now they have settled on kyoto.mber two choice charleston in the united states. >> they love food and beautiful women. >> the food, the people, the experience. it has the top four small hotels in the united states. i think it is about authenticity. go to a place that feels different from where you have been. there is something joyous about charleston. >> now that we don't use travel agents for the most part, are your recommendations more important? >> why would i use a travel agent? >> there you go. >> you are adept at doing things on your own. can deliver a lot of perks that you might not be able to get. they can get you a room in a hotel that is booked. they can create an itinerary for you. it is seamless. they can intercede if you're having a problem. we still believe in travel agents. have a problem i at a hotel i will tweet at the hotel. top super list of the agents. we checked them out. we check them out very carefully. we checked out their relationships with their customers. i believe in travel agents. >> the

large decorative floats were paraded through the streets of kyoto. it marked first climax of the month long gion festival. the parade of 23 floats began on thursday morning. the gion festival dates back more than a thousand years. this year's parade is divided into two days for the first time in 49 years. the second parade will be held next week. spectators cheered when large floats made 90 degree turns at crossings. the sharp turn is carried out by a team of about 50 people. >> translator: it is my first time to see it. the floats are bigger than i expected. >> translator: i can't imagine kyoto without this festival. i'm looking forward to the latter parade as well. >>> and that's all for this hour on "newsline." i'm shery ahn. thank you for watching. a7guc >> you are watching live from paris. international news. here are the headlines. several mortar rounds have been fired from gaza into israel despite the cease-fire agreed with hamas. no error rates or rocket fire until 3:00 p.m. local time. we will be speaking to our correspondent in jerusalem an

kyoto 35. this is the first time it hit 35 this summer. tokyo saw temperatures rising in the low 30s. this is likely to continue throughout the weekend. tokyo into the weekend all the way through from 35 and 34. it's going to be really difficult for us to have a really good night sleep. try to have your ac on at night and drink plenty of water to avoid heatstroke. it's surging a lot of that moisture from this typhoon. this area is looking at real heat as well and a seasonal front is being active. so they will see 120 millimeters of rainfall and also they will see more heavy rain. that system from the storm will be in and around shanghai bringing wet weather. 33 with wet weather and forecast on your thursday and lots of these locations looking at mid to low 30s. a quick look here in europe. this is another area where heat is the huge topic. look at oslo. these are coming from our friend from nhk world. people are trying to cool down in fountains. they are getting out in the sun trying to get a tan. remember, these locations, people don't ow

kyoto 34 as we go into friday. watch out for the heat stroke. thundershowers are popping up in northeastern china and hailstorms hit the beijing area yesterday. this was the scene. heavy rain and hail pounded beijing on wednesday afternoon, affecting urban traffic. during the evening rush hour hailstones as big as ping-pong balls. the sudden rainstorm caused travel disruptions and inconvenience to many without an umbrella. conditions are looking up in the beijing area, but instead, north korea and northeastern china will see daytime thundershowers and a risk of hail too. now, in the south we are seeing some heavy rainfall due to a stalled frontal system, and on top of that a new system will be moving in. this is typhoon rammasun which battered the philippines yesterday. 150,000 people were evacuated and financial markets were closed due to the typhoon. the center is located over the south china sea but still engulfing the capital of the philippines. the center is located in this place packing wind gusts of 180 kilometers per hour and it's going

kyoto reaching 35. also the same story in seoul. please watch out for heat stroke and heat exhaustion. down toward the south, things are heating up. there's a tropical depression that formed near the mariana islands. it is likely to become a tropical storm set by saturday evening. likely to pull into game so we're likely to see stormy conditions. some of you enjoying your summer vacation hear but unfortunately in hagatna, you're likely to see temperature that are hot and showers. here across the eastern continent of asia, likely to see thunderstorms in manila as well as bangkok. now, let's move over to the americas where we have a little tornado touchdown reported here in south carolina. the system still in green and is likely to bring rough weather across the atlantic. a very slow moving system. the tail end will continue to pound into the gulf states on friday. northern and central plains, looking at severe thunderstorms. the monsoonal flow is very active. we want the precipitation no, relief in sight. fresno at 36 degrees. and al

the sensor was developed by a team from kyoto university and other institutions. it monitors the heart rate variability, hrv, the time interval between heartbeats. the device can detect fluctuations several minutes to 30 seconds ahead of an epileptic seizure. seizures can result in serious accidents and injury. japanese statistics show that for every 1,000 people between two and three suffer from epilepsy. >> translator: i hope this device will help people who, until now, couldn't move around freely because they didn't know when a seizure might hit them. >> researchers say once the device is introduced it will be the world's first hrv-based seizure prediction system. they say the device will lower the risk of accidents by helping people protect themselves before a se >>> the great wall of china is the world's longest structure, running tens of thousands of kilomete but parts of the unesco world heritage site are on the verge of collapse. and preserving it is not an easy task. here's nhk world's kengo okamoto. >> reporter: the great wall is more than 20,000 kilomet

the western portion of japan seeing very hot temperatures, 35 degrees in kyoto, because of high pressure controlling the weather. another frontal system unrelated to any other tropical systems this is just a front extending from south korea into the northern portions of japan, bringing a lot of rain. aomori prefecture saw rainfall totals close to 70 millimeters during a 24-hour period. more rain expected there as we go throughout wednesday night into thursday and we'll continue to keep an eye on matmo as it makes landfall in china. shanghai you'll be dealing with gusty conditions, 33 there, 33 in taipei, 33 in seoul and 33 degrees in tokyo with a mix of sun and clouds. taking a look at the americas, we have a large dome of high pressure. and drying across the eastern and northeastern portions of the united states and also into canada. also reporting a tornado over into nebraska and softball-sized hail in north dakota. this is something that is something we'll have to watch for because the possibility of seeing some strong storms for the eastern seaboard is something we'll have to look ou

. >>> well, millions of tourists flock to japan every year, wander through the ancient sites of kyoto, wonder at the cherry blossoms and gaze up at mt. fuji. tour operator ares are banking on a government plan to draw more visitors and they're coming up with new ways to welcome their guests. >> reporter: this shrine is located 160 kilometers north of tokyo. it is registered as a world heritage site and is visited by 220,000 foreigners every year. in april, the shrine introduced a new guide service for foreign tourists. >> the gate is the most important front gate. >> reporter: simply touch the pamphlet with a special pen and you can hear the names and explanations of structures inside the shrine's precincts. this pen and pamphlet rental service costs about $5. there are translations for english, chinese, and other foreign languages that can be added. >> you learn a lot more about the site than you would otherwise. and it makes it a lot more relevant for us as tourists. i have to say it is fantastic, really, really good. >> reporter: the system was developed by a pen manufacturer in to

on december twelfth two thousand and eleven the country shut the door on the kyoto protocol reducing greenhouse gases is impossible with the oil sands boom. andrew nikifor of has done the math the country ran the risk of getting a fourteen billion dollar fine for exceeding its quotas many members of the canadian government do not believe climate change is a threat the prime minister of canada is a climate change skeptic so the canadian government is in a mad rush to exploit this resource as quickly as possible before the rest of the world shames us into controlling production and says look. joe million barrels that's enough we don't the world will not need five million barrels of this stuff is too dirty you know this resource is telling you now you must get off oil this is the end game when you have to dig up the forests the size of rhode island or delaware when it takes two tons of sand to make one barrel of oil you know you're at the bottom of the nightstand and that's where we're at. a fork in the road between fossil energy and renewable energy also a fork in the history of canada

tokyo, kyoto, you'll be above average, temperatures in the low to mid-30s.nd if you're traveling to other parts of east asia, also seeing some dry conditions with a few clouds moving in from time to time. let's take a look at the forecast in the americans. we've been talking about a cold front that was draped across the eastern seaboard. unfortunately, it caused some problems for residents in eastern virginia. let's look at some video coming out of that region where we had some storms rolling through thursday. at least ten people were injured in virginia beach. the storm left significant damage in its wake. and unfortunately, a tornado in virginia also snapped some trees and damaged several homes as well. the good news is, as we take a look at the map, is that this system will be pushing off toward the east. yes, we'll still see some embedded storms down toward the deep south from time to time, but it will eventually clear the area. high pressure will be taking over, bringing some fair weather for a good portion of the weekend. we're also looking out for ano

people made fun of for not being tight with kyoto. we are compliant with kyoto today. so what is all ironically in paradoxically because of the shift to natural gas because of the trackers. they are also downsizing and will talk about that as well. just do you know, and very much a centrist when it comes to this topic. i have been very much criticized from both sides and we can talk about that. so those are kind of jobs. that is jobs in the economy and geopolitical impact, economic impact, we can take in a little more if you like, but that is sort of an overview of the huge impact of this revolution and why we got so excited about this topic in the first place. there's nothing quite like it for the impact. we as americans do a few things better than the rest of the world. we create apps. we wrap other than anybody. we do drones really well and we frack. the rest of the world has more shale oil in god, the key rack that holds all this oil in gas will talk about. they've got more of this abroad then we doing it they are not close to having any revolution like we are havi

door to talk about a larger agreement so i think for people who have been following these talks since kyoto it's a very frustrating process but it is a very necessary one for the world to sort of get behind a joint commitment to to deal with climate change now christiana did say that she thinks that the agreement will be in the shape of multiple pledges so each country will essentially pledge how much they can do towards mitigating climate change now unfortunately i think the the sum of all those pledges will still not be what we need to what the world deane's so that we can stabilise temperature rises at or below two degrees celsius so this is a huge issue so ultimately it can't just be one agreement one global agreement that helps the world address climate change it has to be bilateral other types of bilateral agreements like the one that us and china. the ones that u.s. and china just signed. our president was just in the u.k. signing a pledge with the u.k. government so these types of deals will also have to supplement a global agreement when you talk about vulnerable countries are you

as for the world's best city, that title goes to kyoto, japan. that is just ahead of charleston. in rounding out the top three, it's florence, italy. now to the most expensive grape you'll ever see. it's the ruby roman grape. they're only grown in japan. a single bunch of them just sold at auction for a record $5,500. that amounts to $183 per grape. >>> the nba's lebron james could afford grapes at that price. he tops "forbes" magazine's list of the most powerful athletes. king james rules both on and off the court with spectacular play and commercial endorsements. boxer floyd mayweather ranked second followed by tiger woods. >> i don't think it's a truck at all. i think we just found a transformer. >> the new "transformers" movie appears to be headed for a second straight weekend win. its total gross could reach $175 million by sunday. but that's still far less than the year's top grossing movie which is "captain america: the winter soldier." that opened in april. it has earned $257.2 million. just about $100,000 more than the lego movie's receipts. x men days of future past com

the kyoto treaty overwhelming failed in the senate. so if the president and his team of officials from epa and the state department can't deliver in paris and subsequently in the senate, we're going to be left with his domestic climate action plan which includes your rules for new and existing coal-fired power plants. according to secretary of state john kerry in a column he wrote in "the financial times" last month, he said, even as we strive to do better, we recognize that no country can solve this problem alone. he said, even if the u.s. somehow eliminated all our domestic greenhouse gas emissions, it still would not be enough. the rest of the world, he said, is spewing too much carbon pollution. that means that the president's climate action plan, which includes the epa's new proposed rules on their own do not reduce global temperatures or prevent any of the serious impacts that are predicted by the u.n. it can't make a dent. so the question is can you guarantee success in paris and if not, aren't these climate change policies all

washington bureau chief of kyoto news. this time last week dr. tom frieden was busy cramming for his july 16th appearance before the house committee on energy and commerce. the director of the centers for disease control, dr. frieden had been summoned to washington to answer questions about the startling and potentially dangerous lab errors at the cdc. and while that topic is likely to come up again here today, dr. frieden joins us to explore a much bigger and broader issue looming worldwide health threats, including the alt generals that -- pathogens that put modern medicine at risk. he will discuss what can be done about mers, a disease that has no known cure and has recently emigrated to our country. mers haunts the arabian peninsula and now is showing up through travelers to other destinations far away. the virus' recent arrival in the united states sent hundreds of cdc staff into emergency mode, and some now refer to this illness as public enemy number one. other key issues that dr. frieden will tackle this afternoon include the dramatic inc

. >> your list of top overall cities jumped out to me not just because the number one, kyoto, japan,harleston, south carolina. you think of rome and paris but charleston, south carolina is number two. >> people love, charleston is a great food city. our readers love the people there. they love the sense of sun. it's really become an interesting place to visit. what is also noteworthy is that three of the top five cities in the u.s. are southern. >> what are the other two? >> the other two are new orleans and savannah. >> savannah? >> yeah. yeah. >> not surprising. >> great cities. >> charleston is a great, great town. >> the food is unbelievable. people are so nice. >> i think that the southern cities offer a sense of exploration and kind of ease. maybe authenticity, which is a big driver for travelers now. >> i would throw in nashville, too. that's exploding. a great american city. let's go to top hotels. number one in the world is in montana. the triple creek ranch darby. >> that is, you know, people are looking for a place that's different from where they are. they want a little b