he was taken hostage. his life was clearly in danger. of course, have to take responsibility for any action or inaction, or inaction. that we didn't take. >> u.s. government and military sources stress there was no way the hojz were wounded in the cross-fire. they were shot by al qaeda in a last desperate act. chris? >> thanks for that. now let's bring back our panel. brit, as catherine noted, al qaeda had threatened to kill this american journalist, luke somers, some time this weekend. any problem with president obama ordering this raid given the fact that both of the hostages died? >> well, it's regrettable that both of the hostages died. and there's some reports that have indicated the south african hostage was going to be released, so that makes that particularly tragic. but i give the president credit for tlig noo-n these instances.