they say the town of setana in hokkaido faces the possibility of tsunami more than 23 meters high. they say waves of five meters or more could hit flat land areas from hokkaido down to ishikawa prefecture, central japan. tsunami could exceed ten meters in some areas. residents of the city of suzu in ishikawa prefecture could see one more than 12 meters high. panel members say tsunami could hit some areas within a minute after an earthquake. >> translator: an earthquake epicenter could be near the coast. in this case, a tsunami would arrive faster than expected. >> the panel chairman said even quakes with smaller magnitudes could cause tsunami that are relatively high. authorities will look at the estimates to see if they need to revise emergency measures. >>> travelers returning to japan from overseas sometimes bring home an unwelcome souvenir -- deny gi fever. japanese health authorities have reported an occurrence of the disease who has never left the country. the first case of a person becoming infected within japan in 70 years. >> officials say the patient is a teenaged girl ne

low temperature advisory for parts of hokkaido. and we're also seeing that light rain fall. we have a low that's pushing overhead. we are not expecting any flooding which is fantastic news especially for the areas in the west like hiroshima and deadly flooding in southern portions of south korea. so good news. there you're going to get a break in the weather. there is another low developing back to the west and that is bringing showers. we have thunderstorm and heavy rainfall advisories in place. that will develop and move off to the east. later on down the road we are looking at showers for western portions of japan for the weekend. farther to the south there is a low developing here bringing scattered showers across hainan and hong kong and thunderstorms are possible as we look ahead through thursday. at least things will be clearing up for the philippines but expect the afternoon thunderstorms. the temperatures shanghai with a high of 27 and seoul of 30. but this the is the thing i want to note on. and tokyo is cooling off. 25 there for the high. much of the kanto plain f

landslide warnings also in place in and around southern hokkaido. this system has been bringing about 107 millimeters of rainfall in nikita prefecture, another area where the land is very prone to flooding. and we don't see this much amount of rainfall for this time of the year. 150 millimeters of additional rainfall will be likely throughout the day today. considering central locations in japan, unstable conditions could ignite afternoon and evening thundershowers because of the daytime heating. we'll take a look at the temperatures a little later on. but here, southeastern areas of china is also being pounded with rainfall. up to 100 millimeters of additional rainfall will be possible here as well. it's an ongoing story, so heighten the risk of flooding. 34 degrees in tokyo as you can see. still midsummer range. so hence do carry your umbrellas along because afternoon hours, you may see some thundershowers happening. across the eastern half of this continent, things are very messy. again, severe thunderstorms are traveling into the mid-atlantic, e

hokkaido usually does not see this much rainfall in august but 20 millimeters of additional rainfall in the southern peninsula. down towards the south, this is an area with lots of rainfall. we do have a chance of a tropical development here which is carrying a lot of that moisture, dumping it in an ann area of already 180 millimeters have seen. low pressure systems carrying moisture to the southern china peninsula. scattered thunderstorms will be provided in north and southern locations such as bangkok. 34 degrees there. ulan bator, about eight degrees above your average range. tokyo, another hot day for us at 34 degrees on tuesday. the eastern half of this continent is also looking quite messy. we have a system that will be pulling away but still severe thunderstorms will be affecting nova scotia and eastern coast of canada. this low pressure system quite a slow moving one that will be pulling into mid-atlantic. it is more of the heavy rain that will be prolonging that could cause some flash flooding risk. another system is creating lots of hailstorms now reported in and around dak

we had record-breaking low temperatures in hokkaido. and then as we look over at yokohama only 22 there going ahead through your thursday. here's your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. >>> good evening from los angeles. i'm tavis smiley. first a conversation with the biographer of stokely carmichael, peniel joseph. it draws on fbi files to paint a complete picture of one of the civil rights movements heroes who drew fire from some for his support of the black panther party. then to a conversation with one of the most honored singer-song writers, martina mcbride about her new cd called "everlasting." glad you could join us. those conversations are coming up right now.

but on top of this 150 could add up in southern parts of hokkaido and tohoku could see very nasty conditions that sees tornadoes which could spawn as well. tornado advisories on top of the heavy rain warnings are in place in parts of western japan as well as north. so lots of things happening here. this is all due to this system and it's really drawing a surge of moisture from the south and creating these conditions. down towards further south across southeastern china, another round of very shot of rainfall which could be topping as much as 100 millimeters. chongqing at 29 degrees the, bang kk and manila with a chance of thunderstorms. but midsummer-like temperature will continue across honor show with heat advisories in place. tokyo at 34 degrees. across the u.s., heat is also a huge topic here. we have a surge of that humidity from the gulf of mexico and that's likely to be prevailing. we may see some severe thunderstorms due to the clash of the heat and the cold air coming from the north. pennsylvania possibly about 97 but yet again florida peninsula as well as the deep south will be loo

that low located in hokkaido bringing a lot of rainfall there as well. it looks like the rain is still going to be a part of the scenario for southern china. you can see the rain also tracking toward the north and east. it will track along that frontal boundary which means that maybe a little bit of a break for wednesday in the kraeian peninsula but then it will accent wait again by thursday. 27 comes up on wednesday. 31 taipei. in tokyo high pressure bringing all that warm air into the area. 34 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds coming up for wednesday. take a look at the forecast over in north america. we do have some clouds that moved through the central and southern plains associated with strong storms, producing a very interesting cloud formation in oklahoma monday. quite interesting. we also had some wind and hail reports coming out of that area. because we had a cold front clashing with the warm air coming in from the south, because of that along this area we saw strong thunderstorms. we're also looking out for this low pressure system in the gr

hokkaido. this beautiful northern landscape holds an attraction for photographers. \s nhk 8 pm >>> hello there welcome to "newsline." it's friday august 29th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> the president of ukraine says russian soldiers are now on ukrainian soil. he cancelled a trip to turkey to take charge of the situation. poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his security council. he said the troops had invaded the eastern region of donetsk, council members say a joint brigade of russian troops and pro-russian militants have taken control of the black sea town and say the unit is moving toward the city of donetsk. a separatist leader there told russian state tv that 3 to 4,000 russian soldiers have joined the separatist fighters voluntarily. officers did not order them to go in and suggested some came while on vacation, a spoke he is person said. nato officials released satellite images taken last week. they say the pictures show more than 1,000 russian soldiers in an area 20 kilometers inside the border. one photo shows more than ten military vehicles

hokkaido you may see 100 millimeters during the next 24 hours because of the rain and a cold front behind that cooler air trying to push in some instability meaning we may see rain for central japan by the weekend. 33 in tokyo, wet in seoul with a high of 28 and down toward the south the rainy season front continues to affect taipei, hong kong and manila. highs will be in the low 30s. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. >> welcome back to the newsroom. these are the headlines. reaction pours into the brutal killing of a u.s. journalist by islamic extremists. this news comes out of a failed u.s. mission to save james foley, along with other captives this summer. three top military leaders from hamas are killed in the latest israeli airstrikes. gaza police say dozens more are still under the rubble of a four-story structure. the americans after being treated for ebola is reportedly discha

some rain across mid section of japan to hokkaido getting in on rainfall but nothing like we have seen across the south and west. 30 to 40 millimeters of additional rainfall. if we don't get another drop the rest of the month we are fine and even in to september. the rest of the tropics looking okay. sometimes we get these things coming right after another. i don't see anything that worries me than is excellent news. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> u.s. warplanes have been striking targets in iraq. >> after the break, president obama's plan for dealing with isis. >> plus, mourners in the west bank turn to violence. we take you there next. >>> to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, thank you for joining us. >>> american officials say four u.s. air strikes have done damage to isis destroying armored prn nell carriers and armored trucks in iraq's sinjar area. officials in mosul say the strikes killed at least 16 islamic fighters attacking kurdish check points. u.s. officials say it was done to defend yazidi citizens stranded in the mountains. >> two rockets were fired f

look at that, 135 millimeters in japan in hokkaido. and flooding has taken place.e don't like to see that. scattered showers that won't be as heavy at this point here. look at that high building in. that will bring some nice weather across beijing and into the korean peninsula. but torrential downpours continue across southeast asia. look at this very heavy rainfall. we continue to see the potential for nodding. and as airierrol mentioned last hour, this is his form of transportation across the atlanta streets. there is no way to get around, and his driver is waiting right after the show. we'll see him picked up here. look at this, colorful umbrellas, my goodness. my umbrella's black. maybe i should go for a little different color. >> edging. i like it. >> is that what that is? >> it looks good. it's raining, might as well get some color going. >> you gave us dogs the other day. those are the good kickers. pink umbrellas, uh. >> he's pooh-poohing your sweet pictur picture. >> good stuff. thank you. >>> for more than 50 years, richard attenborough made his mark as a

do the math if they get hokkaido, another 3 million, pahow many more japanese? we talk about moral consequences, it seems to me we have to recognize all of them. if we don't create a hierarchy of victims in which some noncombatants are entitled to complete immunity, and others are not even worth discussing. >> thank you. we have two people who have been waiting very patiently. so, yes, sir, i'll take you. and, yes? >> thank you, my name is ron cole, and i'd like to thank the distinguished panel for some really excellent discussion here. and, i'd just like to follow-up on something that, i think she may be the next speaker and i hope i'm not stealing any of her thunder. hiroshima survivors. she mentioned last night that after the bomb none of the doctors there had any clue about what was going on, but the hospitals set up, they seemed to be they were more aligned on just researching the medical effects of the bomb. almost like this was sort of premeditated. they knew there were going to be some effects and they wanted to follow up on those. and regarding the issu

do the math, hokkaido another 3 million, how many more -- talk about moral consequences, seems we haveto recognize all of them, don't create a hierarchy of victims some noncombatants are entitled to immunity and other are not even worth discussion. >> thank you. we have two people who have been very patient. yes, sir. i'll take you. yes. >> my name is ron cole, i'd like to thank the distinguished panel for really excellent discussion here. i'd like to follow up on something you i think she may be the next speaker and i hope i'm not stealing her thunder. hiroshima survivors. she mentioned last night that after the bomb, none of the doctors had any include what was going on. the hospital seemed to be more aligned on just researching the medical effects of the bomb. it's almost like this was sort of premedicated. they knew there was going to be effects and they wanted to follow up on those. regarding the issue of a lot of science involved, but also engineering aspects. regarding the scientific discussions ahead of time, and the ionizing radiation and those kinds of things, we could probab