professor zelizer, kevin, l.z., thank you all very much. >>> this just into cnn. detames of a u.s. military mission that targeted a militant group in the horn of africa. military sources are telling us about an american air strike in southern somalia. on the phone with me now is our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. barbara, tell us what you found out? >> good' evening, miguel. a u.s. military official is confirming the u.s. military did conduct an air strike in southern somalia today. what they will not say is who was the target and whether they got that target. all the official will say is that they were going after a senior militant leader believed to have ties to al qaeda and al shabaab, the al qaeda affiliate, if you will, in somalia. it was someone they say they were -- they wanted to get and that they had good reason to go after this person. it's probably going to take them some time to confirm whether or not they got the target they were going after. very difficult to get in there, get the identification. a lot of rumors floating around somalia today about who they got

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you can read l.z.'s full column.s from that ship stranded in the antarctic are headed home as i speak. a helicopter ferried them to an australian icebreaker today. first they found time to thank everyone who followed their misadventure for the past couple days. take a look. >> the helicopter to take us home. thanks, everyone. >> chinese helicopter hemmed rescue them from the ship where they had been stranded the past ten days. but they left behind 22 russian crew members. they still hope to free the ship eventually. the chief mate of the ship that brought on the rescued passengers said they're thrilled with their new accommodations. celebrated the rescue with not one, we're told two dinners and chief mate robert joins me now by phone. and robert, so i'm getting this correctly. you are somewhere in an ocean on the ship with these rescued folks, yes? >> that's correct. they're in heavy packed ice, trying to get into open water right now. >> so where were you earlier today when this helicopter finally swooped in and res

. >> we are having contingency plans extracting them from a hot l.z. >> sparked by suicide attacks and surrounding towns and online threats before the elliptic games, asks the question, would you go? each said yes, but in a cautious tone. shadow, there is a doubt, there is a cloud. would you go? i suspect you would. >> like fiona saunders, a gw university student. >> i will just be aware and keep myself with groups, not run off on my own. >> the fear is widespread enough that the state department even hosted this. >> hi, everyone. >> and online forum to answer questions with employees and a former gold medalist to prepare americans for any problems. >> what should american citizen do if they get into trouble? >> if they are in a license during -- life-threatening situation, they need to seek the lease assistance or medical assistance at the nearest location. there will be volunteers all over sochi who speaking list. >> secretary ridge told me the biggest concern may be an towns just outside of sochi where the security will be less concentrated. he said we spent one point $3 billion in