News of his death, announced May 1 by President Barack Obama, caused networks to break programming.

The broadcast networks interrupted their regularly scheduled programming Sunday night for an announcement that shocked the world: Osama Bin Laden is dead. President Obama announced the news at a White House press conference that was supposed to start at 10:30 p.m. ET. The news conference was delayed, but multiple networks interrupted their programming to report the news based on information given to them by sources and officials. Obama finally appeared on TV screens at 11:35 p.m. ET -- the announcement also was streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov -- to make the official announcement: "Tonight I can report to the American people that Osama bin Laden is dead."

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George Galloway Bin Laden video a fabrication

A hoax video has been posted on YouTube claiming that George Galloway described the death of Osama bin Laden as illegitimate.

The video, based on old footage about a different matter, was posted this morning and circulated around the internet and on Twitter.

A spokesman for the former MP said they were urgently contacting YouTube to have it removed and that the issue was in the hands of Mr Galloway’s lawyers.

He said: “It is not the first time to we have had a problem with fabrications on YouTube but it is particularly damaging in the middle of an election campaign."

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Political Punch

Sources tell ABC News that President Obama will nominate CIA director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The president will nominate Gen. David Petraeus to serve as director of the CIA.

The president will also nominate Marine General John Allen to replace Petraeus as ISAF commander in Afghanistan, and Ryan Crocker as US Ambassador to Afghanistan, replacing Karl Eikenberry.

The announcements are formally expected tomorrow. An announcement for the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman will likely not be part of this announcement.

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