. >>> in a bitter irony, pierre corki was set to be released tomorrow after the charity he worked for agreed to a ransom demand. >>> more than a month after their sweeping victory in the midterm elections, republicans have another u.s. senate seat. mary landrew conceded defeat in louisiana. that victory pushes the gop's new senate majority to 54 seats starting next month. landrew was the last democratic senator in the deep south. she was seeking her fourth term against a wave of gop gains in

did not know about the ransom or the private plan to free pierre corky. 6am saturday pierre corky's wife received a text message saying the wait was over. two hours later she received a call that her husband had died. a message on the website reads: now family and friends are left to remember pierre corky and luke somers. >> luke is by far and away not the person this should have happened to. he was a passionate, kind, thoughtful person >>> six former guantanamo bay prisoners are in uruguay tonight. that country's president says they are free to leave. the men spent more than a decade in the u.s. military prison suspected of ties to al qaeda. daniel schweimler has that story. >> reporter: freedom, it seems, is a great cure. the six men that arrived here from guantanamo are said to be recovering well in this hospital behind me, having medical and psychological tests before being allowed the difficult process of integrating into life here in uruguay, getting used to freedom after years of being tied up, hooded in the guantanamo bay camp in cuba. the lawyer for one of them, has been talking

. >>> south african hostage pierre corky was days away from freedom when u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s raided that compound. he and his wife were captured last may. she was released back one january. the man working on his release had just made her a promise, he had said corky would be home by christmas. he spoke with us. >> on saturday morning i said god has been there for you. we're in the final stage. the wait is almost over. a few hours before that i said pierre would be home for christmas. i put all those positive messages into her. soon after that last message to be told your husband is no more. it was too difficult for me to speak to her. in spite of that she sent out a message full of positivity and hope and said i'll speak to you later. i'll respect the time before we speak later. >> this is to thank you and your manager in yemen for trying to help. i want to get to that in a minute. on social media a lot of south africans are blaming the americans. do you? >> look, there's a lot of anger, and you have to be not emotional and more rational. we had an interest in

against terror. >> as we were tragically reminded of american murders in yemen of lukers somers and pierre corky. we are seeing the emergence of a regional alignment. with little in common, but a shared aversion to extremists >>> south african officials are not blaming the u.s. for the death of corky. they had been working towards the release of corky, but he was killed yesterday. corky and somers were shot by their captives during the raid. we'll talk about how commandos train for and carry out raids like these. >> 70 afghan migrants died in the red sea off the coast of yemen. most were from ethiopia. it's the latest fatal accident involving african refugees. more than 3,000 migrant deaths at sea have been reported this year. more than the combined total of the past three years. >> syria is blaming israel for two air strikes carried out on monday. for its part israel is saying nothing about the operation. nick schifrin reports. >> reporter: analysts believe the air strikes, if, indeed, carried out by israel, targeted missiles aimed for hezbollah, and military institutions. israeli officials ref

for the death of pierre corky. the government had been working to secure his release, but he was killed yesterday. pierre corky and luke somers were shot by militants during the raid. >> 70 migrants died when their boat cap sized. yemeni officials say most of the migrants were from ethiopia. 3,000 deaths have been reported at sea >>> prime minister binyamin netanyahu says israel played a key role in delaying a nuclear deal with iran last month. he and secretary of state john kerry spoke at a middle east conference today. talks between the p5+1 were extended after failing to meet a deadline for the deal. extending should increase pressure on iran to abandon nuclear issues. >> it was reaffirmed that the u.s. would not allow iran to obtain a nuclear bomb. >> in recent weeks we saw new ideas surface, flexibility emerge that could help resolve some issues that had been intractable >>> well there is outrage over the detention of a reporter that we'll tell you about here. let's update the script. we'll get to that in a li

danielle nottingham, cbs news. >>> in a bitter irony, pierre corki was set to be released tomorrow after the charity he worked for agreed to a ransom demand. >>> more than a month after their sweeping victory in the midterm elections, republicans have another u.s. senate seat. mary landrew conceded defeat in louisiana. that victory pushes the gop's new senate majority to 54 seats starting next month. landrew was the last democratic senator in the deep south. she was seeking her fourth term against a wave of gop gains in the southern states and the declining popularity of the president. >>> every year, the state of california auctions off surplus property it doesn't need anymore. most of the bidders are just looking for a good deal, but maria medina shows us others are looking for something priceless. >> reporter: from furniture to computers. >> what will it be? >> reporter: cell phones and office supplies. on saturday, what the state found to be trash was another man or woman's treasure. >> 1:75. >> reporter: in the large crowd that came out to the holiday state surplus holiday auction,

. >> somers was held with a teach from south africa, pierre corky, both were evacuated by u.s.ces with injuries, but died from their wounds. corcorky family had just finishs racinrace racing the $200,000 he takeners said would have freed him and he would have been freed on sunday. >> it's shocking. that we will have pierre home for christmas. >> some at gift of the gives the charity working with the family have criticized the u.s. after the failed raid. secretary of defense chuck hagel said the u.s. had no other option an american's life was at risk. >> his life was clearly in danger. and we all, including the president on down, we made the recommendations to the president of course have to take responsibilities for any action orin action, orin action that we didn't take. >> president obama issued a statement saturday saying that luke's life was in imminent danger, based on that assessment and as soon as there was reliable intelligent and an operational plan i authorized the rescue attempt yesterday. the failed rescue comes four months after free-lance journalist james foley wa

they are not blaming the deaths of pierre corky. they had negotiated corky's release, he would have been delivered today. u.s. officials were not aware that corky was being held with luke somers. the u.s. is responding to the detention of a reporter in iran. according to u.s. officials jason ressian is held on unspecified charges and has been denied an attorney. secretary of state john kerry issued a statement saying: . >> iran is confirming it launched air strikes on i.s.i.l. factories in iraq at the request of the iraq government. iraq is relying on its neighbour in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> reporter: these iraqis walking to kabula faced attack every year in post-war iraq. this will be the first commemoration since i.s.i.l. gained strength and seized large parts of the country. the ceremony marking the 40th day of mourning for the killing 14 centuries ago, central to shi'ite identities. the iraq yoi government is doing everything it can to protect those making the journey. >> translation: there is a couple of military defloilts

unfortunate incident. >> so, the u.s., as we've said, did not know about the negotiations to free pierre corkysaid that happens as well. but would you have expected the white house to have known that there were negotiations under way? i mean, there was intelligence that corky and his wife had been taken hostage. the wife had been released. there's still the question then of where is corky? maybe they should have known that he was still there somewhere. >> well, clearly, the united states knew that korkie, the intelligence community -- and that's what they do, they do exceptionally well -- knew he was there, but not necessarily in this particular compound. these are separate, almost indistinct incidents that are taking place. the fact that korkie, who was a south africa, has been in country doing what he's doing as a teacher, and the fact that luke somers now, a photojournalist, was captured in sana'a, in yemen, and they now happen to be in the same compound. that's very difficult. now, to the fact of your point about negotiations for the release of korkie. that's an entirely independent negoti

and my heart goes out to luke somers and pierre corky.re their families are really feeling it right now. >> right. >> where do things go wrong? i think in an interview with you before, we talked about operational security and that the american people don't need to know the details of how we do things and what we do because we lose the element of surprise. and i heard in one account that the -- they were on edge the terrorists were on edge that we might come in and do a rescue attempt. and i think because they know that we're doing these sorts of things, they would be on edge and be more prepared. >> well, yeah, and you make a good point. how unusual is it that we have one attempt, which was failed, and that was about a week or so prior to this one, and then you have one so quickly on the heels of that. granted, mr. somers' life was in danger. they had very good reason to suspect he was going to be executed. they really didn't have a choice, right? >> right. right. i agree with that. and i don't always agree with this administration, i'll

hostages look somers and pierre corky were sitting side by side when a kidnapper shot them to death. defense secretary chuck hagel commented on the attempt. >> is it ji imperfect? >> yes. >> that american's life is in danger and that's where we start, then we proceed from there. >> pierre corky was a south african aid worker, the charity he worked for says they struck a deal with the captors for his release in exchange for $200,000. on the website, they wrote all logistical arrangements were in place to safely fly him out of yemen. they told his wife the wait was almost over, then the american mission gone wrong, the news delivered to his wife. she first expecting her husband home for christmas. >> can you imagine the devastation for the lady emotionally and psychologically to get a call it is only over and now you have to accept the fact that he's gone. >> the u.s. government says it had no knowledge of the african negotiation with the captors, smoke the dangerous disconnect that can happen when civilians try to negotiate hostage releases on their own. the government of south africa

when they entered somers and another hostage south african teacher pierre corky had been shot. >> itas a very dangerous and complicated mission. >> reporter: president obama authorized the rescue mission friday believing somers' life was in imminent danger. >>> thursday al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula posted a video threatening to kill the american. 33-year-old was kidnapped in september 2013. this was the second attempt to rescue him. in late november navy seals raided a cave in yemen but he wasn't there. >> this is further evidence of america's continued commitment to always find its american hostages no matter where they are and make every effort to get those hostages returned. >> reporter: president obama strongly condemned the killing saying those who seek to harm u.s. citizens will feel the long arm of american justice. danielle nottingham for "eyewitness news" on the cw philly. >> well, somers and corky were alive but gravely wounded when the u.s. special forces reached them. they died after receiving medical care. >>> and funeral services meantime they were held today for t

photo journalist luke somers on the right and pierre corkie were killed in shabba province. kor kuchlt ie's body will be flown to south africa to of on monday. south africa says they do not blame the u.s. for carrying out the attempt. >> 344 days, three al jazeera journalists have been jailed over false allegations that they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions and jail sentences mohammed and peter were sentenced seven years. bahra had a spent bullet in his possession he picked up at a protest. >> the tie off and on is continuing across the central philippines and is moving west. at least three people have been confirmed dead and close to 900,000 are still sheltering in evacuation centers. tacloban devastated last year has seen damage and flooding. >>> while hagipuht is not as strong, scott hideler reports. >> addison napping next to the radio, his family's connection to the outside world and news of tie off and on hagipit. he and his mother are here with 1,000 other people huddled in the hallways of this government building. m

somers and a south african pierre corky were both shot by their kidnappers, but still alive. given emergency first aid as they were taken to the ospreys that had advanced to the target. both hostages died a short time later. military sources tell me they believe that the kidnappers had actual standing orders to kill the hostages if the americans arrived. and when the americans did arrive at that compound, most of the militants inside didn't stick around to fight. they pulled back. the americans went in, found the hostages. they were still alive, they died afterwards, the americans left. >> richard engel here in new york with the anatomy of this raid. richard, thanks. >>> in political news the republican wave on election night just kept going into this past weekend in a runoff race in louisiana. senator mary landrieu, the democratic incumbent lost in a landslide. another gop pickup. that now gives republicans a nine-seat pickup in the senate. and this represents nothing short of a reshaping of the american south. for the first time in 50 years there won't be a single democrati

. >> and we look at the raid that killed luke somers, and pierre corky. 10 al qaeda fighters were alsod. >>> a hacking at sony pictures led to cyber security concerns. all that and more straight ahead. >>> finally from us this hour - the sounds of change. maybe you think classical music is boring, it's not for you. maybe you haven't been to the right sympathy. the dynamic singer at the podium may make all the difference, as she has in her community, adam may, queueing up the orchestra from baltimore. [ ♪ music ] >> reporter: the power of marin allsop sneaks up on you. the music conductor of the baltimore symphony is the first female to lead a major american orchestra. mist ra allsop is considered one of the world's leading conductors. [ ♪ music ] >> reporter: there's enormous power in that little baton. she uses the tool to help the audiences imagination take flight, she is, surprisingly, down to earth. >> classical music became quite extreme in terms of you are not supposed to clap, you are not supposed to cough. there are so many things that you are not supposed to do that i found th

the terrorists also killed a teacher, pierre corky who was hours from release, we are hearing. the chief global. >> a stunning story with a tragic ending and we don't know exactly why the mission, what went wrong. we know from a number of eyewitnesss that when it came to the critical moment, there was a great deal of noise. the commandos were calling out on people inside the buildings to surrender by all accounts, there were dogs parking and people have spoken. flood lights. clearly the element of surprise was lost. we can draw our own conclusions from the narrative we know. 1:00 in the morning and about three dozen commandos arrived at this remote location in at least two helicopters. it was basically a large wall of compound. they moved forward, but it's thought about 100 yards from the compound. some of the six or so guards heard them coming and the soldiers began to call to surrender and that's when the firing started. they were being held the result of a long period of spy surveillance of drone surveillance. of listening in and eavesdr eavesdropping. the window of opportun

. >> reporter: then there's the issue of pierre corky. he was killed also. this is an individual who was said to be released. those in south africa, working towards his rl are very disappointed -- his release are very disappointed today. >> mike viqueira in washington. >>> another al qaeda-linked armed group killed a lebanese police officer who had been their hostage. the killing prompted family members and supporters to block roads in eastern lebanon. >> reporter: several dozen lebanese soldiers and police officers were captured by i.s.i.l. and al nusra front fighters. in august, in a battle for the town. it is close to the syrian border. this was the first major incursion into lebanese territory since the war in syria began. five days of fighting followed before a fragile truce took place. it was never clear of fighters. by september negotiations to release the soldiers came to nothing. their desperate families began a sit-in outside government buildings, pushing for action. on tuesday the lebanese government announced it arrested two women and a number of

the fight seals saw a militant running in the building where somers and a south african teacher, pierre corky, were being held. when they entered they found both had been shot. >> it was a very dangerous, very complicated mission, but like always in these efforts there is risk. >> reporter: president obama authorized the rescue mission on friday believing somers life was in imminent danger. thursday, al qaeda in the arab an peninsula posted a video threatening to kill the american. the the three three-year old was kidnaped in september 2013. this was the second attempt to rescue somers. in late november, navy seals raided a cave-in yemen but he was not there. president obama a strongly condemned the killing, saying that these who seek to harm u.s. citizens will feel the long arm of american justice. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a u.s. airways flight from tel aviv to philadelphia is diverted to rome after some flight attendants and passengers started to feel sick. airline officials say an unusual odor was reported so the plane made an unscheduled landing. three flight a

also killed in the rate south african hostage pierre corky a relief care worker. >>> president obama just released a statement reading in part on behalf of the american people i offer my deepest condolences to luke's family and to his loved ones. their despair and sorrow at this time are are beyond words. >>> 6:02. developing overnight the lapd has formally opened an investigation into sexual assault claims begins comedian bill cosby. it comes as detectives spent much of friday questioning an accuser who filed an complaint. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live in the sat center with the developments, steve. >> reporter: good morning, nicole. experts knew this was coming. earlier this week lapd announced an open door policy for accusers to step forward. well, yesterday one of them did that and the lapd stuck to their policy. >> we don't turn people away because things are out of statute. you come to us especially with a sexual allegation, you know, we will work with you. >> reporter: lapd police chief charlie beck is making good on his promise. jidith huth is latest bill

the fight the seals saw a militant run into the building where somers and south african teacher pierre corky were being held. when they entered they found both had been shot. >> it was a are dangerous, very complicated mission but like always in these efforts there is risk. >> reporter: president obama authorized the rescue mission on friday, believing somers life was in imminent danger. thursday al qaeda in the arab an peninsula posted a video threatening to kill the american. the three three-year old was kidnaped in september of 2013. this was the second attempt to rescue somers n late november, navy seals raided a cave-in yemen but he was not there. president obama strongly condemned the killing, saying that those who seek to harm u. citizens will feel the long arm of american justice. danielle noting a ham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> somers and cork write alive but gravely wounded when the u.s. special forces reached them. they died, after receiving medical care. >>> it is 7:07 right now. an "eyewitness news" update for you, federal investigators announced a $10,000 reward for infor

team 6 and combat medics began hiking to the xounl where lukesomers and south african pierre corky weret yards from the target, dogs began barking. the u.s. says the s.e.a.l.s were spotted. a firefight erupt. with aircraft keeping watch, the s.e.a.l.s battled the terrorists. u.s. officials say one terrorist ran back into the compounds, shooting sommers and corky. the u.s. did not know. it was a desperate 30 minutes on the ground. the medics tried to stabilize both critically wounded men them called for the b-22s to than as close as possible. one hostage died on the aircraft. the other back on board a nearby navy ship. some in american hostage luke sommers' family said they wishld more had been done earlier to get him out of yemen and they were not consulted about the raise. u.s. officials say they do not consult hodge families before classified missions like hostage rescue attempts are undertaken. >> all right. thank you. now i want to bring in john mcguire. dogs began barking. then the s.e.a.l.s were spotted. obviously from what we now understand, that was the key. at least from the re

the fight, the seals saw a militant run in the building where somers and south african teacher pierre corky were being held. when they entered they found both had been shot. >> it was a are dangerous, very complicated mission but like always in these efforts there is risk. >> reporter: president obama authorized the rescue mission friday, believing somers life was in imminent danger. thursday, al qaeda in the arab an peninsula posted a video threatening to kill the american. the three three-year old was kidnaped in september, 2013. this was the second a attempt to rescue somers. in late november, navy seals raided a cave-in yemen but he was not there. president obama strongly condemned killing saying those who seek to harm u. sittens will feel the long arm of american justice. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a u.s. airways flight from tel aviv to philadelphia is diverted todd rome after flight attendants and passengers started to feel sick. officials say an unusual odor was reported so the plane made an unusual landing. three flight attendants and two pass eveningers we

he died alongside pierre corky.hey were shot during a raid in the south-east of yemen. >> as a source tells me, they started to kill him and tried to escape with him. the operation was very strong, and they were surrounded. they killed him. >> according to media report, the hostages were wounded but alive when evacuated. one died en route, the other on a hospital table. u.s. officials are defending the operation. >> we'll be re-lenless in our efforts to bring to justice those that caused this. some have been brought to justice. there's more to do. >> reporter: somers was a freelance journalist. these are pictures filed for al jazeera. he'd been held hostage for 15 months, corky since may of last year. the group close to securing the release had this reaction. >> i'm not blaming them. >> president obama ordered a re view of how 9 u.s. dealt with hostages. he ruled out changing the policy that the u.s. did not pay ransom. >> this needs to continue. they need to know that they'll be in this business of murder. there's

compound in yemen in an attempt to free american journalist luke somers and south african teacher pierre corky al-qaeda militants reportedly shot the two men as a team of navy seals moved in. the seals apparently lost the element of surprise when they were spotted just outside the compound. the u.s. tried to rescue luke somers last month but militants moved him. >> inflicted serious damage on the captors but -- this time, this time they were unable to save luke. >> al-qaeda was reportedly going to release the west african to an inter234r5e6rb89d organization today so they would be home for christmas but there's word the white house may not have known about the release. >>> it does not appear that a "washington post" reporter with deep bay area ties held in iran will be freed soon. jason rosean was born in san francisco. he wrote for the chronicle. he's been in iran for more than four months. the tehran government officially charged him yesterday in a 10-hour-long courtroom proceeding but there's no word on the specific charges he faces. his family did hire an attorney for him but that lawyer h

down in yemen, 10 kilometers away from the spot that somers and a south african teacher named pierre corky were being held. the american team walked towards the hostages but spotted from 100 meters away. officials believe that is when the hostages were shot. the american team continued moving in. they loaded the wounded american and wounded south african into the osprey where surgeons worked on them as they rushed toward the nearby ussmacon island. corky died in flight and somers died on the ship. the family got news about his murder at midnight last night. top elected officials are praising the brave operators involved in last night's rescue attempt as well as a previous attempt where they were unable to save somers because he had been moved. >> special forces engaged in these two rescue missions, did an incredible job. and inflicted serious damage on the cap tors, but -- this time this time they were unable to save luke. >> the speaker of the house added on twitter this morning, quote, saddened by the murder of luke somers in yemen. grateful for our brave soldiers who tried to save him.

western hostage inside yemen as we've been reporting the al qaeda captors killed luke sommer and pierre corkiepresident obama ordered the rescue after they found out that somers might soon be executed. it sounds, let me give it to uf, phil, it sounds like this raid according to our barbara starr went as planned until the last moment when they lost that critical element of surprise. >> look, when you're dealing in the war on terror as i dealt with it on the cia you don't have any good options. back when i was at the agency, do you send a prisoner to guantanamo or do you let them go? as we've seen with isis in iraq do we get re-engaged in iraq after the president committed to getting out or do we support the iraqi government? it's a tough choice. do you intervene with a raid and risk the life of the hostages or do you stand back and just hope that they don't suffer the same fate as the hostage that we saw in iraq and syria and the answer is you got to go in. >> christopher, this decision was made very quickly because as the president said, secretary of state john kerry, there was this video and

somers and south african hostage pierre corky were evacuated alive but died of gunshots believed to beoining me now is eric schmidt who's been covering this story. eric, with a welcome to you, i understand that you today spoke with the chief of yemen's national security bureau. what exactly did this mission look like? >> well, what he and u.s. military officials said was he mentioned three dozen navy s.e.a.l.s came in off a ship off the yemeni coast to try to rescue luke somers and another south african man who had been held hostage for a little over a year. they came in in a cover of darkness early this morning here in yemen. as they approached the compound, apparently the element of surprise was lost. gunshots rang out. turned out, the captors shot their hostages as they fled. there was a gun battle that ensued. as the commandos went into this compound, they were able to -- [ inaudible ]. >> eric, i'm going to ask you to stand by there as you're coming to me via skype. we're getting a little bit of interference and ambient noise making it hard to hear you. we're going to come back to

luke summers and south african teacher pierre corky were killed saturday as the secret mission unfoldedreporter: the mission, extremely risky and urgent when u.s. intelligence shows luke summers would be murdered by saturday morning. my morning friday the president authorizes giving no hint of the drama about to play out. just a few hours later, they hutched down in a remote area of yemen six miles from the compound where hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos mostly navy seals move undetected over rough terrain. but suddenly everything goes wrong when just 300 feet away they are exposed, maybe by a barking dog. a fire fight breaks out, and as a u.s. drone watches overhead one terrorist runs inside and shoots both hostages. u.s. forces kidnapped five terrorists and the rest flee. in one of the most dangerous parts of the mission a combat medical team needs to spend a tense half hour on the ground trying to stabilize the two gravely wounded men. finally they're flown back to the uss island off yemen's coast but one dies on the way and another dies on the ship. >> you have to

team 6, tried to rescue american photojournalist luke somers and south african hostage pierre corky fromaeda in the arabian peninsula. officials tell cnn a firefight broke out soon after the sales came to the compound. they lost the element of surprise at the last minute and that's when the bullets began firing. one terrorist ran inside the compound and shot the hostages. a u.s. medical team spent an entire hour on the ground trying to save somers and corky. one died on a u.s. ship, the other died on the way to the ship. what are u.s. officials saying about the timing of this rescue mission? >> reporter: this was a direct authorization by president obama himself, made here yesterday at the white house, and he explains a bit why he made such a risky move, really pinning it on that 72-hour deadline that was given to u.s. officials by the terror group and he says that in the statement this morning, he says that luke somers was in imminent danger. now, members of the administration reacting this morning, calling it murder. this morning in afghanistan, here's secretary of defense, chuck hagel

that pierre korkie was hours away from being released from his captors when he was killed in the failed mission to rescue photo journalist luke somers. the charity wrote on its website that corky's peaceful release had been negotiated and was imminent. the director of the aid group reportedly told his wife the waiting is almost over. then two hours later the unthinkable. the director learned corky was dead. the u.s. ambassador to south africa told the associated press the u.s. government was unaware of those negotiations. and the obama administration is defending its decision to launch the rescue effort. >> it's still a policy of the united states always has been to get our hostages back. >> reporter: in a high stakes mission senior administration officials say friday night navy s.e.a.l.s landed about two miles from their target, secretly approaching a cluster of buildings in central yemen. but their cover was blown, sparking a fire fight and giving the captainers time to shoot somers and south african hostage pierre korkie, an official says it's believed a noise, possibly a dog, alerted the hostage takers. the al qaeda captors were likely on heighten aid lert after the u.s. tri