many more are also impacted in argentina, uruguay, and southern brazil. and rains in the u.s. midwest after unusually harsh storms. nine tornadoes have swept through north texas, destroying as many as 1450 homes, according to officials. thousands of drivers are being forced to leave their cars at in milan.lan as -- a six-hour daytime ban will be reduced on tuesday and wednesday. has their owne limits on vehicles for later this week. spain's far left party refusing to join forces with any other party in the wake of the country's inconclusive general election. fell short of a majority. came in third, but its leader says he will not play kingmaker. now two weekends of mass protests in poland have failed to stop controversial changes to the law in the country's highest court. just late and would allow the country to push ahead with reforms that have been promised, but members of the opposition say it is a threat to democracy in poland, claims it backed by some european union leader. our correspondent is in warsaw. can you tell us what exactly does this new legislation change? time

more rain is expected across the border, northern argentina and southern brazil, more rain will bring the potential of flooding and landslides even further. we're looking at very wild weather across northern areas of europe. this system is called frank and it's packing winds of very strong winds. the central pressure is 930, this high, the center pressure is over 1,040. because of the tight pressure gradient, very strong winds are blowing, 140 kilometer per hour wind gusts were reported in parts of scandinavian peninsula and because it will drag ample warmth, it's going to bring more rainfall, which is not good news for northern england where the worst floods in 70 years are still occurring. temperatures are going to be in the double digits across london as well as paris. meanwhile, a very low temperatures can be found across the east, minus 7 degrees for the high in kiev on wednesday and first winter storm of the season will affect turkey on your wednesday. that's not good news for refugees who are staying outside or staying in temporary shelters. let's go to asia then. high pressure

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blamed for theg exceptional rainfall across southern brazil, northern argentina, paraguay, and uruguayis is only the early part of the rainy season, which extends through january and february. it is a well-known fact that during a strong el niÑo that tends to enhance rainfall across this part of the world. there could be more problems to come in the months ahead. el niÑo is potentially to blame for the store and slamming into the u.k., bringing extensive flooding. the latest storm was so powerful moving across iceland, it has pushed warm air into the arctic. at the north full, temperatures are slightly above freezing. when the warm air pushes north, it should normally be -25 at this time of the year. alice: u.k. has been hit by severe weather. it is cleaning up after widespread flooding in the north. one of the worst cases is dumb freeze in scotland. correspondent: knowing can say the word worried up out the -- they weren't warned about the flooding. people acted fast to move people away. it flooded this part of town a withbut rarely like this 120 millimeters of rain over 24-hours. the

brazil, uraguay. >> reporter: severe flooding in the southern part of south america driving more than 150,000 people from their homes and spending christmas looking for higher ground. in the city of concordia, north-east argentina, it has been called the worse flooding in a quarter of a century with the river flooding its banks. thousands were force. >> translation: the water level was in high inside my house. 20 or 30 centimetres was there. >> reporter: the nearby dam was nearing capacity as it tried to contain more flood waters. >> translation: above all the priority today is getting control of the situation, helping the 6,000 eau vacuum ewe eaus-- evacuees and containing areas. >> reporter: the state of emergency neighbouring paraguay has water nearly covered buildings. people were in shacks trying to support each other. >> translation: we already run from the water four times. now we don't know where we will go. the water reached the places where we had escaped to. we're on the side of the road and the water keeps coming >> reporter: around the capital at one point more than 100,000 people were

. >>> parts of brazil, argentina and uruguay are bearing the brunt. >> reporter: severe flooding in the southern america, driving more than 150,000 people from their homes and spending christmas looking for higher ground. in the city northeast argentina is being called the worst flooding in a half seep true i as nonstop overnight rains forced the river to flood its banks. thousands forced to evacuate. >> translator: the water level was really high inside my house winds to check it out and found as much as 20 or 30 centimeters 67 the nearby dam was nearing capacity as it tried to contain more flood waters. >> above all the priority today is related to getting control of the situation. helping the 6,000 evacuees and particularly containing situations like that in concordia. which is more effected by the flooding. >> reporter: and the state of emergency and neighboring paraguay as water nearly covered buildings, evacuees cram ed in to shacks not yet engulfed by watering they tried to support each other as best as they could. >> we have already run from the water four times. now we don't know where

southern freedom writers of the 1960's, u.s. governments destabilization of nicaragua by supporting the contras. u.s. atrocities in vietnam, torture under u.s. backed junta in brazil 2012, he returned to chicago to make "4 days in chicago," which is about the 2012 meeting -- anti-nato. he has a red distinction of receiving a star in the hollywood walk of fame as a cinematographer. in october, he visited the democracy now! studios and i asked him about the making of his film in 1968 at the chicago national convention medium cool." >> i went home to chicago and i realized from people i know in the progressive movement that the democratic party didn't take some stand on the war, there was going to be theater am a there was when we demonstrations, there was going to be the kinds of things that would get the attention of the media. so i wrote a script with studs terkel, who reintroduced me to my town through the appellation appalachian community. , iwhen i wrote the script went back to shoot the film, i did not realize that -- also, i knew the authorities were planning to suppress whatever demonstration there was. "medium cool" or they act like hippies, you know? amy:

brazil for the last 25 years. >> beautiful. >> absolutely. i feel like we're getting a taste of what it's like to celebrate christmas in the southern hemisphere with these very mild temperatures. >> it's gorgeous out. i was actually planning to go to the gym today, celebrate 30 years of club fit. congratulations, dave. but i think i'm going to have to do something outside. >> outside is the way to go. take advantage of it while it lasts, right. >> yeah. >> today we're going to get up to 66 degrees for our afternoon high. we already tied the record high temperature for this date. so we're already going to get tomorrow is another mild day. 62. a cold front is making its way toward us. the chilly air doesn't arrive until next weekend, though. we're still in the 50s during the workweek. once this cold front moves through, that's above our seasonal average, we should only get up to 44 this time of year. we don't have any real bone-chilling cold until next weekend. so enjoy it while you can. >> it's all relative. 42 will feel bone chilling. >> it will feel awful cool. >> a shock to the system, that's for sure. >> how quickly we get spoiled. thank y

brazil. and in california, people are evacuating from this fire. in the southern state of alabama, there are fears that some rivers may overflow their levees. and in texas, eight deaths are now eye triattributed to a storm credited for at least one tornad tornado. there has been significant damage reported in the dallas metro area. one family described how they were simply lucky to get out of their home alive. >> this car is in the kitchen. her car's in the garage. it's in the kitchen. >> in the back of your house. >> right now. >> and my uncle's car was in the driveway, it's out around to the alley. but her car was in the kitchen, and it was in the garage. >> from texas to northern england, floods are causing misery there. david cameron will convene a cabinet meeting to discuss the situation. flood warnings are in effect and hundreds of homes have been evacuated. itn's martha fairley has a look at some of the worst-hit arias. >> reporter: the boxing day deluge was predicted but there was nothing homeowners could do to stop the rising water. at one point, 15,000 h

underwhelming promises from the ceo about the cost-cutting that norfolk southern can do on its own in 2016 and 2017. breaking news for you out of brazilusseff is defending herself from the initiation of impeachment proceedings. she says she did not commit a crime. she says she does not secret accounts in switzerland and that she is not misused public accounts. this is in response to specific allegations from some of her fellow lawmakers and other brazilians. rick reader at black rock a man who oversees $700 billion in bonds and fixed income investments, he is active around the world. he has investments in brazil and is constantly looking at latin america. brazil point can you say has bottomed? is there further to go from here? rick: there are some facets to brazil. where this investigation goes is uncertain, but beyond that, you see a dynamic coming off. about the world shifting from a commodity orientation to a service orientation. i spent the first three days of this week in the meat east and you see how the world is changing. you can see how these countries were commodity oriented and the cash flow is different. the cash flow in br

southern calls the offer grossly inadequate. that opens the door to sweeten the offer and take it to shareholders. the u.s. justice department accused the former leader of brazil'srom getting kicked ask after signing an agreement. nike was signed with the brazil's national team at that time pay the company says it is not aware of any kickbacks at corporate in is with authorities. avon products investor barrington capital group bears urging the company to reject a reported deal to sell its north american business at a fire sale price. the stock has been moving substantially. it is up almost 11%. joining us now is lindsey rupp. first off, it seems like avon has been in play for quite some time. particularly its north american unit, which is its worst performing unit. overseas, the model still have jackson, but here, no one is opening the door for the avon lady. they are looking to unload that business. betty: that has been pushed around by rumors, right? some of them are crazy. who is likely to be a buyer? lindsey: the latest rumor is that they will sell it to you. you. some activist investors have taken a stake and say do not sell at this level. you need to chang