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hundreds of people have plunged into the cold waters of the north sea at dunkirk in northern france for some people even dress up for the occasion. i think i‘ll wait till the weather warms up a little. a reminder of our top story: the right—wing populist jair bolsonaro has been sworn—in as the new president of brazil. in his inaugural speech, he promised to revive brazil‘s economy and clamp down on corruption and violent crime. he also said he‘d liberate brazil from socialism and political correctness. but mr bolsonaro is a deeply divisive figure whose homophobic and misogynistic comments have angered many. you can reach me on twitter — i‘m @duncangolestani. hello there. after a bland week of weather over the festive period, the new year brought some contrasting weather conditions. colder with some shower, cloud up into the far north—east, a window of sunshine for southwest scotland and northern england. but thicker cloud further west and that weather front is still to clear away and here we had cloud and drizzle and it stayed pretty mild. behind that weather front, that northerly flow

hundreds of people have plunged into the cold waters of the north sea at dunkirk, in northern france,rk is a bracing way to start 2019 and, as you can see, some people even dress up for the occasion. what a way to start the new year. those pictures from france. that is the way it is looking this sour. you're watching bbc news. —— this hour. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @duncangolestani. do stay with us, we're very soon. bye— bye. do stay with us, we're very soon. bye—bye. —— we are back. hello there. after a bland week of weather over the festive period, the new year brought some contrasting weather conditions. colder with some shower, cloud up into the far north—east, a window of sunshine for southwest scotland and northern england. but thicker cloud further south and west, that was a weather front still to clear away, and here we had cloud and drizzle and it stayed pretty mild. but behind that weather front, that's allowing that northerly flow to take hold and for the rest of the week, a stark contrast in the feel of the weather. that northerly flow will always bring the risk of

laughter] it was a campaign to insure especially, of course, once we'd got 250,000 troops back from dunkirk by the 28th of may. or these peace negotiations were never going to go anywhere. and it's one of those pivotal moments in history that if they had, if halifax had been prime minister -- neville chamberlain continued as prime minister and supported halifax -- we could have gone down a very, very dangerous path if we'd made peace with hitler then. he would have been able to instead of using 50-70% of the luftwaffe, he'd been able to have used it all. and when you think that in the north he got to subject leningrad to a grueling 1,000-day siege and in the center he got to the subway stations of moscow and in the south he actually captured stalingrad, what he would have been able to do if he'd have had twice as many planes is terrifying to consider especially without america being in the war at the time. >> right back there. i see a hand there. this young fella. yes. >> i was wondering if you could talk about churchill's role in the attack on the french at -- [inaudible] >> very good ques

hundreds of people plunging into the cold waters of the north sea at dunkirk.ome people even dress up for the occasion. in my opinion, they are not wearing nearly enough! hello there. after a bland week of weather over the festive period, the new year brought some contrasting weather conditions. colder with some shower, cloud up into the far north—east, a window of sunshine for far west scotland and northern england. but thicker cloud further west and that weather front is still to clear away and here we had cloud and drizzle and it stayed pretty mild. behind that weather front, that northerly flow will start to take hold and for the rest of the week, a stark contrast in the feel of the weather. that northerly flow will also bring the risk of cloud along the east coast, but we start with some clear skies and a touch of frost to begin with. but it will be a sparkling start to wednesday, the further west you are, with some lovely spells of sunshine coming through. all the time because of that northerly wind on exposed east—facing coast, we could run the risk of m

they're trying to get to the coast, take dunkirk, those key channel ports so they can basically traphe b.e.f. and circle and destroy it. they take the british out, the french will collapse, given their morale problems they're already suffering. and then in may, june, each time the germans, they break through, they capture lots of ground, they inflict heavy casualtyless on the british and french, but they're not able to get through, either to the channel coast or to paris. and then in may and june of 1918, that bulge down there, where the blue sixth army is, they strike there, and again, they're aiming at paris. and they get down to the river and they're 15 miles from paris. and now they're betting all on paris. he figures if he takes paris, the french will collapse, because most of their war industry is there, their critical transportation hub is there. and this is the significance of the battle of wood in june of 1918. because, you know, there we've got 9,000 marine and army casualties in about three weeks of fighting in a space the size of central park. and they're critical for a n

i saw "dunkirk" a wonderful film made by the british about a british event. so i'm with you 100%. >> i was trying to emphasize still hold that to be true. but it doesn't mean that we should overlook the fact, the only minor thing i would say to build on what you said, is that sometimes you get in the united states, the britain stood alone against the combined might. not just of nazi germanien but of the soviet union has seen as a quasi-ally and we took a very strict knneutrality process. and roosevelt was hamstrung by congress. there isn't light at the end of the tunnel for britain until after the japanese attack on pearl harbor and hitler did the good deed of declaring war on the united states. because we don't know whether we would have had the appetite in the united states to declare war on nazi germany. i agree with everything that you've said. >> and i invite everything in the audience to come to our arsenal of democracy exhibit. we take the visitors through the big debate about whether or not to get involved in world war ii. >> in the front row to your

maryland, inton, around sunderland and over toward dunkirk, out towards huntingtown and prince frederickow there.ng watchi this band towards quantico and this will move towards laplata and the wall cover area. the wider picture showing the area of low pressure starting to move off the coast and real develop here. at will combine with thisug he area of low pressure. look at the spin. a little slow spin. that's upper level support and what we need, this system needs upper level support to cope the snow going all day and, boy, do we have it make its way across the area this afternoon wnd that the winter storm warning goes until 6:00 tonight for the entire area. let's talk about the snow and take you hour by hour. maybe a littleull around 11:00 as the coastal low develops. could see the norain line move farther into portions of st. mary's county and to the south. can't help see the sleet and freezing rain reporting. back during the afternoon, real eing around 8:00. how much more? just updated this map. is to 2 more in fredericks and w hage and 2 to 4 in lower d.c. and montgomery cnty and 4 t