haywood was found dead in a hotel room in chongqing last november. the british government suspected foul play. it asked china to look into the incident. gu's husband, bo xilai, was communist party chief of chongqing and a member of the communist party's political bureau. he was suspended from key party posting april for suspected involvement in serious violations of discipline. his sudden fall from grace caused instant speculation in china. the chinese authorities are still investigating more. susumu kojima, nhk world, beijing. >>> the mystery of who is north korea's first lady appears to be solved. observers now believe kim jong-un's new wife is a former singer ranamed ri sol ju. the country's media has been continuously screening footage of her. at this ri sol ju concert in north korea two years ago, the singer looks very much like kim's wife. ♪ >> and at the asian athletics championships in south korea seven years ago, a woman cheerleader looks very much like the first lady. soutd south korean government officials say the woman is kim jong-un's wi

it began in february when this man, wang lijun, the former chongqing police chief, fled to the u.s.consulate in nearby chengdu and implicated gu kaili in heywood's death. in april, bo was stripped of all his party posts, including his seat on the ruling politburo. he's under investigation by the party, reportedly for corruption and domestic spying, among other things. his wife gu will stand trial in the eastern city of hefei, hundreds of miles from chongqing, where bo remains popular. conviction could mean the death penalty. authorities are expected to proceed quickly to trial, possibly within ten days. that would dispose of the matter well before china's communist party congress convenes this fall to name new leadership for the nation. for more, we turn to james fallows, national correspondent for "the atlantic." his latest book is "china airborne." >> my pleasure. >>. >> what do you make of this announcement, it's significance and it's typing. >>. type-- timing i think the announcement she has been formally indicted for murder. we have seen that coming. the story has a whole nobod

the amounts of rainfall here north of chongqing could exceed 250 millimeters on top of very well saturatedround. so further flooding is going to be at very high risk. taking a look at your temperatures. tokyo reaching 30 degrees, as well as seoul on our saturday high. another really humid, uncomfortable day for us tomorrow. in this picture, we're seeing beijing at 29 degrees. in the 20s. and that's actually below average for this time of the year. all right. moving over to the americas, you see this cloud formation moving. this is tropical storm daniel which is going to intensify into a hurricane. it's not going to be affecting any land masses. we have a severe area. this is the zone of severe weather eruption. possibly in towards the western great lakes region, and tornadic activity cannot be ruled out. large hail could be possible as well as very gusty conditions. now across much of the southeast -- western areas, this is where we may find pop-up thunderstorms in the afternoon, evening hours, especially. and localized flash flooding is going to be a very high concern, especially in color

heywood was found dead last november in a hotel room in the city of chongqing, the same city where herered. the political demise triggered by the mysterious death of heywood and continues to reverberate throughout the political circles here in china. a trial date, though, has not yet been set. erin. >> thanks. >>> now our fifth story "outfront." fast food and fast political reaction. chick-fil-a. you've probably heard of it. maybe you love it. its president made some comments recently saying personally he does not support gay marriage. local politicians from chicago to boston are taking their political pulpits to tell chick-fil-a to stay out of their town. our own reporter to see if the story adds up. >> reporter: after the president of the company said this on the radio. >> i think we're inviting god's judgment on our nation. as to what constitutes a marriage. >> reporter: chicago city adlerman mareno. he says chick-fil-a is no longer welcome. >> that's the civil rights fight of our time. and, you know, to have those discriminatory policies from the top down it's just not something th

said she allegedly killed the victim at a hotel in chongqing last november. >> ( translated ): according to xinhua, the state news agency's release, the investigation results show that gu kailai and her son, surnamed bo, had conflicts with british citizen neil heywood over economic interests. gu kailai poisoned neil heywood to death in the consideration that heywood posed a threat to her son's security. >> sreenivasan: the report did not mention gu's husband, bo xilai. he was stripped of his communist party posts for unspecified discipline violations, last april. he remains under investigation by party officials. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to margaret. >> warner: the 2012 olympics open in london tomorrow amid concerns over whether the host city is fully ready. today, londoners turned out in force as the olympic flame was carried through the city. we start with a report from gerent vincent of "independent television news" on the countdown before the games begin. >> reporter: the torch went round some london landmarks to the cathedral and the theater. this show is