these are pictures from the conference in kuwait city. bangui moon is speaking once again.ait has pledged half a billion dollars, and the united states $380 million. >> some of our support will help syrians immediately as they cope with one of the cruellest winters on record, and with our contributions today, we're providing specifically fuel for heating and cooking. we're providing thermal blankets and other critical winter supplies for tens of thousands of people. >> the united nations is aiming to raise $6.5 billion to help sieve yals. it says $2.3 billion is choired to help people inside syria, and over $4 billion is needed to help people in neighboring countries, and almost $800 million would go towards shelter and another $675 million would help people get medical treatment. al jazeera's bernard smith is at that conference in kuwait city. >> reporter: there has been some extraordinary numbers bandied around, not the least the 4 million syrians dependant on aid. offering some $500 million. i spoke to the un representatives earlier on today, and they say that now they h

. >> reporter: next on kerry's tour is kuwait city focusing again on the war in syria. the u.n. has appealed for $6.5 billion in donations, the largest request ever for a single crisis. since the beginning of syrians up rising in 2011 more than 130,000 people have died as a result of the fighting and gnarlnearly 9 million more haven displaced. >> the challenge for syria for the world and for the people of syria today is today's inside story. joining me now from istanbul is a member of the syrian national coalition, and an adviser to coalition adviser. how come the snc has not been able to agree to attend the geneva summit? >> as you know, for the general assembly has held a meeting before the last one, and issued a statement for the right environment for the geneva two to succeed. so we have discussed the issue of discussing geneva in details, and we felt that there is clarifications that has to be made from our allies and mainly the core group of the 11 countries supporting the syrian people's struggle. and attending the conference in paris these issues were discussed, and the

that is and isn't that a sixty countries gathered for a fundraising conference in kuwait city. un said that a gentle kind the moon called for six point five billion dollars in a dc eight to help stands as the most un official said that i requested for a single humanitarian crisis. more than one who knew those given the weaker enemies are defeated his hand. these increases. all for one year ago or so when gideon dollars compared with last year. this is bigger than that. christ is and needs all this occasion has increased. delhi is from kuwait pledged five hundred million dollars this is the last three hundred and eighty million and ten cents a pound one hundred and twenty million. i'd say he was particularly concerned over reports that many syrians on starving. he said he hopes he starts next week in geneva will bring government and opposition leaders to the negotiating table. people are in a rat have endured one of the deadliest days there in months. at least a thirty six people were killed in a series of bombings. some say the situation has hit its lowest point since the u s t

. >> bernard smith, thank you for that, in kuwait city there. >> well, more many syrian refugees financial help will come too late. zeina khodr met some of the syrians in lebanon in need of international help. >> it is a heavy burden for this 14-year-old girl. she is trapped. she is a refugee from syria. the shelter in lebanon is all her family has, and they say there's on one way to keep it. >> translation: i am not obliged to marry a 44-year-old man. i'm crying because of the situation we are in. i have to do it so that my family can survive. >> hanifa great to marry the 44-year-old lebanese landlord. he is the trade-off. the family can no longer pay the $250 monthly rent. the owner in the house demanded that hanifa become the second wife. >> translation: it's aive position. every mother wants to see her daughter secure and marry the man she loves. we have no choice. >> if they move out of a house and into a tent, her husband and asthmatic son would not survive in the cold, and her 12-year-old son who helps a mechanic barely makes enough to buy food. >> this is a constant story. they bar

accusations on this came as a response to what john kerry and the foreign minister said in kuwait saying that city and government is destroying schools and hospitals we are to provide evidence because i think that one who opts out of the is ation have to provide the evidence you know city on has been one of their countries and the word to have a free indication of free medical health service we fight so hard to keep our institution and would complain to the word about that there is destroying hospitals and schools so it is absolutely ironic and so unbelievable that some of the should say that the syrian government is the one who was destroying the school and. they should come up with an evidence when they upped that an accusation and the acquisition of thirst directed to us we are asking them to put it at them. well as we see our disappoint syrian opposition is divide it and there are different in fact groups that coal themselves opposition among them there are some that are moderate and russia has said moderate opposition groups within the warzone should also be invited to the peace talks what ab

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that's way down in the weeds that ended up with kuwait having a significant presence, whether in control or have control of some neighborhoods in the an bar citiesf fallujah and ramadi. >> we have seen secretary kerry move around on this a little bit, try to dance through the weeds. we don't want to put. boots on the ground but we are going to help. what does that mean? >> it's not entirely clear. the administration, i think, would like to give extra weapons, extra toys to the iraqis to help them deal with this crisis. >> can that happen in the current circumstance? >> it can. the senate is not going to let those go through. the current leadership in the foreign relations community is government. >> that's not going to happe intervention. >> what would happen? >> they have promised them hell-fire missiles, drones. the iraqis want armed drones. they are probably not going to get that. really what this points to is the same thing that's been going on since 2003 and 2004. you cannot beat that city into submission, and the reason that al-qaeda has been allowed to flourish and come back from syria and enter fallujah and ramadi, there is a passive acc

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kuwait for a conference for humanitarian donors. >>> ten minutes before 8:00. we want to check in with tara telling us about something going on in daly citythat's right. we want to mention a road closure in daly city. 280 northbound at the john daly onramp will be closing at 9:30 and stay shut down until 3:00 this afternoon while crews clear some debris. they are gonna do some sweeping. this work will be done in the number one lane. also want to point out there are large chunks of concrete on 680 southbound in san ramon near bollen jer canyon road. you can see the traffic has eased a little bit but it's still probably about a ten- minute extra wait as you get into san francisco this morning. let's take a look at our maps. that little arrow i have, that's the scene of a three-car crash, 101 southbound at the marsh road offramp. this is the menlo park/atherton area. we have two lanes closed down at the moment. it's creating some backup. finally, 280 in san jose, you can see that the traffic on the right-hand side of your screen there as they make the drive towards highway 17, it's starting to pick up again. but it was stop and go because of