The Week In The News

Bin Laden killed. Death photos. Pakistan’s role. Navy SEALs. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

It was a week for the history books, and it all began with a bolt from the blue White House announcement late Sunday night — that Osama bin Laden was dead.

Navy SEALS choppered deep into Pakistan in the middle of the night. Bin Laden, shot dead — the body, into in the sea.

The rest of the week was a national catharsis. Some cheering, some sober. And many questions: About Pakistan, about the death photo, about terrorism now and the Afghan war.

Meanwhile, the mighty Mississippi was rising.

This hour On Point: Bin Laden, dead. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
- Tom Ashbrook
Guests:

Karen DeYoung, senior national security correspondent and associate editor at the Washington Post.  She's author of "Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell."

Kenneth Walsh, chief White House correspondent for U.S. News and World Report.  He's author of "Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House."

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst.