finland. ♪ >> on the surface, finland is the education world's ultimate slacker. [ speaking in foreign] >> children don't start school here until they're 7 years old. they have far less homework than many countries. and they log fewer hours in the classroom than most developed countries, even the united states. but don't be fooled. finnish students score first in the world in science and second in the world in math. >> that's the kind of amazing thing that we are able to achieve higher internationally in these academic areas with very little work and very short school days. >> a leading figure in finland's education field works with its ministry of education. in his recent book "finnish lessons," he says finland is less concerned with the amount of time they spend in class than how that time is spent. >> if we could calculate how much time young people engage in real learning, i think finnish young people are probably at the same level where your children or japanese or koreans are. >> in finland's schools, teachers spend less time drilling the facts and more time developing students'

are they going to take finland in some kind of new direction?t out of the iuoryu e what about other aspects. >> both have said they want finland to stay in the euro zone. niinisto, currently the finance minister, took finland into the euro zone. they were one of the first countries who joined the euro zone. his opponent now, who is an open gay candidate, is he from the green league, he's a former environment minister. both of them, even though they're pro-europeans, they both said they are going to put a harsh stance on finland when it comes to international negotiations from here forth. as you remember, finlands were the ones demanding collateral for helping out greece for a possible bailout. we will be seeing harsh talks coming up but they're both pro-europeans. what you should also remember, finland may enter a recession this year. the finance ministry said in this coming year they're expecting the economies to grow by only about 0.4%. and in that period, they could go back into recession. finland as well as many other countries, have been hi

. >> and one other person you're celebrating, a man going back to finland tomorrow. finland. >> a great way to celebrate new year's, 2012 in central park. my friend, brook, back to you. >> apparently having technical problems and not running. yeah, i guess i'll buy that one. enjoy the rest of your run and thanks to you and your daughter, as well. hey, listen, back here live in narc nashville, i'm sure you're watching there was a bit of a cur toughle. if you watched this, take a look. >> he is the one, the only anderson cooper. how are you doing, anderson? are you having a good time? >> do i look like i'm having a good time? what are you doing? >> i'm about to make you a star, pretty boy. i'm going to turn you into the first freak newscaster so that you can anchor my newly incorporated wwfn. >> wwfn? >> worldwide freak network. you're going to bigger than blitzer. >> bigger than wolf blitzer? no, that's crazy. i'm not going to work for your stupid network. >> please? >> no. >> pretty please? >> no. >> i've got to deal with kathy griffin, she's bad enough. >> come on.

finland, the eu is a threat to our sovereignty. now we see these countries pulling their resources. >> we are going to have to end that bit of our discussion. time for our high notes and the low notes. >> my i know it is our colleague connie, who will go on new year's day and found out she had a letter from queen elizabeth. she got the new zealand order of merit for her work in helping new zealand earthquake victims. and many other things she had done in our broadcasting career. >> congratulations. we are all very excited about it. she is not in good health these days, and we are glad for her. adam clayton powell? >> an unlikely i know, the return of silent films. "the partisan." >> wayne madsen? >> the captain of the costa concordia who said he accidentally fell into the lifeboat. reminds me of the original titanic movie where he dressed up as a woman to get into a lifeboat. >> tim folly? >> this goes back to those marines that were investigated for urinating on the corpses. what bothers me is nobody has been taken to task for wha

i think sweden and finland, i think these countries put in -- have a tremendously strong social net. measuring the inequality, i was looking at the economist last night on the plane, it's very low in finland as compared to the united states and britain more than the united states and china and india are worse than the united states in the spread of wealth. but a part of that is a function of the fact that there's so much wealth at the top. before everybody was poor. it's not that the poor have gotten poorer, it's just that there are many more well-off people so you have this spread of inequality. yes, i would say the sc scandinavian countries, stronger support of labor, labor participating on corporate boards. you know -- and they're economically strong and getting stronger. >> what about the fact they're less -- more homogeneous than this country? >> yes, that's true. >> by a long shot. >> by a long shot. they all have some pocket of guest workers that have stayed put and offer some variety of vanilla which dominacom dominat that's a very important factor but i don't think it's unsu

. >> studded snow tires from finland.sc brakes. >> reporter: we found seattle's mayor monitoring road conditions from an operations center downtown. is seattle closed today? >> you know, a lot of people are choosing to stay home. and that's probably a good thing. >> reporter: for millions, this day of extremes couldn't end soon enough, except for those who gave up trying to get to their destination and just enjoyed it. the snow has mostly stopped for now. the question is, will all this freeze and turn to ice overnight? or melt and turn into some minor floodings throughout the region? either way, it's a huge mess, diane. although, for right now, for a lot of these people, still a lot of fun, too. >> and those snow tires from finland, is somebody really prepared. thank you, neal. >>> now, we move overseas to italy and that capsized carnival cruise liner today. this e lerjed from digital globe. the crippled vessel as seen from space. and down below, the search crews were told to stand down. the mission too dangerous. but not

conocen la cortesia del conductor hacia los peatones, eso parece haber impulsado a un ciudadano finlandesla candides de sus movimientos similares a las artes marciales con las cuales detiene el trafico vehicular y deja pasar a los peatones. el hombre dijo que quiere recordar a los conductores la importancia de obedecer las reglas de transito y dejar circular a los peatones con seguridad.

panama took the number one spot followed by finland, myanmar, and london. here's more on why oakland was picked. >> reporter: the new york times names oakland as the number five place to visit in 2012. some people say yeah, they can kind of see that but others say no way. >> i'm incredibly surprised. >> reporter: surprise and instead of naming it a place to avoid, the new york times says oakland is a world class destination. >> you look at lake merritt, you look at jack london square, you look at the parks. you look up in the hills. you see the views. it could potentially be a great city. >> yeah. >> i just don't know that it's there yet. >> reporter: even those who live here and love oakland find it hard to believe but oakland is ranked higher than tokyo, san diego and florence, italy. >> there's a lot of energy around here. >> reporter: the new york times found beauty from a time that's buried in a lot of ugly sometimes -- times. oakland recorded 103 murders last year. three of those victims were toddlers. >> oakland's had such a stigma about the deaths.

those scenes i believe taken from finland. >> it doesn't even look real. >> if you are close enough they tingle like crystal wind chimes. >> cool. >> they make a noise. >> still ahead, a gray thursday afternoon out there. find out what the rest of the week looks like. your first warning weather forecast is two and a half minutes away. >> but first here is a look at today's midday stocks and last night's power ball numbers. medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. call now for this free information kit and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare... you should know about this card -- it's the only one of its kind endorsed by aarp; see if it's right for you. all medicare supplement plans let you keep your own doctor, or hospital that acce

rain and mountain snow will move eastward and spread to finland and the rest of the continental europe in the next 24 hours. another round of stormy weather is on the way to impact the british iles. meanwhile, the only dry spot is going to be the iberian peninsula. way above average in moscow with a mix of rain and snow. 5 degrees in warsaw. i'll leave you now with the extended forecast. >>> japan's leading electronics maker toshiba is giving people hope affected by the disaster last march. they have a system to decontaminate areas affected by the power plant. government rules take effect later this month. communities will begin full-scale decontamination work. their equipment can decontaminate 1.7 tons of sludge. toshiba and ihi also collaborated in developing a system to extract low-level radioactive materials from water and reservoirs and sewage systems. >> translator: we would like to decontaminate the water and soil with this system. we will go ahead with the work after checking the communities are safe. then we hope residents come back. >> the company spokesperson says they are t

she won the 7.5 kilometer sprint, beating the competitor from finland.espite having to do at penalty loop. the competitor from belarus came in third. more business is coming up after a short break. >> stay with us. ♪ >> people with ideas and halting climate change. doing their bit all over the world. >> nothing in this forest will be cleared for commercial use ever again. witnessing this is an indescribable feeling. >> it needs sunlight. >> gold and ideas in a global 3000 on dw-tv. ♪ ♪ >> well, it is glory days were over a long time ago, but kak en maged to rule the roost r er aentu. pron credit li fmf moret long s behind a globa, ny%aboraties and ofheav tdi ith sgl toda. meca1% evytngutle. ad aralfop u@ m ss msi wteow f. ju ddoratut so dom d downe lt is that more siss tdee bankruptcy. their employees are out of aune. that means the government loses valuable ren. >> hal pnt out that government-run companies are among t'iggest tax cheats, with billions ofs. >> pubclelomnies are among the biggest tax dodgers it i referred to as unorthodox business practice

the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland, and hoover rushed rushed in and successfully raised millions of doors to help the finns. this helped the finns and helped hoover's prestige. >> on the eve of the 14940 contest. >> so the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr in the white house says, looks like hoover is trying to use the finnish relief to present himself in a favorable forum. so they then leaked the story that just three months before, hoover had been offered a humanitarian role and had declined it for political reasons, and hoover, of course, was very upset at that and thought it was low blow and denied it. again, the effort fell through -- that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. that was the last, i think, moment, where they had any possibility of changing. so hoover was free to do his own independent human tearan work, which he did, in aide for finland and aid for poland, and yet he never had the administrative role on the grand scale he had in world war i, and i think that roosevelt, for all his differences with hoover

number 2, helsinki, finland. oakland between london and tokyo. we did meet up with a visitor from brazil, and he said he agrees with that. he thinks the people in oakland are nicer than the people in london. more of his story, coming up later tonight, ann. back to you. >> we didn't have the budget to send you to london, so you're staying in oakland. thanks, mark. >>> who wants to go anywhere? our weather here is absolutely perfect! jim bernard is in the weather center. >> certainly colder in helsinki than it is here. a balmy weekend around the bay. temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s, still balmy out there this evening. lot of upper 50s to low 60s. in and around the bay, mostly clear skies, full moon there on the water. we'll look for slightly cooler tonight than last night. lows last night hovered in the low 50s range, due to a strong offshore flow. that offshore breeze is weakening this evening and as a result, things will cool off, back into the mid to upper 30s across the interior and cooling will continue into and through tomorrow. temp

. >> what is unusual they are the second set of twins for the parents given to china by finland 11 years ago. >> thanks for joining us. >> "who wants to be a edededededededededededededededeñ

while phone maker nokia is based in finland, the suffering and exploitation in the heart of africa goes on. what is the connection between mobile phones, minerals, and war? a danish journalist investigate the issue in a gripping documentary film. kirk's the war in the condo has social and ethnic origins, but very soon, in the middle of the 1990's, when the mobile phone industry boomed, the prices for these minerals skyrocketed. very soon, the war became more about these minerals and today, it seems to be more about these minerals. >> can our phones contained minerals financing wars in the condo if the world has known anything about this, why has no one done anything about this? >> he is a mobile phone junkie, which gave his interest and extra edge. he came across the issue in a u.n. report. >> i contacted nokia. they are my phone company. i thought it was my -- natural for me to contact them and ask them how they were dealing with this. they are market leaders when it comes to social responsibility. i would like to speak with someone from communications. >> enicalsa -- i did not have an

numerous people go to finland and iceland. >> it is probably one of the surreal things i have ever seen. >> it was a special moment in someone's life. >> this natural phenomenon is caused by a highly charged particles from solar storms, at hitting the earth's atmosphere. this evening, people are scanning the sky to catch a glimpse of the natural wonder. this is a rare sight this far south. >> the number might happen when charged particles makes the atmosphere globe. this happens very rarely from our latitude. >> conditions are perfect for seeing the northern lights tonight. clear skies and a view of the northern horizon. the displays could last from a few minutes to hours on end. they are dependent on the weather and space. so far, people have been seeing them. not yet here. those who are interested watch and wait. if nothing else, it is a good night for stargazing. >> you have been watching newsday on the bbc. >> the french senate has approved a bill making it a criminal offense to deny a genocide was committed by turks against armenians during the first world war. turkey has described

. >> you don't have to go to finland to get that. we have more of it for you in las vegas. tonight at 6:00, we'll show you the bay area company getting lots of attention for an unusual looking but powerful way to play. everything we tested, phones, gaming devices, et cetera will be on store shelves in months from now. we get to test things before they hit the market. we have a lot of cool stuff coming our way. back to you guys. >>> one question for you, when you are there, you go every year. are consumers there or just insiders and journalists like yourself? >> a lot of consumers are looking to buy. in the past few years, less action from the consumers. they are looking, window shopping. with the economy improving, people are willing to put down deposits on projects that are three and six months out. there's optimism when it comes to people parting with their money for these devices. >> thanks. we'll see you at 6:00. we have full coverage onm our website, www.nbcbayarea.com. you'll find highlights, video and more from scott budman and our cnbc team. that's www.nbcbayarea.co

green and orange skies over northern finland. this a result of the massive solar flair. top. >> yeah, when that magnetic field hits the earth's atmosphere, it happens. we didn't see them here. let's talk temperatures. very nice. it's cool, but not cold. temperatures in the 40s. 43 winchester. 45 in leesburg. up towards frederick and hagersdown, upper 30s. satellite picture, radar combined. thickening up now. we are seeing some returns. some green over the panhandle of maryland and west virginia. that's not reaching the ground just yet. so for tonight, mostly cloudy, yous chilly. some showers possible by dawn. north of town. we'll come back and talk about just how much rain and showers will fall tomorrow and the prospect of thunderstorms tomorrow night. >>> the days of square pizza and mystery meat are behind us. coming up, first lady, michelle obama champions to bring healthier lunches to our school cafeterias. >> it makes you gag. >> i was scared. the first time, i was scared. i didn't know what was happening. >> okay, so this is what they're talking about. thousands of

. >> what is unusual they are the second set of twins for the parents given to china by finland 11 yearsgo. >> thanks for joining us. >> thanks for joining us. >> "who wants to be a a question already! my mom says cable can't bundle cell phones. you mean wireless voice service? nobody does that. mom says at&t does, so... uh...uh... [ female announcer ] get u-verse tv and high-speed internet for just $49 a month for six months with more bundle choices than cable, you can even choose to add wireless voice. switch and get the hd-ready dvr included. i bring tv...to you... mr. roy, with u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr and play them back on any tv. ms. jones has u-verse! [ female announcer ] get u-verse tv and high-speed internet for just $49 a month for six months. switch and get the hd-ready dvr included. and u-verse has more hd channels than cable, too. i want at&t. -me, too! -yeah! who wants to talk to a fireman? i do! okay. [ female announcer ] choose the bundle that fits your life. ♪

heading over to europe, a powerful low pressure system has been bringing snow and strong winds to finland, the baltic states and western russia. the same kind of situation will likely continue into saturday. the associated front is lying over continental europe. as the front passes through, you'll see isolated heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms, as well as strong winds. the situation will impact the northern balkan peninsula by friday afternoon, but it's a different story for the british isles, france and the eye beerian peninsula. a high pressure system is bringing dry and sunny conditions. we are expecting 10 degrees in madrid, 8 in paris, still warmer than average in moscow, with 2 degrees and the same goes for kiev. that's it for me now. here's your extent the forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, u.s. leaders are asking for japan's help trying to stop exports of iranian oil. the boycott penalizes foreign institutions that deal with iran's central bank. the japanese government will look into how to work with allies. they want to avoid any adverse impact to the economy. they say interna

as for europe, we have this frontal system that extends from finland into northern sections of poland and germany. that will be bring in a mix of rain and snow and then showers, too, continuing to develop in and around the mediterranean region including turkey, too. you want to watch out for scattered showers here. for the british isles, largely dry but on the northern end, areas like northern scotland and ireland, we'll look at more rainfall coming in, especially in the later hours of tuesday. highs across the board on tuesday, expecting 6 in london. also, in paris, it looks quite cold and moscow, highs remain as minus 5 degrees on tuesday. but that's actually going to be just about the seasonal temperature for this time of year. those are your weather conditions for now. here's your three-day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour. people in kobe have been working to rebuild since the hanshin earthquake. it demolished their city in 1995. more than 6400 people died. residents are marking the 17th anniversary. this year, they're sharing the experience of people effected by the disaster

as the system moves eastward, it will weaken and a mix of rain and snow will spread to finland as well as the rest of continental europe in the next 24 hours. but another round of the stormy weather is already on its way to isles and france as well as central europe. down towards the south, thunderstorms are gradually easing in southern italy and the southern balkan peninsula. the only drive spot is the aiberian peninsula. we expect 17 degrees in lisbon with plenty of sunshine. very warm in the east, zero degrees in moscow, and 5 degrees in warsaw. all right. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. impl implts. >>> a recap of the top story. toe sleeb ba is produced technology to give people hope. engineers have developed a mobile system to decontaminate areas affected by the nuclear accident at the fukushima daiichi power plant. government rules take effect later this month. then communities will begin full-scale decontamination work. toshiba spokespersons say their equipment can decontaminate 1.7 tons of soil and sludge per day and remove up to 97% of the radioactive substan

. >> finland has half our population, but we have four times as many teachers as they do. there has been mismanagement. we have hired too many teachers that we do not need. >> but even ministry officials are not sure whether the spending targets can be reached. graffiti sprayed on the wall by school students during a recent strike reads "the plan will not succeed." the ministry official says he left it there as a reminder of their visit. the greeks are aware of their place in western cultural history. they want to defend that legacy, despite the pressure to cut corners. the principal takes time to meet with student representatives to discuss the current situation. the 14-year-old know this is about much more than just their school. >> in greece, maybe i will never become powerful and influential, but i really want things to change in people's heads, to change all the bureaucracy someone thought up. >> many teenagers are desperate for a brighter future. >> this is the chateau where two decades together, europe's leaders came to gather over a glass of wine in this seller to

there were northern lights in places like finland and canada, maybe down into the u.s. we didn't get any reports around here that i'm aware of. so far it hasn't been that bad, thankfully. we'll have to watch it. biggest solar storm since 2003 to affect the earth. really gorgeous around here, nice afternoon. temperatures running in the 40s right now and it's going to make a run in some spots toward that 50-degree mark before the day is out. we're watching temperatures in the mid-40s here in the next couple of hours. 47 by 3:00. i was going 46 this morning, i'm thinking 48 is a more likely number. by 5:00, partly cloudy, 45 and then the clouds thicken up after dark. we're going to see the moisture coming in from the west. clouds, 44. the winds, by the way, very light this afternoon, three miles an hour, calm and then by 9:00 42 and cloudy. looks like rain showers will be moving in overnight. clear skies have been with us most of the day. we're seeing a little bit of cloudiness over our southwest which may come across the district over the next hour or so. so we'll call it

heist canada beat finland for will in the bronze medal guy.now in russia scott simply does have taken the at right laid at the top of the standings miller says his men edging out his former side atlanta on the road for three was a back and forth gang just outside moscow with the sides trading quick goals through and finished defenseman danny nice gal and made it to atlanta with less than seven minutes to squeeze top score attorney mortensen ground just a minute later it was his fourteenth goal of the campaign and give scar a three point lead over practical in the title while atlanta have now lost three on the trot off to atlanta the all said beating them in that previous gang. a much harder again we played last time because we know we played really well at home you know on looked like they were a little tired but today they came. in said guns blazing it was a lot harder to do the show. now with just over two years to go before russia's first ever winter olympics in sochi president dmitri medvedev has urged the constructors to ensure the new ve

israel, finland, and sweden were found to be leading the way in cyber readiness.contrast, china, brazil, and mexico are among those least able to defend themselves against the attack. the u.s. and the u.k. ranked well in the report. one man explains how cyber crime has become an increasingly global phenomenon. >> it is quite huge, and it is growing. basically, criminals go where the profit margin is highest, and right now, there is a huge profit to be made, and at the same time, we are finding very little risk, so with low risk and a lot of money they have made, then we will find more and more cyber crime each year. >> doing well in tackling its cyber crime, for example, israel is a safe country to have a computer because it has spent a lot of money in protecting intelligence data. how can you get other countries to follow suit? >> what we need to do is move away from the idea that we have at the moment of no real risk. we have to start teaching people and informing them how they can actually do things better, and as many people look at personally identifiable inf

as we take a look at europe, meanwhile, scattered snow and rain will move from finland and on into this second of central euro europe. otherwise looking at showers that will impact the southern tier around the mediterranean. the iberian peninsula will dry out. all that precipitation is headed out, but spain did see a bit of wintry weather on monday. here is a look at the scenes coming from the region. many regions in central and especially southern -- southeastern sections of spain recovereding some of the first snows of this season. it did cause some traffic problems as well, but also residents did get to enjoy all of that white stuff, especially skier, snowboarders having a good time here. and as we take a look at temperatures for tuesday, it does warm up a little bit more. madrid getting back up to 10 with sunshine expected and even 14 degrees for lisbon. all right. so that's a look at your weather conditions for now. and here is your three-day outlook. >>> as we've been reporting, people in kobe, japan, have been working to rebuild ever since the great hanshin earthquake. it demolis

the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland, and hoover jumped in and set up a finnish relief fund. and with great fanfare and publicity, successfully raised millions of dollars to help the finns. well, this, of course, not only helps the finns, but it helped hoover's own prestige as a humanitarian -- >> host: on the eve of the 1940 -- >> guest: yes. >> host: -- contest. >> guest: so the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr himself in the white house said it looks to us like roosevelt -- like hoover is trying to use the finnish relief to present himself in a favorable reform. so they then leaked the story that just three months before hoover had been offered a humanitarian role and had declined it for political reasons. and hoover, of course, was very upset at that and thought this was another low blow and denied it. again, the effort fell through, that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. that was the last, i think, moment where they had any possibility of a rapprochement. so hoover was free to pursue his own political ambitions, his

the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland and hoover jumped in and set up a finished relief fund and with great fanfare and publicity successfully raised millions of dollars to help the finns. this of course not only help the finns but helped hoover's own prestige as a humanitarian. >> host: on the eve of the 1940 contest. >> guest: the roosevelt handlers and probably fdr himself in the white house said it looked like hoover was trying to use the finished relief to present himself in a fairer folk forms that they been leaked the story that three months before hoover had been offered humanitarian role and had declined it for political reasons. hoover of course was very upset with that and thought this was a low blow and tonight it. again, the effort fell through, that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. that was the last i think moment where they had any possibility of a -- so hoover was free to pursue his own political ambitions, which he did and with some notable success in aid for finland and eight for poland and get he never h

helsinki, finland is the world of design capital.don is boasting the olympics with the largest wifi. >> marty: occupy protesters are demanding bank of america for better mortgages and invest in small businesses. >> the pressure to get out of our homes i am asking if they will work with us because we need that. >> four presence has not diminished. we have not got up like a presence of smoke. our presence has not diminished. we are viable and focused on achieving our goals. >> marty: the banks have not returned overcalls. >>isabel: still to come on kron 4 news this weekend. the mission district rat-- request the latet the rapist. >>isabel: arizona is the scene where gabrielle giffords is marking the one-year anniversary version was shot. this was the scene in january. she has been making a steady comeback. january 8th was one issue was shot when she was meeting with turkish thconstituents -- the sr has been found not mentally stable to stand trial. >> a candlelight vigil starts at 8:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. -- three different locations listed

the wheel turned again a few months later when the russians invaded finland and hoover jumped in and set up a finnish relief fund and with great fanfare and a publicity successfully raised millions of dollars to help. this of course not only helped the fans but it helped hoover's own prestige as the humanitarian in the eve of 1940. so the roosevelt handlers and fdr himself in the white house said it looks to us like roosevelt, like hoover is trying to use the finished relief to present himself in a favorable form so they then leaked to the story that three months before hoover had been offered a humanitarian role and had declined for political reasons and hoover of course was very upset about that and thought that this is a very low blow and the united, and in the effort fell through that is the effort to have hoover do anything with roosevelt. the was the last i think moment where they had any possibility of a rapprochement. said he was free to pursue his own political and missions to date his own independent humanitarian work which he did come and with some notable success the aid

a powerful low pressure system has been creating wide spreads of snow as well as gusting winds to finland, the baltic states as well as russia. it has been moving very slowly. the same situation will likely continue into the weekend. meanwhile, this associated front is bringing locally heavy precipitation, strong winds as well as cold temperatures and it's moving towards the south. in fact, the balkan peninsula has already seen wintry weather this week and it's still dealing with a lot of problems. this is some video coming out of you serbia. snow has piled up as much as three meters. residents are struggling to dig out from all the snow, and cars are getting stuck as well. in addition to the traffic problems, water and power supplies have been affected as well. so in the next 24 hours, the balkan peninsula will see another round of snowy weather, and snow could intensify over the weekend. so that could worsen the situation. but it's a different story for much of the british isles, the iberian peninsula and france. a high pressure system is bringing lots of sunny weather. we're expecting

know for russia forward give his net self was named the tones most valuable player hosts canada the finland four nil in the bronze medal guys. well in russia. have taken that right lead at the top of the k h l standings and the losses she is men edged out his former side and stand on the road for three it was a back and forth game just outside moscow with the sides trading quick goals throughout finnish defenseman yanni iscar made. lampard less than seven minutes to get the scars swedish top score attorney mortensen grabbed the winner just a minute late it was his fourteenth goal of the campaign and gives three point lead over crack in the title last and had not lost on the trot after. them in the previous guy. in the replay last time because we know we played really well at home you know on looked like they were a little tired but today they came our. guns blazing it was a lot harder to do the show now. now there are just over two years to go before russia's first ever winter olympics in sochi and president dmitri medvedev has urged constructors to make sure new venues are ready in time fo

the video from finland seems to show divers defying science by walking and fishing underwater.ood upside down under a thick she was ice. the key giveaway? the air bubbles blow downward instead of up. up. ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. . >> good evening, i'm dave feldman. the washington wizards held a players'-only meeting today. the worst record to begin in franchise history. they called the meeting and reportedly, there was some tough love in the room. the coach flip saunders and team president looking for answers. so far, there are none. the point guard leader, john wall is becoming increasingly frustrated and his body language is questioned by the head coach. andre blatch, the team captain and called out the coach after the first game and clearly, the issues inside of the verizon center and today's players meeting and may not have been scheduled. it wa