US Navy Seals rescued American hostages from Somalia on the day of the state of the Union address by Barack Obama. Mat Lauer from Today Show reports:

In America, President Barack Obama congratulates the team of US Navy Seals who carried out the daring rescue mission to free two hostages held in Somalia on a job well done. In Britain, we are treated to the sombre spectacle of the body of a British bodyguard murdered by his captors in Iraq finally being repatriated to his grieving family, four years after he was abducted on the streets of Baghdad.

About a dozen Seals parachuted from a US Air Force special operations plane to rescue Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted from their Somali captors

Isn't that strange, this has not been much on the news: US Navy Seals rescued American hostages from Somalia