between the syrian government and the insurgency escalated last month well joining me live now is linda tom from the u.n. office for humanitarian affairs thanks for joining us here. firstly be really interesting to get your views on how you assess the operation so far. well so far we un the syrian arab red crescent he has been able to enter. that mission is ongoing heading towards the duma we have about forty six truckloads of health and nutrition supplies and food for over twenty seven thousand people and we're hoping to be able to start the offloading in the coming in in the coming hours the as we said it's a lot of trucks it's a lot of supply at the same time we have medical doctors nutrition experts food experts who will be doing assessments of the situation on the ground so that we can better inform our future assistance linda this is a bit of a breakthrough isn't it that we're hearing that those trucks are able to go in to that area with all those desperate people it's not been easy though can you explain the difficulties that have been faced. with sure this is long overdue the last t

area has been under siege since twenty thirteen we discussed the plight of civilians in the with linda tom from the u.n. humanitarian affairs office. well we were not part of the discussions around the humanitarian corridors however you know any any initiative that you know alleviate the suffering of people you know we of course welcome we you know our primary goal is to there is a cessation of hostilities that there is a humanitarian cause long enough for us to be able to deliver assistance on a regular basis what we call war and what we continue to call for is thirty days of these thirty there is a cessation of hostilities so that we can deliver assistance to people in need but also one other procedural hard to reach areas in syria. the u.n. say delivery took place during a humanitarian pull is established by russia the convoy into the area via route that's been designated a humanitarian corridor by syria and russia however only two civilians have been able to leave so far both of them children. these are the dramatic images showing the moment those youngsters managed to leave the area.

ok let's get the thoughts now of linda tom she's a public information officer of the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs and she's with us now get off it was good evening we should say linda thanks for coming on to our look we've seen of people leave today how dire is their situation and what sort of help do they need. i mean. if you and. shelter. in other areas are areas are i want to. hear. you are they are. you know sure i don't mean to be. so. and i want to. ok linda i'm so sorry there's a lot of echo on our line with the moment just end it for now we'll try to get you back i think in a few minutes time but at the moment i'm fortunate it's very hard to hear what you were saying our apologies but we'll be back with you soon. now in other news the u.k. russia relations did hit a new low this week amid the poisoning scandal have a look at that in detail in a couple of minutes. it's. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be. the two going to

we also linda tom from the u.n. humanitarian affairs office for her thoughts on russia's steps to help civilians in east and. we were not part of the discussions around the humanitarian corridors however you know any initiative that you know alleviate the suffering of people you know we force well we you know our primary goal is that there is a cessation of hostilities but there is a humanitarian cause that is long enough for us to be able to deliver assistance on a regular basis what we call war and what we continue to call for is thirty days of least thirty days just ration of hostilities so that we the people in need but also one other bit hard to reach areas in syria. russia's military has said meanwhile that just two children have been able to leave the league on claims through the humanitarian corridor it's established he says the militants have been opening fire on anyone attempting to escape and they are using civilians as human shields. these dramatic images show the moment those youngsters managed to flee

return on thursday and deliver the rest of the supplies that are needed to get your insight on this linda tom thank you very much indeed you're welcome. a surge in support for populist and far right parties in its unease election has left it in political deadlock after a campaign dominated by anger against immigration unemployment the euro skeptic league party is the best performer among a dominant right wing coalition which is secured thirty seven percent of the vote but the strongest single party result went to another populist movement five star as lawrence lee reports. just five years after they first got into parliament the five star movement the and the politicians policy or the clear individual winners in this election overcome pain that sold them found to fight corruption and overturn traditional politics the vote share was more than ten points ahead yet to pull new governments would have to betray their promise not to go into a coalition. equally lega formally the northern league led by matt seo salvini also appended the established order but his hardline n.c. immigrants euro skeptic

tom clayton. the state called linda miller to testify. ted how tom borrowed her phone and then deleted the number he'd dialed, never dreaming she'd do her own detective work. >> you really connected the dots. to get the police to this moment. >> yeah. >> she did good. >> if you can call it good. >> reporter: finally, the prosecutor said he knew why tom wanted his wife dead. he called kelley's niece mollie to the stand. >> he just told me a lot of stuff about their relationship. >> reporter: molly told the jury about the summer she worked for her uncle tom. she said he talked a lot about his marriage. >> that he wasn't in love with her anymore, that kelley was very lazy. and he told me about him trying to sleep with other women and that he was sleeping with other women. and he told me that he also was getting close to a divorce. he just wanted to be done. >> reporter: the prosecutor told the jury this was tom's motive. he wanted to get rid of his wife but keep everything else. >> i think he was concerned that his wife, if they went through

tom and lawrence. thank you for your assistance and i want to recognize the clerk of our board is ms. linda wong. announcements? >> yes, please silence all cellphones and electronic devices and copies of documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk and items will be on the march 24th supervisor agenda le

tom and lawrence. thank you for your assistance and i want to recognize the clerk of our board is ms. linda wong. are there any announcements? >> yes, please silence all cellphones and electronic devices and copies of documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk and items will be on the march 24th supervisor agenda unless otherwise stated. >> excellent, thank you for the announcements, let's begin. let's start with item 1. >> item 1 resolution authorizing the department of homelessness and support of housing to a 54 expand grant in the amount of 150,000 from the california department of housing and community development boarding no place like home 2017 technical assistance grants. >> great. this will allow the department of homelessness to apply and accept and expand $150,000 grant for technical assistance. we've got emily cohen with us this morning from the department of homelessness and support of housing. please, the floor is yours. good morning, emily. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you. i'm having a little technical difficulty with the slides. when it unfreezes, you will se

a woman named linda who said she was told to shut the door and get inside and she and she hasn't been told to get out. we have tom arriving at the scene. in this live report. what can you tell us ? >> i'll tell you what i know, we've been collecting this off scanners and everything else and at 10:30 this morning, we got reports of shots fired near the dining area of the va veteran's home north of napa. a radio report suggested -- shots were fired. at 11:15 that we did confirm that there were three hostages by napa valley fire. there's reports that the shooter is dressed in black with body armor. police told our mark ibanez who was trying to shoot video to get down because the shooter was armed with some sort of an automatic weapon. scanner trafficking indicates there's two or three hostages inside of madison hall and he fired 20 -- and it appears again from scanner traffic that the shooter is known to local law enforcement. the shooter's car is quarentine in the parking lot and multiple agencies are responding and we have seen quite a few of those coming. that is the current situation that we are aware of right n