. >> for more we're joined by reese erlich, a freelance foreign correspondent brit he joins us on thee from antioch and the turkish-syrian border. welcome to "democracy now!" what are you reporting on? what is the scene on the border? what's the most recent interviews were with refugees from aleppo who told me about horrific carnage as a result of missile and artillery attacks on neighborhoods. apparently, the patter is if a neighborhood -- the pattern is if a neighborhood was the victim of a takeover or a previous demonstration there, the civilian neighborhood is bombarded from the air or by artillery. it has forced a lot of people to leave. one of you an estimate was 250,000 just over the last week or so -- one u.n. estimates was to under 50,000 just over the last week or so >> can you describe the camps? >> the camps in turkey are what you traditionally think of as refugee camps with tents that provide electricity, sewage, food, basic supplies for the people. they have a few small businesses that operate out of the camps. from what refugees -- people sometimes have an image of refu