aircraft was lost. the commander approached the compound the hard way. the only way to judge the mission's success will be the final analysis of the materials that were gathered. the pentagon said that a number of women took part in the fighting. back to you. >> shannon: jennifer griffin. thank you for the update from the pentagon. >> bill: let's go inside the committee room. senator orrin hatch is taking questions. just drop in on this real quick. >> there is no excuse for what they did yesterday and no excuse for them not coming today. we notified them and they just plain -- a cheap political ploy. they should be ashamed. they should be ashamed. >> bill: for two days in a row the usually reserved orrin hatch has been rather outspoken. today he calls it a political ploy. yesterday he said he was tired