the al qaeda militants killed luke some rs and pierre korkie.ying to rescue hostages in a remote place is filled with dangers. in a short time ago. philip mann spoke to phillip mudd about why the white house approved such a risk emission. >> i don't think we have many options. we're talking about how quickly people were murdered after a video was shown. in this case, the yemeni people who held these guys felt they were under threat. i don't think if you're sitting in the white house situation room you have much of an option even if you know the risks of the raid are very high. i think we were lulled after the bin laden raid that these things are easy, and they're not. >> reporter: why do you think his life was in so much danger now? and that was the motivating force for this attempt. could the first attempt put the men in greater danger? >> i don't think it was unwittingly. the captors were thinking they had unlimited time. you're saying we have multiple options here, and typically you have intelligence coming into the white house situation room

building in the southeast corner of the compound where sommers and another hostage, south african pierre korkie, were imprisond. by the time the seals got there, somers and korkie were bleeding from gunshot wounds, apparently inflicted by the person who had run into the building. the seals, who had a medic with them, rushed them to the osprey which flew them to a ship off the coast of 'em yemen. one died en route and the other on the operating table. defense secretary haig nel afghanistan today says sade somers was shot by his captors. >> he was murder during an attempt by american forces to rescue him from terrorist groups in yemen. >> reporter: somers' death made his plea, record after his first failed attempt to rescue him, seem all the more poignant. >> i'm looking for any help that can get me out of this situation. i'm certain that my life is in danger. so as i sit here now, i ask if anything can be done, please let it be done. >> reporter: but the bitterest irony is that the other hostage, pierre korkie, was to have been released tomorrow in return for money paid by the charitable organiz

the al qaeda captors killed luke somers and pierre korkie during the raid.eam's second attempt to rescue them. the officials say they were not aware of any attempts to rescue pierre korkie. the attempt to rescue the hostages in a remote area is filled with challenges and problems. earlier i talked about why the white house approved such a risky mission. >> i don't think we have very many options. you're looking at situations where other detainees in syria have been murdered very quickly after a video was shown. in this case, we have a situation where i think the yemeni people who held these guys felt they were under threat. i don't think if you're sitting in the white house situation room, you have very many options. i think we were lulled after the osama bin laden situation that these operations are easy and they were not. >> why do you think -- could the first rescue attempt unwittingly put both men in danger? >> look, i don't think it was n unwittingly. you have them coming into the white house room describing these people's lives are at risk. i'm sure th

he had negotiated the release of pierre korkie from al qaeda in yemen before the rescue operation wasand joins me now from johannesburg, south african. dr. suleman, i would to first extend our condolences to the somers and korkie families. i know ms. korkie went to bed thinking her husband would be on his way home the next day and woke up to hear that her husband had been killed. how is she doing? >> she is doing very well under the circumstances. she's a very strong woman. but she's had 11 torrid months. i've had continuous dialogue with her reassuring her at every phase. but the release last friday was very difficult. for three hours that friday night, i was talking about the apprehension, will he make it, will he come out? how ill will he be -- all those kinds of issues. saturday morning, we spent another hour between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. finally i got her to settle down to be positive and hopeful. she is a very strong woman, very spiritual, very strong christian, strong faith. she said, every time, trust the lord, trust the lord. but my last comment to her at 5:59 a.m. was, the wait

african charity gift for givers, trying to mediate in the crisis and what they said in a statement, pierre korkieas hours from being released. that after a painstaking hostage and ransom in january. they were asking for $3 million for korkie's release. with patience over the months, the charity managed to negotiate down to $200,000. what the gift for givers charity says korkie could have been released on saturday. that was the day after he was killed in the botched rescue operation. what we don't know, of course, is the exact manner of his death. we will get answers perhaps in the coming days. his body is being examined now in south africa. maybe that will show us what bullet was used and range he was shot. >> karl penhaul, thanks. >>> when was the last time you ate at mcdonald's? >> i had burger king because there was not a mcdonald's nearby. last night i ate fast food. >> you are generation x. mill millennials are not going to mcdonald's. we will get an early start on your money next. your hepatitis c.forget it's slow moving, you tell yourself. i have time. after all there may be no symptoms fo

the rescue attempt also led to the death of south african teacher pierre korkie.derstood that he was due to be released the next day. here's more for you. >> is it imperfect? yes. is there risk? yes. but we start with the fact that we have an american that's being held hostage and that american's life is in danger. that's where we start. and then we proceed from there. >> let's take you to johannesburg. i'm joined by the founder and president of the gift of givers foundation. this is the organization that was involved in trying to negotiate the release of the south african hostage pierre korkie. thank you for being with us, doctor, here on "gmt." firstly, obviously horrific that both luke and pierre lost their lives, but can you give us your reaction to what ended up being a failed attempt to rescue them? >> well, i think the video you played earlier gives the answer. i think the americans had no option but to go in to try to save their citizen. as in any country, the citizens of a country will expect their government to do something to save them. indeed i would.

does not negotiate with terrorist groups, so a muslim charity organization was convinced to free pierre korkie. they'd been negotiating for 18 months. in january korkie's wife was freed some this weekend the charity organization was hopeful korkie would also be freed. and, in fact, a ran system of $200,000 had been agreed on, reduced from $3 million. they even sent a convoy of trucks to pick up korkie and hand over the money. they had no idea the u.s. military had just launched a raid to free the american hostage being held with korkie. in fact, they had no idea the two were together at all. it was a tragic ending, scott. his wife had been told he'd be home before christmas only to find out that her husband had been killed. >> pelley: debora patta in south africa tonight. debora, thank you. so how did the rescue mission go wrong? david martin found out. he's at the pentagon tonight. david in >> scott, that rescue mission purportedly shown in this social media video failed because the seals were detected about 100 yards short of their objective, given the terrorists enough time to turn their gu

and then we proceed from there. >> reporter: meanwhile, the charity that employed pierre korkie wrote on its website that his release was negotiated and imminent and they said the u.s. government had no knowledge of of that. and they stress rescue missions are always risky and in this case time was running out. >> there may be rational exuberance after the suck says the bin laden but these missions are secretly challenging. just look at blackhawk down to see these missions fail just as often as they succeed. >> some yemens in the area say they were killed but u.s. officials denied that. they said as far as our guys know they killed almost, leaving open the possibility they might have killed civilians. they declined to say how many american hostages are still being held overseas. >> kristin welker at the white house. thanks. >>> a violent night of rallies in california offer the grand jury decision over the police officer in new york. it is a movement that has attracted some attention and has some professional athletes silently showing their support. hallie jackson has the story. [ cha

pierre korkie and luke somers were shot by their captors during a failed u.s.cue mission on friday. somers' family said monday they did not sign off on that raid. as pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports, korkii was expected to be released very soon. >> reporter: outrage from the family and friends of the south african hostage pierre korkie. >> there's a lot of anger and a lot of understanding too. so there's mixed comments and mixed thought the on the process. >> reporter: after months of being held by al qaeda in yemen, his family thought he would be free within hours. >> my name is look somers. >> reporter: u.s. officials say after seeing this video of luke some ors late last week the pentagon concluded somers was in imminent danger of being killed. the u.s. scrambled for a last-minute rescue. by thursday they had images of the compound where somers was being held. by mid-morning friday, the mission was a go. it would not suck sooceed in th. >> the president does not at all regret ordering this mission to try to rescue mr. somers. >> i commend the pre

said it didn't know at the time, the other hostage, south african teacher pierre korkie was mere hours away from being released after negotiation, this aid group out of south africa. josh rogan is our political analyst in bloomberg view. he joins me from washington. josh, nice to see you. >> likewise. >> so the u.s., the administration said they had no clue that pierre korkie was even there at this compound but even if they did and even if they knew this totally separate negotiation was under way to pay off, i think it was $200,000 would the u.s. have gone in anyway? >> it seems that the u.s. was not only unaware there was a negotiation going on but that south african hostage was to be released in a couple of hours. so the u.s. had a deadline. there was a video that said that these hostages would be killed within three days. u.s. military was working off that deadline. had they known a couple of hours delay might have made a difference then they would have had a decision to make. they weren't in contact with families or south african government or in contact this group that was doing t

also south african teacher pierre korkie.a says washington did not know what the progress of those negotiations. all this happening as american embassies and military bases around the world are on high alert. senate dems are set to release an in-depth report on the cia's use of torture under president obama but there are fears that's what's in that report might provoke violence overseas. those details are due out tomorrow. six guantanamo bay detainees have been transferred to uruguay, the largest transfer

pierre korkie's family is upset because they had an out date.ed successfully through negotiation via a party through the yemeni tribes. the u.s. will never pay any kind of ransom to hostage takers. this was going through a second party so they hoped it would be successful. >> nima, thank you. >>> so sad. defense secretary chuck hagel says he does not expect afghanistan's security forces to buckle the way iraq's has. hagel spent the weekend in afghanistan. he said the difference between afghanistan and iraq, afghanistan wants u.s. troop there is to assist, advise and train. >> they have welcomed us. they want us to continue to help them support them. that's a big difference between afghanistan today and where we were in iraq. >> jim sciutto spoke with secretary hagel in afghanistan. he will have a that interview live to "new day." >>> there are concerns this morning over the release of a top secret cia interrogation report. explosive report details what the cia did following the terror attacks on 9/11. now there are fears the release of the repor

pierre korkie and american photojournalist luke summers were by their captures during a failed rescue mission on friday. >> summer's family said they didn't sign off on the raid. korkie was expected to be released soon. >> reporter: outrage from the family and friends of the south african hostage pierre korkie. >> there is a lot of anger against the u.s. government and there is a lot of understanding on the other side too. so there is mixed comments and mixed thoughts on the process. >> reporter: after months of being held by al qaeda in yemen, his family thought he would be free within hours. >> my name is luke summers. >> reporter: u.s. michelles say, however, after seeing this video of american hostage luke summers late last week, the pentagon concluded summers was in emmeant danger of being killed. the u.s. scrambled for a last-minute rescue. by thursday the u.s. had satellite images of the compound where summers was being held. by midmorning friday, the mission was a go. it would not succeed in the end. >> the president does not at all regret ordering this mission to try to rescu

special forces tried to rescue american photo journalist luke somers and south african hostage pierre korkie. they were being held by the al qaeda group in the arabian peninsula. they say the navy seals team hiked six miles from their drop zone and were spotted just 100 yard away from the militant's compound. that's when a feergs firefight broke out. u.s. officials say one terrorist immediately ran inside the compound and then shot the hostages. the navy seals were able to evacuate somers and korkie and a u.s. medical team spent a half an hour on the ground in yemen trying to save them. one guide on the way to a monita u.s. ship. the other died on the ship. no special forces were killed in the operation. cnn joins us now from the white house with more on this. len, what more are u.s. officials saying about the timing of this rescue mission and why they had to take action when they did? >> well, five u.s. officials say the timing was accelerated because their intelligence shows somers would be murdered by this morning without any interception by u.s. officials and today in a statement, presid

south african hostage pierre korkie was also killed in the mission.ng that went wrong, or do we have a skewed view of how successful we often are in these measures? let's bring in phillip mud and former counter terrorism official. i want to ask you about the report coming out tomorrow. let's deal with what's coming out today. should this be seen as these seals screwed up and didn't get it done? or is this the reality? >> people had a false sense of security this stuff is easy. what you see in aftermath is what you saw the past couple of days. you've got to find, fix, finish a target in the area owned by the bad guys when you don't have perfect intelligence. half of this was a tremendous success to locate a target like that in the bad lands of yemen with enough specifications to plan a raid. >> at the end of the day, it's whether or not you save the guy isn't it? >> sure. you're going in saying 50-60% chance of success in a raid like this is a pretty high ratd. there's 90-100% chance if you don't raid, he's going to get his head cut off. >> the u.s. sa

. >> luke somers and pierre korkie, were shot dead in the southeastern province in yemen. >> they started to kill him and they tried to escape with him. but the operation was very strong and they were surrounded. so they killed him. >> reporter: according to media reports the hostages were wounded but alive when they were evacuated on an o osprey like ts one. u.s. officials are defending the operation. >> luke somers was murdered. he was taken hostage. his life was clearly in danger. >> u.s. officials reportedly believed he would be killed within hours. his family released this video plea. >> lucas spent the last two years making yemen his home. he is a good person and was only trying to do good for the yemeni population. >> he had been held hostage for the last 15 months. korkie had been held since may of last year. the group accused of his taking had this,. >> ruled out changing the policy the u.s. does not pay ransom. analysts expect there will are more operations like this despite the outcome. >> i think this needs to continue and i think they need to know if they're going to be in th

as a south african relief group gift of the givers says it was negotiating for fellow hostage pierre korkieor state department official tells cnn the obama administration did not know that. cnn's sunlin serbati has more details about the failed raid. >> reporter: the mission extremely risky and made urgent when u.s. intelligence shows american luke somers would be murdered by saturday morning. by midmorning friday, the president authorizes the rescue, giving no hint of the drama about to play out. just a few hours later, according to u.s. officials, two b-22 ospreys under cover of darkness touched down in a remote area of yemen, some six miles from the compound where the hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos, mostly navy s.e.a.l.s, move undetected over the rough terrain. but suddenly, everything goes wrong, when just 300 feet away, they are exposed, maybe by a barking dog. a firefight breaks out. and as a u.s. drone watches overhead, one terrorist runs back inside and shoots both hostages. u.s. forces kill five aqap terrorists. the rest flee. and in one of the most dangerous p

pierre korkie, and american photojournalist luke somers was shot by their captors on friday.me analysts said monday they didn't actually sign off on the raid. and as pentagon correspondent barbara starr reports, korkie was expected to be released very soon. >> outrage from the family and friends of the south african hostage, pierre korkie. >> there is a lot of anger and understanding on the other side, too, so there are mixed comments on the process. >> after months of being held by al qaeda in yemen, his family thought he would be freed soon. u.s. officials say however after seeing this video of american hostage luke somers late last week, the pentagon concluded somers was in strong danger of being killed. the u.s. scrambled for a last-minute rescue. by thursday, the u.s. had satellite images of the compound where somers was being held. by mid-morning friday the mission was a go. it would not succeed in the end. >> the president does not at all regret ordering this mission to try to rescue mr. somers. >> i commend the president for acting, because the intelligence showed an

fight the s.e.a.l.s saw a militant run into the building where somers and a south african teacher pierre korkie were being held. when they entered, they found both had been shot. >> it was a very dangerous and complicated mission, but like always in these efforts, there's risk. >> president obama authorized the rescue mission friday, believing somers' life was in eminent danger. thursday al qaeda arabian peninsula posted the video threatening to kill the american. >> i agreed with the president's decision. don't think it was an easy decision. i think it was the right decision to actually engage and try to go in for the rescue attempt. >> the 33-year-old was kipped in 2013. this was the second attempt to rescue somers. in late november navy s.e.a.l.s raided a cave in yemen but he wasn't there. president obama stromtly condemned the killing say those who continue to kill american citizens will feel the long arm of the justice. >> meanwhile the militants were planning to free korki e.on sunday. the aid group paid $200,000 for his relief. u.s. officials were unaware of the talks before ordering the

american photojournalist luke summers and pierre korki were killed. the predawn raid was the second rescue attempts in 4 weeks. special american forces tried to free the hostages from the captors. the americans spotted by the mill talents and a fire fight began. u.s. forces say both summers and qoki were shot by the militants. they were loaded to the choppers but could not be saved. >> we will be relentless in our efforts to bring to justice those who have caused as some already have been brought to justice in the raid, but there's much more to do. there's a tragic reminder of the violence we face. >> a south african aid organization said korki was a day away from freedom. an agreement on ransom was reached and he was about to go home tomorrow. president obama issued a statement. it said in part, the united states will spare no effort to use all of its military, intelligence, and diplomatic capabilities to bring americans home safely and terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of american justice. >>> investigators are trying t

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within a matter of two hours the wife of pierre korkie received a message saying he was about to be released she was told he was killed by his captors. it happened during a failed rescue attempt to rescue luke somers. and now u.s. officials say aing to might have alerted the captors as the s.e.a.l.s approached the compound. a woman and a 10-year-old boy were among 11 others killed. >>> three good samaritans are dead after they stopped to hit a motorist. the car they were driving in was struck by another car, causing their deaths. six others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the driver of the car that hit the bear walked away from the accident. >>> one of bill cosby's close friends is weighing in on his rape allegations. bill cosby has been a good friend for many years, and the mere thought of these allegations is truly saddening. i would never tolerate this kind of behavior regardless of who was involved. one of cosby's accusers said she was arrested at the playboy mansion in 1975 when she was just 15 years old. he has denied all allegations. >>> officials in illinois are inv

somers and a south african hostage pierre korkie were gravely wounded. they were air lifted out of the area to a u.s. navy ship offshore but both died of their wounds. as of tonight luke somers' immediate family has issued no official public statements except to ask that they be allowed to mourn his death in peace, lester. >> jim miklaszewski starting us off. thanks. >> behind the scenes in washington it was a series of high-level meetings that eventually led to the launch of this risky mission. for more let's bring in nbc's kristen welker at the white house. kristen. >> reporter: lester, good evening. a u.s. official describes the rescue mission as a multi-agency whole of government effort. it started thursday night when video of luke somers was released. officials determined the threat was credible and somers would be killed today. officials say they had credible intelligence about somers' whereabouts based in part on their initial attempt to rescue them last month. that set off a series of meetings at the pentagon, state department and white house. an

but the kidnappers fatally shot somers and another hostage, south african teacher pierre korkie, just before the commandos could get to them. the bbc reports u.s. special forces didn't know korkie was being held there. a charity working on korkie's release says he was set to be freed today. i'm joined now by reporter adam entous who chronicled the raid for the "wall street journal." ed in the past24 hours,3 we know any more information about any other casualties during this raid? >> no. the latest wead was the as assess that about six or seven aleda mill and none of the special that were involved in the operation, at0 totalone of them but of course, the outcome asenow was not what was intende. with the death of the to hostages. >> and at whatnt during this operation did thing gs south? >> what happened was is thate am to a landingot about 10&eters fd being held. and they hiked by footugh thisaa hud yards of theound when a nois heard. one official told me that it might have been a dg bark,psome. and that tipped off thels insidt were alreadyprettygger y since there was as raid late e th

had no idea was in the works when they attempted to rescue american luke somers and the teacher pierre korkie. >>> an american teacher stabbed to death at an abu dhabi mall was held last night. her ex-husband, pictured here with the children describe ryan as a beautiful person with a pure heart. she was killed in what officials call a lone wolf attack by a woman who also placed a bomb at the home of an american doctor. >>> rolling stone magazine has revised its apology. at first editors revealed that found discrepancies in a report by the document. they felt their trust was misplaced. they removed the line about misplaced trust. they say the miss takes of the reporting was there. >>> a doctor who contracted ebola has gone public with his ordeal. he kept his identity a secret to protection his family. he was the sickest patient to be treated at emory hospital. he was on dialysis for 24 days. he's going public to thank emory for the life-saving care. >>> investigators say it started when a car hit a bear crossing the road northwest of ft. lauderdale. a second car stopped to help. a third car pl

learning this morning about the mission to try to rescue american luke somers and fellow hostage pierre korkie in yemen. three navy s.e.a.l. teams fought off the captors. >> it was the second attempt in ten days to rescue somers, who had been held prisoner now for 15 months. we have more from washington this morning. good morning. what are you learning at this hour? >> reporter: good morning. this is the second mission president obama ordered in just two weeks and the second that failed, this time tragically. we're told the president monitored the mission at the white house, following along in real time with every tense moment. the mission extremely risky and made urgent when u.s. intelligence shows american luke somers would be murdered by saturday morning. by mid-morning friday the president authorizes the rescue, giving no hint of the drama about to play out. just a few hours later, according to u.s. officials, two v-22 ospreys under cover of darkness touched down in a remote area of yemen, some six miles from the compound where the hostages are held. about 40 special force co-man dose, mos

. >> reporter: outrage from the family and friends of the south african hostage pierre korkie. >> there'sthe u.s. government and there's a lot of understanding on the other side, too. so there's mixed comments and mixed thoughts on the process. >> reporter: after months of being held by al qaeda in yemen his family thought he'd be free within hours. >> my name is luke somers. >> reporter: u.s. officials say after seeing this video of american hostage luke somers late last week, the pentagon concluded somers was in imminent danger of being killed. the u.s. scrambled for a last-minute rescue. by thursday the u.s. had satellite images of the compound where somers was being held. by mid-morning friday, the mission was a go. it would not succeed in the end. >> the president does not at all regret ordering this mission to try to rescue mr. somers. >> i commend the president for acting because the intelligence showed an urgency to get in where they were going to kill this american hostage anyway. >> reporter: it was the dead of night in yemen. u.s. officials say b-22 aircraft raced to a remote r

idea the deal was in the works when they attempted to rescue american luke somers and the teacher pierre korkie. in fact, they weren't even sure the two men were being held together until after the failed raid. >>> an american teacher stabbed to death at an abu dhabi mall was remembered sunday at a memorial service. the candlelight vigil on sunday was in memory of ibolya ryan, the mother of a daughter and twin sons. her ex-husband, pictured here with the children, described ryan as a beautiful person with a pure heart. she was killed in what officials call a lone wolf attack by a woman who also placed a bomb at the home of an american doctor. >>> "rolling stone" magazine has revised its apology. after the searing article on rape at the university of virginia. at first editors revealed that they had found discrepancies in the account told by the alleged victim in the report and felt that their trust in her was misplaced. now, they've removed the line about misplaced trust because it appeared to blame the woman. their note the readers now says the mistakes in the reporting were theirs. >>> a doct

mission, even as the bodies of the two dead hostages, american luke somers, and south african pierre korkie, were being flown home. >> it was apparent that these militants were preparing to kill mr. somers on saturday. that's why the raid was executed on very short notice on friday night. >> reporter: after landing six miles away under a full moon, more than three dozen members of the elite navy s.e.a.l. team six made it to within a hundred yards of the al qaeda hideout, when one of the guards spotted them as he relieved himself outside. u.s. officials say somers and korkie were both murdered bid their captors as the americans closed in. tragically, korkie was to be freed by al qaeda the very next day. the aid group he worked for said today they had agreed to pay a 2 $200,000 ransom for his release, but did not blame the u.s. for what happened. >> i can't be upset with the united states because this -- the united states was acting in their own interest. they were acting in the interest of their own citizen. any government would do that. >> reporter: u.s. officials said today, they did not k

. >> reporter: the other hostage killed was a south african teacher pierre korkie. the group he worked for said today they had negotiated for him to be released tomorrow and home in time for christmas. dan. >> how anguishing for that family. brian, thank you. >>> let's go to washington now and abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. this is actually the second failed attempt to rescue luke somers. what kind of intelligence did these special operations folks have going in? >> reporter: it's obviously never perfect, dan. the raid in november was the best example of that. somers had been moved nearly a week before the raid took place, but this time they had the intelligence from drones, from communications intercepts and possibility human intelligence as well. but the s.e.a.l.s were on the enemy's time line. they felt they had to go in before the deadline and that put them at a disadvantage, not being able to choose a better moment for the operation, clearly the hostage takers expected a raid which is why they opened fire as soon as the s.e.a.l.s were

. >> now, somers was killed in the raid along with another hostage, pierre korkie, a teacher in south africa. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> we are watching the skies this morning, seeing clouds move into the area. no rain to start with and none until late tonight for most of the area. it will be completely dry, but it is cold this morning, now 28 degrees in philadelphia. look at the wind, 14-mile-an-hour wind out of the northeast has us 13 degrees colder this morning and it feels like it is 17 degrees as you're heading out the door. there's a cold view from camelback. you can see the flag's blowing in the corner of the screen. wind will make it down into our area, but it will really be increasing tomorrow when we start to see rain. the future weather, the clouds showing the clouds moving into the area. you can see some breaks in the clouds for now, but it's the next 24 hours that's really going to see change offshore. you can see the first showers to our south and east. farther to the south, there is the low pressure center of this storm sy

somers and a south african pierre korkie both shot by their kidnappers but alive. given emergency first aid as they were taken to the ossprays that advanced the target. 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 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 democratic u.s. senator or governor from texas all the way east

. >> and another hostage, pierre korkie, who's a teacher in south africa, was also killed in that attack> guantanamo bay has the least amount of prisoners now since it opened. that's after the u.s. government released six men and sent them to uruguay. those prisoners were at guantanamo for 12 years. they were suspected to have ties to al qaeda but were never charged with anything. the government in uruguay agreed to take them as refugees. >>> the red cross in the philippines is reporting that typhoon hagupit has killed at least 21 people. right now, hagupit has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but officials are still worried about dangers as it heads now towards the capital of manila. forecasters say the storm is packing winds of 65 miles per hour and is bringing rain that could trigger landslides and flash flooding. >> the weather that we're watching in our area, of course, is this nor'easter that's going to be coming in this week. >> tomorrow. that's the day. 24 hours from now it will be raining in the area, and we'll be in for some heavy rainfall tomorrow and gusty winds, too, but

american photojournalist luke somers and south african teacher pierre korkie.e killed saturday as the secret mission unfolded. sunlen sur-fah-tee reports. >>:the mission-- extremely risky. and made urgent when u-s intelligence shows american luke somers would be murdered by saturday morning. by mid morning friday, the president authorizes the rescue -- giving no hint of the drama --about to play out. just a few hours later, according to us officials, two v-22 ospreys - under cover of darkness touch down--in a remote area of yemen--some six miles from the from the compound where the hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos-- mostly navy seals-- move undetected over the rough terrain. but suddenly everything goes wrong when.just 300 feet away.they are exposed-- maybe by a barking dog. a firefight breaks out. and as a u.s. drone watches overhead-- one terrorist runs back inside and shoots both hostages. us forces kill five aqap terrorists -- the rest-- flee. and in one of the most dangerous parts of the mission -- a combat medical team needs to spend a

. >> the militants killed pierre korkie a south african resident. >>> north korea is denying it carriedattack on sonny pictures. -- season pictures -- sony's pictures, because it said it was a righteous deed. the movie the interview pits an assassination plot against the north korean leader. >>> a utah woman is the prime suspect in a fraud investigation. the community that rallied behind here had no idea she was faking her own brain cancer. leslie jen son was a waitress at a cafe. she had a go fund me page showing $3,000 raised. her co-worker rs in disbelief. but police are saying do not looks like faith in others. >> it was shocking for a lot of us here, but we did it because we care about leslie and we wanted to help her out. >> we hope people will not lose faith. the lie gets bigger and bigger and bigger. >> the woman faces a laundry list of charges including fraud. she has not been booked in jail she is in the hospital undergoing an valuation. >> today marked the 73rd anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor, 2400 americans were killed when the japanese launched an attack on pearl

. >> the militants killed pierre korkie a south african hostage. u.s.ces saw the militants enter a building on the compounds where they think they shot somers and korkie. >>> north korea is denying carrying out the stiesh attack on -- cyber attack ony. some say the hack is similar to the attack on south korean companies, the attacks were blamed on north korea. >>> a $10,000 rewards was offered for information on a string of church fires in delaware. they are search for who is responsible for setting three churns on fire on tuesday, healing hands was the most seriously damaged. him fires were set at the log mennenite church call 8885tf fire. >>> a fire started in a vacant home on the 1500 block of west 4th street. high winds caused the fire to spread to our other homes, two homes were empty, families live in the other two, nobody was hurt in the fire, investigators are trying to figure out what started the blaze. >>> the fire bird festival went off despite a destructive act of arson in phoenixville. organizers worked auto day to make sure the parade and

two days ago with the murders of yemen, of the murders of luke somers and south african peefor pierre korkie. >> the south african profit gift of the giver said it had negotiated korkie's release and he would have been released today. they weren't aware korkie was being held with somers. >>> yemeni officials say migrants were from ethiopia. more than the combined totals of the past three years. in the philippines typhoon hagupit known locally as ruby has forced 900,000 to evacuate. typhoon killed thousands last year. scott heidler is in the philippines with more. >> focus on this east side of the storm is potential rescue but aid to those who have also there's going to be a distinct folks on clearing those roads so those people who might be trapped can get access to that aid. but we're hearing that only three at least three people have been killed by this typhoon so far. quite a remarkable number but when you look at nearly a million people sought shelter while this storm came ashore, that's why we're seeing such low figures. but the storm is still over. it has not left the philippines yet.

. >> held with summers was south african teacher pierre korkie. later a south african relief organization said it's officers had equally arranged for payment of a $200,000 ransom for korkie. state department officials said they were unaware of the korkie investigation. >> we did not know what country they were from, it wouldn't have been a way, it wouldn't have made sense for us to reach out to the south african government. >> the obama administration failed to alert them to the raid. u.s. officials responded that they took aqap's deadline threat seriously and kept word of the raid to a minimum. with the proverbial need to know. >>> nato's internooshl security -- the coalition will maintain a force of 13,000 troops in afghanistan, and president obama has authorized u.s. personnel to go after both al qaeda and the taliban into next year. up next, are the obama administration's new regulations on profiling just for show? first here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering tonight. fox 11 in loopgsz where a mass sifz fire des

pierre korkie was supposed to be released as part of a deal struck by his captors.merican officials were not aware of the negotiations but the aid group says yemen's government knew about its efforts. the justice department announced new rules in an effort to curb profiling, protests across the country over the deaths of black men by police officers. mike viqueria joins us live from washington. mike if you would give us some of the details about these new guidelines. >> tony, you are absolutely right, it is exhaustive review by the dift justice department,e 2003. now the new categories under this expansion will be national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity. the attorney general eric holder on his way out the door still very active now particularly when it comes to these issues of race and law enforcement in this country, announced the decision earlier today in some comments. let's listen. >> it can be misguided it can be i think ineffective given the limited resources that we have, given the opponents we face both here and certainly o

some group in south africa was on the verge of potentially getting the south african hostage, pierre korkie out in exchange for about $200,000 in ransom money and they thought they were on the verge of getting pierre korkie out even as the u.s. was sending these navy s.e.a.l.s in? >> we did not. and we didn't know he was the other hostage on the ground there with mr. somers. we assessed there was a second hostage but did not know it was him and we were not aware of these activities that were being undertaken separately. >> would there have been coordination with the south africans if the u.s. had known a south african was also being held hostage there? >> there are a number of countries we work with around the world. if there are hostages somewhere where our hostages are located. but in this case, we didn't know he was the other hostage there. i think this just underscores we will go to any lengths to get americans home when they are held hostage overseas. unfortunately this ended tragically. >> and the u.s. did not notify the family of the american hostage in advance that navy s.e.a.l.s we