. >> for the latest on the hubt for the girls, we go to conor powell live in jewelry. hello, conor. >> hello, eric. more advisers are arriving as we speak. british and french troops joined american forces already in the country, but there is a growing fear it may be impossible to find all of the missing girls taken by boko haram nearly three weeks ago. according to a senior u.s. official involved in the search for the girls, they fear that the girls have already been split up into smaller groups and aren't in one large group, making it very difficult to find all of the girls at once, and some of the children could have been sold as sex slaves or as child brides, already, there are reports that two of the girls are dead, having been bitten by a poisonous steak while trekking through the jungle. 53 of the girls actually have escaped, but nigerianomps have routinely issued false statements in this entire process so it's very difficult to know what the truth is. as international efforts beef up, boko haram isn't disappearing into the jungles of northeast nigeria. they launc

conor powell live from jerusalem with more. conor? >> reporter: it isn't clear where or when the video was produce and it does look recent. it appears to show many missing nigerian schoolgirls, about 100 are appearing in this video. in this 17-minute long film the leader of boko haram, abubaka shekau said the girls converted to islam and willing to free them if his brothers in arms are released from nigerian prisons. the girls are seen praying wearing hajabs and clearly are terrified. boko haram has kidnapped women and children before. possibly some of the girls in this video are from other attacks, not just the most recent attack of the fact that boko haram is openly talking about releasing these girls is considered a good sign but nigerian officials said they will not pay ran some to the militants. it is not a clear if press nor swap is on the table. u.s., british and french troops are on the ground in near gia to help coordinate rescue. u.s. troops will not take part in a ground operation to go after boko haram. goodluck. jonathan

conor powell is here with more. >> well, the clock is definitely ticking to find the missing 300 or soigerian girls taken by the islamic militant group boko haram some three weeks ago. already, there are reports coming out of nigeria that two of the girls may have died while trekking through the jungle and being bitten by snakes. the working theory is the girls have been broken up into smaller groups and some may have been sold as child brides or sex slaves to various groups in the region, but as american, bri brit,ish, and french military advisers begin to arrive, the violence in the northeastern part of the country is escalating. boko haram reportedly launched attacks this weekend, knocking out a key bridge to the area, affecting a woman and her children and killing an unknown of people in that area. now, the former u.s. ambassador to nigeria telling fox news sunday this morning that the militants want to destroy the nigerian state. >> it wants to destroy the nigerian state. it wants to destroy the nigerian state because the state is secular. it wants to destroy western education bec

conor powell is live in our jerusalem bureau with more. the pontiff expressing this invitation.cials going to the vatican city to his apartment to pray for peace june 6. >> reporter: pope francis made this trip about peace and bridging divides. he's trying to reach out to israelis and princisraeli -- ano bridge this conflict. he made a lot of news yesterday while calling the palestinian territories the west bank palestine, recognizing it as the state of palestine, saying the waig there is unacceptable. touring en route to bethlehem, he made a stop at the security wall. he pressed his head to the walt, closed his -- pressed his head to the wall. ache * how ar -- eric: how are the israelis responding? >> reporter: he went to the whose caught monument here. -- the holocaust monument and he paid a vis-a-vi -- he paid ao the father of modern zionism. he also stopped to pray for victims of terrorism. the pontiff is trying to recognize the pain and suavin ag of israelis and palestinians. there is a lot of problems and land mines during these discussions but he has been well received in

bill: conor powell is watching the developments. when there are headlines we'll bring them to you. martha: a day of nowrng southern california after a murderous ram claimed the lives of six young people. a vigil held at the campus at ucla with another at u.c. sab *. look at these heartbroken students and their friends. we are hearing how the killer's parents tried to stop him after they discovered his online post but they did not make it there in time. claudia cowan is there in isla vista. it's a somber day there. >> reporter: the chancellor says this should be a day of healing and reflection so no classes. hundreds are expected to come to grieve as a community. one that has seen its fair share of violence. just last month a riot broke out at the annual spring break party. revelers threw bottles and rocked at police. isla vista made headlines when the so-called angel of death david attias drove his car through a crowd killing four. david attias was the son of a hollywood director, they both suffered from mental illness and had trouble making friends. this latest attack targeting co

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we heard from conor powell that there are 30 planes involved in this now. >> i think we ought tolings into a larger counter tir rainfall strategy for north africa which i don't think we have. the borders among the countries are not exactly demarcated like they are on the continent of europe. the terrorist groups can come and go pretty much as they please. i think we need to work with all the governments in the north africa that are capable of doing it and want our help because stemming this terrorist threat is important. it's important for us. people can come from those places and attack targets in europe or the united states. it's a lot closer to europe and therefore to us than al qaeda and taliban are in the hills of waziristan. martha: ambassador, thank you very much. bill: 11 minutes into trading a day after the markets hit record highs for the s & p and the dow. we are looking at possibility that people are starting to consider and think about dow 17,000. >> martha: not too far away. i remember when it was 10,000. big deal that was. 17,000 on the dow. $17 trillion in debt. bill: