dealt with the world as you've never seen it before. describe now he dw documentary. ah, this is dw news live from bourbon point chilling temperatures in the united states . millions of americans hit with snow, wind and ice. a massive arctic storm it's causing power outages, flight cancellations, and where the warnings across the country also coming up. unrest and anger after

a deadly shooting and central paris. 3 people were killed and several others wounded in the attack, targeting the kurdish cultural center. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the program. what's being called a deep freeze is stretching right across north america at the moment. the huge winter storm is disrupting travel plans causing power outages and putting severe pressure on homeless shelters. around 60 percent of the u. s. is under some kind of way the wanting right now with people being told to stay indoors. bitter blizzards and severe snow. we do not bode well for cross country christmas travel. and as a miracle enjoys a once in a generation storm, some struggling to find the feast of spirit. we don't know what's gonna happen

whether or not they have extra flights for tonight, or they're saying maybe they won't even have flights tomorrow. so it's christmas, it's like the weather outside truly is frightful and it's creating travel calles for the millions of people heated home for the holidays. more than 3000 flights have been cancelled many a stranded at airports during what is one of the busiest travel times of the tribe, like dozens and dozens of different airports. i called the airline and they tried, but there's like no availability to after christmas. the severe cold isn't only a problem for air travel. driving is extremely treacherous with roads blanketed and snow and ice. the weather has left more than 1000000 homes without power. but conditions are especially dia for those who don't have any shelter. with the cold, one of the things that can be dangerous as people can be laying on the sidewalk or

sleeping outside. and you don't always realize just how dire of a situation that you're in. it can be really easy for people to kind of those off and fall asleep and unfortunately end up losing their lives because of the cold weather. more than 200000000 americans are under extreme wither advisories, the national weather services. it's one of the largest warnings eva these satellite images revealing what santa could be up against and time for the big day. forecast as a warning that parts of the country could be on track for the coldest christmas on record. but he w correspondence to me, so must canada is in washington. and from there she told us more about the situation across the country journey. it is pretty cold. her. we might not have that white out. those blizzard conditions you seen in those pictures. but at the round minus 10 degrees celsius, right now in the windshield makes it feel much colder. this scale,

the scale of the storm is really remarkable. there are more than $1500000.00 homes and businesses without power across the country right now. and 2 thirds of this entire country right now under severe winter weather advisory almost the entire country being affected by the storm from coast to coast. we're seeing blizzard conditions on the west coast in the state of oregon and washington. even florida is going to see unusually cold temperatures this weekend. you know, i'm from upstate new york. i lived in chicago. we are used to blizzards and cold weather. but what is remarkable of remarkable rather about this storm is what meteorologist or calling that bomb cyclone effect. we're seeing these massive drops in temperature just to give you an idea. the city of denver saw temperatures fall, $47.00 degrees fahrenheit within 2 hours. so it is really an incredibly cold, a storm here, the windshield is really biting and it's affecting as i said, much of the country. so me, how are people coping with all these?

well, that is the question. people are being told to stay home to shelter, to stay out of the weather. but the big concern, as we saw on that report is of course for the homeless populations, particularly in cities. we've seen authorities offer emergency shelters and warming centers to try to get people in out of the cold. people are also making use of libraries and, and of course transportation, public transport as well to stay out of the cold. but really, jared, it is hard to prepare for a situation like this. and again, what most people are trying to do if they can is to stay inside. that's dw, see me. so i'm a scandal braving the cold there in washington. stay warm, see me. thank you. well, winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity over the past 70 years. this is according to research from the us global change research program. earlier i spoke to climate, it's a brian con and asked him if this current, severe way there was an anomaly, old part of a larger pattern. i mean, this is an extremely unique story in the sense that it is not just very cold. does

not just the winds and the snow, but it has such a big footprint source in effect, across your areas, across the us, from coast to coast as well as canada. so in some ways this form isn't anomaly because it is so big. in other ways, does it fit a pattern? i mean, there are certainly there's been a number of major call there, outbreaks over the course of the past few years. and so we have seen this happen more than once. it's just the extent of this one is particularly notable. now you, you cover climate, how much of a role does climate change play here? that's an area that's an open question. some ways we know that, for example, that the arctic is running faster than the rest of the world. and what that does is it essentially allows the jet stream, which is the sort of river air that separates the north and south, allows that just to count wobble a little bit more. and when it does that allows cold there to spill the arctic and come down and hit places like this. so there's, you know, that's an area of very active research for scientists. it's an area where they're still trying to tease out some sort of specific things. but i think that it seems

that there is some evidence that this could be an impact of climate change. okay, and does that mean that we could be expecting more storms like this in the coming years to mean we could be expecting more storms. i think it's also to note that even in a warming world will still see winter events like this. and so while the trend is to certainly have warmer winters and warmer every season for that matter, we will still occasionally see these clear outbreaks happen regardless of whether this is driven by climate change or whether the climate is running as well. that was climate editor and science reisa brian con, speaking to us from new york city. brian, we really appreciate your insights there. thanks so much for joining us. to france now, president emanuel mac cron has condemned a deadly shooting in paris, which he says was a deliberate attack on the could is community. 3 people died in friday, shooting in the capital and several others were seriously injured. police arrested a 69 year old french citizen in connection with the attack. paramedics rushed to

take care of the wounded. the emergency services launched a logical operation and central paris. after shots were fired in a kurdish cultural center, a restaurant, and the bob shop. don't have it on that we saw visual holding on to it. man, a big old a man until there were 3 people wounded in the barber shop it on so long. some one asked me to ring an ambulance, so i called them and the police are much after the police. the suspected shooter, a 69 year old french citizen, was placed under arrest. the former train driver and hobby marksman is known to police. he's been charged with committing violence against foreigners before, after allegedly injuring to migrants a year ago, he was released from jail early this month on the judicial supervision. french interior minister sharon dharma, nan visited the crime scene and said the attacker had clearly wanted to target foreigners. the more the more yes we do, we'll do everything we can to clarify the details of the attack shudder. and the

motive editor said, don't get the good. it was over, it already seems clear. he manifest that. he acted alone. the more she so dominant announced that authorities would step up efforts to protect kurdish residence when he was visiting the center classes broke out between police and demonstrators with protesters throwing stones and police responding with tear gas. okay, let's get a quick round of a round up of some of the world news headlines. now. ethiopian investigators have confirmed in a final report that faulty software caused the fatal crash of a boeing 737 max in 2019, all 157 passengers and crew died after the plane crashed into a field just minutes after takeoff. it followed a separate, fatal crash involving the same kind of g 8 months earlier and prompted a world wide grounding of the plains. lawmakers in the us house of representatives have approved

a sweeping $1.00 trillion dollar annual spending package. it includes $45000000000.00 in aid to ukraine as well as reforms to electoral law. it aimed at avoiding or a piece of last year's dorming of the capitol. it'll now go to president biden, who has said he will sign into law. china is battling a severe wave of carver 19 infections at the moment, but authorities seem to be down playing the severity of the outbreak. despite the surgeon cases, they continuing to report no new deaths, no new deaths. it's also believe the real number of infections sweeping the country is much larger than they are admitting with healthcare facilities under severe strain. dozens of body bags at a funeral home in the city of chanting in federal, china the bodies of the deceased keep arriving as the country grappled with the wave of corbet. 19 griffith hospitals are overcrowded bit go with 19

bishop at this facility in shanghai. the nursing staff is overburdened with the large number of patients the other one for the past week. we have been receiving 180 patients with fever every day while before we only had 7 or 8 my china has only reported few debts since lifting. it's strict school which restrictions earlier this month helped experts see the figures do not reflect the true impact that the disease is having on china. fam estimate for just that up to $800000000.00 chinese could be infected in the coming month. almost 10 percent of the world's population will. russian president vladimir putin has referred to his

country's invasion of ukraine as a war for the 1st time, and not merely a special military operation in a press conference food and said he hoped the conflict would end as soon as possible. until now he insisted that russia was not waging war on your crime. in response to his new statement, the us called on proven to court, acknowledge reality and pull russian troops out of the country. let's listen to a bit more of what prudent had to say. no, not sure, that's really our goal is not to spin. the fly will a military conflict, but on the contrary to end this war we strive for this and we will continue to strive when we will strive for an end to this and the sooner the better. the bill. as a question, jim was today, jim richard, so pertinent finally calling his invasion what it is a war. but how are we to understand this? was it just to slip with the tongue or deliberate? this is a question we put to d w's. maria komatsu. well,

i would say that it's a big deal. i just to remind you after moscow introduced her fake law legislation these march, the wood war has been essentially made illegal to even be pronounced or written. well, if put his wording was deliberate, it may indicate that the whole conflict is entering, at least in his mind, a bigger and more significant. her face on the crumbs logic behind her can be. we wanted it to be a short military operation. amy aiming as this specific military targets in ukraine in order to save russian speaking population into dumbass region. but for the past few months or the rhetoric is not just about saving russian, a speaking people in ukraine, but possibly about the resistance to the whole. an e to blog. so it's interesting that the warrant war has been part of the states t v vocabulary for a while now. when talking about nato sir,

proxy war in russia are well putting under the state media is essentially trying to and to make russians and believe that it's a fateful moment for the country. it's survival is it sake? because the hostile was once to divide a once a divided and weak russia. so this can be an explanation why to why he use a are stronger and more accurate ward the sign. the w correspondent, maria cuts up speaking to us earlier or christmas eve is here, or perhaps where you are. it's still a few hours away, but no matter where you while the world's best love frequent flyer is on his way. crowds gathered near the north pole in finland to see santa claus make one last appearance ahead of his annual journey and making sure he he'd received many letters from political, young and old, asking for peace when it was time to take to his play and head out on his mission

to visit children all over the world. i actually have visit some adults to you're watching the w news from berlin. stay tuned for business news with dental vision. of course, there's more on t w dot com and on social media to use. i'm jarrett raid, thanks with enjoying the view. come take a look at this tv highlights every week in your inbox, subscribe now. oh.