this is what we're talking about in northeastern china the system is developing. is winter storm system and descending down towards northern korea and next taking aim to north japan. dumping about ten centimeters of wet snow in north korea and also in northeastern china. showers lingering here. starting tuesday evening southerly flow will be creating another rain band that could persist in toward the end of the week. thing could get nasty. hong kong 23. 6 in seoul. 17 in tokyo. that's a jump. 11 degrees jump from what we saw monday for the high. it's going to be definitely difficult for our bodies to cope with. let's head over to the americas. last week severe weather created some tornado outbreak. that winter storm is dpienlly exiting the eastern coast of the united states. high pressure will then be dominating the area. snow showers in the mid-atlantic area that's going to be tapering off. one goes away another comes in from the pacific northwest. the system is going to be impact aing majority of the country. the system as of now will be descending from the paci

we have a low pressure system that is going to be intensifying as it moves towards the northeastern chinaand that will be dumping some snow. making appearance of snow here in inland china as well, and this rain band will be stretching all the way towards western japan by this weekend. in northern philippines, still ongoing story with some isolated thunderstorm possibilities to be touching down. and manila, temperaturewise, 30 degrees. tokyo, looking at 12. as well as shanghai. and seoul, 11 degrees. finally, we're looking at positive digits in ulan batur at 4r 4, but that's dipping down to minus 8 on saturday. heading over to the americas, we have a wave of systems that will be impacting much of the pacific northwest. and in the similar areas we already have reports of some heavy snowfall in the cascades. it could accumulate as much as 30 centimeters and then another storm system will be impacting much of the similar areas yet again with some snowfall as well as heavy coastal rain and gusts reaching up to as much as 80 kilometers per hour. towards the east, freezing rain here in new engla

hoveheounds lleoee dehorsn swnkao will continueo anil o low presse stthat isci t snow condition in northeastern china as well as more than half of theorn peninsula will move out to sea and head towar northern wn towards the south thundershowers -- i should say sohe china up to 100s n the cou here temperature wise getting up to 24 degree i hong kong with the chance of thundershowers. n tpei with some light rain, cooling down to 6 in seoul and again 18 i tokyo. the wa cditions will continue into tomorrow. now,ngo the americas, it's nice and settled across most of theu.,uto the north we've got an active low pressure system mge u.s./caa coldro flanking southeastwar let me showou tudasore from the west coast all the way to teern grak region, you are gng t s widespread snow showers and heavy rain along the coast oflia risk of fire weather in parts of eouerand central plains as well as the lower colorado sd bau of warm and dry weather coming in from the south. so temperatures will be warming up to 26 in hst a23 in oklahoma cit and getting up to 21 indeer which is about ten degrees higher than average. noovg

another storm system out towards the north from mongolia moving into northeastern china and southwestern russia. dumping some snow and ushering cold air. we're talking about accumulation in china. by saturday looks like japan will be underneath a big blue blob. in central china things are going to be tapering off, the showers will increase in and around shanghai. flooding should be another concern there. tokyo 11 with some sunny spells. had hadding over to the america's now, the pacific northwest is going to be hammered with some windy as well as rainy heavy downpours and wet snow conditions. gusts up to 120 miles per hour and also wet snow piling up in the cascades as much as 90 centimeters from this storm system. the heavy rain we're talking about 180 millimeters in the next 24 hours in northern california, oregon, in the coastal areas. these ongoing heavy rain could trigger flooding. the snow melt is going to be exacerbated with this system. that's going to be happening in the pacific northwest. out towards the east we may have some severe thunderstorms in and around kentucky and tenn

china and then moving in towards the east. here in the philippines, still, the northeastern monsoonal flow is very active, targeting with coastal heavy rain and the high waves are picking up as much as 4 meters high here. here over the south china sea we have tropical depression and it is ever so slowly, almost stationary, actually, moving towards southern vietnam in the next 24 hours. it will be taking time to get there, but already gale warnings posted over water and just around the southeastern coast of vietnam. already the waves are high with those strong winds. the heaviest rainfall, this is a very heavy rainmaker, is in the center of the system, but already the outer bands will be affecting much of landmasses in the next couple of days, i should say. a pair of 16 here in seoul and in tokyo not bad at all. beijing, 19 degrees. ulan batur from 12 degrees yesterday to 3 on wednesday. and that's going to drop it to minus 4 on wednesday. heading over to the americas, this very potent system is going to be moving across southern ontario and then in towards the great lakes region. and that's going to drop some freezing rain, chi

a storm coming from northeastern china heading towards hokkaido. before that happens, a pleasant day across japan on friday. tokyo getting up to 19 degrees. at 12 in seoul. that system already affecting the peninsula. 13 in beijing after a week of temperatures around the 20-degree mark. back down to regional averages. a very hot day in bangkok. scorching at 36. let's go out to north america. a series of storm systems has been pounding the northwest for the last week or so. unfortunately, it is not set to have a break just yet. over the next couple of days we'll see a parade of lows moving in. it's going to bring significant mountain snow as well as very heavy rain at the coast. now, this model is showing you in the next 72 hours a very wide area from northern california up through washington state seeing more than 100 millimeters of rain. actually, some places are set to see more than double that. 250 millimeters in places, particularly southern oregon into northern parts of california. so moderate to major flooding is possible as well as some stro

a snow storm in northeastern china here with significant snow and also some gusty winds. as that heads over, it will be skirting the northern tip of haikkaido. the temperatures will ignite the pop-up thunderstorms during the day. 34 for bangkok. 23 in hong kong. on average, after a bit of a chilly week, 10 degrees in tokyo. once again, below the freezing point in kuala lumpur. into north america we go. not much of a change here. the winter storm confined to the northwestern corner of the continent. today, british columbia and the inter mountain west with gusty winds and heavy rains at the coast and significant snowfall. during the course of the weekend, the snow is going to start to expand down toward the four corners. much of the western half of the u.s. will see snow on sunday and monday. it stays warm across the continent. thunderstorms in the ohio valley and mississippi valley as well. a bit severe, but probably large hail and thunder and gusts rather than high risk of tornadoes. let's take a look at temperatures then. we are still seeing way above average temperature

a snowstorm in northeastern china, significant snow and also some gusty winds. as that heads over, it will be skirting the northern tip. scattered thunderstorms for china. popup thunderstorms during the heat of the day. 34 degrees for bangkok. 23 in hong kong. so just on average after a bit of a chilly week. 10 degrees in tokyo. and once again, down we low the freezing point in other areas. to north america we go. not much of a change here. we have seen a winter storm combine combine confined to the northwestern corner of the continent. the intermountain west, once again, gusty winds. you'll be seeing significant snowfall. during the course of the weekend, the snow will start to expand down towards the four corners. so much of the western half of the u.s. will be seeing snow by sunday into monday. for the time being though, it stays very warm across much of the continent. thunderstorms in the mid-mississippi valley. a little bit severe perhaps, but probably large hail, thunder and gusts rather than high risk of tornadoes. let's take a look at those temperatures t

meanwhile, our low pressure system, that is producing the snow condition in northeastern china as well as more than half of the korean peninsula will move out to sea and head towards northern japan. down towards the south thundershowers -- i should say rain showers are developing in southern china up to 100 millimeters is on the course here. temperature wise getting up to 24 degree in hong kong with the chance of thundershowers. 29 in taipei with some light rain cooling down to 6 in seoul and again 18 in tokyo. the warm conditions will continue into tomorrow. now, heading over to the americas, it's nice and settled across most of the u.s. but to the north we've got an active low pressure system moving along the u.s./canada border and a cold front flanking southeastward. let me show you the setup on tuesday so areas from the west coast all the way to teern grak region, you are going to see widespread snow showers and heavy rain along the coast of california and there will be a risk of fire weather in parts of the southern and central plains as well as the lower colorado river on your tu

however, there is a low coming over from northeastern china and that's going to bring yet again morehundery conditions, maybe even snow on the sea of japan side of the country. much of northern japan seeing that precipitation. so don't quite put away the jacket quite yet. as we head back into the continent, lots of showers blossoming across central parts of china. mostly going to be light to moderate precipitation. it could get heavier into thursday. west over the mountains, it will be light snow showers. scattered thunderstorms in indochina, and also another wet day in taiwan and into the northern philippines. temperatures improving a little to the south of china. hong kong coming in at 18 wednesday. tokyo meanwhile, 10 degrees forecast for the high. 9 in seoul. and finally we are getting above zero here, 2 degrees the forecast high for wednesday. and into north america, a very split picture here. you see all the clouds in the northwest. we have a snowstorm here, winter storm. it is going to be bringing significant amounts of snow, particularly to the upper elevations of northern ca

northeastern china will see those snow making appearance there as much as ten centimeters accumulate on the mountainous areas. and then west of shanghai is where the heaviest rainfall will be seen, about 50 millimeters in the next 24 hours. temperaturewise, tokyo reaching up to 19 degrees. what a warm day we'll have on friday. and ulan batur at 3, so warm up there. in the americas, still the pacific northwest will be battered with another storm, coastal heavy rain will be targeting much of the areas that the land is very much saturated. and the ground moisturized very, very high. any kind of rain will lead to some kind of flooding situation, melting snow, april larvalanche this very high risk, these ice bars very close to each other. hurricane force winds up to about 160 kilometers per hour over the sierras are going to be seen there. so messy condition there up in the pacific northwest. another system will be traveling over the great lakes region, dropping some freezing rain and severe thunderstorms still could be erupting around the kansas area. heading over to europe now, we have

in northeastern china, we have this stormy weather over here. and that's going to be spreading across, further up north, actually, the system is pulling very cold air. so that's going to be turning into snow. maybe some blowing snow could be possibilities up there, too. lingering showers in central china will then be spreading toward shanghai by friday. and these two systems will be reaching japan about saturday. so it's going to be another, well, stormy weekend for us again. here in the philippines, especially as of now, it's going to be affected with a lot of coastal heavy rain. and the waves are picking up as much as 4 meters high, especially in the eastern sea boards. tropical depression over south china sea is still going to be lingering there. it's going to stay here for about another 72 hours. it is going to intensify, and it looks like it's going to become a tropical storm. and if it does, it will be the first in eastern asia this year. it's likely to intensify in the next 24 hours. so coastal flooding and flash flooding along the southe

up towards the north, a separate system is moving across northeastern china bringing quite a bit of snowe as well as the northern peninsula and rain in south korea. temperatures are as follows. almost averaging with 10 degrees but tokyo only 6 degrees expected but it will warm up to 15 degrees on tuesday. that's definitely something we are looking forward to. and very warm for this time of year in taipei and 35 in bangkok. now, moving over to the americas, last week tornadoes damaged the eastern u.s. the system that brought severe weather has moved out to sea so things are getting much calmer in the east. however, the exception is going to be the lower appalachian. winter-some conditions will continue throughout the nighttime hours. the combination of dry weather, as well as lots of warmer air, is producing fire weather in the southern and central plains. out towards the west, a developing low pressure system is moving across the british columbia region as well as the pacific northwest bringing mountain snow along the cascades, about 45 centimeters are in the forecast. expected highs are

however, there was a low coming over northeastern china. that will bring more gusty conditions and maybe 20 to 30 centimeters of snow particularly along the sea of japan side of the country. northern japan will see that precipitation. don't quite put away the jacket yet. as we head back to the continent here. lots of showers blossoming across china. mostly going to be light to moderate precipitation. however, downstream could get heavier as we get into thursday. further west over the mountains, it will be light snowshowers. scattered thunderstorms in indo china and a wet day in taiwan and northern philippines. temperatures improving to the south of china. hong kong coming in at 18 on wednesday. tokyo 10 degrees forecast for the high. 9 in seoul. we are getting above zero for the high on wednesday. okay, as we head into north america, it will be a split picture here. you can see the clouds across the northwest. we have a snowstorm here. a winter storm. it will be bringing significant amounts of snow, particularly to the upper elevations of n

also in the korean peninsula, northeastern china and mongolia, a couple of high pressure systems will be predominant, maki things clear and calm. here in southeastern china, also in taiwan, lingering showers will be skirting across the area. sometimes it could be heavy at times, especially around hunan province and jiangxi provinces. in the philippines, we have a storm system that will be moving in spreading showers across much of the country and some thundery activity also could be possible. manila, 31 temperaturewise. and hong kong, 23 degrees, misty in the morning and then bright sunshine in the afternoon. we'll see some sunshine here in tokyo as well at 12 degrees. not too bad. and beijing also at 12 degrees, ulan batur 3 degrees with some snow. let's head over to the americas. things are getting nasty in the central portion of the united states. up in the north also we'll see some winter storm systems moving all the way north, dropping some amount of snowfall. we're very concerned with this area, especially in and around arklatex region, severe thunderstorms are possible to be ma

also in the korean peninsula, northeastern china and mongolia, a couple of high pressure systems will be predominant, making things clear and calm. here in southeastern china, also in taiwan, lingering showers will be skirting across the area. sometimes it could be heavy at times, especially around hugen province and jongxi provinces. in the philippines, we have a storm still that will be moving in spreading showers across much of the country and some thundery activity could be possible. manila, 31 temperaturewise. and hong kong, 23 degrees, misty in the morning and then bright sunshine in the afternoon. we'll see some sunshine here in tokyo as well at 12 degrees. not too bad. and beijing also at 12 degrees, ulan batur 3 degrees with some snow. let's head over to the americas. things are getting nasty in the central portion of the united states. up in the north also we'll see some winter storm systems moving all the way north, dropping some amount of snowfall. we're very concerned with this area, especially in and around arklatex region, severe thunderstorms are possible to be making

intensifying over northeastern china where we'll have winter storm conditions. wn towards the south, looking nice and clear for indochina. and we have a new tropical depression that has formed here in the south china sea. at the moment, it's just sitting over the water but it's slowly moving in towards the coast of vietnam. so we'll see consistent heavy rain here as well as high waves caused by some pretty strong winds coming in from the northeast. now as we head towards the philippines, heavy rain has been targeting central portions for the last couple of days. starting to ease off here. that's certainly good news. it's just going to be moving north. seeing those downpours hitting luzon. tomorrow, looking like a clear day across much of the country. and indeed we'll be feel something warmer winds from the south as well which will be fairly pleasant. all right. as we head into north america you can see the circulation in the cloud there. this is going to be a round of heavy rain at the coast and mountain snow. the olympics you can see about two feet of snow in th

meanwhile, an area of snow is moving into northeastern china over the next 24 hours. down towards the south, unstable conditions are still continuing in much of the philippines, particularly in the southwestern corner of the country. now moving on to the east asia, it looks like much precipitation in eastern canada is gradually subsiding. however, the central u.s. will continue to see stormy conditions, particularly wet near the center of this low-pressure system and the tail end of the cold fronts. areas like western texas, oklahoma and the lower mississippi valley. heavy rain is still continuing because the system has been moving very slowly. the rainfall total is significant. let me show you the rainfall accumulations since sunday. parts of louisiana received 404 millimeters in parts of texas received about 250 millimeters. so tremendous amounts of rainfall. over the next 24 hours, the system won't move very much, so the wet conditions will likely continue the risk of flooding will remain extremely high. as for temperatures, unprecedented warmth will continue on yo

we have a low pressure system that will be moving across northeastern china and that would actually gradually move towards northern japan, bringing some snowy activity towards the weekend. things are going to be, meanwhile, tapering off here in central china and this rain will be exiting the southern coast. high pressure will be building in and cresting overhead. this high pressure system will be bringing some yellow sand. it will be active in beijing by friday morning, descending to shanghai by saturday morning. in the philippines, scattered showers and thundery activities will be persisting for the next couple of days. as you can see, tokyo just reaching up to nine degrees for the friday high. seoul, seven degrees, looking at ulan batur at 2 degrees. all right, let's head over to the americas now, we're experiencing some significant flooding situation in texas. looks like that's going to continue for a little while longer. this nearly stationary event is going to take place in a similar area. it is inching eastward very slowly, but impacting the area all the way up from illinois down to the

up towards the north it's going to be showers across mongolia and northeastern china. oking pretty good down toward the south of indochina. however, there is a tropical depression in town. it's just formed here in the south china sea. it's stationary right now but it's going it be moving very slowly toward southern vietnam and helping to really bring down those heavy rains as well as seeing some strong winds. we have a northeasterly flow which is quite consistent and that's going to be helping to bring high waves at the coast, too, over the next couple days. central parts of the philippines will see clearing. the heavy rain is starting to weaken off a little bit, but it's pushing up toward the north. luzon will be getting downpours. 31 degrees in manila. 24 in hong kong. actually temperatures looking pretty good all the way up to beijing, 19 degrees here. however, it is going to be changing. by friday, beijing back down to about 11 which is just about your seasonal average. we can already see that cold shot of air influencing ulan bator at 3 degrees and then we have the

winter storm moving across northeastern china. and coming in towards hokkaido. heavy snow forecast on sunday. let's go now to north america where we're also going to be seeing some snow. but i think the focus is going to be on the very heavy amounts of rain moving in toward the northwestern coast. anywhere you're seeing in the red here widely over 100 millimeters of rain is expected. but in some areas, you're going to be seeing more than 250, maybe even 270 millimeters are rain just in a 48-hour period. moderate to major flooding is definitely a possibility, particularly for parts of southern oregon down in toward northern california. we also have some severe storms to talk about today. just around the small low. this system has a history of bringing large hail and also tornadoes. it's moving today just south of the great lakes. so this is the hot spot today. expect strong gusts and those thunderstorms as well as the potential for tornadoes. and again, large hail. temperatures are going to be above average still across quite a wide area. denver, 25 degrees for y

northeastern japan. the disaster deprived many companies of their facilities and customers. as they continue to struggle, trying to find a way to rebuild their businesses, some businesses are seeking opportunities in china where consumption is strong. >> reporter: this company is moving to the northeastern city in november. this man was an executive of the headquarters. but now he is spearheading the operations of the shop in china at the present. the disaster brought serious damage to his company in sendai. such as destroying the scenery. the company also lost 20% of its customers. and that prompted the company to advance to china. their services are becoming more popular among the business people in daria. the chinese office has yet to make a profit, but the owner is optimistic. >> translator: we think this market will be larger than japan in the future. >> reporter: but doing business in a different country has been very difficult for him. workers were using the same cutting board for all kinds of food stuffs. he instructed them to use boards of different colors for different types of foods. for coordination between kitchen workers and delivery people is also a problem. it makes the counter quickly c

china and hong kong went up during the lunar holidays. >>> northeastern japan had the largest drop in tourism nationwide. in response, public and private sectors launched a campaign to attract more visitors to toho . tohoku.sunday marked the opening of the campaign. >> tourism is crucial for campa. >> tourism is crucial for reconstruction from the disaster. >> the governor of one of the hardest-hit prefectures took part in the ceremony at tokyo station to launch the campaign. visitors can get information on sight-seeing spots and special discount passport to use at restaurants and tourist facilities in the region. 2011 saw a year on decline of 20% in the number of people that stayed at inns and hotels at six prefectures in tohoku. >> i want to do something to support people there, by buying food or souvenirs. >> i'm going to eat and buy things. that's my plan. >> the special events include tours of fukushima by bullet train from tokyo station. the tourism agency hopes visitor numbers will return to predisaster levels during the yearlong campaign. >>> the march 11th disaster killed nea

china also will be troubled with some heavy rain at times. nothing too, too significant hopefully but it could get those temperature s dropping down. in the philippines, we have very active northeastern monsoonal flow that will be bringing some thunderstorms to erupt and strong thunderstorms are picking up the waves, as much as 4 meters high in the coastal areas. over the south china sea, this is a developing low pressure system which actually could turn to a tropical depression. if it does, it will be the first tropical depression of this year in eastern asia. it is already directly affecting southern vietnam coastal areas, picking up those winds and also the waves are high. and this heavy, heavy rainfall will be targeting the area in towards the weekend. temperaturewise, we're looking at bangkok, 34 degrees. manila, 29. we're looking at a triplet of 12s in tokyo, seoul and yulan batur. but tomorrow and wednesday we'll see those temperatures down to 3 and on thursday minus 4, so do enjoy the warmth while you can. all right, heading over to the americas now, things are going to be clearing up here in the east. much of the east, i should say. but that's very good news. we have a canad

central china up towards the north, then mongolia also dealing with precipitation which will be following snow here still very cold. a heavy rain targeting myanmar as well as bangladesh and northeastern india. further toward the south, scattered thunderstorms for the indochina peninsula as well as the philippines, but it shouldn't be anything particularly heaviy. seasonal light thunderstorms. japan will see an area of rain moving from west to east. most of it falling as rain apart from the mountainous regions of central japan. by the time it hits tohoku, it should be changing over the snow. a little chillier towards the north. but not too bad in tokyo. today ten degrees forecast for the high, eight in seoul and five in beijing. eight in shanghai as well, taipei and hong kong both at 21 degrees but a hot day in bangkok. 36 for your high. into north america we go. to the northwest we're seeing a system here starting to dissipate as it moves farther inland, which is certainly good news. this one a windy system bringing snow as well as coastal rain in the last 24 hour. but even as thins settle down here, there's going to be yet another system coming in on its heals friday night. somethin

was a proponent of opening china well before nixon did and actually proposed it to nixon during the transition. he focused on asia in a way that the folks in the northeasternink that's one distinction. it's interesting, you write a clip in the beginning of the segment about lbj talking about the civil rights act of 1964. and there's a great story that i relate in the book of lbj talking to the democratic senator from georgia richard russell. and he's talking to a friend and mentor of him. he's a fierce opponent of the civil rights act of 1964. and johnson realizes he's going to have to run over him in order to get the bill passed. and they have a very tense meeting in the oval office. and russell says, you know, you can pass this act. you have the legislative muster to do it. kennedy didn't, but you do. but i will warn you that you'll lose the democratic party to the south and you'll lose the election of 1964. and what happened is he did lose the party but won the election. and johnson said, look, i can deal with that. i can handle that. i'll pay any price, but we need to have this bill. and he got it. and that's political courage we simply don't see today