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Have an increased risk of having a weekday car accident. data out of virginia showed teens who started school at 7:20 in the morning had a 20% higher crash rate than teens who started school at 8:45 a.m. welcome back. breaking news to share with you. american photojournalist luke somers held hostage by al qaeda for over a year was killed in yemen yesterday during a rescue attempt by u.s. commandos. two dozen navy s.e.a.l.s and two helicopters were involved in the operation. somers and south african hostage pierre corky were evacuated alive but died of gunshots believed to be from their captors. joining me now is eric schmidt who s been covering this story. eric, with a welcome to you, i understand that you today spoke with the chief of yemen s national security bureau. what exactly did this mission look like? well, what he and u.s. military officials said was he ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20141206 17:02:00

They lost the element of surprise at the last minute and that s when the bullets began firing. one terrorist ran inside the compound and shot the hostages. a u.s. medical team spent an entire hour on the ground trying to save somers and corky. one died on a u.s. ship, the other died on the way to the ship. what are u.s. officials saying about the timing of this rescue mission? reporter: this was a direct authorization by president obama himself, made here yesterday at the white house, and he explains a bit why he made such a risky move, really pinning it on that 72-hour deadline that was given to u.s. officials by the terror group and he says that in the statement this morning, he says that luke somers was in imminent danger. now, members of the administration reacting this morning, calling it murder. this morning in afghanistan, here s secretary of defense, chuck hagel. our prayers and thoughts go out to the somers family. ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20141206 17:01:00

And a warning every parent needs to hear. dangerous and deadly drugs you probably never heard of, that are killing kids across the country. why these drugs are so popular. hello, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. let s get straight to the top story. the u.s. hostage rescue mission in yemen that did not go as planned. we re learning brand-new details about the operation. here s what we know right now. the pentagon says a team of about three dozen commandos, mostly from s.e.a.l. team 6, tried to rescue american photojournalist luke somers and south african hostage pierre corky from their captors. members of the terror group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. officials tell cnn a firefight broke out soon after the sales came to the compound. ....

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