American President Barack Obama said on Sunday that "finally getting" the world's most notorious terrorists Osama bin Laden was the top priority and far outweighs the risks, that eventually made him give the go signal to the commando raid.

The risks involve the lives of the crack Navy SEALs who participated in the raid and further raising the ire of Pakistan.

In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" program, Obama described the helicopter raid "as the longest 40 minutes of my life," and compared the emotions he felt when his daughter Malia contracted meningitis as an infant.

Obama watched the operations unfold inside the White House Situation Room from cameras fitted on the helmet of the raiders. The President he and top aides present in the Situation room "had a sense of when gunfire and explosions took place" particularly when one of the helicopters carrying the Navy SEALs was forced to make an emergency landing.

"But we could not get information clearly about what was happening inside the compound," he said.

Obama's ratings quickly shot up since the raid. Indeed his re-election campaign has doubled their efforts to ensure that the President's supporters watched the interview.

The President's campaign manager Jim Messina emailed supporters and encouraged them to watch the program. Messina also added link's to the network's affiliates across the U.S. and at the same time solicited donation's for Obama's re-election bid.

He also reminded anyone who criticizes the raid to "have their heads examined," as he justified the killing of bin Laden.

During the interview, Obama said bin Laden "some sort of support network" inside Pakistan which allowed him to live in that country for more than six years. Osama's house in Abbottabad also host number Pakistani military facilities.

However, the President did not say whether Pakistani officials knew of bin Laden's whereabouts or if the fugitive enjoyed the support of the military and the government.

"We don't know who or what that support network was. We don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government." He said the United States wanted to investigate further to learn the facts, "and more importantly, the Pakistani government has to investigate."