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mark of the hierarchy. >> did the white house want him dead or alive. >> our preference would be to capture, detain, debrief and prosecute them. >> u.s. officials say ga dan wasn't targeted. >> and the us what did not go through the official legal process needed to approve the killing of an american. the white house says that was because they did not know he was inside the al qaeda compound at the time of the strike. >> thank you so much. joining us now republican senators james rich of idaho, a member of the intelligence and foreign relations committee. have you been briefed on these american deaths and if you have how long ago did you hear about all of this in. >> the answer to the question wolf is question. how long ago is classified at
contact with them. other parts of the government are as well. including the fbi of course. but this is the reason we're doing this inter-agency review to see what we could do better. we've reached out to 82 families of either former hostages i think going back about 20 or so years. so they can play a role in the review to give input as to how things could be done differently. remember bowe bergdahl the u.s. sergeant. he was released as part of a trade, prisoners, taliban prisoners suspected terrorists at guantanamo bay freed in exchange for sergeant bowe bergdahl. there's some suggestion that warren weinstein should have been part of the deal. why wasn't he? >> these are sort of separate issues when we talked about bowe bergdahl he was an active duty member of the military. that these people that had been released from guantanamo went through this inter-agency process where everyone signed off. all members of the national security team signed off. they could be released and we could get bowe bergdahl home. but i would caution people that they weren't being held by the
>> haven't seen much of that yet, wolf. this past week. it's been most lay local event. but certainly as we saw in ferguson because this is attracting a national attention, that you have the possibility of having outsiders coming in. that's why the state troopers are now going to be there to help back up the police there and i should add real quick on the conversation we were just having. the police commissioner there, mr. batts, i dressed this earlier in the week. he said the other prisoner in the transport van claimed he didn't see anything unusual during the drive. weren't speeding they weren't driving erratically. that's what the interview from the other prison anywhere the van, i'm not sure whether or not that holds, whether or not he said you know today's press conference that they were still looking at something that happened during that ride. so we don't know exactly if there's something else that's turned up that has gotten their attention. >> is it problematic that there are so many separate investigations now under way by the police by the city by the state and the federal
critically endangered which has made rogerio fiercely protective of this species whose venom may one day benefit us. >> if you lose the species you are losing the chance to save human life. there are more things related to you than you can imagine. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> diana, i think you need to follow up that story with a visit to snake island. i know how scared of snakes you are. >> i don't think so. >> you prefer the rodent to the snake, correct? >> i will do a snake and a rat before i do a cockroach. >> oh, it's the bugs that get you worse. >> cockroach island is not for me. >> if i go to snake island i'm wearing a medieval knight suit, not like dan harris. i'd wear chain mail. >> i'm surprised dan wasn't wearing the space shoe. like head to toe. he seemed way too comfortable in deadly snake environment. >> i think on my feet i would feel better with some steel.