Quite the offer. Youre live in the cnn news room. Developing now, President Trump is confirming the death of son of Osama Bin Laden. The president released a statement saying younger bin laden was killed in a counterterrorism operation in afghanistan, pakistan region. Not clear when he was killed. Cnn reported july 31st, the u. S. Believed ham za bin laden was dead. He has the name of his infamous father. Do we know what if any role he played in al qaeda . No, it is not really clear how important he was in the organization, al zawahri is still the leader. Many believed his son was a rising figure inside the organization and that he had already at the age of 30 started to reach out to some al qaeda franchises and Branch Network groups to sort of start correlating operations, maybe help plan some. There was a legitimate concern that this was a future star leader of the organization. When Osama Bin Laden was killed in 2011, items seized in the navy s. E. A. L. Raid indicated he was groomi