japanese prime minister shinzo ave continues to rile his neighbors in northeast asia defending once again is visit late last year to a controversial war shrine. he also compared japan's current relationship with china to that of britain and germany before world war one. you leon reports on how both beijing and seoul were quick to respond. years go on and i am liking the scene releases it would have been that of germany and britain before world war one foreign ministry spokesperson denied and said there are state that the japanese peterson memory of history is wrong adding that japan should face up to what he did teach ins before world war one and in the early twentieth century before making any comparisons and when he led all to see the gp and need to come to terms with its military state history and the fins and colonize the sentence to believe that it seems that when tokyo improved actually since with neighboring asian countries. books on beating also have something to say about that once again defending his visit to the controversial against the war shrine which honors several costly w

very real sense, when you think about the peninsula forlf, it really is a hub stability within northeast asia. what happens there really has a affectrious or positive throughout the region. general thurman is exactly right. the responsibility of the command there is to keep the armistice, maintain peace and stability on the peninsula, and be prepared with our allies to defend the republic of korea if necessary. i do not see, even though we perceive right now that there is a great initiative going on by perceiveun, i do not that as anything different than has been done in the past. we have seen it before. hand and at one point they get what they want and go back to being the same as usual. -- as general thurman said, i think you have to be calm when you analyze it. you have to look at it over the long period of time. you have to understand what is happening and you don't want anyone in washington dc to set their hair on fire. iscalculation potentially the greatest danger. miscalculation is a great danger. >> i want to come back to that thefirst, let me ask about stability of the north korean r

not just perspective on the korean peninsula, what is best for stability in northeast asia with all the different things going on. i am confident to study the work going on now to determine where should this command-and-control relationship and how should evolve over time will come off looking at all those different that is what the right and are because the alliance has consists wrong and we are willing and able to sit down and type to each other and say here's what we think across the board. the final point i will make is this a second marriage, but it's a good marriage. we are not fighting like we wanted worse. we are trying to figure out how to strengthen and those rights will have to agree if there's going to be a change or not. >> first off, i agree with what general sharp has talked about. i've spent a lot of time in the transitions. when i first got over, folks say be careful, you can't talk about that. that's at the heart of the matter. command and control. every operation had been a part of. joint combined command and control. first off, i agree completely and professionalism

kong toompare hong northeast asia it is apples to apples. to looking at europe, how does this compare with hong kong? also much cheaper. that is the euro stoxx 50 index. between sectors it will help. investor, it is pretty good, especially if the prediction comes through. >> a potential upside. >> let's get back to the markets. are getting your attention. >> they are missing estimates. it is half of what was forecast. the campaign is not working either. some sun reports tomorrow. currently -- sam sun tomorrow. shares up ahead of those earnings. worries the investment bank and south korea was actually raising the forecast. see their operating profits rising 35%. benefit.oing to the stocks we are following htc land -- kangwon land. bc requested trading halt. the sides were quite a ways apart. they are apparently bridging the difference. point fiverom one percent. the lowest level since mid- december. they are currently on a trading halt. bit are said to have made a right here in hong kong. people familiar with the matter, offered lessc has tha

welcome sight for a lot he also stifling the role of warming up the weather gear across much of northeast asia. on the western periphery of that temperatures are going to come in from the south in pushing north out of the tropics and take a look here friday highs for a lot of you homecoming nineteen ninety and twenty one she's like the beginning of the fourteen saying they're in tokyo and it's even a mini warming up a little bit more so by saturday as well unfortunately not be long lasting warm up by some a lot of healing the time you see a cool break back off meanwhile across western europe one storm system after another out here were talkin of this one now in italy pushing across very well developed a cough or most any here flash flood watches and warnings in effect isn't snow there and some forces of germany about ten centimeters peak in the lake and dam across the british isles while the next twenty four hours to have this storm system coming through is in a made for some nasty weather twenty thirty millimeters of rain overnight hours. very slick roads out here feel that spamalot and you'l

some say egypt and central role in the high commissions in northeast asia. he played a major role in u s secretary of state john kerry's decision over whether to visit tokyo when he comes to the region next month. kinsey added onions. spittle weekend houses in bird flu outbreak in the country too cold and authorities are still trying to put a lid on and spread the government locked down three province is on monday in an effort to stave off the advancement but the virus continues to creep closer and closer to the capital seoul fashion sin and asthma an emergency quarantine locked down to prevent the spread of the bird flu in the country was lifted on monday evening disease prevention authorities the three provinces in lockdown for twelve hours on monday while the sterilized all potential sources of eighteen influenza a. that also included providing them the meat of animals people and vehicles from fox. however despite these efforts a suspected bird flu cases reported in to trouble the province the first in the center provinces to first be a case was confirmed

and this they say would further escalate already heightened tensions in northeast asia and then ten years. at the nation's top off this president talking heads first overseas trip of the new year will take her to it yet and switzerland. she will embark on a nine day tour of the two nations next wednesday our presidential office correspondent james to pass the tests. three the economy will be the key theme as president next trip to india and switzerland. the concept encourages collaboration between creative ideas and designs and technology sector to produce a new bread and chips for the honeybee. yet president beck is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with prime minister manmohan singh and a cure expected to discuss cooperation in the sectors of security trade and investment. and as importantly science and information communications technology. the key parts of the creative economy. further cooperation in this field with andy and huge market with a population of one point two billion is expected to give the brewster president exhibition for korean economy which is one of the major polls ar

brief the chow on the results of this trip today saying that their first leg at the very nation northeast asia trip. that means is that as part of the back to back a century it's my time drinking us foreign affairs officials deputy secretary of state william burns and assistant secretary of state on a show that there's daniel russell last week the dprk for press for uni and have korean families separated since the korean war six decades ago. but it is now uncertain whether it will keep the sport a hat. at the start of the trials in february and march of the dprk has demanded that sounds scary and that caused the trails colleen than the reverse oh four and innovation. lastly the country how the rare news conference the war and that the exercises to get out of control and plunged into an unmatched above disaster. you love the dprk as ambassador to china has repeated increase in demand by his country for south korea to cancel its forthcoming joint military exercises with the united states. the city the likud usual i go to for this we again propose immediately and unconditionally halting all milit

strong defense posture and we will use military diplomacy to maintain peace and stability in northeast asia. the minister also emphasized the course of structured the nation's air defen systems. all of the kill chain system to ounter any nuclear and missile attack from the norm the foreign defence policy forum is held every month with extra seats feel resort for new ideas that help the government deal with the north korean crisis camden. leon davis the peace talks aimed at putting an end to serious civil war hasicked off in switzerland's although the conference just be again a few hours ago sharp words have already been exchanged raising tensions ahead of the main summit on friday a police report. that piece of the mullet road near geneva open on hopes that the syrian government in the opposition would be able to reach a consensus on plans for a transitional government representatives from nearly forty nations will be speaking on wednesday as part of efforts resolve the bloody conflict in syria which has spiraled into humanitarian crisis. the talks began with opening remarks from un secreta

dialogue this year following the one held back in november rooting out to the escalating tensions in northeast asia it appears the united states may be stepping into the fray to act as a mediator. american officials are reportedly planning to ask japanese prime minister is still out there to reaffirm past apologies for wartime atrocities. what can be the first x men times in the region. a poly reports prime minister shinzo and they can teach it as japan's already strained relations with korea and china with the remarks of the world economic forum in davos earlier this week. ahh be a game dictated his december visit the yasukuni war shrine which dollars the country's war dead including several class a war criminals. in apparent intent to calm regional tensions. the united states is reportedly reaching out to the japanese leader of course the wall street journal u s officials last prime minster abbey to consider re affirming tokyo's previous formal apologies over world war two. and the humble apologies. back in nineteen eighty three nineteen and on course for crimes and acknowledge that it snows for

agenda is expected to focus primarily on north korea and historical and territorial tensions in northeast asia. upon as a rival south korean foreign minister yoon come stay said sunday tha he would relate souls position on japanese prime minister shinzo rba's recent visit to the controversial yasukuni shrine which is the resting places several class a war criminals and a symbol of japan's imperialist past the sun room when he is not a simple matter between the two countries but a shared interests of the international community the plan to deliver south korea stands to officials of all ranks and i meet in washington. here then us secretary of state john kerry are scheduled to meet on tuesday where they will portray their north korea policy is following the recent execution of north korean leader kim simmonds uncle and some tech they're also expected to discuss ways to restart the stalled six party talks on the north's the new playstation. during his visit here it is also scheduled to meet with defense secretary chao cable and senator robert menendez the chairman of the senate foreign relations

to avoid these kinds of crises. >> i think the everywhere crisis coordination has improved in northeast asiais around north korea. and in particular, the dramatic improvement in 2013 in relations between china and south korea, i think really has taken a lot of broader risk out of the north korea crisis. the north korea crisis would clearly be a big challenge for south korea, but i think the fear always was that the korean peninsula could really be a focal point for a broader international crisis. and i think that's really gone way, way down. >> jack wilson. >> hi, jack goldstone, george mason university and brookings. want to pick on something that david said. 2013 had a lot of crises, but nonetheless we saw quite a lot of resilience. despite the fact that debt ratios in europe went up for a lot of angle states, the euro crisis faded because of coordination and ecd. syria, the war got worse, but oil prices didn't spike because of the global process on fracking and the ability of the u.s. and russia to surprisingly work together. so my question is, given what you said about crises and in part

sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor in another chapter in the growing heat story of tensions in northeast asia and the memorial hall on during the korean independence fighter who assassinated a top japanese official in the early twentieth century opened its doors to the in china on sunday. the one day later the japanese government called out the shooting for allowing it to open in the first place. freaking jia reports the japanese government says it is deeply regretful about the team's decision to approve the opening of an immortal hall on during the korean independence fighter time to time. japanese chief cabinet secretary your suitcase the best response comes a day after the memorial hall open to the in the northeastern chinese city of hyping the city's railway station is where in nineteen oh nine on shopping till you feel the need to know who served as prime minister of japan and that preparations for the high seas and the korean peninsula to japan and early twentieth century. lol that is the place with a japanese prime minister was murdered and for us tonight this is the place where the te

to avoid these kinds of crises. >> i think the everywhere crisis coordination has improved in northeast asias around north korea. and in particular, the dramatic improvement in 2013 in relations between china and south korea, i think really has taken a lot of broader risk out of the north korea crisis. the north korea crisis would clearly be a big challenge for south korea, but i think the fear always was that the korean peninsula could really be a focal point for a broader international crisis. and i think that's really gone way, way down. >> jack wilson. >> hi, jack goldstone, george mason university and brookings. want to pick on something that david said. 2013 had a lot of crises, but nonetheless we saw quite a lot of resilience. despite the fact that debt ratios in europe went up for a lot of angle states, the euro crisis faded because of coordination and ecd. syria, the war got worse, but oil prices didn't spike because of the global process on fracking and the ability of the u.s. and russia to surprisingly work together. so my question is, given what you said about crises and in parti

quickly checking in a northeast asia, japan, of course, in the lunch break right now, but it has beena big decline. two point five percent. the sole cost be looks like this, in more muted decline, but certainly a move to the downside. golden bridge. declining. stocks we are seeing a lot of activity in the shipping lines in japan. those are quite active, as well, this concern about perhaps a reduction in trade or at least a slowing down in some merging markets. >> we certainly saw this global rout triggered after chinese manufacturing data came through last week. emerging markets, sparking this market selloff. how are the markets trading this monday across southeast asia? >> we have been checking in on jakarta, and now thailand. i want to give you a sense of how the bangkok index is performed today, given the volatility over the weekend. we will start off with thailand. it is down 1.4%. jakarta, clearly the big decliner. a 2.8% drop for that index today. banking and property shares are moving in jakarta. we just heard a few moments ago in the past half-hour from our correspondent in ja

you see this in northeast asia, the russians to find some kind of means by which with japan, korea and with china, they can be a much more substantial supplier they are to some extent already. if i were sitting in the shoes of a regional leader on would be looking for as many alternatives as i could, but i certainly wouldn't be promising my policy on the expectation that over the long run the united states would be prepared or able to do this in itself. >> we have time for one quick question and one quick answer. the lady right there in the black. the microphone is coming to you. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity. i would like to first focus on ukraine. how can we avoid the nightmare scenario in ukraine? and many say that the u.s. response has been negligent or minimal. what should this administration do? thank you. >> the first point to be understood is that this is going to be resulting first and foremost by ukrainians in ukraine. i think that the united states and europe could be and should be doing now is trying to apply some levels of pressure and should they avoid use of

> mark when we talk about improving virtually nonexisting crisis communications procedures in northeast asiahas that talk translated into significant advances to deal with this issue of inadvertent crises? >> that is one of the things we have been arguing for is that there needs to be a series of not single, not one but a series of efforts in both the tactical and the strategic level for communication to avoid these crises. >> i think the area where crisis coordination has improved in northeast asia is around north korea. and in particular the dramatic improvement in 2013 in relations between china and south korea acting really has taken a lot of the broader risk out of the north korea crisis. the north korea crisis would clearly be it a challenge for south korea but i think the fear always was that the korean peninsula could really be a focal point for a broader international crisis and i think that has really gone way way down. >> jack golson. >> hi. jack goldstone mason university brookings. i want to pick up on something that david said. 2013 had a lot of crises but nonetheless we saw qu

you know, when you look at northeast asia, you put your finger on a real problem. and i think the administration was right two years ago to try to pivot and somehow get a broader focus around the world and simply the middle east. it's been very difficult for them to do. if you look at china pushing its neighbor japan. pushing the philippines. claiming the so-called 9-line in the china sea. that makes its of its neighbors nervous. japan is more -- south korea is there dealing with uncertainty and greater risk from the north. >> yeah, everything is evolving. >> and this uncle is worrisome. it increases the risks in the region. >> absolutely. all right. so then we go over to iraq. and i have to ask you that if this situation continues to worsen, we now have fallujah and ramadi, two towns in the north central area of the country that americans fought and died for, and we won that fight. but now they are being taken back by the terrorists. there is going to come a point where president obama is going to have to make a decision, do you send in u.s. advisors and u.s. pers

you see this in northeast asia the efforts of the russians to find some kind of means by which , with japan, with korea, and china, that they can be a much more substantial energy supplier. they are to some extent already. if i were sitting in the shoes of a regional leader, i would be looking for as many alternatives as i could but i certainly would not promise my policy on the expectation that, over the longer run, the united states would be able to do this on some. >> we have time for one more quick question and quick answer. that lady right there -- the microphone is coming to you -- >> thank you. i would like to focus on ukraine. how can we avoid the nightmare scenario in the ukraine? many say the u.s. response has been negligent or minimal. what should this administration do? >> you have to understand that this crisis will be resolved by ukrainians in ukraine. the thing the united states and europe could be doing now and should be doing now is trying to apply some pressure to ensure the authorities avoid the use of force. yesterday, the u.s. government said visas of those connec

you see this in northeast asia, the efforts of russians to find a means by which japan, but with korea, and china, they can be a much more substantial. if i were sitting in the shoes of a regional leader, i would be looking for as many alternatives as i could, but i would not be promising my policy on the expectation that over the longer run united states will be repaired or able to do this on its own. >> we have time for one quick question. the lady right there. microphone is coming to you. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity. how can we avoid the nightmare scenario in ukraine, and many say that the u.s. response has been negligent or minimal. what should this administration do? thank you. >> the first point that has to be understood is this crisis should be resolved by the ukrainians in ukraine. the thing united states and europe should be doing now is trying to apply levers of pressure to authorities. yesterday the u.s. government said that pieces of those that have been connected with -- have been referred, but also target some of the visa sanctions to say we are trying to e

the sigh come 6 telecommunications slight will help provide -- satellite will help provide to northeast asiait's happening today the opening of the annual consumer electronics show. the big thing down in las vegas. >> yeah, it's the biggest tech event of the year. and kpix 5 reporter kiet do is at intel headquarters in santa clara. the next big things will be the wearable electronics, right? >> reporter: yeah we're live here because the company made some big announcements regarding wearable tech and we're talking at watches and headsets. they also announced a dedicated chip to put inside these devices. along with a million dollar prize to anybody who invents the best product out there. now intel along with 2700 other companies from 130 countries are in las vegas right now. las vegas is a tech playground as inventors from around the world unveil tens of thousands of gadgets at this year's consumer electronics show. >> the biggest ones and both literally and figuratively are the ultra hdtvs. >> reporter: mark is executive director of the online tech magazine end gadget. he says tv its are stre

aspect that warrants notice is that this is a phenomenon not just in china, what across all of northeast asia. aboutbalance that i wrote , if the intent was that the united states could find a way to deal credibly not only with china but all the other states in east asia in an effective way and give them shared incentives for cooperation hasn't turned out that way. the tensions between japan and south korea, the issues between china and japan, the fact that you have certain leaders in all the critical capitals here is not exactly what the administration bargained on, to say the least. >> suzanne, one area i think it is fairly clear that leverage has worked is iran. the sanctions got ramped up, the sabotage of the uranium program got ramped up. that combined with the election of a new leader brought about negotiation that many would have bet against going this far. my question to you is, how much time do we have to actually strike a real deal here before president rouhani runs out of room? >> thanks, david. i think you are exactly right. what we have seen is the success of strategy that was bu

you see this in northeast asia defensive end of means by which with japan, korea, and china they can be a much more substantial energy res supplier. there are some extent already. are sitting in the shoes of a regional leader our looking for as many alternatives as i could i would not be permissible policy and over the long run the united states would be prepared or are able to do this on its own. >> we have time for one more quick question in one quick answer. the and they write there. microphone is coming to you. >> the key for giving me the opportunity. i was like for us to focus on the ukraine once more please. how can we avoid the nightmare scenario in the ukraine? me say that the u.s. response has been negligent or minimal. what should this administration do? thank you. >> the first point that has to be understood is that this crisis is going to be resolved first and foremost by the ukrainians in ukraine. i think the thing that the united states and europe could be doing now and should be doing now is trying to apply pressure to insure the authorities to avoid use of force. to

the other aspect of this is that this is a phenomenon not just in china but all across northeast asia. it is the intent of our policy, the rebels that we wrote with jeff pater. if the intent was that the united states could find a way to deal credibly, not only with china but all the other states in any effective way and give them shared incentives, as it turned out that way to a palpable tensions between japan and south korea to of course the issues between china and japan, the fact that you have more assertive leaders in of a critical capitals is probably not exactly what the administration had bargained on to say the least. >> suzanne, one area i think it is fairly clear that leverage has worked is a run. sanctions cover up. the sabotage cover-up up. that combined with the election of a new leader brought about the negotiation that a year ago i think many of us would have that would not have gone this far. my question is, how much time do we have to actually strike a real deal here? cop -- before president obama runs that a room with congress. >> thanks. i think you're exactly righ

you see this in northeast asia, the efforts of russians to find a means by which japan, but with korea, and china, they can be a .uch more substantial if i were sitting in the shoes would beonal leader, i looking for as many alternatives as i could, but i would not be promising my policy on the expectation that over the longer run united states will be repaired or able to do this on its own. >> we have time for one quick question. the lady right there. microphone is coming to you. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity. nightmare avoid the scenario in ukraine, and many say that the u.s. response has been negligent or minimal. what should this administration do? thank you. >> the first point that has to be understood is this crisis should be resolved by the ukrainians in ukraine. the thing united states and isope should be doing now trying to apply levers of authorities. . governmente u.s said that pieces of those that have been connected with -- have been referred, but also target some of the visa sanctions to say we are trying to encourage the government to get into a good-faith n

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>> yes, if you kind of start from the top of the northeast asia, first this year the japanese and the u.s. will look at the defense review, which hasn't been done since the 90s. we will look at what that means for the alliance of the future and what the leg down the forces should be. so that's one thing. the second thing is that we have -- appears to be moving in a positive direction and fatima replacement facility in okinawa, with a landfill would find that very much appreciate the support of the japanese government moving forward. once that happens in that facility is built, that will allow us in the realignment of the marine forces throughout the asia-pacific in accordance with what you refer to as the dpr plan that has been briefed to you while and relocate to hawaii. the nice initiative of the marines and air force that we are pursuing with our australian partners as well. that is kind of land domain. we are also looking at the infrastructure that we have together with our allies in each of our alliance countries to ensure the infrastructure or the infrastructure they have to wou

is all across northeast asia.if the intent of our policy, the rebounds that would wrote about, that i wrote about, if the intent here was that the united states could find a way to deal credibly, not only with china but all the other states in east asia in an effective way and give them kind of shared incentives for cooperation, hasn't turned out that way. the palpable tensions between japan and south korea. of course, the issues between china and japan to the fact that you had more assertive leaders and all the critical capital's ear is probably not accept what the administration had bargained on, to say the least. >> suzanne, one area that i think is fairly clear that leverage has worked is iran. sanctions got ramped up, the sabotage of the iranian program got ramped up, and that combined with the election of a new leader brought about a negotiation that a year ago i don't think many of us would've gotten this far. so my question to you is, how much time do we have to actually strike a real deal here before rouh

you see this in northeast asia of the russians to find some kind of means by which with japan, korea and china they can be a supplier to some extent they are already. so if i were sitting in the shoes of the regional leader, i would be looking for as many alternatives as i could, but i certainly would not be promising my policy on the expectation that over the long run, the united states would be prepared or able to do this on its own. >> we have time for one quick question and one answer. the microphone is coming to you. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity. i would like to focus on ukraine once more. how can we avoid the nightmare scenario in ukraine and many say that their response has been negligent. what should this administration do? >> this is going to be resolved first and foremost by the ukrainians in ukraine. i think the thing that the united states and europe could be doing now and should be doing is to provide some levels of pressure and should they avoid use of force. but to go beyond that, yesterday the u.s. government said that the use of those that the identifie

. >> this group does not have to fly in from the northeast or africa or asia or some other remote location. they are already in the neighborhood. >> reporter: russian authorities are sticking to their lines that all precautions are being taken. publicly they are not commenting about this black widow plot but in both cases have been concerned enough to approach people on the ground, hotel workers to ask them to help find these women. back to you, wolf. >> our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour sat down with the russian prime minister, dmitry medvedev, and asked him about the concerns. >> this is a moment of great pride for russia, great anticipation for the world athletes and yet you have a major security threat, a major security alert that your government and security forces have stated. can you tell me what you know about this threat, how dangerous is it? >> translator: on public events, there are always some threats. not only in this country but also in others. in this country, they have some specific consequences. definitely we are aware of that and we will take that

in northeast and southeast asia, i hope that through dialogue, leaders can overcome their tensions, find common understandings about historical and other issues, and move towards more harmonious relations. all involved must refrain from any provocative acts or statements. this year, our last mission in sierra leone will complete its work and withdrawal, and stating how far the country has come, and the valley of sustained efforts to keep, consolidate and build peace. excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we must focus greater attention on the interrelated threats of organized crime, terrorism, i received, extremism, and trafficking in drugs, people in arms. and we must continue striving to achieve a nuclear weapon free world. this year's nuclear security summit at the hague is an important opportunity. last year, we maintain our focus on human rights and the rule of law. at the 100th anniversary of the peace palace at the hague, we stressed the importance of international law and the accomplishments of the international court of justice and criminal tribunals. also last year, we marked the

. >> we have unsettled weather in south asia at the moment and pieces of cloud and rain in the northeasta pushing to bangladesh and further south there are showers making their way across that and columbus saw heavy rain and 58 millimeters of rain in 24 hours and more rain where that came from and through the weekend it will be disturbed and not bad across much of india and we have showers along here. just notice a little cloud there and some snow coming through here. and no surprises here. and showers will make their way in shrelanka through sunday and dry skies to the northeast and cool across northern parts of india and ul 18 celsius with mist and fog. and you will notice at the moment going through the next couple days the clouds and rain will sink further south and we may see heavy rains making our way through saturday. the heaviest rain is north and goes ayos southern parts of saudi arabia and we see big downpours over the next couple days and as much as 60 or 70 millimeters of rain early. >> thank you very much indeed. now with a controversial war crimes tribunal and the rise of t

asia opening last evening. you have to believe that cold in the northeast and atlanta is affecting crude prices. >> here are a couplereport i want to highlight. visa reported $2.20 beating the consensus of $2.16 and visa reaffirmed its 2014 forecast. blackstone reported as well. for?doese&i stand it is a metric for earnings. >> i'm guessing. it's a new number. >> it's better than expected in the stock is not yet trading in the premarket but it is forecast it would open higher with these latest results and conoco phillips is coming out with numbers. production is falling but adjusted earnings per share are rising. the magic last night at yankee stadium, this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ everyone,"ning, bloomberg surveillance." moveing markets are on the , even more so following the fed decision yesterday. michael mckee joins me now. theresome stability out but i see no confidence among institutions. >> you see some stability in some of the countries we have been word about yesterday and others are losing ground. russia is the big one everyone is watching today. we also had worse than expected manufacturing numbers

northeast, you're seeing a cooldown in toronto, not even getting up to minus 9 there. by your sunday. so definitely going to be seeing that chill or that cooldown out here. meanwhile, across much of eastern asia, we are seeing that sea effect snow, much like the lake-effect snow we were talking about in the states. this is the sea-effect snow across portions of hokkaido, 15 to 37 centimeters could be seen in the next 24 hours out here as we go through saturday. that's going to continue to affect the area. tokyo on the other hand, partly cloudy skies going through your saturday, high pressure dominates much of china. that's keeping things dry out here, ooze well. but, the big topic has been for it feels like forever now but over a week a tropical depression lingering over the philippines. this has been pacing back and forth. you can see there a big blob of moisture it looks like here. that's pushing off towards the west, and unfortunately, this ground is already saturated. we've been talking about this. there's already been reports of floods, land slides. you see some areas here. up to about 700 millimeters of rainfall in the past seven days. well, look at where the heaviest rain has already o