as president and as commander in chief i take full responsibility for all our counter terrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovanni. reporter: president obama at times emotional, apology for the accidental deaths of two hostages including an american held by al qaeda since 2011. maryland doctor warren weinstein and giovanni la porte toe were inadvertent victims of a drone strike meant to hit an al qaeda compound. as a husband and as a father i cannot gib to imagine the anguish that the weinstein and lo port toe families are enduring today. i realize that there are no words that can ever equal their loss. reporter: u.s. intelligence confirms the men died january 14th in a strike that also took the life of ahmed if a ruk, also an american. the white house offered few details about the action declining to say where and when the strike took place and why it took three months to tell the american people. senior intelligence
as president and as commander in chief i take full responsibility for all our counter terrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovanni. reporter: president obama at times emotional, apology for the accidental deaths of two hostages including an american held by al qaeda since 2011. maryland doctor warren weinstein and giovanni la porte toe were inadvertent victims of a drone strike meant to hit an al qaeda compound. as a husband and as a father i cannot gib to imagine the anguish that the weinstein and lo port toe families are enduring today. i realize that there are no words that can ever equal their loss. reporter: u.s. intelligence confirms the men died january 14th in a strike that also took the life of ahmed if a ruk, also an american. the white house offered few details about the action declining to say where and when the strike took place and why it took three months to tell the american people. senior intelligence