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captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening, and already tonight, we re learning about some of what was grabbed from the compound of osama bin laden. intelligence already proving useful in potentially defending against a future terrorist attack. because the end of bin laden marked the end of the era he imposed upon this country, president obama today went to ground zero in new york to mark this event, to meet with loved ones. at this moment in his presidency, it continues to play out, really just days after the initial news. we begin with two reports tonight. starting off with white house correspondent savannah guthrie, covering the president here today in new york. good evening. this was the president s first trip to ground zero as president. aides said they hoped the visit would provide some closure. kept it deliberately low key. he met with families privately, made no public speech, the white house wanting to mark a milestone but not come across as tryin
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president obama has order that the grizzly photo of a dead osama bin laden will not be released to the public, a move that is sparking some debate. meanwhile, we continue to get more details about how bin laden was ultimately taken down. for more on this, we go to nbc s tracie potts. she s in washington for us. good morning. lynn, good morning. let s start with the photo. the president says releasing the graphic photo of bin laden s death and the video of his burial could incite radicals who have already vowed retaliation. reaction here on capitol hill is mixed whereby the way a fake photo has already gone around and has made its way to a number of lawmakers. some here say republicans and democrats that the dna evidence and what they ve heard privately from the cia is enough. but others say that the u.s. and those in the middle east need to see these photos. now, as for the raid itself, the white house now says three out of four of those who were killed were unarmed and tha
today, we begin with the final decision. president obama has order that the grizzly photo of a dead osama bin laden will not be released to the public, a move that is sparking some debate. meanwhile, we continue to get more details about how bin laden was ultimately taken down. for more on this, we go to nbc s tracie potts. she s in washington for us. good morning. lynn, good morning. let s start with the photo. the president says releasing the graphic photo of bin laden s death and the video of his burial could incite radicals who have already vowed retaliation. reaction here on capitol hill is mixed whereby the way a fake photo has already gone around and has made its way to a number of lawmakers. some here say republicans and democrats that the dna evidence and what they ve heard privately from the cia is enough. but others say that the u.s. and those in the middle east need to see these photos. now, as for the raid itself, the white house now says three out of four of t