Bin Laden Killed: Cablers Cover the Morning After

By Alex Weprin 

This morning the cable news morning shows continued coverage of the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan. Many of the channels remained live overnight, and coverage was passed on to the regular morning anchors on CNN’s “American Morning,” Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” All three programs started extra early this morning.

Some highlights after the jump.

On Fox News, the hosts spoke to former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff:

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Chuck Todd gets meta, and reports on how the White House released the news:

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Ali Velshi gets the reaction from families of victims of 9/11 on CNN’s “American Morning”:

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