and because of that, we saw the first snowfall in history in okinawa region. and naha sa a morning low of about 6 degrees. in taipei dozens of people were killed due to hypothermia. in hong kong, 3 degrees, making it the gocoldest in 60 years or so. the temperatures are expected to warm up for the next several days. in shanghai, the temperature will be 6 degrees. is expected to go to the 20 degree mark as we go into the next several days. so under such conditions you can sily cat a co. so please take care of your health. now in terms of precipitation, it's clear across many parts of china and the korean peninsula, but northern japan, from the hokuriku region, you will continue to see snowfall, probably an additional 40 centimeters expected for the next 24 hours or so. now a state of emergency was declared in new york state and surrounding areas due to blizzard conditions. this was the scene coming out of new york. cars were completely buried in snow, 68 centimeters of snow fell, making it the second snowiest on record and philadelphia had the snowfall in just

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okinawa, highs in the teens. that's cold for those living in okinawa. look out for that. quick look at what's happening in north america, we're watching out for more lake-effect snow in the northeast. 30 centimeters of snowfall report in westn new yo on moay. oking athe possibility of more lake-effect snow with some weakening on tuesday. but chilly weather entering the area as we go throughout the day. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> "newsroom tokyo" comes to you live at the top of the hour. in the meantime, stay wiawúwóóó >> hello and welcome to live from paris. i am an net young. livia announces a new unity government aimed at bringing together the country's warring factions. also, the polish prime minister addresses european parliament this afternoon, as poland faces and escalating dispute with eu's over expanding its control. from the chinese

clearing the skies over beijing, but it is forcing that particulate matter down to the south into okinawa. we actually had the second highest level in terms of air pollution concerns. that's something we'll have to look out for through friday. sunny skies, chilly with a high of zero. minus 16 in ulan bator. china into southern and eastern portions looking mainly dry conditions, but we'll see clouds with a high of 11. for you, as we look at the forecast for india, i wanted to point this out because we are looking at dry weather but hazy conditions. this is pretty typical for this time of year. but because high pressure is over india, especially for north and northeastern india where we're seeing very calm winds. we're dealing with haze problems. a yellow warning is in effect for north and northeast india as we go throughout friday. and i don't think we're going to see a big change coming because high pressure continues to dominate the weather pattern, meaning it's going to be calm going forward in time. as we look at the forecast for europe, i want to point out this low-pressure system ove

ikaria, greece, sardinia, italy, the nicoya peninsula in costa rica, loma linda, california, and okinawa, japan. what' s the secret? it might be diet. in okinawa, the most common food staples are bitter melons, tofu, garlic, brown rice, green tea and shitake mushrooms. one thing diets in all of those places have in common, they' re mostly plant-based, eating meat rarely and only in small portions. randy: chaser. >> new reports on the substance sending chandler jackson to the hospital. why a rhode island state worker these may look like carrots, but cindy: teens and lower 20' s out the door. we have cloud cover out there. skies are brightening up this afternoon. this looks to bring mainly rain. emily: time for your eyepoppers with olessa. olessa: and we begin with a lovely and very impressive tribute to david bowie. take a listen. [bells ringing] the bells of a 600-year-old church in the netherlands chiming out bowie' s classic "space oddity." naturally, the video has gone viral. and this one hits us right in the eyeopener sweet spot. bacon shot glasses. the smoky treat is wrapped around

and okinawa, japan. what' s the secret? it might be diet. in okinawa the most common food staples are bitter melons, tofu, garlic, brown rice, green tea and shitake mushrooms. one thing diets in all of those places have in common, they' re mostly plant-based eating meat rarely and only in small portions. randy: a shot, with the glass as the chaser. emily: the delicious creation, in eyepoppers. erika? erika: one rhode island state workers out of a job. emily: it' s 6:24 a.m. and not as cold and windy this morning. cindy: some snow flurries are rolling through this morning. in worcester county, around the blue indicates we have a few flurries but i' m not expecting any accumulation. that will stay through midmorning but temperatures will come up near freezing this afternoon. tomorrow even warmer. that will set the stage for mainly rain early in the day on saturday. randy: and time for your eyepoppers with olessa. olessa: and we begin with a lovely and very impressive tribute to david bowie. take a listen. the bells of a 600-year-old church in

. >> reed: the main island of okinawa in southern japan recorded snow yesterday for the first time ever. the sub-tropical island got snow for the first time since 1901. nagasaki was left with heavy snowfall. the city recorded seven inches. that's the most in the 110 years that records have been kept. some areas received five-and-a-half inches disrupting street cars and other transportation out there. >>> no immediate reports of casualtys or major damage across spain's southern coast today after a major earthquake. 6.3 magnitude. it was a big one. it was follow bid six lesser aftershocks. emergency services received 250 falls from alarmed people who live there. schools will remain shut down in the area affected so the buildings can be inspected. power's being restored to areas where it had been knocked out by this earthquake. >> marie: then there's this earthquake that hit south central alaska yesterday causing significant damage. the 7.1 magnitude quake struck at 1:30 a.m. local. about 150 miles southwest of anchorage. firefighters battling three house fires sparked by gas leaks. one of

and then rain is falling across the okinawa region. some areas have seen record-breaking heavy rainfall for this time of year. temperatures will be quite low. minus 4 degrees for the high in acceptporo on tuesday. 7 in tokyo. we may see some snow flurries on tuesday and cooler conditions through the next couple of days. high pressure system is in control over the continent, bringing calm conditions. thanks to some windy conditions across the north, hazy conditions are not too bad in the beijing area. that's good news and winds are causing some rainfall across the eastern areas of the philippines. temperatures will be up to 31 in manila. in the teens in taipei and hong kong and right at the freezing point in beijing on your tuesday. we have been watching a tropical storm near the international dateline. this is tropical storm pali. this is actually the earliest tropical storm that formed over the pacific basin, packing winds of 00 kilometers per hour. this is all caused by extremely warm sea surface temperatures caused by el nino. this

it's the first such store outside airports in okinawa. customers pick up their purchases when they leave japan through haneda or horita airports. >>> it can be tough for small startups to succeed. this week's business profile outlines three young entrepreneurs who are beating the odds. in our second, we feature a man who has built his own small network and is helping other small enterprises along the way. keiko aso reports. >> reporter: this is made from a single carved length of pipe. it emits a soft grow that mimics natural sunlight. this is the main material in this wireless battery charger. the grain makes it beautiful as well as useful. both products have won international awards for their simplicity and functionality. this man has been engaged in every step of their development cycle, from initial concept and blue prints to marketing. >> translator: what's most important for me is to make industrial products that can change people's lives or provide uss with a new experience. that's the core of my philosophy. >> reporter: he first w

for the first time and within 50 years, snow fell on the japanese island of amami hoshino, and also okinawa saw snowfall for the first time since 1966 a number of cities snowfall .. imax, marine recruiter told a young man that he could not dave matthews band announcing to celebrate the first anniversary, will be a boss on may 21 tickets on sale said they will take a break from touring and 2017. >> and arkansas man says he was turned away from the marines because of his tattoo, anthony bauswell went to the marine recruitment center to enlist enlist, dhl was asked if he had sent his want of them was a pride written, and recruiter says that it disqualifies him and he was turned away. >> my hunger was not going to let me serve my country because i felt like . now that i can go and don't know where i stand. >> does not allow for any markings that are considered racist or offensive were sexist, they have a slogan that says think before you ink she sent a man who served the country was not letting the snowstorm snow justin anderson is a supporter of wounded warrior project, he was clearing sidewal

look at this, okinawa, temperatures dropping into the low teens by sunday. it's cold.nother area that's cold right now, over in portions of europe, towards turk. finitely wter time with snow in some portions of northwestern portion of the country with 176 centimeters. more snow in place for thursday as the the low-pressure system moves over into turkey. another system, totally different, and yet still bringing a lot of rainfall, taking it over the british isles as we go throughout the day. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> hope the weather is looking good in your neck of the woods. at the top of the hour is "newsroom tokyo" so stay with us here on nhk world./ñ>x>xxú÷úlúl the france 24k to newsroom alive from paris. these are the headlines. a british inquiry into the death russian spy says there is a strong possibility russia approved his murder. russia slams the report, calling it politically mall of -- motivated. francois hollande says they are likely to

to do his utmost to reduce okinawa's burden of hosting u.s. bases. at the same time, he said he would ensure that military deterrence is maintained. abe also touched on the 2011 disaster saying the next five years will see continued assistance to rebuild and restore affected areas. he hopes the communities can become self-sustainable once again. after abe's speech, members of six opposition parties stormed out of the chamber. it was to protest the following address by an embattled minister in charge of the tpp free trade deal. the parties criticized akira amari for failing to answer allegations that he didn't report all of his political donations. >> translator: i'm very sorry for causing confusion over a report in a weekly magazine. i will have a thorough investigation to check the facts. i will make a full explanation at the right time to clear the suspicion about the matter. [ applause ] >> a magazine reported thursday that a construction firm gave cash to amari's office. it was reportedly in return for helping negotiate compensation from a govern

the okinawa region saw the highest temperature on record for this time of year across the continent. here is the extended forecast around the globe. >>> and with that we conclude this hour's "newsline." at the top of the hour it is nus room tokyo, molly: welcome to the "france 24 " newsroom. i am molly hall. new allegations of child sex centralise in the african republic. the finalmp boycotts republican debate in iowa, but still manages to overshadow the event. rival candidates struggled to take center stage. an explosipr

jason: as people up north get record snow, poking our, -- okinawa, japan recorded snow for the first time yesterday. the island of amami oshima got snow for the first time since 1901. 5 and a half inches of snow was also recorded further up north in kagoshima. nagasaki got around seven inches of snow sunday evening. that' s the most snow nagasaki has seen in 110-years. none of that here in central florida. eric: nope. it is a gorgeous. you need to get outside and enjoy this one, sunny weather. -- warm, sunny weather. this is a live look over lake eola. you will not need a jacket. maybe grab a bite to you outside -- to eat outside. 64 degrees at the villages. 63 degrees at winter park. 63 in deland. right at the shoreline, it is a little bit colder. a few clouds are out, off the shoreline. we are clear over the peninsula though. i pressure is sitting on top of us. we are starting to get that wrap northeast. it will help to bring up these the afternoon. 67 degrees for our high in ocala. 69 in orlando. 64 daytona beach. 66 in melbourne. just about 70 degrees , as far as the comparison g

as it moves to the northeast it will move toward okinawa which by the way on sunday near record-breaking lows over there for you. as it pulls to the northeast tokyo is expecting the white stuff. let's look at the temperatures. all this cold air is coming from somewhere? beijing high minute us 2. ulan bator a high of minus 6. look at the overnight low, harbin expecting minus 34. by sunday pyongyang dropping down. toward seoul, minus 16 on sunday. absolutely chilly out there. you want to be bundling up and expect some snowfall for a lot of you.. let's look at the complete opposite here, talk about the tropics. we have our latest tropical cyclone, this is victor, spinning up. it was once a very powerful storm system. now it's starting to weaken out, but this is not something you want to take for granted though. we still have this as a category 3 tropical cyclone, that's the equivalent of category 1 talking about hurricanes in the atlantic or a weak typhoon toward the north. winds about 120 kilometers per hour. it's moving just toward the south of tonga. you could see tropical storm winds co

first snow reported in recent history there over towards okinawa as well. there is a change in the forecast. we have a new storm developing. big thing with this, though, it's going to come in from the southwest and bring in warmer weather. for example, naha, a record low on sunday. we could see a record high by friday. all right. i'll leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> one more story for you. tourists to japan's highest waterfall have enjoyed an unexpected treat. they were able to see the falls in the western prefecture of wakayama freeze ahead of schedule. the site is one 133 meters high. a shinto shrine was built nearby to honor the flowing water as a deity. they say the temperature around the waterfall dropped to minus 5 degrees celsius in the morning. a priest at the shrine discovered early monday that the basin had frozen over. >> translator: usually it freezes around the end of february. i think it's the first time it's gotten like this in january. >> translator: i was lucky to be able to see it, so i'm happy. >> the waterfall is part of th

city and austria, brazil, iran, okinawa, and cities within japan. particularly i would like to mention that mr. daniel helped us get in touch with the national park service and that really helped us to donate one of the cranes at the site and with that, that signifies the crane that we donated, it really helped us connect with hiroshima to do this donation. [speaking japanese] mr. sasaki: so that donation to the pearl harbor actually became the very powerful step toward the end of the war in our hearts, between the two countries. [speaking japanese] mr. sasaki: we met mr. daniel for the first time in 2000 -- in may 2010 in new york city and we believe that mr. daniel is the one that truly understands the meaning and significance of the story and he was the one to understand the whole thing the most and we are very grateful to meet him in new york. [speaking japanese] mr. sasaki: regardless of the fact we never met before then, we felt an immediate bond. i do not know why, but i felt an immediate bond with you. [speaking japanese] mr. sasaki: during

joined because my uncle had been a corporate during the battle of okinawa in world war ii and i had his uniform in my closet growing up and it stayed there until i joined the marine corps. >> i thought the ma reens would be the way to get to vietnam quickest. >> dennis wusz 21 arriving at khe sahn. he would serve with kilo company on hill 861. >> beautiful in terms of the valley and the scenery. ♪ >> khe sahn was beautiful. 1,500 feet elevation, often cloaked in misty clouds. the hills around the base covered in dense bamboo thickets. coffee groves tended by tribes men kkown as the brew. some of the only inhabitants of this remote shan gra la. controlling the hills with us essential for the base in the plateau below. there was 861 alpha, forth and south, 950 and 1015. the north vietnamese showed how much they wanted them with a blistering attack in late april '67. it started when engineers assigned to ripley's company trying to secure route 9. >> every man, every vehicle was lost. >> this was the beginning of what came to be known as the hill fights. they raged from april 25th to may 5t

region, including the uss "ronald reagan" aircraft carrier strike group and an air force base on okinawa. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. meanwhile, the house committee investigating the benghazi attack will hear more testimony today. the committee is scheduled to interview excia director david petraeus behind closed doors. former defense leon panetta is scheduled to testify in private on friday. congressional republicans today are holding what they call an enrollment ceremony to celebrate a milestone in their effort to repeal obamacare. as nbc's tracie potts shows us, after dozens of attempts a bill is headed to the president's desk but sure to die there. >> the motion is adopted. >> republicans are celebrating today after finally sending the president an ultimatum. a bill to repeal obamacare. >> this marks a significant step in the fight for patient-centered health care for all americans. >> reporter: democrats call it political theater and a waste of time. >> everybody know this is will take about a nano second for the president of the united states to veto. >> exercising

when your grandpa came home from cracking skulls in okinawa, all he wanted to do was live the american dream. to do have a life, have a family, be like a little racist, and live the american dream. [ laughter ] it's not like -- they came - they came home, they got right to work. no one's grandpa came home and was like, i just want to backpack around oregon and find myself.lause ] no one's grandma came home from helping on the front lines and was just like, i just wanna make jewelry and be a mermaid. [ laughter ]lack -- snuck up on me. i think that we lack the mental capacity to fully appreciate buted because now they're old. right? and we look at them and we think they're cute. oh, my god, cause they're tiny, year, pick em up, put it on, they don't like it, right? and the whiter you are, the greater a chance there is that you've assigned like a weird kitten like nickname to your grandfather. [ laughter ]randpa anymore. it's like this is my nim-nam. [ laughter and applause ] this is my nippers. oh, my god, you guys, double tap. he's so cute. look at my pip-pop. aw. sometimes at christma

has 28, 500 troops in south korea. 54,000 more in the region and an air force base on okinawa. >> still, experts say kim jong-un's drive to build the most powerful weapons force he can continues. >>> "news 4 midday" is back in >>> this week's wednesday's child has been waiting a long time to be adopted. his name is eric. he hasn't given up his dreams to be an engineer and have a permanent, loving family. >> eric is a 15-year-old whose many interests include sports technology. we decided to visit a store with high-tech ways to engage in sports. >> he is interested in both sports, particularly football and technology. >> one of the first things he showed off was a remote control program. >> depending on what your favorite teams are, favorite players, you can tag those and if the show appears, a sporting event, they are automatically recorded. >> what do you think you would like to be when you grow up? >> a technical engineer. >> he says he would like to someday create new technology. >> i like science and math. >> are you doing well in those subjects? >> yes, ma'am. >> it is a dream of hi

see, i was a war correspondent in okinawa. eddie was in europe with the office of war information.ve again? >> you trying to say something? >> no, duke, he wasn't. >> stay out of it, eddie. >> if you're going to talk about world war ii as if you personally won it, let's be clear where you were stationed. on a film set, shooting blanks, wearing makeup. and if you're going to hit me i would like to take off my glasses. >> donald trump was right today when he said this -- >> john wayne represented strength, he represented power. >> that's right. he represented strength. just represented it. he wasn't actually strong. like donald trump, john wayne didn't know what strength really is. so yes. john wayne would have no problem endorsing donald trump. degeneration, amd we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression. and everywhere i look... i'm reminded to stick to my plan. including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula that the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced

from a farm in iowa, putting a rifle in his hand and telling him to go fight a battle as awful as okinawa or iwo jima. that young man doesn't naturally come to do what he has to do. hatred can be compelling force perhaps unnecessary force, dehumanization of the enemy as opposite is, necessary future of the pacific war, and in some cases our leaders let our troops down in that respect. >> these are obviously -- where do you begin? how do you pull your research together? >> i try to begin with an outline and try to organize the research into chapter by chapter, section by section, even paragraph by paragraph out line. that has to be an iterative process because as you do the research the outline changes. but i try to capture the research in a way that will allow me to put my hands on it right when i needed it and that middle part, not just research but organizing the research before you begin to write. perhaps the most important part of the process. i am sorry if that is vague but this could be a very long conversation. >> you didn't mention anything about kamikaze. my father was a world wa

jim the main island of okinawa : japan records snow for the first time ever yesterday. island, snow also fell for the first time since 1901. seven inches of snow was recorded in nagasaki as well. this is the first time in 110 years it has snowed in nagasaki. firefighters are usually the ones who come to help people in need. meredith but over the weekend in : virginia, it was just the opposite when fire trucks got stuck in snow. it happened at the worst time when they were responding to a call. take a look at this. neighbors saw they were stuck, and wasted no time trying to dig them out. and before the firefighters knew it, they were moving again. thanks for the community' s involvement. a crew of female athletes rowed all the way from the u.s. to australia. the four women spent 235 days at sea and started their adventure on april of last year. it' s reported that they are the first female team to row the pacific ocean. now there are 9718 mile trip is over, they' on land. >> we' ve had sharks circling, we' ve had a couple of sharks that followed us for a few weeks meredith the journey als

see, i was a war correspondent in okinawa. eddie was in europe with the office of war information.something? >> no, duke, he wasn't. >> stay out of it, eddie. >> if you're going to talk about world war ii as if you personally won it, let's be clear where you were stationed. on a film set, shooting blanks, wearing makeup. and if you're going to hit me i would like to take off my glasses. >> donald trump was right today when he said this -- >> john wayne represented strength, he represented power. >> that's right. he represented strength. just represented it. he wasn't actually strong. like donald trump, john wayne didn't know what strength really is. so yes. john wayne would have no problem endorsing donald trump. ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) the twenty-sixteen subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you