but this one over here it is quite large. the wall is not as high but has the barbed with your. the thing that made bin laden s different the wall was just higher. probably twice that height. it also had the barbed wire at the top. this is as close as we can get to the compound. 500 yards that way. a police checkpoint here. army check point. police check point. police are coming down here. we are not going to be able to go any further forward. how come he was able to live here and get away with it and then intelligence services didn t pick up on him sooner, that is going to be a lingering question. no indications as we get an answer to it any time soon. nic robertson, cnn, close to osama bin laden s compound. severe doubt among some pakistanis that bin laden is really dead. even in the very city where he was killed. why are so many of these people so skeptical? watching the raid in real-time over at the white house.
president obama s approval rating spiked in the latest poll, particularly in national defense. 69% approve of the handling, up 13 points from last month. 60% approve of his handling of afghanistan. this is what he said on sunday night. the death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in the effort to defeat al qaeda. his death does not mark the end of our effort. there s no doubt al qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. we must and will remain individual lent at home and abroad. let s bring in documentary film maker, robert greenwald. the national security
thing to do in the opinion of the american people because of the successful operation. president obama s approval rating spiked in the latest poll, particularly in national defense. 69% approve of the handling, up 13 points from last month. 60% approve of his handling of afghanistan. this is what he said on sunday night. the death of bin laden marks the most significant achievement to date in the effort to defeat al qaeda. his death does not mark the end of our effort. there s no doubt al qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. we must and will remain individual lent at home and abroad. let s bring in documentary film maker, robert greenwald. the national security correspondent, jeremy scahill.
fight for? reporter: manchin is saying what folks have been hinting at off the record, for there to be a substantive budget to carry out the country for fiscal year 2011, can be agreed on by democrats and republicans that contain cuts that can apiece republicans, president obama is the only democrat who can get involved that can essentially work that through. manchin is saying what folks will tell you privately, these things on the senate floor today or possibly tomorrow are worthless and nothing more than real test votes because they re trying to get each side on the record to play into 2012 politics down the road. for a real compromise to occur, there s no doubt vice president biden and president obama will most likely to have get involved and the next two weeks. what s the real end game here? march 18th, if there s not a compromise on the budget, you can possibly have a shutdown. a lot of sources have told me, from the gop house side, they believe there will be another two to thre
clubs bucking the recession in a crazy scramble for players in the mid season transfer window. alex thomas is here to tell us which deals are making headlines. how much are we talking about? a lot. british newspapers dubbed it football s crazy day. there s no doubt england s lucrative premier league side led. the biggest move saw spanish world cup winner fernando torres go to chelsea. the fourth biggest transfer of all time and signed a player and filling a gap liverpool bought andy carol for $56 million, making him the most expensive ever british footballer even though this is the first season in the barclay s premier league. other deals overshadowed deals