2 and when we learn something, the hardware and software of our brain changes. so get really for the brain of 40 to the answer to almost everything. starts january 15th on d, w ah ah, this is dw used live from both the bone chilling temperatures in the united states . millions of americans are hit with snow, wind, and ice. a massive arctic storm causes road chaos, flight cancellations, and where the warnings across the country also coming up. unrest and anger after

a deadly shooting in central paris. 3 people were killed and several others wounded in the attack, which targeted a kurdish cultural center. ah, i'm jarrett rate, thanks for your company today. what's being called a deep freeze is stretching right across north america at the moment. a huge winter storm is disrupting travel plans, causing power outages and putting pressure on homeless shelters. around 60 percent of the us is under some kind of way. the warning 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 america enjoy as a once in a generation storm, some a struggling to find the face 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 what's 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 canceled. 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 till 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 wither 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. a little bit earlier, i spoke to d. w correspondence to me. so my scandal in washington in washington, she told us a bit more about the situation. bear and 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 on 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 incredibly cold. a storm here, the wind chill is really biding and it's affecting, as i said, much of the country. so me, how are people coping with all these?

well that is the big 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, jarrett, 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. that's according to the us global change research program. earlier i spoke to climate, it's a brian con, an os team. if this current, severe weather was an anomaly. all part of a larger pattern. i mean,

this is an extremely unique stroke in the sense that it is not just very cold. does not just the winds in the snow, but it has such a big footprint source in effect across, you know, areas across the us from coast to coast as well as canada. so in some ways this one is an 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, 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 air to spill the arctic and come down and hit places like this. so here'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 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 know 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 called area breaks. happened regardless of whether this is driven by climate change or whether the climate is running as well . that was climate in science, right, 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 in prison, and the manual nikon has condemned to deadly shooting in paris, which he says was a deliberate attack on the kurdish community. 3 people died in friday, shooting in the capital and several others were seriously injured. balise 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 large scale operation and central paris. after shots were fired in a kurdish cultural center, a restaurant, and the bob shop. will have it on that we saw visual holding on to it. man a big older man until there were 3 people wounded in the barber shop on sallow. some one asked me to ring an ambulance, so i called them and the police 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 darma. nan visited the crime scene and said the attacker, and clearly wanted to target foreigners the more you more yes, with leo,

we'll do everything we can to clarify the details of the attack. shudder. barry and the motive you don't get the good. it was over, it already seems clear, he manifest that. he acted alone, the morsel dominant announced that authorities would step up efforts to protect kurdish residence while he was visiting center. clashes broke out between police and demonstrators with protesters throwing stones and police responding with tear gas. here are some other headlines to day ethiopian investigators have confirmed in a final report that faulty software caused the fatal crash of a. boeing 737 macs in 2019, all 157 passengers and crew died after the plane crashed into a field minutes after takeoff. it followed a separate, fatal clerk crash involving the same kind of jet months earlier and prompted a worldwide grounding of the plains. lawmakers in the us house of representatives

have approved a sweeping $1.00 trillion dollar annual spending package, and includes $45000000000.00 in aid to ukraine, as well as reforms to electoral law aimed at avoiding a repeat of last year's storming of the capital. well, china is battling a severe wave of cause at 19 infections at the moment, but authorities seem to be down playing the severity of the outbreak despite the surgeon cases by continuing to report nor new deaths. it's also believe the real number of infection sweeping the country is much larger than they're saying. with many health care facilities already severely strained. dozens of body bags at a funeral home in the city of challenging in central 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 woman for the past week of 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 its 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. some estimate suggest that up to $800000000.00 chinese could be infected in the coming month. almost 10 percent of the world's population or russian president vladimir putin has

referred to his invasion of ukraine as a war for the 1st time and not just, not merely a special military operation. in a press conference futon said he hard, the conflict would end as soon as possible. until now he'd insisted that russia was not waging war in ukraine. in response to his new statement, the u. s. called on to quote, acknowledge reality and pull russian troops out of the country. when he's a bit more of what putin had to say. no, not that theory. our goal is not to spin, the fly will a military conflict. but on the contrary, to end this war, mac, it, we strive for this and we will continue to strive, williams, we will strive for an end to this. and the sooner the better, the blizzard quinton justin can router or flood me. burton is fine than calling the invasion what it is, a war. but how are we to understand this was just a slip of the tongue or something more deliberate. we put that question to d. w correspondent maria cut him answer. well, i would say that it's

a big deal. i just to remind you after moscow introduced a fake law legislation these march that would war has been essentially made illegal to even be pronounced or written measure. 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 or exponent, are 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 in the 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 tv 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, wants to divide a once a divided ander weak russia. so these can be an explanation why to why he use a are stronger and more accurate. ward, the sign was d, w. 's. maria cut a monster speaking to us a little bit earlier. well, christmas eve is here and the world's best love. frequent flyer is on his way to you. crowds gathered near the north pole in finland to see santa claus make one last appearance ahead of its annual journey. up st. monica said dca. he'd received many letters from people, young and old, asking them asking for him for pace. i should say that it was time to take to his sleigh and head out on these mission to visit children all over the world.

i watching dw news from berlin coming up next willed stories the week and reports of course, is more anti w dot com on our breaking news and on social media to i d. w use. i'm jared reading, belinda from me and the entire team in the newsroom. thanks so much for watching. have a great day a we've got to understand.