Well tell you what thats all about and why its not so insane and why it just might work. Lets get to it. And good thursday afternoon to you and yours. Terrorist s threatening to sell girls again prove how bloodthirsty they really are. We have learn bd a new brutal attack in nigeria this which they report lid kill 100 people and possibly more, set their homes on fire and shot them when they ran from the flames. This word comes as the United States sends a team to nigeria to find the nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school. Its a case thats now getting wild attention. First Lady Michelle obama tweeted this picture to raise awareness with th the bringbackourgirls. To do that the rescuers will have to find them first, something to be an enormous challenge. Theyre holding the girls in a remote forest, one notorious for giving cover to terrorists so much so the local papers call it the evil forest and niger krahn troops refuse to enter it. Well show you where it is. It looks like willing almost nothing and thats the point. This is the forest reserve. This whole forest is about the size of the state of virginia. Its full of thorny brush six feet high in some places and filled with dangerous wildlife. Local reports say two died from snake bites and 20 are reportedly sick. Even if they find these girls theres no guarantee they can get them out safely. The terrorist group known as boco haram has reportedly beheaded leaders in the past and hes a proud killer. Says, quote, i enjoy killing anybody god commands me to kill like i enjoy killing chickens and rams. Whats the status of u. S. Assistance over there, wendell . Well, shep, secretary of state kerry says the team is hitting the ground now, about 20 people from the state department, the fbi skilled in hostage negotiation and diplomacy. Th theres no mention of a team going in. It was suggested no effort short of an assault will be spared to get them back. We are also going do Everything Possible to counter the menace of boco haram. The entire would should not only be condemning this outrage but should be doing Everything Possible to help nigeria in the days ahead. Kerry said the kidnappings will focus world attention on the dangers posed by boco haram. Shepa shepard . There is some sort of a dustup or some are asking about Hillary Clinton not willing to designate boco haram a terrorist group. Whats that about . A number of lawmakers pushed for the designation when she was secretary of state, but it wasnt made until john kerry took over as secretary. Pretty Goodluck Jonathan who met with the president at the white house in 2011 is said to have opposed the terrorist nation and two months later they bombing them. About two dozen people were killed. Last night mrs. Clinton criticized jonathans government for not doing enough to protect itself people. The Nigerian Government has failed to confront the threat or to address the underlying challenges of poverty, lawlessness and despair in marginalized northern niger jan areas. All of this demands a strong response from the people and government of nigeria. Mrs. Clintons critics say the delay in declaring boco haram a terrorist group kept the u. S. From fully addressing the threat it posed, although Goodluck Jonathans rights record would have kept him from getting military aid. Lets continue. Were bringing in tim furnish. He has a doctorate in middle eastern, african, and world history. Sir, nice to see you. Thank you. Youre welcome. Not a worldwide problem but its a worldwide talk now. Dwlou begin doing something about this group . Well, shepard, i think the first thing that has to be done is the context in which it arises. Boco haram is quite violent but its not new in terms of ideology. There have been similar ones going back 200 years and in this way theyre trying to recapture the glory of what they see is the previous rulers of nigeria. And the basic basis of their anger is over the fact that these girls are getting some sort of western education. Thats the ostensible reason, yes. Going back to when the british took over the area, there has been a conflict over the northern half of nigeria which is predominantly muslim, the southern half which is predominantly christian, and many parts of the northern part of nigeria, many of the inhabitants there have always been opposed to what they see as secularized westernized godless education. Thats certainly a key element of whats been going on here. Religion versus religion since time began. Its astounding. I wonder if you have a thought on whats the best way to penetrate this. Theyre trying to figure out,000 rescue these girls. History tells us thats going to be mighty hard. It is going to be difficult, especially as you pointed out earlier theyre in a very remote part of Northern Nigeria that they know better than anyone else. I think one thing that might be useful if the United States tried to bring in other islamic countries that have quite adept counterterrorism, counterintelligence networks, for instance, like egypt or a country like that. I think that might be a plausible alternative to u. S. Troops on the ground there. Yeah. Nobodys talking about sending in troops, but i wonder if there if you have a sense for how it is that you might get to these girls though because thats what the whole world wants now is go in and get them. From the looks of the forest which is the size of the state of west virginia, its going to be as hard as finding that plane. Maybe harder. Theres no black box there unfortunately. Yeah, as you point out, shep, i think its not going to be just hard. Its going to be impossible. I think if this group and their hostages, with their hostages dont want to be found, i dont think they will be found. So im not quite sure what u. S. Forces will do to help with that. Im frankly not either. So good to see you. Ing their you very much for coming. Tim furnish liven with us. Youre welcome. Monica lewinsky said shes had a tough time dating since the scandal that led to president clintons impeachment. But in a recent article she opens up about her social life, what she thinks of the clintons now, and why Monica Lewinsky says she finally decided to break her silence. Monica lewinsky, brandnew photos and a whole new line of thinking. Thats just ahead on Shepard Smith reporting. Why do results matter so much . Its probably because they are the measurement of everything we do. For a wireless company, results come down to coverage speed and legendary reliability. So go ahead, stream, game or video chat. Thats why verizon built americas largest 4g lte network. Because the only thing that really matters are the results you get. So for the best devices the best network and for best results, use verizon. Monica lewinsky now says it may surprise you to learn shes actually a nice person. Her art cal called shame and survival is out today. She writing about her then affair with president clinton, an affair she calls consensual. She said her life has been far from easy ever since. Monica lewinsky writing every day im recognize. Every day. Sometimes a person will walk past me again and again as if i wouldnt notice. Lewinsky writes even though she was a foolish 24yearold at the time, she put it, she never thought it would turn out the way it did. She says, i look back now, shake my head in disbelief and go what were we thinking . Id give anything to go back and rewind the tape. Do we have a sense . She said its time. At 40 its time to stop tiptowing around her past and other peoples futures clearly referring to the clintons here. She said that in Hillary Clintons 2008 president ial campaign she remained reclusive and shes fearful if clinton makes another run. Still lewinsky claims the timing of her article is not about her versus the clintons saying, quote, their lives have moved on. They occupied important global stations on the stage. I wish them no ill. And i wish that people would understand that what happened to me does not matter to either of them. She ice saying clinton not only blamed her but blamed him for the affair. Its been an impressive run for Monica Lewinsky. She goes overseas, gets a very impressive ed karks and yet the normal things of life like getting jobs and finding love are difficult because of all that. Thats right. She said this if did not let this define her but she was so young when it happened she didnt have an identity to fall back on. She said she was disappointed that even people from the feminist movement werent there to back her up. She said, i wish there were some sign of support from the anymore nift camp. Lewinsky says in the time since the scandal its not kept her from dating, though. She said, quote,er man that has been special to me over the 16 years has helped me find another piece of myself. She does have to be careful with men and she says shes become pretty adept at figuring out when somebody is interested in her for the wrong reasons. I bet she has. Jon hamm on the cover. Good stuck. Thank you. Syrian rebels say they leveled a once Luxurious Hotel in a deadly attack on Government Forces. The video out of aleppo happened today in that Northern City that has seen some of the fiercest fighting throughout the war. They say the blast felt like an earthquake. The rebels say they killed 50 soldiers in the attack and the Government Forces were using that hotel as a military base. Other video shows whats left of that building now and theres not much. They report lid blew up the hotel by packing explosives in tunnels beneath it. Activists say more than 150,000 people have died since this war began more than three years ago. Investigators are now saying someone intentionally set fire, a deadly fire at a former tennis stars mansion in florida. The star is james blake. He wasnt there, but weve gotten 911 calls out. And what investigators say they found on the victims heads, a very strange story which took a weird turn today. Stay with us. That died at a man belonged to a former tennis star had fireworks strapped to their heads. Now, blake wasnt there at the time. He rented the place out. Witnesses called 911 when they spotted the flames. One woman got pretty emotional as she asked for some help. Listen. The fires in the house. I was walking my dog and as i walked by, the house exploded, and i ran home to call people. Oh, my god. Calm down, okay . Calm down . Is it a man and a woman. A husband and wife and two kids. Calm down, okay . Thats out of tampa. The police found the bodies of two adults and two teenagers inside that mansion with gunshot wounds and what they call heavyduty fireworks wrapped around their heads. Investigators say they now believe somebody intentionally set the fire and that it could have been part of what they believe was some sort of murder suicide. As for james blake, the former tennis star, the agent said blake was at his home in connecticut yesterday. The former tennis pro was renting the florida home to family of four. Theyre believed to be the victims. Police say they will not know the identities until autopsy results come back. Noted here, executive of a Fireworks Company said the father of the family bought more than a dozen times from the store just a few days ago. In case you did not know, james blake was once ranked fourth in the world in tennis and bill joins us. Nice to see you. Good to see you again, shep. They all had gunshot wounds but we dont know if they had fireworks on their heads. We dont know if one murdered the rest or what happened here. This is absolutely bizarre, to think what might have happened here. It sounds to me like the fireworks could have been the initiator for the blaze, but it sounds to me like there was an accelerant in the house that caused the total devastation and the rapid flames that occurred there. What happened, i guess, probably the coroner is going to have to figure that out and maybe a little bit of investigative work by the Police Department there to find out where exactly all these things started. Its just bizarre. Theyre saying they think its a murder suicide. But who commits suicide by setting yourself on fire. Its so unusual but it very well could be that whoever the initiate over the murders were, whether it was one of the kids or one of the parents, if, in fact, they killed the other three people and then started the fire and then asass nalted themselves, murdered themselves. Its just it has to be worked out by the coroner now to find out when all this happened. Its weird. Normally when this sort of thing happens, i guess the first thing you do is investigate the victims past, right, to see if there was anything weird going on, if anyone had anything going out for them. You do, shep. He was a secretary at the Carrollwood Day School of which both of his children attended. Im sure theyll be looking to see if there were any finances this might have entered into this whole scenario, but theyll look at every single aspect of his life and the children as well to see if theres anything that can possibly explain what happened here in this case. As street reporter for more than a decade instead of cooped up in an acore house, my friends used to tell me the toughest thing to investigate is a bunch of rich people because they have a lot of lawyers and that makes it difficult. Were talking about a lot of rich people here. Yes, they are. It had to be a sizeable rental fee for that 6,000 square foot, fivebedroom, fivebath home. Where that money came from, i have no idea. From what everybody has said, the family was very well respected in the area, but one never knows when the door closes inside that house. This fireworks on your head thing, thats brutal. Usually when you see torturous activities around someone ending someone elses life, so often its gangrelated or drugrelated. Its somebody whos got a vendetta, in many cases been hired to get things done. Shep, thats the other thing everybody has to consider. Was it a murder suicide or was it caused by somebody from the outside who went undetected in doing this . But, heavens, fireworks strapped to your head, you cant explain it. I dont know of any logical way to explain that kind of a situation. Theres no logic in any of this. They described the fire as unusual and they said there were various fireworks throughout the home. Two victims suppered from upper body trauma but the authorities wouldnt indicate which ones. Also, she said no weapons found at the home but these people had gunshot wounds. So i dont know why theyd suggest its a murder suicide and four people have gunshot wounds and theres no weapons around. That makes no sense. No sense. This is a garden Gate Community from what i understand. Theres got to be film of cars coming and going so i imagine that theyll unpeel the onion as they go along. This is an absolutely misty fig set of circumstance as we see it right now. Bill gavin. The next step the coroner will return findings. That might help us a lot. Nice to see you. Thank you. My pleasure, shep. Police in alabama say a man killed his wife, three dogs, and a pet parrot over a text message his wife sent to a friend. The cops say after the murder, the man and his parrot talk to much. Heres the suspect. Robert penton, huntsville. They found his blowifes bloody shirtless body on the bathroom floor with flowers and an angel next to her. He left a suicide note on the bathroom sink. He now faces murder charges. He also threatened to kill other family members and his boss. Defense witnesses say they never knew the suspect to be violent or threatening. The case is now going to grand jury. The case of man who says he killed his wife and his parrot because his parrot and his wife talk too much. Russias president putin claim he was pulling troops from the ukrainian border. Not a lot of people believe him and now 24 hours later the west is still waiting for signs to see if putin did anything like he said he did. Nothing yet. Now what ukrainian leaders say hes really up to. These coming up. 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