during their visit, ambassador power, thomas greenfield and represented vast met with transitional president-- president samba-panza, and french peacekeeping forces and members of civil society to express our continued and unwavering determination to end the violence and support the reestablishment of legitimate government. we pledged to work with the government and the international community to help her administration. in response to a request we will specific work to restore the local log enforcement, transitional justice and accountability capability to and in purity which has contributed to continued violence against civilians. we are pleased that several countries in the region, the world bank, the european union, and other development partners have come forward to help finance basic government services, and support alternative work programs that would help a c.a.r.'s citizens back to work. while we commend the leadership of the african union and the efforts of the african union force with support from the french, we also agree with u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon assessment that a

so for example the assistant secretary, linda thomas greenfield was in nigeria in december working with the nigerians in relationship with boko haram long before this incident. so there has been ongoing cooperation between the united states and nigeria. could there have been more, should there have been more, absolutely. i think this is a horrific act and i'm hoping that the international outrage that has happened because of this will really mobilize international effort so we can put an end to boko haram for good. >> i know you're calling for the nigerian government to come up with relief funds for others who are suffering as a result of boko haram. congresswoman karen bass, thank you for joining us and helping us raise awareness for the terrible tragedy in nigeria. >> thanks forhaving me on. >>> now to a possible break in the ukrainian crisis. after meeting on wednesday russian president vladimir putin announced that russian troops had pulled back from their position he inon the ukrainian border. postpone a referendum on independence for ukraine's eastern regions that was set for sund

assistant secretary of stateñr for african affairs linda thomas greenfield, thank you forÑi joining us for having me. >> give meñr your best assessment as of this evening of where the girls are. >> i wish quoi tell you where the girls are. i don't think we have an answerÑi to that and i know the nigerians don't have an answer to that. they have been missing for more than 24 days. an i think the question that everyone has is where, where are the girls.xd >> ifill: there has been some speculation that they have been split newspaper different locations. >> we have heard that speculation, that some may have been taken across the borderçó into neighboring countries or maybe in different locations inside of nigeria, in the forest and also in some small villagesment but again, this is all based on rumor and information that we've to the been able to confirm. >> everybody from your boss, secretary of state kerry this morning to the president of the united states has said the u.s. will do all it can do. what can the u.s. do? >> we will do all we can do. and the president has instructed us to do

in coming back, linda thomas greenfield and i met with our counterpart, and we are all working to tryto figure out what particular role can the u.s. play in addition to what other countries are doing to help ordinary citizens enjoy the basic public safety that they used to enjoy in bengi and other cities and towns. >> last thing, mr. ambassador, you said pre-genocidal state that your last appearance here. is genocidal now? >> mr. chairman, we really have not considered the question whether it is genocidal or not. the fact is, horrible atrocities are taking place and we know that at least 2000 people have died. i do not think it matters what word we use. but the situation is horrible, and we're doing everything we can to reverse it. >> i appreciate that. i do think it matters but i respect the difference. ms. bass? ok. >> i mean, i can ask. >> they have not called it yet. >> i know that there is going to be a call for vote soon. so we know we will be interrupted but anyway, i will get started. i'm real concerned about, as i mentioned in my opening comments, about the displacement of th

we are also today having assistant secretary thomas greenfield who is with secretary carry meet with the african union to discuss the deployment of additional african troops from rwanda, and we hope that that will take place very soon, and we are positioned to move those troops quickly. .. but at the e.u. presence will go from 100 at present to 500 present so that will bring us up to close to 9000. >> military plan is the pentagon and the u.n. said that is a sufficient force with a robust mandate to bring some peace to these people who suffer? >> let me answer the question differently mr. chairman. spin terms of displaced members we have seen the number declined from 500,000 to 200,000 which is not to suggest that the situation is not atrocious and the removal of the muslims and the light of the muslims continues to those numbers so i don't want to be misleading but the fact that the number of internally displaced people is declining i think shows the french forces are having impact and we get these police trained we are hopeful those numbers will be sufficient to restore security. i

to the united nations samantha power and assistant secretary of state african affairs linda thomas greenfieldthey'd mayor second visit to the c.a.r. in a span of four months. ranking member bass participated in the delegation's visit and witnessed firsthand the dire conditions in the country. their visit ambassador power, assistant secretary greenfield and representative met with transitional president, commanders of the african and french peacekeeping forces, and members of civil society, to express our unwaveringnd determination to end the violence and support the reestablishment of legitimate government. we pledge to work with the government and the international herald mtion.elp in response to her request, we tol specifically work reestablish local law enforcement, trance is al accountability capabilities to end impunity which has contributed to againstd violence civilians. we are pleased that several thetries in the recent on, world bank, the european union, and other development partners, to helpe forward finance basic government alternative support work perhaps that would help put c.a.

this is not my area that this is what i heard from people there. , linda thomas greenfield and i met with our allterpart, and we are working to try to figure out what particular role can the u.s. play in addition to what other countries are doing to help ordinary citizens enjoy the basic public safety that they used to enjoy in bengi and other cities and towns. ambassador,g, mr. you said pre-genocidal state that your last appearance here. is genocidal now? airman, we really have not considered the question whether it is genocidal or not. horrible atrocities are taking place and we know that at least 2000 people have died. i do not think it matters what word we use. but the situation is horrible, and we're doing everything we can to reverse it. >> i appreciate that. i do think it matters but i respect the difference. ms. bass? ok. >> i mean, i can ask. >> they have not called it yet. >> i know that there is going to be a call for vote soon. so we know we will be interrupted but anyway, i will get started. i'm real concerned about, as i mentioned in my opening comments, about the displ

we are also today having assistant secretary thomas greenfield who is with secretary carry meet

. >> linda thomas-greenfield, good to know you're on this.> thank you for paying attention to this story. >> bottom line, get those girls home. let's take a look at more of our headlines. 11 minutes after the top of the hour. the nato chief is telling the situation in ukraine the gravest crisis to european security since the cold war. overnight ukrainian forces killed five separatists and briefly retook a key city council building before rebels regained control. now they're calling the timing of the upcoming election unusual, raising question they could challenge the results. >>> an fbi agent is being detained in pakistan. authorities there say he had ammunition and a pistol magazine on him while trying to board a plane. officials say they are working to resolve this situation. the agent is there in pakistan to help with an anti-corruption program. >>> we're seeing the first image ofs a teenage stowaway as he's merges from the boeing of the 767. the security video shows him climbing down, walking shakily on the tarmac. we're still wondering h