night in yemen. u.s. officials say v-22 aircraft raced to a remote region in eastern yemen. about 30 commanders from s.e.a.l. team 6 and combat medics began hiking to the compound where luke summers and south african korkie were being held. just yards from the target, dogs began barking. the s.e.a.l.s were spotted. a firefight erupted. with aircraft keeping watch, the s.e.a.l.s battled the terrorists. u.s. officials say one terrorist ran back into the compound, shooting summers and korkie. the u.s. did not know korkie was there. it was a desperate 30 minutes on the ground. the medics tried to stabilize both critically wounded men. they called for the v-22s to land as close as possible, but one hostage died on the aircraft, the other back on board a nearby navy ship.
president obama was announcing a new defense secretary mr. ash carter. reporter: the desperate rescue mission was a go. defense secretary chuck hagel monitored the high-risk raid. no rescue mission is ever recommended to the president by any of us on the national security council unless there is a complete, thorough internal review of intelligence, of what we know, also what we don t know. reporter: it was the dead of night in yemen. v-22 aircraft raced to a remote region in eastern yemen about 30 commandos from s.e.a.l. team 6 and combat medics began hiking to the compound where somers and south african pierre korkie were being held. just yards from the target, dogs began barking, the s.e.a.l.s were spotted. a firefight erupted with aircraft keeping watch, the s.e.a.l.s battled the terrorists