he got this. point when he says surfers fighting against one single. starting january seventh on g.w. . this is usually news line from berlin a worrying message for the german chancellor and new survey shows most voters don't want another coalition of anglo-american conservatives and her old social democrat partners and that's just ahead of talks between the parties also coming up michael

wolff bombshell book fire and fury gets an early release later today that's despite attempts by president donald trump's lawyers to block its publication the book paints an unflattering behind the scenes portrait of the trumpet ministration. and deep freeze the east coast of the united states is in the grip of a massive winter storm fresh snow sends the mercury plummeting to record lows. it's a pleasure to have you with us germany is still waiting for a new government more than three months after elections took place and according to a new poll that weight is weighing on the public mood a new survey survey excuse me by pollsters in for a test to deem up makes grim reading for chance uncle americal it shows only forty five percent of germans want a repeat of her coalition with the social democrats and this just as the two sides

prepare for talks. i'm the america desperately needs to deliver more than one hundred days after the federal elections she still has no government the last coalition talks fell apart and new polls showed germans have no stomach for her next proposed solution another grand coalition. only five percent view a new grand coalition as very good and forty percent as good thirty four percent view a grand coalition as less good and eighteen percent view it as bad. further entangling merkel's predicament her popularity has slipped in the meantime. and the longer coalition talks take the worse it gets only fifty three percent support oncle america staying in office in october it was sixty one percent forty five percent are against her staying in office. germans have the following

attitudes about anglo america america stands for political stability seventy percent agree best days as chancellor are over sixty seven percent agree and merkel's c.d.u. neglects concerns over refugees according to fifty nine percent. the german government's most important task by far is still the refugee issue even though it's less politically charged than it was a year ago. when asked if families of war refugees should be allowed to join them here in germany forty one percent said yes forty eight percent said no and if new elections were held this sunday germans would not vote much differently than a month ago the c.d.u. c.s.u. would receive thirty three percent of the vote the s.p.d. twenty one percent the f.t. would get thirteen percent of the vote and the f.t.p. nine percent the left party would also get nine percent and the green party eleven

percent subtle variations only with the conservatives and the left party. well the findings of the survey come just as chancellor merkel sister party the c.s.u. has is gathering in bavaria for their annual winter meeting and stefan meyer is a member of the c.s.u. and spokesman for the c.d.u. c.s.u. home affairs committee in the german parliament thank you so much for spending at time with us mr meyer these polls aren't very encouraging for the chancellor many don't welcome the prospect of a grand coalition how confident are you that the leaders trying to hammer out a deal will be able to change people's minds. personally i'm very confident that all three parties are willing to conduct this negotiations in proper constructive way and all three parties and all three party leaders have the same object if to form

a crown cushion certainly. a new crown coalition isn't very popular in our country but on the other hand you have to see we have three alternatives we have with the first tentative drawn coalition the second alternative a minority government and the third alternative would be new elections and it was just said the outcome wouldn't be very different from the outcome of the twenty the twenty fourth of september so. clearly in favor of the first alternative germany needs a stable. government and we don't have much time now to do so i think we all are very ambitious too to contact them to let these negotiations you know constructive and enough last week all right mr my that's very clear you want to get out of this impasse excuse me just like the other parties that brings me to the c.i.s. use

a guest of honor prime minister viktor orban he will address the c.s.u. conference later today you know he's a very outspoken critic of merkel's refugee policy he's a very controversial person is it wise to provide him with this platform right now before chancellor merkel makes another attempt to form a government. this invitation off to oregon isn't. objecting to. refugee policy. hungary is a very important part the for chairman e. and the especially for bavaria and we need to find a common solution especially on the old topics of migration and refugee crisis and i think the best way to find common solutions is to talk to each other and to conduct a dialogue and not to ignore each other so i think it's important specially for

germany to have good relationships to all the smaller e.u. member countries and as i said hungary's a very important pillar in eastern europe and so i'm personally personally quite open for this discussion with our week to open which doesn't mean that we agree on every point and you know i mean. mr meyer sorry for interrupting you he is a very controversial leader and he has said some choice things about the chancellor's policies but moving on to some critics say that your party already torpedo the first coalition talks due to infighting within your own party how interested is the c.s.u. in ensuring that these talks and in a new coalition for germany. we as a c.s.u. are very ambitious to to to conduct this negotiation you know proposed we we we want the success and we have to see as you we want to continue the grand

coalition as i said it's not the best alternative but it's the best of the three maintaining. tentative and certainly the refugee and so migration policy plays a very important role in peace and they can she ations and we will have a very open and i'm quite sure every constructive discussion this often room with the. stephanie meyer member of the c.s.c. u.n. spokesperson for the c.d.u. c.s.u. home affairs committee in the german parliament thank you for spending time with us we appreciate it thank you all the best to you all right now want to tell you about some of the other stories making news around the world north and south korea have agreed to hold their first formal talks in more than two years the discussions set for tuesday will pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the upcoming winter olympics in south korea in egypt excuse me in egypt

a sightseeing hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists has crashed into the southern city of looks or at least one person has died and seven other people are injured officials say strong winds forced the balloon off its course above the city's temples and tombs scientists in australia say a major outbreak of a coral eating starfish has been damaging the country's great barrier reef so we searchers discovered the predator crown of thorns starfish in plague proportions at the reef southern edge last month the government has begun calling the spiky morning at a most. now a new tell all book that exposes the growing pains of dollar transfer residency will be released today all this despite efforts by trump's lawyers to block the book going on sale in the first place the president has also written to the work of its author michael wolff after extracts from his work betrayed

a white house steeped in intrigue and betrayal it's all but certain to be a bestseller just days into the new year the spork betraying the us president and seen it unprepared for office as throwing the white house into a frenzy some of the harshest commentary in the book has come from steve bannon a right wing firebrand and donald trump's form a strategy chief ban and has attacked a donald trump jr for twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians in the book by michael wolff bannon is quoted as saying even if you thought that this was not treasonous all run patriotic all bad and i happen to think it's all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately to which the president hit back steve benen has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. it's a spectacular fall out between the two former allies bannan was the one who helped

carve out trump's nationalist agenda that helped him win the oval office despite the furor over his quotes bannon called the president a great man on his right to go ashore. in the present state is a great man you know i supporting day in and day out. the patrol has enraged. anywhere he had steve van gurley call me a great man last night so you know you obviously changes to pretty quick thank you all very much i. thank you i don't talk i don't go. to. the white house is trying to cast doubt on the books accuracy again this book is mistake after mistake after mistake as for the bombshell book the publishers have brought forward its release to friday despite cease and desist threats from donald trump's lawyers. and staying in the us where the east coast is in the grip of

a deep freeze on us after a massive winter storm brought fresh snow hurricane force winds and flooding to several regions elsewhere it was a rare opportunity to see snow and ice in locations normally known for their sunshine. sunny getaways transformed into winter wonderland water fountains morphed into ice sculptures as an up normal cold snap hits the south something too hot and bargained for. doing the snow yeah yeah she likes the snow so but we didn't bring our snow suit because we thought. we saw did lizards in the states of florida. thirty to green and the hornets have fallen and the trees and then again. the record lows have frozen egg wanna stay if this pair partly survived and later walked off their chills. but the effects of this monster storm grow more extreme the farther north you go.

in philadelphia the city's famous stacks were turned into slopes. and a playground for the off road adventure those. bonds the dangerous conditions put many in harm's way one woman was killed when her costs led into a rail crossing. twenty centimeters of snow was dumped on new york city shutting schools and groundings thousands of flights. leaving the parks to fill up with families. and to feel this. brave soul there africa has a new footballer of the year in a ceremony in guyana on thursday night egypt's mohamed salah has been picked as the continent's top player the liverpool forward beat out some stiff competition as

team mate to mine a endorsements. obama young were the other two finalists for the award. is. a big moment for mohamed salah the egyptian winger has scooped up several awards already following a fantastic year and he still hungry for more i think this one is because you know what i want when it's the second time for third going for flying if you can win it twenty times that would be i mean. that's what the book might think you. played a leading role in helping egypt to qualify for the world cup after a twenty eight year absence. but it's not just his quality at the national level that's attracted attention in june salamu from roma to liverpool for a fee of forty two million euros so far he scored twenty three goals for the

english side making him one of the standout players in the premier league this season. all right you're watching the news we still have a lot more to tell you about here is what's ahead us president donald trump wants to open more of america's coastlines to offshore drilling but the plan isn't going down well with everyone. christopher coke or we'll have that and the day's other business stories after a short break. ayesha mackey has no children which makes her feel worthless and incomplete. in a society that expects them to bear children.