i meant vermont. apologies. we are going to keep carl and keep chris wallace with us and bring in martha maccallum. she has been watching over the exit polls throughout the day and monitoring those for us. what are we learning? >> interesting tale here, shep. newt gingrich wins georgia and exit polls shows really how he did it? >> what are the underlying numbers? let's take a look at this. here are some of his strongest groups. first you have got in georgia 70% of the voters in georgia say they are tea party supporters. nearly half of them went for gingrich. same kind of picture with those who call themselves conservatives. 70 o% of the electorate in georgia calls themselves conservative. 48% of them went for the former speaker. now, more than six in ten of georgia voters today call themselves white evangelical christians. he got half of that group. they went to newt gingrich. and for the voters that say having the right experience is the most important thing to them in terms of their top quality he got 60% of t

vermont yet.iny smaterring of of the results here. as we look at the results of ohio the come in, i want to show you something about the state of ohio. here is a big question, who is in touch with the tough economy and the struggling economy and in touch with the blue collar voters? and the analysts? and who understands the problems, and 32% said santorum, and 18%, gingrich, and paul, 19%, and romney 23%. so a split there in who the ohio republicans think are best in touch with them. and who is the best important candidate quality, and in ohio, more than 1 in 10 said can defeat president obama in november. and big for governor romney among those who say it is the most important. but for electability, good for romney, and then you will see santorum very, very strong, and we will be there in ohio counting the votes quite some time. >> well, they close the polls in ohio in about five minutes from now and we can go to the exit polls and make a projection and looks like it will be very, very close. we

an exhibit on vermont furniture in the early republic. but as i wandered through the sunlit main gallery where the museum's treasured objects were displayed, i started to see things that helped me understand how artisans and consumers -- and those are really the two groups -- imagined their world. first my eye was struck by a large neoclassical sideboard that you see here with this -- oops. with this graceful bow front and sleek lines looking for all the world like a sophisticated boston product, but it was made in windsor, vermont. in fact when you look at the inlays here, you can see that three of the inlays go in one direction and the fourth goes in the other. and my assumption there is that this is a person, a cabinetmaker who actually didn't make lots of sideboards. the fact that he was m was muc familiar than his metropolitan colleague, and that accounts for some of the variances in construction. at the other end of the museum i noticed a musical tall clock built by a vermont clock making partnership. it boasted a calendar wheel, a

in vermont, too early to call but we can report that mitt romney has a lead in vermont. right now, too early to call in ohio, chris. >> ohio is the big enchilada tonight, all going to learn a lot. i think the headline will be tomorrow morning in the paper who won ohio? because it is, no matter what anybody says, the end of the rick santorum campaign. he has no more rationale if he loses in ohio, right next to pittsburgh, where he is from, it is the classic blue collar statement i was looking at the results from the polling tonight. people are scared about the economic future there. blue collar people worried about their own lives, worried, concerned about the federal government and its misdirection as they see t these are republican voters them should you can perfect for rick santorum. it is just a question of the pounding, i mean, whatever you think of as politics, the fact is he has been outspent overwhelmingly in that state, he's been pounded to death basically by this restore our future super -- super pac campaign of romney's. it's romney's and he has done basically

now, president obama at a fund- raiser at the university of vermont in burlington, vermont.bout his accomplishments during his first term and his plans for the second. he made four campaign stops. two in vermont, two in maine. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> hello, vermont. [applause] hello. thank you. thank you. thank you. oh, this is a good crowd here in vermont. [applause] it is good to be at uvm. [applause] it is good to be in vermont. [applause] tes, out of all 50 sta vermont has on the longest without a presidential visit. [applause] the last time a president stopped by was president clinton in 1995. we decided that today, we will reset the clock. [applause] give a big round of applause for the introduction. [applause] youa f-bat one of the best governors in the country -- you have one of the best governors in the country. when flooding came and disaster struck, he was here. every single day, working on your behalf. we could not be more proud of him. [applause] uva two outstanding senators. -- you have two outstanding senators. [applause] you have got an outstanding

won the red states including ohio, idaho, virginia, vermont and massachusetts, santorum has the green states, north dakota, oklahoma, tennessee gingrich won his adoptive state of georgia more now from foxs doug luzader on cap till hill. >> -- capitol hill. >> mitt romney did what he needed to do but this is not a resounding super tuesday victory, so the long slog continues. >>> most of america, together let's fight for the america we love. >> a call for unity but that still seems to be the missing element for mitt romney's campaign overall he picked up six super tuesday states massachusetts vermont, virginia idaho, alaska and the most watched race of the night ohio his win there came with the barest of margins just one point over rick santorum, despite flooding the state with money and santorum laid claim to three states last night tennessee, oklahoma, and north dakota. >> we have won in the west, the

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it is good to be in vermont.ow, out of all 50 states, vermont has gone the longest without a presidential visit. the last time a president stopped by was president clinton in 1995. so we decided that today, we are going to reset the clock. a couple acknowledgements. give jeanie a big round of applause for the introduction. you've got one of the best governors in the country. when flooding came and disaster struck, he was here every single day working on your behalf, and we couldn't be prouder of him. we've got two outstanding senators, peter leahy and bernie sanders. you've got an outstanding mayor-elect. give it up. i also want to thank carolyn dwyer and the entire host committee for helping to organize this unbelievable event. and one last thing i want to do. i want to express my condolences to everybody who knew and loved melissa jenkins. i know that some of the elected officials are going on to that funeral. there is a woman by all accounts who devoted her life to her community and helping to shape young mind

georgia, vermont and virginia.the top of the hour let's see if we'll be able to make any projections. stand by. >>> even with all the delegates up for grabs on this super tuesday, no one will be able to clinch the republican nomination tonight. there's a lot of concern among republicans that this long, drawn-out fight could end up with a weakened nominee and a divided republican convention. our tom foreman is here to take us into what we're calling a virtual convention. tom, give us a sense of what may unfold late this summer in tampa. >> reporter: you know, wolf, this is about the delegates the delegates the delegates. they're how we really keep score. not fundraising, not ads, not debates, it's do you win enough delegates. what the republicans want is a candidate with a clear lead they can get behind. what they don't want is a divisive battle. >> so how could such a war actually shape up here? where i'm virtually standing right now at the republican convention in tampa. and how will the top contenders deal with i

ron at 60 percent paul at 40 percent. >> vermont romney got 40, paul got 35 percent. in igingrich finishing hath there. >> massachusetts up next mitt romney taking that with 72 percent santorum with 12 percent. >> rick santorum took three states for the night. >> oklahoma leaving romney and gingrich to battle for second place. as you can see in tennessee santorum beating out gingrich and -- santorum takes it. leighing romney and paul battling for second place. >> now to the candidates and their speeches last night. for that we head to washington, d.c. where we find jennifer davis. >> it certainly was a super tuesday for mitt romney winning 6 contests. he did not deliver a knockout punch. but that is a number of victories for him. he won quite big in his own state of massachusetts also picking up victories in virginia and vermont and squeaking out that very important win in ohio. super tuesday often known for securing a nomination not likely to do that. it did go in a good place in terms of a delegate count. we cannot count out rick santorum. he did particularly well i

. >> fox news projecting that mitt romney has won the state of vermont. those are the standings as we know them. five seconds now to the next poll closing. >> bret: it's 8:00 on the east coast and polls just closing in massachusetts, tennessee, and oklahoma. fox news can now project that rick santorum will win oklahoma. that western state leaving mitt romney and newt gingrich to battle for second place there. ron paul will finish fourth in oklahoma. based on fox news exit polls and the raw data in. >> megyn: that's a significant win for senator santorum who battled hard in oklahoma. fox news is also projecting that mitt romney as expected will crush all competitors in his home state of massachusetts where he once served as governor. >> bret: in tennessee santorum is leading mitt romney but the race remains too close to call. romney and gingrich are battling for second place in tennessee while ron paul will finish fourth there. this is a very close race in tennessee. this could be one we are watching for a long time and a big big result that we want to wat

. >> romney claimed wins in three states, massachusetts, where he was once governor, and vermont and virginia. but santa santa bested him in the north dakota caucuses and the oklahoma and tennessee primaries. >> and newt gingrich came up with a single win in his home state of georgia. >> one of the night's biggest prizes, ohio, remained too close to call, with santorum and romney in a virtual tie. romney spent this election night in massachusetts and addressed his support in other words boston, here is some of what he said. >> this, it is wonderful to be able to go home tonight for the first time in two months. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what cash ann said it right. what a great night. we are so excited to be in the bay state tonight, celebrating with family, with friends who have worked just tirelessly on this campaign. and of course it is such an on or to have the citizens that i served as governor as part of our cause. your support really means affirming to ann and me and i am not going to let you down. i am going to get this nomination. >> tonight, we are doing some counting,

early numbers in the vermont primary vote.an see there is romney leading and there is romney the projected winner here in vermont as well. >> there is virginia there is ron paul with 42%. >> and gingrich has been declared the winner with 39% of the vote. santorum had 33%. and there is u.s. now offering a 1dzs million reward for information lead together safe return of a former fbi agent who vanished in iran five years ago. officials thought he was dead until this proof of live hostage video sent to his wife four months ago. and the director announced the reward, latest efforts by the fbi to determine the former agency's whereabouts. >> this is supposed to be the day university of california officials released reports of the pepper spraying incident. a judge halted release of the report. and laura anthony is live with reason and reaction. >> there is police largely ignored the city behind me, since that last november we're supposed to learn about why that happened and now, everyone will have to wait. nearly four months after th

vermont yet.iny smaterring of of the results here. as we look at the results of ohio the come in, i want to show you something about the state of ohio. here is a big question, who is in touch with the tough economy and the struggling economy and in touch with the blue collar voters? and the analysts? and who understands the problems, and 32% said santorum, and 18%, gingrich, and paul, 19%, and romney 23%. so a split there in who the ohio republicans think are best in touch with them. and who is the best important candidate quality, and in ohio, more than 1 in 10 said can defeat president obama in november. and big for governor romney among those who say it is the most important. but for electability, good for romney, and then you will see santorum very, very strong, and we will be there in ohio counting the votes quite some time. >> well, they close the polls in ohio in about five minutes from now and we can go to the exit polls and make a projection and looks like it will be very, very close. we

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a laugh and three weeks for him he's forty year license to operate expires what's going on up in vermont all kinds of stuff is going on and we have a march against nuclear madness page on our website and on facebook listing all of the fukushima commemorations on march eleventh and the rest of the month in vermont what we're probably looking at on march twenty second which is a year forty plus one day is large scale civil disobedience in a nonviolent tradition there have been civil disobedience actions led by grandmothers one woman frances crow was in her ninety's and one hundred times that vermont yankee the past five years i think there's going to be a lot more people on march twenty second at the front gate i lived in vermont for a decade i can tell you that people in that state are really upset about that nuclear power plant kevin thanks so much for being with us thank you for the great work you're doing it nuclear or the clock to nuclear disaster here in the united states is taking let's get nuclear power the most expensive and most dangerous form of energy on the planet before we re

virginia, vermont, his home state of massachusetts. everybody has won something tonight.verybody stays in. no one is dropping out of this race at all. mitt romney will pick up more delegates than inelse. he's the only candidate who can mathematically get the amount of delegates he needs. but if he loses ohio tonight, it will be a sign of his weakness in the general election campaign. rick santorum will keep fighting hard. >> the story changes, anything

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mitt romney has won three states, virginia, vermont and massachusetts.on two, oklahoma and tennessee. newt gingrich has won one state, georgia. he is live in atlanta. right now. >> bret: one of the biggest prizes, of course, ohio remains too close to call. romney and santorum battle for first place in the buckeye state. a huge win for rick santorum in tennessee. let's listen in to calista gingrich as she introduces the former house speaker. >> newt and i are engaged in this race because we believe america is at a crossroads and cares deeply about the future of our country. there are only a few months left before the most important election in our lifetimes. our only opponent is barack obama. [cheers] and we are committed to removing him from the white house. [cheers and applause] this campaign is far from over. and tomorrow we will bring another chapter in the race for the nomination. [cheers and applause] newt is the only candidate with the experience and knowledge necessary to rebuild the america we love. [cheers and applause] he has a successful natio

same in vermont, mitt romney winner, all four candidates were on the ballot in vermont. mitt romney wins easily in vermont and wins easily in his home state of massachusetts as well, 38 delegates in massachusetts. so those are the three wins for mitt romney so far tonight. let's go over to the wins for rick santorum. right now, we projected he's the winner in tennessee, an important state, also rick santorum the winner in oklahoma. two important states. rick santorum we project is the winner. one state for newt gingrich, one state being georgia. newt gingrich is the winner in georgia. he just wrapped up speaking in georgia. we heard most of his speech. you can see the winners so far. we're still waiting for ohio and three states are still vote right now, idaho, north dakota and alaska. idaho and north dakota close at the top of the hour, 10:00 p.m. eastern, alaska closes at midnight. you saw paul's interview with alaska governor sarah palin earlier. we might have highlights late tore share with you. so far a mixed bag. to anderson cooper. mixed bag. three wins for romney

and for neighboring vermont, romney again wins 40% to 25%. ron paul in second place.ood showing for him there. also in vermont, third and fourth place finishes those numbers coming up from ron paul and rick santorum. moving now to tennessee, rick santorum wins there over mitt romney. in tennessee romney thoughts he would do well. also in oklahoma 38% over romney. third and fourth going to gingrich and paul in that or the. in north dakota another win for santorum over ron paul in second place. mitt romney in third. newt gingrich in fourth in north dakota. in georgia a big win for newt gingrich who needed to win in his home state. third and fourth in georgia going to santorum and paul gingrich needed that one. in idaho 16% reported mitt romney 78% over ron paul 11%. smaller numbers in idaho for santorum and newt gingrich. the idaho caucuses there. newt gingrich needed to call himself a winner tonight. ron paul continued to accumulate delegates which is what he said he wanted to do. after all the voting starts, the spinning begins. everybody accentuating the positive. ro

of course he won massachusetts and vermont, that's his territory. he was one of only two people on the ballot in virginia, idaho, the second most mormons in all of the country. can't he get a clean victory without everybody putting an asterisk to it. >> there's an old saying in politics, the only asterisk is the one that matters on election day. he's the most likely nominee by far and he still is. three reasons people are saying this is not a clean win even though he got about half the delegates. the first biggest potential is ohio. apparent winner. 12,000 votes is a lot. as we've seen in florida recount in 2,000, most prominent thely. we have to make sure this is the actual count, that some county didn't double count votes or computer error. the second asterisk is the upcoming calendar, the contest for the rest of this month are not very good for mitt romney. particularly in kansas and missouri and mississippi and alabama. those will be tough contests for him, whether gingrich leaves the race or not. finally, the exit poll, show that romney still h

to a hurricane in vermont. who ever knew vermont would get struck bay hurricane? and on the ground in joplin, missouri, 14 hours after the tornado went through there. and i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, smithville. mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose

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he's also carried vermont and virginia. three states for mitt romney. two so far for santorum. he takes oklahoma, tennessee. one for newt gingrich in georgia. we're watching two more states, the polls have just closed in idaho and north dakota. so far, we are not able to make a projection in idaho and north dakota, but look at ohio. look how close it is right now. 59% of the vote in, santorum slightly ahead of mitt romney. 38% to 36%. santorum with 254,757. romney, 254,739. santorum just slightly more than 10,000 votes ahead. gingrich and paul significantly behind. but you know, we're going to watch ohio very, very closely. look what is going on in north dakota right now. 73% of the vote in. santorum is ahead in north dakota as well. 39%. ron paul is second with 28%. mitt romney, third. 25%. newt gingrich, 8%. a small number of people participated in the caucuses in north dakota. 75% of the numbers in. santorum ahead in north dakota. i want to focus in on ohio right now. you know, if romney loses the popular vote in ohio, he might still win the delegate count because santorum d

missing element for mitt romney's campaign overall he picked up six super tuesday states massachusetts vermont, virginia idaho, alaska and the most watched race of the night ohio his win there came with the barest of margins just one point over rick santorum, despite flooding the state with money and santorum laid claim to three states last night tennessee, oklahoma, and north dakota. >> we have won in the west, the midwest and south and we are ready to win across this

vermont freshman foremcglin.he catamounts were hot all night shooting 50 percent ers from the field. vermont cruises 71-59. they get carolina on friday. according to president obama, north carolina and not missouri, bill karins, will be cutting down the nets at the end of the big dance. the president picked kansas to win it all the past two seasons. the jayhawks were upset in early rounds. the president's last had the tar heels in 2009 and they did win the title. president obama has kentucky, ohio state, missouri joining carolina. three of his four picks are located in swing states for what it's worth. >>> a day after president obama took british prime minister david cameron to his first tournament, cameron gave a toast talked about his guy's night out at the big dance. >> now, michelle, i'm sure that like sam you often wonder what happens when your husband goes for a night out with the guys. so maybe i should come clean about last night. we went to basketball and we had a real man-to-man track. he tried to confu

so gingrich takes georgia, romney leading in virginia and vermont in the early vote count. polls close in ohio at the bottom of the hour. stay with us for more super tuesday updates. i'm scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it's the biggest night of the presidential primary season and as you just saw newt gingrich is on the board with a win in his home state georgia. mitt romney coming off four straight wins in the past two weeks is leading tonight in virginia and in vermont. with ten states voting, we're just getting started. we have a team of campaign 2012 correspondents covering super tuesday and we'll go first to jan crawford with the romney campaign in boston. jan? >> reporter: well, scott after spending most of the past week battling it out in that key state of ohio, romney arrived here in his home state late this afternoon and he sounded optimistic when he talked to reporters about his expectations for tonight. >> i said i'm hoping for a good win here in massachusetts and what happens els

but the citizens of vermont as i mentioned yesterday communities across vermont were voting on whether or not to tell congress to amend the u.s. constitution to keep money out of politics well that effort passed fifty three communities across the state yesterday sending a resounding message to washington these communities join the likes of portland oregon new york city and los angeles viciously introducing measures to push back against the citizens united sime washington listens to the people of vermont and all over our nation stops corporate cash from both driving and county elections. the bad georgia state some georgia state senate voted yesterday to ban un documented and immigrants from attending any of georgia's public colleges passing of the vote comes despite the fact that state college officials repeated lee told government officials that the bill was completely unnecessary federal law does not prevent undocumented immigrants from attending public universities and colleges leaves it to the states to decide whether or not to admit undocumented immigrants and guard was the undocum

proyecta un ganador pero aÚn faltan delgados por decidir, romney que hoy ha ganado massachusetts, vermontx gobernador, asÍ pinta en el mapa tiene hoy 81 gel gadz g nadz, santorum que ha ganado tennessee, y tambiÉn el de oklahoma con esto en el mapa aparece asÍ. apuntando se un nÚmero de delgados que es de 25, ahÍ los tienen y finalmente cerramos con el ex-presidente de la camara de representantes newt gingrich que se apunta georgia, fundamental en sus aspiraciones. >>> son 34 los delgados ganado por gingrich, pauli no se ha apuntado, romney comenzÓ con 119, gingrich 30, santorum 17 y paul 8, ellos sumaron hoy, 81 romney. para un total romney 200, 64 gingrich 42 santorum, se necesitan mil 61 para ganar la candidatura y enfrentar al presidente de los estados unidos obama, asÍ esta la carrera hasta el momento. >>> gracias habla bas de massachusetts estado que ganÓ mitt romney en un momento gobernador de ese estado, y nos vamos directo a boston ahÍ estÁ angie sandoval con los detalles de lo que ha pasado ahÍ. >>> quÉ tal, buenas noches estÁ siendo una buena noche para romney ya se anota tres

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i do not believe in vermont or around this country that that is what the american people want. think people are united that we need to overturn this disastrous citizens united decision that said, quite amazingly, a corporation is a person with unlimited first amendment rights, can spend as much as they want on a campaign. >> what do you do about it? what's your best way going forward? how long might that take? >> well, i think ultimately we need a constitutional amendment. i have one. tom udall in new mexico has another one. we need a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united. that will take us a while. we have to get through the house, the senate, three-quarters of the states. but i think short term what we can do is pass some legislation, which can significantly diminish the impact of citizens united. for example, right now, somebody is a billionaire corporate leader. he could put as much money as he wants into a campaign. he can put ads on television, come up with some phoney front group. nobody knows who's paying for the ad. you-f you do something very simple and

. >> i would reat you when we chatted earlier this week when i was in vermont about your, your speech earlier this week. and ged targeting of u.s. citizens. i still want to see the office of legal counsel. and i would urge you to keep working on that. i realize that is a matter of some debate within the administration. >> that would be true. >> please keep my staff and me updated in the progress of the review of the nypd surveillance of muslim-americans. >> we will. >> and lastly, i wrote to you and secretary of homeland janet encourage you to hold marriage based immigration petitions for same sex couples, the decision, the defense against marriage act, may be granted individual cases, i hope you will reconsider the administration's position. we have case, i have written toe married in vermont, lawfully, a number of states where same sex marriages are legal. but then they run up against the immigration problem. please review that. >> i will look at the case and get back to you, senator. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much, madam chairman, welcometo holder. the job doesn't s

in vermont, mitt romney is the projected winner of the vermont republican primary.hould tell you the caucuses are underway in north dakota. we have no characterization from north dakota, we don't expect one for some time. here is where the race stands right now. mitt romney's win in massachusetts is his tenth victory of the campaign. you can see his wins marked in green. mr. santorums in purple, mr. gingrich's in orange. those are the states that mitt romney has won, massachusetts, vermont, virginia, washington state, arizona, michigan, maine, nevada, florida and new hampshire. chris, too close to call right now in tennessee, too close to call right now in oklahoma. >> those are two states -- >> too early. >> it will keep him in the race if santorum wins. if he can't win in ohio he can't win the nomination but he can stay in it. >> a close race in ohio is not enough to keep rick santorum viable? >> it's close in ohio i'm guessing he'll win the other two states, that means he has had a good night. it's been a process of between, of romney search and destroy, finds th

vermont will play north carolina after they beat lamar.he fifth time vermont is in the tournament. they advance 71-59. south florida moved on. at one point they were up 32 on cal. golden bears made it respectable in the second half but couldn't get over the hump. they'll play temple tomorrow. finally, how does your bracket stack up with the president's? he's got kentucky, missouri, ohio state and north carolina in the final four. three years ago he had the tar heels winning it all, and he was right. once again, he picked north carolina. any coincidence that the democratic convention is also in north carolina? you be the judge. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> coming up, an actress gets a baby. an actor gets an nc-17 rating, and an old film gets a new night in theaters. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> it's bad enough many folks have lost their homes recently. but a 101-year-old woman? fortunately we have a happy ending for you. you're watching "early today." >>> welco

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> funding for this presentation is made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global finance to guide you through the opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> they you win aid chief visits -- the un aid chief visits homs. tributes to the british soldiers fallen in afghanistan. we have a special report on fukushima one year after the tsunami. who is up and who is down in the rich list. we will have the details. hello, and welcome. the syrian deputy oil minister has affected, becoming the most senior official to abandon president assad since the uprising began. he announced he joined the revolution of the syrian people. the u.n. humanitarian she's visited -- humanitarian chief visited the city of homs. >> they are setting off to the north. of the humanitarian chief held talks with the syrian minister. he told he