. >>> and heavy snow bringing travel across northern europe. hundreds of flights canceled here in the uk. france and germany, too, with disruptions expected to continue for several days. >> yes. welcome to "worldwide exchange." ross westgate is away. he will be back later in the week from davos and along with plenty of other people and a lot of great guests. it's a three-hour program. the first three hours, i think the third you'll have to flip over to cnbc to catch. we will be heading out to washington as the capital prepares for the inauguration of president barack obama. but will he spend the next four years at the mercy of republicans? we'll explore that. plus, we'll assess if israel could be medicining for a right coalition as benjamin netanyahu says he is prepared to work with the naturalist home. and we'll take a look at travel chaos across the continent as snow and freezing conditions cause plenty of disruption in the air and on the road. now, germany's social democrats are celebrating a stunning victory in lower saxony secured with the

and even in europe, southern europe, northern europe are turn. forms, but in northern europe you have a form of capitalism where the government believeses in a strong social safety net, believes in paying for health care, believes in playing a role in determining what businesses succeed or fail, and yet those governments have budgets that are balanced, and they're growing faster than we are with, they're creating more jobs than we are. so i think we have to be a little bit careful when we, as we sometimes do in the united states, get up on our high horse and say, no, we understand capitalism. actually, what's going on in the world is a competition between different versions, and if our version produces more inequality, is seen as less fair and others are seen as more fair and producing more growth, who do you think's going to win that argument? >> host: but, david rothkopf, a lot of people would say that the northern european countries -- norway, sweden, etc. -- are socialist. is socialism is term that's just outdated? >> guest: well, i think it

. >> and extreme winter weather halts travel across much of northern europe. >> we start this show in washington where president obama balm has publicly taken the oath of office for his second term. he had to take it twice. >> official ceremony held in private on sunday at the white house. now the ceremonial swearing in in front of more than 700,000 people that showed up. >> and an international audience watching on tv. a lot of europeans want to know which way the world's biggest economy is headed and can politicians sort things out. here is a man that thinks he can make a difference the second time around. obama then looked forward to his next and final four years in office calling an end to the politics of division and saying the united states could achieve anything if it acted as one. >> a decade of war is now ending. an economic recovery has begun. america's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all of the qualities this world without boundaries demand, youth and drive, diversity and openness. an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. my fellow americans, we

whether you're from southeast asia or, you know, italy or northern europe or africa, you have meatballsulture and you've had meatballs in your past. so that's exciting. you say meatballs and people smile. it's incredible. you're smiling right now. ladies and gentlemen, we are here at the meatball shop. welcome. we're make buffalo chicken meatballs for our first plate. we've got ground chicken, preferably chicken thighs. we have a couple sticks of celery. the idea is we're going to try to get all the flavors of a classic buffalo chicken wing into meatball form. so i've got a frying pan and a little bit of heat. i'm just going to throw about a quarter of a stick of butter with about a quarter cup of frank's red hot, depending on how spicy you like it. so i've got about a pound of ground chicken, two stalks of celery. i'm going to crack one egg inside which will help hold it all together. a a healthy teaspoon of salt. bread crumbs. frank's red hot right over the top. i'm going to give it a mix with my hands and we'll go ahead and roll them and roast them. i'm going to pop them in the oven.

. >> and extreme winter weather halts travel across much of northern europe. >> we start this show in washington where president obama balm has publicly taken the oath of office for his second term. he had to take it twice. >> official ceremony held in private on sunday at the white house. now the ceremonial swearing in in front of more than 700,000 people that showed up. >> and an international audience watching on tv. a lot of europeans want to know which way the world's biggest economy is headed and can politicians sort things out. here is a man that thinks he can make a difference the second time around. obama then looked forward to his next and final four years in office calling an end to the politics of division and saying the united states could achieve anything if it acted as one. >> a decade of war is now ending. an economic recovery has begun. america's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all of the qualities this world without boundaries demand, youth and drive, diversity and openness. an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. my fellow americans, we

we're trying to buy the largest cable network in northern europe. if we do do that, it'll be huge. [laughing] what about your huge doo-doo? [laughing] [jack speaking german] [laughing] sir, your 11:00 is here. oh, excellent. lemon, come on in. oh, no. see your girlfriend first. no, liz, please, jack and i have to have boundaries. i make appointments here in new york. and i work around c.c.'s schedule in washington. mr. donaghy, what are we doing this evening? there is an 8:00 showing of fred claus... okay. well, you were gonna help me go over my finances. so i have a checking account. i am two payments away from owning my bike. also, i have a star that my aunt named after me. although that was recently downgraded to a gas giant, so... i booked gladys knight onto the show. she's c.c.'s favorite singer. um...okay. and now she's my favorite singer. love. lemon, wanting someone to actually be a part of your life-- i've never had that before. buy real estate.

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northern europe, southern europe, uk and yesterday. northern europe is doing much better. the americas, i'm more optimistic. i would watch what our enterprise customers do over the next quarter or two and what our commercial customers do. most people have the u.s. growing up to 2% give on or take half a point. global gdp, give or take a point. asia, it's solid. a lot of people are worried about china coming in for a rough landing. >> we have a guest coming on later who they they might be overheati overheating again. >> i know most of the government leaders. we do home and away programs with government and business leaders. they are really good. welcome in for a soft landing. when you look at governments around the world and we're very close to canada, easy places to do business. but they look at our technology can achieve their goals in terms of standard living, job creation, global competitiveness. >> but when you talk to the enterprise players, we're all waiting for some of these corporates to put money to work. sitting on 3.6 trillion in cash on balance sheets and all y

up to the north and to the east, but even with the northern europe. se me, northern africa because what we're seeing now is with the removal of khaddafi the, as has been reported, it to create a power vacuum. we know that he is on the scripts for operating in libya even when cannot the was in power, but his removal has created an enormous vacuum which is why you're seeing the collapse of some of these. lou: i want to get to your point on the business decision. a lot of people don't realize it. algeria, in combination with libya, there is a 15 percent shortage right now in natural gas to europe as a result of that shut down of that one complex. this is a very tricky matter for both europe and the united states. again, the european involvement in the engagement, the french are taking the lead. not doing so out of their economic interests, but rather a political response. sort that out for us. what would you expect to be the consequences? >> what they have done is, the group's generally in northwest africa are very ethnically different, religiously differ

suggesting a dark cloud over europe is gone right now but i do think there are great opportunities in northern europe germany remains as the one gem in europe in terms of that economic prowess. lori: tell me about the emerging markets. these economies in many ways are outperforming the u.s. many say put emerging markets into retirement if you want to earn a decent yield at this point you have to mix it up with the emerging markets. not alternative investment it used to be. >> correct. the old bric trade from 2007 and pull out r and o, invest in brazil and china those are two countries to be in. europe and u.s. benefit from the growth. as europe economy improves and chinese economy improves the countries in northern europe improve as well. lori: i know you like the homebuilders as well. i imagine this is becoming a crowding trade. we're characterizing the home building and home industry in country improving slow but steady. >> i would suggest it is not a crowded trade for the very reason inventory of unsold homes increased by 33%. just close to five months. there is more room for the real estate recov

. >> bob: if you look at northern europe, denmark or finland or norway, they are strong economies. getting through it fine. mediterraneans are just mediterraneans. >> andrea: not to make excuses but mediterraneans have the sun, so they are good at sunbathing and very good dancers. they like to smoke cigarettes and party. they're very good at partying. it's tempting. they call them the pigs, portugal, italy, greece and spain. you keep saying they are worse than we are. they are. but that is because the policies started a long time ago. hours are just starting. >> eric: none of them have. very quickly, the risk is out of control. redistribution. the risk the old saying too many people are in the car and not enough people pulling the card stock. is that is where we are headed. not about the economy. this is focus. they redistribute people to continue to get re-elected. >> greg: the up sigh, the julias wanted to go back packing through europe. now europe can go back packing through them. >> dana: a gap year. >> greg: it is. now you can go and not bathe in new york. or chicago. >> bob:

i sketch in on a napkin northern europe more or less saying here's amsterdam. it's basically northeast of here. then he asked me -- i just couldn't believe it -- the last question was, and, okay, so from madrid, where's the united states? i was looking at him, and i said, he's got to be putting me on, pulling me leg. this is not real. he meant it. i drew sort of like maine and florida, and, you know, a little bit to the west there, and then i put some waves in between spain and the united states, and it was just -- it was so strange. here's a man who was unbelievably intelligent and fun -- as i say, in what he did, not only a very great man, but a man of genius really. i don't know if we've ever had a greater speech than the "i have a dream speech" in our entire history for one thing, but a man who made it possible for us to be proud of ourselves as americans today than we would have had he never lived. in all kinds of ways. then we went and had supper. we had supper in one of the -- if you know of them in madrid, one of the -- the ham museums. they -- the rest

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>> absolutely. >> northern belgium is still one of the richer regions of europe. unemployment is far below the record levels in southern europe. even here, more and more are coming to the food banks for handouts. among them, a single mother whose benefits will soon be cut as the government reduces spending. >> i see it is getting worse. there's a lot less food to go around. there are more people. it is really difficult to find work. >> difficult for many. in nearby brussels, officials speak of signs of improvement. on the streets, the big economic freeze is setting in. now the price, bbc news, belgium. -- matthew price, bbc news, belgium. >> live continues to get harder for many. one company currently experiencing surprising growth is samsung. it has announced record profits driven by impressive sales of smartphones. success is putting pressure on apple which lost its slot today as the most valuable company in the world. our technology correspondent reports. >> six years ago, the iphone was unveiled by steve jobs and went on to def wne the smartphone industry. now

>> absolutely. >> northern belgium is still one of the richer regions of europe. unemployment is far below the record levels in southern europe. even here, more and more are coming to the food banks for handouts. among them, a single mother whose benefits will soon be cut as the government reduces spending. >> i see it is getting worse. there's a lot less food to go around. there are more people. it is really difficult to find work. >> difficult for many. in nearby brussels, officials speak of signs of improvement. on the streets, the big economic freeze is setting in. now the price, bbc news, belgium. -- matthew price, bbc news, belgium. >> live continues to get harder for many. one company currently experiencing surprising growth is samsung. it has announced record profits driven by impressive sales of smartphones. success is putting pressure on apple which lost its slot today as the most valuable company in the world. our technology correspondent reports. >> six years ago, the iphone was unveiled by steve jobs and went now samsung has grabbed the lead. it is a

men in europe today wonder if it were, from someplace else in northern europe or from greece itself. so we look forward to hearing mr. tsipras' remarks but afterwards my colleague who is a senior fellow at our global economy, and i will sit with him and asking a few questions. and then we will turn to questions over to you, the audience. we will have simultaneous translation. my mother, may she rest in piece, is a greek language teacher. she will be rolling in a great asset to my own good piece on. so without i give you alexis tsipras. [applause] >> please join your piece to number two for the translation. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i want to express our opinions, our view on the cause of the crisis, and our vision for the necessary changes that have to take place in greece. so that we can change from becoming guinea pigs of the crisis to the country that will serve as the starting point for new, progressive changes that will lead the worldwide economy to safe harbors. and so it is a special honor for me to be here at brookings. this is a foundation with strong tradit

all the way across northern europe record amounts of snow put down. they have shoveling and shivering like we are. it is a warmer day in london up to 36. that is balmy for what they have been seeing. >> this is great britain. this is chimps who are at a sanctuary in wales all bundled up there in blankets. they were served hot tea, as well. how cold is it? this poor little chimp. >> you can see the snow on the ground. it has been cold. temperatures were down to about 17 fahrenheit. they have warmed up to 37. maybe they think that is like a tea party. they are warming up now. still for them it is cold. >> us being in the south here what are we faced with this afternoon? >> atlanta proper i don't think will be a problem. we are going to see problems in nashville, knoxville and maybe memphis. the ice could be maybe a quarter of an inch. you get that on the roadway and schools will be shut down. wake up a few minutes early because you will need the extra time for sure. >> it is a big deal in the south. thank you. appreciate it. >>> they are witnesses to su

you've got easy financial conditions in northern europe. you have record low borrowing costs for german households and german companies. but at the same time, they're not showing a great readiness to go out ask borrow at the moment. there's still caution about the environment in europe. and you've got these record rates of contraction in bank lending in, for example, spain and italy and in portugal. you've got very tight conditions overall. particularly the smaller companies. and that is really keeping a lid on any recovery prospect there along with the ongoing fiscal consolidation that we expect for this year. so it is actually a weak outlook. and to be honest, the euro has appreciated in trade weighted stance by about 6% since the q3 level of last year. but the yen is down 15% since then. >> exactly. julian callow, stay with us. we'll come back for a few more thoughts in just a bit. first, though, we want to get a look at the market reaction here. u.s. futures did trade yesterday despite the markets being closed to celebrate martin luther

when you look at what's happening in london, not in southern europe, but in northern europe, he's startingabilizing. so a bit of optimism from steve gurski. >> phil, it's good to see you. phil will be on all day from detroit on cnbc. it's the only place to catch him. >> i wonder if he gets to drive that car. i i'm sure there's probably a little bit of that going on. >>> if you're just joining us here on "worldwide exchange," these are your headlines. investors are looking for a repeat of last week's composites. >> and beijing could increase foreign investment quotas. >>> and m&a in the spotlight, u.p.s. walks wa away from tnt express. >>> still to come, as well, u.s. stocks have kicked off 2013 with a bang. will be party continue? analysis in just a moment. >>> welcome back. apple is reportedly slashing orders for iphone 5 components on weak demand. they discussed cutting orders by half. orders for other parts are set to be reduced in the first quarter. >>> vice president joe biden will deliver recommendations on reducing gun violence to the president tomorrow. he says several proposals ha

that's not the case and various other than dance democracies and it's certain that the case in northern europe and certain and not the case and each of. the trouble is when we are thinking about migration i encourage you to think about the future american workforce. there are a lot of different ways to think about it. one is to think about in terms of numbers and when you think about in terms of numbers i am for high numbers rather than small numbers in another way to think about it is a composition of the influx and what kind of principles do we want governing? that's about 0.7% of the population. the united states gets less in terms of 0.4 and less in south korea. so let's say we go up to the canadian canadian number. let's say we go up to 0.7 or 0.8%. that's about 2.2 million people but the question is how do you slice the pie? yes at all family ramification for folks that are naturalized or came through some other force or hey you are an adult and that's great. what will be a net fiscal impact to the united states overtime? let's say you're coming into the country when you're 62-year-old j

>> europe, northern europe is pretty good. llenge, because your previous guest would indicate. >> all right. you don't sell a lot of soap in certain countries over there. no, i'm kidding! i don't mean to -- i don't mean, you know, deodorant in one country in particular. let me think, anything else, jon, china? how's asia? >> asia is good. china is good. we grew high single digits in china. we expect that to accelerate as the year progresses. so generally our developing market business is very healthy. we grew 7% overall. 11% in the brick markets. over 20% in brazil and india. so that continues to be where a disproportionate amount of growth is coming. at the same time we're strengthening our develop market business which is starting to accelerate a little bit. >> thanks, john. hope to see you again next quarter so we can get the lowdown on your results, and i don't know, something happened about six months ago stock was much lower and some of the numbers didn't look that good. you kept a stiff upper lip. but it paid off so far.

>> absolutely. >> northern belgium is still one of the richer regions of europe.he record levels in southern europe. even here, more and more are coming to the food banks for handouts. among them, a single mother whose benefits will soon be cut as the government reduces spending. >> i see it is getting worse. there's a lot less food to go around. there are more people. it is really difficult to find work. >> difficult for many. in nearby brussels officials speak of signs of improvement. on the streets the big economic freeze is setting in. now the price, bbc news belgium. -- matthew price bbc news, belgium. >> live continues to get harder for many. one company currently experiencing surprising growth is samsung. it has announced record profits driven by impressive sales of smartphones. success is putting pressure on apple which lost its slot today as the most valuable company in the world. our technology correspondent reports. >> six years ago, the iphone was unveiled by steve jobs and went on to define the smartphone industry. now samsung has grabbed the lead. it

it has brought euro for europe farther apart northern part and southern part and you know it only made rich countries richer like germany and you know the countries that are on the periphery as they they made it made them even more incapable do you think taken into consideration everything we've said that you were a peon union has a future. oh i think it does because. i think first of all that the euro i agree with you the euro is a key part of the of the european union now and if the euro zone really broke up it would might be the end of that but i don't believe that's going to happen because they've got to move more rapidly and they've got to that's the best way to to do it to do rather than. me not to bring the crisis drag out you got to get out of the recession he won't he won't get the countries solvent with respect to their deficits until you do all you have to do is get back to budget balance for these countries and you have to do that through raising revenues but not sue raising taxes but by getting the economies back to full employment get your back to full employment and all

across the other side of the mediterranean, unsettled weather, the same system is over europe, and through the northern part of algeria and there are more showers coming during the day. marching its way eastward, through parts of libya as well, it is all part of the same system that is affecting us in the middle east as well. quite a few outbreaks of rain, for the weather is stretching its way down ter] >> top stories knell on al- jazeera, a nightclub fire has killed as many as 90 people in southern brazil. dozens of reports of injuries in the town of santa maria. thousands are marching in the egyptian city. calling for the downfall of the government. in northern mali the residents are celebrating the retreat of the military force. as well as the only bridge leading into the strategic city. in northern myanmar, biters have been forced to retreat to their headquarters after losing a key outpost. the rebels are coming under attack from government helicopters, and they are accusing the government of using chemical weapons in the area. >> up to this day there have been only a few occasions where the use th

greater, which is shown by this red color, spreading out over a much larger region of europe and also across the northern hemisphere. and what this tells us is that for a future eruption of a larger size, the potential for disruption is greater. narrator: what's worse is that we might not have time to prepare. thordarson: hekla does not give us much warning. her temperament is such that she will flare up 30 minutes before it erupts, so she can surprise us. narrator: as scientists are learning iceland's home to a group of deadly volcanoes-- eyja blew in 2010; laki sent a toxic cloud of sulfur circling around the northern hemisphere; and hekla, which could unleash millions of tons of ash without warning. but the greatest threat is from their restless neighbor. rampino: i would be more worried about a katla-style eruption happening today. narrator: one that volcanologists can't afford to ignore. the concern with katla is that it might erupt any time. narrator: the volcano hidden under the ice. katla's rumbling. narrator: some fear her eruption could be worse than laki's sulfur cloud and hekla's ash put toge

including scotland northern ireland wales but particularly in europe itself if you take for example the baltic states three small countries that have a smaller population in total in ireland and yet the european union favored their total separation from the soviet union and supported them but i think that there's a degree of high-pockets say it all in my opinion simply is dictated by the strategic and all of the either the european major parts that germany britain or the united states so i think we have to look at the reality of the situation it's not the actual world where we're living in a pure democracy where people say oh grand freedom to everyone there's total high-pockets say and contradiction to the world at the moment with relation to the formation of small nation states because they want to look at spain i mean why should the richest part of spain pay for the rest of the country if they want to be on their own. well we put the question another way around the way why don't they feel they have to share their story directly with other parts of the country i mean you can reproduce.

december 7 at press conference in belfast northern ireland in a trip to europe.e then she suffered from what the state department calls a pretty vicious stomach virus. severe dehydration and then a concussion and this past weekend a blood clot. today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland said in off-camera briefing that clinton had been working from the hospital room. she has been talking to her staff including today. she has been quite active on the phone with all of us. the state department declined to make clinton's doctors available for question. although the medical team put out paper statement on monday the day after she was admitted to new york presbyterian hospital with a blood clot near her brain. to help dissol tv clot the medical team began to treat the secretary with blood thinners. she is making excellent progress and we're confident she will make a full recovery. earlier today, the state department said nothing had changed since monday. and defended the handling of the medical condition. newland responded, "i think we have been forthcoming i

europe. particularly this weather system pulling cold air in behind it. we are likely to see snow developing across parts of poland, into northern parts of germany. further south, colder air across more southeastern parts of europe, giving outbreaks of very light snow. we also have snow across parts of france in toward the alpine area. the u.k. enjoying drier weather. not particular warm, temperatures only seven degrees and londonderry but across siberia, dry and fine, a high of 10 degrees. moving into northern parts of africa, quiet weather conditions expected. in little coal on the coast of algeria. -- a little cool. germany still quite cold, just 16 degrees expected in cairo. central parts of africa, affecting southern parts of the democratic republic of condo. southern parts of africa heavy rain across angola extending across zimbabwe and in toward mozambique heavy downpours. but it looks fine from madagascar, highs of 25. >> top stories on al jazeera. a co-founder of the kurdish separatist movement pkk found dead of gunshot wounds in paris. killed inside the kurdish institute. a sri lanka in maid was beheaded in saudi arabia after being convi

qaida plan to basically take that northern part of africa as a stepping stone into europe itself and there's been threats in paris already by mali ns and and what's really tragic is the fact that the united states trained a lot of these. now terrorists who basically defected from the government and and know many of our activities and know how we operate from a special forces standpoint and can use them against us these troops are very well trained they were involved not only in libya but also but also in mali and and they basically turned they were tory eggs and now they've joined forces with the a.q.i.m. which is al-qaeda in the islamic magreb so this is a very very dicey situation and and it also represents some it also represents a potential long term afghanistan like effect for france itself and and inadvertently it could suck the united states back into yet another war it's larger than mali pursue a and it could affect the entire north africa and into europe and i think that is perhaps the concern from a geo strategic and political standpoint. the hostage crisis in algeria has c

plan to basically take that northern part of africa as a stepping stone into europe itself and there has been threats in paris already by . and what's really tragic is the fact that the united states trained a lot of these. now terrorists who basically defected from the government and and know many of our activities and know how we operate from a special forces standpoint and can use them against us why did that training initiative go so badly wrong then. well the training went great at the time that it happened what happened was that they defected. and the man who led the coup. was a military man and he. was actually trained by u.s. forces and so he has insight and and i think general ham one of our top commanders basically is to declare to be a disaster that we are confronted with this problem right now these troops are very well trained they were involved not only in libya but also but also in mali and they basically turned they were tore exam and now they've joined forces with the a.q.i.m. so doesn't the all the u.s. is al qaeda in the islamic magreb right before i ask you more a

terror in northern mali is not threat to africa. it is a threat to europe as well. >> merkel realizes that a tough fight lies ahead for mali, and she says germany will consider requests for future support. france, for its part, plans to triple its current troop level. >> a short while ago, we spoke with someone from the german think tank the friedrich ebert foundation. she is in bamako. we asked what the situation was like there. >> the situation is calm, normal. everyday life continues. people go to work. they go shopping. however, there are, of course [indiscernible] after the intervention on, cup. everyone is taking some precautions. there are more police. there is a higher police presence on the street. >> the french intervention has the full backing of the u.n. security council, but how do the people in mali feel about it? >> they are extremely grateful for an intervention because it came exactly at the moment when it was needed. they completely support it. for example, when you go downtown, -- these days, france is really the biggest friend of mali. >

terror in northern mali is not threat to africa. it is a threat to europe as well. >> merkel realizes that a tough fight lies ahead for mali, and she says germany will consider requests for future support. france, for its part, plans to triple its current troop level. >> a short while ago, we spoke with someone from the german think tank the friedrich ebert foundation. she is in bamako. we asked what the situation was like there. >> the situation is calm, normal. everyday life continues. people go to work. they go shopping. however, there are, of course [indiscernible] after the intervention on, cup. everyone is taking some precautions. there are more police. there is a higher police presence on the street. >> the french intervention has the full backing of the u.n. security council, but how do the people in mali feel about it? >> they are extremely grateful for an intervention because it came exactly at the moment when it was needed. they completely support it. for example, when you go downtown, -- these days, france is really the biggest friend of mali. >

of al-qaeda's base from afghanistan to 5,000 miles closer to the united states across northern africa and on europe'srofoundly important strategic change and the administration has nothing to say about it. that is deeply troubling. >> gregg: what do you expect, if anything, that is meaningful, that is, from hillary clinton or will it be subterfuge. >> she learned the art of the filibuster. there will be some long questions and maybe some long responses. i hope that we get some sense for why did the state department have realtime information that went against what the administration had to say for weeks after this profound event. why have we run into these difficulties with the investigation? what needs to change in american diplomacy and deliver on her promise on bringing these people to justice. >> gregg: would she be in a position to tell the committee and tell americans what was going on the night of the attack and who turned down the requests for a rescue for aid for some kind of assistance? i mean those people were begging for seven hours for help and it didn't come. do you think she would be ab

snowballing sledding and making snowman all the essential winter fun in many northern countries but in some not so snow friendly parts of europe freezing temperatures and even small amounts of the white stuff is causing travel chaos the u.k. is among the countries brought to a standstill by the perfectly season all weather etc first now reports. all across the united kingdom right now right phillip things like this like ok in london every word of it in this blanket is slowly but was this looks absolutely beautiful it's being causing chaos around the country for the five thousand schools are being placed planes are being grounded and trains the being delayed as once again persons transport system creaks under the pressure of a little bit of snow causing havoc to commuters as we've been finding out. things with everything fine still hope whenever i think it's ridiculous other countries seem to manage i think we should catch up with. a very good the smaller. ones the whole absolutely silly thing about half a century around the place anyway so now we have the trouble they could have sorted out of the way from rochester on to. the