refugees to other countries. the united nations estimate 2.2 million people have fled syria and taken up refugee in other countries. more than a third of them are in lebanon. many are in camps such as one al jazeera visited. reporter: we re at a tented settlement in lebanon. they dot the landscape along the border are syria. people live in miserable conditions and they may be safe, they no longer have to face the violence in syria but we re warning of the danger to come, and that is the cold. in this region temperatures drop below zero and you can see people barely have anything. the grouped is all the ground is all mud and the plastic sheetings do not provide shelter when the rain starts. just look around. just a few weeks ago there was rain and the whole area was flooded. people are worried. they re calling on the international community to help them. but the international community can only do so much. and the lebanese government can only do so much. they have to deal wi
theatres this weekend. welcome to al jazeera america. i m morgan radford. the obama administration is preparing to announce on sunday that it has met its deadline to improve healthcare.gov. today is the obama administration s self-imposed deadline to have its healthcare.gov web site up and running for the majority of americans. it was shut down late friday for overnight repairs, and the goal was to handle 50,000 users all at once and to reduce errors. whether it can handle the capacity won t be put to the test. the latest setback for the affordable care act involves small businesses, which were supposed to use their own online marketplace to figure out the best health plans for employees. that won t happen for another year. instead, it s a full-court press to make sure healthcare.gov, the website for individuals, is working. this week in california, the president stood firm. i m willing to fix any problems there are. i m not going to abandon people to make sure there s
countries. 2.2 million people have thread syria and taken up in other countries. many are living in camps of plastic tents to protect them from the elements. we have reports from camps in jordan. reporter: thermal blankets and clothing distribution has just started at this camp. you can see behind me there are hundreds of refugee who is are queuing to receive these items on the first day of direction, which is always stress busy. the high thermal blankets are a valuable commodity, especially important for residents and refugee who is are still living inside plastic tents and have much less protection from the rain and the cold and the wind in the winter. now aid agencies are also distributing clothing kits for babies and children up to the age of five. what you see in these boxes behind me includes enough winter clothing for 24,000 children. now each of these winter kits includes quite a bit of clothing items such as heavy jackets, hats, socks, winter shoes as well as sweat
the united nations said 2.2 million syrian versus left the country. more than 200,000 are now in iraq, and as winter approaches many are still living in tents. we have reports on what is being done in northern iraq to prepare refugees for the cold. it s early morning and the women in this refugee camp prepare food. they ve been cooking outdoors since the summer but that will have to end soon because winter has come and with it plunging temperatures and heavy rain. i make a special effort to cook every friday a small treat to help forget where we are. but with the rains we won t be able to do this for much longer. even this small treat will be taken away from us. reporter: preparations to get this camp ready for winter are well under way. drainage systems are put in place to make sure the camp doesn t flood. from the u.n. refugee agency said although things are on track they have a long way to go. we will support the international community with the needs for the winte
victims behind the country s borders. more than 2.2 million have fled, scattered among its neighbours. united nations says half are children. many are not able to go to school. some are working to support their families. a danger approaches - a harsh winter. zeina khodr reports from a camp near lebanon. we are at a tenth settlement near lebanon. they dot the landscape along the border with syria. people live in miserable conditions. they may be safe, not it facing the violence of syria, but they have the cold. people barely have anything. the ground is mutt, and these plastic sheetings do not provide shelter when the rain starts. look around - just a few weeks ago there was rain and the whole area was flooded. people are worried and are calling on the international community to help them. the international community can only do so much. they have to deal with their economic problems. this is how people live - sometimes four to five families in one tent. people are talking a