Barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostages captors to what was going on. During the firefight that then followed, u. S. Forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. It is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u. S. Forces were transporting them away. U. S. Intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. He has since been identified as South African teacher pierre korkie. A char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. To discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr. , political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. Obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the New York Times this mo
Divisive part of life. the verdict was hard to understand. but i hadn t seen all the details. but it s sad that that race continues to play such an you know, kind of an emotional divisive part of life. calls into question what needs to be done to heal to get the country united again. and as they mentioned, and i agree, there s been tremendous progress based on race. but these incidents show there needs to be more. this morning, there is backlash over the failed raid to save the life of photo journalist luke somers in yemen. the navy s.e.a.l. team 6 team got the green light to rescue him, but as we report, things quickly took a turn for the worse. senior administration officials say friday night navy s.e.a.l.s landed about two miles from the target, secretly approaching a cluster of
Attempt and the death of american hostage luke somers in yemen. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the president approved of the rescue mission knowing the time was short. friday night, dozens of navy s.e.a.l.s landed two miles from the target as fighter bombers and drones circled overhead. the commandos reached an isolated cluster of buildings and military officials say as the s.e.a.l.s closed in on the building, a gun battle broke out. killed 6 to 9 al qaeda captors. but somers and a south african hostage were discovered gravely wounded, apparently shot by their captors. the two were airlifted offshore, but both died of their wounds. for more on how the u.s. handles kidnappings. let s bring in retired army colonel jack jacobs. and with a welcome to you, colonel. in the attempted rescue of luke somers, anything the troops on the ground could ve done differently?
Barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this morni
Luke somers in yemen. somers and one other hostage died during the rescue attempt. senior u.s. military officials telling nbc news that two dozen navy s.e.a.l.s in two helicopters were involved in this operation. the s.e.a.l.s exchanged gunfire with a small group of al qaeda fighters. somers and a south african hostage were evacuated alive, however, later died of their wounds while en route to a u.s. navy ship. defense secretary chuck hagel in afghanistan today addressed the rescue mission s difficulties. this mission, which there will be more detail forthcoming, was extremely well-executed. it was a very dangerous and complicated mission, but like always in these efforts, there s risk. somers, a photojournalist, was abducted in yemen s capital of sanaa back in 2013.