his name is abubakar shekau, the 40-something leader of the islamic terror group.udly announcing on this video that he and his men had kidnapped the several hundred school girls and plan to sell them as sex slaves. abubakar shekau has actually described himself as a mad man and people who study him agree. >> i think he is one of those leaders that enjoys being labeled a mad man, that enjoys being labeled evil and relishes in this spotlight. >> reporter: in another portion of his 56-minute video, abubakar shekau proclaimed i will kill obama if i capture him. let the corpses decompose he said and begin to smell. the corpses of unbelievers like obama, george bush. and in just some four years, shekau turned boko haram into a ruthless, deadly force that has spread fear across nigeria and concern as far away as washington. >> it has conducted a range of attacks against civilians. it built up a major arsenal of improvised explosive devices. mid and heavy weapons. and presents a notable threat to the nigerian state. and a threat for that matter to u.s. interests in north a

and she forcefully told me that this is not abubakar shekau, that this is another man, that abubakar shekau was killed. now, the nigerian government has in the past made these claims. a lot of people who are experts at studying boko haram say it's simply not true. in fact, we have one man here who's negotiated with boko haram in the past and said it's an out and out lie. victor? >> vladimir duthiers in abuja, nigeria. thank you. >>> happening today, international officials are set to vote on setting a new standard for tracking flights, using satellites and other methods to keep a closer eye on jets, this in the wake of the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. officials from around the world are expected to endorse the move but stopped short of requiring formal changes. >>> this morning there's word another va hospital is being investigated for possible improper scheduling practices. two employees at the durham, north carolina, va hospital have now been put on leave, making it the fourth va facility facing allegations that lists were manipulate manipulated to make it seem vet

the leaders, abubakar shekau - the u.s. government said he's a terrorist and put a $7 million bounty on his head. they try to exploit the income gap. the country is split between muslims in the north and christians in the south. they are in the orang. the south has the rich reserves. by highlighting this disparity and claiming to fight for justice boko haram has grown. in three years, along the way, it's grown immensely and killed nearly 20,000 people. with us is yan saint pierre, the c.e.o. of the modern security consulting group. how is the boko haram organization structured? >> well, fist, thank you for having me. the structure of boko haram is actually fairly stimp. in a sense where it's not properly structured. there's a core group around the leader until his death in 2009, and taken over by the seemingly alive leader. the rest of it is fairly disorganised. we are talking about it as being a label. anyone with interests or feeling philosophical or a mutual interest will join the group. there's a splinter group that has

in the video boko haram's leader abubakar shekau who's said to be flamboyant, clever, mocking launches into karan. these girls you're so concerned with, he says, we've lib rated them. they've welcome muslims, and they're staying withobpus. he is desperate of the news of the girls. he's made the dangerous journey from where they were kidnapped to here. no fewer than six relatives were taken. sisters, niece, cousins. he can't spot them in the video. >> this must be shocking for you to see this. >> this is one of the most shocking moments i ever find myself in. this is inhuman. it is not correct, unfair. there's no need for them to conform them on islam religion. everybody have a right which religion to follow. >> thank you very much. this whole for the of nigeria is boko haram territory. to get around it, you need fire power, lots of it. we had 40 official vehicles packed with armed men to guard us. we're going with the local governor heading to the scene of one of the worst attacks here. it happened last week. it was scarcely reported even within nigeria. this is hostile territory. the

abubakar shekau took over after the capture and ex-execution in 2009 of the founder. nigeria's government launched several military strikes against boko haram. boko haram does not have widespread appeal. >> boko haram is a fringe movement, a terrorist group which has assassinated muslim learned men. it has terrorized communities it is a small group relatively speaking casting a large shadow. >> this months kidnapping of the school girls are recent events in a series of bold attacks on civilian and government forces. nigeria is the largest economy in africa, surpassing south africa, where christians are the majority. boko haram is based in the poverty stricken north. in 2010 boko haram engineered a prison break freeing 700 inmates. the next year it launched a suicide bombing of a united nations building in abuja, the capital. last year boko haram was accused of murdering 65 school boys. in april, fighters targeted abuja, blowing up a bus grader killing 100 people. boko haram has a credibility problem, and so does the nigerian government. >> the biggest issue is credibi

abubakar shekau makes a separate appearance, their leader. in his second video he says he will not let the girls go, unless incarcerated members of the group are released from custody. the government maintained that it does not negotiate with what it calls terrorists. in the capital abuja protesters kept up a sit-in, and are joined by relatives of the girls. a man said two of his nieces were kidnapped and they weren't seen in the video. he said many of the girls are christians and must have been forced to put on the head scarf. he arrived for his identity to be shielded. >> when i saw, i was sad. that is not how our daughters will appear. that means that human rights have been infringed upon. >> there were mixed feelings, whether the government should respond to the prisoner swap, and mixed feelings about the girls. >> i was in between. i'm a muslim. in is limb, there's no composure in religion. it's a personality. >> the education commissioner of borno state where the girls were taken from has told al jazeera the school principal and familie

the fact that this supposed leader of the group, abubakar shekau in this video says he will sell these girls in the market because in his distorted view of islam, it's allah's will, is very scary and i can tell you the parents where the incident took place, their worst fears have been realized. >> can't imagine what the parents are going through, and i know some of them have been concerned about even sharing pictures of their children with authorities because they're worried then about potential retaliation, their child being singled out in captivity. the u.s. is pledging support, maybe possibly sending in the fbi to help. how is nigeria responding to the u.s. offer for support? >> reporter: well, in a speech to the nation several nights ago, president goodluck jonathan welcomed any kind of support that he could receive from the international community. he said he was reaching out to the united states. he said that he had reached out to neighboring countries, cameroon, niger, chad, all in an effort to try to bring these girls home. he sounded confident in saying that he would bring the

. >> the laerd of boek shar, abubakar shekau, is actual a lunatic. he took girls from a boarding school some years ago in northern uganda. both of them use religion. koney claims to be catholic. it's really not about islam than about seizing power, about sex, about taking these young women as sex slaves and cooks to do things the militants themselves don't want to do. >> how incompetent has nigeria been in all of this? >> nigeria has been not only incompetent, but also to the north, brutal. the combination of incompetence and brutality is a bad situation. then their initial response is to lie about it. they say, oh, we've rescued almost all the girls, all but eight. at every step of the way, they essentially ignored the problem. >> what do you say to people who say, look, this is a local issue. these guys are horrible but they don't really pose a threat to the united states or to western europe. why should we care? >> i guess i would say a couple of things. first of all, one of the things we learned in afghanistan when we neglected it is that if you

. >> ikenna has a warning about boko haram and their leader, abubakar shekau. should americans be worried? >> absolutely. and everything he says he will do, he does them. >> reporter: in 2012, he was a young, handsome, ambitious banker, part of the christian minority in the northeastern nigeria town of mubi when masked boko haram gunmen star stormed his church chanting allahu akbar, god is great. >> they came in with guns. they start shooting everybody, everybody inside. >> reporter: what happened? >> they shot everybody in the head. >> reporter: when it was over, there were 13 dead. shot in the face, he was the only one to survive. >> i knew it was over for me. the only thing i could do was to say a last prayer, which was blood of jesus, cover me. and that was it for me. >> reporter: the bullet from an ak-47 blew away his jaw, his lips, and part of his tongue. surgeons in london struggled to rebuild his face. >> i think in london when they showed me my -- they gave me a mirror. yes. >> what did you see? >> a very different person. >> reporter: it was just the

the group's leader is this man, abubakar shekau. a radical idea log who says he enjoys killing. the nijan president, last year, goodluck jonathan, scared a state of emergency in three states where boko haram is strongest. al jazeera found four attacks killed more than 100 students in the past year. in one incident, 32 students were killed at the federal boarding school in the remote town. every building in the school compound was burnt down. the international community has condemned boko haram - the u.s. government calling it a terrorist organization. >> let me be clear - the kidnapping of hundreds of children by boko haram is an unconscionable crime. we'll do anything possible to support the government to return the young women to their homes. >> many muslim organizations called for boko haram to be disbanded. >>> joining me now a felix onure a journalist based in nigeria. there has been outrage around the world about how the kidnap is handed by the government. are nigerians equally angry? >> nijans are very angry. this is the first event of this magnitude. [ inaudible [ inaudi

abubakar shekau has led boko haram in an increasingly violent and brazen terror campaign for five years. zanna mustafa is a lawyer from the north who knows shekau well, and said he is a charismatic leader. >> reporter: he told us shekau is always preaching and is willing to do anything to see nigeria become an islamic state. >> reporter: emboldened by the kidnapping, shekau launched more attacks this week, killing at least 46 people in two villages. officially, nigeria does not negotiate with terrorists, scott, but our source say secret talks continue between boko haram and the government to try to secure the girls' release. however, the ongoing violence shows little in the way of good faith from boko haram, and it's only likely to put pressure on the nigerian government to take tougher action. >> pelley: debora patta. debora, thanks very much. today, thailand's military announced it is seizing power after months of political protest. no shots were fired. the streets of bangkok were deserted. soldiers enforced a curfew. it is the 12th coup in thailand since 1932. computer passwords coul

instead, they returned under the leadership of abubakar shekau, the face of brutality, attacks not stirring or sparing christians or muslims, old or young. he was an intelligent student. people who knew him are afraid to be asserted with him. this man who said he was a classmate asked us to conceal his identity. >> translation: when the teacher was away he would take the lead. generally he was an intro vert. >> reporter: they tried to reach out to the group. a negotiated settlement may have been possible, and the group made dismants. the arrest and prosecution - compensation for the families of dead fighters, and rebuilding schools and mosques. he did not take the talk seriously. today civilian fighters engaged in battling boko haram say the group was well armed. his use of bombers suggest that indicates tactical use of other groups. >> they are using anti-aircraft. >> reporter: boko haram is made up of multiple criminals. people say the government's -- multiple cells. people say the government's level work is chipping away at the cell from within. >>> now, we are going to go back to malawi

. >> reporter: a new hour-long video from the leader of boko haram, abubakar shekau. he says his fighters abducted the girls. he promises to sell them on what he calls "the market." this woman protested against a failure to rescue 270 girls kidnapped by the group. she said she was arrested and detained on the orders of nigeria's first lady patience jonathan in abuja on sunday. she and two other protesters were summoned to the presidential villa to discuss finding the girls. when there the first lady accused them of being boko haram sympathizers and said they were embarrassing president goodluck jonathan, by holding protests. they were taken away by police. they spent the night here at the police station. these angry supporters showed up to demand their release on monday morning. protesters say the first lady had no right to order the arrests. >> what platform is used to say that. we appreciate that the federal ministry of defense, the national security adviso - who are responsible constitutionally on the streets of nigeria. we don't know what instrument or instructor

in june 2013 the state department added abuick c-- abubakar shekau.esignated boko haram and ensaro as foreign terrorist organizations. last week our ambassador met president jonathan and they agreed on the importance of quick action on the u.n. designation of boko haram as a terrorist group. this week nigeria brought this question to the u.n. security council. at the same time, we have been urging nigeria to reform its approach to boko haram. from our own difficult experiences in afghanistan and iraq, we know that turning the tide of an insurgency requires more than force. the state must demonstrate to its citizens that it can protect them and offer them opportunity. when soldiers destroy towns, kill civilians and detain innocent people with impunity, mistrust takes root. we share these lessons with our partners in nigeria, urging them to ensure that security services respect human rights and officials and a culture of impunity while people see the benefits of government and diverse voices are heard and represented in the capital. we have seen some si

terrorist organization, and it's put a $7 million bounty on the head of the leader of boko haram, abubakar shekau. >> pelley: debora patta reporting for us from south africa tonight. debora, thank you. in another important story this evening, a new study says that climate change is being felt today in all 50 states. the national climate assessment mandated by congress said the average temperature in the u.s. has risen by nearly two degrees since 1895, most of that increase since 1970. sea levels are projected to rise by 1 to 4 feet by the end of the century. our team of correspondents is looking into this. first, major garrett at the white house with what the report predicts. >> reporter: heavy weather now and more to come-- harsher hurricanes, hotter summers, longer droughts and higher sea levels. those are the ominous warnings of the new climate change report written by more than 250 scientists and experts, with input from the oil industry. dr. jerry melillo is one of its lead authors. >> climate change is happening now. it is not an issue that you can think about 20 or 30 years into the future

boko haram leader abubakar shekau also appears in the video. he says the girls will not be seen again unless they are swapped for his fighters being held as prisoners in nigerian jails. this is not the first time boko haram has kidnapped young girls. we tracked down hannah, who was kidnapped last year and held hostage for more than two months in a boko haram stronghold in the forest. she says she was beaten regularly during this time for refusing to convert to islam. "they tied a rope around my neck and pulled me on the ground," she said. "while they kept telling me they would slaughter me." hannah was taught how to handle a gun and forced three times to go on raids with the militants. "they took me along with them," she said. "strapped bullets to my back and instructed me to lie down whenever they exchanged gunfire with the soldiers." since the video was released, officials have been showing it to the parents of the stolen school girls to say if they can perhaps positively identify their daughters in it. >> pelley: debora, the nigerian governm

in june 2013 the state department added abuick c-- abubakar shekau. in november 2013 the state department designated boko haram and ensaro as foreign terrorist organizations. last week our ambassador met president jonathan and they agreed on the importance of quick action on the u.n. designation of boko haram as a terrorist group. this week nigeria brought this question to the u.n. security council. at the same time, we have been urging nigeria to reform its approach to boko haram. from our own difficult experiences in afghanistan and iraq, we know that turning the tide of an insurgency requires more than force. the state must demonstrate to its citizens that it can protect them and offer them opportunity. when soldiers destroy towns, kill civilians and detain innocent people with impunity, mistrust takes root. we share these lessons with our partners in nigeria, urging them to ensure that security services respect human rights and officials and a culture of impunity while people see the benefits of government and diverse voices are heard and represen

the most prominent one is abubakar shekau. periodically communicates with the outside world using a video. it was by video that he announced last week that it had been his group that had kidnapped the girls. why is this group focused on the west? guest: it is not so much the west. it is the destruction of the nigerian state that it is focused on. promotesducation secularism, secularism promotes the nation state. the nationstate man's worship, orngs like a national anthem ledge of allegiance to the flag. the worship of anything other idolatrous.s western education that promotes it is evil. the destruction of evil is an end that justifies any means, including the slaughter of .6-year-old 218-year-old boys that episode occurred about two months ago. what is the religious makeup of nigeria and how does that play into what is happening? a big place.a is it is bigger than the russian federation. 177 million. about half the populace is muslim and half is christian. operates isaram overwhelmingly muslim. it would be best to think of b

in a chilling video released, abubakar shekau said he kidnapped the girls because they were getting a western education and announced plans for them. . >> translation: i abducted your girls. i will sell them in the market by allah. there's a market for selling humans. allah says i should sell and commands me to sell. i will sell woman. >>> the united states is offering technical and satellite assistance, but made it clear it's up to the nigerian government to take the lead. international outrage is going, as are calls for a rescue mission for the girls kidnapped in a predawn raid. we are joined by rona peligal, deputy director of human rights watch. good of you to join us. >> thank you. >> we have been on the story for a few days and it's horrifying. you have been on human rights abuses in africa for years. this video, what is it doing putting it out now? >> it's not clear what the motivation is. what we heard on the video rit rates what we know about boko haram. it's an islamist group, seeking to enforce a form of shahhia law, and registering objection to western education, especiall

. >> reporter: when you saw that video of abubakar shekau, what did you think? >> when i hear the story, most of us mothers, we started crying because we have nobody to help us. our daughters have been abducted or captured as slaves. now since that day we cannot even eat. she is pleading let them release these girls. they don't know probably, one of them are born a president, a doctor, a pastor or a lawyer who will be helpful to the country. please let him release them. >> reporter: there you have it, carol, this family is just one family in sheba. there are over 200 families going through exactly what this family is going through, having to sleep in the bush because you are too afraid to sleep in your own beds. whenever they hear any commotion, any noise outside, they run out into the bush. the mother's heartfelt plea to abubakar shekau to please return their daughters to them. at this point, carol, it's not clear if that's going to happen. >> vladimir, thanks so much. we'll continue to follow this story in just 30 minutes, i'll talk with the woman who starred

. >> in the recently released video on monday by the leader of the boko haram, abubakar shekau, he is demanding for the government to release the members of the boko haram sect that have been detained by the nigerian government, and in exchange they are going to release the girls. this sounds outrageous. many nigerians and people in nigeria think that nigeria should not negotiate. the reasons given for not negotiating is it will set a very bad precedent and at the same time it will embolden the boko haram members, and there's no guarantee that they'll follow their own part of the bargain. >> surviving the threat of boko haram is a harsh reality for some residents. we'll introduce you to debbie. she was 12 when boko haram broke into her home and killed her father and brother, a christian pastor. she is heading to capitol hill to convince lawmakers to do more. a warning some of what you will see is disturbing. lisa stark has the story. >> watching her enjoy a spring day debbie seems a happy teenager. this nigerian 15-year-old has seen horrors few can imagine. when 12 she was living with

abubakar shekau is a man who, too, is educated and went to school. it's incredible to me that this same group is waging a war against western education, a group that obviously have benefited from it a great deal, jake. >> isha sesay, thank you. fascinating. so if u.s. officials believe that the girls have been split up, do they also have an idea of where they are being held? rear admiral john kirby joins me now. admiral, good to see you, as always. so about this intelligence that shows the girls may have been split up, is there anything more you can tell us about that and how u.s. officials may have come to that conclusion? >> look, it's a multi-pronged effort to try to figure out where they are. that's obviously the question that everybody wants to be able to answer. we do think -- and we think that they have been broken up into smaller groups. we also don't know where they are. it's very difficult to know where they are at any given moment. that's one of the reasons that we're sending additional planners and advisers down to abuja right now. they c

abubakar shekau said he was going to sell these women in the open market. the fear is that has already begun to happen. >> he openly said that slavery is allowed in his region. he believes in it. in a situation where you're dealing with human traffickers, once, let's say, that has happened to some of these girls and there's been this horrific -- almost unthinkable to even talk about it, once they have sold some of these girls -- the stories are for as little as 12ds, how can they be found at that point? >> i think now it's going to take concerted effort between all these nations that are offering support, france, britain, the u.s., offering technical assistance. it's become a wider issue. you're talking about boka haram, talking about the affiliation with al qaeda in the islamic rim, talking about extremist groups in cameroon and mali. this has become a wider regional issue. the involvement needs to be robust and immediate to get these girls back. >> lola, going and taking a step back, we talked about the poverty and the irony that you do have the capital o

startling proposition that the man claiming to be abubakar shekau in this video, the supposed leader of boko haram, makes in this video. he says that he will release these girls if the nigerian government will release his "brothers," in other words, boko haram members that the nigerian government has imprisoned. for their part, the government seemingly interested, or at least willing to negotiate with boko haram. they say yesterday in a conversation that i had with security services, they say that all options are on the table, they would be willing to consider anything and everything to bring these girls home, deborah. >> using a heinous act to their advantage, interestingly enough. when you look at that video of the young women, there is also a religious component to this. this was a heavily christian area. these girls have now apparently been forced to convert to islam. what about the other girls? we're looking at about 100 of them, but where are the others? >> reporter: it's a great question. u.s. intelligence reports suggest that perhaps some of these girls may have been split up

. >> reporter: abubakar shekau is leader of boko haram.ay he took pride in kidnapping the girls, who may be used as sex slaves. this is not the first terrorist abduction of schoolgirls by boko haram. in at least one other incident this spring, up to 25 girls were taken. sources tell "outfront" boko haram militants also kidnap girls individually from their homes. they are sold and never seen again. the atrocity with the girls, the most brazen in a series of horrific acts by boko haram, which has burned people alive in churches and mosques and carried out other unspeakable attacks. in one attack, militants murdered more than 180 people in one day. one businessman in nigeria telling me after years of thinking of boko haram with disgust and resignation, quote, i am finally scared now, and the president of the country is slow to move. his wife just this weekend was still in denial, telling a group of women the abduction was a hoax, a story created to make her husband look bad on the 'of nigeria hosting a meeting of rich and powerful dignitaries

and this guy here, abubakar shekau, is still at large. so some advancement in the rooting out of boko haram. >> investigation under way, leads in the hands of vladimir duthie duthiers. thanks for that report. >>> hope is fading that any more survivors will be found in the aftermath of that deadly mine explosion in turkey. it's a grim, grim scene in the city of soma. smoke and fumes still rising from this collapsed mine, and that's hampering the rescue. there are 274 known dead, 120 others still trapped under ground, likely gone. let's bring in diana magnay live from soma, turkey, this morning. this is an epic disaster, for mining, for turkey. what is the status of the rescue right now? >> reporter: it is, christine, and the death toll actually has risen to 282. it makes it turkey's worst ever industrial disaster, the greatest loss of life in a mining accident or any kind of workers loss of life in this country. this country now in three days of national mourning and a very deep feeling of anguish and despair here amongst the families. whe

. >> reporter: boko militants led by the charismatic abubakar shekau. nigerians describe him to me as a psychopath. he is a relative unknown, only in charge since 2009 when nigerian security forces killed the group's founder, mohammed yusuf. the question tonight, is one man's responsible for boko's increased exposure, or it is something much bigger? >> a warning experts say the united states needs to take seriously. >> there is no talking logic to them there is no negotiating with them. this is an absolutely horrible beyond definition horrible organization that clearly needs to go away completely. and we have to facilitate their departure. >> father vandenbeusch was one of the lucky ones. he was actually sent home as part of a hostage swap. joining me now the former commander of africa command, the man who oversaw all of africa's actions on the continent. general, great to have you with us. the priest obviously survived this. but how dangerous is this group boko haram? obviously, you're very familiar with them. >> well, erin, they certainly present a ve

i believe has a $7 million bounty on the leader of boko haram's head, abubakar shekau. i was talking to some sources in nigeria today, and they were saying they very much hope that if he is found, he is taken alive, because there are so many questions about whether this group is getting a lot of funding from al qaeda, or all kinds of questions that no one knows the answers to quite yet. is the goal to have him taken alive? and are you surprised with a $7 million bounty in a country where a lot of people earn less than $1 a day that no one has given any information? >> well, erin, i think the challenge here, there is many unfortunately terrorists that we have put out rewards for justice programs on. and in the millions of dollars. and there are people who are still out there. i can't tell you why there is not more information, they haven't been found, obviously. this is something our law enforcement authorities work on every single day. and obviously, this case and how horrific this case is raising more attention, and we're certainly hopeful we'll receive more informatio

the leader of boko haram abubakar shekau says he prepared to return them in exchange forç captured militant's clearly been following the international concerns surrounding his hostages, expressing bemusement at the outcry of the plight.ç the streets of the capital of borno state are not safe. there have been suicide bombings and attacks by boko haram here and they've recently targeted the outskirts of the city. i've come to maiduguri to talk to this man, the governor of borno state who's been dealing with this crisis since day one. i asked him for his reaction to the latest video. >> reporter: the governor believes that as borno's levels of impoverishment, lack of by the central government that has allowed boko haram's violent radical ideology to find followers. i wanted to see if this crisis had damaged girls education and unannounced we dropped into a local school. the spontaneous reaction spoke volumes. the reaction here amongst these girls to a completely unannounced visit by the governor just shows you how important they feel their education is. >> we like to come to school because we

as for abubakar shekau, the current leader, he's been on the leader of u.s. officials since he came to power in 2009. last june, the u.s. put a bounty on him, offering a reward of up to $7,000 for information leading to his location. carol costello, cnn, new york. >> i want to briting in cnn's chr kristiana amanpour. i want to talk about what they can do in the future, how big they've become, and given the fact it's been a year since they announced thread new strategy, are they now being considered more serious and really a force to be reckoned with? >> firstly, the kidnap of the eight girl has been confirmed. we're waiting to figure out details. in terms of boko haram and what their aims are, they're playing them out. what they need is help, the government needs help, in surveillance, in figures out an actual strategy. because even the u.s. over the last few years, even special representies from the state department, have said while we stand ready to help our ally nigeria fight this threat, what happens is that the nigerian government, according to the unite

and what the supposed leader of boko haram, abubakar shekau, said on that video, as you said, chilling, disgusting, saying that he would sell these girls in a human market because this is what allah wanted him to do in his distorted view of islam. this is the parents' worst nightmare. for the last three weeks, they've been telling us that they had feared that their children might be trafficked into neighboring cameroon, chad or niger. in fact, they said that they had seen convoys filled with young girls and militants in those trucks on the road leading from nigeria into cameroon, and now this is their worst nightmare, john. >> you say it's the parents' worst nightmare. it should be the world's worst nightmare as well, selling young girls. vlad, the united states now talking about possibly sending fbi help to investigate here. how's nigeria responding to these offers? >> reporter: john, the nigerian government has been up front. just a few days ago, president goodluck jonathan said that he welcomed any kind of support that he could get from international leaders. in fact, he had reached

startling video released yesterday, which purports to show not only the leader of boko haram, abubakar shekaue looking at all options to secure the release of these girls. kate? >> let's continue the conversation and focus on the video and how to get those girl backs. with me, retired general, a cnn military analyst and former commanding general of the u.s. army intelligence center. spider, let's lay ought, once again, where we're talking and why it poses such a challenge to finding these girls, not only talking a month later. we're looking at a map of nigeria. the two capital cities, lagos, and when the girls were taken from. is it all over nignigeria? >> no the all over nigeria, where is this presence and also their ability to touch. >> the fear. >> that's all over nigeria. you got it, and expanding throughout the world right now. we're talking about it. in terms of physical presence, it's primarily in the upper two-thirds, most importantly in the northeast which is really the desert region of nigeria as compared to what you see along the coast, the oil exploration, where that takes place.

in june 2013 we decided to add abubakar shekau boko haram's officially star wars for justice program for the $7 million reward for information leading to his arrest. in november of 2013 after implementing earlier steps in going on our long record of security cooperation and shortly after nigeria and the united kingdom made their own designations we also designated boko haram as a terrorist organization. our approach reflected our evolving assessment of boko haram's threat potential of the utility of sanctions of different types and their close coordination with partners. significantly a nigeria have been reluctant to seek international attention for the boko haram requesting the al qaeda regime. some make a difference we contained have concerns that corruption and human rights russians particularly those forces that have operated in the northeast continue to undermine governments attempt to defeat boko haram militarily. given these concerns we continue to press the government of nigeria to demonstrate protecting civilians where boko haram is not in this mean sending entity for human

led by abubakar shekau, it has now bombed three major cities in three weeks. killed more than 200. it struck the capital last month, and on the same day, it kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls, parading them later on this video. nothing more has been heard from them. but boko haram's bombing campaign has echoed through nigeria. its president condemned this attack as cruel and evil, but its government and army are struggling to contain the violence. and reports this morning speak of a deadly massacre in a remote village with more than 20 people killed. the u.s. and other countries now deeply concerned that nigeria simply cannot control boko haram, which appears to be able to strike in this country at will. back to you. >> just horrific there. bill neely in nigeria, thank you. >>> president obama is meeting this morning with eric shinseki. the embattled secretary of veterans affairs. his department has come under fire at v.a. hospitals blamed for dozens of deaths. general stanley mcchrystal will join us here in studio with more on this. >>> candidates across the country are celebrating