it. a constant escalation of technology we have to be on top of. shepard: this group in yemen is making the most noise. what can you tell us that our viewers could find interesting. guest: it is nothing unique. we have been able to reduce to inadequacy, the al qaeda elements in afghanistan and to a lesser degree in pakistan but it is like a cancer that has spread so this cancer will take route in any area which is poor, unsettled, unstable, and they can take advantage of the discontent in that community. so it is not much different than any of the other areas we can expect to see it in yemen and other parts of africa. wherever al qaeda units or splinter groups take advantage, they will move in. we have to be equally aggressive. shepard: former defense secretary cohen from capitol
yeah, i mean, that s a common that s a common practice in these types of missions where you re going on you know, it s a kill or capture type of mission where you re going for a specific, high-value target with very clear and an idea of what has to happen. these guys do this stuff all the time. you know, it s similar to what i did in my first deployment after 9/11. you know, right on the ground in afghanistan. this is just the types of operations that the navy s.e.a.l.s. and other special operations groups practice all the time. we may never know who they are, but we surely owe them a great deal of thanks. thank you for your service, former navy s.e.a.l. brandon webb from san diego. confirming the news that just broke, dna match confirms osama bin laden has been killed. that s according to a senior administration official telling cnn at the white house today. what is the future of al qaeda now? and how does the post-bin laden
east have been silent on osama bin laden s death. no scenes of jubilation in the treats there. only the leaders of afghanistan, turkey, and israel have cheered the news. hamas and gaza denounced bin laden s death as an assassination. the families of those who died on september 11 are expr s expressing relief and a sense of closure at bin laden s death. alice hogeland s son, mark bingham, a passenger on flight 93. heap and others rushed the cockpit he and others rushed the cockpit forcing the terrorists to force the plane down in a pennsylvania field rather than using it as an attack. my son was killed on september 11. and the lives of so many people were snuffed out on that day. and it is such a glorious thing that a measure of justice has been reaped today. and nowhere does the death of osama bin laden resonate more than at ground zero in new york. that s where we begin our live team coverage. cnn s ali velshi is there.
start a new chapter in my life. emotions overwhelming, especially there at new york s ground zero. americans celebrated just served and justice served and remembered those killed in the september 11 attacks. the operation that took down osama bin laden followed years of intelligence gathering, and apparently months and months of planning. it was carried out, though, in less than 40 minutes. the administration won t give a breakdown of the specific forces used, but a senior defense official says navy s.e.a.l.s. were involved, and brandon webb was a navy s.e.a.l. for ten years, took part in operations in afghanistan and pakistan. he s joining us from san diego. u.s. forces knew the home but perhaps not the layout. how did they train for this, how would they have trained for this specifically attacking and penetrating a compound, they obviously had never been to before. yeah, drew, these guys were would have just had a lot of connectnology at their diz posal. there s some amazin
another member of the family has served in afghanistan. nearly 30 members of the family have traveled from hawaii to be here, including tony s sister, elaine, and brother, eugene. for the sacrifice that your family endured, for the service that your family has rendered, thank you so much. i would ask that you all join me in welcoming tony s nephew, george, who worked for so many years to get his uncle the honor that he deserved. grnlg. the president of the united