Killing Osama bin Laden: President Obama's story | 60 Minutes Full Episodes
Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid by Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011. Days later, President Barack Obama told Steve Kroft his story about the mission to kill the FBI's most wanted man.
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0:11 Part 1
16:23 Part 2
24:31 Part 3
Notice that Pres Obama takes great care not to take direct credit for most of the interview. He credits the Navy Seals, he credits the Intel community, he credits his team. Pres Obama was and is a class act!
He's a killer who supported the invasion of Iraq which killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians.
Yet if it went wrong he was going to take full responsibility. That too me is the difference in Mr Obama and other leaders.
What’s Pres Obama?
A true leader, unlike his successor.
It's a matter of opinion. I think that President Trump is a true leader as well.@@blownspeakersss
I didn't vote for President Obama but this is a job well done. It's nice to hear a coherent and professional President in times like these
Why didn’t he show the body?
@@sagesarabia5053are you are drugs? Why didn’t Barack Obama show the body? What kinda question is that?
@@sagesarabia5053Because the image of Bin Laden’s body all over the internet would provoke terror attacks all over the globe. It was absolutely the smart decision not to release the photos.
@@sagesarabia5053Obama himself answers your question in this video at 20:37
@@psychoticchemist solid answer as well
This is still one of the best interviews I have watched. Obama is calm, measured and yet so articulate and intellectual.
خلي يولي تبرأ من موطنه الأفريقي ولم يقضي فيه على المجاعة.
Presidents should feel like someone that is intelligent and mentally strong on either side of the board something we have been lacking since 2016
You must have not graduated from elementary if you think this is what an intellectual sounds like.
I like to say Obama will go down in history with Biden as the trash in the White
All liars and con men are calm and articulate. Strange that Obama didn't end the interview thanking his Muslims allies and brothers.
This is what a real leader sounds like. Those who try to lead through fear and intimidation do so from a position of weakness.
😂😂😂😂😂 foh
What about leaders who are senile and hardly know who or where they are?
Leader?!?!?😂🤣😂🤣 his husband, Michael is the one who wears the pants in that marriage 😅😂😂
He just knows what to say and how to say it. You have to learn to actually know what he’s really saying instead of what it sounds like. He’s also said some whoppers that the media likes to cover up for him.
@@lindseysanders3656 hasnt every president
I used to be very critical of Obama during his presidency but gosh damnit I would give anything to have him back in the Whitehouse compared with what options we have now.
Trump was an infinitely better President. Obama was a disaster and people know it, no matter how liberals turn a blind eye to the fact.
Trump was vastly better. Obama just has the news media really kiss his feet.
Trump was infinitely better. Reality sucks dunnit?
@@bigverybadtom😂😂😂 trump is trash, don’t compare or never compare him with the best president America has ever had Obama is GOAT
@@MegaPinky2011 HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW Obama was an extreme disaster and every normal person knows it. It was Trump who gave us jobs, peace, and prosperity. Reality sucks dunnit?
The story of Obama's unlikely rise to the presidency from fairly humble beginnings will be told & retold throughout our nation's future. Agree with his policies or not, you cannot deny he radiates poise, intelligence, equanimity, and charisma like few leaders have. A truly unique and gifted individual.
Speak for yourself
Obama was in the right place at the right time. Also, Hillary was the person nobody wanted for President.
@chaseleopold Thats what a comment is..? Trouble with semantics Rusbot?? How many skulls we're cracked at todays funeral?
You are right, and you couldn't express it better. In my opinion, He is one of the best POTUS ever. History will acknowledge his honorability. His acomplishments in spite of the circumstances are astonishing even beyong his administration.
@@user-rd3oj5fw7m Yes, bombing Libya, literally doubling the US national debt, failing to revive the economy, sowing racial hatred, demonizing law enforcement, plenty of terrorist attacks in the USA...the list goes on.
A real leader, always praising the others for their work and taking responsibilities for the risks. He takes his fellow men's lives and works seriously.
كذبت يمعتوه
You must have drank the entire pitcher of kool-aid.
When Former President Obama speaks, everyone listens. President Obama is one of the most intelligent president, America has ever had. He’s smart and articulate.
Yes, he is.
@ryanreedgibson yes we can
Awesome
There is but one “Stain” in his presidency which i am sure he knows and regrets…Joe Biden!
cap
What struck me was how often former President Obama referred to his team and praised others. When he did refer to himself it was in the first person, often in reply to a direct question and/or taking responsibility for his actions. The complete opposite to how the current, criminally repeatedly indicted former single-term President Trump speaks, always. NTM Obama is articulate, one of the few things Trump has never been accused of.
100% agree with everything you have said. I may not have agreed with all of Obama’s policies, but one thing I’m certain of is that he’s a thoroughly decent man, something the tangerine wannabe tyrant has never or will ever be.
@@thelaurels13 Jimmy Carter and JFK as well.
@@Mark-gg6iy And Reagan, and even Bush Jr (hate him or love him.) Trump has always been needlessly arrogant even before getting elected.
@@geraltofrivia3083 Reagan was a closet racist. G.W. Bush started an unjustified war and to this day refuses to answer questions about the false "evidence". He is one of the worst characters to ever inhabit the WH.
@@geraltofrivia3083 Trump's arrogance is magnitudes less important than his dishonesty.
great man, great president, great individual all around. he is hardcore stone cold cool. Love this man. He went about the job like a president.
Wrong wrong and wrong
Obama the economic equivalent of Adolf Hitler! Hitler unleashed the Second World War, Obama unleashed an economic analogue of the Second World War (the author of the idea is Paul Krugman, the executors of the US State Department and Special Services, the Command of Special Operations Forces)! Both of them carried out an operation under a false flag, operation canned food "Action Conserve" at Obama, Malaysian Boeing flights MH370+MH17 acted as cans!
@@josephayers7395why
@@josephayers7395don’t be bitter, it’s ok.
@@josephayers7395 let me guess Trump supporter?
One of the best and coolest presidents of all time... whoever was lucky enough to be apart of this historic event got to experience a great moment in US history. I remember America was so united, it was a great time to be alive, I miss those days even now. It goes to show you, every now and then we get lucky and we get someone amazing as our country's leader. God bless Obama and his family!
WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER!!!!!!!
Wake up.
@@romanumeralz yes okay, you exist too. calm down.
also one of the bloodiest ever. see how many people die under his regime. that noble peace prize is a joke.
@@genocidegrand2057 lol wtf are you talking about, he drone-striked only 3800 terrorists, and only 300 civilians got collateral damage. btw, it's our soldiers controlling the drones, not Obama bro, soldiers miss their shots 10% of the time. How is that the bloodiest ever?? Have you seen the '100s of thousands or millions' killed during real wars? I just don't get people these days, they believe whatever.
History will make him a great president. The last "presidential" president. Education, demeanor, leadership, confidence, resolve, and transparency - all unparalleled. This country misses you my friend. Thank you for your service.👍👍👍
"The last "presidential" president" How is President Biden not "presidential"?
@@Mark-gg6iy I am an advocate of Biden.Unfortunately his age precludes his ability to serve at 100%
@@US_Joe Noted your failure to substantiate your claim. Your reply is immaterial to your claim. You have deflected.
@@Mark-gg6iyPresident Biden is not the topic here sir. Biden is an awesome president, but he is not the topic. Stay on topic please.
@@RissaFirecatLMAO awesome at what?
So refreshing to hear from a real leader. Right, wrong, good, bad, right or left, this is what a leader sounds and behaves like!
21:29 “we don’t have to spike the football” now that was gangsta 😂😂
Remember Deflategate?
How in the world did we go from Obama to Trump?!!! Really America, do better!!!! THIS MAN IS A TRUE LEADER!!!!
And now we're to biden
@@mattent-jt9kt We need better candidates; younger candidates like Barack was when he took office. I don't think anybody on either side of the fence is excited about Biden/Trump being our most recent presidents. The parties need to look in the mirror and offer the voters better options.
melanin .. race..
Obama killed hundreds of thousands if men woman and children from the Middle East...
The media wasn't out to destroy Obama. Entire political parties weren't out to destroy Obama. Obama made mistakes on behalf of the American people, but he's 100% times better than Biden.
My favorite President. How I miss him so much! God bless you President Obama and God bless the troops who served, are serving and those to come. I owe you a debt of gratitude!!
@@moonfall8972 Are you in the service?
Mine too. The first POTUS I ever voted for.
@@ryanreedgibson the man is SMOOTH and has far more class than both his predecessor and successor combined! I just love him.
He is an awesome person and I miss him as president.
The afghans and their children don’t miss him 💣
can we get some more presidential options like this guy? so well-spoken and presidential
You love warcrimes.
Secretary Pete, Maxwell Frost in 10-15 years and I'm sure we'll have more to come..
Got to give the man credit he had class and humility, not to mention a superb command of the English language. A team leader not a one man band.
Calm, precise, confident, intelligent, firm, collected- how a real President should make you feel.🇺🇸👌🏼 Not at all like some angry, crass, orange, fat man with tiny hands makes you feel. Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚 Stay safe mates✌🏼🌎
Love and light from Coral Springs
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@@ChosenByGod1111🤡
Obama is a smooth talker. No one disputes that.
I miss Obama. He was decent and kind and a true president
I agree 200%
Well, he’s still kind of President, so he’s not too far away.
Same. Nothing against his Vice President but I like him better 😂😂😂
@@lindseysanders3656 I thought Donnie was still president. Confused.
@@TexasGit Well, he should be but was cheated out of it. So, there’s that.
Nobody can take away the fact that this President wanted our enemy eliminated and made sure that happened!
Re-watching this in 2023, the way Obama speaks during this important documenting of Bin Laden's killing in this interview is so impressive when you think about how such an interview would have gone if it were his successor being interviewed for ANY topic at all. Obama's answers are intelligent, thoughtful, concise and on point. None of that injecting bleach into the body to eliminate COVID gobbledegook.
Injecting bleach into the body. That's probably what happened to Trump.
cant say id ever vote for the guy but to deny his intelligence is foolish - well done.
Why you'd never vote for him is between yourself and your ingrained prejudices
At this point I'd've much rather have Obama get a third term than have Biden get one💀💀
Mr President did the historic job.He is one of the tremendous character in great American history.
Bahaha😂😂😂😂 what a joke that is!
@@chaseleopoldtriggered your Orange Jesus couldn't be like him??
@@mah4769able Trump was a vastly superior President than Obama, who was a disaster. All the whitewash doesn't hisde reality.
It's striking how controlled he is. He doesn't give anything away even being interviewed by a top notch journalist. He's a consummate professional. And to think when he was nominated for the democratic ticket I didn't think he had enough experience for the job.
If you want to understand what kind of a player he would be at poker, listen to what Seth Meyers had to say about Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Obama attended the WHCD, went back to the WH situation room to watch the Navy Seals take out Bin Laden, in real time.
From our President to all of our military personnel that makes it their duty to protect our soil, civilization, and our god given freedoms. Thank you. 🇺🇸 From today till forever. God bless.
I am deeply admired of his precise and accurate responses that reflect consistently his leadership skills. He acknowledges his team members in every response while reflecting his decision making process throughout the operation. Also, he is a born diplomat that he constantly highlights utmost sensitivity of this operation against other’s soil, belief, and power.
Obama was the epitome of what a president should be. If he hadn't formed the mission to capture Bin Ladin, I don't think that no other president would have. We need more Obama's as president.
@@user-gx9dq9fx4g We had one too many Obamas. Any President would have done what Obama did, and despite the whitewashing the news media gave him, Obama was a disaster.
We support America then, now and forever Greetings from Philippines!!!!
"what was the last thing he saw?" - The inside of a rifle barrel. "what was the last thing going through his mind?" - About 5.5 grams of lead.
We went from this to an ex-president grifting $400 gold colored Made-in-China sneakers celebrating an attack on our own Capital. Idiocracy was suppose to be a movie.
Barack is a complete epitome of what Role models look like
Apparently he killed 99 percent of civilians with his drone strikes
Lip Service
@@justynhunter9976 Stop showing your jealousy to everyone
😂
He's a career politician scumbag
Obama was so calculated with his words and knew what to say and when to say it without saying too much or too little! Man, he should have stayed the President permanently!
Greatest, Smartest President in the last century
I liked the guy too but can we stop the sycophantic praising, in the end they are elite society career politicians
I disagree. I for one, voted for Obsma 2 times and I believe he means well, but hes a complete failure at uniting Americans together, foreign relations, and his baby, “obama care”. Trump pre covid, smoothed over foreign relations with most of our biggest enemies, drastically lowered illegal immigration, and provided us with a amazingly booming economy. Obama is remarkable at fitting the mold of what a president should appear like, but Trump is the guy, when you simple just want to get stuff done. Never voted for Trump before but I seen enough to know, I will definitely for him this time around. Trump 2024 👍🏾
"Did you tell Michell?" and he started to stutter😂😂😂😂
Obama is the Best ever!!!! So missed!!!! So intelligent and well-spoken.
Presidente Obama is one of my favorite Presidents. God bless him GOD BLESS the USA the best country in the WORLD
Watch out for ethnocentrism...
That's my President!!! 🙏🏾👏🏾✊🏾👍🏾🇺🇸
The Westin in Seattle! I was working at the Grand Hyatt! Good to see you!
My god in heaven I miss having an intelligent thoughtful very eloquent president who actually understands all aspects of foreign policy , military capability and so much more. It’s surreal that a titan of a man like this was replaced by a literal bafoon. It is still mind boggling. The differences are those like a infantile I’ll behaved 4 yr old and an actual Harvard law scholar. 😂
Joe was on the line sounding like a nfl draft coach preaching a welcome to the team speech.
I am so thankful that Obama was President when this happened. I truly miss this man.
Same because Bush Jr was too scared to do this
It would have happened no matter who was President. Obama just took the credit.
@@bigverybadtom why didn’t Bush do it when he had the chance? Obama still had to approve the plan and he was an active participant in the decision. The buck stops with him.
@@monicarenee7949 Sorry Charlie, Bush didn't have the chance. There would have been absolutely no difference no matter who was President. We put men on the Moon when Nixon was President, but it's called the Kennedy Space Center.
What impressed me the most was moments leading up to the raid was the deflection while at white house correspondence dinner ... How can someone play poker with the world like that! Wow !!
Bada$$ is all I can say. I would have been dribbling my soup onto my shirt!! 😂
When they flashed that video of him smiling at the dinner, I swooned. Didn’t get any better than that
He Makes Me Proud to be a African-American. (smile)
He is a true leader. Keeping operations amongst those with a need to know is critical and led to a successful mission.
Obviously
Shhhesh when he said The fact you will never see bin Laden walking on this earth again was powerful asf
The best President in the history of USA.
Holy cow. A president who can say a single sentence without dogging their opponent from 4 years prior
Are you kidding? Obama blamed Bush for all his problems and failures.
Ayyyeeee 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯🎯
That definitely was not Obama.
A very fluent and articulate man.
I think he was and is a great person. Just my personal opinion.
We thought that about Bill Cosby too.
God I miss this man as a president
I know right. What an era we lived in
Proud to be an American 🇺🇸
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I love President Obama! Wish he was President alway! His smart, & care’s for USA 🇺🇸 & the people! He was a wonderful President!♥️🙏♥️♥️👍♥️
It was cool having a president who talked like an intelligent human being for a little while. Between W Bush, Trump, and now Biden, it was such a slim sliver of time.
Whatever. Obama is gay and Michelle is a man. Everyone calls him "big Mike". Michael Robinson is her name. Haha...he's an idiot. And if you think he was better than Trump, you are not awake.
Biden had a stutter to overcome. He is doing an awesome job considering that he has overcome the problem.
@@RissaFirecatwut?? Hahaha
1.Obama can’t make a complete sentence without saying uhhhh. 2.He lies and can’t actually answer questions when asked. He’s a master at changing the topic. 3.He is less worse than Bush. 4. Obama doesn’t compare to Trump. Trump 2024
@@RissaFirecatBiden is not there mentally. What are you talking about
Watching this a thousand years from now will look absolutely insane lol
So proud of you Mr Obama
I am proud of the comments. Mostly respectful to this human being and great presidents!
wow. This guy is magical. Great interview 60 minutes. Your show rocks!
Obama got Bin Laden. Thank you, Sir. The critics can never take this achievement away from you. 👍🏻🇺🇸
they can go to the beach and set the sea on fire and then pound the sand
History will remember Pres. Obama for getting this horrific enemy. Obama took all the responsibility for justice for our country. He would have received many attacks if this mission failed, but he was brave and took the risks.
very strange watching this now
Well said mr. President i agree with everything you've said this was a great time for our country and this was for all those we lost on 9/11 we got him for u guys
I have to admit this when his hair changed from black to grey most likely the stress from the mission
Most definitely
A pychosis patient is attacking me at the door after walking at the baseball field..Cursing me
Ok
honestly the smoothest talker we’ve had in the white house since lincoln
Nobody could have handled better! Best pres since JFK
Lmao. People only like jfk cus he was shot dead.
Very caring and protecting President. Thank God i live to see the country carried to another level
I can't say it doesn't feel good. Wouldn't you agree, when you see a monster you must stop it.
Good decision he made to save both countries that were affected by the issue.
I miss this guy.
Thank GOD for President OBAMA, and the BRAVE TEAM who carried this out !!!
"The Presidentsy requires you to do more than one thing at a time" I will remember this in Truth and Love. Obama is The Best President, Moral, Wise. Loves the American people.
In your wildest dreams, could you possibly imagine Trump having the enormous intellectual capacity demonstrated here, when he was running the country into the ground?
Running the country into the ground? There were no wars and gas was under 2 dollars. What are you talking about
For your information he is coming back baby, brace up for more Trump in the Whitehouse.
@nickz5849 Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan*, Uganda*, Niger, Iraq, Syria, Libya*, just fyi Gas under $2..wholesale? You don't mean during Corona..?
@@nickz5849you clearly don’t understand presidents don’t set gas prices…education has failed you
@@richardhunter6858 I meant he didn't start any new wars.....obviously
We don’t need to spike the football. That was a bar.
Thank you for all the men and women behind the scenes , may god bless USA
"If I'm not revealing to some of my closest aids what we're doing, then I sure as heck am not going to be revealing it to folks I don't know." ~ BO People get so caught up in trying to find a gotcha question they lose all their common sense!
What if Russia has done the same thing on the US territory, and Putin comes out saying that? Some people get get caught up with their own world, and they lose all principles and act above international law that they preach other countries to work under!!
@banuyam3097 should the United States have told Pakistan what they were planning to do first? Should Obama have told CNN, MSNBC, and Fox what they were planning in advance? How about informing bin Laden in case he wants to evacuate his wives and children or he just didn't want to die? Should the US have told bin Laden's neighbors, "Just in case you hear any gunfire, don't worry, we believe bin laden is here. If you know he is, please don't tell him we're coming?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The US president I admire most...very low profile and down to earth...
Why would you repost this today?
Why not? How is today different from any other day? Perhaps you would prefer Donald Trump exposing his bigly, best GOP health-care plan that would replace the ACA (that never materialized in four years) that turned out to be empty promises and then walking out of the 60 Minutes interview like a petulant child? It takes a certain type of person to think they are going to fool America's finest investigative journalism show for many decades on-air. Apparently, he thought Ms. Lesley Stahl was impressed with his infamous dishonesty. She wasn't as she famously exposed his fraud.
Why repost it at all? If a lie is repeated enough, people begin to believe it. It's called programming.
@@NinjaDildoShowThank god people like you can explain to us, the sheeple, how the world really is.
This is a fake youtube creator copying 60 Minutes Australia, that's why. If I would want great content and earn, I'd copy the original and repost it's most viewed videos.
this is a rerun, why?
Looking back at all the presidents the past 30 years Obama was by far the best.
Hate him or love him …. He can really speak ❤
He has the gift of gab.... thats for sure. 😂
Absolutely no reason to hate him. Period..
😃Yeah.. "He can really speak" --> Bull$h!t
I cannot fathom how America managed to go from this president to what has come after him 🤷🏻♂️. Although being from the UK our record is not good either 🤦🏻♂️
Calm, precise, confident, iintelligent, firm, collected- how a real President should make you feel. Not at all like some angry., crass, orange, fat man with tiny hands makes you feel. Love & Light from Miami Shores Stay safe mates
OMG.. Look at the difference between 44 and 45.. It is Light Years apart. Lord knows I miss 44 so much. #44ForEver
As if we can believe a word that comes out of that mans mouth!! Never in my mind.
holy fek in that image with the people in the Situation Room I noticed that Blinken is there! what was his position back then?
At the time, Blinken was the National Security Adviser to the Vice President. (Biden)
I was in army infantry school on this glorious night, I remember the drill sergeant forming us up and letting us know that this desert rat had been killed. It made our day! 😅
The most iconic moment, was he actually give the OK before he attends the correspondent dinner, in which not only Seth Mayer made fun of bin Laden, Obama himself made a joke of no other than Donald Trump.
His greatest joy was to "see our capacity as a nation." True American words... we did a great thing TOGETHER.
"We don't need to spike the football"......that's perfect!
Love You President Barack Obama and Family 🇺🇸 Pray for You Mr President Barack Obama, and American people 🇺🇸💒💒🇺🇸
Protecting Democracy and Rule of law takes an enormous amount of precision in order to Protect Civilians. Safety and Critical thinking Skills are Crucial as well as Very Risky operations in focusing on the goals outcome. Thank you for this interview on Missions.
Yes, Obama who killed innocent men, women and children, I bet the young chef who cooked for the Obamas did not fare well...
how many times did he say "uh"
nine hundred and eleven
How many days did he do?
A True American President Barack Obama and Family ❤❤❤
God bless the best President in USA American Barack Obama and Happy Family ❤❤❤
Can he tell the story where he ordered the unconstitutional bombing of that american kid? And why he ramped up war efforts manyfold although campaigning on being against such things?
i forgot what it was like to have a president i can believe in...
Wish you were still president #PresidentObama
I'd vote for him again, if we could.
Isn’t that the truth. But after watching what he went thru, the disrespect, the racism, that no other president ever went through. They talked about his wife the way they never ever treated or talked about a First Lady. He’d never want to be president of America again/ and I don’t blame him.
Cringe
@@RONJAE212003Michael won’t let him anyway
@@mightytaiger3000triggered
Most Americans would not, We know he was a disaster.
I love the part when they talk about never seeing the faces of the SEAL Team members. My guy O'Neill went and wrote a book and talks about killing bin Laden like it was last weeks Sunday lunch.