should be simple, fast, and easy. download the xfinity my account app or go online today. another deadly blast strikes kabul killing three and wounding dozens. taliban claiming responsibility. t t t t also -- america first does not mean america alone. >> the u.s. president makes his pitch to the business community in davos. back in washington, d.c., facing headlines about the ongoing mueller investigation into possible russia collusion. and also ahead, the city of light battles arising seine.

we'll have an update on the floods. >> we're live in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. >> it is 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. starting with breaking news, a deadly explosion that rocked the afghan capital of kabul. >> authorities say at least three people are dead, more than 70 are wounded. there are also reports of higher numbers than that. taliban spokesman has claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack that targeted afghanistan's old interior ministry building. >> for more, let's bring in by money a journalist who is following the story. thank you for being with us. what more can you tell us about this attack and what you are hearing from sources?

>> reporter: well, it was around 1:00 p.m. local time that a suicide attack, the attacker entered a very fortified area of kabul. the indian embassy and iranian embats city was less than a kilometer able. taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. and an official told me. i also spoke with some eyewitness eyewitnesses. and they told me that when they arrived, they saw lots of

injuries. they had never ever seen it before in their lives. they saw everywhere bodies and it was a horrible thing that they have seen. the hospital also said that this is worse that happened in kabul. >> again, we have a journalist on the phone with us. we're looking at the first few images we're getting from the scene, this attack again that killed at least three people, wounded at least 79 in kabul. tell us about this attack. in the context of the fact that we saw an attack like this before just about a week ago. how are people dealing with the news of another attack? >> well, people are completely shocked.

they can't even believe in these days that they have seen many attack. for example a few days ago, one of the most areas of culture were attacked. and now eastern afghanistan. isis has killed many and wounded dozens of others. and we also noted that there was another attack in kandahar. so people are completely shocked. i spoke with some of them who gathered near where most of the casualties and wounded are taken here.

they told me that it is unbelievable and the government says it cannot protect its citize citizens. they have no defense dealing with it. so they are not angry with the security organizations and with the government that it is not able to serve them, it is 234no able to protect the citizens. >> thank you for being with us. these images certainly telling the story. again, a gruesome attack that took place in kabul. at least three killed, 79 others wounded. our newsroom is continuing to stay in touch with sources there and we'll bring you more information as we learn it. for u.s. president trump, it has to be a bit of political whiplash. he returned to washington friday night no doubt in the after glow

of a heady two days in switzerland with the world's business and political movers and shakers. >> he told reporters davos was really great. there he made the case for the world to buy american. a more nuanced message you could say. he took credit for a booming u.s. economy. but now back to the reality of the russia investigation. >> and while he was in switzerland, the russia investigation grew into a much bigger problem for the president. multiple sources have revealed that mr. trump didn't just try to fire special counsel robert mueller, he made an attempt to. >> the question about intent there and it is not just mueller. four sources at the time cnn that the president has been complaining recently about deputy attorney general rod rosenstein sometimes suggesting he, too, should be fired. we get more now on the latest from sara murray. >> did you order --

>> reporter: president trump using one of his favorite phrases to deny the bombshell report from the "new york times," that he called for special counsel robert mueller's firing last june. but a source confirms to cnn that trump did call for mueller's firing and that white house counsel don mcbeggahn refd the order. trump's effort to remove mueller came just a month after he created a firestorm by firing fbi director james comey. two people told the "times" the president expressed concern over what he saw as three possible conflicts of interest with mueller serving as special counsel. one involving a dispute at trump national golf club causing him to resign his membership. another made mueller's law firm had previously represented his son-in-law jared kushner and finally that trump had just interviewed mueller for comey's replacement as fbi director.

white house lawyer ty cobb telling cnn we decline to comment out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process. back in june, trump was also openly airing his frustrations over the russia probe on twitter. this one tweet saying you are witnessing the single gregle gr witch hunt in american political history. two months after the reported attempt to fire mueller, he was asked if he ever considered it. >> i haven't given it any thought. i've been reading about it from you people no, i'm not dismi dismissing people. >> reporter: trump says he is looking forward to a potential enter rue. >> i'd love to do it. subject to my lawyers and all of that, but i'd love do it. >> reporter: and while mueller's team tries to zero in on whether he obstructed justice, some legal experts say if he did attempt to fire mueller, it is part of a pattern. >> there is a theory in obstruction of justice which is actually a mosaic. can you take a lot of little

pieces which in and of themselves don't amount to obstruction and build an obstruction case by that and i think that is a valid theory. >> reporter: comey testified that trump asked him for loyalty over a private dinner at the white house. comey says the president trump later asked him to drop the fbi investigation into michael flynn before firing comey in may. >> jeff sessions has been a -- >> reporter: the president was also fuming when jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. he later publicly pressured sessions, tweeting a suggestion to fire deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. trump also asked his intelligence chiefs to say there was no evidence of cooperation between his campaign and russia. but on wednesday, trump said that is not obstruction. he's just fighting back. >> there is no close solution. now they're saying, oh, well, did he fight back? if you fight back, you say obstruction. you fight back, john, oh, it's obstruction.

>> sara murray reporting there. and now this davos, a far different political climate. the last time a sitting president went there was 2000 and it was bill clinton. >> so no surprise that the current president got a special welcome, but few people expected this. ♪ the u.s. president welcomed by presu trumpets. >> when he took the podium, he became the marketer in chief putting his america first receipts tore ri rhetoric into a more global perspective. >> america is the place to do business. so come to america where you can innovate, create and build. i believe in america. as president of the united states, i will always put america first just like the leaders of other countries

should put their country first. but america first does not mean america alone. when the united states grows, so does the world. american ross pari prosperity h countless jobs all around the globe and the drive for excellence, creativity and innovation in the u.s. has led to important discoveries that help people everywhere live more prosperous and far healthier lives. >> let's talk about mr. trump's appearance at the world economic forum with kate andrews. she writes about u.s. politics and she joins us from london. how are you? >>. >> doing well. >> quite a different tone from president trump. he stuck to the script. he was the marketer in chief. what is your reaction? >> well, you hit the nail on the head. he did stick to the script. and when he does that, he tends

to do better and i think it was the "new york times" that described his trip as pragmatic. of course a lot of leaders and attendees at davos thought that he would be going into this event and was going to be boisterous and use his usual rhetoric meant to inflame situations, but he came across rather reasonable. >> and america first he said does not mean america alone. and he was just trying to encourage countries and talk about trade and the question is how will his appearance there turn into actions or praperhaps better relationships with countries that he has not been as kind to as far as trade goes? >> well, he was certainly playing a role of salesman, which is arguably one of the reasons that he was elected because people thought that he could make good business deals and trade and investment seem to be the two on major focus points

for donald trump both on the record and also what is reported in his meetings with other leaders and businessmen. so i think he was trying to recruit more foreign investment into the united states. ou his recent tax cuts have seen a boo boom. big companies are giving their employees bonuses and wage increases as a direct rut of the tax cuts. so he had a lot of positive messaging to bring and i take your point well that obviously he still has a lot of he can are conciliation to go forward with when it comes to countries that he has so recently offended. and there wasn't too much specific talk about trade relationships like nafta where he has been particularly difficult with canada and mexico there, talking about 2r5id defini trade deficits, getting america a better deal. so chances are in trade negotiations in the future trump will still use that boy boisterous rhetoric. but i think that at the end of the day he might want deals too.

>> well, let's talk about what he arrived back in the u.s. to face with the news that mr. trump attempted to fire the special counsel back in june. and of course when asked if he'd ever considered that by the media he said never have. well, apparently that is not the case. >> yes, this idea that he has allegedly pushed to have mueller removed is quite worrisome. let's remember that when director of the fbi james comey was fired, i think that turned into a political storm very quickly. perhaps not based on the way that everyone felt about it previously. there was deep frustration with comey from the republicans and the democrats, particularly based on how he handled hillary clinton's private e-mail server during the election. so once an fbi director loses trust with all politicians across the aisle and with the country, action has to be taken whether it is their fault or not. but to remove mueller who i think has a lot of respect across the board would be much more concerning.

of course the president does deny it and it is difficult for us to know to what extent he was actually calling for him to be fired or if he was ventsing or what those conversations were like. but if he were to be removed, i think the public would lose a lot of trust and faith in this russia investigation. if i were the president, and i truly didn't think i had done anything wrong or that i hadn't tried to obstruct justice, i would want the investigation over as soon as possible so that i can move forward with my domestic agenda and have this out of the news. so the idea that the president would want to prolong this and get someone else into the position is really quite strange. >> kate andrews, we appreciate your in-put. thanks for joining us. cnn has confirmed that when hillary clinton first ran for president in 2008, one of her senior advisers was allowed to keep his job despite being accused of sexual harassment by a female sub ordinary subordinate. >> burns strider who was

clinton's faith adviser was accused of inappropriate touching, kissing and sending suggestive e-mails to a woman he shared an office with, but clinton refused to fire him, instead strider was disciplined. he hadn't responded to cnn's request for a statement. >> but the law firm said to ensure a safe working environment, the campaign had a process to address complaints of misconduct or harassment. when matters arose, they were reviewed in accordance with these policies and appropriate action was taken. this complaint was no exception. >> earlier hillary clinton sent out a tweet a story appeared about something that happened in 2008. i was dismayed when it occurred, but was heartened the young woman came forward, was heard and had her concerns taken seriously and addressed. that from hillary clinton. another story we're following of one of the biggest names in the casino business, the latest high profile man accused of sexual misconduct. steve wynn is denying the accusations reported by the

"wall street journal." the "journal" spoke to 150 current and former employees, some say that he pressured them to perform sex acts. >> since the harvey weinstein scandal from hollywood, many powerful men of course have faced accusations, but wynn is the first ceo of a major publicly traded company to be in that position. shares of wynn resorts plunged more than 10% following the report and on friday the company's board formed a special committee to investigate the women's allegations against him. in a statement wynn said the idea that i ever assaulted any woman is preposterous. we find ourselves in a world where people can make allegations regardless of the truth and a person is left with the choice of weathering insulting publicity or engaging in multiyear lawsuits. still ahead this hour on "newsroom," while hackers in russia were trying to hack into major american institutions, another country was watching it very closely.

a huge new revelation in the russia hacking scandal about that. and officers banned is speaking out in an exclusive interview. why he says vladimir putin is running scared. this is a different breed of natural nutrition. purina one, true instinct. sometthat's when he needs the way ovicks vaporub.'s sleep. proven cough medicine. with 8 hours of vapors. so he can sleep. vicks vaporub. goodnight coughs.

we continue to follow breaking news out of afghanistan. authorities say at least 40 people are now dead, that number we had three just an hour ago and now it is 40. also the number of wounded mass

grown. 140 are reported wounded after a bomb attack in kabul. an official says the blast came from an ambulance packed with explosives. >> a makissive attack. this attack happened near afghanistan's old interior ministry building. a taliban spokesman has claimed responsibility. we'll continue to follow the story and bring you updates as we learn more. there is a new twist involving russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election. according to a dutch media report, dutch intelligence not only knew about russian hackers back in 2014, but literally had eyes on them, spying on on them as they attempted to hack the democratic national committee, the white house, and the state department. >> dutch intelligence alerted its u.s. counterparts in 2015 stopping some of the attempts, but as we know, not all of them.

atika shubert has more. >> reporter: the netherlands is, quote, supplying the coal to the furnace of anti-russian hysteria. that is according to the spokesperson for russian president vladimir putin. now, those remarks came in response to a dutch media report that an intelligence agency in the netherlands had observed on camera members of russia's secret service involved in the hacking of the u.s. democratic national committee. here is what nos reported from the netherlands. dutch intelligence infiltrated exciters at university building near red square. at the time, they did not know they had struck at the heart of cozy bear, one of two russian hacking groups responsible for the dnc attack. here is a reconstruction by cnn affiliate dutch tv n on os. dutch intelligence hacked not only the computer, but also the hallway security camera and they watched as ten people at any one time moved in and out.

some of them members of the russian secret service. for more than a year, they watched silently as cozy bear attempted to infiltrate the state department, the white house and finally the dnc. the dutch government report what had they saw back to the u.s. and the fbi successfully fighting off some of the attacks but not enough. ist intelligence would later determine this was a coordinated russia plan to interfere with the u.s. election. cnn called for a response and they did not offer any comment. but according to the dutch media report, the intel again iligenc infiltration has been stopped and it is not clear why. over the weekend however, head of the nivd said that america at the moment is very iunpr unpre-difficult bl. do. >> do you still share all your information? >> i don't share all information

with america nor any other colleagues. >> are you extra careful in this situation because of the unstable climate in washington. >> >> i am extra careful, yes. >> reporter: the kremlin spokesperson told reporters that he had seen no confirmation of the report from dutch intelligence. and he dismissed the news reports as, quote, not very reliable. a f atika shubert, cnn. a major russia opposition figure says he thinks the kremlin targeted the u.s. as well. he said he has also been the target of such attacks. >> he told matthew chance he has no doubt russia tried to influence the u.s. presidential race, but he added he is not sure if the meddling had an impa impact. here is more of what navalny said. >> translator: putin regime is built on corruption and putin himself is the most corrupt. his family is directly involved in corruption.

according to official data, over 20% of our population lives below the poverty line and why are we so poor? because they steal so much. >> regardless of the popularity of that issue and you have been prevented from standing in these fourth coming preside forthcoming presidential elections, do you think vladimir putin is genuinely concerned or fearful of you as a political opponent? >> translator: he is scared of all real competition. we see in these locations that he only allowed those to run who who do not resist. when he saw we are actually fighting for people's votes, they got scared. all these 86%, 70% ratings, all of that the sociologists and political analysts love to talk about, they exist in only one scenario, when putin places the candidates he controls. >> the issue of polling numbers

is important because as you say vladimir putin is polling more than 80% popularity in this country if you believe the opinion polls. but you're polling just 2%. how much of a political threat does your movement really pose to this kremlin juggernaut? >> translator: look, i stood for election just once in my life. in 2012 i part it paicipated in mayor elections and everybody was showing me polls with only 2%. but without media support, i got almost 30%. same thing goes for the presidential elections. putin doesn't have an 80% rating, he has an 80% rating in compared to other candidates whom he has let run. >> as we now approach the election season, we're already in the election season, as we approach the election, what are you going to do, what is your plan to try to get yourself on the ballot, to try to promote your cause are, or are you

arrest back do abandoned all hope of standing in the election? >> translator: we urge all russians to join the voters strike. campaigning so others don't vote as well. we are organizing a boycott and this is the reason why we are being raided every day and our staff are being attacked. >> as the leading opposition figure in russia, you've been harassed, you get regular visits from the authorities, the police, the other inspectors. you've been insulted widely. and of course you've been attacked. how concerned are you in a country like this where opposition figures have been killed in the paths, how concerned are you about your own safety and security? >> translator: i'm a reasonable man. i ran my election campaign for 12 months and out of these months, i spent two in police on prison. so i have a clear understanding of what this regime can do. but i'm not afraid and i won't

give up on what i want to do. i won't give up on my country. i won't give up on my civil rights. i won't give up on uniting those around me who believe in the same ideals as me. and there are quite a lot of people like that in russia. >> matthew chance's interview there. he was heralded with trumpets and years. more about it coming up here as we push on. "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. directv has been rated number one in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like pre-shaken sodas.

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in afghanistan, authorities say at least 40 people now are dead, more than 140 wounded after a bomb attack on the streets of kabul. an official says the blast came from an ambulance that had been packed with explosives. the attack happened near afghanistan's old interior ministry building. a spokesman for the taliban says the taliban was behind this. u.s. president is back at the white house after two days at the world economic forum that took place in switzerland. mr. trump got mostly favorable reviews for his speech there friday. >> but he face as growing storm at home over reports he tried to fire special counsel robert mueller as far back as june. ist secretary of state rex tillerson is in warsaw to mark international holocaust remembrance day. he laid a wreath at the memorial for the heros of the 1943 jewish ghetto uprising. in a speech honoring the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of

the death camps, tillerson said we can never be indifferent to the face of evil. the city of paris on flood alert. this after days of heavy rains there. the river seine has climbed over 5 meters. the water is rising more slowly now, but it has submerged roads, tunnels and subway lines forcing some residents to get out. u.s. president trump apparently enjoyed his two day trip to the economic forum. he said davos was really great. >> many there have wondered which donald trump they would see, the marketer in chief or the targeter in chief. >> as jim acosta reports from davos, it was a bit of both. >> reporter: president trump departed switzerland strutting after hobnobbing. but he returns to washington under a cloud, with questions swirling over reports that he tried to fire special counsel robert mueller.

>> fake new, folks. typical "new york times" fake stories. >> reporter: the president brushed off the story as did top members of the president's cabinet who blew past our cameras faster span a swiss ski team. >> how do you think the mueller news will affect this trip, sir? >> you'll see nothing is going to change. the president is in good spirits. >> are you concerned about how the mueller news will affect this conference? >> reporter: the president continued his attacks on the press grumbling that he no longer receives the favorable coverage he enjoyed as a celebrity. >> as a businessman, i was always treated really well by the press. and it wasn't until i became a politician that i realized how nasty, how mean, how vicious and how fake the press can be. as the cameras start going off in the back. >> reporter: despite the cry of fake news, the president

remarked without any evidence that there would have been a stock market crash had hillary clinton been elected. >> had the opposing party to me won, some of whom you backed, some of the people in the room, instead of being up almost 50%, the stock mar get is up since my election almost 50%, rather than that, i believe the stock market from that level, the initial level, would have been down close to 50%. >> reporter: the president came to davos to take credit for the booming american economy calling on companies to move to the u.s. >> america is the place to do business. so come to america where you can innovate, create and build. >> reporter: but the welcoming tone came with a vow to start controlling the number of immigrants entering the u.s. based on new criteria. >> we must replace our current system of extended family chain my glags withigration with a me system of admissions that selects new arrivals based on their ability to contribute to

our economy. to support themselves financially. and to strengthen our country. >> reporter: the president also warned democrats to accept a white house deal to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children known as the d.r.e.a.m.ers from deportation. mr. trump tweeted chuck schumer took shuch a beating over the government shutdown that he is unable to act on immigration. but there were reminders that the president's own behavior has also had an impact. sitting with the president of rwanda, mr. trump was asked about his comment that immigrants from ever caafrica cm shithole countries. and he was pressed on the anti-muslim videos. >> if you're telling me that horrible racist people, i would certainly polling guise if you'd like me to do that. i know nothing about them. >> reporter: the president's response to the mueller story underlines why it is so legally dangerous for mr. trump to

appear before the special counsel's office. it is one thing to refer to reports he didn't like as fake news to the press. it is quite another to do that under oath. jim acosta, cnn, davos, switzerland. and now to a story about air force one, the president will be getting a new refridnlgerator upgrade. boeing has the contract worth $24 million. >> and that is to replace two cold chiller units that came with the plane back in 1990. in the past mr. trump has criticized the cost of the air force one program as you recall, the $23.6 million price tag includes the design, manufacturing and installation of the new chiller units. still ahead here on the "newsroom," in australia why a growing number of people say a holiday meant to celebrate national pride, it is really a reminder of hundreds of years of suffering for many people there. >> and we'll tell you what that is about plus high water is swamping parts of paris after

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a blockbuster tennis final going on right now at the australia open. halep and wozniacki fighting on the court for her first ever grand slam title. they are playing in the third set. so i'll just take off and go -- all right. also in australia, there is a growing controversy about one of its national holidays. each january 26, crowd of people mark australia day with parties and fireworks.

a summertime celebration. >> but for the an an original oig communities, it is a painful day because it memorial lizs iz date the british began colon nizing, a process that killed tens of thousands and ripped entire groups from their homes and societies. >> now indigenous australians and supporters say the holiday should be moved to a new date free of the old wounds. >> we want to create awareness that we're still here, we're still strong, we see alternatives to this date. it is micked feelings. personally, i want a day we can all celebrate and this is to create awareness that we all can celebrate as australians and on january 26, we just can't do it due to the historical facts of this day. >> we'll talk more about this with mark kenney, national affairs editor for the sydney

morning herald and the age. good to have you with us. these are two very diametric views of whether to keep this at a time date as is or to change it. first let's listen to the nation's prime minister speaking of how important it is to reflect on the nation's past and feelin feelings, but also unify on january 26th in that reflection. we'll talk about it here in a moment. >> our nation's story began 65,000 years ago with our first australians. the oldest continuous human civilization. no pyramid in egypt, no palace in france, no church in england or rome proceeds our first australians. our sense of identity is strengthened by their stories and songs, dance and art, practices and ceremonies. we honor their resilience and

survival, respect and cherish their continuing contribution to our nation. >> that was the prime minister on friday. the question to you know, you advocate a different view here, moving the date to may 9. explain your thoughts behind that date. >> well, it is interesting that january 26 date has become increasingly controversial with every year we seem to have this debate about whether it is the right date, whether the first australians is too painful. and these days it is meant to unify a nation. so whether this date is performing the role that it is meant to, that is really the debate i think australians are having. i suggested another date. and my motive is not to find a day that -- really to find a day

that is unifying. it doesn't really matter what the day is so much as to make sure that it is not a day that represents the wrong thing. so for the indigenous population, january 26 does mark that day when the british colony really was formed. so effectively led to a whole lot of suffering, genocide in some cases, and so it is therefore an unfortunate that the day. so my suggestion is for may 9. may 9 happens to be the day when the first parliament of australia was opened. it also happens to be a day that is in 1901. happens to be a day in 1927 when the parliament opened in the new national capital. and again in 1988 in the bicentennial when the new and existing parliament house was

opened as well. so it is a day that has been replicated a number of times through australian parliamentary and democratic history. and i think therefore it is a day around which the nation could unify. it is not a very controversial day and that is really the point. >> so basically pinpointing historical moments for your day may 9, suggesting to move it from this day that some people see as very controversial. and let's talk about that. as a whole, how do people generally feel about this debate of moving the date? because if you look at recent polling, there are conflicting results on whether to move the date or to keep it as is. >> yeah, i think there is quite understandable sort of resistance to changing the day because what could be more patriotic really than having a national day and celebrating it. and so i think it is quite understandable that a lot of people are quite sort of reluctant to change the date.

but as i said before, the whole pump of these sorts of days is to unify a nation, to mark the creation of a country. and for aboriginals, this day marks the day that the country was occupied by people coming from other lands. and there was a lot of violence and disposition that -- kurd after that. there is no getting around that. you can'tdisposition that -- ku after that. there is no getting around that. you can't wash that away. there is a tendency to talk about all the good things about australia. i suppose that is what national days do. but in celebrating the day, the people who were the victims of that at least at the time say that the day actually glosses over what was, you know, historic crimes. a whole series of crimes. so i think what we're seeing each year in australia we're seeing an increasing sort of intensity of this debate every year it seems that there is more

energy behind the idea of moving it. it is not just indigenous australians who want to move the day. there is a progressive disposition, people on the left, who have sided with the indigenous population. and there are quite a few i think people in the mainstream now who are saying look, it almost doesn't matter whether you agree with the original argument. it is really a question about whether we can all unify around this day andi iajanuary 26 does seem to be that day. so on there is a sense that this is not going to go away, that each year it is becoming more and more controversial.there iss not going to go away, that each year it is becoming more and more controversial. so that is probably leading to pressure that will eventually see the day changed or at least put to a referendum so they can decide it in a very sort of direct and epic way. >> mark kenney joining us here

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a live look at the city of light. this kday the city dealing witha great deal of water. heavy rains caused the river seine to overflow. the frenchmains on flood alert. >> it has swamped roads and tunnels and some have had to evacuate. >> certainly a cause of concern there. let's bring in our meteorologist eye swrivank cabrera to tell us it. >> folks are having their parisian vacation not going so well. but could be worse. could be 2016. that was a bad flood there. rear the louvre closed for several days. but let's take you to some of

the piblgtsctures. statue of liberty? indeed there it is. that is in paris as you can see the model there. and there are some swans having themselves a fine time. but folks trying to get from a to b across paris that have been having some trouble. and this is the statue we'll focus on, this is how parisians measure the water lines. you can see the water lines of some of the more significant floods. 18 months, 2016, that was the last one. 20 feet. we'll get close to that i think today. we're cresting at about 19 feet. and that has bad enough to have some closures and some evacuations. but the museum is just fine. one wing has closed as a precaution. we are not seeing the deaths that we saw. four in france and then of course the flooding continued in germany as well and we had 11

fatalities there. over a billion euros was the total cost. and of course the artworks in the tens of thousands by the way. they hadden an army of voluntee getting the artwork out of the wait. but this is what has happened since december 1, picking up 7 inches of rainfall all coming down in a very short amount of time and that is why the rivers just could not take it. not only the seine, but also the rhine has been seeing some issues. snow in the alps, but there is the front coming in. there will be some rain that will be moving through, i think it will fall in the form of just some showers tonight. so this is not going to add any volume to what has already fallen across france and into the river there. another boundary coming in on monday. we're talking to our anchor in paris wondering what these folks are doing because really you could just kind of cross the bridge over there. not have to worry about that

little boat. but there you go. >> they are doing it their way. >> hopefully they got to where they are headed. but better news, cresting today and improving tomorrow. >> don't like to see our city of light flooded. all right. elsewhere in france, something went down at a grocery store that made people go nuts. it was because of nutella. the supermarket chain dropped the price of the spread by 70%. so shoppers came in the hundreds to get their hands on as many jars as they could. >> scenes described as riots also happened. one store had to call police after fights broke out. no arrests were made. they have apologized to the customers saying that it was surprised by the demand. really though? >> really? you think people wouldn't come running for nutella?

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