will allow other americans and ka canadians still being held in the area. otherwise, you're condemning them to certain death. >> we've seen all the options. we've seen the danger with all of them. here you have the possibility of collateral damage. you strike somewhere, you have no idea they were there, you kill an american and an italian. we had a rescue effort in yemen that killed a south african hostage. well the assault happened. he was killed by his hostage takers while that happened. you had a failed attempt for james foley and other hostages in syria. it's difficult to get right. jason, today the president took full responsibility for this even though he didn't order this particular strike. he apologized for it. how much of an intelligence failure is this or are these circumstances -- is there an element here that these circumstances of hostage taking are so difficult that mistakes happen when you're attempting to get these people free?