Earlier, i spoke to dr matt patterson, whos a Postdoctoral Research assistant in Atmospheric Physics at the University Of Oxford and has been following the winter heatwave. He said this is not a common occurance. Its really quite unusual to see a heatwave of this magnitude in the winter. As you said, weve seen temperatures of 38 degrees in some andes towns when we would expect to see temperatures of 10 15 degrees at this time of year. So really quite unprecedented. In terms of the magnitude, 20 degrees more than average, thats comparable with Summer Heatwaves that weve seen in the southern United States, Southern Europe and china this year. Can you explain in basic terms what exactly is causing this heatwave in winter . Certainly. Its a High Pressure system just to the east of the andes, which is basically dragging warm air down from the tropics and bringing that heat down towards chile and argentina. That High Pressure is also compressing the air, much like when you pump up a bike tyr
By former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Paula reid has more. Reporter Special Counsel jack smith is now in possession of thousands of documents that were created by Rudy Giulianis team in the days and weeks following the 2020 election. This team was tasked with trying to find some evidence of fraud. One of the people on this team is the former new York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerrik. He is a close associate of Rudy Giuliani and he has been in possession of a lot of these documents, the january 6 committee was trying to get all these materials, but he would not hand them over even though he is not a lawyer, he claimed that he was working for the legal team and therefore they were privileged. But in recent weeks, the Special Counsel investigators have reached out to kerrik to schedule an interview and also to collect evidence and after they reached out, kerrik went to the Trump Campaign, had them review the materials and Trump Campaign were told said look, they were not going to argue privile
By former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Paula reid has more. Reporter Special Counsel jack smith is now in possession of thousands of documents that were created by Rudy Giulianis team in the days and weeks following the 2020 election. This team was tasked with trying to find some evidence of fraud. One of the people on this team is the former new York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerrik. He is a close associate of Rudy Giuliani and he has been in possession of a lot of these documents, the january 6 committee was trying to get all these materials, but he would not hand them over even though he is not a lawyer, he claimed that he was working for the legal team and therefore they were privileged. But in recent weeks, the Special Counsel investigators have reached out to kerrik to schedule an interview and also to collect evidence and after they reached out, kerrik went to the Trump Campaign, had them review the materials and Trump Campaign were told said look, they were not going to argue privile
By former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Paula reid has more. Reporter Special Counsel jack smith is now in possession of thousands of documents that were created by Rudy Giulianis team in the days and weeks following the 2020 election. This team was tasked with trying to find some evidence of fraud. One of the people on this team is the former new York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerrik. He is a close associate of Rudy Giuliani and he has been in possession of a lot of these documents, the january 6 committee was trying to get all these materials, but he would not hand them over even though he is not a lawyer, he claimed that he was working for the legal team and therefore they were privileged. But in recent weeks, the Special Counsel investigators have reached out to kerrik to schedule an interview and also to collect evidence and after they reached out, kerrik went to the Trump Campaign, had them review the materials and Trump Campaign were told said look, they were not going to argue privile
By former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Paula reid has more. Reporter Special Counsel jack smith is now in possession of thousands of documents that were created by Rudy Giulianis team in the days and weeks following the 2020 election. This team was tasked with trying to find some evidence of fraud. One of the people on this team is the former new York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerrik. He is a close associate of Rudy Giuliani and he has been in possession of a lot of these documents, the january 6 committee was trying to get all these materials, but he would not hand them over even though he is not a lawyer, he claimed that he was working for the legal team and therefore they were privileged. But in recent weeks, the Special Counsel investigators have reached out to kerrik to schedule an interview and also to collect evidence and after they reached out, kerrik went to the Trump Campaign, had them review the materials and Trump Campaign were told said look, they were not going to argue privile