live from moorestown, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" >> they got hit, cleve, thank you. >>> snows leaving its mark on the lehigh valley as well. >> "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live, with the very latest on the conditions there, chantee report report hi, jessica and ukee, keyword is leaving its mark, ie, it has left, the snow has officially stop. we are at a ppl center in downtown allentown on hamilton street. it is slushy with the accumulation totals. several inches, not so bad, panning up to the road here. cars have listened to penndot pretty much stayed off the road for the most part. we have seen lots and lots of plows coming through the sidewalks, crystal clear, now earlier i spoke with a pizza delivery driver, he said that he was looking forward, to this storm. >> i'm very much a snow advocate so i was looking forward to it, so, you know, i was hoping for one big one before it was done for the year, but you know, i will take what i can get. i like it. i like it falling. it is nice, peaceful. mother nature. how can you be mad at mother nature? >> reporter: tosh

. >> team coverage continues with cleve bryan live on the boardwalk in atlantic city. and, cleve, good after noon. >> good afternoon not too bad honest, the wind is coming out of the west/ southwest, so that is when you look at the ocean it is pretty calm looking because the wind at the moment is blowing out toward the ocean, and it is causing those waves to just slowly lap in, about three to 4-foot waves at the moment. right now we are seeing close to low tide, it is just before 2:00 p.m., high tied was 7:30 this morning. it ways more issue with the flooding and rains and the wind and back bays, right new we are getting a strong gust actually as we speak try to held our camera today and hold mythis is a gusty end and it will be a tide driven event as far as flooding. so back on the bay side, of the atlantic city and all a lock barrier island they depend on those storm drains to dump water out in the bay but when you have wind for long period of time backup and the streets just can't drain the way they are supposed to. we are getting a gust it is right now where and br

bryan, cbs3 "eyewitness >> thank you cleve. >>> president trump hosting another meeting at the whiteouse today oolsafe from gun violence. the president demanded tougher gun control at a bipa lawmakers. in a tweet this morning, the president said many ideas came out of the gathering, some good and some not so good. he also emphasized the need for stronger background checks. >> wal-mart is following in the steps of dick's sporting goods. it will longer sell firearms or ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. the company will remove airsoft guns and toys. >>> sales bulletproof backpacks and accessories skyrocket in february in the wake of the florida school shooting. bullet safe.com says sales of its backpack insert jumped 450 percent in the days following the massacre. the company was out of inventory until june. the web site cautions no material is ever 100 percent bulletproof. >>> the white house says hope hicks will be leaving her post in a couple weeks. >> the resignation comes one day after after, the white house says hicks has been planning to leave for months. >> fire official

cleve? >> reporter: good afternoon. because of all the rain as you mentioned there couldn't treat the roads much ahead of time. so crews are really relying on salt now to tackle the snow that's on the roadways and as you can see they have plenty of it here at the salt barn in pennsauken in camden county. takes a pretty big loader to load up all the sand into the trucks they have. and these are the live conditions now. the snow is really coming down heavy around 11:00 o'clock it switched over from rape to snow and we see that sticking on the ground. on the cars. we're very close to route 130 and just a little while ago we took video out there when it was raining. it was just raining all morning. we were wondering are we going to get any of the snow? as i said around1:00 o'clock, all that rain started to then turnrd tonight big snowflakes and now it's coming down in large clumps from the sky. in camden county there are few concerns now with this snow, and so we brought out here very kind to join us is freeholder carmen ro

in haddon heights i'm cleve bryan, cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> well, the nor'easter meantime it did turn in montgomery county lost his life on the road. part of a large treea carulph road in upper merion township. police got the call about night. a 57-year-old man died at the scene. an investigation the under way. >>> also utility companies are making some progress at least in repairing downed power lines but hundreds of thousands are still power even at this hour. now 217,000 peco customers are in the dark. nearly 26,000 for ppl 10,000 for atlantic city electric. nearly 6,000 for delmarva, 4,000 for>>> and getting around other septa regional rail lines still very much a problem due to the storm. train service on some lines is still suspended because of power, equipment or track issues. at 30th street station here we found passengers patiently waiting for the few trains that are running. septa says crews are working to clean up storm damage on the tracks. >> trees many of them off of our right away fell over onto us. this is a tree that came down, another very tall tree that came down on

. >> chris van cleve has the store friday new york's central park. >> reporter: wet, heavy snow created white out conditions for drivers in fishkill, new york. one to 3 inches of snow fell, for per hour. snowplows tried to keep up but they were no match as over a foot of snow felon parts of the new york and across pennsylvania. hazardous conditions along interstate 80 in pennsylvania caused molted i am car wrecks, several tractor trailers slid off the highways and several people were hurt. at philadelphia international airport, the storm temporarily halted flight operation as crews worked to clear runways. in new york city area residents not only got heavy snow but also, experienced, thunder snow which made usually unimpressed new yorkers take notice. >> wow. >> reporter: this is second nor'easter to slam the area in less than a week, millions of people from new york, to maine are still in its path. utility crews in new jersey have been working 16 hour shifts since monday to restore power, new jersey governor phil murphy. >> folks are frustrated enough , count me among them we have to d

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, caught up with homeowners as crews cut their way through branches today. >> the powerful winds took outnumber of big trees like this oklahoma that ripped up part of the street, and worse than that, it slammed into the roof of this home. it was snowing sawdust and mulch saturday, tree crews tackled extremely winter storm >> heavy winds, big storm, a lot of trees. >> bob woke up to the sound of this tree falling onto his home on hillside avenue in haddon heights. >> big crash, my wife started yelling, hey te down. part of it is coming dn is over the headaches begin trying to figure out how much insurance will cover.itsn the front little bit a on thee deck got ss safe. that's all we really care away anoth removing this tree on home oigh street. this belongs to a family that was not home when the tree went down. >> what did you think when you saw your house? >> pretty s. was worried>> despe roof the family was able to ave been worst. nobody was home, nobody got hurt. dogs were in there. my kids were w dogs. they were fine. >> utility repair crews are al

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in franklin township with how police crack the case, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, authorities tell us that the threats coming in were tied specific and had to do with two schools ritter elementary where we are at and another elementary school in franklin township, prompting those closings. that affected 3,000 students, and as you mentioned only one will now be in trouble. >> i want it to be known that we will not stand for this type of behavior. >> reporter: franklin township police issued a stern warning after false gun threats cancelled class necessary three connected school districts. it started when a teacher from ritter elementary school called police at 1:30 saying she received an e-mail from an known sender threatening a shooting at her school. franklin, elk and delsea school districts cancelled school as police investigated e-mailer who continued to send threats all morning. through subpoenas they track e-mail and ip address to a home in franklinville. >> we took in custody a 10 year-old student of this school district. >> reporter: p

bryan live in atlantic city where wind is leaving behind some damage there, cleve. >> reporter: that is right been a very windy ocean actually looks calm behind me because wind has been coming from on shore toward the ocean , we don't feel it too much right now because we have been feeling it all day and we decided to go up against playground pier here blocking the wind but traveling along the shore today we saw it range from nasty to down right dangerous. >> windy and wet. >> reporter: that sums it up powerful wind mixed with birth cold and walking on the atlantic city boardwalk anything but a casual stroll. >>ike walking on the boardwalk. >> just horrible right now, yeah, it could be worse. >> reporter: dit get worse all afternoon only way we could stand our ground speaking with vent are in commissioner lance lanegraph was to take shelter against a big building. >> the storm has hit it is starting to snow, so we're in the middle of it but our guys are ready and our public safety is ready as well. >> reporter: around 2:00 p.m. ventnor city fire department was put to the test as a ho

moorestown where the road are a slippery mess and i'm worried about isolater on tonight, hi there, cleve ukee. we had about 6 inches of snow in five hours that tapered off about a half an hour ago. these road where is completely a mess. we had a foot of slush that has been push over by some of the plow trucks, that go through and that slush has moved over to the side of the road where it belongs up but it is still difficult to make turns on these road because we have to go through that big bit of slush. looking down the street, this is south church street in moorestown and it is at bottom of the hill there is a down power line. we have moorestown fire department going down there right now, police are down there, road closed off, i took a walk and video of what was going on a little while ago. there was a disable tractor trailer at the bottom of the hill right in front of the power line. apparently what happened was tractor trailer tried to stop, because of the power line backup, turn and got stuck there for several hours and it was pretty difficult to get that tractor trailer out. other

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan caught up with up, underway. >> powerful winds tooknuer of bs oak that ripped up part of theot slammed into the roof of this snowing sawdust and mulch saturday as tree crews tackled a extremely windy winter storm. >> heavy wind, big storm a lot ofrees. >> reporter: bob woke up to the sound of this tree falling on his home on hill side avenue in haddon heights. >> a big crash, my wife, son started yelling hey, tree's coming down, it is coming down now. >> reporter: now that the storm is over headache begins trying to figure out how much insurance will cover. >> it looks like it is just outside and on the front, a little bit on the side, the deck got some damage but everyone is safe, that is all we care about. >> reporter: few streets away another tree removing this tree that felon w this house belongs to the de phoney family not at home en went down are the. what did youty though you saw your house. >> pretty scary.roofhe family we to stay the night. >> it could have been worse. o hurt. my kid where is worried about the dogs but they were fine. >

bellmawr, cleve bryan, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> track the very latest nor'easter anytime down load free cbs philly weather app available on itunes and google play. count on to us get you through the. we have the very latest on the storm track throughout the night and we will be on extra early tomorrow night joinrahel, jim meisha, lauren at 4:00 cbs-3. >>> as the storm continues we willpdatesw both here on cbs-3 and our philly.com. >>bill cosby's back in court for second day of pretrial hearings. >> reporter: prosecutors want 19 other women to come tell their tail of interaction with bill cosby i'm joe holden, defense terence strike back said it is pile on connect to the me too movement and media barrage. >>> selling belongings of a deceased loved one can be tough, filled with emotion and it can be very time consuming. there is a new way to do to it save thaw time and heartache but it will cost you. >>> also mcdonald's is making a change to its famous burgers they still have special sauce, we will tell you what the change is, ♪ your heart doesn't only belong to you. bye grandpa

"eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, caught up with homeowners, cleaning up. >> reporter: powerful winds took out a number of big trees like this oak, that ripped up, part of the street, and worse then that, it slammed into the roof of this home. it was snowing sawdust and mulch saturday as tree crews tackled aftermath of the extremely windy winter storm. >> heavy winds, big storm a lot of trees. >> reporter: bob woke up to the sound of this tree falling on to his home on hill side avenue in haddon heights. >> a big crash, my wife, son started yelling, hey, trees coming down, it is coming down now. >> reporter: now that the storm is over the headache begins trying to figure out how much insurance will cover. >> it looks like it business that size and on the front, little bit and over on the side we have got some damage but everyone is safe, that is all we really care about. >> reporter: a few streets away another crew is removing this tree that fell on the home in west pine street, this house belongs to the naphony family that were not at home. >> what did you think. >> it is prett

last few days on the outskirts of duma which is the north most of the three opposition controlled in cleve's in if that would be the result of the zing gauge meant a tenure of friday's ceasefire between the government russian military njt slum fourth of has continued to logically hold for this six they know and we hope it would continue so notwithstanding engagement between government for the injuries in other areas outside of the web such as the village of really hone in on where these talks these discussions this is by i've been affecting and implemented with j.j. exam in duma but not beyond that. but this is only one power of his to hold them it is not being replicated for reasons the rest of is simple or elsewhere and he's extremely fragile while we're talking i understand there in this very moment some delicate meetings taking place regarding the follow up to this arrangement regarding duma. that talk that for this if i hold because there's been at least one good news among very bad news the un has been practically offering its own good offices but efforts to passively data meaningful c

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joint to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in hellish conditions in places like eastern good luck but also it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. a popular market in qatar bought now was hit boardings of piled up in the streets of the syrian civil war no moves into its eighth year alliances have moved battle lines of changed but what is no different is that each day some people will live until to morrow or many innocent people will die. alan fischer i'll just read up on the talkie syria border lots more coming up on al-jazeera the. denouncing corruption protestors in slovakia call for an early election after the killing of a journalist plus. i'm catherine so i inevitably i'll be telling you about the bear and the heroes and like every other child he wants to be just like them. oh you will see a little more showery rain pushing

medicine we are normal people we have no nose for a fight is we are syrian people in the bases on cleve close to the city capital see ongoing is strikes makes it too difficult to distribute the aid for the moment it sits and we have houses while the people take shelter where they can no longer and . many are no living underground junichi are says basements are being turned into crude living quarters some are packed two hundred people or more seeking shelter seeking sanctuary and safety humanitarian agencies know there is a critical need for aid in east ghouta what was delivered on monday should be enough to feed their own twenty thousand people they have permission to take in enough food for seventy thousand but the population of the enclave at the moment is four hundred thousand a new eight convoy is planned for later in the week it's something for the people of the scooter it's nowhere near enough alan fischer al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. russia's military says it's considering all possible causes of a plane crash that killed thirty nine people at an air force base in syria

used to go to different actors but a similar situation those things left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joint to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in hellish conditions in places like eastern good luck but also a strain it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. a popular market now was hit boardings piled up in the streets. syrian civil war no moves into. alliances of the battle lines of changed but what is no different is that some people will live until to morrow how many innocent people will die. on the talk is. the foreign ministers of iran russia and turkey are meeting in kazakhstan to try to resolve the syrian conflict the three players are on opposing sides of the seven year war but have been working together to try to reduce the violence in a harder reports now from. syria brings them together stakeholders and power brokers in a country now divided into areas of influence turkey unlike iran and russia doesn't sup

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joy to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in their hellish conditions in places like eastern gooder but also afraid it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. popular market was hit boardings piled up in the streets of the syrian civil war no. alliances of the battle lines of changed but what is no different is that some people will live until to morrow so many innocent people will die out fisher out to zero on the turkey syria border . south africa's former president jacob zuma is facing prosecution for corruption the charges include fraud racketeering and money laundering over a two point five billion dollars arms deal signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma denies any wrongdoing as malcolm webb reports from pretoria. it began with a two billion dollars deal between south africa and a french arms company in the one nine hund

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joy to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in hellish conditions in places like eastern good but also a friend it is good to see. at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. a popular market. boardings piled up in the streets of the syrian civil war mobile center. alliances of the battle lines of changed but what is no different is that each day some people will live until to morrow how many innocent people will die. out is iraq on the turkey syria border. all tens of thousands of people have left streaming into towns surrounding the besieged areas creating huge logistical problems these are the scenes an address to the northeast of the enclave mayor is opening schools and clinics to offer shelter and medical help to the evacuees are expecting around fifty thousand walking out or to arrive in the coming days. meanwhile the foreign ministers of iran russia a

obviously like to see the numbers increase in the coming days the fighting continues around the young cleve which is no been split in three by syrian government forces backed by the russians. it may not be as fierce as recent days but that's little consolation to those still trapped in sight. alan fischer al jazeera on the turkey syria border. u.s. president donald trump has examined border wall prototypes for his proposed project to separate the u.s. from mexico he was shown eight towers that will be tested for thirty to sixty days to determine which design is best said he likely he likes rather a fully concrete wall because it was the hardest to climb but says it needs see through capabilities as well as his ass congress for eighteen billion dollars to build a structure but funding is yet to be secured saying in the u.s. polls will close a few actually close a few minutes ago in the state of pennsylvania where democrats are hoping to win a special election in a heavily republican congressional district donald trump carried the district by nearly twenty points in twenty sixteen and the dem

follow this humanitarian route that has been established by the russians to allow them to leave the on cleve certainly we know that the russians created this humanitarian corridor but up until friday no one had taken any advantage of it whatsoever donald trump says that a deal between the u.s. and north korea on its nuclear program is very much in the making the u.s. president tweeted that if completed the agreement would be quote a very good one for the world the white house says there will be no preconditions for a meeting between trump and kim jong il and by made russia's president vladimir putin has rejected accusations by u.s. intelligence services that he ordered citizens to interfere in the twenty sixteen presidential election in an interview putin said that he couldn't care less if anyone meddled in the campaign as they were not connected to the kremlin he also said there are no plans to extradite thirteen russian citizens accused of attempting to interfere in the trump campaign india and france have signed deals worth sixteen billion dollars after prime minister narendra modi held t

obviously like to see the numbers increase in the coming days the fighting continues around the young cleve which is no been split in three by city government forces backed by the russians. it may not be as fierce as recent days but that's little consolation to those still trapped in sight. alan fischer al jazeera on the turkey syria border. still to come on the program president donald trump examines prototypes for his wall to separate the united states from mexico. and why south sudanese refugees who fled their war torn country are finding a return home isn't exactly what they'd hoped for. how i would get lossy dry weather across much of australia at the moment not too far away there out into the policy you can see this little circulation lat says now developed into tropical cyclone linda is going to make its way very close to the sunshine coast cloud coming in across the sunshine coast that into the gulf coast it'll sink its way further southwards and eventually push a little further south east as we go through wednesday on into thursday brightening up the high twenty four brisbane ninet

but even as the civilian streamed out of the besieged on cleve is strikes an aerial bombardments reported else willing to turn. and in the north of the area in a police controlled by josh all islam a convoy of trucks into the turn of the twenty five more days caring enough to leave for twenty six thousand people for one month once more there were no medical supplies allowed in. i'm a normal you are doing that nice weather we're sleeping in the corridor of this house it's too difficult to walk inside because of the huge number of displaced people who are here don't measure on could see a quarter how in the people leaving will be identified in process that offered some aid this will be seen as a major victory for the syrian government for the people who managed to walk out it will be seen as survival and fisher on the tukey syria border. thousands of civilians are also fleeing the main city and a free in syria's north as the turkish military closes in their images of emerged of people climbing on to trucks and track to draw carts to get away people who've stayed in the city are lining up to

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joy to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in their hellish conditions in places like eastern good but also a friend it is good to see. at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. a popular market now was hit boardings piled up in the streets of the syrian civil war a moment said to alliances of the battle lines of changed but what is no different is that some people will live until to morrow for many innocent people will die out fisher out is iraq on the turkey syria border. south africa's former president jacob zuma is set to face prosecution a sixteen corruption charges prosecutors say the charges include counts of fraud racketeering and money laundering the case relates to a two and a half billion dollar government arms deal which was signed in the one nine hundred ninety s. zuma was deputy president at the time he denies any wrongdoing. russia is set t

were syrian government forces and their russian allies have been fighting to recapture the rebel on cleve it's on the outskirts of damascus russia will stop at nothing to use its permanent seat on this council to shield it south by bashar al assad from even the faintest criticism and we cannot take these actions because instead of calling out how assad russia and iran made a mockery of our calls for a cease fire too many members of this council wanted to wait this is a travesty. this should be a day of shame for every member of this council and it should be a lesson about what happens when we focus on fleeting displays of unity instead of on what's right. well in response russia's u.n. ambassador accused fellow members of wasting time instead of taking action against armed groups and fighters. and. some members of the security council prefer to squander time on letters and rhetoric with claims against our country probably this is to conceal their own willingness to do something constructive in implementing the cease fire resolution and in line with the groups they sponsor. meanwhile russi

medicine we are normal people we have no nose for a fight is we are syrian people in the bases on cleve close to the city capital see ongoing is strikes makes it too difficult to distribute the aid for the moment it sits and we have houses where the people take shelter where they can no longer and . many are no living underground junichi are says basements are being turned into crude living quarters some are packed two hundred people or more seeking shelter seeking sanctuary and safety humanitarian agencies know there is a critical need for aid in. what was delivered on monday should be enough to feed their own twenty thousand people they have permission to take in enough food for seventy thousand but the population of the enclave at the moment is four hundred thousand and eight convoys planned for later in the week it's something for the people of the scooter it's nowhere near enough alan fischer al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. russia's military says technical error is to blame for a plane crash in syria that killed thirty nine people the defense ministry says the accident happe

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joint to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in hellish conditions in places like eastern good time but also it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. the popular market in qatar but now was hit boarding school piled up in the street all the syrian civil war most. alliances of the battle lines of changed but what is new different is that each day some people will live until to morrow so many innocent people will die. on the turkey syria border well tens of thousands of people have left streaming into towns surrounding besieged areas creating huge logistical problems these are the scenes an address to the northeast of the the enclave the mayor is opening schools and clinics to offer shelter and medical help to the evacuees are expecting around fifty thousand more people to arrive in the coming days meanwhile the foreign ministers of

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no joy put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in their hellish conditions in places like eastern good time but also it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough rain. popular market now was hit boardings piled up in the street. the syrian civil war no moves into. alliances of the battle lines of changed but what is no different is that some people will live until to morrow or many innocent people will die. on the talking. him all the foreign ministers of iran russia and turkey are meeting in kazakhstan to try to resolve the syrian conflict three countries are on opposing sides of the seven year war and working together to try to reduce the violence in a hoarder reports from a stand. in. syria brings them together stakeholders and power brokers in a country now divided into areas of influence turkey unlike iran and russia doesn't support the syrian

used to go to different actors but a similar situation cozens left part of the besieged on cleve on thursday thousands more have no choice but to put it simple and straightforward children have been and continue living in hellish conditions in places like eastern good job and also a strain it is good to see that at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in anything without enough rain. the popular market now was hit boardings piled up in the streets. syrian civil war no. alliances of the battle lines of change but what is no different is that each day some people will live until to morrow how many innocent people will die out fish or how to zero on the turkey syria border while not hashem is from the qur'an foundation that's an aid group operating on the ground in syria and turkey she says the people in eastern goods are losing hope of getting out alive. been receiving really scary reports every day this morning i received a message that from one of our team members up the line eastern and it was titled the final call the last call he told us that tod

obviously like to see the numbers increase in the coming days the fighting continues around the young cleve which is no been split in three by city government forces backed by the russians. it may not be as fierce as recent days but that's little consolation to those still trapped in sight . alan fischer al jazeera on the turkey syria border. at least forty people have been killed in ethnic fighting between the hammer and lendu communities in the democratic republic of congo it happened in the northeast an eatery province and comes just over a week after fighting between the same groups left at least seventy nine people dead millions of people have been uprooted by years of unrest and political instability the un humanitarian chief is visiting the d.r. c. and is appealing for international donors to help marianne holland has more. this campaign tangan eco province is home to thousands some of the four and a half million people displaced by entering violence and fighting with rebel groups . immigration always a came here three years ago she's desperate with few prospects and even fewer optio

twenty six thousand people for a month those lorries have unloaded so in one part of this besieged on cleve we're seeing people getting some aid in and in another part we're seeing thousands of people taking the opportunity to get out nothing to suggest that alan that things will get any better in the near future tell us about other parts of the country as well closer to where you are developments in our frame. exactly that is an operation by the free syrian army backed by the turkish military and leave those surrounded the city of free and they swept through the region the cantorian of freedon in the last few days and have surrounded the city know what we've heard from the turkish presidency over the last twenty four hours is that they expect their soldiers to be inside the city in the coming days and also just in the last few hours we heard from the turkish presidency saying that if they take over african which they expect to do then they won't necessarily hand that back to syria that's a big leap from where they were before this was all about an operation to move the wipe e.g. the kurdis

see the size of the demand that there is on the services there to get help to this place to this on cleve and i can tell you that the i.c.r.c. are saying that they're glad that it has arrived but this is the first aid they've been able to deliver since november the fourteenth thank you very much for that alan fischer live for us and guys entebbe any turkey syria border and i want to point out to this very interesting opinion piece just published on al-jazeera dot com about what's happening in eastern gotta love nine re a syrian photojournalist says many people. convinced that the assad regime is fighting al qaeda in eastern guta which is using civilians as human shields but this is a misconception she argues is not populated by terrorists of memory says plenty of syrians not only in ghouta but all across rebel held areas are standing their ground and resisting extremism and oppression from all sides it's a very interesting perspective read it on al-jazeera dot com and we've been getting a lot of comments from some of you on what's happening in eastern guta right now and on xena's report i

medicine we are normal people we have no news for a fight as we are syrian people in the besieged on cleve close to the city capital see ongoing is strikes makes it too difficult to distribute the aid for the moment it sits in with houses while the people take shelter where they can no longer and. many are no living undergrown unique c.r. says basements are being turned into crude living quarters some are packed two hundred people or more seeking shelter seeking sanctuary and safety humanitarian agencies know there is a critical need for aid in east ghouta what was delivered on monday should be enough to feed their own twenty thousand people they have permission to take in enough food for seventy thousand but the population of the enclave at the moment is four hundred thousand and eight convoys planned for later in the week it's something for the people of the scooter it's nowhere near enough alan fischer al-jazeera on the turkey syria border has said he now spokeswoman with the international committee of the red cross the i.c.r.c. in syria joining us via skype. from damascus and we thank

obviously like to see the numbers increase in the coming days the fighting continues around the young cleve which is no been split in three by syrian government forces backed by the russians. it may not be as fierce as recent days but that's little consolation to those still trapped in sight . alan fischer al jazeera on the turkey syria border refugees who escaped the civil war in south sudan six months ago are beginning to return to their homes more than four thousand four hundred thousand people sought safety by fleeing east across the border into but as him and morgan reports from the border town of many are coming home to find their communities destroyed. mary gets course is preparing to start serving tea she says it's the only way for her to make money to look after her four children the family returned to product from refugee camps in ethiopia by god became too dangerous for them to live during the fighting last august. i came back here with my teapot on my things to sell tea hoping that i'd get money for my children when the fighting started i went to the border with them when it cal