things are looking dry across much of mongolia and northern china. temperatures are starting to improve up toward the north. 13 in beijing and another hot day in shanghai at 31. seoul seeing showers today and 18 degrees. tomorrow should be brighter at 25 and sunny. tokyo at 25 today. another sizzling day in bangkok at 36. as we head into north america, a low moving along the u.s./canada border here. behind that, colder air in b.c. that will produce about 15 to 25 se centimeters of fresh snow. there is also going to be thunderstorms along the rockies here. you can see the precipitation popping out and nasty thunderstorms during the heat of the day. around this low, the potential for heavy rain to develop as it pushes toward the east. conversely to the southwest, it will be dry and very hot. so there is critical fire weather for parts of utah and nevada as well as arizona. out to the east, still looking unsettled along the atlantic coast. driving up for northeastern parts of the united states. eastern canada and southeastern parts of the u.s. will cont

we're seeing lots of heat building in northern china. 3 2 degrees in beijing. shanghai, the 30 degree mark as we head from saturday through monday. very, very hot town in tdown in tropics as well. many cities across indochina and thailand in particular have been seeing temperatures of about 40-degrees plus for the last several days. let's go now to north america. severe outbreaks of weather in pretty much the same place all week. from the great lakes region down through the central plains. we've seen a very stubborn frontal system, lots of low-pressure systems forming over the front. and that has led to some severe storms. it's not going to change into your friday. pretty much the same picture. one of the reasons is we have a big ark of heat coming up across the east. it starts to collide with the cooler air in north. that's when we get the severe systems that usually occur farther to the south. that heat is reaching up into the upper midwest and great lakes region. that is going to continue on friday. out toward the northwest, much cooler system coming in. wid

and strong winds could be generating some dust storms over northern china. you can see that ulan batur just 6 for saturday high. we're not talking about low temperatures, this is the high for ulan batur and you'll be seeing some white stuff piling up there as well. but keeping things warm in beijing at 25 degrees. just in the middle, in tokyo at 19. but staying in the mid-30s in the tropics. all right, let's move over to the americas. things are going to be clearing out here in eastern coasts as high pressure will be replacing the low that has brought torrential rain. torrential rain still lies here in and around texas region. we have tornado watch across much of the eastern coast of texas and that is going to be moving towards louisiana. so as it gradually weakens, this system will be moving towards the gulf states. now, this could also bring some tornadic activity and hail, which could be large, as much as a baseball size. and gusts could reach as much as 110 kilometers per hour. all right, let's take a look at your temperatures. well, winnipeg, if you can

similarly dry across the korean peninsula as well as northern china, but to the south, a seasonal rain ban is still affecting much of southeastern china as well as taiwan. particularly wet in taiwan. more than 100 millimeters of rain is in the forecast over the weekend. the risk of floodings and landslides will remain extremely high here. down toward southeast asia, a southwesterly monsoonal flow will create scattered showers across much of indochina as well as the philippines. temperature wise getting up to 33 degrees in manila, 29 degrees in hong kong. still on the hot side in beijing, reaching 32 degrees. tokyo, three degrees lower than yesterday, 24 degrees expected. now, moving over to the americas a low pressure system is sliding across the u.s./canada border, producing scattered showers across the western half of canada as well as the northern rockies. rain could become heavy at times on your friday. down toward the south, very strong, dry, and warm air is flowing in. raising the risk of wildfires across the four corners region. unfortunately, dry weather should remain into your

and strong winds could be generating some dust storms over northern china. you can see that ulan batur just 6 for saturday high. we're not talking about low temperatures, this is the high for ulan batur and you'll be seeing some white stuff piling up there as well. but keeping things warm in beijing at 25 degrees. just in the middle, in tokyo at 19. but staying in the mid-30s in the tropics. all right, let's move over to the americas. things are going to be clearing out here in eastern coasts as high pressure will be replacing the low that has brought torrential rain. torrential rain still lies here in and around texas region. we have tornado watch across much of the eastern coast of texas and that is going to be moving towards louisiana. so as it gradually weakens, this system will be moving towards the gulf states. now, this could also bring some tornadic activity and hail, which could be large, as much as a baseball size. and gusts could reach as much as 110 kilometers per hour. all right, let's take a look at your temperatures. well, winnipeg, if you can

japan and much of the korean peninsula are staying dry and settled, but behind it, dry across northern china but heavy rain should be moving in to the beijing area tomorrow. down towards the south, seasonal rain is affecting much of southern china. central china is experiencing a respite from the rain at this moment, but rain will develop from friday and that will continue into sunday here. taiwan will also see wet conditions for the next 72 hours. down towards the southeast asia, scattered thundershowers are developing across much of the philippines, as well as much of the indochina peninsula. now moving over to the americas, things are getting very settled across much of the east coast of the u.s. however, southern quebec and much of the canadian maritimes will continue to see unstable weather into thursday. someone else has been dealing with wet conditions is the u.s./mexico border. it's been raining over the past couple of days. however, more than 80 millimeters of rain are expected over the next 48 hours. actually, some locations could be picking up as much as 150. the reason why we are

. >>> also new this morning, a moderate earthquake hit northern china and this morning that quake shook buildings in beijing. people on the upper floors of tall buildings said on twitter that things of damage or injuries. charley. >>> a man is rescued from the prettyboy dam but takean he way in police cruiser. the baltimore county fire department says 24-year-old dustin asterista tried to go swimming in the gates of the dam while opened and cloomed along the edges to hold on. his friend called 911 and a fire fight are attached to helicopter went down in a harness bringing the young man to safety after being stuck there for more than an hour. >> i was able to secure him with the strap. >> what was his reaction. >> he was ready to get off e was cram uppedp and you -- cram upped up and in a -- cramped up and in a squatting position trying to hold on. >> you see the no swimming signs to avoid situations like this. he is charged with criminal trespassing. >>> we may find out today if the search crews were able to find a boater who disappeared in the chesapeake bay. police say the 21-year-old

the korean peninsula and the northern half of china will stay dry. this low will be moving into north eastern china and that will be spreading heavy rain tomorrow. down towards the south, a seasonal rain is to the south and heavy rain across southern china. they killed two people and injured 30 and tens of thousands of homes are without electricity. unfortunately more rain is in the forecast into tomorrow that. could worsen the situation here. temperature-wise reaching 33 degrees in hong kong. 30 degrees and the same goes for beijing and looking at 26 in seoul. looking at the seasonal 23 degrees with showers expected from early this afternoon. moving over to the americas, a slow-moving system and n france are producing showers and that should remain wednesday from the mid-atlantic to the southeastern u.s. over the next 24 hours, much of the precipitation should be gone. however parts of the canadian maritimes in southern quebec will see unstable conditions into your thursday. down towards the south, the u.s.-mexico border is dealing with torrential r

similarly dry across the korean peninsula as well as northern half of china. down towards the south, a seasonal rain band is still affecting much of southeastern china, as well as taiwan and additional 100 millimeters of rain is in the forecast in hainan area but unsettled weather should remain for the next few days. down toward southeast asia, scattered thundershowers across much of indochina, particularly wet in northern and central sections of thailand as well as laos today. now moving over to the americas, a low-pressure system is sliding along the u.s./canada border producing scattered showers across parts of western canada, northern plains, as well as the central rockies. rain could become heavy at times on your friday. to the south, very strong, hot and dry winds are blowing -- flowing into this area raising the risk of wildfires in and around the four corners region. out towards the east, you could be seeing some pop-up showers across the southeastern corner of the u.s. during the heat of the day. to the north, clear conditions and less windy condition

meanwhile, high pressure sysm is keeping things dry across most of the northern half of china as well as the korean peninsula. lots of sunshine. down towards the south, the peak of heavy rain is over across southern china and the southern islands of japan. but moderate rain should remain for the next couple of days. down towards the philippines, remaining very unstable, especially wet in mendinao so do watch out for flash flooding. moving over to the americas, a slow moving pressure system is still producing thundershowers along the eastern and southern coast of the u.s., although parts of texas and louisiana should get drier by tonight. heavy rain will continue in parts of new mexico, southern texas and the northern portion of mexico for the next couple of days, which is not necessarily bad news because this area has been dealing with extremely dry conditions. on wednesday, there is a risk of severe weather along the southeast coast. tornadoes are not out of the question, but for the rest of the u.s., staying mostly dry. lots of sunshine for you. temperatures will be riding to 28 deg

and to the south, similarly wet in southern china, and northern portions of the indochina peninsula. in hanoi, about 17 millimeters of rain has fallen. however, more rain will be coming down so that could, of course, raise the risk of flooding as well as land slides. out towards the east we're still monitoring tropical storm san sanbu. it's continuing to move away from the marian islands. right now, it's a tropical storm, but could become a severe tropical storm and affect the southern islands of japan, including iwo jima on your friday morning, local time. as the temperatures for asia getting up to 33 many are 29 in hong kong, with sunny periods. 26 in suleoul. now, let's go to the americas. a tropical depression has been downgraded to a remnant low. it is pulling away from the mainland u.s. as it does so thundershowers along the eastern seaboard will dissipate. however, the southern tip of florida as well as the caribbean islands will remain stormy. about 130 millimeters of rain has already fallen in florida. but more rain is in the forecast. up towards the north, a series of low p

rain will likely continue for the next few days down towards the south, wet in southern china and northernndochina, particularly wet in northern vietnam. out towards the east, we can see the pink showing up. that will be tropical storm sanvu. continues to move away from the mariana islands but could become a severe tropical storm tomorrow. and affect the southern islands of japan, including iwo jima by your friday morning local time. now heading over to the americas, we are still monitoring tropical storm south of mexico. it's packing sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour moving in a northwesterly direction. but it could veer towards the northeast and get close to the south coast of mexico by your saturday morning local time. and then it could make a u-turn and become a remanent low by your sunday. there are no warnings and watches in effect along the coast at this moment, but stormy conditions are in the forecast from friday or so. so we'll keep you posted on its progress. right now some pop-up thundershowers are affecting the southwestern corner of mexico. meanwhile, a long frontal l

the heaviest rain can be seen at the southern end of china and the northern tier of the indochina peninsula. out towards the east, there's a pink showing up. that will be severe tropical storm sanvu. it is still strengthening and will likely move south of the ogasawa islands over the weekend. so stormy conditions are expected to impact the islands from tomorrow. no major impact on mainland japan is in the forecast. there is more potent storms south of mexico. that will be hurricane bud. bud has been upgraded to a major hurricane now packing winds of 185 kilometers per hour with much higher gusts. it will likely hit the southwest coast of mexico by late friday. and projected to move inland and make a sharp turn and head out to sea. right now hurricane warnings are in place along this line. the hurricane conditions are in the forecast starting friday afternoon local time. in terms of precipitation, as much as 200 millimeters are likely in southwestern corner of mexico. so floods and land dld slide la highly concerned here. we'll keep you posted on its progress. there's a low pressure system p

but it's a different story for northern japan, the korean peninsula, and much of eastern china staying under the influence of these high pressure systems. meanwhile, there's a potent storm over inland china and that will produce heavy rain in and around the sichuan province, up to 100, or actually more than 100 millimeters is in the forecast over the next 24 hours. as for taiwan, it's been raining over the weekend, about 250 millimeters of rain fell in just a span of 24 hours. but some light showers are in the forecast. that could, of course, raise the risks of flooding as well as landslides. temperature-wise, 29 degrees in hong kong with cloudily skies. 27 in taipei. reaching the 30-degree mark in seoul. and tokyo at 23 degrees. and should drop to 16 degrees on your tuesday. now, moving over to the americas, a new tropical storm has formed off the southeast coast of the u.s. this is alberto. it's not likely to become a hurricane nor impact any landmasses, but it could produce dangerous surf and rip currents across the coast from south carolina down toward florida. also, the storm will

zuckerberg and chan as you recall visited china back in marchment. >>> up in northern canada a flightds safely, but it's what happened on the ground which is also making headlines. an engine on an air canada jet bound for tokyo on monday shut down shortly after takeoff as the plane circled back for emergency landing, several metal pieces started to rain down below. people pumping gas were shocked when the fragments crashed through their car's windshield. >> i saw some pieces made of metal. it was so hot. you couldn't even touch it. >> yeah, just really, really strange. not something i expected to happen today having airplane debris falling on my windshield. >> he suffered some serious damage. yeah, luckily, no one was hurt. investigators have not confirmed the metal pieces came from the jet. as for the passengers, they were given a free overnight hotel stay before taking off on another flight. >> you have like a year's supply of free tickets or something. little something for the effort. 5:23 right now, christina loren's going to tell us about a week ahead. we're going to surge into t

southern china producing heavy rain up to 100 millimeters is expected in the next 24 hours in some areas. for southeast asia scattered thundershowers are developing here and like yesterday northern thailand is laos will see the heaviest rain. the ground is already very well saturated, so any additional rain is not good news here. as for the highs, 33 degrees in bangkok, 31 degrees in hong kong with plenty of sunshine here. 28 in shanghai and reaching 30 degrees in beijing and 22 degrees in seoul. a little bit cooler than yesterday. moving over to the americas it's mostly dry across the west but very unstable in the east. a low pressure system and the front is producing widespread thundershowers from the great lakes region all the way down to southern texas and arkansas too. some wintry precipitation in and around colorado but snow shut dissipate into tuesday. the heaviestain can be found from the lower mississippi valley into new mexico. the threat of severe thunderstorms, large haim damaging winds and even tornadoes will remain overnight monday. on tuesday heavy rain will shift to southern texas as well as the northern part of mexico. up towards the north, things get drier in t

. >> when you think of china, it almost certainly think it's great wall, a structure that snakes along the country's northern border, designed to keep out the mongol hordes. now there are plans to knock down a small portion of the wall to make way for a factory. joining me is the managing director of the company. you are an active blocker, and this demolition has it triggered public furor. what are people saying online regarding this plan to demolish a part of the great wall to be able to build a factory? >> i did not see a lot of information from the social networks in china. i only got 79,000 messages. the search engine cannot get into it. actually the number is quite small. i only got it is 6000 messages. it is not a big deal that people are talking about. -- 56,000 messages. i only got a few hundred comments on it. >> so right now it has not really gained ground, but do you think eventually it will become a divisive issue, with part of the great wall being knocked down to build a factory? >> i think so. >> and you personally, do you feel that part of the great wall should be demolished to build a factory

china and mexico. the advertisement will run in three states including virginia. people in many towns and cities across northern virginia headed to the polls today. there was a steady flow of voters in the vienna community center. they are going to choose mayors, city and school board members and polls will be open until 7:00 p.m. you can find a complete list online at wjla.com. >> we're learning some secret service agents will undergo further training. this is from the prostitution scandal. about 100 agents will be briefed by johns hopkins university professors and will take part in two days of training. the recently announced a new code of contact including prohibiting them from drinking excessively or bringing foreign debt guests to their hotel rooms. >> it local police chief d predict we will soon policerones flying over the d.c. area beltway. the unmanned planes will be used to spot traffic tieups but congress could say that this could lead to an invasion of privacy. >> d.c. police are investigating two stabbings that happened minutes apart. the first one happened after a car crash near fifth and florida a

israel is on the defensive as it on its northern and southern borders all the details in just a few moments. straight to china to kick off the r.t. world update for us now and chinese lawyer and activist chen guangcheng has left the u.s. embassy in beijing for medical treatment and to be reunited with his family he fled house arrest last week and was under u.s. protection for which china is demanding an apology before fleeing china was being punished for exposing alleged abuses in official chinese family planning policies such as forced abortions the move comes as u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton visits beijing for high level strategic and economic talks. at least twelve syrian troops have died in clashes with the rebel fighters unconfirmed reports say five people have also been killed by government forces fighting continues despite the extended presence of u.n. observers in the country to monitor mission it claims the cease fire in place for three weeks now has been violated by both sides in the conflict syria has seen a number of bomb blasts in recent days further undermine the u.s. backed peace plan

heavy rain across inland china, and that will move towards the east and will affect the shanghai area tomorrow. down toward southeast asia, heavy rain is falling across northernortions of vietnam, as well as northern section of the philippines today. out towards the west, as we reported yesterday, a heat wave is still impacting much of india. for example, in agra, your high on tuesday is expected to be 43 degrees and 41 in ahamdebad. eastern portions are experiencing the brunt of it. 7 degrees higher than expected. hot conditions will likely remain for the next several days. >>> now moving over to the americas, we are monitoring a couple of tropical depressions. this one over the pacific could become a tropical storm tomorrow and quickly intensify to a hurricane on your wednesday. right now moving in a west-northwesterly direction but could change its direction towards the northeast aiming for the south coast of mexico. it will likely make landfall on the coast by your saturday morning local time. stormy conditions are in the forecast in a few days. we'll keep you posted on its progress. meanwhile, a tropical -- another tropical depression which was once trop

northern japan, covering much of those regions. talking about wet weather, let me show you a video coming out from southeast china. southeast china has been hit by steady rain for several weeks now. heavy rain last weekend in guangzhou city flooded roadways and paralyzed traffic as you can see from the video. no injuries were reported, but several vehicles stalled after their engines became water logged in the rising flood. the water has receded, but as the rainy season stationary boundary edges back to the north, more showers are expected this week. i'll show you how much more we're expecting to see. 250 millimeters of additional rainfall could be targeting just south of giyung and these are places where the ground is very, very saturated already so no additional rainfall is welcomed, but this could trigger further flooding, mud slides and landslides. seoul, warmer at 28, but chilling down here in tokyo. 16 degrees you had about 24 degrees, so a bumpy ride for us here. ulan batur, the lowest is 1 degree, so you may see snow accumulate overnight. let's move over to the americas and talk about the tropical storm. t

china. >>> in italy, crews continue digging through the rubble searching for survivors after a strong earthquake rocked northern italy. the u.s. gee lodge we'll sur-- geological survey says the epicenter was about 20 miles north of bologna. >>> this tornado touched down in kansas just west of kingman over the weekend. so far, no word of any injuries. >>> president obama delivering a commencement speech this morning at a missouri high school that was destroyed in the worst tornado in the u.s. in 60 years. it hit the city of joplin one year ago tomorrow. 161 people died including two high school students. many are expected to participate in a walk of unity along the storm's path on tomorrow's anniversary. iversar >>> bee geez fans are mourning the death of robin gibb. the group formed in 1960. they had dozens of hit songs over several decades including ones from the megaselling saturday night fever sound track. that was all during the disco era. robin gibb was 62 years old. >>> up next, the moon passing in front of the sun t created this dramatic effect. >> you couldn't see it in your region but there is another

northern part of the country. if you follow the arrow, she headed north. what's the country on the other side? that's china. you are mao. it's the summer of 1950 and you had been in power less than a year. you know the policy of the united states that is to contain communist expansion and all of a sudden here at the backdoor, you have a well-decorated united states general leading the united nations forces and they're getting closer and closer. if you are mao, you are as paranoid as stalin and if you are mao, you are thinking that this is all a means to an end. the war in korea is a means to an end and drive mao and the communist into the power in china. we are using the conflict as an excuse to invade china and so his response is to send flood after flood of chinese troops across the boarder to support the north koreans to stop the americans. by 1950, we got bogged down. the united states is not only fighting north korean communists, but chinese communists and this war will go on until 1953. the most significant action occurs in the first year and by the summer of 1953, we agree to end with a permanent div

china sea. the drill took place 700 kilometers east of japan. the area is closed to the u.s. territory of the northern mariana islands. the chinese navy has been conducting exercises in the pacific for several years but ministry officials say the vessels have never gone this far before. >>> south korean officials say their country's gps is functioning normally again. they blame north korea for 16 days of disruptions to their satellite-based navigation system. crews on aircraft to and from south korean airports had been reporting problems with the gps since late last month. but officials at the ministry of maritime affairs say the system has been running smoothly since monday. south korean president lee myung-bak raised the issue on monday with chinese president hu jintao. the leaders agreed their countries will cooperate on the matter. >>> the governments of myanmar and north korea have a long history of keeping secrets. myanmar's president thein sein admitted officials there traded arms with the koreans over the past 20 years. now he says they'll abide by u.n. security council raze losings banning al

northern japan will see wet conditions, and rain chaining to snow. high pressure is bringing another day, but back behind it there's a low producing heavier rain and stronger winds in north eastern china. but behind it temperatures will be on the cool side across much of mongolia. showers will expand across central and southern china. we've been hearing reports of flooding and land sliets. temperature wise getting up to 28 degrees in h hong kong. things have settled across much of the eastern half of the u.s. but heavy prezip tigs should remain in southern quebec into friday earn. down towards the south, rain is still ongoing in parts of the southern u.s., particularly severe in southern texas. tornado warns have been posted here. heavy rain also moving into louisiana on friday. up towards the north, a separate system is producing light shaurs in parts of the midwestern states and increasing snow showers in and around colorado. temperatures will drop significantly cooling down to 12 degrees in den vir which is about 15 is he grease lower than what we saw on thursday. but ahead of the system, getting up to 23 in chicago. finally over in europe. mostly dry and warm in the south, but chi

northern border of afghanistan. and he was catching the dickens from russia. russia puts pressure on all those central asian countries. so does china. and it makes their lives very difficult. so he stepped out and agreed to be of help. the united states, with our non-governmental organizations and our human rights groups, saw the uzbek government put down the people who had gone into the prison and released all those prisoners and became judgmental without the facts in my view and said that there should be an international investigation and the implication was that the karimov government, the uzbek government, had behaved in a manner that was inconsistent with human rights. i knew i didn't know the facts. i wasn't on the ground. but i do know what the result was. the result was that the president of uzbekistan, mr. karimov, threw us off the base. he said, oh, we know who our friends are. he went back to putin. now, why do i make that point? i make the point because if this is good, how we are. that's the theory. like us is good. and this is bad. unlike us. my theory is if someone is on the spectrum and they may be over in the bad s

northern part of the country. be you follow that blue arrow, he's headed north. what's the country on the other side of the that dotted line. that's china. you have been in power less than a year. you know the policy of the united states that is to contain communist expansion. now all the sudden here at your back door you have a well-decorated united states general leading united nations forces, and they are getting closer and closer and closer. you're probably just as paranoid as stalin has been. if you're mao, you're probably thinking this is all a means to an end. the war in korea is a means to an end. that is to drive mao and the communists from power in china. we're using the conflict as an excuse to invade china. his response is to send flood after flood of chinese troops. across the border to support the north koreans to stop the americans. by 1950, we get bogged down. the united states is not only fighting north korean communists, but now we're fighting chinese communists. this war will go on until 1953. the most significant military action occurs in this first year. by the summer of '53, we agreed to end this conflict with a pe

china. >>> well, while many of you were sleeping italy was shaken by a deadly earthquake. at least six people were killed in the quake centered in northern italy. 50 others were injured. there are fears that more victims could be found when search crews reach remote villages in the region. you can see some of the damage caused by the 6.0 magnitude quake right there. >>> we are watching two weather extremes right now. we want to bring in reynolds wolf. reynolds, we have dry weather out west, of course, fueling those wildfires. we talked a little bit about that even with folks on the ground there. firefighters trying to get in place, trying to battle this one, and, of course, a big storm brewing off the east coast. we're watching that as well. it seems to be xhurning out there, trying to make its way to the coast. reynolded, i'll let you take it from here. >> why don't we start with what's happening off the east coast. it is interesting, though, the two extremes. you have a lot of dryness out to the west, and the opposite potential of heavy rainmaker in parts of the southeast. here it is. very hard to see at this point. tropical storm albe

northern japan will see dreary conditions today. tomorrow is a different story. it's going to be sunny and warm. back behind it, dry across the korean peninsula and much of eastern portions of china. heavy rain in central portions of southern china is expected. more than 100 millimeters of rain is on the cards over the next 24 hours. the ground is already very well saturated, so any additional rain could trigger flooding as well as landslides. down toward southeast asia, scattered thundershowers, again, particularly wet in northern vietnam, as well as northern sections of the philippines today. temperature wise, 35 degrees expected for both manila and bangkok. clearing conditions in hong kong, with a high of 29 degrees. tokyo, very cool. 15 degrees. as we've been reporting, tokyo sky tree will open today, but it may be surrounded by clouds. now, heading over to the americas, we are keeping an eye on tropical storm alberto, which is still sitting off the southeast coast of the u.s. it's likely to move away from mainland u.s. and could become a remnant low by your wednesday morning. however, dangerous surf and rip currents should remain along the southeast coast through monday. as

northern argentina. the 6. 6.4 wake was felt and there were no immediate reports of injuries. a 4.7 quake hit china east of beijing. in 1976, an earthquake in the same area killed more than 240,000 people. there are no reports of damage from this morning's quake. >>> another big name is set to seneca valley in the u. k. phone hacking scandal. former british prime minister tony blair will be the first of several politicians to appear at the inquiry this week. blair was prime minister from 1997 until 2007. the inquiry is meant to find out exactly who knew what about reporters with news of the world hacking into the phones of public figures. news of the world was owned by news corp. and was shut down in the wake of the scandal. it is the parent company of fox 5. >>> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, celebrating an american icon. the golden gate bridge turns 75 years old. details on the bridge's big moment. >>> first, we are checking in with tucker for a look at your full forecast. you can see the sun starting to come up on what is going to be another hot day out there. we'll be right back. i'm drinki

northern japan will see dreary conditions today. tomorrow is a different story. it's going to be sunny and warm. back behind it, dry across the korean peninsula and much of eastern portions of china. heavy rain in central portions of southern china is expected. more than 100 millimeters of rain is on the cards over the next 24 hours. the ground is already very well saturated, so any additional rain could trigger flooding as well as landslides. down toward southeast asia, scattered thundershowers, again, particularly wet in northern vietnam, as well as northern sections of the philippines today. temperature wise, 35 degrees expected for both manila and bangkok. clearing conditions in hong kong, with a high of 29 degrees. tokyo, very cool. 15 degrees. as we've been reporting, tokyo sky tree will open today, but it may be surrounded by clouds. now, heading over to the americas, we are keeping an eye on tropical storm alberto, which is still sitting off the southeast coast of the u.s. it's likely to move away from mainland u.s. and could become a remnant low by your wednesday morning. however, dangerous surf and rip currents should remain along the southeast coast through monday. as

american troops in northern australia so this is the second dimension which is making the north american relations very tense and that's why i feel that hillary clinton is going to china right now to do some sort of damage control so i think because one of the impetus for miller kony has been to be generate power. time now for more of the world's main news now in our world updated training twenty one they are arriving ambush in syria's aleppo province has apparently killed fifteen government soldiers on tuesday u.n. observers reported multiple ceasefire violations from both sides during a gun battle in the turkish border here when more of the attacks threaten the peace plan that helped broker and wants to significantly increase the number of monitors in the country by the end i'm a serious conflict is taking for thousands of lives since it began over a year ago. sudan and south sudan could face sanctions if they don't stop the border violence a unanimous un security council resolution gives both sides two weeks to return to negotiations clashes in the disputed oil rich area have claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks raising fears of a return to military conflict a d

american troops in northern australia so this is the second dimension which is making the north american relations very tense and that's why i feel that hillary clinton is going to china right now to do some sort of damage control so i think this is one of the impetus for miller keep his visits be generate now. of course we always enjoy it when you get involved with us in our stories here at r.t. today we're asking you know where you think the u.s. and china relationship is heading what obstacles might be in the way here's how the vote and the numbers are stacking up for this hour of r.t. dot com so far almost half of you see a major proxy war ahead africa's natural resources less than a third thing nothing can get in the way because they need each other too much just out of sixteen percent this hour believing that america throwing up trade barriers will put a spanner in the works and just down to the bare minimum now the remaining few saying that unearthing a gross breach of human rights in china could be the death knell you can still make your voice heard on our worldwide poll of dot com. but before we get to dmitri with the business or let's have syria start off th

american troops in northern australia so this is the second dimension which is making the north american relations very tense and that's why i feel that hillary clinton is going to china rape out to do some sort of damage control so i think because one of the impetus for miller keep his visit to be generated now. but we always enjoy it when you can involve us in our stories here at r.t. we love for you to tell us where you think the u.s. and china relationship may be heading and what might get in the way here's how you are voting right now for this hour from r.t. dot com. almost half of you see a major proxy war ahead over africa's natural resources but less than a third thing in nothing can get in the way because they need each other too much just not a sixteen percent believing that america throwing up trade barriers could put a spanner in the works and the remaining few say unearthing a gross breach of human rights in china could be the death knell still a chance for you to get involved with a worldwide poll just log on to r.t. dot com and have your vote. dimitri soon with the business for now syria starts the ati world update on a rebel bushite in syria's letter p

northern countries doing good. >> better. the global destinations are better what we're seeing is the developing world with the richest opportunities for us. china, india, brazil, africa, these places are exploding. >> i want to get your take on something outside of that. there's a walmart bribery case happening in mexico. listen to what was said yesterday with carl quintanilla. want to get your reaction to that. >> we're talking about the chairman, ceo, former c oechlt. head of the ought dit committee back then when we registered these concerns. what we need is a board looking for the long-term shareholder value. >> what do you think about that? would you be poised to step off the board? >> walmart is obviously focused on creating shareholder value. i'm not here, obviously, to speak about walmart. and we'll watch this play out. >> were you appalled by those comments? >> it's just a reminder that it's an article in the "new york times." there's a legal process which will take some time to evolve and we'll have to see how that goes. >> it's a tough situation. we have directors on all the time. they see a story and we wanted to certainly get your

northern areas like siberia. people started moving south from scandinavia because it was too cold to live there. globally 10 to 25%, massive famine in china because they couldn't get all those people because of increased crop deals. in this scenario this is for pentagon planning. the best guess as of a few years ago. the u.s. has to secure borders to keep out starving emigrants from caribbean leaders in mexico and south america. basically aggressive wars over resources. this is the worst-case scenario. and suffers on the realm of 1930s depression or worse. the world becomes resources haves and have nots and that is what the world would become the that abrupt climate change in area. is that going to happen? nobody knows. science is not there to predict whether the climate will shift abruptly but in complex systems complex systems can undergo tipping points. predicting is hard. if a top is spinning and wobbles it will fall down. you are riding a bicycle it wobbles and you fall. those sorts of things. what are the signs the climate system is wobbling? extreme weather. extreme weather is happening. there has been last year for example 60% of

china. that is a concern to be especially because of all the issues in northern sudan and south sudan. guest: thank you, jo. bred for the world is a great organization and a movement and we are proud to work with before the world very closely on this effort. on food security, nutrition, health, and basic human protections for the most vulnerable people. thanks for serving as a part of that movement. the reality is, as you pointed out, hunger issues need to be tackled. this administration has made efforts to do so on both fronts. president obama on friday committed again not only to tackling this issue internationally but also to ending hunger here at home especially for children. the reality is we know that we can work across party lines, but there are plenty of democrats and plenty of republicans wh o come together around these basic issues. i've been amazed in my few years in washington to learn about the fact that across both parties, across leaderships and rank-and- file, there's a deep commitment to doing this work if we can prove we are doing it in a results-oriented way, that ou

china. >>> while many of you are sleeping, italy was shaken by a deadly earthquake. at least six people were killed in the quake centered in northern italy. 50 others were injured. there are fears that more victims could be found when search crews reach remote villages in the region. you can see some of the damage caused by the 6.0 magnitude quake. >>> and this morning we are watching two weather extremes. let's bring in reynolds wolf. all right, reynolds. we have some dry weather out west fueling wildfires, and we also have the big storm brewing off the east coast, so you pick which one you want to start with. >> let's start with -- a little bit closer to home. this thing is an anomaly. we're talking about tropical storm alberta and it has formed off the carolina and georgia coastline. what's amazing is that hurricane season in the atlantic basin doesn't even get underway until we get into june and then goes all the way through, of course, november, but it's very hard to see, but we have a little bit of development right off the coast. close circulation. with that closed circulation, we have tropical storm alberta with winds right

northern italy was hit by a second earthquake in less than two weeks. at least 16 people were killed and 200 injured. and stocks rose on hopes that chinaight move to stimulate its economy. the dow industrials gained nearly 126 points. online, we look at some amazing architecture as part of our "coping with climate change" series. kwame holman explains. >> holman: sea levels continue to rise and architects are designing structures that float, including homes, movie theaters and animal habitats. find a slideshow of some of the concepts on the "rundown" blog. curious about the cost of a house in big cities across the country? explore an interactive graph with the latest average prices on paul solman's "making sense" page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. margaret. >> warner: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at student loan debt, now topping $1 trillion. i'm margaret warner. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these in