department spokesperson mark toner cannot identify the american because of privacy laws he

department spokesperson mark toner cannot identify the american because of privacy laws he confirmed russia's assistance. he also said the u.s. is still working to locate american journalist austin ties who went missing in 2012. >> can you say anything more than what was said in the release, specifically, what led up to it, what was the u.s. officials involvement in it, the circumstances, and where he is now? mark: i will give you what i can say. we have not confirmed the identity of this individual. we can confirm a u.s. citizen was released, but obviously, privacy considerations prevent us from commenting further on the identity of this individual. as john noted in his brief statement, we do applaud the work of our check protecting power in syria, which helped gain access to the individual and also his release. i can say this individual was released in the last few days, just to give you a sense of the timeframe. he is no longer in syria. and, beyond that, i do not have too much else. if you have any other questions, i can try to answer what i can. >> if he is no longer in syria, u

spokesperson mark toner. >> can you say anything more than what was said in the release, specifically, what led up to it, what was the u.s. officials involvement in it, the and where he is now? can: i will give you what i say. we have not confirmed the identity of this individual. we can confirm a u.s. citizen was released, but obviously, privacy considerations prevent us from commenting further on the identity of this individual. as john noted in his brief statement, we do applaud the work of our check protecting power in syria, which helped gain access to the individual and also his release. i can say this individual was released in the last few days, just to give you a sense of the timeframe. he is no longer in syria. and, beyond that, i do not have too much else. if you have any other questions, i can try to answer what i can. if he is no longer in syria, understood, but is he in u.s. government protection or custody at the moment or is he just free? >> in the u.s.? mark: i cannot say that. >> if he was released in the last few days, it is not right to say he was released today. m

state department spokesperson mark toner said the vast majority of violations have been on part of the regime. that's the assad regime. >>> elsewhere, the united states is urging ukraine's parliament to swiftly approve a new cabinet, which is committed to implementing reforms. the comments follow the resignation of the prime minister. >>> we're going to take a short break. plenty more from street streete. plus, a preview of the u.s. trading day with wilt. >>> facebook is kicking off its annual developer conference today. wilfred frost, who puts a selfie or two on facebook, joins us with a look at what we can expect. >> steve, i actually don't put a selfie or two on facebook because i'm not on facebook. but i'm on instagram. i put a selfie or two or five on that. >> i'm sure they all show you looking wonderful. go on. >> well, i'm not so sure about that. anyway, more than 1 billion people do use facebook daily, and the social media giant wants to gain even more engaged customers. ceo mark zuckerberg will take the stage today to talk about big plans rolling out this year. analysts are ex

state e departrtment spokesperson mark toner says the united states is concerned with escalating violence in syria ahead of peace talks planned for wednesday. >> we are very, very concerned about the recent increase in violence and that includes actions we believe are contravention to the cessation of hostilities and secretary kerry expressed this for mr. -- minister lavrov and discussed how to make certain in the next days that every extra effort is made in order to sustain and solidify the cessation of hostilities. amy: these really -- israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has acowowledged israel launched d dozens of strikekes in syria, targeting wt he said wewere suspected armss transfers to the group hezbollah. net now provided a few details about the strikekes. act, act whenen we need to including here across the border with dozens of s strikes mea t o prprevent hezbollah from obtaing game changing weaponry. amy: in brazil, congressional committee has voted to recommend the impeachment of president dilma rousseff as part of what her supporters call an attempted coup by her right-