with the way the wind might have to give something back to my panel launched him to where he got the worst. point where the surfers fighting against. starting january seventh. this is d w news live from berlin and deadly winter weather blast the northeastern united states forecasters see more record breaking loads ahead we'll take you to massachusetts where the cold is paralyzing communities along the east coast also

coming up the tell all book that u.s. president donald trump trying to stop from publication the white house hits back at numerous scathing claims and including that close trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. and bundesliga software for the second half of the season we check in with byron munich at their winter training camp ahead of next week's match against labor couzin. hello and welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston and it's good to have you with us. bitter winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking lows parts of the u.s. and canada are seeing wind chills at around minus thirty degrees celsius in

massachusetts city streets are turning into frozen fields of ice and snow. the biggest storm surges in massachusetts in three decades and that minus twenty nine degrees celsius water is literally freezing in the streets here. traffic is frozen to those hoping to get into their cars we'll just have to wait until the ice thaws we're keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants a question global warming just to see what the flight flood zones are those zones didn't fly thirty years ago whether agencies are calling it a bomb site clone where cold and warm air mass is collide triggering a rapid drop and parametric pressure many people need help to get to safety several u.s. states have declared a state of emergency the national guard is out in force and coming up with creative ways to help the rescue effort it was scary and i want to get out they came up to the front door and they. like he put me over their shoulders and put me in their

car and new york's central park the extreme weather isn't putting everyone off but the weekend might put even the bravest to the test because believe it or not it's going to get colder. when you tell all book about donald trump's presidency is flying off the shelves in the united states a book titled fire and fury has been published for days ahead of schedule both despite attempts by the president's lawyer to stop it u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson rejected characterizations in the books saying he's never questioned the president's mental fitness and trump tore into the author michael wolff claiming the book was full of lies the book the u.s. president could not stop from hitting the shelves sold out within minutes and many straws d.p. critical it depicts a chaotic white house and questions donald trump's fitness for office its author

michael wolff appeared on u.s. television to back up his claims. i will tell you the one description that that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like a child and what they mean by that is he has it and a need for in media gratification it's all about him they say he's. a moron in. 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. he's like the pinball or just just as the shooting off the side this is the man wolf can thank for helping the title soar to number one on amazon donald trump's former chief strategist and former ally steve bannon his disparaging

remarks about the u.s. president released in early excerpts triggered trump's public attempts to block the book's release and sent him on soaring. trump has threatened to sue bannon and wolf and on twitter who described the book as full of lies i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author a phony book i never spoke to him for the book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and stop you steve with a message from us for those doubts about wolf's credibility have been echoed by some of trump's allies and by others including former british prime minister tony blair he called a claim made about him a complete fabrication. wolf says he stands by everything in the book though he does acknowledge he could not resolve certain discrepancies between some accounts very little presents the truth may not be clear in fire and fury but that's not

stopping people from lining up to buy it. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has of your empty run of the world is watching its response to anti-government protests her comments came at a u.n. security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter of mudslides and tarantula rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa thora to say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes of the city of ten million are built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding. now two jets collided on the ground at a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft

a blaze listen to this. words capture the moment when part of the plane exploded all one hundred sixty eight passengers and crew were reported safe and an investigation into the incident is underway. hungary's prime minister has issued fresh criticism of americans policies on migration picture orbán was a guest at the party conference of the c.s.u. that the german chancellor is conservative sister party and he said migrants with no reason to be in europe should be sent home his remarks come as marigold prepares to start exploratory talks to form a new government with the center left social democrats where migration is said to be a key sticking point in the discussions. viktor orbán the right wing prime minister of hungary is a regular guest here with the conservative c.s.u.

party in bavaria and regular guests are often invited because you know in advance how they will behave in this regard or bonn does not disappoint as a known euro skeptic he opposes germany's refugee policy which he dubs a problem of democracy. on the. i told our bavarian friends that i think in the year twenty eighteen we will restore the will of the people in europe you need. me. and that the european people step by step will force decisions concerning refugee policy that are in their best interest. the man responsible for inviting orbán is horst the who for the c.s.u. party leader who will be part of the coalition talks with the s.p.d. beginning on sunday to the s.p.d.

or bond's visit is a slap in the face nonetheless they hope for makes a point of openly supporting orbán. any downed viktor orban respects the rule of law. in a newspaper interview s.p.d. leader martin schultz complained about the c.s. use meeting with you euro skeptic or bomb warning about his refugee policies at their meeting at the z on monastery the c s he was showing an aggressive stance this could prove difficult for the upcoming coalition talks. germany's foreign ministers it is meeting his turkish counterpart mifflin. for talks aimed at normalizing relations between ankara and berlin ties have suffered in recent years amid disagreements about the refugee crisis as well as a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen of

those jailed have included at least nine german citizens such as dead as you jel correspondent for germany's developed newspaper he's been in a turkish jail for more than ten months without a formal indictment. or for more i'm joined in the studio by. has reported extensively from turkey high in a good to see you so turkey's foreign minister has said he hopes for better times with germany in the new year but are statements like this really going to be enough or do we need to see more there are not enough clearly i mean the german government's position here is very straightforward it always has been they are saying there cannot be any normalization in those relations. as long as german nationals like dan is you jill the journalist are behind bars in turkey without an indictment and two thousand and seventeen really has been a terrible year for german turkish ties so much damage has been done so first now

i'm korea and berlin have to rebuild trust so a meeting like this is certainly a step into the right direction but it's not enough to ease tensions so just what is germany expecting to see from turkey and. what do what does the turkish side expect from germany while germany clearly says we need to see a development in the case of benazir jill and at least five six or seven other german nationals who are believed to be behind bars in turkey for political reasons that sperling's position and the turkish government once a tougher stand by the german government towards the outlawed kurdistan workers' posse the p k k and also suspected members those are the people government believes to be behind the failed coup attempt and twenty sixteen well meanwhile turkey's president rich of type just yesterday was in paris he met with the french president among my corn and mccaughan was very clear in his statement he

said at the moment there's absolutely no chance of turkey joining the european union is that issue going to come up in the talks today between the two foreign ministers maybe i mean this statement certainly didn't go down well with the turkish president i believe he on said that turkey is not going to wait at the door forever on the other hand i mean relations with the usa are terrible with russia they are not on an equal level middle eastern partners have not proved to be reliable so turkey needs its european partners but the european union has also given up a lot of leverage an influence on turkey and the human rights and democracy developments over that so it's much it's maybe better for the e.u. to come up with a coherent strategy instead of every single member nation telling turkey what it thinks the future relationship look like. many thanks indeed for breaking that down for us. to sports news now and most bundesliga

teams are in warmer climates as they prepare for the second half of the season fine munich currently at their winter training camp in qatar for the eighth straight here and they have again been criticized for not commenting on the human rights situation in the gulf country well as for the soccer the action kicks off next friday when the table toppers a lock horns with leverkusen and they're working on integrating to a new high profile signing. sunning themselves in the middle east in preparation for their post winter break much is germany strikers and will wagner has been drafted in june in the break to provide backup for main man who bit leave him. wagner was let go by byron as a youngster and he's delighted to be back. i was one hundred percent sure that i wanted to go back home to my club that was clear i'm really really happy that it worked. by owner spending just five days on the persian gulf but doesn't

leave much time for fun meet and greets and marketing stunts. but they aren't losing any sleep over the human rights situation in qatar either. we're here for sport we're trying to do our job here. we want to prepare as best we can for the rest of the season. for the season for. you punk is knows exactly what shortcomings buyer need to work on the veteran coach has studied the ship since his appointment as carlo ancelotti successor and october. quickly with his coaching. you do is hope things work he still knew some of the teams so it didn't take long to adopt a few chords bar and want to take their new found impetus into the second half of the season as the aim to win as many trophies as possible the been this league title at least already looks a certainty. now

a vodka bottle estimated to be worth more than one million euros has been stolen from a bar in copenhagen and recovered the vodka unsigned was of no particular value but the bottle of russo baltic is made from three kilograms each of gold and silver a russian businessman had loaned it to the bar where it was stolen on tuesday the empty bottle has since been found at a construction site in the danish capital police are still investigating and that's the news for now here on d w we'll have another update for you at the top of the hour omarion evan steam thanks for watching. learn german with d.w. . anytime anyplace.

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