speculated on osama bin laden's location. >> people think bin laden is hiding in the hindu curb, did you know that every day from 4:00 to 5:00 he hosts a show on c-span? >> then on sunday at 2:00 p.m., the president met with military principles to review final preparations for the air assault. around 3:30 p.m. that mission began. the president and his closest aides sat in the situation room monitoring the operation in realtime. joining me now nbc news chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, thank you very much for joining me tonight. i know you've got about one hour of sleep in the last 24 hours. chuck, the situation was being monitored in the situation room by the president. was pinetta in a separate