started with the initial stage. this is a three stage rocket spop this is a major failure for north korea. this is probably the best possible outcome for the united states because it shows that north korea s capabilitys are limited. it also shows that they re arrogance and trying to move this forward will now be down against them in international quarters, and essentially what you have here is north korea taking a huge risk and failing at it. bob, i understand the timing of the rocket launch coincided with the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country s founder. right, this is a week long celebration described by u.s. officials described as the party of the century in north korea. this is part and parcel of a number of things that were going on in the capital and outside of
different. the white house answered some of that criticism by saying that the people of north korea need this food aide. they feel as though it was the right step forward. they also want today give korea s new leader a chance to sort of change the course there in north korea for the people of north korea. so that was the thinking from within the white house, and again i m talking to my sources here within the white house that say they re working on reaction to this and we re hoping to get something very soon. thank you, crystal walker. we appreciate that, as soon as that white house statement comes we ll take you right back to washington for that. we would like to bring in bob windrom who has been following the latest developments and joins us now. what we have been told by u.s. national security officials is that shortly after launch, the rocket carrying the north korean satellite broke up and in fact it was a break up that
condemnation, and then the north koreans follow through with an even more provocative event. and there was fear last weekend in the discussions i had with u.s. officials that that third stage after condemnation could be another nuclear test, north korea has not tested a nuclear weapon since 2009, so that would be a major issue for both the united states and a number of other countries including china, who was very upset with the north korea plans to launch this satellite. bob woodrum droining us, thank you, bob. richard engel is joining us by phone, are you with us? yes, i can here you. there is a great deal of confusion here. nothing like we expected. the north korean government brought in about 100 reporters. we were supposed to be here to
years later, another spontaneous outpours of joy on the streets off new york and the white house and across the country as the news spread that osama bin laden, the perpetrator of 9/11 is dead. let s bring in our producer bob windrom who has covered the cia for many, many years, and i know you have new information about how the operation happened. the overall command for the operation, we were told by both officials within the u.s. intelligence community and inside of the pentagon, was with leon panetta, the director of the cia, that panetta had overall command and that the order from the president friday went directly to panetta, and the order to carry out the attacks went from panetta to the special operations force. it was a joint intelligence military operation. and it went down very quickly as we know, 40 minutes. i was also told some additional information on how bin laden was identified. there was a photograph of him
recognition as we heard from bob windrom our colleague at nbc, but now they have the dna confirmation, savannah. yes, the photos are recognizable, and as bob reported the youngest wife at the compound identified him. and meanwhile, reaction continues to pour in from members of congress. new york senior senator chuck schumer called it a thunderous strike for justice for the thousands of my fellow new yorkers, and here is our interview with senator kirsten gillibrand of new york. reporter: joining me now is kirsten gillibrand and a democrat from new york, and also a member of the armed services committee. thank you for being with us. thank you, savannah. what is your reaction and when you heard the news that the united states had finally killed osama bin laden? i was elated. this is an important moment for new yorkers and all americans. this is real justice being done. i m so grateful for president obama s leadership, because he