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Yet from the head of the secret service, mr. clancy or secretary jay johnson? >> not yet but i guarantee we'll get it soon n. the bipartisan way, we'll get the answers and make sure these kinds of things don't happen again. as i've said under my watch, i'm going to make sure the president's family and all of our presidents are properly guarded by the elite of elite. they must not just be reputation. it must be what they're actually doing. >> thanks very much for being with us. i know you'll stay on these subjects. >> i've got a lot. we have new video now. yellow ribbons and growing memorial ...

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, i'm sure you have the same questions how did this happen? >> andrea that's right. first, i want to convey condolences, heart felt condolences to weinstein famil...

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 she's 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 place. if a future hostage is taken how we're going to respond as a nation to protect american citizen...

And weinstein's 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 there's no give on that position u.s. position? >> no andrea. we've heard this time and again. regrets, complaints from many family members. even warnings from u.s. officials that if the family itself sought to pay a ransom for their loved one, they could be breaking u.s. laws. it's a very dicey is tricky si...

This has been a devastating thing that it ended this way. we're very very sad and our sympathies go out to mrs. weinstein and her daughters. >> that was warren weinstein's 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 who's written extensively about the u.s. drone program. mark, first to you.