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Buildings to shoot the hostages, as they were approaching. they made every effort they could to save them. life-saving efforts on the ground, life-saving efforts in the helicopters on the way away can from the attack site, but they lost both the hostages. so, so close, but, listen, these operations are always extremely risky. the captors have all the cards and once they had lost that element of surprise, that appears to have doomed the operation. >> and colonel reece, there really is no turning back once you lose that element of surprise, right? they have to continue forward or make adjustment...

Former prosecutor who is now a law professor at george washington university. good to see both of you, gentleman. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. so the nypd officers will now apparently have a three-day retraining period on the proper use of force when engaging a suspect and that includes the de-escalation technique. so, tom, you first. how might that make a difference? >> well, fred, in the first place on that topic, you know, police officers on the street, having been one for six years before i became an fbi agent, are probably the greatest psychologists in the land when it comes to ...

Potential mission? >> well, fred, i guarantee you right now, those operators, that commandment staff, that battle staff that just ran that, they are going through every step of what they conducted. they will look at everything. and they're really looking to see where the surprise was lost and they'll go back and try it again. this is a battle drill for these operators. they'll do it all the time. so they'll just want to take a look at the entrance fee to see what it is, and they'll keep tweaking that until they get it better. >> colonel james reece, thank you so much. jim sciutto traveling wit...

Winston, the accuser and other witnesses came and testified in front of a former florida supreme court justice. gave their take. winston gave his account through a very graphic statement. he denied any wrong doing that night when the incident occurred. and i'll read part of the statement what he said to you. he said i did not create a hostile, intimidating or offensive environment. in the short period of time that we were together, the accuser had the capacity to consent to having sex with me. and repeatedly did so by her conduct and verbal expressions. winston went on to say rape is a vicious...

And it's clear in this statement this morning, fred, that president obama is clearly feeling the weight of that responsibility. he made the call yesterday and today in a statement, he reiterated that it's his highest responsibility to protect american citizens. fred? >> all right. thanks so much, at the white house. i want to talk about the risks of these hostage rescue raids and what's involved in these military operations to this magnitude. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is in afghanistan with the defense secretary, chuck hagel. and lieutenant james reece joining me no...