bangkok, a look at your temperatures, shaping up like this, 36. but tokyo we're looking at just 14 degrees. still cannot get rid of those coats yet on friday. let's head over to europe now. we have a system that will be pushing into finland, the low countries, and this system will be bringing us some few scattered thunderstormic activity which could accompany with hail and gusts. also here, battering the similar areas for over a week now, the italian peninsula and the balkans will be battered with few thunderstormic activity which could accompany with hail gusts and damaging winds and locally heavy rain too. but across much of the west and the central portions, still this system lingers over the british isles, bringing continuous wet and windy, unstable conditions. now, we are very concerned with the -- in and around london especially. london marathon is gaining popularity. 46,000 people or more participants for this year wondering what the forecast is like. so, yes this is what it is going to be shaping up until sunday, which is the kickoff at 9:

cholaphansa narula joins us from bangkok. >> president thein sein gave a wide ranging interview to nhk. it was his first with foreign media since the historic bielections in myanmar sunday. those elections were won by the national league for democracy. its leader, aung san suu kyi is set to take a seat in parliament. the interview took place in phnom penh. he leads the new government that was naug inaugurated last year. it took over after the autocratic rule by the country's military leaders. the national league for democracy led by aung san suu kyi won a landslide victory in sunday's bielections. thein sein said it was progress towards democracy. the number of seats won by the nld accounts for less than 10% of all the seats in parliament. after the elections, aung san suu kyi called on the ruling party to cooperate for more democratization. in the interview, president thein sein responded positively to the call for the first time ever. the toughest challenge for myanmar is to boost its economy, one of the worst in southeast asia, and to do that, it has to get economic sanctions lifted

it's going it be very hot, though, in bangkok. 39 degrees for the high. you'll definitely be seeing popup thunderstorms during the heat of the day. and that heat is going to be moving through in toward chongqing as well. 28 degrees. another hot day here. even up in toward beijing, 20 for the high. however, ulan bator is still under the influence of cool air. 4 degrees for the high here. much of western mongolia feeling that chill. north america, today, you're going to be seeing wet weather through b.c. again, showers starting to spread. you'll also be seeing popup thunderstorms in the intermountain west. just due to the instability of the air. getting a lot of warmth spreading up through the four corners. denver getting up to 30 degrees for the high today. not much going on in the center of the u.s. or down through much of mexico. however, that slow-moving storm system is impacting the northeast right now. over your overnight hours, still from virginia, west virginia, i should say, up through western parts of new york state, you're still going to be seein

bangkok today looking for 39 degrees. another scorching day. and many cities are experiencing temperatures past the 40 degree mark. extreme hot to the south. 28 degrees in hong kong. we're seeing the warm spread up to beijing. 24 degrees. however, things are dipping back down just above the freezing point for our hightoday. 2 degrees. as wead out into north america, we have some severe weather erupting just south of the great lakes through the midwest during your overnight hours wednesday into thursday. so this is where it's going to be around this low. and you can expect strong winds with this as well as large hail and the potential for tornadoes. now, the good news is it's going to be weakening off as it heads towards the east. then gusty showers up through the northeast and into new england, eastern canada there. there will be return to severe weher. it's going tbe coming out of the west. this time nebraska colorado into northern texas. because we've got a lot of heat coming up. temperatures are about 10 degrees above average in anywhere fro

as for temperatures, getting up to 36 degrees in bangkok with gusty winds. many of us should be dry with a high of 34. up towards north yongchang-xi where the launch is expected. sunny weather should return tomorrow. and tokyo getting up to 18 degrees. one degree lower than yesterday. now heading over to the americas, getting wet and windy across the west coast as the low pressure system moves in. heavy snow showers is expected in the mountains. up to 60 centimeters is on the cards in the southern sierras. meanwhile, heavy thundershowers are still going on across much of the southern plains, particularly wet in northern texas. the threat of severe weather should continue throughout tuesday night. the reason is we've got warm air coming in from the south and that's going to collide with warm -- cool air from the north. so we have lots of freeze warnings and watches posted across much of the northeastern section of the u.s. highs will be going down to 10 degrees in chicago with the morning low of 1. and out towards the east, getting up to 13 degrees in washing

here's patchari raksawong in bangkok with the details. >> reporter: the speaker of the lower house of parliament has for the first time shown willingness to comprise. he told nhk he'll twork make it easier for aung san suu kyi and here colleagues from the national league for democracy to take their seats. nhk world's tiha tway reports. >> reporter: parliament opened on monday, but aung san suu kyi and the lawmakers from her national league for democracy did not take their seat. the object to the oath of office that makes them promise to safeguard the constitution. they say it forced them to approve of the superior position of the military as granted by the constitution. the powerl speaker of the lower house told nhk on tuesday he's hopeful aung san suu kyi will soon be able to attend. >> we welcome her and her party to participate in our parliament. >> reporter: he understood aung san suu kyi's position. he said he is making efforts to find a resolution. this is the first time such senior official from parliament has shown willingness to compromise. parliament wants aung san suu kyi t

bangkok looking at a high of 40 for your saturday. now, into the americas, we are still watching a developing low pressure system coming out of the eastern rockies. this is already dropped three reports of tornadoes here. one damaging a structure out here into the northern rockies, the same system is continuinto bring snowfall. 20 centimeters of snow could be seen in the next 24 hours. a late winter storm being felt in here, especially in wyoming. now, going into your weekend, the system will continue to push towards the east, bringing that rough weather with it. and then going into your saturday and sunday, even out towards the midwest, you'll be seeing some increase in rainfall. i want to zoom in on this spot here. in the eastern portions of kansas and the western missouri, these are areas you're going to be wanting to have your weather radio ready or a tv or radio on because there is the risk of a large and damaging hail, strong tornadoes could be felt here. national weather service has put out warnings already on this area. so be

bangkok, you're looking at a high of 39. beijing at 26. ulan batur only a high of 2 for you. now, into the americas, the ohio river valley, kentucky and tennessee, you have been seeing some severe weather here. actually already reports of golf ball sized hail out of this. strong winds as the system continues to push off towards the east. it will continue to bring you severe weather throughout your day on thursday before pushing off towards the northeast. bringing some rain to the new england states for your weekend. meanwhile, here in western texas and new mexico, you have been seeing some very dry air combined with some gusty winds. there is a risk of blowing dust down here. could reduce visibility down to about a mile or a kilometer and a half here in some areas as that wind starts to kick up this dust. meanwhile, that warm air will continue to push off towards the north and collide with some cooler air spilling in from canada. it is actually the cause of some freeze warnings in parts of the dakotas. and once these collide, it will be bringing up severe weather risk of a la

in bangkok you might end up on the back of a taxi bike.f you think like new york city cabbies are aggressive, you got to be super aggressive in bangkok. they're weaving between cars. >> it is not only one of those rickshaw kind of things. >> no. >> you're actually sitting on the back. >> you don't know this guy. you're going to hop on his bike and wrap your arms around him? spl a >> and trust him to weave between all these cars? >> i guess it is better than sitting in traffic. >> at least you get fresh air. sometimes in the back of the cab, little p.u., you know what i'm saying? >> these guys are crazy. >> in my opinion this would earn this driver a bigger tip because i want to get to my destination as fast as possible. pull out all the stops, just get me there as ap. >> nodding off. nodding off. >> nodding off. >> nodding off. >> okay, wait for it. just wait. there it is. rightthisminute.com. it's worth looking at. that's it. back to the show. >>> did you guys know this? i'm a unc chapel hill grad. >> we did know that. >> i'm always, alwa

reporting in bangkok. >> earlier gene otani talked to the institute of developing tokyo. >> first off, other nld members didn't attend the reopening of the parliament. how do you see the situation? is that a party that is going to react in a negative way? >> yes, actually this is a symbolish issue. she went to show her serious liner to a man and that has some democratic clauses. this is automatically reserved for the military members. he intentionally took this action to take advantage of the victory of the elections on the first. however, the oath wording is written in the constitution and it is not easy to amend the sentences. the president pointed out that the amendment is possible, but only according to the preskricrd procedures. >> not an easy task. japan decided to resume its aid and they are getting ready to ease sanctions against the country as well. they are sending a clear message unless democracy happens, they will not do it. how would they take steps towards democracy. >> japan's resumption is one of the biggest results that the government achieved. they started to relax t

let's go to our bureau in bangkok. cholaphansa narula has the details. >> president thein sein gave a wide-ranging interview to nhk. it was his first with foreign media since the by-elections on sunday. the elections were won by the national league for democracy. its leader, aung san suu kyi, is now set to take a seat in parliament. the interview took place in phnom penh where thein sein attended a summit. he leads the new government that was inaugurated last year, and took off after decades of autocratic rule after the country's military leaders. aung san suu kyi one a land slide victory in sunday's by-elections. the vote was closely watched by the international community, as myanmar's progress towards democracy. however, the number of seats won by the nld accounts for less than 10% of all the seats in parliament. after the elections, aung san suu kyi called on the ruling party to cooperate for more democraticization. the president responded to the call for the first time ever. >> the toughest challenge for myanmar is

. >> and that wraps up our bull ten in bangkok. >>> the international security assistance force says 17 of its personnel have been killed by afghan security forces this year. isaf spokesperson spoke to reporters on monday. he said the number of killings by afghan interpreters has d dr u.s. soldier burned a koran in february and another went on a shooting spree in march killing afghan civilians. the brigadier general says the nato will work closely with the afghan government to stop the attacks. he said isaf will step up background checks on afghan recruits to get a better understanding of their private lives and relationships. the international body has been hiring soldiers and police officers from among afghan civilians to replace isaf personnel before completing a transfer of security to the afghan government by the end of 2014. but anti-government taliban infiltrators are said to be among the newly hired personnel he says the reasons for the attacks lie with the individual and expressed concern over the increasing anti-u.s. sentle among ordinary afghanis. >>> the the u.n. arab lea

in the south, bangkok, 37. manila, 34. be accompanied by afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms popping up there in the tropics. moving into the americas, the central plains are seeing an area of low pressure develop here and push off towards the east as it finally gets a move on. a jet stream starts to pick it up, taking it to the northeast. although this is already dropped some tornadoes, large hail, and it does look like that severe threat will be continuing to linger here on thursday in texas, western oklahoma and also the central portions of texas there. excuse me, you'll be seeing the threat of tornadoes, large hail, high winds, up to 100 kilometers per hour could develop out of these storms as this system starts to move its way off towards the northeast. do also want to take your attention to the southeastern u.s. there is a wildfire currently burning here, near the georgia/florida border. that's producing some heavy smoke as far south as orlando and daytona beach. you're seeing reports of smoke reducing visibilit

i'm patchari raksawong reporting in bangkok. >>> japan's population is shrinking faster than ever. new government figures show a decline by more than a quarter of a million people in 2011. the internal affairs ministry says japan's population as of last october 1st was 127.799 million, a drop of 259,000 or 0.2% from the previous year. both the figure and rate of decline represent the largest ever drop since comparable data became available in 1950. >>> people in japan's northeast are focused on overcoming the challenges of the 2011 disaster. but it won't be easy. they have to rebuild homes, businesses, entire communities. we'll show you their struggles and their successes on "the road ahead" every wednesday at 1:00 p.m. japan time here on "newsline." >>> the documentary shows what life has been like for people in fukushima ever since the nuclear emergency. the film ordinary life is the work of a cameraman from sapporo in northern japan. nhk world has more. >> reporter: about 400 people turned out for the premiere in late march. >> translator: i'm afraid that people will discriminat

patchari raksawong in bangkok have the details. >> photos show u.s. soldiers posing with the remains of dead insurgents. senior u.s. officials rushed to denounce the actions of the soldiers and promise an investigation. nhk world reports. >> reporter: "the los angeles times" published a photograph in its wednesday edition. the papers say they were taken in 2010. senior officials tried to limit the damage. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta in a meeting denounced actions of the soldiers. >> i strongly condemned what we see in those photos, as has general allen. that behavior that was depicted in tho photos absolutely violates both our regulations and more importantly our core values. >> reporter: a string of incidents by u.s. troops in afghanistan created anti-american sentiment. they have been accused of burning of copies of the koran and in one case killing 17 afghan villagers. in brussels, nato members decided wednesday to stick to the planned withdrawal of international troops by the end of 2014. >> let me stress that there is no change whatsoever

i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> nuclear energy is powering china's economic growth. the country has 15 reactors in operation and is building 26 more. still, the nuclear accident in japan last year caused people in china to worry about safety. many are speaking out. nhk world na kota oda has more. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much, but the message is clear. this sign says the government can't prevent all accidents. workers here in southeastern china are breaking ground for a pla plant that is due you to have four reactors. they're trying to reassure the public of their safety. residents of a nearby town are not convinced. >> translator: if the plant blows up, it will affect us. the government should be realistic and talk with us. >> translator: if the plant has an accident, like the one in fukushima, it will contaminate the river. so it will also contaminate the big cities downstream. >> reporter: everyone in town depends on the river for water. most earn their living from farming. even scientists for developed nuclear weapons is against the plant. >> translator:

tall buildings here in bangkok were shaking. it happened about 3:38 local time. the epicenter was 300 miles from the northern tip of sumatra from banda aceh at a depth of 12 to 13 miles. experts tell us it was a lateral quake, not a vertical one, which means the movement was sideways and that means there's less danger of a major tsunami. but that said, people here are on alert. this is the first big test of early warning systems that were put in place after that 2004 disaster. and certainly as yet with these continuing powerful aftershocks, nobody is yet letting their guard down. >> no doubt, not with the size of those aftershocks. and of course reminiscent, as you mentioned, the 2004 quake. as we talked to you, we are taking a look at some video of people being evacuated from hospitals, dozens of people just lining up along the streets. you are in thailand. tell us what you felt, if anything. >> reporter: the tall buildings here in bangkok did shake. it wasn't as bad here as it was in other parts of southeast asia and indeed around the indian ocean. we had a rep

i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> the head of the united nations is urging north korean leaders to think twice about their next move. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke about the latest international concern that the reclusive nation will go ahead with nuclear test as a follow-up to its failed missile launch last week. ban says north korean authorities should instead focus on helping their citizens get access to the basics. >> i renew my call to authorities to improve confidence with neighboring countries and improve the lives of its people who face a serious food and nutrition needs. >> north korean space officials launched a missile on april 13th. they called it a rocket designed to send a satellite into space. it broke up soon after takeoff. the u.n. security council released a presidential statement condemning the launch. ban is warning north korean leaders against further provocations, nuclear tests or launches using ballistic missile technology. >>> north korea's neighbors are understandably concerned about what will happen next. we got some insight on this from a profess

i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> emergency officials in japan are showing for the first time how they prepare for chemical terrorist attacks. ground self-defense forces personnel granted nhk access to their annual training program for police, firefighters and coast guard officers. the gsdf chemical school is in saitama, north of tokyo. some 40 police officers, firefighters and coast guard members from across the nation took part in the training session. they put on protective gear and masks, detected chemicals using equipment or special equipment and clean contaminated vehicles. japanese authorities learned to prepare for the worst in 1995, members of the aum shinrikyo religious cult released deadly sarin gas in tokyo's subway system during the morning rush hour. 13 people died, 6300 others became sick. >> translator: at the time i watched news coverage of the sarin gas attack on television. if another incident happens, i will use the knowledge and techniques i've acquired during this training session. >> trainers at the gsdf chemical school say their program can help strengthen

of course in china's backyard asia times roving correspondent pepe escobar now joins us live from bangkok thanks for being with us once again the deal also includes an increased presence of u.s. warships and military aircraft operating from an australian base how did this cooperation further develop as you see it. happen to be yesterday and the end of this place talks to us that there were no very bright. welcoming could be cheap. pieces that are straight almost every week right so look this is that there's only one thing about this whole thing which is certainly if not the rest in china what are your other way around rather caressing it staffs are these two thousand five hundred marines in daraa north of australia. in the us they're discussing. schools or collaboration you know a naval base in perth in western australia then there's the malacca strait through which china imports oil from the middle east specially from iran and saudi arabia there is a plan to pool their cooperation with singapore as well and stationing of u.s. warships more station of what u.s. russia ups in singapore the

ian williams, nbc news, bangkok. >>> back to this country now and a dramatic end tonight for an all-out man hunt for a fugitive hiding out in the mountains east of seattle. a man is suspected of killing his family, a trail that led them to an elaborate underground bunker in the woods. we get the report now from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this is the underground bunker where police say a well trained survivalist was holed up, heavily armed with rifles, bullet proof vests, gas masks and a generator. investigators say peter keller spent eight years building and stockpiling the elaborate two-story structure, preparing for the end of the world. >> you couldn't even make this up. the challenges prevented by this were extraordinary. police suspect keller shot and killed his wife and 18-year-old daughter as they slept and setting their nearby home on fire last sunday. police have not revealed a motive for their killings. >> i can't stop being angry, you know? they were amazing people. >> photographers found in el keller's home after the fires led authorities to the mountains outside of seattl

is that fare to bangkok? >> that is not fair to bangkok. although do have to go back to something. are you saying every waitress in appleby's is a hooker? i condemn that. i absolutely condemn that. >> appleby's waitresses are america's heros. jay that is their tag line. >> i think the work they do is brave. >> it is brave. >> those awesome blossoms are not going to blossom themselves. >> those are not appleby's. >> that might be out back. >> a couple of things i want to point out. once the news gets out about how great the prostitutes are, because that will get out -- the big thing is about the scandal the women haven't talked yet. the women haven't talked. every bachelor party in america will go, oh, that's a fun place to go. and so to say it will hurt your city, i am not so sure. the big problem is, you don't involve 21 hookers. women talk. >> how many were there when clinton was there last? >> what are you saying? >> he learns quickly. >> women complain a lot. your percentages go up with the more prostitutes you purchase. >> aim the one not getting the schedule complaint? >> god

i believe bangkok and london and seoul. no doubt san francisco is your favorite assignment. [laughter] it is not often the departments get to work so closely with the council general's office. they have done a great job planning this event with you and your staff. they have had a lot of fun doing it. there is a great report between our offices and our staff. it has been delightful. >> thank you. i did not know that you were such a good mp. i am pleased to be here. at the tea garden. i want to thank mayor lee. as always, for your support. also, creating a park. we are here for the planting. cherry trees are near and dear to the hearts of japanese people. japanese people curate cherry blossoms each year. there are festivals to stick together with family and friends. i am sure most of you have enjoyed the cherry blossom -- the cherry blossom festival the past weekends. we are planting one treat today here and two more. these trees symbolize, are part avail long legacy. also obama these trees -- also, these trees, since 1912, we have donated them. planting these trees all over t

. >>> next, we go to bangkok to find out what's making headlines. >>> he visited wednesday to seek a break through. obama administration specifically wants pakistan to reopen supply routes to afghanistan. here is a report. >> i bring a consistent message for the pakistani people. we greatly appreciate your support and sacrifice. >> amid anti-american sent meant in pakistan, visiting u.s. secretary of state expressed gratitude for pakistan's cooperation in the fight against terrorism. the u.s. pakistan relationship when nato forces killed dozens of pakistani soldiers in an air raid. pakistan retal rated closing routes supporting international forces in afghanistan. he asked the pakistani prime minister to reopen the routes. he replied that the matter is under discussion by parliament, and no decision has been made. the visit of such a high level official indicates a strong message washington wants to send to pakistani lawmakers. but the dominant parliament seems to be the routes should remain closed until the u.s. stops attacks by unmanned aircraft over pakistani territory. parliament

joining me from bangkok is a jonah fisher. interesting that the visits come up now. >> this is a hugely symbolic moment. for more than two decades, her refusal to leave really symbolizes a distress the that she had for the military regime, the military general. it also came to symbolize the huge personal sacrifices she was willing to make in her struggle for democracy. her husband, a british academic in 1999, she refused an offer from the generals to be with him at the time that he died, fearing she would not be allowed back in. this is a hugely symbolic moment, a sign of the growing confidence of what she has in the reform process and of the confidence she has in the military-backed government that she is doing without a military bases -- on a regular basis. >> anything you see about her plight is in norway? >> norway is the obvious first choice for her. in 1991, she was awarded the nobel peace prize. her son went to accept it and .earsr place she stood in the u.k., in oxford. david cameron extended the invitation for her to

today's earthquake was hugely powerful, felt as far away as bangkok and southern india. so why no tsunami this time? in 2004, the one tectonic plate slipped beneath another, thus placing a large volume of water. today's earthquake was lateral, to play its rubbing against each other violently. but less likely to form huge waves. nevertheless, experts say that the decision to issue an alert was justified. >> when they get one, they have no idea what kind of earthquake victims. we found this out quite recently. when you analyze the data arriving all over the world, you can find out what kind of earthquake it was, what the mechanism was. but when the warnings go out, we have no idea of that. >> no room for complacency. just help for those who could not help themselves, increasingly urgent warning, a desperate prayer, and this time tragedy avoided. >> the u.s. government is suing the apple and a number of book publishers over the price of electronic books. the department of justice says the technology giant conspired with publishers to fix the prices. >> it made millions, but

in bangkok, thailand, again, floodings. to the contrary, in east africa, drought and famine. so i would like to extend my sincere condolences and sympathy to the victims of all those natural disasters. we talk about march 11, at the tsunami and the nuclear power accident. japan has faced tremendous difficulties. but with your compassion and support and encouragement, japan is now on the the way to recovery and reconstruction. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. with your determination and prayers, and again, support and friendship and from you, we will overcome this tremendous difficulty. thank you is again for your help, and thank you. [applause] i would like to extend my gratitude to the mayor. thank you. >> what a beautiful tree, and while we have the children gathering, i want to read one of the minute -- many wishes we got on the origami. it says i wish for a world for our children more just, more fair, and more kind than the one we know now, president barack obama. [applause] i think they're just about gathered. you will tell me when. this is the chinese-american

ian williams in bangkok, thailand. thank you. >>> in southern peru this morning, crews rescued nine miners who had been trapped underground for almost a week. they'd been stuck in the mine since a partial collapse last thursday. >>> the special prosecutor looking into the shooting of florida teen trayvon martin says she will make an announcement in the case by friday. neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman says he shot martin in self-defense. the special prosecutor will decide if zimmerman should be charged. meantime his attorneys say they are no longer representing zimmerman as a client, saying they don't know where he is. >>> republican mitt romney says rick santorum will keep playing an important role in party politics. on tuesday santorum suspended his presidential campaign but vowed to state in the fight to defeat president obama. santorum and romney agreed to meet soon. meanwhile newt gingrich and ron paul say they are still in the race. >>> this morning at the white house the president is intensifying his

we'll see temperatures in the mid 30s for manila as well as bangkok. into north america, still seeing heavy rain for the northwestern coast. now, california is going to be seeing a lot of that heavy rain. the system sitting offshore. we'll see that into tomorrow as well. severe weather is expected across parts of the southern plains. in fact, the arklatex is going to be hit by some heavy rain in places, thunder and gusts and also pential for large hail. also this system will continue on into our wednesday as the front just lingers in that same area. up toward the northeast, it's going to be a bit of a different story. more like wintertime here. wintry mix for much of new england. turning over to snow for southeastern portions of canada. so cooler air coming down even toward the upper midwest. 9 degrees in chicago. 5 or 6 degrees cooler than yesterday. and these slightly cooler temperatures will be with you through toward the end of week. up in toward the northwest, though, seattle 18 degrees. warming up nicely here. winnipeg, just 2 degrees for the hig

you can see the oranges extending into northern myanmar and bangkok at 39 degrees for the high on friday and, in fact many cities across thailand are posting temperatures exceeding the 40 degree mark. into north america, we have a storm out of the west. it's spilling into the southeast and bringing with it widespread rain, mountain snow as well as some severe weather. the wors of th storm today are going to be found here across the northern into the central plains. tornadoes not out of the question. you'll probably see large hail with that as well. now, out towards the northeast, things are still pretty fairly wintry today. a mix of snow and rain for parts of new england, and you can see half a meter of fresh snow in eastern quebec as well. as that system pushes out, it will be drier and clearer behind. the lower temperatures remain. toronto, the high is 8 degrees on friday but your friday into saturday overnight comes down to about minus 4. back down below zero once again. having said that down towards the south, temperatures are widely above average. 27 in atlanta, 29 degrees in oklaho

. >> reporter: tall buildings swaying in bangkok and singapore. 300 miles from the epicenter, terrified people ran to the streets. it was followed by a massive aftershock, almost as strong as the original quake thankfully there are no reports of widespread casualties or damage. experts say the quake so powerful what they called a lateral quake, meaning the movement was side ways not vertical. they say that reduced the chances of a destructive tsunami. the quake was the most serious test yet of the early warning system set up after the 2004 tsunami and they do seem to have succeeded in getting people out of harm's way, even though today's quake generated mostly fear rather than destruction. back to you. >> thank you, ian. two rather usc students are dead in police say what may have been a botched carjacking near campus. the two students from china were found about 1:00 a.m. a woman slumped behind the steering wheel of a bmw and man outside the car. bmw was in the street and windows were shot out. police are looking for surveillance cameras that might have recorded the killings. >> we hav

she is identified by lilly as the woman who trafficked her from bangkok to london. meet their thai counter parts at children and women's division known as cwd and learn something terrifying. >> so that they recorded that someone similar to jaju description was threatening her. and so the cwd officers, they got immediate orders to go to the hometown under that area. and contact the local police and have them work on finding out where jaju was. and so when they went up there, they saw that jaju was walking around under that area. and so they brought her in for questioning. questioning her background. and they also brought a picture for the victim to look at. and when a picture of jaju was brought to the victim, the victim affirmed that that was jaju. you can see a picture, the picture in the lower left corner is actually when she was arrested. her arm -- her arm's injured but not due to the arrest but police cwd. if convicted, what are the offenders in the thai case, what sentences are they likely to receive? >> translator: right now, it's in court proceedings. and if

bangkok, 32 degrees temperaturewise. we're looking at shanghai, 22. taipei, 22. as well as in hong kong. ulan batur, 16 degrees, that's actually going to be warmer than what we see here in tokyo at 15 degrees on our friday. all right, let's head over to the americas. all eyes on georgia. we have the 2012 masters tournament at augusta. looks like on thursday this is round one day, we already have reports of par 3 competition that has been canceled on wednesday. but on thursday, very -- we'll see what happens here, but it is going to be stormy weather. very unfavorable for this tournament. on friday, things will be clearing up and we will see some sunshine. and saturday and sunday will be looking very favorable for this tournament. but as for thursday, still severe activity may be seen. and augusta is in this severe zone as well. chances of damaging winds, large hail could be baseball-sized again. and tornadic activity still not completely out of the question. this system will be moving away from the landmasses by friday morning. but up towards the west, snow activ

today's earthquake was hugely powerful, felt as far away as bangkok and southern india. why no tsunami this time? in 2004, one teutonic -- tectonic plate went under another. the two plates were rubbing against each other finally, less likely to spawn huge waves. the decision to issue an alert was justified. >> when they have the warning, they have no idea what kind of earthquake is. we found this out quite recently. you can find out what kind of earthquake it was, what the mechanism was. when they send their warnings out, they have no idea >> no room for complacency, no sign of it. just help for those that could not help themselves, increasingly urgent warnings, a desperate prayer, and this time, tragedy avoided. >> joining me from los angeles now with more on today's quake is lucy jones with it the u.s. geological survey. clearly, a big sigh of relief being briefed across the indian ocean. -- breathed across the indian ocean. how far have we come in terms of early warning systems? >> we have come quite a ways. the fact that people evacuated quickly in those first few mi

and into bangkok, 36 for your high on saturday. this is also accompanied by some afternoon, evening pop-up thunderstorms. let's move into the americas here. here all these higher cloud tops indicated in the bright white, this is a storm system that has been continuing to bring some severe weather towards the central plains. it does look like another round of severe weather is going to be popping up here across oklahoma and even into southern kansas on your friday. all these areas indicated here in the orange this is where the highest threat is going to be. you have the warm air coming in from the south, cold air surging in from the north will be clashing here. on saturday, all these ingredients will be perfectly in place for a severe weather outbreak, even a tornado outbreak is possible here with some very strong ones at times throughout the day, especially into the afternoon and evening hours. this is where you're going to be the highest at risk. if you have travel plans out of wichita, oklahoma city, check the flights as it could

tokyo e, 21 and 15 in seoul and 15 in yeuland further north and 36 degrees in bangkok, a steamy day andin manila. down in the southern plain, we have another front here, another storm moving towards the west will expand thursday to friday, bringing precipitation to much of the western half of the united states. we even had reports of a tornado touching down in california, which is really quite a rare occurrence. the sierra nevada experiencing more significant winter precipitation, 65 meters additional snowfall thursday to friday accompanied by strong gusts which could certainly make travel dangerous in those mountain passes. as we head towards the east, things are looking nice and clear, however, your overnight will bring freeze warnings and watches. daytime highs moderate to seasonal averages, 14 in chicago and 16 in new york city and 17 degrees in winnipeg with that storm system as it moves north bringing warm winds from the south with it, a matter of days ago, winnipeg's high was about the freezing point. a big jump there. heading to europe, lots of unsettled weather scattered about

bangkok looking very steamy, warm at 39. off in shanghai, at 24. ulan batur, just above the freezing mark at 4. now, here into the americas, high pressure off towards the west very warm air out here, as warm air continues to surge in out of mexico. but into the east, very potent nor'easter is affecting here, already reports of school delays and cancellations, flight delays and up to about ten centimeters of snowfall already has been seen here in portions of western new york and also western pennsylvania. could see up to 30 centimeters overall going into monday and eventually into tuesday. this means driving conditions are going to be very dangerous. the national weather service has already asked tomorrow stay indoors here. you don't have to venture out, please do not do so as the snow continues to pile up. power lines will be falling down on to the roads potentially here so that could be creating a very hazardous situation. driving, overall flight travel as well across much of the northeast is going to be very dangerous across much of this area wit

bangkok at 36. into the low 30s across much of indonesia, that's also assisting into the rain showers there as well. now, let's look into the americas. just off the northwestern coast of the united states here, lingering area of low pressure still pumping moisture onto the northwest, and northern california rain showers are expected in the coastal areas. up to 20 centimeters of snowfall can be expected on your thursday here. a little bit farther inland and those higher elevations above the freezing line. i also want to take your attention to the central plains. we have this area of low pressure. this has been persisting all week. two tornadoes have already fell out of this low, and also large amounts of hail causing several injuries. it does look like this area is going to be the hot spot again today, as cold air surges in from the north. warm air pumps in from the south. they will collide here in western texas, and also western oklahoma, bringing the threat of even more tornadic activity. large hai

thundershowers, but for the most part it is dry with temperatures soaring all the way up to 39 there in bangkok. manila at 36. shanghai at 24. into the americas, off to the west, we're actually talking about several low pressure systems. this one off to the northwest. this is moving onshore bringing snowfall there actually towards the sierra nevada mountains. and rainfall in some portions of the rockies here. and this is combining with the snow melt, bringing the risk of flash floods there in western washington and northern portions of idaho. while we also are seeing moisture surging out of the tropics down towards the south in southern california, you could be seeing rain showers throughout your wednesday. so be sure to slow down on some of the roads here as it could get rather slick. into the east, we continue to watch this low pressure system moving off towards the northeast, bringing rain to quebec. behind it, cold air is spilling in out of canada. we've been talking about this warm air down towards the south throughout this week, surging in from the south. and these two will be colliding h

further south, of course, much hotter. 36 degrees for you in bangkok.amy day and 34 in manila. severe weather breaking out across the west down to the southern plains. we have another storm moving to the west that will expand thursday into friday bringing precipitation to much of the western half of the united states. we had reports of a tornado touching down in california which is quite rare. more additional snowfall thursday into friday. that will be accompanied by strong gusts which could make travel dangerous in the mountain passes. as we head to the east, things are looking nice and clear. however your overnight wednesday into thursday will bring with it freeze warnings and watches. daytime highs will moderate to seasonal averages. 14 degrees in chicago. 16 in new york city. getting up to 17 degrees in winnipeg with the storm system moving north through the plains today bringing warm winds from the south with it. just a matter of days ago, winnipeg's high was around about the freezing point. a big jump there. as we head to europe we'll see lots of