parts of ye yemen were never controlled bite government.re the areas that the kidnappers are likely to keep hostages in because they can roam freely and operate and create a little empire of their own there. so if you look at yemen, a lot of things going on right now. in the north you have the houthi rebel movement trying to dominate and is trying to enter the capital sanaa, in the south a suspensionist movement and somewhere a long the way you have little areas where you have insurgents from al qaeda orin inning or everybody other groups now trying to operate as militant or militias. they are trying to carry out operations there. >> what about expect to go get help when you are trying to, for instance, figure out where someone is from local people, is there a social sanction against kidnapping? is it thought to be a bad practice? or is it one that is sort of understood and at least tacitly approved so that maybe the people in the town nearby where this person is being held can't be relied onto tell you what's up? >> the history of kidnappi

if you look at yemen you have a lot of things going on now. in the north you have the houthiy rebel movement trying to dominate sanaa, and in the south you have other movements and you have little areas where you have insurgents from al-qaeda, and other groups now trying to operate as militant or militias, and they're trying to carry out operation there is. >> what about expecting to get help when you're trying, for instance, figure out where someone is, from local people? is there a social sanction against kidnapping? is it thought to be a bad practice? or is it one that sort of understood and at least tacitly approved so that maybe the people in the town nearby where this person is being held and can be relied on. >> the history of yemen changed drastically. before hqp was created been before osama bin laden had supporters in yemen, they would kidnap forts and negotiate with the government. that was traditional practice. when the person was kidnapped, the hostages were treated with the utmost respect, well-fed and even some tourists would co

in yemen. >> what he gave me in yemen was very unique.azy, you know, some of the persons that he introduced me to. >> including the radical cleric anwar al awlaki. >> jihad against america is binding upon myself. >> they talk a lot about jihad, for example. and, again, storm was an extreme guy. storm was being talked down by anwar al awlaki. >> talked down from an extreme view? >> yes. awlaki was telling storm to chill out. >> yet, storm won't be calmed. he decides to join jihadists in somalia. >> and i had to join that. i had to join a call to my religious belief. >> he returns to denmark where he says he gathers military supplies preparing himself for war. >> i said good-bye to my children, to my family. >> then at the last minute, a phone call from somalia. >> he said, we lost the airport. >> in mogadishu? >> what does that mean? >> he said, you can't come, it's too dangerous for you. >> what's going through your mind then? >> obviously it's allah's will that i can't go. and i'm so deeply disappointed and devastated. i feel betrayed, y

aminah makes it to yemen.ecalls receiving a text message from one of his danish handlers. >> saying, congratulations, brother. you just became rich, very rich. >> soon, he is in yet another meeting with intelligence agents. one from the cia is anxious for storm to open the briefcase they brought with them. >> and he looked at me with a massive smile on his face. what do you think the code is? i think -- i have no clue. i didn't even think that there was three numbers on each, you know, side. come on, come on, he said. come on, think about it. i said, i don't know. i have no clue. he said, try 007. he told me like this. >> james bond. >> james bond. 007, he told me. and i did. clink, clink, clink, and you know, it just -- it opened up. >> so happy with the cash, he took this photo of the $250,000 inside. then this. an encrypted message from awlaki. an update. it's about aminah. we got married. awlaki ironically adding, she turned out better than i expected and better than you described. >> she was a very pretty

but it's shocking that even in yemen this can now be the outcome of kidnappings. >> you say even in yemen because your experience was--were you quite well looked after? what was your experience after six months. >> we were well-kept after. it wasn't a nice experience, but it was bearable. it used to be like that in yemen until basically i would say one or two years ago. i mean, kidnappings are never, let's say, a nice thing, but in yemen you would survive them. it would be a tribal affair. there was no al-qaeda involved until two years ago. this makes it very scary and very different, i would say. >> what is the hardest thing about being held captive? >> for us the hardest thing was probably not knowing what would happen to you and when anything would happen to you. being in limbo all the time makes it very, very hard. i imagine for both luke and pierre, our kidnapping took six months, and we were all together and very well taken care of. imagine 15 months and longer than that, held by al-qaeda. i don't know how they were treated, it must have been horrible to them. i've been thinking of

and in yemen, it is frequently the case. that that is really what these terrorists were after? they mention in their video that they have made demands and were pressing their demands in the video. we never learned what the demands were. but could some form of discussion have gotten these men out safely? >> i think that is unlikely. let's not mix apples and oranges here, you have local groups, including al qaeda groups that take people for money. al qaeda in asia has made a lot of money off hostages. but these groups are closely aligned in watching what happens in places like syria, they are taking their cue from groups like al nusra, we have to watch in the broader global efforts to take people who are western hostages not for money but for publicity and for beheading. and i think the latter is what was happening here. >> now, there are so many groups it is hard to keep track without a score board, boko haram, the group in the peninsula that took these hostages who sadly have lost their lives. does it make any difference? do

they became the de facto power in yemen over the last month. group is thought to have the backing of the deposed president who enjoys influence over tribes and the military. they control most of the north and headed south out of their traditional strong hold. they now control military bases and sea ports. houthis say it's a revolution against corruption, the spread of terrorism, and to get fair representation in the government. but critics say the group is armed and funded by iran, which wants to seize power and further the shia cause in the region. yemen has many challenges, but events in recent months are pushing the country closer to civil war. >>> just a few hours after the confidence vote two car bombs killed at least seven people. the attack targeted houthi fighters. al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula has claimed responsibility. let's get more from the editor and chief of yemen post. he joins us on the line. al-qaeda has claimed responsibility for that -- that car bombing. what are you hearing about it? >> it's al-qaeda. only al-qaeda toda

he'd been in yemen for some time. his family told us he fell in love with the country and his pictures showed a lot of colour and imagery. he worked for al jazeera in the past. including other organizations. his family said it's pictures that he loved yemen and adopted it as his country. >> shauf are joining us live. thank you so much. >> in the philippines, a wildlife photographer escaped from an armed rebel group. he was held captive for two years, and escaped during a government raid. he was one of two captured in 2012. the other hostage did not want to the take the same risk. >> he didn't feel comfortable with the situation to join me. it was his decision not to come. i asked him minutes before they left to join me. he decided not to join. >> he was on an expedition to photograph rare birds when adopted by a gunman. >> a raid killed one of the federal bureau of investigation's most wanted terrorists. he was indicted for planning a plot to gom the new york subway system. >> he was killed by two other suspects. he h

it's a dangerous part, a remote part of yemen. the al qaeda affiliate there has controlled it for some time now, so this is a very dangerous, high-risk mission. >> sreenivasan: and this is a joint operation between u.s. forces and yemeni forces. how has that been going over the past year or two years as these governments have been trying to work together? >> well, the government in yemen has been a very effective partner in the counter-terrorism field. the u.s. has had trainers inside of yemen, training counter-interestim terrorism and special operations forces and there were a few yemeni on this mission but it was apparently a u.s. operation to rescue the american and anybody else they could find in this comedy pound. >> sreenivasan: everyone in the united states recognizes and remembers in 2011 the successful operation on capture or kill osama bin laden, but since then, at least in the recent past there, vaib couple of failures as well, highlighting how difficult and dangerous these are. >> exactly. it underscores the fragility

they're failed states, like yemen. yemen is in the middle of a civil war.here's absolutely no central government we can rely on to put on an end to this. so you have the sunnis in the south moving into the hills, they're almost impossible to get to. and you've got the shia that have taken over sanaa and they just kidnapped the deputy intelligence chief there. even in places like mali and somalia and the rest of it -- libya is much worse than all these countries, there's nobody in control. they're failed states. and they breed terrorism. >> there's a vacuum and it tends to be filled. general hurtling, one of the things that we've seen here over this week a couple of days ago "inspire" came out. for people unfamiliar with it and probably haven't ever looked at this. it's a terrorist publication, 112 pages. this is something targeting people who may be inspired by terrorists. it talks about bomb-making. it highlights possible targets, gives tips on how to bypass security. how do you stop this? is there any way to curb something like this? >> well, "inspire" ha

this part of yemen is very remote. it's central yemen.licopters coming from miles away, and there's not a lot of sound, ambient noise, and they are expecting that you are coming, and you have the hostage in a secure location of your choosing, of the hostage taker's choosing, and there already has been a failed rescue attempt and you know they expect another one, so yes, the chances are incredibly low. think about how difficult it would be. you have a group of armed men and one single hostage who is defenseless, and they are ready, and it's a location -- they nknw well, and you have to get there quickly and over power them and you have to get to the hostage and get him out and do this without losing any of the american special operators who are trying to do this. incredibly hard. but do you not do it? what are you going to do? you can say, we're not going to do it, and he was facing a deadline to be killed this weekend. you do nothing and let him die. which would be the risked choice, and it puts no americans lives at risk. >> you yourself

let's start off by setting the stage, we don't cover yemen a whole lot but yemen has a failed state,overnment collapsed and two islamist groups fighting for control that country. how does that complicate efforts? >> the main focus here is going to be al qaeda and yemen, which is also known as al qaeda and iranian peninsula. one of if not the most dangerous al qaeda offshoot organizations in the region. there comprised of armed militants muslims who have populated what has become a volatile peninsula and they share with isis and only radical demographic, but an intent to destroy western and american targets. heather: you are conce be brewin as it affects western countries and the united states. >> absolutely. al qaeda in yemen has perpetrated several high-profile attacks in the past. most notably hit home was 2000 attempt to detonate an explosive device which had it been successful would have been the first tax since 9/11 on u.s. soil. the much larger issue of terrorism in the country. heather: there was a raid about a week ago controlled by him and special forces and u.s. forces to t

, because let's talk about what's happening in yemen. last may, president obama, in my view unwisely, lifted the moratorium on detainee transfers to yemen. since that decision was made, between the date of the president's and the administration's order that we could potentially release detainees to yemen, let me just outline what's happened in yemen since then. that country has continued to be a place where there is instability, lack of government control and in fact between november 24 and december 2 of 2014, al qaeda and the arabian peninsula reportedly claimed responsibility for 17 attacks in eight yemeni provinces. now, i have a laundry list of very dangerous attacks that have jurisdiction in yemen, and one of the most troubling things that has occurred, as we think about those who are present in guantanamo that are very, very dangerous individuals, a number of them are yemenis, and if they were to be transferred back to the country of yemen, for example, in february of 2014, militants attacked yemen's main prison, killing seven and

the family released this video clear. >> lucas spent the last two years making yemen his home. he was a good person, doing his best for the population. >> reporter: somers was a free lant photo journalist. he was held hostage for the last 15 month. corgi since may. the group close securing his release has this rehabilitation. >> of course, i'm not blaming them, america has their own hostages. >> president obama ordered a review on how the u.s. deals with hostages. the u.s. does not pay ransom. analysts expect there'll be more operations like this, despite the outcome. >> i think this needs to continue, i think they need to know they'll be in the business of murder, that there'll be consequences. >> consequences and risk. u.s. officials believe they are worth taking. a south african relief organization says it brokered a deal to free the south african hostage. gift of the givers fared that corgi was to be released on sunday. the organization released a statement saying: al-qaeda has deep roots in the arabian peninsula, especially in yemen. it served as a base for attacks for mor

president barack obama has condemned the killing of two hostages held in yemen. they died during an attempt to rescue them. >>> an extra 1,000 troops will stay in afghanistan to lead a temporary shortfall in nato forces. and zimbabwe's first lady grace mugabe has been named leader of the women's league. >>> activists in syria say fighters have stormed a key air base. the government base has been at the center of heavy fighting in recent days. after reports of an isil fighter blew himself up at the gate of the base. >>> with the on set of winter people are fleeing the violence or the advance of isil. al jazeera is at a base from where vital aid is delivered to communities. >> this is the only lifeline for thousands yazidi families who are stuck up on the mountains. these helicopters are taking three or four flights a day to take food up the money everything from rice, blankets, clothes and tents and then bringing some of them back here to relative safety in northern iraq. these are some of the families who just got off some of these helicopters. they're taking sup

hostage held in yemen? >> complicated sammy, with senior officials telling us different information. the majority of officials we talked to said that yes, this was an attempt to free the american journalist, luke somers when others are denying. the drone strike came after the clashes after the majority of the killing happened. so there was clash of forces between al qaeda fighters and government troops. there is no proof as of now of u.s. troops being involved in the forces but this seems to be an attempt by the u.s. government to force the yemen government to push forward to free luke somers before the deadline take place. and as you know the results will happen. >> what exactly are the demands of the captives, what does al qaeda in the arabian peninsula want? >> no demands in the lathest video. nor in the previous videos. in the past you had the committees between the militants and the government. well in this case, the mediation committees are not there. so the government in all situations does not want

also in yemen 13 students, some teachers and parents have been detained by shia houthi fighters at aol who have been detained by houthis in the province and we have the details. >> reporter: students chanted civil rule, no military government. they carried signs saying we need to learn but we can't because malitias are on our campus. the university has become a classroom of civil disobedience, students have taken to the streets on an almost daily basis since shia rebel houthi fighters have taken over the capitol as well as other provinces in yemen and say they need to be purged from the university and anger is fueled by the tact that houthis repeatedly detained students. >> translator: their presence is not legitimate, only administrative bodies have the right to follow the educational process a the university and refuse to drag the university to the square of sectarian and political conflicts. >> reporter: but that's exactly what happened. the houthis accused of taking over academic institutes and not only here but other provinces as well, a member of the houthis says they stepped i

the houthies movement has become the main fiscal force in yemen since it captured sanaa in september. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks also in yemen, students, teachers and parents have been claimed as houthi fighters at a high school. we have the details. >> students chanted. civil rule. no military government. they carried signs saying needs to learn but we can't because militias are on our campus. the university of sanaa has become a classroom of civil disobedience. students have taken to the streets on almost a daily basis since houthi fighters have taken control of the capitol as well as other provinces in yemen. the students say that the houthies need to be purged from the university. their anger is fueled by the fact that the houthies have repeatedly detained students. >> their presence is not legitimate. only the administrative bodies have the right to follow the educational process in the university. >> but that's exactly what happened. houthies are accused of taking over educational institutions, not only in sanaa, but other locations as well. >> we do not i

american luke somers is killed during a navy seal raid in yemen. david martin is at the pentagon with the details of what went wrong. seth doane reports on the typhoon that just made landfall in the philippines, and it's forecast to slam it relentlessly for three days. >> can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> axelrod: after the chokehold. >> sir, ems, com. >> axelrod: jericka duncan looks at the video raising questions about the emergency response eric garner received. and marble in the middle. charlie d'agata on the ancient greek statue at the center of an international tug-of-war. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. for the second time in 10 days, u.s. special forces attempted to save an american journalist who was being held by an al qaeda group in yemen. this attempt early this morning ended tragically in the death of 33-year-old luke somers and another hostage, a 56-year-old south african named pierre korkie. the u.s. government says the two men were shot by their captors during t

this part of yemen is very remote. this is central yemen. or helicopters coming from miles away. there's not a lot of sound -- other ambient noise. they are expecting that you're coming. you have the hostage in a secure location of your choosing, of the hostage-taker's choosing. they're a armed. there's already been a failed rescue attempt. so you know they have to expect another one. so, yes, the chances are incredibly low. think about how difficult this would be. you have a group of armed men, one single hostage who's defenseless. they're ready. it's a location that they know well. and any little thing they hear that's suspicious, they're going to kill the hostage. so you have to get there quickly. you have to overpower them. you have to get to the hostage. you have to get him out and you have to do this without losing any of the american special operators who are trying to do this. incredibly hard. but do you not do it? what are you going to do? you could say, we're not going to do it and he was facing a deadline to be killed this weekend

these things happen in yemen. this shows how yemen today is so tense. and the current situation is very fragile as well. >> you were telling us just a moment ago that there have been casualties. do we expect this to rise? what are you hearing about the situation there now if anything? i know you're not there at the moment.. >> there are expected rise in casualty. three killed according to the ministry and the people we talked to. there is one person in critical condition but hospital officials do not believe he will die. casualties are not expected to rise. but this is a series of 55 houthi supporters were killed while protesting. houthis know that these series after tacks against them will continue -- series of attacks will continue against them and their american ally in yemen. >> thank you for giving us an update on the explosion that's taken place there. >>> now four people have been killed in a suicide attack on a u.n. convoy near mogadish mogadu airport i. follows a third attack this two weeks by fighters from the somali based al shabaab. 36 peopl

. >> a rescue attempt goes wrong in yemen.he syrian government has accused of using chlorine gas against isil fighters. >> protests turn violent in athens on the 6th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager. >> typhoon has made landfall hitting the east coast of the central europeans. 600,000 people have left their homes. the military is on full alert. many are worried this latest storm may cause as much devastation as typhoon haiyan did one year ago. in the capitol, manila. >> makeshift homes are all that stand between some people left in tacloban and a powerful typhoon. the city was badly hit by a powerful cyclone and storm surge last year. 175 kilometers an hour is headed their way. hundreds of thousands of people have left the most vulnerable areas. many of them are crammed into temporary shelters. they feel the waves will get better others are trying to get the last of their valuables together before the tie off and on makes landfall where they are. >> they are afraid of the typhoon but we have to pack belon

caroline malone reports they are still part of yemen where peace prevai prevails.y want to make their country a symbol of peace. houthi rebels took control of sanaa in september and they have been fighting al-qaeda affiliates for control of north and isn't tral yemen. but those in charge wants to focus on it as the cultural capitol. >> our destiny, we want to keep ties to the cultural capitol of yemen. we should maintain the goal, distance the city from the internal strife from the other political forces have been engaged in. houthis have offered to help and support the local leaders to keep the peace. >> we are ready to help local authorities and security forces maintain peace and security in this prove incident and across yemen. >> there were protests when the thousandthies began to take over neighboring provinces in recent months. people living in the city refused to let the armed wing of the group in. they say they will support the houthis as long as they use a peaceful approach. >> we are with the houthis in every civilian plan they adopt but we reject any pro

they've also sacked the government of huddadi province, but in some parts of yemen peace prevails. >> reporter: they want to make their city a symbol of peace in a country troubled by violence. they took control of the center in september, and they have been fighting al qaeda affiliates for control of north and central yemen. those in charge want to focus on the city's draw as the country's cultural capital. >> translator: our decisions and goals and destiny are one. we should main this goal to distance the city from the international strife that the other political forces have been engaged in >> reporter: it's represented by members of the political win and they gave offer to help and support the local leaders to keep the peace. >> translator: we're ready to help local authorities and security forces maintain peace and security in this province and across yemen. >> reporter: there are reports when they began to take over neighboring provinces in recent months. people living in the city refuse to let the armed wing of the group in. those representing them in the yemen parliament will

>> yemen has been a shaky ally. as this points out, the regime was not very stable in the first place. you know, it's the middle east. sometimes you have to choose sub optimal allies. i think all of us would say the last yemen regime while we had to work with it was nothing we would want to write home about. >> are we seeing paralegals to iraq where we poor money into a country and then, you know, some rebels take up arms and end up overrunning the country? >> again, these are, you know, weak and fragile governments differently each case. i think that the dine amics driving into these cases different. >>> lease move on to the united arab emirates that include due by. they haven't sign much violence against westerners. were you surprised a killing like this happened there? >> absolutely. you know, the emrates are, you know, one of the more sophisticated and peaceful spots in the region. you know, due by likes to at this itself as the singapore of the region where commerce is done, a cosmopolat that time city and abu

the hostage who was killed today in yemen was killed by al qaeda in yemen and then there was this attackwhich continues to be the main address for al qaeda. it's where osama bin laden was. this was in the waziristan region of pakistan. one of the top al qaeda operatives who had been indicted for his role in plotting an attack on the u.s. subway system, on the new york city subway system, in 2009. >> the u.s. had a $5 million reward out for him. >> yeah. so if you look at the -- today's news and the fight against al qaeda, a failed mission in yemen, but then you could call it a successful operation in pakistan. >> all right. richard engel, thanks very much. erica? >>> as more people this morning are fleeing ahead of that typhoon that's set to hit the philippines we're taking a closer look at what could be heading their way. sheinelle is following that story. >> good morning. more than half a million people are now evacuating this morning ahead of this powerful and massive typhoon. nbc's jim maceda is on the ground in the philippines with the very latest. >> reporter: i'm coming to you fro

saturday local time in yemen, friday 7:00 p.m.ilt rotor osprey aircraft touched down six miles from the walled compound where both men were being held captive. on board about three dozen special operations forces, mostly seal team 6 commandos. they trekked through scrub and brush to the compound, but about 100 yards from it, the official says the militants realized they were there. a firefight broke out as drones and fighter jets circled overhead, but according to the u.s. official, a militant ran back into the compound and shot somers and corky. the s.e.a.l. team 6 commandos were able to reach the badly wounded men, and they stayed on the ground for 30 minutes as the combat medical team tried to stabilize somers and corky, but one of the men died on the plane ride to the navy assault ship waiting off yemen's coast. the other died afterwards. at least five al qaeda militants were killed in the raid. no special forces were injured. >> let's bring in cnn military analyst and retired major general james "spider" marks in washington.

commando raid to free two hostages in yemen.photographer luke somers and south african teacher pierre korkie were shot to death by their al-qaeda captors before commandos could reach them. >> the president does not at all regret ordering this operation. >> woodruff: the white house defended the raid, with spokesman josh earnest saying american officials had not known about efforts to win the south african captive's release. >> what i can tell you was us had no information that there were negotiations underway interrupts that is the information i have. that said, we mourn the death of mr. korkie as we mourn the death of mr. somers. >> woodruff: the associated press reported yemen's government did know about the korkie negotiations, and that u.s. officials were present during recent conversations about him. on saturday, the head of the charity that employed korkie, gift of the givers, said his release had been set for sunday, one day after the raid. a ransom was reportedly being paid. >> it was really shocking, especially since la

, but he's still in a box because where is he going to send 55 detainees if he won't send them to yemen, and i doubt he's going to send them to yemen under the current circumstances. >> courtney, just before the break, were there points where we had clear binary choices where we made choices where this made this harder and detractible in the long run? >> i think early on, i think early on there were binary choices made to open the facility and to apply the geneva convictio convention, not apply the geneva convention, and there are choice thousand whether the president will exercise power to not let people go or be influenced by the politics and pressures of the other side. >> which are real, and we'll talk about that. trying the men in guantanamo in military commissions has gone very slowly. trying them in the united states is politically impossible. letting the ones cleared of wrongdoing going home may be dangerous for the detainees, maybe not. it's not clear what will happen with gizmo. >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real

here's what he said. >> was really dedicated to yemen.spent, you know, over two years there continuously telling the stories and documenting the people that he met and he really truly, seemed to enjoy it. >> along with taking photographs, somers also sometimes worked with the "yemen times" an english language newspaper in the country and earlier this week after the al qaeda militants threatened to kill him, the newspaper came out with an editorial calling for his release. luke loves yemen and wants the best futureeniyemenis, unfortunately the calls went unanswered. he was 33 years old. back to you. >>> well, protests condemning the choke hold death of eric garner are picking up here in new york city. let me show you some video. this is a die-in protest that took place in washington, d.c., there in union station less than an hour ago this after protesters staged another die-in right here in new york at grafnd central situation. then they left. they went on the move. they're on the move right now. our chris welch is with them. chris, what a

. >>> plus, the world lead, two hostages held by al qaeda in yemen are dead after a u.s. special forces team failed to get them out in time. one was hours from being freed. his heartbreaking stories from one of his friends. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with our national lead. a mother pleading the cleveland police officer who shot and killed her unarmed son at the very least face trial. today, she demanded he be be tried and convicted. he was by himself in a gazebo waving around a toy gun. then two police officers pulled alongside and with scarcely any time for any sort of warnings, officer loehmann shot and killed the sixth-grader, all captured on video. video benjamin crump, the family's attorney, says is enough probable cause to indict right now, he says. but there's little public faith in the grand jury deliberating this case, perhaps because it comes on the heels of two different grand juries refusing to indict police officers who killed or contributed to the death of two unarmed black men. this scene last night in ph

it happened in yemen this weekend. al qaeda fight errs killed somers and a south african hostage just as american commandos were attempting to rescue. danielle nottingham has that story. >> u.s. officials say al qaeda link link ed killed luke somers. the u.s. says the operation in southern yemen lasted about 30 minutes and during the mission special forces lost the element of surprise. this video posted on a jihadi website reports to show the fire fight that broke out once navy s.e.a.l.s were spotted. during the 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'

landed two miles from their target in central yemen with u.s. fighter bombers and armed drones circling in the skies above. the american commandos soon reached an isolated cluster of buildings. u.s. military officials say as the s.e.a.l.s. closed in on the building where somers was held, the gun battle broke out. in an intense fire fight the s.e.a.l.s. killed six to nine al qaeda captors. 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-age

special forces to free an american being held hostage by al qaeda in yemen. the revelation comes as his captors released a video today threatening to kill him while his family released a video of their own pleading for his life. we get the latest tonight from our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: it's one more chilling video. an american held hostage by islamic terrorists pleading for his life. >> my name is luke somers. i'm 33 years old. i was born in england, but i carry american citizenship and have lived in america for most of my life. >> reporter: a photo journalist, somers was kidnapped by al qaeda terrorists in yemen's capital more than a year ago and was the target of a daring u.s. military rescue mission just last week. u.s. officials say in the predawn darkness a pair of helicopters with two dozen navy s.e.a.l.s landed in a remote area of northeastern yemen. the american commandos sprinted a couple of miles to a cave where it was thought somers was being held. the americans took the al qaeda captors by surprise, rapidly killed al

. >> houthis are pushing for control in central and northern yemen. four were killed in the area, battling al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and have blown up buildings used by opponents. houthis sacked a governor and appointed a representative. despite the violence there, there's still many parts of yemen where peace prevails. >>> residents in tiaz want to make the city a symbol of peace in a country troubled by violence. houthi rebels took control of sanaa in september and have been fighting affiliates since the north and central yemen. they want to focus on the city. >> our decisions, goals and destiny are one. we want to keep the ties and maintain it, distance the city. the other political forces have been engaged in. >> reporter: houthis are repeated in ties by members of the political wing, they promised to help local leaders keep the piece. >> we are ready to help the local authorities and security forces maintain peace and security in the province, across yemen. there were protests in tiaz when the houthis began to take over the province. peo

. >>> the iranian ambassador's residence is targeted in yemen. a bomb blast, with at least one person dead. >>> and three founders of the occupy movement in hong kong have surrendered to police. is it the end to the campaign of greater police call freedom? ♪ >>> the fight against isil will go on as long as it takes. that's the message from u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he is in brussel along with 60 ministerings of the coalition of countries who want isil out of syria and iraq. what is the latest? >> reporter: the latest is we just received the final communique from they meeting. i think the headline would be the remark that the advance of isil is being halted. they do not say it has been halted, but at least they are saying that isil in itself 30,000 rebels are being made to think twice about when they make strategic movements, and i'm sure that the coalition here would go on to say that to that extent they have had some success already. but of course they face a huge challenge, and it's not just the military one on the ground. this commun

pedram javaheri. >>> right now, more on the hostage killed in yemen.korkie, and american photojournalist luke somers was shot by their captors on friday. now, some 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

american luke somers is killed during a navy seal raid in yemen. david martin is at the pentagon with the details of what went wrong. seth doane reports on the typhoon that just made landfall in the philippines, and it's forecast to slam it relentlessly for three days. >> can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> axelrod: after the chokehold. >> sir, ems, com. >> axelrod: jericka duncan looks at the video raising questions about the emergency response eric garner received. and marble in the middle. charlie d'agata on the ancient greek statue at the center of an international tug-of-war. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

guantanamo detainees are released for resettlement a closer look at the attempt to rescue hostages in yemen. assessing one of north korea's most powerful weapons-- the cyber attack. and in our signature segment, risk or reward: raising money online from small investors for start up businesses. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the pentagon announced today that the u.s. has transferred six detainees from guantanamo bay prison this weekend, sending them to uruguay. human rights activists say the six were never charged or given a trial during their 12 years of detention. this is the largest prisoner contingent to

next 60 minutes, killed in a failed rescue attempt, an american and a south african confirmed dead in yemenphoon makes landfall in the philippines, 600,000 people have left their homes for safer ground. from switch board operator to first lady, sim zimbobwai to power. >> i'm having a success story of a homemaker has a real dilemma for the workforce. ♪ we begin in yemen this hour where an american photo journalist and a south african teacher killed by al-qaeda fighters and shot after a rape and u.s. special forces began to free the hostages and from washington patty reports. >> reporter: it was the second time u.s. forces tried to rescue american luke somers and died along south african expected to be released in the coming days and u.s. officials were shocked by the captors and during the raid in the southeast of yemen. >> one of my daughter tells me they tried to kill him and 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 osprey

in late november navy s.e.a.l.s raided a cave in yemen but he wasn't there. president obama strongly condemned the killing say those who harm u.s. citizens will feel the long arm of the justice. danielle nottingham, cbs news. >> meanwhile the militants were planning to free korkie on sunday. the aid group he worked for paid $200,000 for his release. u.s. officials were unaware of the talks before ordering the raid. >>> well, this morning marks the formal end of the war in afghanistan. the u.s. and nato held a flag lowering ceremony today to observe the end of the combat mission. it comes 13 years after the invasion to topple the taliban government. the coalition will keep 13,000 troops in afghanistan. that is down from a peak of 140,000 in 2011. >>> an explosive senate report is due out in the coming days detailing the cia's use of torture on terror suspects in the years after 9/11. this morning there's a debate on capitol hill over whether this information needs to be made public. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, lauren.

military raid in yemen fails.e learning new details about the mission and the victims. >>> also, protests turn violent in one u.s. city as crowds continue to call for change over controversial grand jury decision. >>> welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm atika shubert. let's go straight to the top stories. >>> in the philippines three deaths are being attributed to typhoon hagupit. as the system moves