let's bring in our patty calhane who is in paris traveling with the president. what is the plan? >> well, i think when we heard from the president at his press son presence before departing paris, which should be wheels up any moment now, laid out exactly how he sees the syrian conflict ending. he talked about the vienna process and right now, jordan is putting together a list of groups they call the moderate opposition. it's everybody even r.b.i. agrees needs a seat at the table. these groups would have a ceasefire with the forces fighting on behalf of bashar al assad. there will be slowly areas of calm spreading throughout syria while these groups and the assad forces continue to fight isil. the big problem is president putin of russia. he has beennessent that bashar al assad has to be part of the solution. obviously the u.s. led coalition believes that he does have to eventually leave power. here's what u.s. president barack obama had to see about the timing. >> it is possible over the next several months that we both see a 30 in calculation in the russians, and the recognitio

patty calhane, al jazeera, washington. >> with no end to the violence in syria in sight, record numbers of refugees continue to flee. germ see has taken in over 960,000 people this year. that number four times the total for all of 2014. the rest of the e.u. is said to be failing refugees. >> we have a very polarized society, also in germany, they have racist attacks. we have a very hostile movements against refugees. on the other hand, we have refugees departing society. it is our hope from greece to germany to u.k., the society is functioning and stick to the european principle, refugee rights, liberty rights, and but the elite is not functioning at the moment. the coalition of e.u., germany and others try to create protection space in europe, even if others are not ready to do this. >> warring sides in yemen agreed to hold peace talks in switzerland next week, starting december 15. the forces supporting the exiled government and houthi rebels to begin a ceasefire. almost 60,000 have died in the conflict since it began in march. rack will go to the u.n. security council if turkey doesn

patty calhane, al jazeera, sterling, virginia. >> more than 8 million people in ethiopia are in need of emergency aid according to the united nations. parts of the count require are experiencing one of the worst droughts in 30 years. here's al jazeera's charles stratford. >> she and her children's struggle is proof that climate that change hits the world's poorest people the hardest. she says she and her eight children are waiting to receive humanitarian aid. the hot winds of el niÑo generated over the pacific ocean, the effect of which scientists say are being made worse by global warming destroyed this year's harvest in parts of ethiopia. there are 8.2 million people like her who need emergency aid. it says that figure could rise to 15 million in coming months. >> we see nothing this year. we have no plan. it's up to god. after the harvest fails, the men and children who are strong enough left to troy and find work. >> the ethiopian government have allocated money, but international donors have been slow to respond. the u.n. said around 350,000 children are expect to require treatm