thousands of people right? >> reporter: to a degree it's been in this sort of strange sense of stasis for so long. so many dead. so many civilians murdered by the barrel bombs dropped often unskrim nanltly dropped. there is a tactical changing point if they manage to take the key hill that governs the supply route in and out. if the regime do take it, rebels seem to have the upper hand for the first time in months in the last 48 hours, if the regime pushes back which it looks like they'll do all they can do that leaves hundreds of thousands of civilians managing to live in rebel held areas, despite all of that bombing, it leaves them facing a massive humanitarian catastrophe. >> that amazing report. i know you'll have a lot more coming up throughout this week. nick thanks very much. coming up new york city police officers once again turn their backs on the mayor of new york bill de blasio despite a