recovery earlier i spoke to analyst robert oulds told me it may prove to be a tough task for the celtic tiger one of the key challenges facing many countries in europe is of course the economic difficulties and ireland is of course rigidly sticking to the austerity drive which the european union wants which it mandating arlan to do it's effectively running its budget policies in many different areas amount of money that it can be can spend to deal with the deficit but of course arlen's medicine that they're taking and partly suffering from but they're getting on with it isn't really vital for the rest of europe so if they're going to be driving forward the agenda in the european union for the next six months that's not the. economic problems but let me ask you this i mean this coming year twenty thirty you know the e.u. has come up with something called the european year of citizens to essentially highlight the rights people have because they're in the e.u. what do you make of that one of the key what people should have is a via to elect their own government and for that to actually make a re

turn to take on the next six months presidency of the european council source with reports the celtic tiger has some hard graft ahead of it. it's all changed by the e.u. presidency as the takes over the six month rotating challenge on the first of january not the ovi a choice islands one of the guys in peg's the countries that have been least stable economies in europe and sure enough arlen's the first country to take on the presidency of the twenty seven nation bloc while being propped up by e.u. and i.m.f. money so for the next six months the e.u. and systemic problems will be presided over by one of its weakest and most problematic members so what specific challenges does face in europe over the six months of its presidency first the european economy is slowing flaws and the crisis is nowhere near over secondly it must preside over leaders actually agreeing to an e.u. budget for the years two thousand and fourteen to two thousand and twenty something they've spectacularly failed to do so far and thirdly there's a problem coming from right here in london increasing british opposition to b

too much power concentrated in the hands of brussels that may prove to be a tough task for the celtic tiger. one of the key votes that people should have is a via to elect their own governments and for that to actually make a real difference but of course with the european union power has become too centralized amongst the into too sions in brussels and that just takes away power from ordinary citizens so the european union can tell us why it's that we have but of course we don't actually have the vite to make a real difference to the elections because far too many decisions now are made at the supranational level made decisions being made in brussels away from the citizens whether they be the citizens of violent or britain or spain or greece for that matter and that should really be restored their economic problems will not be resolved until of course it's recognised that the euro the single currency is the wrong carbon c for these countries really we need to have a back of powers away from brussels to all the different member states and of course britain should of course have its own refe

celtics to a win over the heat. rajjon rondell will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. >>> tiger woods will have a six-shot lead when play -- when he plays in the pga farmer insurance open today. over the years, woods is a seven-time winner at the torrey pines court in southern california. >>> all right. ahead, actor burt reynolds spent the weekend in intensive care at a florida hospital. we'll have details. >>> plus, when actors honor other action horse at the screen actors guild awards awards. >>> and did ashton kutcher's job make him sick to his stomach? >>> welcome back to "early today." the big weather story is the severe weather outbreak tuesday and wednesday. notice this area of yellow under a slight risk. possible to moderate risk tomorrow. again, chance of tornadoes in the area and strong damaging winds going over the mississippi river. throughout the night in alabama, mississippi, tennessee. then during the day wednesday, it sweeps all the way to the east coast. we're talking severe weather for a large chunk of the country. the middle of this week, it will be dangerous. >> all right. thank you. >

tigers hold on to win it 77-70. tech will host 25th ranked miami on wednesday. >>> in the nba celtics hosting the heat. bad news for boston. rajon rondo tore his acl on friday and he will miss the remainder of the season. pick it up late. answers with a huge three. 34 points for him. we're headed to overtime. these two team needed a second overtime. paul pierce takes over. he had 17 points. boston holds on to win it in double overtime. your final score, 100-98. great game in the nba, heat versus celtics and the caps pick up a huge win. >> and we have this sort of sports weather all combining. the pro bowl is starting 30 minutes late because of the weather. okay? and we'll be back after the pro bowl

celtics to a win over the miami heat. rajon rondo will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. >>> tiger woods will have a six shot the farmers open resumes today. over the years woods has led the course. >>> baltimore ravens linebacker brendan ayanbadeo says he will be talking about same-sex marriage. he'll go on the ellen show to talk about marriage ee quality. >>> for another look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins to talk about the weather. >> we have the snow and freezing rain this morning, but then as we go through tuesday into wednesday, talking severe weather outbreak. it's going to feel like spring. areas that were so frigid and cold are going to go to 60 to 70 degrees. then another blast of cold air behind it. that's where we're going to see a severe weather outbreak. we're concerned in the dallas area, shreveport, up to little rock, central louisiana into memphis and northern mississippi. those areas have the best chance of seeing the strongest storms with damaging wind and possibly a few tornadoes. these areas all have a chance of severe thunderstorm. alabama, all of georgia, all of t

. >>> goode could tiger's success at this tournament be a sign he's on his way back to the top of the golf world? >>> boston celticsreak playing the miami heat yesterday. they won the game but suffered a loss anyway. team star point guard rondo out for the season after suffering a torn acl. rondo injured it in a game on friday night. he was sent or tests just before sunday's game. some of his teammates did not learn about the severity of the injury until long after fans found out about it on the internet. >>> scary crash at the x games sent spectators scrambling. jackson strong tried to do a midair flip on a snowmobile. oh, but he couldn't quite grab it. the snowmobile took off towards fans, breaking through a barrier. espn reported one fan had to be taken off on a stretcher but was later released to his father. luckily he sustained only minor injuries. wow. >>> that's a look at sports this hour. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" after a short break. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with n