triallists services. bialik asked. managed by. this is news to live from hungary's prime minister fires a broadside at germany's chancellor merkel viktor orbán tells german conservatives that people who have no right to live in the european union should be sent packing europe needs secure borders he says. also coming up michael wolfson bombshell book

fire and fury goes on sale in america people are lining up to get their hands on the book that the president did not want them to read trump says it is full of law it's an deep freeze the east coast of the united states is in the grip of a massive winter storm fresh snow sends the berkery plummeting to record lows. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. as german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives prepare to enter talks on forming a coalition government with the social democrats merkel's own sister party the c.s.u. has welcomed one of europe's staunchest anti immigration leaders to its winter convention the hunger area leader viktor orban was in southern bavaria to deliver a key speech to delegates prime minister orbán is

a longstanding and vocal critic of angela merkel's refugee policy and today he harshly criticized her stance on the european union refugees and migration. addressing the media outside of the convention orbán portrayed current european migration policy is as suffering from what he calls a democratic deficit. the europeans have a clear opinion one could say the will of the people is clear they don't want to live in fear of terrorism they want security they want our borders to be secure and they want those who have no justification for living in europe to be taken back to where they come from so they can restart their lives there. and for more let's bring in mikhail of course now our correspondent who is covering the c.s.u. party meeting and mckayla we just saw garion prime minister orbán there again

criticizing germany's refugee policy as in harsh terms we have to say what was he invited to the c.s.u. because i mean this is after all merkel sister party. absolutely this is magical c.s.u. system party that at one point after that migration crisis started actually accused the german chancellor of breaching german law it's kind of withdrew that and has now closed ranks with the german chancellor as we're about to see that fresh start of talks to head towards a new coalition well viktor orban has always been critical of merkel and c.s.u. certainly enjoyed that meeting today with someone they see as an old friend he has been here before also pre migration since this issue dominated pretty much the discussions both in germany but also europe wide so yes he is an old friend also significant business interests but of course the timing the pictures of them

closing ranks here and the praise that viktor orban had for the c.s.u. leader. when in a speech he declared basically that the various germany was a christian country and should remain so that also of course sends a very clear signal if not a red line towards berlin before all sides sit down and try and put a government together here in germany and they're going to sit down and about two days time in fact in order to do that so ahead of that i mean is it fair to say that the c.s.u. is behind her. it is has a history of having also internal rouse it's just settled. a fight for power here amongst itself and then all of a sudden looks like you turn a switch and everybody closes ranks well that's basically the game to see as you has been playing with over the past year is well harsh criticism followed by

complete support but of course leaving enough enough a legacy of those roles to know exactly where the very exited differ from the line of the german chancellor notably is on migration there has been much speculation here in germany about the future of the chancellor on how much longer she can cling to power in the country there at the c.s.u. meeting are you seeing any positioning you know any discussion about a post or future for the party. you will not get anybody to say over and on even thinking in that direction but at the same time it was noted here. appears to be the only one who survived this past elections which basically gave the leading parties the c.d.u. to see you see you on the social democrats dressing down at the ballot box this can i mean under the mat for much of one but she certainly this was not a victory for her while she survived and i think there was

a certain amount of envy but no longer really admiration on how that has worked out for her but yes i mean the public sees it that way that the best years the peak of her chancery is over she might even herself see it that way but the big question is will she be able to get these parties get particular democrats grassroots who will decide in the end on board to continue a ground coalition if she doesn't that could well be the end of even me standing once again as a candidate but early days here that's what for those talks michela cause now with the very latest from the c.s.u. party meeting we thank you so much a new tell all book about exposes the earliest growing pains of donald trump's presidency is jumping off the shelves in america and selling out online as well it came out today four days ahead of schedule to release after trump's attorneys tried

to stop it the president ripped into author michael wolff after extracts of his book were published portraying a white house to chaos and the trail that the book was full of lives the author has given an interview here is part of what michael wolf said on n.b.c. news is today program a short while ago i will tell you the one description that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like a child. and what they mean by that is he has and a need for immediate gratification it's all about him they say he's. a moron an idiot. actually there is a competition to sort of get to the bottom line here of who this man is let's remember this man does not read does not listen so he's he's

like a. he's like the pinball just just just shooting off the side. let's get more now on author michael wolff and this book that has just come out today i am joined by correspondent carolina chinmoy who is standing by at a washington d.c. bookstore where those books have simply been flying off of the shelves carolyn but first i want to talk a little bit more about what wolf had to say on the today show he paints a damning picture of the president as we heard what is he all timidly to be believed because his credibility has been criticized not only by the president but also by some of his peers journalists what more are we learning about him as an author in the way that he gather information for this book. when michael was very well known to her and journalists here in the united states and he contacted our own two hundred interviews in eighteen months to write this

book and he said on that interview you were just listening to that you works as every journalist as he has recordings of the interviews and he has no it's and he also added he's not surprised at all the president is reacting that way because with the lawyers and the letters because this is the way he often reacts he approaches problems in this way and indeed it is pretty extraordinary that a president tries to block the publishing of a book here in the united states. yeah. and carolyn you're there at a bookstore we see you know people there behind you were you able to get a copy of fire and fury. no unfortunately not because they're all sold out and that happened yesterday night at this bookstore opened soul night as so let let let's talk i have here as steve salah sending with me he's the owner of this book shop kramer bookshop thank you

for being with us good morning which thank you thank you this book we're talking we all. talking about it was meant to be published on tuesday what happened yesterday well we caught wind of the publishing house they decided to push up the release date and around six o'clock last night we heard about it we were able to get access to some copies and being that we are a bookstore that is open late we decided to release the book on friday at twelve o'clock how many copies we had a bunch of copies and we move through them within literally a couple minutes we believe how many cost i can't give you that number but we were very many copies that we had and we moved through the very fast many people brace the cold weather to come out and to get the book and indeed it is very cold saying very fast like come much time they need to go we sold out within a couple minutes after midnight a couple of minutes after midnight and they do you put a book back for yourself. i have

a copy of the book for myself i do do you think that media are maybe promoting making too much promotion of this book with this news. yeah i think it's tough to say you know we live in a democracy today people have the right to speakers share information the way they choose to share it i don't really get involved in that stuff but you know clearly it's i think it's great for the bookstore business i think this is fantastic for our bookstore and you know it's a great way to start the new year with a fantastic splash when are you getting more copies so there's been a really bad snowstorm that's taken part of the northeast here and so we're waiting to figure that out we understand that more copies as of monday was actually getting a lot of copies on monday you're the owner of this bookstore and so probably you know michael wolff and his warks what do you think of him as an author i think michael's a very good author and look i think as evidence to what's being put out you know as of now today it's moving pretty pretty aggressively so i think people want to read

the book and i think that as evidence to like i said how fast things are moving thank you so much c. for this thank you. that was a c. status the. owner of this bookstore they opened yesterday at midnight and in a few minutes books were sold ok so people who want to get a copy of the book don't go to their. dupont circle where you're standing by carolyn assume i want to thank you very much for your reporting and we do indeed hope that you get a copy fire and fury as we mentioned. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world in paris french president emmanuel mccaughan told his turkish counterpart wretch of type era to want the democratic countries must respect the rule of law in the fight against terrorism mccrum was talking about the fate of thousands of students teachers and journalists in turkey being held in custody. the skies over northwest italy are lit up with hot air balloons as the small town of mondavi hosts the

international balloon meeting of the defending it is the thirtieth edition of the event with pilots from all over europe competing for today's launch came ahead of. snow a wind some snowy and windy weather double whammy there that may leave the balloons grounded through next weekend's well speaking of bad weather the u.s. east coast is in the grip of a deep freeze it is 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 to hot and bark and 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. they're ready to green and the hornets have fallen and the trees there and i mean. the record lows have frozen egg wanna stay with 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 adventures. bods 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 less. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program as america's trade deficit rises can donald trump keep his promise of protecting american industry from foreign competition ben fizzling has the answer to that question in business news coming up in just about a minute's time i'm sorry. can see.