journalist james foaley and steven sought lauf. that failed and they were both ultimately killed by isis. last month the united states launched a mission to try to save another american journalist who was being held by al qaeda in yemen, luke summers. that mission also failed. luke summers was killed by his captors. a south african citizen was apparently just hours away from being freed because of ransom negotiations. we sent in special operators, both of those hostages were killed. sometimes those raids don t work. sometimes it does work. when it does it s amazing. 2005, army delta force operators rescued an american contractor. who had been kidnapped and held for almost a year. he was rescued about 15 miles outside of baghdad. in 2009 there was the incredibly tense and dangerous and dramatic rescue of captain richard phillips held by somali pilots. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were successful in saving captain