solar wind. up the mystic that. we're not total idiots who see. this as you know we news live from berlin a worrying message for the german chancellor a new survey shows most voters don't want a nother coalition of anglo-american conservatives and her old social democrat partners it makes for uncomfortable reading right ahead of talks between the parties also coming up michael wolff bombshell book fire and fury goes on sale

early despite attempts by president trump's lawyers to block its release people lining up to get their hands on the book the president didn't want them to read because of the unflattering behind the scenes portrait of his administration and deep freeze the east coast of the united states is in the grip of a massive winter storm first snow since the mercury plummeting to record lows. on little rock it's great to have you along. 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 by posters in for a test deem up makes grim reading for chance on america it shows only forty five percent of germans want a repeat of

a coalition with the social democrats and this just as the two sides are preparing for talks. on 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 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 merkel's 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. of 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.d.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 this 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 said 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 the 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 these c.e.o.'s here is that guest of honor prime minister viktor orban he will

address the c.s.u. conference later today and 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 ian specially 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 time greece a very important pillar in eastern europe and so i'm personally personally quite open for this discussion with 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 too to conduct this negotiation you know in a proposed way we we want the success and we have the c.s.u.

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. the tips and certainly the refugee and so migration policy plays a very important role in peace and they go she ations and we will have a very open and i'm quite sure every constructive discussion this often oon with the. stephanie meyer member of the c.s.u. and 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 and we want to shift our focus now to the korean peninsula where north and south korea have agreed to hold their first formal talks in more than two years the discussions scheduled for thursday for tuesday excuse me will pave the way for north korean athletes to attend the upcoming winter olympics in south korea on the announcement came hours after the u.s. agreed to delay joint military exercises with south korea until after the winter

games the meeting is expected to take place on january ninth in the demilitarized zone it's the same venue of past talks and earlier i spoke to josh smith he is a senior correspondent with borders in seoul and asked if the north korean team's presence at the winter olympic games is likely to help defuse tensions on the korean peninsula. well many observers. say that it's important to remember that their participation in the games there won't likely solve any problems on its own. however many people even the most cynical observers now say that you know this may provide some kind of opening that could lead to more talks down the road if for example north there's not testing more of weapons between now and then and if the south koreans and the united states restrain from some of these

controversial military drills on the peninsula then many are hoping that this may be too just a kind of opening that could lead to further talks and negotiations down the road josh smith reporting from seoul earlier on all right want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world and egypt a sightseeing hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists has crashed in the southern city of looks or at least one person has died and seventy seven other people are injured officials say strong winds forced the balloon off its course above the city's temples and two. scientists in australia say a major outbreak of a coral eating starfish has been damaging the country's great barrier reef researchers discovered the a predator crown of thorns starfish in plague proportions at the reef southern edge last month the government has begun calling the spiky we animals oh

a new tell all book that exposes the growing pains of dollar trans presidency will be released today while that's despite efforts by trump's lawyers to block the book going on sale in the first place the president has also ripped into 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 spool cpa trang the us president as a net unprepared for office has 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 or 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 bana was the one who helped carve out trump's nationalist agenda that helped him win the i have a lot. despite the furor over his quotes ban and called the president a great man on his right to go. in the present states is a great man you know i supporting data. about the patrol has enraged. anyone who has even have to really know me a great man last night obviously changes to pretty quick thank you all very much. they tried to i don't know i don't. the white house is trying to cast doubt on the

book's 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 u.s. and the east coast the east coast of the u.s. is in the grip of a deep freeze that's 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 own sunshine sunny getaways transformed into winter wonderland water fountains morphed into ice sculptures as an abnormal coats not pitch the subs 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 state of florida. thirty degrees and the

harness and the trees and then again. the record lows have frozen stiff this partly survived. their chills. but the effects of this monster storm grow more extreme the farther north you go. in philadelphia the city's famous state. and a playground for the off road adventure knows. the dangerous conditions 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 grounding flights.

leaving the parks to fill up with families and to feel less. all right you're watching a lot more to tell you about here's what's ahead. here's president donald trump wants to open up more of america's coastlines to offshore drilling but the plan isn't going down well with everyone. next with that story and a whole lot more and i'll see you again at the top of the hour. with a. link to news from africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and disk.