was killed six years ago in a gun battle in eastern afghanistan. after a whirlwind few weeks last night was date night for the president and first lady. they dined at a well known washington restaurant. a 20-to-1 long shot is not supposed to win the kentucky derby but that's what happened yesterday at the churchill downs as animal kingdom guided down the stretch by

david martin has them and new details about what the seals saw when they entered that compound. >> reporter: include the courier who led them to the white house without knowing and one of bin laden's sons. the seals are now back in the united states. their commander is braving is briefing committees. >> the seals were taking fire throughout the course of the building, there were barricades to stop them, it's dark and confusing. >> reporter: when they tried to burst through a door they found a brick wall. on the first floor they found two couriers and a woman. there were more obstacles up the stairs. children ran out of room, bin laden's wife rushed the lead seal and was shot in the leg. that left the man who said he wouldn't be taken alive standing alone. the lead seal shot him in the chest and a second finished him off with a shot to the head. bin laden was unarmed but the seals later found a gun and ak- 47 in the room. >> he made in indication that he was going to give up. lots of movement in the room, dark, confusing, taking fire, it was the right thing to do by that special forces offic

and you know, david martin touched on this. this compound was eight times larger than any other building in the area. there is just -- i mean, it's just improbable to think that people living in that city, let alone members of the pakistani military establishment, had no idea, and never asked a question about it. if it came to the attention of u.s. intelligence, it certainly would have come to the attention of pakistani intelligence. and their intelligence services, and their military brass. and you know, most of the officials that i speak to now really have this feeling that pakistan has been laughing at the u.s. laughing in the faces of the americans because they've known all along that osama bin laden is there. i mean, they've even stood up and said, at times, that you know, osama bin laden is not in pakistan. well, not only is he in pakistan, but he now turns out to be right amongst the military establishment itself. and so you know, in fact, what are officials are saying, counterterrorism officials particularly are interes

david martin on why they were not exactly eager to tell all. >> the thirst act of revenge for the killing of bin laden, two suicide bombers, one in a vehicle, the second wearing a vest attacked a pakistani police academy killing 80 cadets. it is not what bin laden would have wanted since he urged his followers to attack the u. it gave pakistan one more reason to resent last week's mission. >> the killing of bin laden has put the relation in a bad spot because the trust opened up wide from top to bottom in both countries. >> pakistanis haven't given back the remains of the helicopter used on the raid. they allowed the cia to interview three ofbin laden's wives, but only with the pakistani official looking on. as might be expected, the wives were not very friendly. the youngest was at bin laden's side when he was killed. she and the other wives would know how bin laden managed to live in such a compound for so long without attracting attention. >> they would know who bin laden was communicating with. how the couriers were operating. >> cia will interview the wives again. >> bin laden wives

martins and the bob schieffers and the lara logans of the world tell the folks at home what they need to know. >> scott pelley officially takes over the anchor chair on june 6th. katie couric's last day hasn't been announced. we'll be right back. eyewitness news at 6. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, for eyewitness news at 6. >>> i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for eyewitness news at 6:00. more bad news for bay area homeowners, more homes of under water and the math to decide when it give up. >> it's not jus big, it was historic. we'll look at the double-decker addition to bay area flight options. that and more at 6:00. >> thank you. >>> well, they say a secret honeymoon but we know about it so how secret is it? for the most famous newlyweds in the world. prince william and catherine returned to normal life or as normal as life can be after their marriage. now the prince is off for two weeks from work. so where did this get? mum's the word at buckingham palace but unofficially, the cab lloyds say there are reports the couple is in -- the tab lice say there are reports -- the tabloids say th

martin. what ar what are you hearing? >> >> well, russ, right now we have have two sources from the hill hill say tag that bin laden was was shot and killed and steven steven hadley, the former in additi addition security advisor for for president bush says he has has been author at that timive timively told by the white house house that bin laden is dead so so certainly all indications are th are that this announcement by th by the president is going to be be that after all these years years, has succeeded in the u.s. or somebody ucs s osama bin osama bin laden. >> mit >> mitchell: it is at 10:47 eastern eastern time. we we just got news about an hour a hour ago from the white house t house that the president wanted wanted to speak to the americ american people. obviou obviously this is unusual. sourc sources from the white house are are telling us initially this w this was a quote, unquote, big dea big deal. and dav and david this certainly would would fall into that catego category, correc

david martin at the pentagon, thanks. john brennan was in the room with the president and other officials watching that mission unfold in real time. he joins us this morning from the white house. sir, good morning. >> good morning, erica. >> there have been a number of requests for proof of osama bin laden's death. you talked about potentially releasing that. where does that stand this morning? will we see any of that? >> we're still evaluating what information we're going to put out -- additional information. we have put out the results of the dna testing, the facial recognition. details about the raid itself, what we're doing now as far as the exploitation of materials that we found. so any type of a photographic or a video material that we have, we're looking at it carefully to put it out, to make sure it's in the right condition. and also to understand what the implications are of such relief. one of the things we have the responsibility to do is to make sure we take measures to guard against any type of adverse react

but he was not prepared for 25 s.e.a.l.s. >> david martin with the latest for us from the pentagon. david, thanks. chris, of course, the other thing that people are really focused on is everything else that was taken out of the house. the so-called treasure trove of information. >> exactly, erica. lots of information. the most important outcome of the raid may still be to come because intelligence material seized in bin laden's compound could help the u.s. track down other terrorists. cbs news homeland security correspondent bob orr is in washington with the latest on this part of the story for us. bob, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> so who has all of these items now? and what exactly are they doing with them? >> the physical evidence you're talking about is being handled by the fbi to protect the chain of custody. kind of like a crime scene. the fbi, of course, doing the dna, the fingerprints, trace analysis. but the important copies of electronic files and computer records have been spread around the government, they're being studied by intelligence experts led by the ci

david martin for us. thank you at the pentagon. david, good to see you this morning. now here's erica. >> chris, thanks. >>> turn our attention to the economy. the labor released the closely watched jobs report this morning. it is a great headline as we head into the weekend. better than expected jobs numbers. >> not only for the month of april but very positive momentum from february, march, and april. we have sign increases in jobs. the situation is improving and picking up momentum. >> so this is the good news. we also got the new unemployment number. unemployment has actually gone up. >> that can happen. unemployment ticked higher from 8.8% to 9%. what happens with unemployment, that number only accounts for the number of people actively seeking work. there are a number of people who have given up on work or swrund employed who aren't necessarily accounted for in that number. what you can actually see is as the market improves for jobs, more people start looking for them and therefore, you see that number tick higher. >> they get added back. >> exactly. >> one thi

david martin at the pentagon with the latest for us this morning. so what additional information are we learning about this raid? >> reporter: well, we know it took 40 minutes to kill bin laden and scoop up all his files and stuff them in garbage bags. but we didn't know that this entire 40 minutes was recorded on tiny helmet cams which the s.e.a.l.s wore on their helmets and recorded everything that happened in that compound. each one of the 25 s.e.a.l.s. so that means there is more than 15 hours of videotape which can be reviewed to put together a more accurate account of what happened. >> collected in that compound, millions of pages of digital files like you've mentioned, including a 12 page handwritten journal of bin laden. what are we finding out about the information left behind? >> the journal was sort of his writings to himself about the best way to go about pulling off another spectacular attack against the united states. he said he would not use arabs this time because they a rouse too much suspicion, he'd go after trains instead of plane

our gardening expert david martin is here to show us some ideas of plants and flowers that mom could have as just a gift. she may want to get out in the garden herself and roll up her sleeves and plant them. a lot of folks into gardening, as you all know. especially you. let's start over here on this side. we're talking roses and you brought several examples of roses. >> the subject is roses and, so, roses are really at their peak this time of year. so, you can start off right here which is known as a rose standard. this is a small tree form of rose. this is just a simple yellow rose. really nice and grows up on this nice, tall stalk. this one over here is a nice rose and this is known as just joey. this is a true apricot and it has a great, lemony scent to it. many roses are not scented because they lost the scent in order to make that beautiful bloom. this here is a very popular variety of a tea rose. this is a john f. kennedy white hybrid tea. this is very nice for cutting and taking inside. >> let me just ask you while we're on roses. any specific variety that is best for us here

on my immediate right is david martin, many of you know him extremely well. he is the distinguished professor of international at university of virginia where he's built a huge record and extremely impressive scholar, constitutional law and international human rights. also served three different tours of dutyor our country in the previous administration. he worked in the carter administration, he was the joint counsel of the ins in the clinton administration, and until recently he was a principal deputy counsel of dhs in the obama administration. on our extreme right is the clinical professor of law at yale law school. i think most of usgree that more than any other lawyer of his generation, he has pushed the haest and farthest in using most novel and untested legal theorys to hold our government accountable. and the process has also inspired a new generation of young lawyers to push that up even further. they share two other distinctions. they were both clerks at the supreme court where they have watched at close angle how those difficult 5-4 decisions get m

and david, the campaign manager for paul martin, jamie what who has worked on a number of conservative campaigns at the senior levels. david, you know, this has got to be a tough night for you i'm sure looking at the historic liberal party at its worst ever performance both in the seats and a vote count. can somebody recover, can a party recover from a kind of disaster that they are facing too late to the trustee six tonight? >> i was always smiling when you came over because i'm told i'm supposed to smile on television. [laughter] i do not feel like smiling too late. i think the answer to the question is a starkly in open one. but i think that two things about this result, one of which is its worst the worst expectations, the worst is the liberal fear about how the light will go and in fact that's a big story about the conservative majority. significant amounts of the center-right the liberals decided to vote for the conservatives in order to stop believing government. so that's why the conservatives are performing better than people are expected and the liberals are performing worse

martin savage is in mississippi. first to david mattingly in louisiana. the community is a virtual ghost town, and a place with a new challenge tonight, looting. david? >> reporter: that's right, john. looting is a component of just about any natural disaster, and just as authorities have tried to stay out in front of the flood, they now want to try to get out in front of the looting. t the problem they have now is the flood is not coming as fast as they hoped it would. when people thouggot the evacua orders, they thought the water would be up to here now. instead we have big ghost towns, these empty houses on dry land, and authorities are very concerned, keeping an eye in this parish alone, on about 700 empty houses. but the sheriff here is also taking it a step further, preparing water patrols to go out onto the water to watch for waterfront houses, to take care of them. also to be prepared for when the waters do get here to take advantage of the boats, to get to these house where the looters themselves may be using boats to go in. we saw one house toda

, cnn contributor, also cnn.com contributor, form speechwriter david prum, editor of prum forum.com. what do you think about this deal that apparently has been worked out according to ed henry's source? >> the patriot act, review it as a piece of temporary legislation. i don't think anybody want it is to be a permanent ongoing part of american life. with the killing of bin laden, we hope to see a huge reduction in the threat from al qaeda and we can look forward to a time when we normalize some of these emergency regulations. so a time limb submit a good thing. >> a lot of people don't like it. >> we have to do certain things to be sure that americans are protected. when something happens, people say why didn't they do more. >> what did you think of the president's speech? >> extraordinarily cautious speech but represents a huge move away from the bo barack obama of the campaign. into the president who is going to meet with ahmadinejad anymore and not friendly with assad anymore. the president, who was understanding of america's enemies is not so understanding n many ways this is a s

of san martin, jeffrey coleman, darlene flag of cor noorch, wilson flag of corona, ronald gamboa, andrew garcia, edmond gla krmp ier, andrew curry green of los angeles, richard gandago of humble county, stanley hall, gerald heartacre, steven highland of claremont, barbara keating of palm springs, calvin keller, natalie larson of los angeles, table lee, monglovia lopez, dora, lori niara of los angeles, rubin ornada, thomas porarely, mary of santa barbara, otis tober, timothy ward of san diego, john winkess of torrence. i said then on september 12 in the name of these californians and the names of all of these other innocent victims, it is time for the terrorism to stop. thank you very much, mr. president. i yield the floor. mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about the tremendous news that our country received last night from president obama. almost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001, i too remembered looking out a window here at the nation's capitol an

but let me end my opening remarks with a quote from martin luther king. he declared in 1967, one year exactly before he was assassinated, he says: a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. now i'd like bruce fein to give his opening remarks and just a few notes on the credentials of bruce fein. he is author of the american empire: before the fall, a very fine book. he's also author of "constitutional peril," and bruce fein commands, in my opinion, unsurpasseddage lens for what he does. he graduatedfy beta phi beta kappa with horns at berkeley, also graduated from harvard law school with honors. he has been an associate deputy -- a resident scholar at the heritage foundation, a lecturer at the brookings institute and a resident scholar at george washington. bruce has authored several volumes on the u.s. supreme court, the u.s. constitution and international law. he's assisted two dozen countries in constitutional revision and advised over 20 heads of sta

army general martin dempsey will replace admiral mike mullen as the chairman of the joint chiefs. c irk a director leon panetta replaces robert gates as defense secretary and david patreaus in charge of the afghanistan war effort will take over at the t. casey anthony is accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. >>> memorial day is supposed to kick off the unofficial start to summer -- tell it to fresno where snow was falling yesterday. the cold weather -- yeah, interfered just a little bit with driving yesterday. it is 32 minutes past the hour. now time for more weather. here's what's happening outside of your window. >>> this morning, the justice department may be ready to file charges against former senator john edwards for allegedly using campaign money to hide his mistress. cbs news political correspondent jan crawford is in washington with more on this for us. jan, good morning. >>> good morning, chris. it's been a two-year investigation and now the federal prosecutor could charge edwards this week with violating federal campaign laws when he ran for president in

we we heard david martin say we could could expect retaliation somewh somewhere around the world becaus because of what happened tonigh tonight. what a what are you hearing from the wh the white house on that end? and ar and are they preparing for anythi anything like that? >> i >> i can't say we've heard anythi anything tonight about that but ce but certainly that has always always been one of the fears fears. but but their response to that is you is you don't back off in the war war on terror because you are are afraid of what might happen happen as a result of succes success. you you pursue it. you you pursue success to the maximu maximum degree possib you you defeat the enemy. you you don't back off out of fear t fear that they might retali retaliate. >> mit >> mitchell: chip reid at the wh the white house. it it is now 11:34. we we are watching cbs news live c live coverage. osama osama bin laden is now, his body body is now in u.s. hands. he has he has been kill kd. let's let's go back to lara logan. i i understand you have inform information as well? >> >> yes, you know, russ, th

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