elephants dressed as santa claus were handing out presents and entertaining children in a town of north bangkokecause the kids were quick to snatch up the toys from the elephants' trunk. >> in afghanistan one father is not only apart from his family but he was away when his wife gave birth to their first child but he found a way to witness the unforgettable moment. that's sergeant ken pompilli in afghanistan who spoke about witnessing his wife giving birth to their daughter reilly over the internet. it was on thanksgiving day when his wife melanie went into labor. he turned his vehicle into a mobile command center to witness. every push via skype. for the next 17 hours he sat by his wife's side 17,000 miles away. >> i felt bad he was sittin' in the vehicle forever. it was dark and by the time we finished it was daylight for him the next day for him. >> thanks to technology, he was able to witness the birth of his first child. reilly will be five months old when her daddy returns home. >> i can't wait. i can't wait till i get off that bus and see them both. >> well, before he left for his deploy

elephants dressed as santa aus were handing out presents and entertaining children in a town of north bangkokecause the kids were quick to snatch up the toys from the elephas' trunk. >> in afghanist one father is not only apart from his family but he was away when his wife gave birth to their first child but he found a way to witness the unforgettable moment. that's sergeant ken pompilli in afghanistan who spoke about witnessing his wife giving birth to their daughter reilly over the internet. it was on thanksgivg day when his wife melanie went into labor. he turned his vehicle into a mobile command center to witness. every push via skype. for the next 17 hou he sat by his wife's side 17,000 miles away. >> i felt bad he was sittin' in the vehicle forever. it was dark and by the time we nished it was daylight for him the next day for him. >> thanks to technology, he was able to witness the birth of his first child. reilly will be five months old when her day returns home. >> i can't wait. i can't wait till i getff that bus and see them both. >> well, before he left for his deployment in afghan

. >>> santa arrived at a resort north of bangkok and this santa is really, reall binge. big. six elephants in santa outfits were at the elephant camp and resort. the elephant keepers joined in the fun. santa performed. they threw snacks and toys to the children. the kids returned the favor feeding the elephants bananas. the best thing about those santas and the list? they don't have to

>> in thailand, which is around 1,000 or 100 miles north of bangkok. you have these monkeys.eration of monkeys. what they do on thanksgiving is have a thanksgiving feast for these monkeys. the thai version of the hindu legend is that they built the city of lopburi with the king of monkeys. so they provide around 4,000 kilograms of food for these monkeys. the most e the fruit has a hard inside, a milky inside, apparently an acquired taste but smells of dirty socks. then there's a delicious yogurt drink which is very specific to thailand. and it attracts a large amount of tourists because it is such a spectacle seeing these 3,000 monkeys peel eggs. the photographs we've seen, exquisite platters of all kinds of fruits. in thailand, there's three kinds of apples. there's custard apples, rose apples, star apples. the exquisite exotic fruit. >> doesn't this wreak havoc. you've got these 3,000 monkeys running around, does it cause a problem in the town? >> well, they're a menace anyway. and they're very cheeky but not too problematic. they pull people's skirts, grab foods, but they'

in hong kong and taipei but showers for both cities and 33 in bangkok. 28 with a chance of showers as well in manila. let's move along to north america. let's talk about what's going on in the west here. california just been inundated with rain. it turned to mud and of course mudslides. this is a big problem in southern california. these are cars stuck in mud. homes have been just inundated with these muddy messes and it is going to take rescue workers and cleanup crews many more days, likely into the christmas holiday weekend. this is where the bad news begins, because we have a very strong storm system already being felt across the pacific coast line especially in parts of the pacific northwest and into british columbia. that's going to be moving down into southern california, likely into saturday into your sunday so you do want to watch out for that. northern areas of the united states into canada, no real problems here but it is going to be a white christmas for many of you across the lower midwest and into the new england region over the weekend. this area, this dark blue purple, that really will be rain across texas and

bangkok, 32. it is going to be very nice and warm in tokyo, 16 degrees for your daytime high but in seoul, minus 1. pretty chilly out here. let's look at what's happening in north america. middle part of the continent will stay dry and settled but over towards the west and towards the east, containing lots of wet and stormy weather. now eastern canada is due to pick up some more significant snow especially eastern ontario, quebec, looking at up to 20 centimeters of snow and it will be blowing snow and lots of lake-effect snow over towards the northeastern side of the u.s. new brunswick set to pick up lots of torrential rains on tuesday. now as i said, it is going to be largely dry across the east and central portions but lots of cold air ushering from the north, dropping temperatures dramatically again. down towards the southeast we've got freeze warnings in effect for you. then towards the northwestern corner dealing with lots of showers. it's been raining here for days now so the ground here is quite saturated and we have had had reports of much later occurring in washington so more rain is not particularly welcome. 17 in seattle. 18 in denver. towards the ea