sarah harmon reporting from berlin. flooding has been devastating in germany where at least four people have been killed. the southern state of brevard area was worst hit. two others are still missing with one police officer saying they are expecting the worst. hearts ofg floods hit france as well and in some areas the water is at its highest level in a century. flooding has claimed its first victim, the body of an elderly woman was found in her house. thousands of people in the town waitedwere in back you -- work evacuated. we consider the situation in the north and in the east of the country totally under control. but in the center and here in the france region, where we are at the moment, the situation continues to be difficult. i am here with the mayor to show my solidarity with the city. >> that is french prime minister speaking in the town of the more earlier today. worst hit bywns the flooding. tell us about where you are right now. >> i am in the gymnasium in the , where 200 people spent the night. the municipal

we will have more on those talks later, let's ring in sarah harmon in berlin. what you tell us about the meeting -- what can you tell us about the meeting? >> when they sit down for their working dinner, what is going to be on the top of the agenda is the speed at which the brexit must occur. as you know, the u.k. has not yet article -- triggered article 50, a formal declaration and the german government said earlier today there will be no informal talks with the u.k. until that happens. looking to germany ramp up the pressure on britain to begin this process sooner rather than later to avoid an impasse. the brexit crisis already highlighting political divisions that are within germany. tell us about that. going into an election year, 2017, we can already see some divisions between merkel and her foreign minister. on saturday, he got together with other foreign ministers and set article 50 must be triggered immediately, the brexit needs to happen right away. inkel came out an hour later her own separate conference and said she would not fight if it took a littl