we can go to steve evans. lydia learning her german in preparation for finding employment perhaps with a german firm. as far as angela merkel is concerned, she was saying there was no miracle solution that germany could offer the eurozone crisis at the moment. do you detect any change at all in her position? >> i can't detect any change at all in her position. her position is germany hasn't got limitless resources and there will be no renegotiation. having said all that, she's not lecturing greece's historical baggage here. so she's staying silent on what greece should do, but it's absolutely clear that she was -- she will find great difficulty with a government that had a mandate to renegotiate by its predecessor, no doubt at all. >> what preparations are you seeing amongst bankers and other financiers where you are ahead of this vote on sunday? if, for example, it was worth a win, highway would germany react to something like that? >> they're not talking about a plan b formally, but g-20, for example, is alr

steve evans joins me from berlin now. steve, to pick up from the vantage point of cameron and merkel, they're not going to have an awful lot in common to talk about when they meet, are they? >> no, because mr. cameron comes having talked to president obama and the two of them saying that it's an urgent situation and the eurozone countries need to do more. chancellor merkel has been on television here in germany this morning, downplaying the idea of any kind of immediate solution and saying the way forward lies in much more political integration in europe, and the implication is you get that integration of institutions, and then you can talk about a collective shouldering of debt. none of that does anything about the immediate difficulties in greece or with the banking crisis in spain. so the question will be, i suspect, if chancellor merkel support going to go towards euro bonds and absolutely nobody in germany thinks she is, then how do you deal with the short-term problem? she, i suspect, would say it's a step-by-step ap

bbc's steve evans in berlin told me more. >> it's a sense of the crisis coming home, if you like. when a big international assessour of risk, one of the organizations which does it on behalf of the finance houses and the finance markets, says that a german institution is at risk or greater risk than it previously thought because. situation in southern europe, then people in germany will take note. it sort of brings the thing home a bit. >> does it say much, if anything, about the strength, stability or otherwise, of the german economy there? >> no. they're saying that the german economy remains one of the strongest -- perhaps the strongest in europe, and that's why these downgrades aren't the kind of downgrades which you've seen for spanish banks and greek banks. but at the same time, you can't doubt the fact that it is a worsening of the situation. it is a recognition that whatever the individual strength of the german economy, it isn't an economy in isolation, and if the crisis turns into a catastrophe because of, i don't know, a bank collapse in spain, let's say, what moody's i

evans. let's get reaction from steve liesman and rick santelli. steve, did you like what you heard? lly like or dislike what i hear. i think charlie evans has a particular point of view, mere yeah, and it tends towards the more dubbish point of view. there's a large output gap in the economy and that, in general, the economy would be better with more rather than less stimulus. >> what do you thick, rick? you didn't find him dovish? >> no. he referenced the world normal. he said normally when interest rates were down this would happen, this would happen. to me that's been the whole key all along. the times that we are living in are very abnormal. low interest rates are not the medicine that seems to be working. the fact that many federal reserve participants understand that, i guess my question is, why do we keep going down the same twilight zone day after day and higher interest rates and there's not been any evidence presented along those lines yet. and what is interesting is to add to the bottom line. >> you're saying that raising the floor interest rate, the cost of funds for the

steve smith. this tree fell right between their atv and their derower, i don't know what a derower is. luckily it didn't hit any of the equipment. but the evans not so great with that tree on their house. swan point maryland from dave, another tree on another house. and it's more and more just like this. this backyard fence showing you typical damage. here's the one from waldorf, maryland, from tabitha, tree completely uprooted. driving in from d.c., i had to use my gps because that was the scene all over the place. limbs down. i drove into police tape. it was up against my windshield before i realized i was about to drive into a car zone. and finally in kingstown, the southern section of alexandria, my husband works right around this, betty sent me this. this is a chimney down from a kingstowne condo. i have so many more to share with you. we're sharing extended coverage. we're happy that you're part of our team and picking up the slack by sending in are your pictures. weather@nbcwashington.com and we'll do our best to get them on the air for you. be safe when you're doing that. don't go climbing arounded the debris. we'll need you in good h