around 700 people have crossed the border to find refuge in turkey. more than half of a million people have fled from syria, and the syrian president bashar al- assad has said he would do whatever he can to end the violence to on boy -- envoy lakhdar brahimi. zeina khodr, what about this story that they have taken the border town? >> it is a small town, but there has been a long, difficult fight over three months. they have had between 100 and two hundred soldiers held up. was a difficult fight for the rebels. strategic, it is not in the sense that it will allow them to make further advances, but the rebels are trying to clear the border region from government forces. when now, they control most of the border region aside from a main border crossing. >> what about the context with lakhdar brahimi's visit to damascus? >> well, as we know, very little progress on the political front, which means more fighting is expected, but what we have been seeing is a new influx of refugees. they are writing from the province of hama, where the rebels opened a new f

this is refuge, big refuge.hat is a modest breach in the system, which allows the ocean, if you will, to come into the refuge. let's look at the next picture. this is that same refuge. top part of the picture. what used to be a wildlife refuge is now water surge through the expanded jim bridges and return a freshwater refuge into a saltwater marsh. it used to be a road that went through their and connect to the western part of our state to the shore communities. that's the road. thank you very much. >> we've also experienced widespread damage to broader state stakes, dance as far north as delaware city in newcastle. roads and bridges in various parts of our state have been damaged and will need to be repaired or replaced. meanwhile we continue to work at fema and other agencies to determine the full extent of damage. delaware and its local jurisdictions contribute a large amount of resources and a short period of time to prepare for and respond to the storm and to begin rebuilding and its weight. eliminate damag

also pick one up and read about the refuge you are visiting. i will read from one of the season the defense will carson was doing. again, this is a pamphlet he would get for free if you went to the national wildlife refuge. assateague is one of the barrier islands typical of the middle class to coast. never more than three miles from shore to shore, buying between she could take a embassy. seen from the air is the migrating waterfall coming from the north must've seen it come its eastern border is a white ribbon of santa cruz around in his long arc of the sub the island to form and include server. back from the beach to stand up and salute is in the house of sand or little by little bound unrestrained at the beach grasses and the low succulents and loving teen plants. as the vegetation increases come at the dunes fall away into salt marshes bordering the bay. like islands standing out of the low marsh areas are patches of firmer, higher ground for a certain kind of uncarpeted tickets of myrtle, bayberry, >> , rose impact crater. scattered to th

again, this is a pamphlet you get for free if you went to the national wildlife refuge. assateague is under the barrier islands typical of the middle atlantic coast. never more than three miles short assurer, length turned she could keep amsc. seen from the gear, the migrated waterfall coming in from the north must have seen it. its eastern borders of white residents in the curbs around the southern end of the island to form a nearly enclosed herbert. back from the beach to say nothing to load games in the hills of sand a little by little ground and restrained at the beach grasses and the locus succulents and loving dune plants. as the vegetation increases commit to a follow into salt marshes or during the day. like islands standing on the marsh areas are firmer, higher ground, carpeted tickets at myrtle, mayberry comes >> , rose. scattered or ponds and puddles of vision with bulrushes another good food for ducks and geese. this is waterfall country. this is a country the ducks when the old days before the white man's civilization disturbs the face of the land. this is t

tourists have been evacuated and thousands of people are seeking refuge. power is out and flights in and out have been canceled. >> fiji is used to storms, but rarely this. cyclone evan, fresh from a destructive path across some of came north and west. this is where 20,000 people live, some of them recklessly. >> we are very strong. >> wind of more than 200 kilometers an hour smashing through the island in lifting routes. among those hunkering down arcturus. in fiji for a sunny break. >> seek a higher place. everyone is moving. >> at least 3000 people are seeking shelter. they are fearing their own homes. infrastructure is down for many, possibly most. people are being warned not to go outside even if the wind calls because they could be in the eye of the storm. the northern coast line is being pounded. only once it stops will be possible to assess the full damage to property and, potentially, people. andrew thomas, al-jazeera. >> the man set to become the next japanese prime minister has vowed to take a tough line over territorial disputes with china. now

some have found refuge in areas of the camp unaffected by the fighting but many others have left the town altogether. the world health organization said the main hospital has up to 100 people every day that have been injured and it is running short of medicine and other supplies. the most common injuries are gunshot wounds and injuries from -- the battle for the syrian capital has entered its second month. they maintained a firm grip on their power base in the center of the city. the rebels were able to advance. the fighting is not likely to end anytime soon. >> a gunman in pakistan have killed six women who were working to vaccinate children against polio. >> their job was to help stop the spread of a devastating disease, and they were killed for doing it. on tuesday, gunmen shot to death six pakistani women who were working on a government- backed polio vaccination campaign. five of the women were killed in the largest city. >> they shot her from behind. there are no threats, nothing. she is my daughter. >> police say the killings were well coordinated and occurred simultaneously i

for the coordination of humanitarian affairs say there's no more safe areas where people can take refuge. they need help to feed people an treat the sick. the u.n. officials have made similar appeals but this year member nations only contributed 60% of what they asked for. >>> government and opposition forces have taken their fights to the golan heights. u.n. peace keepers in the area monitor the cease-fire between syria and israel. the security council decided on wednesday to extend the forces mandate by another six months. commanders have rotated units of 50 self-defense personnel through the mission since 1996. they have been responsible for transportation and logistics. japanese government officials say they will pull sdf members back next month because they are worried about safety. their mission was scheduled to wrap up in the leersd . >>> the leaders of india have agreed to work together. india's prime minister met with representatives from the ten member association of southeast asian nations. the two sides are committed to cooperation and the safety of sea lanes. >> indeed, auss

on the memories of russia returns to france just a hundred years later when many emigrated seeking refuge from the bolshevik revolution. and i did this woman says her grandfather came to france with a white army he was a cossacks and this child in the picture is her father it was taken in one thousand nine hundred of his name was nikolai which you bring up that was like it's great to meet such people so far away from your homeland you. the day after the occupation of the cossacks head to the famous russian cemetery at century genevieve. loic and their off their horses on the they're from a horseback perception yes i heard about them they are fine bunch they're here to celebrate the battle of. many famous russian immigrants are buried here they include literary nobel prize winner. and the celebrated ballet dancer rudolf muriel . this commemorates the cossacks and army officers who left russia after the nine hundred seventeen revolution. the to. be. close to one million russians fled to france though many lived to ripe old ages their thoughts remained with their last homeland. there was sti

experienced when entering the fragrant solitude of the catholic church, fleeing went the irish seeking refuge from the advancing harlems, the dark skin of the people making unrecognizable the prejudices they had endured when they arrived in america. the defect of memory driving them forward to separate themselves from the shadows that follow all immigrants. fleeing went the puerto ricans, escaping the same blackness, but impeled by the fear of blood, both physical and hereditary, fearing with greater horror the prospect of losing themselves in the anonymity that america forces on all of its people, both groups fought the country's wish for that homogenaity. they both retained both their irishness and puerto ricaness. both sides spoke of the ancestral home as if it was the land of milk and honey. this stance was staunchly held to, even though the deprivations endured by many had forced them to leave their island homes, yet inflexiblely they remained branded in their hearts, each year marching in pageants of ethnic excess. that's the first part. and the second part: the second part has to do wi

. >> reporter: snug harbor was a refuge for sailors, rumor has it it remains a old haunt, final portor tormented souls. >> a lot of people have been experiencing paranormal activity in this building, security officer, staff. >> you think it's a shadow but after a while you think that wasn't a shadow. >> reporter: donald patrolled here as a security officer more than a decade. do you believe this staff? >> yeah, i believe almost anything they tell me. >> reporter: anywhere that you wouldn't go by yourself when it's dark? >> the major's house. >> reporter: which is where i find myself as night falls. going to the matron's house, where it's been documentsed that a murder actually took place. remember that sound we heard? we head to the attic to explore. >> hello? is there anybody up here? >> what we'll usually do is leave one person up here. do you want to do it? >> reporter: i'll do it. should i say some last words to my camera? if that weren't spooky enough, time has never ticked so slowly in all my life. it took me the first few minutes just to muster this. >> is there anyone in here

as a last resort i went to facebook and the refuge for all bored teenagers especially late at night. turns out there was a wealth of communication between my uncle. and my topic and i was going to write about the wonderful similarities between milton and me and the first similarity is obvious. both of us were incapable of sleeping at a normal hour, night owls. i would have on my news feed and my cat box will open and one of the humorious remarks would come on the screen and i would just giggle and this leads to the next similarity and that being a beautiful dry whit, and whole some ability at laughing at laugh and the one liner that says it all. i am carefully cultivating my own sense of humor and i hope to make as many laugh as my uncle did you all and the one similarity i hope that we possess and if not i will create it as my uncle did is inherent sense of kindness and make anyone feel at ease and boundless ability of compassion and that beauty only is in a few souls and my uncle possessed many more qualities and too numerous here but i remember him as someone i would to be friends

a refuge is it going to fall in love with this place like most. helicopters flying over the it might not be acceptable in britain would however summit occurs every two agree on. as in my community. in the south central community basically what you have is in to feel broken down businesses if you have any business and. take a walk down the boulevard from crenshaw to vermont and you tell me the opportunities are available low income housing five or six churches gang violence crack. introduction of crack cocaine onto the streets of l.a. one thousand one proved to be a major tipping point for an already vulnerable to. cocaine came a toy and it broke up a lot of you know a lot of people just the crack was the way out you know what i even thing them but they keep you know what i'm saying that will broke a lot of homes if that crack would never came parties to have nice the homes and nice to the families you know but when i came in like tow everything before i would let me ask you into juba conventional trial. dysfunctional ass family and you telling us.

they took ref ung under the porch -- refuge under of the poach of a home. they were not scared of humans which means they posed a risk to people. >>> flu season is already in full-swing. and early reports of this year's strain? severe. >> reporter: if you haven't had your flu shot yet, now is the time. health officials say this is the earliest start of the flu season in nearly a decade. the centers for disease control and prevention says alabama, louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and texas are all reporting higher than normal numbers of cases. >> we usually see flu begin to have an uptick in about 4-6 weeks from now. seeing it this early could predict not only a longer but a more severe flu season. >> reporter: the most common strain this year tends to make people sicker than usual. they are encouraged because this year's vaccine seems to protect against it. an estimated 112 million americans have already received their flu shots. people who are very young, very old, or who have health problems are at greatest risk. >> the high fever, a sore throat, a cough

it should be a place of refuge in tiosh learning. >> california emergency management offers tips on its website, you should know your school's action plan. no your school's alert system for parents and create or review your family's action plan. if you you aren't familiar with these plans, today is a good day to start learning about them and asking about them because they expect a lot of questions from parents. >> kristen: since friday, here in the bay area, it was a weekend filled with memorials to remember the victims of sandy hook. in san francisco, st. mary's cathedral dedicated regular sunday mass to families in connecticut. in other cities, numerous vigils and memorials to the victims as people come to terms with the tragedy. tonight at 7:00 there will be a service of o the peninsula. it will take at first presbyterian church in burlingame. >> two key senators are calling for more restrictions on assault rifles. joe lieberman wants a commission to review national gun laws and national health system. he wants to close loopholes that allows gun buyers to avoid background checks. cal

the world will not give him refuge in russia or elsewhere the problem is if he is losing control, if he is using air bases, if this stuff in there in the hands of jihadists, we really have an issue. that is with the u.s. and turkey and others are worried at seizing it before it happens, because otherwise we will have al qaeda an-- >> i don't disagree. there will be international action taken, no question about it. >> on this one we cannot lead from behind. we will have to lead from a head. >> i want to talk about 2016. that's right, 2016. >> i am still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people want what my parents had, a chance. >> that is senator marco rubio of florida, one of the leading contenders, among the chattering classes anyway, for the 2016 republican presidential nomination, along with paul ryan. among the democrats, a lot of talk about hillary clinton. is rubio trying to redefine the republican party, colby? ->> he is trying to put distance between himself and what their standard bearer did with the 47% in being the plutocrat and showing he was completely in

it's made sway da an island of calm and a refuge. about 10,000 of the almost half a million people placed inside syria have been offered shelter by the local government. they're housed in a local summer camp about two miles from the center of town. we escaped here, says this grandfather, to keep our children safe. >> we want peace. >> reporter: this young man speaks for everyone when he says all we want is peace. they've got it for the moment. but with the battle now under way all around the town, this small enclave of stability looks very vulnerable. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, sway da. >>> back in this country he says he's deeply sorry after being arrested for being under the influence. he's a republican. he was arrested after running a red light in virginia. there was no znlts. he is a mormon and he is in his third term in the senate. >>> senator daniel inouye was buried yesterday in hawaii. inouye was a win ore of a medal of honor and was remembered as war hero. he was the first japanese-american elected to both houses of congres

. >> in san francisco, the homeless took refuge at st. mary's cathedral. >>> there were a bunch of 20s coming in. i can do about three or four pages. some of the highlights that i saw, boulder creek, in. napa and sebastopol were 25. danville, 25. livermore, 27. palo alto, 29. i saw 29 around los at goes, 28 aroundwood side. there were a lot -- los gatos, 28 around woodside. there were a lot. 50 right now in san francisco. that seems like a heatwave. there's a lot of 40s. santa rosa were down to 47. now 46. napa, 46. concord, livermore, antioch, fairfield, a lot of these locations are still in the 40s. it will be a very, very cool day. we are running out of daylight here. today is clear, a few high clouds are starting to work their way in the north. we're gonna from go from very cold and clear. it looks like friday through monday there will be rain and snow. it will be about four days worth. >> all right. thank you. >>> thousands of people started lining up yesterday in the cold in san francisco to get free bags of groceries this morning t

the world will t give them refuge in russia orlsewhere.blem is if he is losing antril air bases, military bases, losing control on the ground. if this is tough ends up in the hands of jihadists we really have an issue, and that is where the u.s. and turkey and others are worried about seizing it before it happens. otherwise we have al qaeda with chemical -- >> i don't disagree. i think tre will be international action taken, no question aboutut. >> on thione, we cannot lead from behind. wewe have to lead from a head. you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. evenbabies. chevron isorking to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case i in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. nd aids... ♪ ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is goining to lose. ♪ ♪ >> the overwhelminmajority of our people just want what my parents have, a chance. >> t that is senator marco rubio of florida, one

clark was attracted to moore's shelter drawings, huddled figures of civilians taking refuge in london's underground stations from the nighttime bombing. his duties as a war artist also took him back to castleford to the same pit his father had worked in, to document the miners' contribution to the war effort. carvs at won qte a difft nd of on filled his sketchbooks. the drawings were subtle works of art, done in a mixture of pen and ink, crayon, pencil, and gouache. they were published in book form and caught the eye of a younger generation of artists, including bruce nauman. bruce nauman) they were so primitive in t materials well the images. i think th we very strong for me to look at because i was interested in drawing and then his use of crayon and gouache or watercolor was such a kindergarten use of media doinpe (nrae by british people, reached a new and wideaudience. -enaing e ocess that crthe shelter drawings. (narrator of documentary) on almost any night during a raid this figure might have been seen wandering about: henry moore the sculptor. here, perhaps, was the one artist mo

those who have taken refuge in tents and containers will not forget this winter. what's worse -- they know that the suffering continues in the war zone they have left behind. >> that's all for now. thanks so much for joining us. >> stay with us here on dw. we will have more news for you in just about 30 minutes time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

sometimes and lighten people have shown interest in these themes and perhaps have found a little refuge in this region that was affected by the knights templars the calf ours and more recently by other mysteries like the one had when the shuttle and the shuttle. he didn't treasures religious mysteries and legends that have inspired amongst others the da vinci code in big gosh extra terrestrials join the long list of beliefs. gosh them to put the tradition is a little bit special that's what's called an inverse mountain there are very few in the world it means that the lower geological layers are at the top so people have turned it into a to lyric site and because of this geological particularity they say it's an extraterrestrial trail that flying saucers are buried there and that there are mysteries connected to it you see and for something to stare. these extra terrestrials expected in two thousand and twelve have most importantly given rise to a whole business twenty eight year old has made a profession out of it with his partner this young local cells crystals in the regional markets

thousands of syrians have been fleeing the violence in their country, many seeking refuge in camps across the turkish border. like there has become increasingly hard, due to the extreme harsh weather conditions. >> apart from big aid organizations, small relief organizations are also trying to collect funds. we met one young man also trying to collect in berlin. >> pounding the pavement of the german capital, he wants to convince berliners to donate money to syrian refugees. many of them are freezing in camps on the turkish border. >> if you do have the chance to help, you could consider making a small donation. you could save a life there. >> he was born in lebanon. he is quick to strike up a conversation. he speaks german and arabic, and even a little turkish. >> people are ready to help, regardless of where they are from, and because the situation in syria is so rough, you notice that people do want to help out. >> he and his colleagues but that funding toward helping people more than 3,000 kilometers away on the syrian border with turkey. the money they collect in germany pays for cru

being the only source of refuge?>> this is certainly a diplomatic and humanitarian effort. what we expect is that countries will provide a silence for refugees as they seek see fit. not all countries are able to provide long-term support. so that is something that we will engage bilaterally wet, in terms of government, also multilaterally with the u.n. and other partners to see. so for example, syrian refugees. syrian refugees have moved into turkey and lebanon. those countries are hosting this refugees, and we are supporting that effort. any refugee, i will say 99% in the world, they would like to go home. their first references to go home to their families in their own countries. what we try to do is support the effort to help people. right now in turkey and lebanon and jordan to remain in those places and to have protection and services so that as the situation changes, and hopefully the violence subsides, they can return home. so we are not looking at large numbers of refugees at this moment from syria. but we ar