if you only treat. it with more than football online. play. this is g.w. news live from but in heavy snow paralyzes much of europe and more is on the way a state of emergency is all declared villages are cut off all reported as it's one in austria that's been partly a back you waited due to the threat of avalanches. the snow is accumulated it's sitting there and it could fall off the mountain onto these houses at any time. and

suffering from the longest you waste shutdown in history hundreds of thousands of government employees go without paychecks and we need workers in washington using force to take on new jobs just to make ends meet with. the runner up in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election says he'll challenge the result in cool new species resulting spot on the rest with at least five deaths reported so far. the only. place. from home in a home free glad you could join me heavy snow has brought parts of europe to a standstill and there's no sign the situation will improve anytime soon more than twenty people have now died in what is some of the heaviest snow fall in two decades and for costs a most know is on its way to w.'s on

a nice if is in one of the worst affected areas in austria where the biggest fear now is avalanches. a silence has fallen over the north side of all tall say this part of the village lies in the path of an avalanche that authorities say could trigger without warning. over one hundred people have been forced to evacuate a few come back then to clear their roofs or driveways in a constant battle with the snow it has been snowing now here for nearly two weeks the residents tell us they haven't seen anything like it in over a decade there's a break in the weather now the sun is out but even if the sun shines it does not mean the danger of avalanches is gone the snow is accumulated it's sitting there and it could fall off the mountain onto these houses at any time breaks in the snow fall have been only temporary here and say the residents are getting on with their lives even if that means hard work. thank you but i'm used to

a lot of snow but it's a bit rough this time because we've had so much at once so far my call you're going through the overnight shift we're trying to clear just the top layer the new stuff cuz if it rains into this then it will become really heavy things that will hopefully move to. the village is normally packed with tourists at this time of the and stayed luxury hotels like this one have opened their doors to evacuees free of charge. he has put together before in two thousand and six they had to evacuate for a few days it's that community spirit that locals say will help them through again avalanche are not and covering a story for us is d w e n e.c. if he's in the austrian town of say good to see you tell us how are people coping.

well most of the people we talked to are pretty proud of their spirit here proud of their ability to deal with snow they say they've dealt with it before but they also say they've never seen anything like this in their in their lifetime some have likened it to two thousand and six when there was a snowstorm but it just wasn't this bad people are working around the clock like i said they they have the equipment that they need to get through this but for some it's become a part time job just to clear the snow we met some guys yesterday who were up on the roof we asked them how long they've been up there they said well it takes it took them two days to get just half of the roof cleared working too like two people up there so it's really a full time job. for a lot of people but of course the biggest fear here is an avalanche now in this part that i'm standing right now there is no avalanche there is no avalanche warning it's just for the people that are in this kind of narrow valley that sits under a bucket of snow on the mountain and you can hear helicopters trying to get rid of

avalanches. they can detonate an explosion and trigger an avalanche but they can't do it here because their houses under there and those people have had to evacuate right so clearly a sense of resilience where you are that i mean what are you hearing from all of the snowed in towns in the region. we talked to the austrian military and they are very hopeful about where this is going there very optimistic about their ability to free all of the villages that have been snowed in earlier this week there was about two thousand two hundred people in villages that were completely snowed in that means no access to the outside world just living off the resources and you can see the fire patrol is also helping out here and not just the military everybody is pitching in but yes in the mountains there is now only one thousand five hundred people stuck they cleared a path to a village that had quite a few people in there yesterday that was

a big success of the week right and not to quash that sense of optimism and hope that from authorities about the job they're doing but of course the situation isn't over yet we know that more snow is full cost so how are people preparing for that that's right this just snow snow snow in the forecast if you check your phone you look at the weather it's snow all week nobody knows when this is going to let up actually that we just heard this morning that the snow up on the mountain is five meters deep and they won't be able to measure it soon because the measuring center will be completely buried in so that gives you an idea of what where this is going . the thing is that even if the weather lets up even if the sun comes out even if it rains that does not reduce the risk of roofs caving in or avalanches because water is heavier than snow it will sit on a roof and will create a city very dangerous situation and of course for avalanches the problem is that snow which weighs tons and tons and tons and comes down like

a train is just sitting there waiting to go and sun and rain can trigger that nice of attention in measurable amounts of snow where you are that in the austrian town . on the and he said all reported that thank you very much indeed thank you. now the saudi teenager fleeing alleged abuse from her family is now on her way to canada. canoe made global headlines this week off to barricading himself inside a hotel room bangkok she'd been stopped on route to australia and threatened with deportation she don't wish a social media campaign to draw attention to have plight and the un refugee agency coordinated her resettlement and found her new home and canadian prime minister justin trudeau confirmed that canada has granted a signer. the u.n. h.c.r. has made a request of canada that we accept. as

a refugee and we have accepted the un's request that we grant her asylum that is something that we are pleased to do because canada is a country that understands how important it is to stand up for human rights to stand up for women's rights around the world and i can confirm that we have accepted the un's request. canadian prime minister justin trudeau that now the f.b.i. reportedly open investigation into whether president trump was working on behalf of russia against u.s. interests during his presidential campaign that is according to the new york times and use paper claims that the probe was set up in early twenty seventeen following president and trump's firing of then f.b.i. boss james comey according to and on him a source says agents were told to find out if trump was knowingly or unknowingly working for the russian government. and stay in the u.s. the partial government shutdown is now entering its twenty second day making it the

longest in the country's history is the roué of a funding president donald trump's southern border wall drags on as a result some eight hundred thousand workers have not been paid receiving wait ships showing nothing but zeros and as our washington correspondent march way to reports many government workers and now turning to alternative in point. that. rent is due you got bills and there's no sign of a paycheck coming anytime soon so maybe if you're a government worker it's time to find a second job the fairfax county school district outside of washington d.c. has a shortage of substitute teachers and fairfax county now has an excess of furloughed government workers problem solution at least temporarily. twenty percent of the population in the greater d.c. area works for the federal government that's now one in five people with no paycheck and nothing to do for who knows how much longer but even with the dire predictions coming out of capitol hill this local community saw an opportunity to

do something for their people but when the school district advertised the event it filled up to capacity within twenty four hours the interest was so overwhelming that they added a second and then a third hiring day well it usually takes a few weeks to be approved as a new substitute teacher these people will all be processed and ready to work in just a few days the school board says it's really the least they can do for employees here really realize that we have a community in need right now we have many displaced federal workers and as part of our caring culture this is just a small gesture to be able to be out and help and support our displaced federal workers and give them opportunity to substitute in our schools and earn a paycheck we've heard lots of teachers in the classroom are actually thrilled to have this influx of talent as you know we have people in the federal government who have all sorts of skills whether they're in mathematics statistics and medicine so just bringing that into the classroom will have a big effect on our students. the shutdown could and any time many federal

employees at the event said they're doing ok for now but in the meantime they want a contingency plan and the whole situation is disheartening. two thousand and thirteen shut down over the affordable care act so. that was a little bit different the situation there was more talking between the president and congress in the senate so this was all first starting because there's really no . no discussion or very little discussion so. i'm frustrated. because i think. services to the citizens are being compromised there and even behind the scenes when our government is shut down people don't realize even when you we have served in national parks we observe the museums we never know what unobservable things are not getting done i don't know right now it's looks like it's at a standstill so i don't know i'm not get a great vibe but you know hoping and praying and hopefully something will come

through and it's a nucleus for the federal government is stuck in the mud on its employees are moving on and this local government is stepping up to help. with. that report there from our washington correspondent now a second look at some of the other stories making news around the world syria says israeli warplanes have fired missiles at the capital damascus the state use agency reports that some missiles struck a warehouse near the airport but all this was shot down by ed offenses. seven people including full foreign tourists have been killed in a bus crash in cuba the driver told a local radio station he lost control on a wet and winding road in the east of the on and the poor state of cuba's roads means accidents are frequent. to report as reporters remain in prison in ian morrow after a court dismissed their appeal against seven year sentences for breaking the official secrets act the journalists were investigating atrocities against her hand

to muslims demands lawyers argued they were framed by police. macedonia has approved constitutional changes to rename itself north macedonia the move as part of a deal to end the dispute with neighboring greece under the deal greece will no longer block scope his efforts to join nato and potentially the european union. now the democratic republic of congo has told the international community to back the outcome of its presidential election the head of the congolese election commission was addressing the un security council as it debated the results which the all position leader fix she seek a day declared the surprise winner opposition rival knocked off a new who came a close second has dismissed the result and says he'll challenge it in the country's constitutional court. this may not look like what you'd expect to see from supporters of a candidate who just lost an election but these jubilant scenes are it's

a rally in kinshasa for the man who lost the presidential vote in the democratic republic of congo the crowds are boyd that runner up martin figure who says he's challenging the election results in court he claims that he won by a landslide. wake up rise up sons of the congo take courage will go to the constitutional court to file an appeal to see. them to stay there was old vote by about each polling station. but you do accuses eight going president joseph kabila of making a backroom deal with the surprise declared winner authorization leader felix just to katie the disputed results have sparked unrest with several deaths reported so far the country's influential catholic church also says its forty thousand election observers find

a different winner from the official results but it is not released its tally. and just a reminder now the top story we're following for you the heaviest snowfall in years has brought many parts of europe to a standstill most know it's only it's way more than twenty people have died in weather related incidents. you're watching news from but i'm cool plenty more coming up at the top of the hour of course the latest it was on a website that w dot com on how to hold free and also you're against. women. look closely at lisa carefully please don't little simply mislead to do can't.

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