humanitarian aid valerie amos.with all these fine words and a presidential statement from the security council, what's going to change? >> well, i hope we'll be able to get into places we've not been able to get into up until now. we estimate there are 2 million people in syria we've been trying to reach and we have not been able to. so if the parties on the ground stick by what the security council has said in this statement, then we think that we'll be able to get more people faster with more supplies. >> what makes you think-- >> it's extremely important that the united nations security council come together. we've been talking about this for two and a half years. it is ordinary children, men, women, who are suffering the consequences of the brutality on the ground. it's got worse. the fact that the security council have come together, there is a consensus statement. they're saying very clearly that it has to stop. they're saying they hav there he access. they're saying that we as the united nations with our par

valerie amos says the syrian government and rebel groups ignored the humanitarian appeal because it isnbinding. both sides are accused of daily indiscriminate attacks on schools, power plants and medical personal. amos says no one is taking seriously obligations under international law. >> five people accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attacks tried to argue against receiving the death penalty. the lawyers say the cia violated the men's heights by torturing them in prison. >> one of the major issues that dominated the discussion at the 9/11 pre-trial here at gan tan mow is the matter of torture. the defense wants to bring in the un convention against torture, which allows the five men accused of planning the september 11th attacks to gain something from the torture suffered in cia custody between 2003 and 2006. one part of the strategy was for a defense lawyer to bring in an outside counsel who specialed in war crimes. cheryl ill was not allowed to bring in tony caddman to talk about what he could bring to the proceedings. here is some of what mr caddman had to say. >> if you don't de

but valerie amos, said it is nonbinding. both sides are accused of daily indiscriminate attacks on schools, and medical personnel. no one is taking seriously their obligation under international law. >>> he told us the situation for people displaced within syria is actually getting worse. >> the problem inside syria is simply disastrous. winter ask approaching, while we're managing to get 250 trucks a week in all areas, that is not enough. all agencies are in a real race against time. there are simply some estimated 5 million or so idps, internal refugees inside syria. there are many millions of people in increased need because of the conflict, the economic collapse of the country, schools have been destroyed, supermarkets, shop, people don't have the place to work even if they have the security to get out. so syria is experiencing a traumatic situation and as much as we've seen our aid cross some front lines, as much as we have seen some steps to provide better access to enclaves, there is still not enough access to the enc

but valerie amos says the syrians and rebel groups have largely ignored it because it is nonbinding.y indiscriminate attacks at schools hospitals power plants and medical personnel. amos says no one is taking seriously their obligation under international humanitarian law. bernard smith al jazeera. >> we'll have more on this global crises on shows throughout the weekend on al jazeera. >>> up ahead why one aid agency is operating here in new york city. >>> without a traition, a family's anguish for a missing family member and theirs desperation to bring him home. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here's another look at your top stories tonight. >> we will defend this bill of rights. >> protestors in washington protesting spying, unlawful monitoring of americans by the u.s. government. reform laws that support the nsa's secretive online data gathering. >>> at least 100 people were killed in syria when a car bomb exploded near a mosque while worshipers attended services. according to the united nations more than 100,000 people have been killed in syria's war so far. >>> the five pe

security council resolution on syria's chemical weapons threatens consequences for noncompliance but valerie amos has said the rebel groups have largely ignored the appeal because it is nonbinding. both sides are accused of daily indiscriminate attacks on schools, power plants hospitals and personnel. no one is taking seriously their obligations under international humanitarian law. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> it was an execution of rebels, that's what the iranian official news agency says after 16 men were reportedledly hange. iran was said to have avending the death of their garts along the -- guards along the pakistani border. friday night in a town in the southeastern part of the country. >> women in saudi arabia are taking the wheel to demand a right many take for granted. driving. 17,000 have signed a petition to call for the right to operate a car. saudi officials are threatening to arrest anyone involved in the protest. one woman said the campaign though isn't just about driving. >> it's a very good platform to start asking for more rights in general. not just for women. because the way

emergency relief coordinator valerie amos has called for sr. a humanitarian pause. can we stop the violence for a moment. >> describe to me how that would work. >> you have to negotiate it with the assad government. you have to negotiate it with the armed groups and you have to read -- it was done in afghanistan in the early 2000s, it can be done, at least in certain parts of syria to allow something like a vaccination campaign to go forward. >> ifill: so the aid is there, just not getting through? >> it cannot get through because of the conflict basically. >> so are there long-term and short-term choices here as you try to figure out what happens next? >> definitely. i mean the -- something like a polio epidemic is an alarm, an emergency that must be dealt with immediately. but look at the region. look at the two or three million people who have crossed into neighboring countries. to rebuild syria, to allow people to recover. even if the war stopped tomorrow it would be a long-term effort. >> ifill: who has to take the lead in this? >> fundamentally it's about dipl

but valerie amos said the groups have largely ignored humanitarian appeal because it is nonbinding.both sides are accused of daily indiscriminate attacks at schools hospitals power plants and medical personnel. amos says no one is taking seriously their obligation against international humanitarian law. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> in the two years of syria's civil war more than 100,000 people have been killed. another two million have fled the country. a. >>> and now ebon eboni dee ebo . welcome eboni. >> waking up to freezing conditions and frosty conditions. i'll tell you where we're dealing with frosty conditions. first a cloaup of our numbers. 28 in charlotte one degree shy of hitting a record this morning, the record 27. now most of the nation quiet and dry. that's all thanks ohigh pressure, keeping us mostly clear but it's the clear skies throughout the late night hours that have allowed temperatures to really take that dive, that's why we're staying at 20s and 30s, clipper system making its way against the northeast, cool light showers but some areas dealing with a little b