heavy rain, pounding the british isles. heavy rains have been posted for many locations. things will be looking up across many locations within the next 48 hours or so. but the southern portions of british isles including london, will remain wet into your wednesday. so, further flooding and landslide are going to be a high risk. temperatures are remaining on the cooler side in london. 15 degrees. 17 degrees in harris. and out towards the east. and warming up to 21 degrees. in berlin. and 34 in athens tuesday. all right, here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ > >>> they have been removing and packing away art by the dutch artist as the museum closes for six months for remodeling. with 200 of the dutch impressionistic works, the museum is one of the city's attractions. it includes, sunflowers and bedroom. under the close watch of police officers, museum workers took the works off the walls after disconnecting the security alarms. they put the paintings in shock resistant cases that offer protection from temperature changes. some of the works will be lent to a museum until

things are looking quieter across the northern half of the british isles. but as the you can see another system will be moving into the similar area. things will turn quite wet and windy once again from thursday. london is expected to see a high of -- about 15 degrees on your wednesday. still on the cooler side. 18 degrees in pair ilris. out east. summerlike conditions in the balkan. 35 in athens. 30 in belgrade. it will be rising to 34 degrees as we head into your thursday. here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> our top story once again. members of japan's largest opposition party are voting to elect their new leader. the outcome could determine who will be japan's next prime minister. five candidates vying for the leadership of the liberal democratic party, former policy chief, ishiba, and prime m minister, abe, and ishihara. 198 lawmakers, are casting their ballots and local party members have 300 votes. if no candidate wins the majority in the first round, the top two vote getters will go to a run-off. public opinion polls suggest the party is in good

ahead of the system, we have got a strong low-pressure system affecting the british isles.ndinavia. strong wind and rainy conditions here. scotland has had wind of over 70 kilometers per hour. and then down toward the south, we have got a, a low-pressure system which is more problematic, bringing severe weather from poland through germany, down towards france. the alpine region is going to see the heaviest ran todin toda. a cooler air from the north. british isles, france, central europe, scandinavia will be seeing cooler than average temperatures wednesday. for example, london only 15 degrees, 19 degrees in paris. cooling down by about 10 degrees in berlin. 17 degrees expected on your wednesday. ahead of the system. warmer than average. 22 in moscow. 23 degreesed in kiev. cooling down by 7 degrees as we head into thursday. get your jacket handy. here its the extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> that is all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for watching.

. >> dean lived through hurricanes rita and gustav inside his home in grand isle, louisiana. he didn't think hurricane isaac could compare. he was wrong. >> even pushed my fuel tanks up on the levee right here. >> reporter: all but some 30 of grand isle's residents evacuated the island but perhaps no one experienced this storm quite like this group. shrimpers who tied their boats down to blanchard's docks and held on tight for almost 40 hours. one of those shrimpers was this woman. >> what was it like? >> i don't know. that experience i guess i would never do again. >> why did you do it in the first place? >> i had no choice. i was stuck here. >> reporter: she lives in texas and says she couldn't get her boat out of the storm path in time and didn't want to leave the 100-foot ship behind. >> you believe the tv when they tell you about 80-mile-per-hour winds? >> no i don't believe that. >> reporter: grand isle took five feet of storm surge in many spots. most of the houses on the island came out of the storm unscathed but blanchard's docks took a beating. >> this was all wood.

that's in on our on the isle review. and generators. a big help when the power goes out. 7 on your 4g lte has the fastest speeds. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. verizon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what's pretty obvious about it ? that verizon has the coverage. verizon. verizon. we're going to go to another chart. it doesn't really matter how you present it. it doesn't matter how you present it. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. >> michael: welcome back. there were so many cameras and pictures yesterday, as the space shuttle endeavour came through. it was gorgeous as it split the towers on its way down to los angeles international airport, where you see it right there. it's flying days are over. and on piggyback, they are over. now it's going to a science museum in los angeles where you can get up right next close to it. flying piggyback yesterday, it

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. >> hi there, a strong low-pressure system has dumped very heavy rain in the british isles. caused enor muss d ed d ed d d damage. some areas received the amount of rainfall in 24 hours wednesday. hundreds of people are staying in temporary accommodation after flooding in undated homes and caused traffic chaos on railways and some major road. the heavy rain is over, but a fresh round of showers will target the north today. further flooding is possible. now, the storm has reached the seven scandinavian peninsula as it moves towards the east it will intensify and produce rain in finland from tonight. the system, heavy rain and strong wind will also pound in the, the southern half of the iberian peninsula from this afternoon. that could mitigate the on? going conditions here as temperatures out looking like this, looking cool towards the west. 15 degrees in london. that feels like mid october here. out toward the west, east, i should say, looking quite warm for this time of year. 23 degrees. and, in warsaw. and 26 in kiev. and heating up. moving into east asia, monitoring typho

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moving into europe we have strong low pressure system moving in to the northern british isles bringing blustery winds. out east slow moving has been dumping drenching rain. temperatures are looking quite moderate out towards the west. 16 degrees expected in london. 18 in paris. out toward the east still on the warmer side. 20 degrees in moscow. 25 in kip and down towards the south excessive heat. 33 degrees expected in athens on your friday. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, a senior chinese communist party leader has played host to some elder statesmen from japan. politicians from both countries are taking tns criticizing each other over a dispute in the east china sea. he's a member of the communist party bureau standing committee. he holds the fourth most powerful position in the party. he met with the delegation of japanese lawmakers of the japan business federation and friendship associations. japan nationalized the islands two weeks ago. china and taiwan claimed the territory. he criticized japan for going ahead with the purchase despite protests. the c

we will see you on the isle. >> the emmy awards are tomorrow night right here an abc7. late night talk show host and comedian jimmy kimmel is hosting the event. christian z got a chance to talk to him about the show. >> yeah, i'm more than a little nervous. right now i'm a little nervous, by showtime i'll be very, very nervous and hopefully i won't be an emotional wreck mid-show. but i'm dealing with nerves right now. >> what do you look forward to as far as the hosting is concerned? you have hosted a lot of different kind of award shows. what's different about the emmy's? >> i think it's different because it's television with television on television. it's like triple the television that you normally get. you have all the tv stars in one room together, which is, you know, kind of fun to see. and then they get awards. >> is there going to be a lot of making fun of your favorite friends? >> there will be some making fun, yeah. it won't be -- nothing too crazy, but there will be some good-natured ribbing, as we call it, going on. >> all right. our coverage starts tomorrow

here's don sanchez on the isle. >> hey, are you all ready? i can't hear you!e. >> he wrote this film based on the one-man show he did on broadway. at times it seems way too real. he's trying to be a stand-up comedian but he really isn't very funny. mike's girlfriend humors him. >> how long have you and i been together? >> eight years. >> i don't remember it being so long! it's ridiculous. >> his family wants them to get married but mike resists. >> i'm not going to get married until i'm sure nothing else good can happen in my life. say that on stage. >> so he starts making jokes about their relationship. it works. and he is driving hundreds of miles doing little shows. it's a struggle, a lonely, almost helpless life. >> if you are ever in a relationship that's moving toward marriage and you are not ready, don't go to my sister janet's wedding. >> putting a strain on the relationship. and mike has a real problem. he sleep walks and he has vivid, strange dreams. >> come to bed. >> how long has this sleepwalking thing been going on? >> the world of hook's charact

see you on the isle. >> a reminder four right now, abc7s all new afternoon lineup debuts on monday. an hour earlier at 1:00 p.m. instead of two. and who wants to be a millionaire at two, followed by jeopardy at 2:30 and then at three, the show everybody is going to be talking about, don't miss "katie" the new daytime talk show with katie couric. >>> and coming up at six, a drama played out on monterey bay with the ending they were hoping for. two children are safe. and plus the fire in this county got much, much bigger overnight. we will have an update on that. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your new light creamy potato with bacon & cheese soup says it's 100 calories a serving. that's right. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. my world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... [ whispers ] 100 calories... say it again... [ whispers ] 100 calories... ma'am, hello? ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

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. >> council, isl advise? >> yes, i can provide language after public comment. >> ok, is there public comment? so prepared to come again, have a motion in favor with the amended motion. >> you need to state the imminent. >> the port commission urges the cac to meet initially on august 23, 2012 to review the project generally once per month. develop criteria for attendance another by laws to encourage regular participation by cac members and to adopt a written charter that includes the process proposing cac solutions. >> move as amended. >> second. >> all in favor? resolution north 1262 is pas-- s passed. >> one of the great things about san francisco is the incredible talent we have across the city. the cac is an opportunity to rely on the expertise and the input and the old adage about making sausage, but we often end up with good projects from the kernville input from the public. we are appreciative of those willing to give their time and service to the cac. >> and that this is such an exciting project. it i

going to move across the northern british isles. scandinavia. wet, fairly cool as well. quite windy. a system hot on its heels. into the week end. probably not much change in conditions. things are looking dry and finer for much of the rest of the continent. apart from the stubborn low, sitting down, italy for the last several days. now starting to move to the east. and weaken off. some good news. storm are going to have to move through the peninsula first. in terms of temperatures. hot down to the south. fairly cool towards, towards we berlin. temperatures, mid to upper 20s over the next few days. get a surge of warmth from the south. let's check on t next few days,paralympics. can't get better than this. sunshine for three days. warming to 26 degrees by saturday. here is your extended forecast. >> a reminder of our main news once again. delegates at the democratic national convention have nominated barack obama as their candidate for a second time. the president is said to accept the nomination in a speech on thursday to wrap up the convention. barack obama has been no

we are talking about a strong low pressure area over portions of the british isles. still a long front bringing showers and skwauly conditions as well. pressure setting in and coming over the weekend, more rain showers. won't be nearly as bad as the storm that triggered up to 100 kilometer rain showers. also across the peninsula, you need it. they are under krout. too much under too short of a time will cause risk of flood. london and paris is autumn light. 15 and 17 with windy conditions. off towards the east, sunny skies in warsaw. here's the extended forecast. . >> we will be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene a totani in tokyo.

just last week it looks like snickers went back to san miguel isl island, which is where they believe he was born. >>> he's the guy who holds hands with seal. meet him next, right this minute. >>> and still to come, time out for a little cute. two videos, sleepy logan and styling isabel. >>> and are you ready to hear how we've all been peeling a banana wrong? >> very few of my days have been ruined by failure to open a banana. >> see a life hack banana peeling solution right this minute. >>> beth, i got a couple of remarkable dash cam videos for you. this one from china. up ahead there's a large construction crane on a flatbed truck making a left-hand turn. watch what happens with it this dash cam. the dash cam starts to float around and spin around. >> what's going on? >> the car somehow got snagged by the crane hook as it came around the corner. right now the car is just along for the ride, hanging behind this crane. i have no idea how it got hooked up, but you see the horizon tilt back and forth. you see his mug go sliding. then he swings back around to the crane. >> how in the wor

thunderstorms, warnings and advisories, and across the british isles and scandinavian peninsula, wet and windy. 20s for highs. lis bo here is our extended forecast. >>> doraemon, one of the most wildly recognized character in chinese culture. the stubby robot cat sent from the future is celebrating a birthday. thousands of fans lined up in kawasaki south of tokyo, waited to take a picture of the statue of the character. >> translator: a took a day off from work. but i wish i could also be here 100 years from now. >> reporter: the mayor of kawasaki issue issued a special residency card. >> local residents celebrated the birthday in hong kong. a giant cake made for the occasion, used bean jam pancakes called doraiaki. this replica set with diamonds, worth about $1 million. >> translator: this event has nothing to do with diplomatic tensions between japan and china. we should treat them separately. >> viewers in hong kong got their first look at the tv version 30 years ago. we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. thank you for joining us. -- captions by v

to the european continent, things are going to have a few showers, but sunny spells for the british isles to enjoy that weather until another atlantic storm moves into your region. dropping down to 15 in london, though, and stockholm only looking at 12. but keeping its heat here in madrid at 31 degrees. here's your extended forecast. ♪ >>> if you have ever grown tired of listening to someone who just can't stop talking, this might interest you. japanese researchers have developed a device that can disrupt a person's speech and they won a prize for it. the device is called the speechjammer. it's meant to disrupt and silence overly talkative people. it sends the speaker his or her own words after a very slight delay. the echo effect confuses the speaker and causes him or her to stutter and stop speaking. kazutaka kurihara and koje tsukada were awarded the acoustics ignoble prize at a ceremony at harvard university in the united states. kazutaka kurihara says he is honored and hopes the speechjammer will contribute to peace and quiet. this is the sixth year in a row that japanese scientists

and then off towards the north, windy conditions across the northern british isles, over towards the scandinavian peninsula as this low-pressure area, the remnants of leslie, continues to drift off towards the northeast. as far as temperatures, though, london and paris into the low 20s. it does look like heat warnings in effect for lisbon. 33 expected for your high on saturday. here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. ÑÑuqÑuux

it will move towards northern british isles as well as norway the next 24 hours. down toward the south we've got a more potent storm affecting italy. thunderstorms, gusty winds and even hail are possible into tomorrow. temperatures are looking like this. berlin cooling down to 17 degrees. and vienna only 12 degrees expected. still on the hot side in lisbon, 33 expected on your thursday. that's it for me now. here's your extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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across the british isles, you may see gusty and wet conditions. and across much of the east, due to the cold front sweeping across the regions you may see thunderstorms. but things are really chilling down in the central portions here in europe. here's our extended forecast. >> it's a problem that has el e eluded soldiers and politicians alike. perhaps sports teams will have a better chance. afghanistan has launched a national football league it hopes will bring the country together. it's called the afghan premiere league made up of eight regional teams. more than 3,000 people filled a stadium in kabul to watch the first game on tuesday. the event was broadcast live nationwide. football is already popular in the country. but until now, there was nos competition on the national leve level. >> translator: the football league is a symbol of peace. i hope the sport will help bring peace and unity to our country. >> reporter: afghanistan is the 165th in the latest fifa world ranksings. premiere league hope that situation will improve once the professio

in europe, the british isles, gusty winds are causing some travel concerns. in london, significant delays there at heathrow due to the strong winds gusting upwards of about 68 kilometers per hour. see those lines very close together. that's indicating that tight rain. so very unstable weather indeed across much of the area. for the midpart of the week, this whole low-pressure area will slowly track towards the southeast, improving those conditions. but the temperatures are remaining autumn-like. 15 in paris, and 17 on your tuesday. now here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> people are gathering in the indonesian capital jakarta for the annual japan festival. organizers have put on the week-long event since 2009 to promote friendship between the countries through culture and sports. nine indonesians played traditional japanese drums sunday at the opening ceremony. a japanese man who's been promoting friendship with indonesia for many years later thanked its people for helping restore areas in japan hit by the march twenty disaster. atso suzuki spoke by

affecting the british isles as well as scandinavian peninsula. you can see, isobars close together. very strong wind are blowing scotland. has had wind of over 100 kilometers per hour. the system will move toward the east. then to the south. we have stationary, strong low-pressure systems, impacting italy and the balkan peninsula. heavy rain, thunderstorms, and even hail are possible into tomorrow. temperatures are looking like this, central europe, looking moderate. 19 degrees in vienna. same goes for berlin. out toward the west, the one hot spot, lisbon, 35 expected friday. that's the for me now. and here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> that is a all for now on this edition of newsline. i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for watching.

further into europe then and see that, across the north things are very unsettled from the british isles up through into scandinavia. then we have a band of storms which will make things windy and wet. also bring temperatures down by, 6 to 10 degrees over the next couple days. for example, berlin, looking at 22 today. that is going to fall to 16 by thursday. vienna, 26. falling 10 degrees to 16. also on thursday. and in london, 17 degrees, fall to 14. starting to feel autumnal. you will be seeing, the low 30s in the likes of madrid. and leave you now to your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> our top story -- thousand of demonstrators are walking past an embassy in beijing. protesting the government's nationalization of the senkaku islands in the chinese sea. it marks the anniversary of the incident in 1931 that led to japan's invasion of manchuria. the protestors are parading in front of the embassy, carrying flags and placards. some of them have thrown eggs and plastic bottles at the embassy. several thousand police officers are guarding the compound. people have gathered at the site for eight

that's coming into northern portions of the british isles as well as canada nascandinavia. temperatures are going to be cooler to the north, 15 in stockholm and 18 in berlin. we have 34 in athens and out towards the stwouthwest and 32 lisbon as well as wildfires here. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> one more story before we leave you. two astronauts have stepped outside the international space station again. they went on a spacewalk to finish a job they'd left undone. japanese astronaut hoshi and his american colleague tried a week ago to buckle down a power switching unit but they couldn't attach it. they had better luck this time. they coaxed it into place and restor a key part of the station's power system. they replaced a camera attached to a robotic arm. it took them six and a half hours. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening from the time warner cable arena in charlotte, where day two of the democratic national convention is underway. i'm gwen ifill

out towards the north, northern british isles and scandinavian pence la, you'll be targeted with some wet and windy conditions. it's going to be an unstable weekend for you. but across much of the continent here in the central portions, looking at really nice temperatures here in paris at 26 degrees. that's actually going to be on the rise into your weekend. on sunday, you may see those digits in the 30s. madrid still in the 30s at 33 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

there are showers through the british isles. a steady stream of moisture looks like it will come over the next 24 to 48 hours across denmark, germany and scandinavia. looking at seasonal temperatures though. mid teens across a wide spectrum. further to the south in athens, 31. 29 in madrid and lisbon. you will get another blast of summer. we're ei lbon heating up to 34 degrees by sunday. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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and still looking very unsettled for northern parts of the british isles. it is going to start to settle down, though in much of western europe. on the continent also looking very warm in fact. and settled as we head into the weekend, which is some good news. even this very stubborn low that's been persisting throughout the week for the central mediterranean is starting to ease off and break up. so it's going to be warm and pleasant for many of you. 25 in london. 24 in vienna. still in the 30s in athens, as well as madrid and lisbon. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. than for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening from the time warner cable arena in charlotte on the final day of the 2012 democratic national convention. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, the spotlight is on president obama. it's his turn to make the case for a second term, after former president clinton s

over to the european continent, things are going to be with showers, but sunny spells for the british isles to enjoy that weather until another atlantic storm moves into your region. dropping down to 15 in london, and stockholm only looking at 12. but keeping its heat here in madrid at 31 degrees. here's your extended forecast. ♪ >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

over towards europe, a very strong low-pressure area moving through the british isles. all due to this cold front in here. rain showers and thunderstorms activity is going to be expected. some gusty winds as well. what's fuelling this is the difference in temperatures. out ahead of it, rather warm, above average in places like germany and poland. take a look at london. as this front goes by on tuesday, only 17 for the high. paris at 20. expecting this to get down to right around 15 to 16 degrees going into wednesday for your high temperatures. definitely have a jacket ready as autumn sets in across western europe. here's your look at your forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. for all-us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us.

there are showers through the british isles. a steady stream of moisture looks like it will come over the next 24 to 48 hours across denmark, germany and scandinavia. looking at seasonal temperatures though. mid teens across a wide spectrum. further to the south in athens, 31. 29 in madrid and lisbon. you will get another blast of summer. we're seeing lisbon heating up to 34 degrees by sunday. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. ce-rock] ♪ ♪ (jane joyce) hillsides, mountains, canyons, and coastlines are under increasing development pressure as earth's human population grows, and more people move in to these areas known for their scenic beauty. unfortunately, many of these regions are as dangerous as they are breathtaking; highly susceptible to erosion and collapse from natural hazards such as volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes, human land alterations, and extreme weather. along the california coast, wind-driven waves, abnormally h

now over towards europe, also watching some rough weather across the british isles, even towards the iberian peninsula. a low-pressure or frontal area will start to work its way towards your region. that is going to be bringing scattered rain showers in, thunderstorms, but for the time being, it's still suffering from a very severe drought across spain. i want to show you a video coming out of spain here of this drought and also it's causing numerous dilemmas. actually, a fire is still out of control in va leps ya, and since sunday forced nearly 2,000 people to evacuate, including residents in several urban areas. smoke from the plume has led to numerous road closures in the area as well. and here in madrid you can see an increasingly popular winery has hit an obstacle this year due to the lack of rain. these grapes cannot be used for good-quality wine and thus are going to be cut down and used as fertilizer. very well could be affecting the business out across much of that area. but at least for the time being, the front will come in and bring some rain showers, not going to help th

and then off towards the north, windy conditions across the northern british isles, over towards the scandinavian peninsula as this low-pressure area, the remnants of leslie, continues to drift off towards the northeast. as far as temperatures, though, london and paris into the low 20s. it does look like heat warnings in effect for lisbon. here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

still very wet and windy across the british isles. we've got the frontal system pushing through. it's going to go in toward denmark, as well as northern germany and scandinavia. and then later on during the course of the day, we'll see pretty significant showers developing through central parts of france, as well as germany. the rest of the continent is looking fairly calm and dry. but some nasty storms pushing through the eastern balkans in toward the black sea region today, then showers pushing up through and in toward moscow. temperatures looking around the teens. low to upper teens for the continent. down toward the south, looking fairly warm and a little summery. 28 degrees in athens. 26 in rome. 30 in madrity. 27 in lisbon. you'll be watching for rising temperatures over the weekend. here's your extended forecast. ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

now over towards europe, we're also watching some clearing skies across the british isles as a low-pressure area starts to weaken up overhead. it will be very decent at least through your friday, but then going into sunday and monday, just on the side of your screen here, some blue working its way, and that's indicating some heavy rain showers. that's going to be bringing in all that precipitation overhead. very windy conditions as well. also seeing similar conditions across the iberian peninsula. low-pressure area is slowly meandering down here off towards the east. you need the rains across portions of spain and portugal, which has been under severe drought, but actually a report in the last 24 hours of 82 milliliters in just one location. that could bring the risk of some flooding out across portions of spain. you'll need the rain towards italy. wildfires have also been reported here. rome, a high of 29. berlin, autumn-like with 18 for your high, and the same in london. you want your jacket when you go outside on your saturday. 15 expected going through your weekend. here's your extended

and still looking very unsettled for northern parts of the british isles. it is going to start to settle down, though in much of western europe. on the continent also looking very warm in fact. and settled as we head into the weekend, which is some good news. even this very stubborn low that's been persisting throughout the week for the central mediterranean is starting to ease off and break up. so it's going to be warm and pleasant for many of you. 25 in london. 24 in vienna. still in the 30s in athens, as well as madrid and lisbon. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. world's largest winged transport, is poised for her shakedown flight. 4 huge motors, 6,000 horsepower, speed the 42-ton sky leviathan on her way with master airmen at the controls to check her performance. [ march plays ]

but things are looking quiet, clearing up across the northern half of the british isles so that's good news. temperatures remaining on the cooler side in london, 15 degrees expected on your wednesday. 18 in paris. out toward the east, heating up to 35 in athens. here is your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. wherever you're watching us, have a great rest of the day. 6 are you totally unprepared? just about all of us have something hangen on our walls, pictures, paintings, art work clocks, all can come crashing down and create broken glass. inexpensive picture hook can secure pictures to the wall and help keep you and your family safe. for more information on earthquake preparedness, captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: at the united nations today, president obama condemned violence in the muslim world, and he told world leaders time is running out to resolve differences over iran's nuclear program. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we ge