warren winestein helped with the poor, and several videos emerged showing dr. winestein, and we have not heard much of him as of late, and this is a surprising i had not heard this in the past that there had been these drone strike, and where there had been possible casualties, and so it is a surprise announcement about not just the deaths of the american hostages, but the death another american linked to al qaeda and so three americans, and onetwo of them host one of them militants. >> and richard engel on the phone from italy, and now going back to the white house where the president is expected to peter, i want to come back to in the statement that was re we will do o sure it is not repeted, and they are conducting a thorough independent statement to see what to do to prevent it, and this is going to razise a lo >> yes, a that is correct, matt. and it is called the uniquely tragic nature of the operation, the strikes that killed the american, and the two innocent victims, including dr. warren winestein and the italian as well. and the white house as part of t

dr. warren winestein, they say that the people that took him captive are responsible for his death but had criticism for the u.s. government, the support and assistant over the 3.5 years since he was taken captive was inconsistent and disappointing. >> a sobering announcement from president obama, we believe that a u.s. counter terrorist operation targeting an al qaeda compound in the pakistan border region accidentally killed warren and geovany this past january. >> warren a doctor and geovany an italian aid worker were held there. >> it's a true but bitter truth in the war generally and the fight against terrorists specifically mistakes sometimes deadly mistakes can occur. >> he did not mention by name two american al qaeda members killed in the operation. >> we believe that the operation did take out dangerous members of al qaeda. >> he was killed in the strike in january and ahmed farouk were killed in the strike that killed warren. he was a former peace corps and u.s. aide official working for a company that dealt why u.s. aid issues. >> my life is in your hands mr. president. >> pres

dr. warren winestein, he was inadvertently killed in that air strike and in that same strike an italian hostages well and the white house saying they did not know the american and the italian were present when this strike took place, but they were unfortunately killed in that strike. in addition to those hostages the american and the italian, in that strike an al qaeda leader was killed and an american who has been a spokes man for al qaeda, a messenger, he was killed in a separate strike in january. tkpwau dawn really a remarkable story. he was from california jewish and christian background and converted to islam and became a messenger, and he was killed in a second air strike. really the headline here in addition to his death, inadvertently by accident an american air strike killed an american hostage as well as an italian hostage. the white house saying this was classified information but that the president decided to declassify it and share that information with the american public today. >> jim, this is what our intelligence, our armed forces and the president in making a decision to auth