heavy rain also for parts of bangladesh as well as northeastern india and myanmar, this has been a lingering system, bringing more than 100 millimeters of rain in some places in the last 24 hours. the good news is it's starting to weaken off. however, any additional rainfall would be most unwelcome and could lead to a flooding and landslides. we're going to take a look at temperatures next which are looking springlike. 23 degrees in chongqing. much of the region seeing temperatures in the low 20s. cooler in tokyo at 19. still very pleasant. 18 in seoul. cooler in ulan bator. we're seeing some frigid air coming down from the arctic. we'll see temperatures in the mid 30s for manila as well as bangkok. into north america, still seeing heavy rain for the northwestern coast. now, california is going to be seeing a lot of that heavy rain. the system sitting offshore. we'll see that into tomorrow as well. severe weather is expected across parts of the southern plains. in fact, the arklatex is going to be hit by some heavy rain in places, thunder and gusts and also pential for large hail. also this

a little further towards the west, bangladesh and northweste northeastern india, remember they were experiencingy heavy rain earlier in the week and lighter showers that lingered so this heavy rain is falling on already saturated land and will increase the landslides and flooding. temperature-wise, low 20s to mid-20s across the region. tokyo e, 21 and 15 in seoul and 15 in yeuland further north and 36 degrees in bangkok, a steamy day and 34 in manila. down in the southern plain, we have another front here, another storm moving towards the west will expand thursday to friday, bringing precipitation to much of the western half of the united states. we even had reports of a tornado touching down in california, which is really quite a rare occurrence. the sierra nevada experiencing more significant winter precipitation, 65 meters additional snowfall thursday to friday accompanied by strong gusts which could certainly make travel dangerous in those mountain passes. as we head towards the east, things are looking nice and clear, however, your overnight will bring freeze warnings and watches. daytime h

bangladesh, northeastern india and myanmar once again pounded by heavy rains.ber earlier in the week they were experiencing heavy rain here and lighter showers that lingered. this heavy rain is falling on already saturated land which will certainly increase the risk of landslides and flooding. we are looking at lots of 20s, low 20s to mid 20s across the region. tokyo 21 today. 15 in seoul and getting up to 15 toward the north. further south, of course, much hotter. 36 degrees for you in bangkok. a steamy day and 34 in manila. severe weather breaking out across the west down to the southern plains. we have another storm moving to the west that will expand thursday into friday bringing precipitation to much of the western half of the united states. we had reports of a tornado touching down in california which is quite rare. more additional snowfall thursday into friday. that will be accompanied by strong gusts which could make travel dangerous in the mountain passes. as we head to the east, things are looking nice and clear. however your overnight wednesday into

heavy rain also for parts of bangladesh as well as northeastern india and myanmar, this has been a lingering system, bringing more than 100 millimeters of rain in some places in the last 24 hours. the good news is it's starting to weaken off. however, any additional rainfall would be most unwelcome and could lead to a flooding and landslides. we're going to take a look at temperatures next which are looking springlike. 23 degrees in chongqing. most of the region seeing temperatures in the low 20s. cooler in tokyo at 19. still very pleasant. 18 in seoul. cooler in ulan bator. frigid air coming down from the arctic. we'll see temperatures in the mid 30s for manila as well as bangkok. into north america, still seeing heavy rain for the northwestern coast. now, california is going to be seeing a lot of that heavy rain. the system sitting offshore. we'll see that into tomorrow as well. severe weather is expected across parts of the southern plains. in fact, the arklatex is going to be hit by some heavy rain in places, thunder and gusts and also potential for large hail. also this system will cont

and more than 100 people were killed in a ferry disaster in northeastern india. two corrections before we go tonight. on friday's broadcast, we reported that u.s. economic growth expanded 2.2% in the first quarter this year. we should have indicated that was an annual rate. and we said spain was the fourth largest economy in europe. it's the fourth largest in the eurozone, but fifth in europe using gross national product as the measure. online, we continue our coverage of the presidential campaign. hari sreenivasan has the details. hari? >> sreenivasan: in this week's political checklist, gwen, judy and political editor christina bellantoni discuss how the anniversary of osama bin laden's death is playing out on the campaign trail. also, they examine how the electoral college map looks at this point for both president obama and mitt romney. that's on our politics page. on our world page, our series on pakistan continues with a look inside a madrassa. and on art beat, jeff talks to poet w.s. di piero, the winner of this year's ruth lilly poetry prize, a $100,000 a

let's take a look at some other world news the world update attack various capsized in northeastern india leaving at least one hundred three people dead and more than one hundred missing the boat was packed with passing got into the debris districts of the country strong with. the accident police and soldiers have been sent to help with the rescue effort. an explosion has rocked an area near government buildings in nigeria's town are the state killing eleven people and injuring twelve becomes less than a day after coordinated attacks on christian worshipers on the university campus and in the chapel of the country's north left at least twenty one dead no one has claimed responsibility but the islamist group boko haram is active in the area having killed one hundred fifty people in a blast in january. a leading bahraini government activist we were tried along with twenty other opposition members a military court sentenced. to life in prison in june for plotting to overthrow the state's rulers and you had a hunger strike three months ago reportedly bringing himself close to death yet the go

attacks areas capsized in northeastern india leaving thirty five more than one hundred sixty five missing around two hundred passengers were on board when the boat got into difficulties in the west dhubri district of the country strong winds and rain of thoughts of course the accident police and soldiers have been sent to help with the rescue effort. leading bahraini anti-government activists will be retried along with twenty other opposition members a military court sentenced. to life in prison in june for plotting to overthrow the state's rule is again a hunger strike three months ago to bring himself close to death government protests first began in bahrain in february last year up to sixty people had said to have died. in clashes since. three weeks of campaigning of kicked off in egypt ahead of the presidential election thirteen candidates are on the ballot including islamists and officials who worked under the ousted leader hosni mubarak the front runners the barracks former foreign minister protests against the ruling military have erupted in the run up to the vote while several can

attacks various capsized in northeastern india leaving thirty five people dead and more than one hundred sixty five missing around two hundred passengers were on board when the boat got into difficulties in the west dhubri district of the country strong winds and rain are thought of course the accident police and soldiers have been sent to help with the rescue effort. in bahraini government activists will be retried along with twenty other opposition members a military court sentenced. to life in prison in june for plotting to overthrow the state rulers he began a hunger strike three months ago reportedly bring himself close to death government protests first began in bahrain in february last year up to sixty people are said to have died in clashes since. russian engineers seem to have found a way of making science fiction science fact creating androids that can not only imitate real people but also see and respond to objects and faces and as peter all of about the development can also help those with limited abilities. all over the world scientists are making leaps and bounds in robotic

india-targeted cars for south africa. i look forward to seeing more moves of this kind. >>> chinese researchers in northeastern china have unearthed fossils of an unknown species of large feathered dinosaur. the new discovery could provide clues to studying the evolution of the animals. the researchers say the fossils found in the province of lianing have been identified as a nine-meter long dinosaur species. these resemble the primitive feathers found on smaller dinosaur species. experts say it has been widely believed that large dinosaurs were featherless since they had difficulty controlling their body temperature. the discovery will be published on thursday in the british journal nature. >>> it's a beautiful sunny day in tokyo. sayaka mori joins us with the world weather forecast. >> we are experiencing crystal blue skies in tokyo and very warm temperature as well. but there is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. but it will be short lived just about a couple of hours. up towards the north, winds are starting to die down across much of northern japan. but the risk of high waves will continue throughout the day