. >> reporter: we found the maiga clan, four families jammed in together in in one brother's house. the extremists who took over their town made life impossible for women, fatima tells me. "we couldn't go out by ourselves," she says. and demonstrates how even way man to accompany them, women had to cover up or face arrest. the maiga family has its hopes pinned on the french army, which along with the mali military is pushing north to drive the extremists out. we asked fatima to call home for the latest news. it's not good. the extremists are reinforcing and no food is getting into the town. down the road, we find the segou school. the principal shows us the list of refugee students who fled the extremists' attack on education. the extremist excuse-- public schools weren't islamic enough. the schools in the north are closed. >> closed, closed, because that's why they are here because all the schools are-- they attended were closed. >> reporter: no one has been turned away and classes here are overflowing. this eighth grader is from the town of gao. "we're not get anything news from t