leadership, we think apec will stimulate japan's embracing an inclusive trade architecture in the asia pacific can actually stimulate trade and growth and by doing that i think it will very much be in line with president obama export initiative. >> reporter: the accj has urged japan to join the trans-pacific partnership pact, otherwise known as tpp, but some argue that this could adversely affect industries in japan, such as japanese agriculture. what are your thoughts on this? >> well, we believe the tppp would be a very effective mechanism for promoting growth, and in fact, the accj has endorsed japan's entry into tppp on the same terms that would apply to other countries joining it. i don't have a specific comment about particular sectors and how those issues would be dealt with. obviously, that's for the japanese government to work out. but overall, joining the tpp, particularly in a scenario where that becomes a nucleus of an eventually broader free trade area of the asia-pacific i think would be a very important step for japan to tarks not onke, no improve bilateral trade with the united

it came on a fringe talks with dimitri medvedev the asia pacific summit which has just wrapped up in japan artes to australia is that. there at the apec summit actually the talks between the russian president dmitry medvedev and a u.s. president barack obama happened on the sidelines it was the first talk of the a second day of the summit and yes at the top of the agenda on the table is the ratification of the new start treaty now a president obama had there reiterated his commitment to the russian president that he is going to make sure that the treaty gets done at the lame duck session of the u.s. congress and he also said that he had communicated to the u.s. politicians that this is of the utmost of priority i reiterated my commitment. to start tweeting. during the lame duck session. or already this would reduce the nuclear long range missiles of the two countries by thirty percent it and it would allow the two countries to check on the stockpiles of each other two presidents brought this up today but they said that they will hammer out the details of the nato summit upcoming nato

twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in the yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that has happened did so with south korea basically they're going to be talking about how to revive the global economy and get out of the woods for b. global financial crisis happened two years ago and so all the table if they're going to be talking about free trade agreements said opening up their economies further this has this is the very reason for the existence of a pact to begin with but of course all this is easier said than done coming on the back of the g. twenty where the fear of protectionism was hanging over the heads of the leaders now this is going to be much more of a child as they have to talk about concrete plans concrete steps they're going to be discussing existing free trade agreements there are pockets of these agreements within the pacific countries members of apec the u.s. is pushing for a agreement that twenty one members said this is going to be a bit difficult because having all twenty one members talk about

where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on it's going to be a two day summit today has been the first day so here the twenty one members of the operation have come together to discuss of course very similar recently twenty in seoul south korea state of the global economy and how. cooperate to get out of the countries find themselves in especially after the global financial crisis so on the table here is the fear and open trade and investment between countries so of course when you talk about free trade you're talking about lowering of barriers you're talking about a lot of pros and cons a lot of give and take between the countries the policy makers have come here to discuss those between between the countries and to make sure there's a lot more cooperation between let's just remember that. makes up more than half of the g.d.p. of the world during the national crisis of the first ones to get out of it or at least to not be hit as hard as the western countries have been are the countries from with this so they play a very very big. global economic landscape asid

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the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gathered here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan to get down to business. despite its declared day socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the world many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. shifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to with man's a question later in the program. you know this is r.t. around the clock news on the air and online they already account for all the global economic activity now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade he's also there is one of the apec summit. the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in the yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that has happened in seoul with south korea basically they're going to be talking about how to revive the global economy and get out of the world.

marina josh welcome to the program center stage of world economy and politics is shifting to the asia pacific region and that's the view of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he was speaking in china at a meeting of ministers of three emerging powers russia india and china part of a powerful bloc known as brick which is hoping to change the economic landscape of the planet so who's already leaving the dominant powers of today behind artist s. are cilia knows the answer. from a pile of ruins right after the second world war to an economic powerhouse second only to the us all in the span of a single lifetime major pan economic miracle while you enjoy it but

it came during fringe talks between the two at the asia pacific summit. and leaders of the world's richest economies agreed innovative currency called for it but the sole summit failed to come out with details of the soledad global trade imbalance an. investigation into the cost of an organ trafficking networks underway and spreading the spotlight on to other question for the hundreds of sets of the body parts from the console. the russian newspaper. reveals who it claims expose the ten spies and the spy scandal between moscow and washington reporters say they were betrayed by their own boss. for the forty five moscow time this sunday night time for some sunday night sport to tell you see how their new champion of the russian premier league all right you are kevin and there is also a new champion in formula one the youngest ever so plenty of weekend news coming your way in just a moment. hello and welcome you're watching the sports news on r.t.l. top stories. the race is officially called jewel wiles' elite to get a big deal when to secure the russian pre

the concerns of their local electorate in mind and other issues concerning trade we know that asia pacific economic cooperation the members are very powerful in terms of their clout economically the makeup more than half of the g.d.p. of the world obama just gave a speech this morning and he says that age is really an important partner for the u.s. and other issues that they're talking about would be labor security they're talking about sharing of innovation and technology they're talking about protecting intellectual property all these are very important terms of trade and economic development in the u.s. and japan had already met and also the leaders of russia judge upin and china had signed an agreement to build a chemical plant and that has already been done. this morning for today and we had russia and japan having a sat down together this again comes on the back of the a g. twenty now the currency war is one of the issues that have been talked about and this still needs to be ironed out by the countries involved in the apec the forum so let's look at the package problem i call the go

brought thought russian far east tollways the front porch of russian and friends to the asia pacific region you've mentioned not going to be there from not just but in slightly that you eventually economics a bit of is expected to take part in the asia pacific economic cooperation summit hosted by the city government about two weeks' time how is that likely to be affected by this latest flare up over the current audience in york that. it's difficult to predict the real shipping news ran. but. we should wait to start. any should. understand this visit as the. step forward today economic relationship between two countries and the cross border corp. into this one to destroy any bilateral relations between japan and russia that will be the best from this situation. and political analyst from the moscow state university of international relations thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on the program today thank you. well still ahead few in the program setting the cross-hairs. the chinese are being set up to be the next. and the only thing that's interfering with that is that the mus

the concerns of their local electorate in mind and other issues concerning trade we know that asia pacific economic cooperation the members are very powerful in terms of their clout economically they make up more than half of the g.d.p. of the world they have forty one percent of the global economy and forty three percent of global trade so again they are very important which is why the u.s. is really looking obama just gave a speech this morning. he says that the asian is really an important partner for a u.s. and other issues that they're talking about would be labor security they're talking about sharing of innovation and technology they're talking about protecting intellectual property all these are very important terms of trade and economic development now also they will be talking having sidelight meetings on the sidelines but that's going to happen later if they do yes tess you mentioned about the leaders meeting on the sidelines of the summit so what can we expect from them . well this morning what happened the u.s. and japan had already met and also the leaders of a russia pad and

to the asia pacific. as well as major economic issues. territorial disputes with. russia following. a few. global warming closing in. freezing in central areas but right now there are around forty degrees celsius. being given to the girl. with thousands of dollars for a special food to help. with all of the sports. have you with sports today i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour survival dog fight two sides sitting a little too close for comfort to the relegation zone the premier league weekend. net loss of russian involvement in the last eight. of the season ends. in chorus. on the ice capades we've now reached the hof way stage of the third. season wind we believe it's been the most exciting yet in a few weeks time. of weekend of premier league action has begun the twenty ten title could be wrapped up by sunita on sunday two games early but before all votes there was business down the other end of the table to take into consideration the relegation threatened south turn and omkara went off in friday's sole fixture. far from safe but a win for either team wo

start treaty will be a top senate priority it came on french talks with dmitri medvedev of the asia pacific summit which is now wrapped up in japan are these tests are a serious.

the business all talking troubles moved to the asia pacific summit in japan after world leaders failed to agree on concrete measures at the g twenty. trade exposed at least nine are suspected of tricking people into having their kidneys removed and sold it comes after years of ignored claims. in the one nine hundred ninety s. will also. sifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and what is this world coming to try to answer later in the program. at the insurance market which pre-crisis levels within one month so far this year the market has grown by twenty four percent that and more coming up in our business program. while you all with ality live from moscow a very warm welcome to after failing to find a remedy for currency maneuvering and trade troubles at the g. twenty summit of the world leaders have now headed for japan and while economic strife tops the list.

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan and big get down to business. despite its declared socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the low many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. to ocean currents and temperatures going up and down so what's happening to the world's climate and what is this world coming to try to answer that question in just a few. and coming up in business update russia show signs is going green as a stop producing wind turbines in two thousand and twelve we'll have the details in about twenty minutes time. you're watching our t.v. where twenty four hours a day it will straight talk top story though they already account for hoffa all global economic activity but now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade. is following the annual apec summit the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in yokohama japan and.

the apec meeting well they're here in the yokohama japan where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on it's going to be a two day summit today has.

here due to arrive from russia's national committee on asia pacific security thank you very much for your analysis there thank you thank you. the moscow does not feel bad nato treats its enemy russia's foreign minister should be treated as an enemy russia's foreign minister has said during talks with his german counterpart the minister streamlined their positions ahead of the russian nato council in lisbon and also discussed disarmament plans let's get more now from marty's getting a great job on who'd been following the talks she now joins us live hi there you catherine what were the main talking points of the news conference. monday security was the central global security was the central issue of the talks between the two foreign minister now russia is seeking to develop different forms of cooperation both with the european union security structures and with the north atlantic alliance with nato something we should have been unimaginable a couple of years ago and this is well partly what they've been talking about and. focused on was missile defense in europe and this is the this

the business of tackling trade troubles moves to the asia pacific summit in japan after world leaders failed to agree on concrete measures at the g twenty. sifting also currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to which right man said quite simply there in the program. this is r t from moscow it's eleven pm saturday night here now you're most welcome our top story after years of ignored claims organ trafficking in kosovo is finally reached prosecutors at least seven people have been charged suspected of luring poor people to sell their kidneys with false promises of cash one of the suspects has been linked to the kosovo liberation army which was accused of selling the organs of captured serbs during the one nine hundred ninety s. war of first reports.

treaty remains a top american priority this comes as they meet on the sidelines of the asia pacific summit. and in all those stories that shaped this week the leaders of the world's richest economy. currency conflict but fail to adopt a real measure of trade troubles. and investigation into a cause of. bring the spotlight on the claims that hundreds of. russian newspaper claims a senior intelligence officer is to blame for the exposure to russian agents in the u.s. is something. we are highlighting the top stories off today and all this week here on r.t. well russia and the u.s. have reaffirmed their commitment to slashing their country's nuclear arsenals president obama says ratifying the start treaty will be a top senate priority and came on fringe talked.

twenty gridlock on currency wars the baton has passed to the apec summit in japan asia pacific nations including russia the u.s. and china try to map out the best way out of the global downturn the twenty one member autonomy's are working towards a free trade pact. plus a new year of extreme weather across the globe goes in search of what lies behind it several regions in russia including the capital are experiencing surprisingly mild temperatures for this time of year. stay with us here on our t.v. to tell you to joins us next with all the sports news. hello and welcome versus this force news thanks for watching and we begin with the latest headlines premier league holders are being the now officially out of the championship race on three two will draw ads nama moscow. to boston to tell plainsboro for the season ending up with darby grand prix ahead of fellow title contenders lewis hamilton and fernando alonso. and also the slalom season house kicked off with wallace shilled winning the first world cup race in finland had an tanya italian. a massive we cando of premier league action i

whole story smaug states my business trade troubles and moves to the asia pacific summit in japan after world leaders failed to agree on concrete makes twenty as well as major economic issues that he does have also got some territorial disputes some cheap attention to. because of those all good trades exposed to be suspected of tricking people into having their kidneys removed and so on comes after years of ignored claims with. organs harvested in one thousand nine hundred ninety one. on the embers heating up here in russia following this summer's extraordinary heat wave and it's fueling talks about global warming claims again temperatures should be dipping below freezing in central areas right now but they're not getting simple take between cells to see it's. still school autonomy this saturday night either big football weekend obviously you're right cabins in the have a chance to clinch the russian title that's on sunday and of those got plenty going on today as well. hello and welcome to the schools program here on t.v. they have. practically secure themselves a spot in the russian p

between the two with the asia pacific summit. on the leaders of the world's richest economies agreed pervaded currency conflict with the sole summit failed to come up with details. global trade balances. an investigation into all costs of an organ trafficking network is underway it's bringing the sportbike on to other claims but hundreds of. them so. a russian newspaper claims expose the ten spies in the spy scandal between moscow and washington reporters say the phrase. from moscow next time for the sunday morning. sport with. hello and welcome you know watching the sports news on r.t.l. top stories. the race is officially over. wiles' elite to get a big deal when to secure the russian premier league crown. and the tel becomes the youngest of a formula one champion alf the beating i'll also webber and hamilton in the crucial season and. and also no surprises at the russian tennis awards where world number two in that obama was named the female player of the. premier league trophies back in st petersburg. clinching the championsh

remains a top priority for the us became during frings talks between the two at the asia pacific summit. under a dozen world richest economies agreed evade a car and seek conflict too but the saw. failed to come up with detailed measures to sort out global trade imbalance. an investigation into the costs of an organ trafficking network is underway it's bringing the spotlight on to other claims with hundreds of body parts for move in soldier of the yugoslav war. and a russian newspaper reveals who would claim to expose the ten spies in the spy scandal between moscow and washington reporters say those betrayed by their own boss. next tonight time for the sudden i'm sport. hello and welcome you know watching this fourth news on r.t.l. top stories. the race is officially over jules wiles elite to get a big deal when to secure the russian premier league crown. in the tel becomes the youngest ever formula one champion alf the beating i'll also webber and hamilton in the crucial season and. and also no surprises at the russian tennis awards where world number two in that obama was named the fe

so there is a following the apec summit the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are now gathering here in a yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that just happened in seoul with south korea basically they're going to be talking about how to rig.

moscow these are the top stories china hosts a meeting of rising economic powers in the wake of the asia pacific and g twenty summits and out of tired of feeling it's now in the driving seat of the world economy. with republicans in the u.s. congress urging spending cuts in every field education health care are a wifely targets but not it seems the fans and imperial ambitions. hope for the homeless one doctor in moscow has taken up a personal quest to lend a helping hand to the less fortunate some of whom have no one else to turn to. and russia is continuing to exert its influence in the middle east and not just as a peace negotiator multi-million dollar deals are being signed on a regular basis and now the prime minister of lebanon has come to moscow with his check book ahead of his visits saad hariri to time out to sit down with. i had them but have welcome to the r.t.e. interview with great pleasure i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister sheikh saad and heidi i know hello prime minister hello i thought that that and that in few days and i do think that is illusion of the political c

global power shift the asia pacific region is the new center of financial power and influence says russia's foreign minister has taken over from japan as the world's second biggest economy and. the u.s. . and. russia's continuing to exert its influence in the middle east and not just as a peace negotiator multi-million dollar deals are being signed on a regular basis the prime minister of lebanon has come to moscow with his checkbook it took time to talk with us. and then one might have welcome to the archery interview with great pleasure and i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister shakes out i head in and i know hello prime minister hello have thought that and. do think that is a machine of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the political crisis there as well. i think the main problem here is that the key issue is ignored i mean about a fair peace for everybody in one thousand nine hundred one there was a peace conference in madrid then there was also the arab summit conference in beirut where the participants came u

move to the asia pacific. economic issue. following. a. special. report checkered history of a place that's now a seat of democracy but which symbolized the defeat of nazi fascism sixty five years ago. the lucky.

ratify the start nuclear weapons treaty and talks with president medvedev on the sidelines of the asia pacific summit in japan obama also reiterated u.s. support for moscow's bid to join the world trade organization. also this week leaders of the g twenty group agreed to try to avoid deliberate currency devaluations but the soul summit failed to come up with detailed measures to sort out global trade imbalances. and arrest at least seven people in kosovo on charges of organ trafficking fuel theories of alleged organ theft by the kosovo liberation army during the war in the late ninety's details of the case are due to be made public at the end of the month. and a russian newspaper reveals the man who it claims exposed ten russian agents expelled from the u.s. this summer they were reportedly betrayed by their own boss. italia joins us next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on r.t. . hello and welcome you know watching the sports news on r.t.l. top stories. the race is officially over jules wiles elite to get a big deal when to secure the russian premier league crown. in the tel

asia pacific. influence russia's foreign minister china has taken over from the world's second biggest economy catching up with the us. america has offered israel warplanes in exchange for a three month old structure but critics say drive one soldier a few decades of. hundreds of body parts harvested during the one nine hundred ninety s. . and p. is organized crime is right. russia is continuing to exert its influence in the middle east not just as a peace negotiator multi million dollar deals are being signed on a regular basis and now the prime minister of lebanon has come to moscow with his checkbook ahead of his visit took time to sit down with r.t. . and then we met have welcome to the archery interview with great pleasure i would like to welcome lebanon's prime minister shakes her head in and i know hello prime minister hello had thought that that and that and do think that as a machine of the political crisis in iraq will have a positive impact on lebanon and could lead to resolution of the

global power shift the asia pacific region becomes a center of financial power and influence with china taking over from japan as the world's second biggest economy. and fresh organ trafficking allegations in kosovo reignite claims hundreds of serbs had body parts harvested during the nineties beautiful war and add to that organized crime is right. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. here in moscow so the race is on to get a nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia through the senate in the us the final session has started before president obama sees the democrat majority cut in january when it'll get much tougher for him to get his policies through or he's going to has more now from washington d.c. . obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you leave elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense partisan game going on here in washington and the lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the content of the treaty but rather ab

twenty summit in seattle to oklahoma for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit after the d twenty failed to agree help to boost the world's economy the apec summit is seen as another attempt to settle global financial issues at the g. twenty a look ahead to apec i'm joined by jaroslav is a folic chief economist at deutsche bank russia thank you very much for joining us and there's been lots of tough talking but no actually agreements at the g. twenty what can we expect from the apec. i think more i think there will be more decisions more concrete decisions so for unfortunately a lot of the things that we've seen from g twenty has been pretty general. even the commitments with respect to not using protectionist measures have not been adhered to strictly i think we should be expecting more from the apec because this is more of a regional blog as opposed to more of a global organization that is g g twenty regional issues are likely to be addressed more forcefully i think by the neighbors in the region in the asia pacific region and can we expect apec to address such issues as trade i

hello and a very warm welcome to the business news finance ministers from the asia pacific region have agreed to avoid using their currencies as trade weapons the decision was made in order to promote more balanced and sustainable regional growth but today a gathering of finance chiefs from the twenty one member asia pacific economic cooperation forum was a preview to a meeting of leaders of the same states in europe or how many of tokyo at next week's gathering they will work to map out across strategy to discuss regional economic integration hundred view progress toward the group's goal of open trade in the spent. you create is rapidly regaining the trust of international finance agencies says the i.m.f. how weather and i.m.f. commission which is visiting the country is still to make a decision on giving its second tranche of the fifteen billion dollar loan. he has more. resources and i economy this was a victory on the court which is main priority when he became ukraine's president less than a year on experts say this goal has been somewhat successful in twenty jan the country has s

the fringe meetings between individual nations that seemed to see a most of the progress at the asia pacific summit the only other main result being a commitment to free trade in the final declaration the countries are agreed and not to introduce any new trade barriers over the next three years it mirrors this week's earlier g twenty summit in the seoul where leaders agreed that a currency war won't help crisis recovery and then failed to adopt any action plan parties and he said now it has more. the world after the war the weapon currency. the fallout trade imbalance the world's paying i mean the world is paying the price through the asset bubbles that are being blown throughout the emerging markets and this high stakes battle for global exchanges it's china versus the us on the western front the fed pumping six hundred billion bucks into the american economy the valuing the dollar while slamming china they're not readily revaluing it's you want on the eastern front the chinese position is well you're depreciating the dollar why should we really value the removal of the chinese currency whi

from moscow to take through our top stories asia pacific leaders have headed to japan for a summit some sorting out trade problems after the g. twenty failed to find a global resolution but as well as economic issues the leaders also have some territorial disputes meeting their attention to. kosovo as organ trade is exposed at least not in a suspected tricking people into having their kidneys removed and sold it comes after years of ignored claims that had their organs harvested in the one nine hundred ninety s. will. and november is heating up here in russia following this summer's extraordinary heat wave and fueling talks about global warming closing in temperatures should be dipping below freezing in central areas but right now they're not hitting fourteen celsius instead. next to a special report tonight the checkered history of a place that's not a state of democracy but which symbolized the defeat of nazi fastens of sixty five years ago.

global power shift the asia pacific region becomes a center of financial power and influence with china taking over from japan as the world's second biggest economy. claims hundreds of. organized crime is rife. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is in moscow so the race is all to get a key nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia through the senate in the u.s. the final session is started before president obama sees the democrat majority culture in general when it will get much tougher for him to get his policies through well let's get more on the story from or to go to church in washington d.c. good to see you there tell us just how desperate is the obama administration to push the start treaty through. well this bill obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense part is going game going on here in washington on the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the five is not about the content of the treaty b

asia pacific headed to japan for a summit of trade the g twenty failed global. economic issues and. tension. in the bed was heating up in russia following the extraordinary heat wave of global. temperatures should. god from. berlin the rushed out to germany's parliament it was right here the final fight of world war two took place.

he came during between the two at the asia pacific summit. an investigation of an organ trafficking network is underway spraying the spotlight on two other claims of hundreds of. russian newspaper reveal so it claims to expose the ten spies in the spy scandal between moscow and washington reporters say they were betrayed by the boss. of the world's richest economies agreed with. some and failed to come up with. global trade. major business leaders are at the g twenty summit as well among them the head of one of russia's biggest investment banks caught up with. the book.

to japan now with several world leaders including russia's president medvedev a meeting for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit the business summit has already brought some deals among them the signing of a contract between russia japan and china to construct a fertilizer plant in russia. the first major facility in the region for the last twenty years and one of the world's largest if this type of project is worth one a billion dollars will involve china's national chemical and operation mitsubishi heavy industries gyp's russia's state owned a money the apec summit is seen as another attempt to settle global financial issues by pushing for free trade after the g. twenty failed to agree on how to boost the world's economy. clearly there is a very ambitious agenda for trade liberalisation and the region and i think one of the important issues will be the degree to which countries follow and deliver on the commitments that they have with respect to this liberalization. another issue i think will be the issue of investments in the region and the possibility to again facilitate the flow

global power shift the asia pacific region becomes a center of financial power and influence with china taking over from japan as the world's second biggest economy. the us offered israel more place in exchange for a new hole in the west bank construction but critics say bribes one solve issues the decades of total failed to deal with. fresh organ trafficking allegations in kosovo reignited play hundreds of body parts harvested during the ninety nine hundred more to fears organized crime is what. coming up in the business update new figures on the. budget deficit with greece and even was shape than previously thought we have the details in about twenty minutes time. worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. the sense of all the economic power is shifting quickly eastwards to asia pacific well that's the view of russia's foreign minister who's been in china for a three way meeting of nations widely seen as shaking up the old order of global politics russia china and india part of the increasingly influential bric group alongside brazil the growing dominance of this block is seen by an

asia pacific leaders are headed to japan for. the global. economic issues the leaders also have some territorial disputes. closing in temperatures should be dipping below freezing in central areas right now . gives you insight into one of. the jewish community brings to the capital.