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rebecca: everyone we spoke to seem to agree withhis. he says the residents need jobs recreational alternatives, and most of all, better schools with more access to early education. baltimore is such an important city to our region. when somebody says what do we do to fix this, are there any answers that can be tangible? >> i don't know if we will make the commitment. let me start with the problems. the president mentioned we cannot all the police responsible for everything and i agree. this problem has been around for a long time. president johnson started the war on poverty. as you can see, not much has changed in 50 years. in this area of west baltimore we have a large concentration of poverty. that is the difference in a lot of areas. you have schools that don't work, kids out of work, people who cannot find jobs, it creates a culture that is hard to break out of. there has not been the commitment to address that. rebecca: you say you have to find more jobs for the kids, more recreational opportunities but yoyour focus is on educatio

. >> we're proud and very ling t appreciate today to speak withhi the panel of some of the administration's most knowledgeable and senior figures handling this crisis. appearing before the nd subcommittee once again is nisha biswal. assistant secretary of w state forg south and central asian affairs.e she's just returned from nepal. we're very much looking forward to hearing about your findings there.admini we're also grateful to hear fromoini thomas staal of the bureau for democracy conflict and humanitarian u assistance. also joining us is jonathan this stooifers. great to have you here. assistant administrator of the bureau for asia. this is his third time before the subcommittee. f we are very glad that you keep coming back, that we haven't scared you away. that's good. and finally ann sslswitkowski. the subcommittee gives sincere thanks to the panel for their hank y insights this afternoon. for and i'm going to start with ms. biswal. >> thank you so much for this important and timely hearing on nepal. ranking member connolly and members of the committee, it is but tragic that the i ear