>> this is the heart of the pentagon, in washington, d.c. since the early years of world war ii, this building has been the home of america's department of defense. it's one of the largest office buildings in the world. about 23,000 people come here to work every day. a good many of them are not even members of our armed forces-- many are civilian employees from all walks of life. all of them, though, are mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. the men and women who travel these halls every day come here for one purpose only: to help defend our nation and the cause of freedom around the world. it's been that way for nearly 70 years. the story you're about to hear today is a story i hope will reach every american, because it's really a story about america, about ordinary american families, about how we face the perils, uncertainties, and tragedies of life, and about how we, as individuals and a nation, come together to heal the wounds of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for all that we hold dear. it's a story

pentagon doing the best the pentagon scaring people wasting money and leaving the american people and the and less war. now just a few weeks ago we told you about the protect ip act it's a bill created in the senate that would give the power to the government to go after websites that are quote dedicated to infringing activities the very broad definition that has a lot of people out there concerned it also would allow the attorney general to bring legal action against the people running those sites saying how these are non-domestic domains that means of the u.s. government is trying to apply its own copyright laws internationally and to greatly expand the forstmann techniques by getting search engines advertising networks and financial transaction providers all involved were acquired them to cut ties with these domains i lot of criticism of this bill ranges from tech giants like google and yahoo even a to free speech advocates for technology groups so why that a senate committee unanimously passed this at the end of last week let's just say that hollywood and the recording industry ar

pentagon the the pentagon will bring all of its accountants analysts and probably a couple of band leaders together and they're going to sit around the proverbial campfire they'll look at each other's books and attempt to find out who manages their books better than the defense contractors like you know lockheed martin and boeing gray theone who come in bring their teams of accounts tell the pentagon a slightly different story well meanwhile the president the members of congress be taken out to the five star dinners or over to the capitol hill club and elsewhere with lobbyists telling them just to keep on voting for the wars so basically q.t.r. is sort of meaningless. but let's just look at this the reviews going to tell two important other things first nearly ten years the u.s. has been fighting its two primary battlefields iraq first and afghanistan all the machinery that was used during the invasion of iraq because the rocky conflict if you had three has been used and destroyed by the enemy by enemy fire wear and tear i e d's except for the same sorts of incursions have also destroyed t

the teacher was on flight 77, the airliner the terrorist crashed into the pentagon on 9/11. >> there is some solace in the fact that at least for the children who had in their mind that this bad guy did this, the fact that we can say to them that america is on the case, i think that is important. next he was spirited. he had an infectious sense of enthusiasm. >> kathleen is talking about her brother. he was on the 104th floor of tower two when the world trade towers were struck. at the time he was 29, and already a vice president of an investment banking firm. his mother said she will never get over losing her son, but the killing of bin laden gives her something. >> i felt a sense of relief, to extend that at least this much is done, that justice has been done. >> it is as renewed confidence in the whole government. i am so proud of this government now. >> i went to bed feeling a little bit of insecurity that day had not felt since september 10. >> i think it is important that americans remain vigilant, because there will be some response from the terrorist networks to this. i am co

into the pentagon. thanks so much for inning us this morning. >> fine. >> we're bell. first of all, your reaction as you learned the news. >> like many countless people we're relieved he was, a, caught, or b, killed. but unfortunately it does not bring any of the 3,000 victims. it doesn't bring michelle back. bottom line is in stpt change the game at all. even though you it the head off the snake there will be something else to take his place and be in hi footsteps. it's sad it's not the end of the, what would you say, this war on terrorism in general. >> for you it has been a terrible long 10 years since this occurred. is there any kind of marker for you as you go forward? joe, the only thing as a marker going forward is it just closes one chapter in a copious volume if you want to say history. it's just the next phase. but, again, it won't bring the victims back. it won't bring michelle back. it will not bring my kids's mother back. in the overall scheme of thing it doesn't change things at all. as i

11th memorial at the pentagon. the scene of flight 77 crash. that flight was hijacked under bin laden's orders. karen gray houston spoke to some people today and got insight about the feelings about the capture and death of osama bin laden. >> reporter: as you know, first responders take their jobs very seriously. they tend to be modest about the role they play in helping people. but all of the firefighters we spoke to who responded to the pentagon were happy to learn osama bin laden is gone. we caught up with them at fire station number 8 on lee highway. a regular day this time. but 9/11 when that hijacked american airline flight went crashing into the pentagon, it was a day none of them will ever forget. >> that was the biggest call i've ever been on. at that point, you knew you were going to be a part of history. >> reporter: billowing smoke, bits and pieces of a boeing 757, bodies littering the inside of a hole inside the pentagon. the commander said they learned lessons from the terrorists who took those lives

group of students and teachers died on the plane struck the pentagon. we went back to their school to get reaction to the news. sam? >> i am outside the elementary school in southwest washington. we heard phrases like "closure" and "justice was served." 6 teachers and students from three d.c. public schools were part of a group to go to a science fair in science -- san francisco sponsored by the national geographic. they boarded flight 77. like these kids, they were public school students. the photo in the school office shows them at dulles airport. it is the students and their sponsors just before they boarded the flight that crashed into the pentagon. the teachers remember them. >> she said that everything would be ok. i told her to have a safe trip and that i would see her when she got back. he was a nice young man and had a promising future. he loved basketball. >> much of it seems to be a shrine to those who perished. today, sixth graders told us about what they discussed in class. >> it was kind of messed up. the terrorists should not have done it

that's the latest from the pentagon. back to you. >> sarah simmons live from the pentagon city metro stop. we have much more on our website at myfoxdc.com. just look for the links on the home page. >>> we're going to get to tony perkins with a look at our forecast. it's now 7:15 this monday morning. >> we have a few showers moving through, including right outside of our studios here in northwest washington. light rain is being reported at reagan national airport as well. let's take a look at the satellite radar. we can show you the regions where we're seeing that precipitation. it's moving through, moving from the west to the east. we've been dealing with this for the last two hours, i would say. and here you go. it is mainly light rain that's falling, although there are a couple of spots where the rainfall is heavier -- in particular down near the fredericksberg area. a frontal boundary making its way through here tomorrow. it's a cold front. it will drop our temperatures for tomorrow and trigger showers and maybe some

the pentagon. mary was working just a block away. >> i heard the bang, said boom and when i looked up, it was like a parachute that had gone up. and i said oh, my god, my sister is there. >> reporter: mary says the death of bin laden does bring her some peace knowing he won't be able to plan future attacks of terror. >> at least now we don't have to worry about him even though there may be others out there. at least the head is gone. >> reporter: since the attacks every september 11th carolyn hulleman's family, some living hundreds of miles away, travel to d.c. to be together. in fact, they invited us to the reunion last september. family members tell us this annual event has never been about the terrorist. instead it's been about the wonderful woman they took. >> we'll continue to have the family gathering for her in her honor every year. >> reporter: by the way, carolyn hulleman was making plans to retire with her husband. she never got to do that or meet the grandchild that was born four years l

events. >> reporter: in the shadow of the pentagon, in the memorial to the 184 who lost their lives on september 11th, there is a plaque that reads we will never forget and this morning, americans are remembering that awful day and they're not forgetting the security risks that al-qaeda still poses. >> you do flash back. >> larry kaplan was working at the pentagon on 9-11. he feels vindicated but is not letting down his guard. >> the fact of the matter is just killing osama bin laden doesn't end the war on terrorism but it is a significant milestone. so, we're just going to have to wait and be vigilant and continue with our security measures. >> matthew ruby has concerns, too. >> i've always been on high alert looking for activity. i'll be alarmed and look around to see what's going on, keep my eye out. >> reporter: at reagan national airport, there was also a show of security. changes to passenger screening since 9-11 are part of the reason why bruce barnes wasn't afraid to fly today. >> i had to take my shoes off. but if that makes it a sense of feeling safe, i'll take my shoes of

, the pentagon and up in shanksville. when you add up all those lives, the taking of this one life, you know, for many people, although it gives them some sense of closure in this, you have to think about all the people that died in all this and all the other lives that have been lost throughout this ten-year period. they are hoping this will start some positive dialogue now that the mastermind of the 9/11 attack is dead. >>> well, tonight people everywhere with family members. overseas they are taking time to reflect on the developments of pakistan. we stopped at a 24-hour super laundry in aberdeen. several people say they have family in the military. sandra johnson reflects on her grandson's service and importance of a unified country. >> our country showed a good example of how good we stick together when we go through things like that, when we had that 9/11 attack. >> we hope this brings the violence to an end. but tonight there is heightened security at military bases around the world. here we are at fort detrick at

about the pentagon. he told me at that point that he was putting a plan together to take back the airplane. and i asked who was helping him and he said there was s. a group of us. >> we are back here getting hot water together to throw on them. do you have any other ideas for us. >> they were going to rush this hijacker with a bomb and attempt to get into the cockpit. he said that's what we have to do. and it wasn't long after that that she heard him say ask the men around him said are you ready? >> we are all runsing it to first class i have got to go. bye. he said let's roll. that's the last we heard. >> we know that the passengers made a rush on the cockpit and thwarted the hijackers we know that because the cockpit voice recording they knew that there was a movement afoot in the back. and that their moments were numbered up front. and we heard someone heard on the cockpit voice recording, they are coming, they're coming. there was a tremendous flash thrashes around of dishes and carts back and forth.

the maryland teacher was on flight 77, the airliner the terrorist crashed into the pentagon on 9/11. >> i think the commander-in- chief should be congratulated for just maintaining the security necessary to get this done. it really shows that we have come along way in terms of security in this country since 9/11. >> wesley remains concerned about the potential danger to the united states, now that the government has taken bin laden out of commission. >> i just know that there are going to be some responses to this, and i don't want us to celebrate too much. i think the best way to celebrate is to become vigilant. if you see something, say something. now we are going to have to have our eyes and ears on the ground in our own communities. >> family members say they are concerned about what the 10th anniversary of the attacks might bring. they say they are not going to dwell on it, they are moving forward, with the maryland 911 memorial to be revealed at the same time next year. >> reactions of the news spread very quickly on line. we want to know your thoughts. does osama bin laden sai

the pentagon says they're the biggest largest haul ever from a single source. >> pentagon correspondent barbara starr was there for the debriefing. she's with us now. what more can you tell us about the strategy of releasing this kind of information? >> well, let me reset this for everybody right now. i'm sorry. you're hearing saturday afternoon in the pentagon. you're hearing the testing of the fire alarm, i think. i'll keep setting. let me reset for everybody. this briefing took place on a saturday afternoon in the pentagon with the press corps for logistical reasons. this briefing was conducted by a senior u.s. intelligence official. this reflects the thinking of the united states intelligence community. as you see this video of bin laden. what do we know now? they released these videos. it's a snippet of the mavis haul when they got osama bin laden. there's no audio. that's important to know. the u.s. said it did not want to be in the position of distributing any osama bin laden propaganda message. we're seeing what the u.s. government has publicly put out. this is very much a slice

what kind of pressure is the pentagon getting? and is there any pressure coming from the white house? >> well, there was some initial pressure to get some of the detail of the operation itself out and some proof that this was osama bin laden and it was less than 12 hours that they had all the evidence they needed and photographic comparisons and in fact dna testing that was conducted almost immediately within a couple of hours after he was shot. and then, of course, buried at sea less than 12 hours after he was killed. but i think in terms of the specifics of the operational details and some of the really detailed intelligence that could lead to the arrest of others. i think we're not going to hear too much of that today. probably supporting evidence as to what osama bin laden was up to during his time there at the compound and just how much of a leadership role he did play in anything operational out of al qaeda. >> okay. mick, thank you so much. >> okay, alex. >>> new this morning, one of bin laden's wives says the terror leader

pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to head the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been stopped been crushed but they think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well keel and ford are at the washington d.c. . twenty minutes past the hour now here i'm also going to check out some other world news headlines for you u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says that american pakistani relations are at a turning point she was speaking during an unannounced visits in pakistan ties between the two countries were strained after the killing of osama bin laden almost a month ago the operation carried out by the u.s. forces that was condemned by pakistan's leadership as a breach of the country's sovereignty. flight recorders from an air france plane have revealed details of its deadly crash two years ago the captain was not in the cockpit when the plane began its fatal three and a half minute descent into the

to the nation's capitol now and the site of another target on 9/11, the pentagon. just like in new york city people in d.c. and northern virginia turned out to celebrate the death of osama bin laden and remember those who died because of the terror mastermind. jeff hager is live outside the pentagon tonight with more on how people there reflected on the news of the terrorist's death. jeff. >> reporter: well, kelly, the news was very somber as friends, family members and co- workers brought flowers and prayers for the victims of the 9/11 attack here. >> we have been hoping he can rest. >> reporter: outside the pentagon osama bin laden's death prompted brian ball to return to a bench memorializing navy petty officer daniel cab layero. >> he was a friend of mine. we were both over in the barracks. he worked here. i worked over there. >> weighs among the 184 victims who died at the pentagon when american flight 77 flew into the defense department's headquarters 51 minutes after the first plane hit the world trade center. visitors here say bin laden's death represents j

taking place at the pentagon this hour. that briefing focuses on intelligence gathered in the raid that killed osama bin laden. cameras are allowed inside that briefing. but our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is there and will tell us know what happens, what is to make of anything seized from that compound. and what intelligence may have been used to help american forces catch their man there in pakistan. >>> in the meantime, let's check on those floods here in this country. along the mississippi river this hour, a scramble to protect lives and property. the worst flooding in decades has thousands of people on the run. the river is rising a foot a day in some places. and now rain is making matters even worse. you can see the affected states right there. they're in the middle. carouthersville, missouri, the coast guard is closely watching traffic on the river. they're afraid the wake from the ships will make the flooding even worse. after essentially closing the mississippi river, the coast guard has now reopened tha

at the pentagon, the defense secretary is called "sec def." the title he might prefer is "the soldiers' secretary," because he says his top priority is the men and women in uniform-- a priority, he says, that's often neglected by the pentagon bureaucracy. but first, we wanted to learn more about the special forces raid that killed osama bin laden, and what was going through the secretary's mind as he watched it unfold with the president in the white house situation room. >> secretary robert gates: it was a perfect fusion of intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, and military operations. >> couric: having said that, you were a nervous wreck? >> gates: yes. >> couric: what were you thinking as you watched this unfold in the situation room with all those other people, like the president and vice president and secretary of state? >> gates: well, i think, like the rest, i was just transfixed. and, of course, my heart went to my mouth when the helicopter landed in the courtyard, because i knew that wasn't part of the plan. but these guys we

julie carey joins us from the pentagon with more on their side of the story. julie? >> reporter: well, news of osama bin laden's death can create conflicting emotions for some who lost loved ones here at the pentagon. there is celebration, to be sure, but it also brings back all of the terrible memories of loss on september 11th, 2001. for some families coming here to visit the memorial was one way to process this news they'd waited news to hear. >> when are they going get them? >> every day for the nearly ten years since their son's death, they have waited for the news that came last night. osama bin laden, the man they hold responsible for killing their son was dead. romeo enlisted in the navy right after high school. a technology specialist, he perished in his pentagon office on 9/11 just three days before his 24th birthday. >> i was glad that we got him. justice was served, but you still lost a son. >> i have to say that. it took a while to sink in and with a mother's grief, it's a little comfort. >> reporter: today the couple knew what they had to do. they left

leaked the pentagon papers in one nine hundred seventy one he's also the author of the book secrets a memoir of vietnam and the pentagon papers i first thought that if you think this is been a good year or bad year for journalism on one hand we saw trove of documents that were reported on but only because wiki leaks was willing to release them and we know that our mainstream press might not have done the same. well that's true every time there's a major leak of any sort whether it's the pentagon papers forty years ago with thousands of pages or particularly like the and as a wiretap one of those wiretap it for which the new york times got a pulitzer prize after sitting on it for a year through question of the government in any such case it would be well for readers and journalists both to look back and say why couldn't we have this before who misled us for re to go of all those it's so easy to fool us and who did the fooling and should be listening to those people with the same credibility as before very little of it seems to go on that retrospective look and i think it should be fo

banks of the pentagon fused together and the pentagon has bombs the country and the bank steals all the precious metals how is that how is that a sustainable foreign policy and how does i'm not going to lead to a social unrest and all kind. of to me listen this is goes in with the collapse of the dollar is all and the collapse of the empire the fact of the us is the empire the article states this wealth all these natural resources in afghanistan has lain there mainly undisturbed for thousands of years as armies of persians greek mongols britons russians and now americans trapped above invaders have dreamed of exploiting it since the time of alexander the great but no one has yet succeeded in a large scale and i reckon the us won't succeed either us or the empires go to die before we go let me do my impression of scott when he arrives first first night in a prison cell surrounded by a bunch of hardened criminals who. well buddy got to learn some new tricks all right that's going to do it safely harbor thanks so much pinky max when we come back once more coming your way don't go away.

banks of the pentagon fused together and the pentagon has bombs the country and the bank steals all the precious metals how is that how is that a sustainable foreign policy and how is are not going to lead to a social unrest and on cut. to me listen this is goes in with the collapse of the dollar is all and the collapse of the empire the fact of the us is the empire the article states this wealth all these natural resources in afghanistan has lain there mainly undisturbed for thousands of years as armies have persians greeks mongols britons russians and now americans trapped above invaders have dreamed of exploiting it since the time of alexander the great but no one has yet succeeded in a large scale and i reckon the us won't succeed either us or the empires go to die before we go let me do my impression of scott when he arrives first first night in a prison cell surrounded by a bunch of hardened criminals. well buddy gotta learn some new tricks all right that's going to do it safely herbert thanks so much think you max when we come back what's more coming your way so don't go away

banks of the pentagon fused together and the pentagon has bombed the country and the bank steals all the precious metals how is that how is that a sustainable foreign policy and how is i'm not going to lead to a social unrest and all cut. to me listen this is goes in with the collapse of the dollar is all and the class of the empire the fact that the u.s. is an empire the article states this wealth all these natural resources and afghanistan has lain there really undisturbed for thousands of years as armies of persians and greeks mongols britain's russians and now americans trapped above invaders have dreamed of exploiting it since the time of alexander the great but no one has yet succeeded in a large scale i reckon the us won't succeed either us or the empires go to die before we go let me do my impression of a dutch task on when he arrives first first night in a prison cell surrounded by a bunch of hardened criminals. well buddy gotta learn some new tricks all right that's going to do it safely harbor thanks so much think you max when we come back much more coming your way don't g

plane attack on the pentagon. a memorial was dedicated at that spot. that's where we find karen gray houston. >> reporter: everyone has their own reason for coming here. some of them came just because osama bin laden was killed. it's a very moving memorial in its own very peaceful, quiet way on a normal day. there are 184 benches out there. you see the people walking amongst the benches. each is inscribed with the name of someone who died when the plane crashed into the building. everybody stopping by today has vivid recollections of what happened that horrendous day. four more months and it will be the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. hijacked american airline flight 77 went into the side of the pentagon flown by terrorists under the command of osama bin laden. the memorial is to the lives of unsuspecting government employees and frightened passengers including children. it has become a place to quietly reflect. today it was more than that. visitors were glad the nearly decade-long worldwide man hunt for a na

the author of the book secrets a memoir of vietnam and the pentagon papers i first thought that if you think this is been a good year or a bad year for journalism on one hand we saw trove of documents that were reported on but only because the wiki leaks was willing to release them and we know that our mainstream press might not have done the same. well as true every time there's a major leak of any sort whether it's the pentagon papers forty years ago with thousands of pages or particularly claim to be and as a wiretap wireless wiretap the for which the new york times got a pulitzer prize after sitting on it for a year and pressure the government in any such case it would be real for readers and journalists both to look back and say why couldn't we have this before who misled us for re to go a bill was it's so easy to fool us and who did the fooling and should be listening to those people with the same credibility as before very little of that seems to go around that retrospective look and i think it should because for example in the case of the iraq war logs of the fact that the pent

what do pentagon gone insiders say were the keys of getting bin laden? and what are we watching for now? let's get the skinny from the reporters who covered this stuff. bin laden, done that. we went to afghanistan to catch bin laden, he left, we stayed. is the president ready to say let's go home? and are republicans ready to agree. and notching the victory of the decade must give the president steam to his stride. how's it going to change things? with us today, rick stengel, managing editor of "time" magazine, and look at that special issue there. and elisabeth bumiller, pentagon correspondent for "the new york times," and helene cooper with "the new york times," and "the washington post" expert on intelligence and the middle east, david ignatius. first up, this truly is a panel of experts and we have three urgent questions today. how did our spy catchers score this win and what are they most worried about now, and how much sooner can we leave afghanistan? rick. let's start with you on how we did it. >> this was a perfect marriage between intelligence a

help from the pentagon. so j.p. morgan capital markets are in afghanistan backed by the pentagon and they believe that afghanistan represents a gigantic untapped opportunity one of the last great natural resource front here is and they reckon it has hundreds of billions of dollars worth of gold and they're in there to acquire that because they don't want to pay thirty five dollars an ounce or so over fifteen hundred dollars an ounce for gold they want to pay nothing they want to free they want to have the u.s. taxpayer financed the pentagon to go into afghanistan murder about. people destroy the civilization and kill the culture and steal all the resources that was a strategy in iraq with oil that's the strategy of the pentagon slash j.p. morgan slash goldman sachs around the world these two fused together now how somebody can argue that this isn't some you know bastardization of fascism i you know it's plain to me how this isn't fascism when you've got the banks of the pentagon fused together and the pentag

. >> if it's one of the best kept secrets within the walls of the pentagon. it's a chocolate shop that caters to the armed forces. they're making homecoming celebrations for the troops even sweeter. >> it looks like a typical candy store with an array of mouth watering treats, but the small business caters to those with a top secret clearance. only the d.c.-area location is in the pentagon. >> it's very special for our family and being able to provide chocolates for the military and, you know, it's become very popular here inside the pentagon. our shop over the last year between the holidays, valentine's day, you have a line out the door. >> master sergeant was picking up some last-minute goodies with eight deployments under his belt, he's excited to be home with his family. >> it's tremendous. between all of the running around, the traffic, to be able to stop and grab some sweets on the way home, it's awesome. >> the chocolate eggs aren't the only specialty here for the business that's remained in the hands of four generations using -- >> these are hand-dipp

not out of the pentagon. of course the people in the pentagon worry about the lives of the men and women who serve. and the more information that goes out about intelligence, the greater the risks to our people and the less likelihood we're going to be able to capture and or kill some of the people who would result from the intelligence-take there. so i would have preferred a lot less discussion out of the white house about intelligence personally. my guess is that people in the pentagon feel that way. >> schieffer: we learned yesterday that bin laden was still very much at the center of the al qaeda operations. did that surprise you? i mean a lot of us thought, well, he was, you know, hiding in some cave somewhere. maybe he wasn't a factor but clearly he was a factor we now know apparently. >> it certainly appears that that's the case. i think most people realized that he was enormously important. he was the face of al qaeda terror. he was important in fund raising, recruiting, and clearly a master mind in t

will the change of the pentagon chief change the pentagon spending look at why despite america's huge national debt there is such a strong opposition to cutting the country's bloated defense budget. plus what it's like to work on the planet's coldest continent so you can should use explore ation all antarctica today we need the russian research is living life in the freezer. well george is opposition says it's ready to hold further protests despite the authorities cracking down on peaceful crowds on thursday they claim of mikheil saakashvili the government is under playing just how many people were hurt in the violence dozens remain in hospital and many including some top opposition figures are missing at this point sarah ferguson in the capital tbilisi and sent this report. with thousands of dollars police closing in on the inside and we protest is letting out wall rise of the main street into the leafy became a battleground. well outside the main parliament building now a very different thing to the one that saw violent clashes erupting on the streets as police tried to disperse the

pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to head the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been stopped and crushed but i think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well healing for our t. washington d.c. . time now to have a look at some other world headlines in our world update at this stage of the day in the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says american pakistani relations are already a turning point she was speaking during an unannounced visit to pakistan ties between the two countries were strained after the killing of osama bin laden almost a month ago operation carried out by u.s. forces was condemned by pakistan's leadership as a breach of the country's sovereignty. flight recorders retreat from the air france plane that crashed in the atlantic showed the captain wasn't in the cockpit during a fatal three and a half minutes ascent the plane hit the ocean surface nose are part the stalling ki

what do pentagon gone insiders say were the keys of getting bin laden? and what are we watching for now? let's get the skinny from the reporters who covered this stuff. bin laden, done that. we went to afghanistan to catch bin laden, he left, we stayed. is the president ready to say let's go home? and are republicans ready to agree. and notching the victory of the decade must give the president steam to his stride. how's it going to change things? with us today, rick stengel, managing editor of "time" magazine, and look at that special issue there. and elisabeth bumiller, pentagon correspondent for "the new york times," and helene cooper with "the new york times," and "the washington post" expert on intelligence and the middle east, david ignatius. first up, this truly is a panel of experts and we have three urgent questions today. how did our spy catchers score this win and what are they most worried about now, and how much sooner can we leave afghanistan? ck. let's start with you on how we did it. >> this was a perfect marriage between intelligence and

from the pentagon, megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> family members of victims killed at the pentagon have some closure today. we on spoke on the phone with a widow of a man killed at the pentagon. she felt sorrow when she heard the news. >> i just feel like i'm stumbling over words because i'm excited. i never thought he'd be captured. it's been almost ten years. i mean, he was always eluding our soldiers. i feel all the soldiers that have, you know, all the families that have lost because of this man, broken apart because of this one man. >> osama bin laden may have guessed just what was happening when he heard those choppers disown descend on his compound, but one unassuming neighbor was busy tweeting about noise outside his window. >> he's an i.t. consultant and he first he right, helicopter hovering above abbottabad, a rare event and then he jokes, go away, helicopter before i take out my giant swatter. >> a huge window shaking here in abbottab abbottabad. i hope it's not the start of something naft pep his tweet goes on about guesses what might be happening. people say it could be a drone

pentagon and big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to hand the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june when he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been but they've been stopped and crushed but they've been cut across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well healing for our c washington d.c. and earlier folk with military analyst in our t.v. blogger j. dilla verso about this here is what he had to say. well i mean let me clarify secretary gates he just a few weeks ago to west point i can january was coined that any any secretary defense advise another president a big army and do it africa asia etc should have his head examined as secretary to libya secretary gates has been very critical of libya he said we should not under his watch we wouldn't be there secretary gates has been very critical of the afghanistan coffee's also been very critical of the bush administration's decision to leave us in iraq and he's been there in my opinion the secretary defense ever that we've had and the posit

pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to head the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been stopped and crushed but they've been cuts across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well healing for an hour at the washington d.c. . just taking over twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow let's check out some other world headlines for you at the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has announced that american pakistani relations are at a turning point it happens as she has to come to pakistan on an unannounced visit ties between the two countries were strained after the killing of osama bin laden almost a month ago the operation carried out by the u.s. forces was condemned by pakistan's leadership as a breach of the country's sovereignty. like recorders from an air france plane and reveal details of a deadly crash two years ago a captain that was not in the cockpit when the plane began its fatal three and a half mi

and plenty more on the way including the pentagon's arguable she demands. our record of predicting where we will use military force so. is perfect we have never once got it right the man in charge however just by spending more of that any other country on defense by frightening financially struggling americans a word people say. the v.a. partner is one help and mediating the libya crisis and are turning to russia which strongly opposes nato led military campaign there their request came during a series of fringe talks at a summit in france as their main meeting enters its second day artes and so now a tells us what lies ahead. a joint declaration is expected from leaders as the g. i will wrap up later today but first the biggest fashion of the summit will take place and this time around there are some new gas delegations from tunisia and egypt will be taking part for the first time there of course the situation in north africa is going to be spoken about very intensely we're hearing also of course the situation in libya is a very big issue the first day of

currently circulating in the pentagon and in the circles. you have what people in texas perhaps call a lot of horse sense. very common sense. very pragmatic. >> brown: i want you to both take a step back. greg, just to help us understand, why does it matter? how much does it matter who is in charge of the joint chiefs? what is their role nowadays? >> well, you know, i think it matters a lot. a guy like dempsey will be the public face of the military. on an issue like "don't ask and don't tell" and gays in the military and that repeal. adams mullen was important in seting the phone for the military. the other thing is he's the principal advisor to the president onish you ooze like afghanistan and pakistan. finally and perhaps most importantly, you know, in a time when we're cutting defense budgets it's his job to sort of mediate and lead discussions among the chiefs. the chiefs of the army, navy, air force and the commandant of the marine corps and help bring them to a consensus and bring that to the president. i think that's really important

pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to head the reins of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been up and crushed but they think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well heel and ford are at the washington d.c. meanwhile hillary clinton's arrived in pakistan and it's another country where america's military presence is under the spotlight secretary of state is in part on an unannounced visit to try to calm the water with pakistan which is angry being kept in the dark over america's unilateral action to kill osama bin laden the action was condemned by the country's or for use as an attack on pakistani sovereignty. to action also undertaking the final space walk to ever be conducted by a nasa shuttle crew they installed a fifteen meter pole to the international space station to help repair the damage caused by tiny meteoroids it is the last mission for the shuttle but there's one more flight for the fleet befor

abc 7 was at the pentagon memorial. families stopped by to pay respects to love one's that died there when flight 77 crashed into the pentagon nearly 10 years ago. pamela? >> it is and nixon a motion from visitors to the memorial. -- it was mixed emotion from the visitors to the memorial. the memories flooded back. the all share the same hope that his death will bring a sense of closure to the victims' families. >> coming home and honoring family. >> just back from serving in afghanistan. she felt very emotional today after hearing the news of the death of osama bin laden. >> i left just five days ago. i want to be back with them in this time. >> now back at home, there is nowhere else she would rather be than paying her respects to the pentagon a moral. her father escaped unharmed on 9/11. others did not. >> knowing so many people in the pentagon that day it is very much something we think about on a daily basis. >> this is his 25th student to d.c. with high school student. this one carried more weight than ever. -- th

underground business in the united states as robert gates prepares to head the reigns of the pentagon over to leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been stopped and crushed but they think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well healing for our t. washington d.c. . also go get some other stories from around the world thousands of high school university students have clashed with police in chile's capital santiago they are demanding better schools and more investment in education police used water cannon to disperse the crowd which thirty students were asked. a suicide bomber has killed at least thirty three people and one of fifty six near a group of government buildings in northwest pakistan he detonated around four hundred kilograms of explosives from inside a pickup truck to add more shrapnel to the blast the pakistani taliban took responsibility for the attack it's the latest violence in retaliation for the death of osama bin ladin in a u.s. special forces raid

with oil that's the strategy of the pentagon j.p. morgan slash goldman sachs around the world these two fused together now how somebody can argue that this is a song you know a bastardization of fascism explain to me how this isn't fascism when you've got the banks of the pentagon fused together and the pet the goes bombs the country and the bank steals all the precious metals how is that how is that a sustainable foreign policy and how is are not going to lead to a social unrest an oncoming. law to me listen this is goes in with the collapse of the dollar is all and the collapse of the empire the fact that the u.s. is the empire the article states this wealth all these natural resources in afghanistan has lain there mainly undisturbed for thousands of years as armies of persians greeks mongols britons russians and now americans trapped above invaders have dreamed of exploiting it since the time of alexander the great but no one has yet succeeded in a large scale and i reckon the us won't succeed either us or the empire is go to day

at the pentagon still actually works there. and tonight john yates says the man who murdered dozens of his friends and coworkers was served justice. peggy fox spoke to yates at the pentagon today. >> i always knew we would find him. >> john yates was watching the coverage. at 9:35, his world changed. >> i remember the explosion, you know, and the noise and the fire coming over me and i remember the tv in front of me just exploding. displt hijacked american flights 77 slammed into the pentagon. >> i was thrown through the air. i remember, you know, everything in the room went instantly black. the floor burned my hands. >> all 64 people on board the plane and 125 people in the building were killed. >> i was standing in the middle of five people and i'm the only one that survived. >> somehow he crawled his way through the heat and black smoke to a door that led to the pentagon courtyard. >> and they took me down and put me underneath this tree over here. >> second and third degree burns over 32 pk of his body. you can see the mark

pentagon is big business in the united states as robert gates prepares to him the reins of the pentagon over at the leon panetta at the end of june he says quote all of the low hanging fruit have not only been put they've been stumped and crushed but they think that's across the board many americans say they want to see the pentagon tighten its belt as well killing for our t. washington d.c. . now everyone would require a job ad man working in a year round subzero temperatures in an office that's as far away from your home and family as you can get. of the russian antarctic scientists who are devoted to discovery. joined them on. billings townsend station it is one of seven permanent russian research stations in antarctica but it's not just the location that makes this place special life here is anything but ordinary. but it didn't go on you know antarctica you have to have a well developed instinct of self-preservation instincts of kamerad or e. if you don't have that you won't be able to help each other because in critical situations here people are more open we're kind of there alway