least a month after childbirth. and that sounds like one tradition that's worth keeping. welcome to al jazeera. this is coming up on the news hour. german police break up a far-right protest over attacks on women in cologne. >> sales soar as the u.s.

powerball jackpot reaches $900 million. >> we'll have all your sport including english fa cup as they begin their campaign for a hat trick. >> aid agencies are in a race against time to get vital food and medicine to besieged towns in syria with tens of thousands of people are starving. as winter sets in families have been burning furniture for warmth and resorting to eating leaves and even cats and dogs. the situation is particularly bad where 42,000 people have been cut off since july. but sources say that an agreement has been reached with the government for aid to be delivered there on monday in return aid will also be allowed into two opposition-held villages in the north. well, the crisis has called the international outcry after pictures of eye macated bodies

and hungry children emerge. >> what is your name? >> nua. >> how long have you been without food? >> four days. >> what have you taken to the hospital to survive. >> this packet. >> this packet of salt. >> a spokesperson said she's hopeful that aid will get to civilians soon. >> we expect that tomorrow, sunday, we'll have the first aid trucks going in carrying food for the people who are besieged in the town. in addition there will be other humanitarian supplies on this convoy. by monday or hopefully also sunday we will be reaching for throughout the week more convoys carrying humanitarian supplies

reaching these besieged areas, which would include food, baby food. it will include blankets, children winter clothing, water, water purifiers, medical supplies by all the humanitarian agencies operating in syria. >> well joining us now in studio is matthew morris, the senior communication adviser and spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross. thank you so much for joining us. they made made it a few months ago, and it was the last time aid made it there. what did your colleagues see? what was the situation that they gland along side our partners on the ground, the u.n. and they saw the desperation and the hunger on people's eyes. they were able to deliver some urgency, urgently needed items

such as medical items, food kits, hygiene kits blankets. we think it was probably enough for around two months. clearly that will have run out, and we are extremely worried about the reports that we've all seen in the last few days. we haven't actually been able to get back in since october, so we can't confirm what we've been seeing, but obviously it's extremely worrying. that's why we're so keen to get back. also into other towns where there are many, many people who need our help. some estimations of over 400,000 people who are living in besieged or hard-to-reach years. >> yes, we've seen a lot of use in that kind of siege in the war in syria, and this is grabbing the headlines because of the awful pictures we've seen come out. are you hopeful that the red cross will get in on monday. if and when you do what is your priority? >> we're working, our teams are

working to secure that access again with the united nations. we're hoping to see if we can get in by monday. we can't guarantee that. there are many logistical challenges in doing an operation like this. it takes a lot of hours, a lot of effort. there are many armed groups, armed parties to this conflict obviously on the ground and in the air. we need to get the security guarantees to get the humanitarian access. there are procedures to go through, it takes a long time. there was one operation where colleagues had to go through 60 check points to go from a to b and that gives you the indication of the real challenges we have in syria. >> how hard is it to negotiate this type of access. you really need to get everyone on board. >> we need to get everyone on board. we are a strictly humanitarian organization. we are neutral. we're independent, we're partial.

we need the parties on the ground to understand that, to give us access so we can deliver our aid. we're not allowed to any political party, any groups, organizations. we need to get people to understand that it takes a lot of organization, a lot of phone calls and things can change what might, for example, today take--might take an ear to go from a to b. tomorrow it might take three days because the dynamics on the ground have changed. >> you mentioned the importance of getting access. we're not going to know until monday if we--you get the sort of access. if you do this, do you have any idea? is it one day that you have, for example, to leave aid? is it over a week? is it just one drop of medicine, food, or do you have any idea? >> that's a good question, and we're going through that right now. we're absolutely clear on what we do need and what the people of the parts of syria are needed

are regular unimpeded access. we went no october, but that is not enough. we need to have the access to go in regularly. now at the moment we're trying to secure this access for the beginning of next week. we are--we are trying to persuade the parties to let us go in on a regular basis, but at the moment we're looking for the next operation. >> you're willing to leave two months worth much medicine and food. >> we have lots of supplies. with our partners we'll be aiming to lead medical supplies, and to replenish the stocks in these towns. and also food urgently needed food and blankets and things like that. we will send in, if we can, we'll send in the equipment, but we'll also send in our delegates to look in terms of health and protection issues to see what we can find and see how we can help. >> we'll speak to your colleagues on the ground when they're hopefully able to get

in. thank you. >> meanwhile, syrian state tv says the government is ready to take part in peace talks in geneva but only if it obtains a list of which opposition figures will be involved. syria's foreign minister, who met u.n. envoys in damascus earlier, also demanded a list of groups that would be classed as terrorists. rebels say they're under international pressure to make concessions adding to their doubts about the u.n.-led drive for peace. aid workers say 43 people have been killed in a russian airstrike in the western town. this video is said to have been filmed by well tears from the opposition syrian civil defense aid groups. the pictures were taken using a camera mounted on an aid worker's helmet as volunteers dig to find bodies buried beneath the rubble. al jazeera cannot independently verify the video. more than a million syrian

refugees have sought shelter in neighboring lebanon, but with harsh winter conditions and food supplies running desperately low, many are struggling to survive. caroline malone reports now from the refugee camp in lebanon's valley. >> six-month-old ahmed has a serious burn across his face and head. his family can't afford to buy wood so his mother put whatever she could find to burn and keep the fire burning, but sometimes these items give off toxic fumes and the fire will burn out of control. >> i hut nylon and plastic shoes in the furnace and woke up with the tent on fire. by the time we put the fire out my baby was burned. >> these restrictions mean that syrians cannot earn for themselves. they cannot get a job unless they're sponsored by a lebanese

national. >> we have no human rights. just look and see what are my human rights. look at my kids. no proper clothes. i have ten people to take care of and i'm old. how can i feed them and keep them alive. >> the united nations' appeal for international donations to help syrian refugees every year, but last year it received half of what it asked for, which means refugees here are having to go without. it's people in the newer refugee camps like this that are the most vulnerable. they don't have the most basic things that they need in the run u up to winter. they need wood and fuel for the fire and plastic sheeting to waterproof their tents. they need $400 to $500 a month to survive. many are getting a third of that. >> it's cold and water is leaking into the tents. and look at the tarps. we don't have plastic to cover it for the rain. yesterday an ngo brought us one

tarp. what can that do to stop the leaking. it gives us some aid but it's not enough. in a month we get $150, but it's not enough. >> the u.n. has launch an appeal to help syrian refugees in lebanon. >> we're mostly concerned about people in exposed areas, especially those who live in insecurity shelters, we know that 65% of refugees in lebanon live in what we call insecurity dwellings such as garages, warehouses, not only tents but also tents. and all of them need our help and support. >> but there are more than 1 million refugees here who may need help. most of them living below the poverty line. back at baby ahmed's tent, his mother, who has been in lebanon for three years, can only hope that things will get better especially during the long winter days. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> well, aid agencies are making a plea to help the forgotten victims of isil's advance in

iraq. more than 3 million people are internally displaced, and they say winter weather will only make the humanitarian situation worse. >> whether escaping war or bracing for winter, they have become accustomed to one catastrophe to another. even in this camp meant to protect them, supplies are too few and aid distributions too far between. it's why some children walk around in slippers despite the freezing cold. >> our condition here is so difficult. the tents are soaking wet and the rain is always leaking in. >> as if on cue while we were talking a deluge begins. the nightmare she had just described becomes real once more. >> to give you an idea of how bad the weather conditions are right now.

it was raining a few minutes ago, and now it's hailing. this hail and this rain is coming into this tent. that's why so many of the internally displaced here are worried about what the worsening winter weather will bring in the weeks and months to come. >> concern for the welfare of her children, she took what precautions she could as early as possible. >> we paid for a separate makeshift room because sometimes the tent flies away. once the tarp flew away and we had to bring it back here. >> after three months of saving, they had enough money to buy the wood for this makeshift shelter. tiny compared to the tent they've been in, but at least now they feel slightly more secure against the elements. but in other parts of the camp things are far worse. the evidence is all around. like this tarp that collapsed under the weight of rainwater. or the trash piling up in the

mud. unicef told us that getting money and resources to help the people here is becoming extremely difficult. >> what people are forgetting is the 22 million displaced who are living a miserable life. it's the fighting against isil. >> he describes the situation children are facing across the country. he says he is still haunted by the memory of seeing one child at another camp who was so cold he tried to warm himself under the engine of a car. life for many of the children here is as punishing as this weather. and they're becoming accustomed to this suffering. al jazeera on the outskirts of erbil, iraq. >> coming up in this news hour opposition protesters throw

petrol bombs at the headquarters over a deal with serbia. graffiti appears around venezuela in protest of the opposition removing his picture from parliament. in sport a case of stay gentleman view as the warm up events in the first grand slam to the tennis season. two rillets are set to meet in the brisbane international final. >> police in the german city of cologne has dispersed an anti-immigration protest. water canon was fired at the demonstrators after claims that asia and north african men--arab and north african men assaulted women at new year's eve events.

chancellor merkel has called stricter sentences, making it easier to deport offenders. >> it must be clear not only through words, easier people will ask us to back them up with actions, and so of course we will be discussing what needs to be changed with our coalition partners in the government. >> joining us now from berlin to discuss this in more detail is a professor of political sociology whose expertise is looking how migration can transform society. thank you for joining us here. first of all your reaction, your observations, the impact across europe and especially in germany to these attacks on ne new year's eve and the attack

reaction to them. >> there has been a backlash of a rather positive spirit at least for some part of the population since august. germany has been debating germany's refugee policy, and there were discussions about a welcome culture and raising interests and attention yet now what we see is that there is a very clear shift towards the more right wing-- >> let's look at an example we can see the cover now of focus magazine. one of the magazines in germany. walk us through that cover.

>> it's really--it's the discussions that have taken a very hope, racist nature. you see here a blond woman naked undressed woman that is touched by hands. this is the reinvocation of one of the colonial race imageries of europe, and i find it very, very despicable way to address the issue that is only putting the level further down. >> you mention people who don't affiliate with pegida. you see that the police were

unprepared. it caused the chief of police to resign. the mayor of cologne blamed the women saying they should stay at arm's length from men they don't know. when it comes to the level of discussion, and i take your point about the cover of "foe focus" magazine, but they were unprepared to have any kind of discussion, and it breaks the trust of ordinary people when they hear about immigration. isn't that one of the problems, too. >> the police, seemingly hesitant. both the police and the media were hesitant to come stronger out with this news because of the concern of how it may affect the debate on refugees. i'm skeptical about this argument because when i look back the past 15, 20 years and germany media politics there was never a consideration to actually not to point out the

background of potentially critical. >> what happened in this case? what do you think went wrong with the police in cologne? >> i'm not sure. i know very little still. we know that there was news reporting and political debate that is going way beyond--in front of the investigations that are still investigation there are men assaulting the women, and we're talking about 30 suspects that have been arrested, and i believe what is happening is not the event itself but actually the reaction that have been inflated with in

terms of it's the collective as criminal. >> forever of political sociology speaking to us from berlin. madam, thank you. demonstrators have thrown petrol bombs during protests over a deal with the country's former ruler serbia. several thousand opposition supporters had gathered to denounce the e.u.-brokered deal. these would give the serb minorities more power. kosovo declared indians from serbia with the backing of the west in 2008. we go to the capital, tension has been escalating for months. >> they're thinking that the serbian state will be back at the back door. they fear with the finances from

belgrade and with the local authorities connected with serbia there will be something like joint the opposition leaders are saying that many of the brussels agreement are okay with them. but they're saying that the association of serbian majority municipalities here in kosovo will just cause more tension between the citizens of kosovo, and it's not only that. they're saying that this government is not working well. they're saying that they will not give up until the prime minister of kosovo resigns. >> mexico is expected to extr extradite drug boss joachim

guzman to the u.s. the mexican police arrested guzman after a shootout in which five of his henchmen were killed. the leader of the drug cartel had been on the run for six months. he started out harvesting drugs in marijuana and opium poppy fields and learned about the drug trade. he went out on his own in the late 1980s setting up the sinaloa cartel. and it was thought to be responsible for a quarter of all drugs entering the united states. guzman wa was arrested but escaped in 2001. he continued to live at large and continued to build his fortune before he was recaptured in 2014. he escaped again in july after fleeing prison through a tunnel. let's go to mexico, natasha, he

escaped from prison twice. the last time six months ago was pretty spectacular how he managed to do it. i'm guessing that the shorts are being careful where they keep him to make sure that he does not run off again. >> they're insuring that guzman does not escape from prison a third time. the public here has really responded with writ call as well as a blase attitude. many have said that he has already escaped from prison twice and he'll probably escape again. here's what is interesting. this time around the u.s. has made it clear, by the way, that it's ongoing with request to extradite guzman to the united states where he's facing charges remains in effect. they accept that guzman will be extradited to the u.s.

the government cannot afford another escape attempt, that guzman has effectively continued to run his multi billion dollar sinaloa drug cartel from prison. we're told that the process would take about nine months. one analyst tells us now guzman's back is really up against the wall, and it's very possible that he's now facing. procesprospect of dying in an american prison. >> the u.s. wanted to extradite him for quite a while. what's changed now? why is he likely to be extradited now? is it because the mexicans fear that he might escape again? >> i think that's exactly what it is. one analyst said that president enrique peña nieto cannot afford for guzman to escape again. he took down quite a few people.

a dozen people are slated including the former head of prison. i want to share a few details with you that people might find of interest. mr. guzman is described as a very confident man, and that confidence may have led investigators right back to him. the government says that a few months afte after he escapeed, he was keen to talk with members of the movie industry and he was interested in making a bio pic about himself. that led them to him ultimately, and i think it gives people an insight into who this man is. one more thing because we're talking about efforts to elead police in the past. as they owned in on the building where he was holed up, he escaped through the sewage system. the security forces anticipated that and when he popped out of a manhole cover a distance away they were waiting for him.

he was unable to escape in a car. but the analyst who we spoke to who has ties to the attorney general's office said that they negotiated with guzman for 30-40 minutes to get him to put down his gun. the analyst said if he wanted to go out and make a dramatic last stand. he could have shot up police, maybe even been killed himself. >> natasha, thank you. >> a village opposition leader has told the government to stop playing the game of thrones with the country's resources and said they would no longer bow to the wishes of president nicolás maduro's office. >> we want the ruling party and government to reflect and stop playing game of thrones with the supreme court, and once and for all understand that the decision on the sixth of december more

political change has started and includes a change of attitude that the government has to have. the national assembly will no longer kneel any more, nor to any other power. >> the beakers of the government are finding new ways to show their support for maduro and late lear hugo chavez. we have more from caracas. >> images of the late leader hugo chavez. also, graffitis of independency and the message that reads the opposition of the assembly, the people have the strength. on wednesday, after the first opposition-led parliament close to 17 years, the images have no room under the new administration. seemingly a symbolic gesture, it

has hid a raw nerve in this polarized country. people have been gathering in caracas square to protest against an affront to their larger than life leader and the country's history. although the movement hugo chavez spearheaded might have suffered a set back. but most of the other government institutions remain firmly under loyalist hands. the tit-for-tat reaction shows how deep the divisions in this country are, and the kid rock that the country seems to be heading to. >> the crisis is over with the economy booming, ireland wants it's professionals back.

gentrification comes to one historic neighborhood, and not everyone is on side. and in sport set to be minus 16 degrees celsius when the minnesota vikings and the seattle seahawks play.

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but it's real... and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. >> now a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. an agreement has been reached in syria to deliver aid to the starving people on monday. in return for aid being allowed in two villages being held by opposition. a water canon was fired in cologne, it's prompted by a series of attacks against women on new year's eve. and there are ongoing demonstrations in kosovo over increased ties with serbia.

the gulf corporation council has been holding an emergency meeting with he's regional rival tehran. riyadh cut off relations. they were angrafter demonstrators set fire to their embassy. they were angry over the execution of a cleric. >> it interferes are the sovereignty of the state. it only leads to more hatred in the region. we stand hand in hand in order to counsele current terrorism. >> hosni mubarak and his sons from imprisoned for stealing millions in private funds to upgrade their private

properties. his sons were released and mubarak remains in a military hospital. addressing the needs of the poor saying major changes are needed across the country. jacob zuma spoke, and it could be a tough year for his party. >> the local currency continues to lose its value. the poor are struggling. president jacob zuma is promising to act quickly. >> the challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment have their roots in the fast tracks of land that were stolen from the indigenous people of south africa. this land brings level of support for emerging farmers must be radically accelerated. >> he said that the national minimum wage will be introduced.

after large protests last year the government said it will not raise tuition and registration fees for university students. his decision too fire two finance ministers in less than a week is partly to blame. >> we're talking about the falling of the currency 10%. $28billion worth of assets wiped out in two days as people withdraw, and investors withdrew money. >> this could be a challenging year. the first task will be the local government elections.

>> ththe party confronting a crisis in this generation, it's something that they don't want to see happening. >> some south africans want to see president zuma resign. if things do not improve those calls are likely to get louder. >> four people are missing in western australia after a bush fire destroyed a small town. nearly 130 homes in the town have been destroyed and local residents have set up refugee shelters. the blaze is the latest in a series of fires that have raised parts of australia in hot and dry weather. tens of thousands of people have protested against new laws giving the government control over state media and the courts. the moves come down on democratic credentials. laurence lee has more now from warsaw. >> this very large protest in

warsaw and many others like it are around poland today demonstrate a fall line not just in a state of polish politics, but status of poland and the european union as well. ever since the new government here tends to power very recently off the back of great deal of nationalism and in particular germany's response to the refugee crisis. they have enacted the government's critics say that it is against the interests of polis polish citizens. one of the measures the government is bringing in is to allow itself to point their heads of state television channel to the finance minister. that means free media in polish,

and they say poland's democracy is very much under threat as well. >> a doctor in a russian hospital has been charged with manslaughter after video emerge showing him punching a patient. this surveillance video purports to show the incident which took place on december 29th. after shouting why did you touch my nurse, the doctor punched the patient who then hit his head on the floor and died. investigators say the victim had kicked the nurse. ireland is the fastest-growing economy in the e.u. and this dramatic reversal of fortune is changing its population. the government wants many of those who went abroad to the country's brain drain to return. jonah hull reports from dublin on those who make the move back home. >> rebuilding the irish economy.

the country is putting it's near bankruptcy in 2009 behind it, and many of those who went abroad looking for work are coming home. people like paul o'brien who spent five years in sydney. >> a year ago i came home, and yeah, talking to people, and even when you step off the plane at the airport there was a lot more, yeah, enthusiastic-- >> how do we get those young talented immigrants to consider ireland again? >> ireland now has the highest gdp growth in the european union, but one vital commodity is missing. those skilled professionals abroad and the government wants them back. as to employers like the boss of an engineering firm. >> we started and then the crash happened. we went on three-day weeks. we reduced salaries, and it

still wasn't enough. we had to let people go. people would leave ireland because there was superb experience abroad. they had a lot to offer the countries they went to. they have a lot to offer by coming home here. that was a good thing to tap in to. >> as ireland picks itself up, as life particularly here in the capital of dublin continues to return to crisis levels, the return of workers who left is a welcome by-product. >> the government expects 2016 to be the first year in seven in which those returning outnumber those leaving. it wants to attract 70,000 home by 2020. >> the higher-skilled immigran immigrants, the college graduates, the i.t. specialists, the engineers, in certain areas there is a significant labor shortage. how long that will last and how long this up swing of the

economies of the world being cyclical, how long that will last is another guess. >> there is optimism, i think its precaution as well. because although time can be great here i still remember why i left in the first place. >> the chief would build a more diversified economy. the watchword now is caution. >> catalonia acting leader t to tto avoid regional elections. the mayo elections--catalonia has been unable to form a government due to disagreements between its majority independent parties. french president france soy hollanfrançois hollande laid

aplacophora soldier who was shot by gunman, honoring 17 victims killed in the attacks on the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo as well as a supermarket. thrown out of a donald trump rally after she stood up in silent protest. she was wearing a t-shirt with the words "salam, i come in peace." she said she didn't plan to disrupt the event. she just wanted to give supporters a glimpse of what islam is like. she received boos while she was escorted out. property developers are hoping to change the area. >> michael teaches photographry to school kids in the bronx.

a neighborhood with a reputation for being high on crime and low on opportunity. >> but these kids see something different here. a proud tradition of working class new yorkers, many of them immigrants. many worried their way of life is about to change. >> i went to hit the shutter button, and in a way i feel i'm saying goodbye. >> that's because new york is plan to go redevelop this major thoroughfare of the bronx known as jerome avenue, a place where many locals earn their living in working store fronts and automotive shots. >> we need these places as working places not a way for millionaires to make more money. >> the city's plan to redevelop this section of the bronx has yet to be finalized, but already it's displacing the small businesses that have long thrived here. property values are going up. rents are going up, but so, too, is the image of the bronx.

celebrities made the trek up town for a party thrown by a developer hoping to attract his young tenants looking for some place cheaper than manhattan to live. but the party's bronx theme with bullet riddled cars and burning barrels played off old stereotypes and offended many residents. that developer, keith reubenstein, said that the experience taught him the importance of talking with local residents. >> we'll take what is very under utilized with truck traffic, truck parking and turn it into quality residential housing with creating park land space with people who are already in the community. >> but local residents want more affordable housing and are making their concerns known. >> we saw it happen to a lot of neighborhoods.

we're like, no way, we're ready to, you know, make sure what happens is done in the right way. >> so that the poor and working class can continue to call the neighborhood home, kristen saloomey, al jazeera, the bronx. >> still ahead in this news hour, robotic reinforcement, hoping to improve bangladesh's dismal rail safety record. in sport it's been a long way for the international champion.

>> the police in bangladesh that an average of 70 people were killed by trains every month last year. but an engineering student's invention might help improve rail safety in the country. we have reports now. >> thmany are tracks are decades old. many from during british rule in 1947. in this robot it senses cracks and derailment potential sending alerts to the nearby station.

>> the large number of crashes came through chaotic marketplaces. it's a real danger. on average 70 people died each month in 2015 after getting hit by trains. >> some people are wandering on the tracks talking on their phones. some are just absent minded. some have had argument with a girlfriend and are looking to end things. >> railway police say a proliferation poses another big threat with vehicles getting stuck on its uneven ground.

>> request thousands of unregulated housing in bangladesh, in the meantime he is doing his best to show that one person's ideas can still make some difference. >> all right, time to get all the sports news. >> barbara, thank you very much. and just over half hour's time, zidan will step out to make his competitive debut as manager of real madrid. he has won just about everything as a player including the 1998 cup, you'r euro 2000, and so

far his only team experience with real, including the likes of ronaldo, bails, they're currently third, five points behind current leaders barcelona. >> last monday morning i was preparing a match in a second beating and everything changed in the evening. while we have to realize what's going on, it's true that it's quite unbelievable. but right now i feel ready to face this new stage. we'll see what results we get but i have no doubt. >> neymar completed the 4-0 routes, and they lead atletico by a point. and they will play again on sunday.

to the fa cup in england where the dream of a third straight title was tested. currently at the top of the english premier league, they have not lost this competition in nearly three years. but in this game they fell behind in the 17th minute when they struck arsenal level. two more in the second half made the final score a flattering 3-1. in other results, mans beat crystal palace, and there is no score in saturday's final game between manchester united and sheffield united. well to tennis, djokovic in great form head of his

australian open title with trait wins over nadal. meanwhile at the brisbane international, roger federer took another step towards defending his crowd. he's in his third final in a row after the victory over austrian. the 6-1, 6-4 win. >> and that's will be repeat of last year' final in brisbane. federer with riylic winning his place, 7-6, 7-6. for world number one claiming her second brisbane international title seven years after winning her first. comfortbly winning in straight sets, injury-free for the first time in two seasons, this is her first wi tournament win in nearly two and a half wins.

>> i feel really good. it feels good to start like that. and it's definitely satisfying that all the work putting in, it's paying off, i just feel happen. >> the champion cruising in the final in india winning in straight sets. and believe it or not we have more tennis for you. in australia they clinched their first title in 17 years. nick korios wins his final game with 6-3, 6-4, and won her singles to win. and american lindsey vonn has recalled a record with her

36th ski race win. she dominated women and vonn now has 72 wins across all disciplines and holds the record for the most super g victories with 75. now the nfl playoffs get under way on saturday as the 12 remaining teams fight for a place in the super bowl. the vikings and seahawks will set off at minus 16 celsius. the tarp has been rolled over the surface with hot air to prevent the pitch from freezing. and how does this compare with the coldest in nfl history? >> it will be a bitterly cold one in minneapolis with temperatures getting up to minus 16 celsius with the cold air plunging out of canada, and it really is going to be the wind that will make the difference,

the wind chill will feel like minus 49 celsius. a bitterly cold one going on here throughout the game. these games don't stop for the cold. take a look at some of the records that we've seen in the past. cincinnati in 1982, temperatures at minus 2 23 degrees celsius. and in green bay back in 2000, temperatures minus 18 degrees celsius. but again you add on that wind, and it felt like minus 51 in cincinnati back in 1982. green bay, well, it felt like minus 44, certainly cold enough here in 1967. but in 2000 we're looking at a feeling of minus 31 degrees celsius. as cold as sunday will be, it is not going to surpass any of these records. >> that was your whether. this is your sport. >> rahul thank you.

saturday's power ball pay out has reached $900 million and could top a billion. it will be paid out over 29 years or whoever wins could opt for an immediate pay out of $558 million. more than $400 million of ticket sales are expected on saturday alone. and not surprisingly it's not just americans taking part. canadians are joining the cue. >> with this money we could buy a house in hawai'i, florida, and in arizona and maybe one in lake country canada. >> i actually had people on facebook messaging who is going over to the states i need power ball tickets. >> you can find out much more on our website. www.aljazeera.com. that's it for me. we'll have more news for you in a few minutes. i'll see you tomorrow. bye bye.

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>> an agreement is reached in syria to bring aid to the starving people on monday. hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. german police broke up a far right protest over the new year's eve attacks of women in cologne. opposition protesters throw petrol bombs over a deal with serbia. and back behind bars mexico's top drug lord is returned to the prison h