that's tom fletcher from what you're thank you. thank you. the panama, as president says, he'll be speaking with us president donald trump on friday afternoon, as a war woods over the panama canal escalates earlier on, says day is emily know, re reacted angrily to a us state department to announcement that american government vessels would no longer be required to pay a fee to use a panama canal to come out with her. as you said, that wasn't true for that. it was winning to hold talks with us officials. trump has repeatedly suggested that the united states take back control of the canal by force if necessary, or locked in america to alicia newman is in santiago in chile, and has more on the story. just one week ago, president legal has said that he was sure that the differences with united states could be ironed out amicably and in a friendly manner. today he was calling the state department of reducing the state department of using quote, lies and false fluids to try to manage the bi lateral relationship. very, very strong words and the pres

i spoke with its leader, tom fletcher, who joined us from jerusalem. you were in gaza. at did you witness, especially in areas that were harder to reach? tom: i came in through the north, which was the area most affected by the conflict in the last 14 to 15 months. it's been pummeled. you cannot tell what was a house, what was a school and what was a hospital. you see civilians picking through the wreckage and it takes time to even find where the homes were because everything has been flattened so it is grim and desolate but they are heading home and trying to rebuild. >> parts of northern gaza were on the brink of famine. what is the situation now? tom: when we got the cease-fire in place, we were worried about starvation levels and famine. we now have 2.5 weeks worth of trucks and convoys. so we have made progress in getting food to those who need it and the risk is receding. we got food to one million people but the needs are still massive. the biggest needs are tense and shelter because people are heading back to where their homes were and winter is here. it's cold,

tom fletcher warns the risk of famine could return if the cease fire agreement collapses. speaking after a 2 day visit to the strip, he says more food and medical supplies are needed for an assignment, i think as long as you get a budget now, because we've got now 3 weeks of bread and food across. and so those, the starvation levels are down from where they were before the sci fi. and that's been a great success of the last 3 weeks, is because we've been getting 70800 trucks a day through. we've been able to, to reach over a 1000000 people with food, but the conditions is still terrible. you know, people are still hungry, they're still a limit of the supplies that they have. and if the cx 5 foods get deceased by breaks, then very quickly those conditions will come back again. 30 palestinians have been taken through the crossing and southern gauze to receive medical treatment abroad. but thousands more injured people, including children, need to be moved out of his trip for treatment under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, 50 patients a day and their caregivers are supp

tom fletcher says the risk of finding could return. if a seaside, raymond collapses the thread assignment, i think, as long as you get a budget now, because we've got now 3 weeks of bread and food across and so those, the salvation levels are down from where they were before the sci fi. i mean, that's been a great success of the last 3 weeks is because we've been getting 70800 trucks a day through. we've been able to, to reach over a 1000000 people with food are but the conditions are still terrible. you know, people are still hungry, they're still a limit of the supplies that they have. and if the cease by fools, deceased, by breaks then very quickly, those conditions will come back again. when he was president, donald trump has reiterated his thoughts of taking up a garza. he says, other countries in the middle east could be allowed to develop positive. it's are committed to buying a gas as far as us rebuilding it. we may give it to others, say 2 sections of it. other people may do it. our offices, we're committed to owning it, takin

tom fletcher is united nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, and the emergency relief coordinator is currently in dental bottom in central gas. and he says, palestinians there are defiant and invalid. they won't leave their homeland as this is for driven you in the last 3 months. and then the recently started this job, i've been to, to dot 47 across syria. i'd be right out the front lines, the green rush. it was. i've never seen anything like this. this is the, the toughest i of my working life. uh, it is possibly possibly beautiful. uh, what was the boss. you know, i think what i'm hearing from the teams is that 2 weeks ago they said it was nice and despair from everyone they met. now, off the 2 weeks of this, the spot people have managed to get a bit more sleep. they managed to get a bit more food inside them. there was a sense of growing defiance, which i'm hearing everyone. everyone has come up to me and insisted on telling that story. these are risk stories, but they will end the story by saying we are saying, we're not coming any way, will rebuild and will rebuil

earlier today i spoke with its leader tom fletcher, who was in gaza earlier today and joined us fromre in gaza earlier today. what did you witness especially in areas harder to reach because of the fighting. >> i came into the north, which is the area worst affected by conflict, and it is decimated. you cannot tell what was a house, a school, hospital, and you see civilians picking through the wreckage, and it takes them time to even find where their homes were because everything has been flattened, so it is grim. they are heading home and trying to rebuild. geoff: parts of northern gaza are on the brink of famine? >> two weeks ago we were very worried about starvation and famine. we have 2.5 weeks of trucks, convoys, 14,000 trucks have gone in in that time. the risk is receding of famine. we got food to one million people come up the needs are still massive. the biggest thing right now are tents, shelter, because a lot of people are trying to head back to where their homes were and winter is here. geoff: what challenges remain when it comes to distributing that aid given the sheer s