any other narrative to do boka haram is difficult to capture because boka haram and it's inner circle are very, very difficult to find right now. >> their ability to communicate with the media is hammered by their now do you knowed a communicationsing, they stopped uploading things to youtube which they did at one point and now, they hand over video communications to certain intermediataries who pass it on to journalists. so they their strategy has changed over time and it's become more sophisticated. >> one of the things before may have -- boka haram may have learned is sometimes silence speak louder than words. the government hasn't said much but done most of the talking. boka haram hasn't said a thing, and it's controlling the narrative. our global village voices with their take on the coverage of the story in nigeria. some information is misrepresented. it's wrong and a lot of times, there is no information. everything in nigeria today is in the pretext. soo negative information. you see issues like these. the reality increasing the outrage with protests of the country. we think t

and boka haram is a reaction to that and westernism itself. how has that aspect and poverty played into the groups like boka haram. >> with all due respect to that person, i don't necessarily believe that. in the south, for example, you have educated people who are christian, who are muslim. it's not really about colonialism. i think in that particular region of nigeria, there's a lot of poverty. it's the poorest area in nigeria, about three times the amount of poverty in the northeast than there is in the south. i think boka haram emerged from a mixture of political, social and ethnic that decisions that have given rise to a group of men who feel emasculated, disenchanted, plus they also have their own way of leading which is somewhat different from the rest of the country that's connected to the government. i wouldn't say it's colonialism, but i would say it's a mixture of social and political issues that basically have left a void for these people to emerge. >> what they want is to take over the government and restore a taliban-like governm

>> boka haram are extremists. they don't understand islam. they are abusing the name of islam. >> and no surprise here. she fully supports the bring back our girls campaign. >> ever get lost in traffic? i certainly have to admit. that is the reason a man ended up. the incident sent the white house into lock down. more on this, let's go to white house correspondent for the full story here. sounds like we should actually feel sorry for this driver. >> when we first heard what had actually happened, i thought oh my gosh, i could see that happening to me. you're new in this town. you have got traffic circle and you can get a little turned around. it was -- you know, a little bit disturbing. you have the white house and the entire he was around a traffic

so instead of randoming rounding up men it will actually take on boka haram itself. >> has boka haramame out and made any specific demands? >> i think there are a couple of things. the head of it is very flamboyant i think that is, that's why he made his extraordinary video secondly he is trying to make sure that girls don't go to school and that is one of the tragedies here. no loving parents are going to send their daughters to school. the fear is that the daughters will then be kidnapped and sent to slavery. i guess finally he hopes that he can ransom them off and make some money off of this. and the impunity in northern nigeria. >> it's just sickening. your heart goes out to the girls and their families. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> up next, it's a common theme making headlines lately. should someone's personal feelings on controversial issues matter? we will explain next. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms..

boka haram's violent insurgency is already spreading across borders. kidnapping and attacks are common in neighboring countries and the group appears to be well armed. finding these schoolgirls and stopping boka haram are realry regional problems. today, other schoolgirls, not far from the town where the kidnapping took place still went to class. the desire to learn in a battle against fear, even as tfate of girls just like them hangs in the balance. stephanie gosk, nbc news, cameroon. >>> in this country, the cdc tonight is investigating a second case in the u.s. of a mysterious virus we first reported on here a few weeks back that until creptly had been contained in the middle east. it's called mers. it's more lethal than the flu, though the first patient in the u.s., in indiana, has now sufficiently recovered and left the hospital. this new patient is in the state of florida. federal health officials are trying to calm any fears about the possible spread. we get late details tonight from our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: the

but in this region, few places are safe, and boka haram keeps slipping away. stephanie gosk, nbc news on the cameroon, nigeria boarder. >>> still ahead, the battle in tornado ally after an awful disaster, so many calls for emergency shelters, what we found when our cameras went back and the high-stakes decision that has an american champion and millions of supporters breathing a little easier. >>> tomorrow marks one year since that awful devastating tornado in moore, oklahoma as the death toll grew and following word two schools had been hit, a lot of people wondered where were the storm shelters. a year later they arrebuilding one of the elementary schools with a storm shelter, but there are more than a thousand schools across the state without one, and there's a battle over that getting changed. our report from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it was an ef-5, 210 mile per hour winds. plaza towers elementary didn't stand a chance. >> it is, like you see, completely destroyed. >> reporter: 9-year-old christopher legg was among seven children who died here when

>> how do you feel when boka haram speak out against girls and women getting an education? believe that this cannot be an islamic state. it has to be an islamic movement. islam encourages knowledge. >> reporter: they keep praying for peace. since the girls were seized, more than 450 have been killed in bach attacks. the call to bring back the girls alive will continue. will ross, bbc news, abuja. >>> let me take you to delhi now. historic talks between the newly elected prime minister far wren da modi and mr. sharif. relations between india and pakistan have been taking a nosedive, especially since the terror attack in mumbai in 2008 in which 166 people were killed. no details have been given about what the two men have been talking about. with me to talk about more of this is dr. rude rick chowdhury from kings college in london. there has got to be great symbolism in this. these are not exactly friendly nations, hostile nations. >> i think it's a hugely welcome initiative on the part of the new prime minister, not only because it's unprecedented. i think for two points. on

boka haram is against western education. the government insists despite the uncertainty over the number of girls cities milling it's doing all it can to find them and go after boka haram? >> unfortunately, ig it is far from the truth when they say that government insurgency is a failure. >> the families of the missing girls and their supporters are worried. the girls may never be found. >> various government and security agencies are involved in trying to find the missing girls, which may be contributing to the confusion over how many are missing. nigerians are demanding a coordinated response to the ab duction from the authorities. he von, digi. >> joining me is jon campbell. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> your initial thoughts on the kidnapping? >> well, the first question i have is: who did it? the chieftan or the war lord that is most often associated with boka haram, a person by the name of abubukarshakaw has been silent. >> that's against their mo. they usually claim responsibility. >> on the bus stat

the phrase boka haram translates to western-style education is forbidden.eria over the past five years resulted in all of the schools being shut down in the region where the group is most active. they are opposed to western-style education for anyone in nigeria but particularly for girls. the only reason the chebok school was open after that bomb blast was to let students take their final exams to try to get into university. but a day after pulling off the bombing in the nation's capital, boka haram fighters descended on the school in huge numbers, set the school on fire and took off into the jungle with more than 300 teenager girls from the school. several dozen of the girls escaped the first night as they were taken into the jungle. more than 270 of them are thought to be missing. it is three are weeks now after the abduction. this disturbing video shows the head of boka haram happily saying he will sell them on the open market. it is not the first time he made an appearance like that in a video. almost a year ago the same leader of the group released ano

that's the prime demand of boka haram. them up for nothing, unless somebody can persuade them to do that. it depends on the power of intermediaries and negotiation. they're facing three unpalatable choices here. one, it does nothing so the girls are basically lost. that's politically unacceptable and morally unacceptable. they're coming up with pressure from daily marches in ab buj gentleman. two, they do an armed rescue. it's a blood bath. people will die. three, well, they negotiate their way out of this, perhaps when the lens of media, world media is not so much on them. >> the forest where we think they are is a huge area. do we know if the actual surveillance equipment being offered internationally could have led to this pinpointing in terms of the sophistication of the equipment made available now to the nigerians. >> the technical capability is there. the americans have provided a slow-moving aircraft that can move slowly over the area. you can see that's the last video that is from days ago now. i doubt very much t

boka haram, he says, is not islam. he says that message is a part of his prayer every single week, especially to young people. he tells them boka haram is bad for them and bad for cameroon. the defence ministry says this is what they are up against, a cache of weapons it claims to have seized near the nigerian border. just last week, boka haram attacked a nigerian village killing hundreds. evidence of what the militants and their swaggering leader are capable of in a region that parents have seen their daughters still alive are still so afraid. stephanie gosk, nbc news, cameroon. this was another deadly day in ukraine as the crisis in the eastern part of that country goes on. at least six ukrainian soldiers were reported killed in an ambush when they came under attack by pro-russian forces outside a village in the region of done yefk. a former leader of israel is going to prison. he served for three years. he was heavily involved in the middle east peace process at the time. he was sentenced to six years today for acce

we heard the president talking about boka haram. hillary clinton also at an event this week, she was asked about these kidnap pings in nigeria. let's listen? the seizure of these young women by this radical, extremist group, boka haram, is abominable, criminal, it's an act of terrorism, and it really merits the fullest response possible. >> she has faced some criticism from republicans who say, well, then, when you were secretary of state, why did you refuse, the justice department, pentagon, cia wanted them labeled a terrorist group. the state department said no. fair criticism? >> they got a lot of criticism and really prodding from folks on the hill wanted to designate them a terrorist organization. their response is, if we do that, it would elevate this group and gave them a profile and prochl nens that it hadn't had before and might give the nigerian government leeway to interact and go after this group in a way that would sort of over reach. you have seen that from the nigerian government already in some instances. i think thi

attacks by boka haram is constant in this part of nigeria.appened in chibok put the world on notice. in here is where the girls were sleeping when armed man in what they describe as military uniforms came to their dormitory gate and told them they had come to protect them. the girls started to assemble in the yard as ordered to. they didn't realize who the men really were until it was too late. >> we enter this lorry. >> this girl managed to escape, too fearful to show her face, too fearful to come back. >> big lorrie. >> they came with a big lorry. >> with one or more. >> seven. >> reporter: residents here tell us this raid was effectively a shopping trip for boka haram. over 200 girls dragged from their beds to be sold off as bounty. a message that the militant group's edicts on female education must be heeded. but a way, also, for big men with guns to make money off terrified girls. >> if it's in chibok, i'll never go back again. >> you'll never go back to school because they made you afraid. >> yes. >> reporter: before they left, they des

. >> boka haram has carried out another attack. at least 150 people were killed by militants who stormed the area. and now nigerian police put up a reward. >> they stormed the local market, firing indiscriminantly, firing into the crowds, sending people fleeing into the bush. and really, it was an attack that took place over 12 hours we are told. and at the end of it, some 150 people were dead. they have only now returned to that area. so afraid and now they have come back and what are they finding? they are. >> horrific details. there are police efforts, or there is supposed to be. there is reward money. they say they have dispatched helicopters and search planes. why haven't we seen any results of their efforts. boka haram has killed 1500 people this year alone. it is isolated from the capital. there is a huge forested area that is believed that militants have used as their base. and it is so dangerous that we keep hearing that nigerian military don't want to get into it. so, there are a lot of logistical challenges on the ground

a vast space where the bok boka haram spent most of their time and are based.ody really knows. >> that's as big as yellowstone park. it's enormous. >> yes. >> that opens the question. you know the terrain. is it feeble for a military operation from washington if we get troops over there does that make a plausible campaign for them to go into the jungle testify never been into and the world of languages they do not know seeking out a group of people they don't know what they look like. i wonder if it''s feasible. >> they have to do it from above. an aerial way in, of looking at things. that particular region borders other countries as well. we are not just talking about forests. they could have escaped into countries. it's a difficult mission. they are dealing with terrorists. they won't walk in and the guys will say, here you go. it is a ricky situation. >> your views on the this. tell me how you go into this thing. >> you go into it, number one, and say this is another story in a long line of history around the world of how we see people, particularly islamist

attacks by the islamic militant group boka haram are pref rent hear.armed when in what they describe as military uniforms came to their dormitory gate and told them they had come to protect them t. girls started to assemble in the yard as ordered to, didn't realize who the men really were until it was too late. this girl managed to escape. she's now too fearful to show her face, too fearful to go back. >> reporter: big lorry. >> yes. >> >> reporter: was it one or more? >> seven. >> reporter: trucks, motor bikes. residents here tell us this raid was effectively a shopping trip for boka haram. over 200 girls dragged from their beds to be sold off as bounty, a message that the militant groups edicts on female education must be heeded, but a way to make money off terrified girls. >> if it's in chibok, i'll never go back again. >> because they made you afraid? >> yes. >> reporter: before they left, they destroyed everything they could, textbooks, the library, the laboratory, their attempt to forever shutter this school. elizabeth mary of france, members of

anothertac by boka haram. some parents are accusing the government of abandoning their daughters. al jazeera has the first international journalist on the ground in the area where that kidnapping occurred and the people are outraged claiming the abductor never happened. >> a traumatized mother, ester still has not come to terms with the ab deduction of her 15-year-old daughter. she thinks it is a bad dream she will awake from. her daughter is among the 270 girls taken by boko haram fighters. more than three weeks on, they remain missing. >> i prefer they should come into my mu house, burn my house, that would be better for me than taking my daughter. if they take my life, i think i am satisfied rather than to take my daughter. honestly, i am not happy at all. i just feel like indicating myself. >> pain is shared by most of the families in this once vibrant community. for them, life will never be the same. government officers were set on fire by the attackers but the sharpest pain was here at the girls' secondary school. >> a month ago, this school was full of life. hundreds of gir

she says her mother still receives threats from boka haram.hat deborah says she doesn't want to go back to nigeria fearing what awaits her if she returns. she's 15 years old, so soft spoken, seems like she has the world ahead of her. she's been here for nine or ten months, her faith is herky. >> uncommon resolve to be able to discuss things like this that really could paralyze her. >> you can see she has that trauma when she speaks about the story. but putting a face to the 276 girls just like you from the same village are still not with their families, still captured by boka haram. >> good reminder. still out there. just because you don't hear them reported on as often, doesn't mean the danger is any less. >> we'll take a quick break here. when we come back, someone who actually could help these girls, secretary of state john kerry, the layout of foreign politics criticized and weakened and ineffective. what are we going to do about it? the secretary of state joins us next. [ female announcer ] you never know what might be out there. the ambu

boka haram burning these people alive in their shops.s this exactly mean. there were eight girls that were again abducted just this week from bore know state. people wondering how the president is going to be able to end the terror threat. broke co-haram seems to be able to attack with impunity across nigeria. 1500 people killed the first three months of this year in boka haram-related activity, kate. >> this has been going on since 2009. why many people think it's time to get help from the outside. as we mentioned, the u.s. is now sending help to nigeria including a team of military experts. more details from barbara starr at the pentagon. what is the pentagon saying of how they believe these military experts being sent in are going to be able to help. >> reporter: a senior u.s. military official told me a short time ago they are talking about sending intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assistance to the nigerians. what does that mean? it could mean satellite imagery, could mean drones flying overhead, the kind of high-tech he

fear this morning that boka haram's reign of terror may be intensifying with news of another viciousgirls, ages 12 to 15 snatch friday their homes at gunpoint sunday night from the village of row want by. this coming with international outrage over the kidnapping of more than 200 girls last week. >> we want our girls back now. >> families, avoiding talking to the media out of fear for their daughters' lives until now. these parents of two missing girls speaking exclusively to cnn saying they want the world to know about their suffering but have asked that we conceal their identities to maintain their safety and the safety of their daughters. the father scoffs at the government's statement that the military has been deployed to search for the girls. >> the federal government, all the rulers are playing with we parents. they are looking at us as if we are fools. >> reporter: pure agony is what they felt after watching boka haram's video. its leader taking pride in kidnapping the girls he claims he'll sell. translating for his wife. >> most of the women, we mothers we started crying bec

boka haram is on the run and on the rise for years. i put a letter out several years ago calling for a crackdown on the boka haram. it is a foreign terrorist organization. it's important that the united states designates it as such as it is now. we root out terrorism wherever it is. i think earlier we push against these radical organizations the better. i think more could have been done a couple years ago to help prevent this. this is on the rise and it has to be quelled. >> right now it sounds like you're satisfied with the obama administration's response thus far? >> we have to continue to push back. this is something again, where this isn't partisan, we all have to work together. it's national security. >> congresswoman wasserman schultz? >> in 2012 it's important to note the obama administration designated a number of the leaders of boka haram as terrorists and now have sent personnel and military advisory assistance. and the people on the ground from the united states who are going to be able to provide technical and specific inte

this its capital where boka haram's radical ideology was born.ment, the group grew more violent and ruthless, kidnappings becoming common. >> take them to the bush and they force you to join. >> reporter: the informants heard of shadowy links to al qaeda, trained in sudan and somalia. they claim to know exactly where the camps are in their area. but for the most part they say, the government has failed to act. similar to the accusations that nigerian forces were warned in advance about the chibok attack. >> they will use them, they will use them to negotiate with the government about those of their members that have been detained by the government or to use them as human shields. >> reporter: they've seen their friends slaughtered. they know the group will show no mercy. arwa damon, cnn, nigeria. >> hollywood stars and others continue to stri to raise awareness on those kidnappings in nigeria. sylvester stallone, harrison ford, wesley snipes walked the red carpet with their signs bring back our girls. they're in cannes promoting expendables 3. he

it's quite possible that boka haram has separated these girls, correct? >> absolutely. could be in multiple locations and boka haram, because of those multiple locations are going to have an increased demand in terms of their ability to maintain the security of these girls in these different locations. it becomes a stress in terms of boka haram maintaining command and control, connection with their different elements that have these different pockets of these girls if, in fact, that's confirmed. >> we know, of course, the u.s. doesn't negotiate with terrorists. that was initially on the table with negotiating with boka haram. they said no, we won't do that. you mentioned drones and aircraft. what else, tactically speaking, can the u.s. troops do? and how much can we trust nigeria to help? >> brooke, the answer to your second question is not much. it's not -- first of all, it's not a significantly professional military. i would imagine that corruption exists throughout the breadth and depth of that military. >> right. that's why i asked. >> you're looking at a society th

we know nigeria has been dealing with boka haram since 2009.nged this situation do you believe? >> you know, kate, this is an issue that's dogged this administration going back to al shabaab, the somali al qaeda related terror group, that they also waited and hadn't designated. i don't understand it. there's no downside from the u.s. government's perspective to designating them. in fact, there are tools that then become available to them to prohibit travel, to prosecute cases of material support to those who may profound money or training or weapons. there are tools at their disposal that come with the designation, there's no downside. look, this isn't -- boka haram is not the first one, al shabaab was also criticized. i don't understand why they're still dealing with this. >> when you talk about no downside, some of the concerns we've heard is the administration was hearing from both nigeria, even the former u.s. ambassador to nigeria, there was concern the designation would serve as a recruiting tool, make the u.s. more of a target of this te

en el vÍdeo el líder de boka haram dice que no las librarÁn hasta que sean liberados los miembro de susiones a - fueron obligadas a casarse con sus secuestradores. vamos a venezuela, con equipos antimotines, gases lacrimÓgenos y balas de goma, intentaron liberar a los manifestantes respondieron lanzando piedras y botellas, y devolviendo las bombas lacrimÓgenas que usaban contra ellos. la violencia en tamaulipas mantienen a sus pobladores con el miedo de que los peores dÍas aÚn estÁn por llegar, este fin de semana 9 personas murieron. entre los fallecidos figura uno de los fundadores del cÁrtel de los zeta. >> nueve muertos es el saldo de una nueva jornada violenta en tamaulipas, al oeste de mÉxico, la guerra por el control de los cruces fronterizos ha dejado en el Último mes una centena de asesinatos relacionados con hechos violentos. >> este vÍdeo muestra la capacidad de fuego que los grupos criminales han adquirido, armar capaces de derribar un helicÓptero tipo black hawk. >> los agresores utilizaron rifles, ademÁs de granadas de fragmentaciÓn. >> en los enfrentamientos el fin de sema

the government said they would crush boka haram. instead what we have seen is 200-plus girls are missing. this without a doubt undermine it is nigeria government's claims they can beat broke ha haram. >> you let me understand, in pakistan which has been in insurgency for more than ten years, there's been insurgency for the last ten years . >> cnn is doing its part to put pressure on the nigerian government to help these girls. even as nigeria is bowing to pressure and finally accepting washington's offer to send help, new details are trickling out about other terrorists snatching other girls. gunman going door-to-door rounding up eight girls between the ages of 12 and 15. we're now hearing from the parents of the abducted girls who have been afraid to speak out. let's head to nigeria's capital and check with cnn's vlhave duthier sufrnlths. >> reporter: we're learning more about what this reign of terror is like that boka haram since 2009. we spoke to a family who risked their lives to come forward and talk to us because they want the

it's been more than five weeks since the girls were taken by boka haram.arbara starr live at the pentagon. what can you tell us about these troops in chad? >> reporter: the pentagon is saying these troops are there to help with the search. certainly there are tantalizing hints that the search is beginning to become more focused. the 80 u.s. troops in chad will be split, half operating an unmanned, unarmed predator drone searching for the girls missing since april 14 when they were abducted by the insurgent group boka haram. the other half providing security for those troops. the predator drone may be joined by this manned surveillance aircraft which has already been used but recently has been grounded for maintenance. cnn has learned the u.s. believes one potential scenario, some of the missing school girls are in northeastern nigeria and others may have been taken into surrounding countries. a senior u.s. official tells cnn, quote, it's possible based on some intelligence, but adds, we just don't actually know where they are. there has been no verified in

teenagers age 16 to 18 taken from their school at gunpoint by the militant islamist group boka haram and not seen since. another eight girls were reportedly abducted from a their village homes. >> we want our girls back now! now! >>. >> there is little sign of any part on the effort of nigeria's government and military to get them back. >> the hope of finding my daughter, our daughters lies in the hands of the government. and the security. from now on, we cannot do anything algeria correspondent. >> concerns they have come out on to the streets today and they are marching to the chief of defense staff office, on nigeria security services to try to finds hundreds of missing girls from the northeast. many of these people feel the nigerian government ought to be taking the lead. >> a large group of girls were taken from chibok kidnapped from a village close to a known boko haram stronghold. they believe girls have been put in groups of 2 to 3 and taken them in the forest. >> the leader of boko hor a.m. meaning western education is r forbidden has intentions to sell them into slavery. >>

the kidnapping of hundreds of children by boka haram is an unconscionable crime and we would do everything return these young women to their homes and hold the perpetrators to justice. >> nicholas christoph joins me now. thanks so much for being with us. explain to our audience, we've been covering this last week as well, the horror of this, which is finally becoming noticed around the world thanks to you and others the horror of the fact that so many girls were taken from the school by a group that is dedicated to shutting down girls education and that they have been potentially sold and now today the leader of the group says that allah is saying sell these girls, this is the mission. >> it's a horror at so many levels, for these families who -- these girls are the brightest lights in their communities and in an area where female literacy is less than 50%, these are the girls who are triumphing in high school and on a road to become nurses and doctors and teachers and now they are being sold for $12 each to become the essentially sex slaves of militants. it's a horror in another level and

muslims in nigeria are praying for the safe rescue of the stolen girls, condemn whatting they call boka harama. as the bring back our girls rallying cry is being heard around the world today. supporters in nigeria and london are carrying signs with the names of the escaped girls letting the ones who are still missing know they've not been forgotten. joining me now from atlanta is news correspondent with the greo.com, and we have with us on the phone from the nigerian capital of abuja. he first tweeted out the hash tag bring back our girls. >> we were having trouble with your connection, so i want to make sure we get to speak with you. tell us about the story of how this hash tag came about and how you began really what ended up flowering into an international movement. >> thank you. i think hash tag -- it was first tweeted from the 23rd of -- >> i thought it was. >> and asking to those of the -- and it would demand for the -- ask how in the cab of bring back our girls. >> and just in case the connection was difficult to understand, you know, what he was discussing was a speech that was taking

. >> the seizure of these young women by this radical extremist group boka haram is abominable, criminal, an act of terrorism and it really merits the fullest response possible first and foremost from the government of nigeria. the government of nigeria has been in my view someone derelict in its responsibility towards protecting boys and girls, men and women in northern nigeria over the last years. >> first lady michelle obama also weighing in, tweeting this photo and the message. y see her holding the sign bring back our girls. >>> protesters surrounding one of the most iconic hotels, the beverly hills hotel. the pink palace as its own are owned by the sultan of brunei. among punishments, being stoned to death. the reaction has been one of outrage. ellen degeneres has tweeted she won't be visiting the hotel bel air or beverly hills hotel until this is resolved. the management adds that the law has nothing to do with them of their staff. as you saw, one of the most recent stars to come out is jay leno. >>> the republican controlled house has voted to hold a former top officials at the i

international community to create a relief fund to support young women who have been victims of boka haram, the terrorist group claiming responsibility for kidnapping more than 1250 girls d250 girls three weeks ago. he says he will -- the leader says he will sell the girls for sex. hostage negotiators are being sent to nigeria. >> reporter: i was there yesterday as california senator barbara boxer announced the senate passed a resolution condemning the abduction and calling for the safe return of the girls. some members of congress want the u.s. military to intervene in nigeria but as of now the white house says that option is not on the table. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama is headed to california for another visit. tonight he's scheduled to attend several events in the los angeles area including a fundraiser for the democratic party and an event at the holocaust history foundation at the university of southern california. then tomorrow evening the president will travel to the bay area to attend two fundraisers in silicon valley and on friday w

people fried for the missing girls abducted in borno state by boka haram. reports suggest the girls have been sold to fighters from the group. >> south africa's political parties are holding final campaign rallies ahead of elections on wednesday. the supporters of the national african congress have been gathering. the opposition party, economic freedom fighters were holding final rally in pretty other i can't. tanya page is there. we will hear from her. first, at the african national congress in johannesburg. >> a tough crowd to please. supporters want to know why there are corruption allegations in the ruling african national congress. they want to know why there is poor service delivery. some people in the 90,000 stayed annual. some say the speech was boring. the president carried on. he promise today create jobs. he promised to tackle corruption in the ruling african national congress. he promised to deal with the land issues. he says that he will try to work hard here to make sure more land is redistributed to landless black south africans. zuma knows h

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boka haram, the group behind the kidnappings is showing no sign of freeing the girls. first lady michelle obama is one of the big names lending support. she tweeted our prayers are with the missing nigerian girls. florida secretary of state hillary clinton is calling the kidnapping an act of terrorism. malala yousafzai is calling the kidnapped girls her sisters. she offers a message saying never lose hope because we are with you. >>> other celebrities like amy poehler and chris brown are winning support on twitter. bring back our girls is a worldwide social media campaign with more than a million tweets being published using that hash tag. meanwhile nigerian police are offering a $300,000 reward for information leading to the rescue of the kidnapped girls. the u.s., china, canada have offered to help free the girls. >>> secretary eric shinseki is facing calls for his resignation after claims that veterans have been mistreated at va hospitals. let's get right to tracie potts in washington. shinseki indicated he is not going anywhere. what is he doing about these allegat

. >> now one of the girls who escaped and who spoke exclusively to cnn telling us boka haram militantsleast seven trucks to carry out this abduction. president obama has directed his administration to do everything it can to help the nigerians find the kidnappers and return those 200-plus girls to their families. >> there are times i want to reach out and save those kids and am having to think through what levers, what power do we have at any given moment. >> tough task. >> countries around the world are hoping to help in this effort, trying to determine how they can help. the president was in los angeles. back in washington, the big question facing members of his party are the democratic lawmakers. will they join a new committee created by republicans to investigate the 2012 benghazi attack. we'll check in with cnn's candy crowley coming up next. >>> i'm private gonzalez assigned to 226 signal code in afghanistan. i'd like to say hi to my mom in garland, texas, happen many mother's day. i love you, miss you. i'm doing great, and i'll call you. when he agreed to cosign r his daughter's

white house spokesman jay carney condemned the boka haram group monday saying the fbi is offering toin a video released yesterday the boka haram leader bragged about the crime and called the girls slaves. he said by allah i will sell them in the marketplace. >>> the obama administration says climate change is hurting americans and the pain will get worse. the government will release its newest climate change this morning. meteorologist megan glaros of our cbs station wbbm is at the white house. she will interview president obama today. all right, megan glaros, good morning. are you ready? >> reporter: good morning. i am ready. yes, we're going to be talking about the first climate assessment that's been released in five years. so i will speak to the president regarding that. and as well what we can do about it, whether the weather is already being impacted by global warming. and with that we have another risk of severe weather today in the plains from the northern plains down to the southern plains. it will begin to ramp up into tomorrow as we see that thunderstorm risk really revvin

you know, boka haram, they are checking their twitter account s. they are seeing what's happening in social media and what's happening worldwide. and george will obviously doesn't understand that. brit hume doesn't understand that. they're sitting there in the studio saying these darn kids, what are they up to? it's just crazy. it's just ignorant at a certain point. >> to george will's point, the federal government is actually acting. the u.s. government has sent people on the ground, we're monitoring we're actually looking at the air space around and looking for the girls. so it's not an either/or raise awareness. when we've gone through periods of crisis, we both raise awareness and have the government act. it's a skruj mentality. you know what, it's terrible to pay attention to girls who were kidnapped in africa. >> let me tell you, one thing i like is when people in power, michelle obama is in power in a sense, when they get everybody involved. >> yeah. >> i think it's so important. whether it's mothers against drunk driving. you think about th

. >> boka haram has carried out another attack.people were killed by militants who stormed the area. and now nigerian police put up a reward.

department of justice and our intelligence agencies would have had far greater ability to act against boka haram remains an open question whether it would have been prevented the terrible kidnapping of these school girls. >> jonathan, thank you so much. >>> there is a key vote that's going to happen this afternoon on capitol hill. happening right now, the house right now laying the final groundwork for a select committee investigating benghazi. my next guest has advice for the committee from his own personal experience. david bossie is the former chief of the house oversight committee. david, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> one of your first keys to success in this piece that you wrote is the number of people who would actually serve on this committee. why is the number so important? >> well, first of all, gretchen, the larger the committee, the more unwieldy, the more members you have, the more questioning you have, which breaks down -- normal course of business, you have five-minute rounds to be able to question. it's not very effective if you're trying to fact-gather in a congressional h

. >> the leader of boka haram, abubakar shekau, is actual a lunatic. to look at someone like him, we look at joseph kony he took girls from a boarding school some years ago in northern uganda. both of them use religion. kony claims to be catholic. it's really not about islam, but more about 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 in general, to the north, brutal. the combination of incompetence and brutality is a bad situation. then their initial response was to lie about it. they say, oh, we've rescued almost all the girls, all but eight. and, you know, 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? >> you know, i guess i would say a couple of t

boka haram, syria, russia? those are going to be the issues. i'm not questioning her health. what i'm questioning is, is whether or not it's a done deal she's running. she would not be human if she did not take this into consideration. she'll be 69 at the time of the 2016 election. if she gets elected and serves two terms she'll be 77. >> reporter: hillary clinton only recently admitted she's considering a run for the presidency but insists she's not made any firm plans. >>> president obama is angry about problems that the nation's -- at the nation's va hospitals. as many as 40 patients at the phoenix va hospital pause have died because of delays in treatment. the dayton dayy spp news says it may be much higher. >> the president is madder than hell. i've got the scars to prove it. we're going to get to the bottom of those things, fix them and ensure they don't happen again. >> there are allegations of schemes to cover up delays in at least eight cities one va official sat down friday and there are calls for the va secretary eric shinseki to resign. >>> futures trading suggest