9/11 changed their approach to music and released back to back al bums that defined their simple roots. now the two records have become a broadway musical. the show is also called american idiot after a month of previews it opens tonight. i had the chance to talk with the band, the cast and director about how it all came together. reporter: from multiplatinum recording, to the great white way, bringing to the stage the anger and frustration in a post 9/11 world. after 9/11 there was a sense there was an opportunity for us to sort of join the world a little bit more. and but i think what ended up happening for the next seven to eight years was we ended up
showing such promise as many military leaders in the united states have said, does that bode well for our getting out of iraq? reporter: well, with certainly seems to. good news for knows looking for a peaceful future for iraq. this mission killed two critical figures in the al qaeda and in . omar al baghdadi, he had been rumored to be killed so many times, people wondered if he existed. vice president joe biden came out at the white house to talk specifically about what this says about the improvement in iraqi security forces that led the mission. this action demonstrates the improved security strength and capacity of iraqi security forces.
catherine herridge tells us who they were and what they did. good evening. reporter: good evening. vice president joe biden who has been to iraq on multiple occasions said the former leaders of al-qaeda in iraq known as aqi had blood on their hands. al-masari and el-bagdadi, former leaders of a.q.u. are the ones that plotted, plans and executed terrorist attack against iraqis in the recent past, as well as against americans. their deaths are potential devastating blows to al-qaeda iraq. reporter: al masri on the left and operative identified by the a.p. as abi omar al-baghdadi were central pillars. they were seen as the traditional link to al-qaeda because al-masri was egyptian. the other was meant to show it was a grass roots insurgency, not one imposed
good evening. reporter: good evening. vice president joe biden who has been to iraq on multiple occasions said the former leaders of al-qaeda in iraq known as aqi had blood on their hands. al-masari and el-bagdadi, former leaders of a.q.u. are the ones that plotted, plans and executed terrorist attack against iraqis in the recent past, as well as against americans. their deaths are potential devastating blows to al-qaeda iraq. reporter: al masri on the left and operative identified by the a.p. as abi omar al-baghdadi were central pillars. they were seen as the traditional link to al-qaeda because al-masri was egyptian. the other was meant to show it was a grass roots insurgency, not one imposed by foreign fighters. iraqi government officials