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Yet from the head of the secret service, mr. clancy or secretary jay johnson? >> not yet but i guarantee well get it soon n. the bipartisan way, well get the answers and make sure these kinds of things dont happen again. as ive said under my watch, im going to make sure the presidents family and all of our presidents are properly guarded by the elite of elite. they must not just be reputation. it must be what theyre actually doing. >> thanks very much for being with us. i know youll stay on thes...

Recruiting a bunch of individuals. >> according to the president, they were not targeting these two men. they did not know they were there. >> no. according to the white house press secretary, they were not. they tarthsgeted the compound but were not sure who was there. they denied having knowledge of the two hostages weinstein and lo porto. >> thank you for that. chris coops joins me now. senator, thanks. as a member of the committee, im sure you have the same questions how did this happen? >> ...

Other others saying unfortunately the assistance we received -- we hope recent months will finally prompt the u.s. government to take responsibilities for hostages and their families. does she have a point? >> mrs. weinstein is a strong individual. what shes gone through no one should have to go through. our prayers are with her. i hope we can learn from this episode and how to keep americans working abroad safer. i think we have to have a strategy to prevent this from happening in the first pla...

And weinsteins deaths lie entirely with the terrorists. the italians not taking this opportunity to be at this stage sharply critical of the drone program and saying it was in fact the responsibility of the al qaeda militants who were holding the italian national and dr. weinstein. >> and theres no give on that position u.s. position? >> no andrea. weve heard this time and again. regrets, complaints from many family members. even warnings from u.s. officials that if the family itself sought to p...

This has been a devastating thing that it ended this way. were very very sad and our sympathies go out to mrs. weinstein and her daughters. >> that was warren weinsteins neighbor meredith mccain. weinstein was one of two hostages, one american one italian mistakely killed. this is the first time this has ever happened. medal of honor recipient, colonel jack jacobs and correspondent for the new york times whos written extensively about the u.s. drone program. mark, first to you.