it struck east of the island of sumar in the philippine. the focus of the earthquake is estimated as a depth of 334 kilometer. the. >>> station abs/cbn delivered the latest on the earthquake and its tsunami. >> we have some breaking news. a magnitude stuck off samar, epicenter about 112 kilometers. aftershocks are expected. a tsunami has always been issued for countries around the pacific ocean, including the philippines. we'll give you more details as soon as they bum available. >>> and we will also keep you posted on this >>> japanese and north korean diplomats may have inched closer to resolving a longstanding dispute. they met in beijing over the last several days. japanese officials say they hope more senior diplomats will discuss the abductions of japanese nationals in future talks. the government officials were the first from the countries to meet in four years. they agreed to organize higher level talks in beijing as soon as possible. japanese officials want the abductions of their nationals by north korean agents in the 1970s and '

the island is among the philippines most famous beach resorts. ever since a confrontation, chinese tourists are nowhere to be seen. chinese travel agencies have stopped selling tours to the philippines citing security concerns. hotels like this one were hit by a wave of cancellations. current occupancy rates are as low as 20%. >> i hope that philippines and chinese will resolve this so our business will go back to normal. >> reporter: in may, china imposed stricter inspections on bananas from the philippines. exports ground to a standstill. this eight hectare farmland used to be fully planted with bananas. after the china market restricted entry of philippines bananas h year from a high of 16,000 trees, only about 50 have remained. >> translator: since we no longer have access to the chinese market we had to cut down the trees. >> reporter: the administration is struggling to counter chinese assertiveness. one senator involved in the negotiations with beijing says the situation is fragile. >> the skirmishes alone will be very, very serious. we pr

fred reports from the philippines islands. >> reporter: its lush fields are a food basket for the philippines, but it's a tense, highly militarized place. tens of thousands of people across this indiana-sized island have been forced to flee their homes for camps. on paper there's a cease-fire in the long-running insurgency in the most muslim region of the philippin philippines, a predominantly christian nation. however the threat of spor rad dick fighting is never far away. two days before we got here this 6-year-old child was caught in the crossfire. taking notes on incidents and conditions in the camps are unarmed observers, foreign andle local, with a group called nonviolent peace force. >> families are still there? >> translator: there are still 104 families staying here. we go to our farms during the day but come back here at night. >> reporter: the presence of these monitors and the constant interaction deep inside communities is credited with helping prevent flare-ups, lower the number of skirmishes for the cease-fire. they're praised by the philippines army and the main rebel group th

he went to the philippines as an adviser of the philippine military services. he became a field marshal in the philippine army. at that point was four times as much as general marshall was being paid to run the entire u.s. army. in 1941 before the war after pearl harbor, the war that looks imminent, fdr calls mcarthur back to active duty and gives him command of all american forces and all philippine forces in the islands. in those early months of the war macarthur is losing the philippines and is being driven back down the peninsula. he could have been left there. in fact dwight eisenhower believes that this theatrical history should be left in the philippines as he is going down to defeat the martyrdom. [laughter] but again roosevelt comes to mcarthur's defense. he hasn't flown to australia and he makes the commander of all allied american forces in the southwest pacific. the pacific starts to go with low after the battle of midway we are moving across the pacific from the guadalcanal, scion and when he left the philippines, macarthur had made a pledge to the

but we are observing a storm east of the philippines.'s turn now to sayaka mori at the weather dex. >> watching a storm east of the philippines, and sanba is moving in a northerly direction and still intensifying and could become a strong typhoon by friday morning. and affect the okinawa island by saturday night or sunday. as a typhoon and that heads towards the east china sea. stormy conditions are in the card for the southern islands of japan as well as taiwan over the weekend. it will stay over the water for the next several dates. not going to affect, or impact the philippines directly. but it could enhance the southwest monsoon. intensifying showers, and wind and rough seas over the next few days throughout the philippines. meanwhile, tropical depression to the southeast of japan will be dissipating. heavy rain in the region still continuing. the peak is over. short time heavy rain and strong wind will continue at least into tonight. for the rest of japan, looking dry and hot, midsummer like conditions. but we are seeing -- definite

a small bay near tokyo comes up as the philippine sea. apple users have complained the maps provide less information on building names and railway lines than google's. >>> many young africans are held back by a poor education or none at all. some countries don't spend enough money building schools. that happens in niger, one of the world's poorers nations. only 60% make it to elementary school. some parents are trying to change that. they are chipping this money and time. >> reporter: an elementary school, the capital city, children travel from three different villages. it's the area's first elementary school. it was local people who built it four years ago. the government has teachers but locals chip in for the cost of the school operations and teaching materials. about 90 children attend this school. one of the students in the fourth grade class is 16 years old. this is the only school close do his home. >> translator: i hope that when i grow up i become a useful person who can help my country. that's my dream. >> reporter: the children

there are thousands of courses like this one across indonesia and the philippines.dewi ranti wants to earn money to help her two brothers finish school. but she also dreams of excitement and adventure. >> singapore has lots of culture and is very rich. the often harsh reality seems a distant propect as they diligently learn their cooking vocabulary, like chopsticks and coffee maker. meria wati, who is the mother of three children, doesn't want to believe the talk of hardship and abuse. >> i would think my boss isn't happy with my work. i would have to try harder and put my faith in god. then everything will be all right. >> maybe meria will be one of the lucky ones. back in singapore, we pay a visit to a shopping center. here, domestic workers on offer, at bargain prices. this agency promises that few of their maids are returned. the women themselves are viewed little more than merchandise. everywhere there are women sitting on chairs, hoping for work. chlen lee blackshaw is annoyed. she's not in the mood to spend time searching for a new domestic worker. but she wa

and, a small bay near tokyo is described as the philippine sea. apple users have also complained that the map provide less information on building names and railway lines than googles. officials are facing trouble with manufacturing. a riot broke out in a factory in china run by one of the company's suppa suppliers. it is affiliated with taiwanese electronics maker. fox officials say a fight started at a dormitory at the plant in china. brought escalated into a riot involving nearly 2,000 employees. local police made several arrests. officials say the fight appeared not to be work related. chinese state run news agency says police believe the fight started between workers from different provinces. reuters reported that the company suspended production at the plant. the company believed to make part for iphone 5. and, it highlights the risk foreign firms face in china a nother issue is wages. pay for chinese workers used to be so low, manufacturers could make some of the cheapest goods in the world. but, wages are rising. and prices are going up as

." >>> there is a storm near the philippines right now. let's turn now to rachel ferguson for the updates. >> we have a tropical storm to the east of the philippines. it was looking like it was going to head straight towards luzane making landfall monday. we could have good news here. the storm will be intensifying. expecting typhoon status earlier. should become a typhoon by sunday. now it looks like it is tracking further towards the north. and west. so, actually away from luzane. we may not see a direct hit. what i can tell you, that is enhancing the rainfall across the philippines over the weekend. not just eastern locations, but also, the western seaboard is going to be seeing enhanced rainfall. flooding, could be an issue here. much of the southern half of eastern asia is dealing with heavy rain in places. indochina, certainly, parts of thailand have been seeing active monsoon, monsoonal rains. a low-pressure system, sitting here down towards the south. around that low you will see heavier rain. then in southern china, south of t 100

there is a storm just off the east coast of the philippines. we have the details on that and more in the world weather forecast. >> right now tropical storm is situated to the east of the philippines and going to move over towards the north parallel to the east coast of the philippines for the next few days so it is not going to make a direct impact on the country but it could in the southwest monsoon so you will see intensifying showers and rough seas and moderate to strong winds for the next few days. looks like it will move towards the north over the next few days and become a strong typhoon by saturday morning and affect the okinawa islands or taiwan sometime between saturday night into sunday. stormy conditions are possible over the weekend here and moving over the china sea. we'll keep you posted on the storm's progress. as for the rest of east asia, a tropical depression to the east-southeast of japan will stay over the waters but heavy rain continuing in northern japan and has had about 300 millimeters of rain over the past four days or

day continuously bringing stormy conditions across the philippines. right now, a violent typhoon, sustained wind are at nearly 200 kilometers per hour with gusts about 285. so a very powerful typhoon. the atmospheric pressure could drop below 960 heck ta paschals. if it does so it would be the strongest typhoon of the year so far t could get close to or move through northern luzon by thursday afternoon local time as a violent storm. and then move up toward the north t could hit taiwan or the islands later this week or the weekend. so, stormy conditions are on the cards here. in terms of rainfall, moore tha 350 millimeters of rain is likely in northern parts of lunz the next 72 hours or so that certainly cause -- that is certainly enough to cause flooding as well as land slides. and after that, it could -- rainfall could hit eastern parts of taiwan and then we have another tropical activity. this is tropical storm that could impact quite soon. the islands will feel the affect of the storm with very rough seas, strong winds and heavy rain from today. ma

there's a storm achurning east of the philippines. rachel ferguson tells us how people are being affected and more in her world weather forecast. >>> you're absolutely right. we have another tropical storm at the end of the work its week here. and it's going to be causing some very heavy rain across the philippines over the weekend. right now, it is still just a tropical storm. it's moving west at 15 kilometers an hour toward luzan. it's expected to become a typhoon by monday morning before making landfall here. in the meantime, it's going to be strengthening. moving closer to the archipelago and enhancing the southwest monsoon which has been active over the philippines the last several days. we're expecting significant rainfall over the next three days as the storm approaches. we also have more-rain expected. in is monsoonal activity over china. particularly thailand today. south of the river, we're seeing a very developed rain band. that could produce maybe 100 millimeters of rain in some places over the next 24 hours. we'll see sho

today large protests in indonesia, philippines, pakistan can buhl, where thousands of afghans burned cars and threw rocks in protest of the anti-muslim film that mocks the prophet mohammed. the fourth day of protests in afghanistan against the low budget film produced in the united states. this man says they will continue to protest, unless

. >>> people in the philippines are picking up after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck yesterday. it struck at 22 miles. 66 miles off the country's eastern coast triggering tsunami warnings. in the end the warnings were cancelled but the earthquake caused damage to some structures and set off small landslides.

japanese call them we're talking about disputes in the south china seas between china vietnam the philippines and others so something is going on very large and significant around territorial issues in in

of those shares claiming he was working against the company by planning a gaming casino in the philippines. okada meantime is accusing the wynn board of an unusual loan in mac macao. this fight continues to go on and we'll see at the annual shareholders meeting when they'll vote on this and they'll also be asked to vote out okada as a wynn board member.

japanese call them we're talking about disputes in the south china seas between china vietnam the philippines and others so something is going on very large and significant around territorial issues in in the asia pacific and i'm going to come back to talk about why this is and why now but secondly we're talking about the the rise of nationalism as a response to these issues nationalism that's driven by competing territorial claims yes but is also driven by historical memory issues centering on war and colonialism this is why the issues are so fraught in both china and i could jump in here and i said earlier if i go to brian will piece and i go to brian it sounds like china has a lot of problems with its neighbors if we just going to consider what mark just said go ahead. well yes china has problems with its neighbors it also has problems with the united states which just went to japan and to announce the creation of a second missile defense shield that china interprets to be a threat to china as it should interpret it i think what we see here in this case with these islands is that the japan

foreign policy for a long time in one thousand one the united states invaded the philippines as part of the opening to asia in most of world war two the war was fought in asia for the united states then there was the korean war then the vietnam war war after war after war where the focus the pivot of u.s. foreign policy was towards asia then it was the middle east for the last two decades and now the us is we oriented its military hardware towards asia that's a dangerous thing given the historical precedent of what the pivot or focus on asia has meant and china is well aware of this they're threatened by japan because of japan's just. work role as the colonizer and butcher of china but they're also threatened now by a us japanese military alliance which in spite of its desire china's desire for a diplomatic solution a diplomatic resolution a peaceful road is being threatened by this cementing relationship and given the history we can see that they have good reason to feel threatened ok bruce you know i would in the media talking about the rise of nationalism in china just as taking o

. >> asean members met in july, but disagreements over cambodia, vietnam and philippines unsettled the talks. they couldn't agree on a joint statement. >>> u.s. forces stationed in afghanistan are suspending local police training in order to perform background checks. the move followed a series of deadly insider attacks. our bureau in bangkok has the details. >> 1,000 new afghan police recruits are in limbo as the u.s. halts training. trainees account for only a small fraction of all of the security forces in the country, the move follows a spike in insider attacks, which are undermining trust between the allies. coalition forces are the target of violence carried out by the afghan counter parts or those impercent thatisonating them. the suspension followes a series of what has become known as green on blue attacks. as many as 45 international troops in afghanistan have be killed in attacks this year alone. on sunday the u.s. forces confirmed they will confirm attacks for at left a month, training of around 1,000 new afghan police recruits. >> the reason for this was to allow for an in

and a small bay near tokyo is described as the philippine sea. apple users have also complained that the maps provide less information on building names and railway lines than google's. >>> the japanese government is trying to stop a chinese bid to amend official maritime maps. china's government wants the u.n. to endorse charts showing disputed islands in its waters. japanese officials have submitted their objections. china submitted a new chart to the u.n. on september 13th. it showed a baseline extending beyond the senkaku islands. officials have responded with a document objecting to china's application. the document states that the senkakus legally belong to japan. it says the country cannot accept china's claim to the territory. the u.n. is expected to post the document on its website. prime minister yoshihiko noda is expected to speak at the general assembly wednesday. he's expected to call for a resolution of territorial issues based on international laws. japan is also engaged in a dispute over the islands in the sea of japan. taiwan als

. >> asean members met in july, but disagreements over cambodia, vietnam and philippines unsettled the talks. members couldn't agree on a joint statement. >>> japan/china relations are strained over territorial claims to the senkaku island in the east china sea. but a troop of chinese dancer is setting aside fraction to mark the diplomatic ties. they visited northeastern japan to perform a popular chinese dance. the troop is from the sister city. members danced in front of about 1,000 spectators. the blallet depicts a love stor in caves, a world heritage sooi site on the silk road. officials have cancelled events to mark the anniversary in japan and china. city officials say they were concerned diplomatic rouse might force them to cancel this one too. >> translator: i hope the event helps to improve japan slash china relations and make a world without any discord. >> the performance marks 30 years since the city was twinned with lamjo. >>> finding places to dispose of radio active waste at fukushima daiichi has been a struggle. japanese government officials proposed a site north of tok

. >>> a typhoon is affecting the residents along the east everyone coast of the philippines. here is sayaka mori with her update and the weather forecast. >> the outer ban of the typhoon will move over the seas. it could become a strong, very strong typhoon, before it reaches the okinaw islands, sunday morning. after it moves through the island. moving towards the korean peninsula or western japan. stormy conditions across the southern islands of japan as well as taiwan. wind could exceed, 160 kilometers per hour. that is strong enough to topple trees and cause property damage. in terms of rainfall, the bulk of the heavy ran should stay over the waters. but, sanba could intensify, and the west coast of the philippines will see intensifying showers over the course of the next few days. as for the rest of east asia, tropical depression to the east of japan is dissipating. so it is not going to produce rain to japan. but heavy rain from -- southeastern russia, through the korean peninsula, down through southern china will be moving towards the east. western japan is going to see

we have a philippine national police contingent. everybody here is a colonel in the philippine national police. i met with them today, there are 30 of them. they are -- it is mandatory they take this week training here in the city. a thing we do with them and when they're finished it will be officially commanders. i got to meet them all today, it was a great group. we continue to do our station meetings and had a great time the other day as we closed out our summer internship program for future graduates. we presented checks from sf city to about 20 kids at the police officer association. just to hear the going commentary from the private employers that took these kids from some of the tougher neighborhoods in the city and they're looking forward to having them again next year. the kids are charged with giving us to other kids that are just like them so weak -- two other kids that are just like them so we can grow this next year. there was not a fatal encounter. the suspect was booked into county jail. the details will be discussed

looks like there is a powerful storm east of the philippines. tell us what's happening there. >> yes, catherine. typhoon jelawat has been bringing inwinlds. it is a very strong typhoon packing sustained winds of 180 clkilometers per hour. it looks like it's going to become a violent typhoon within the next 24 hours which is the highest category for typhoon. it's going to move over the north/northwest over the next several days. as it does so, it's going to produce storm forced winds in the eastern parts of luzon. and it looks like it's going to make a move through the southern japanese islands by this weekend. as for rainfall, bulk of heavy rain should stay over the waters. but the east coast of the northern half o of the philippines will see in the region and the south coast is expecting to see heavy rain. and we have another tropical system just to the east of jelawat. this is a tropical depression at this moment. we'll keep you posted on the progress. further to the north, this system which brought rain across japan yesterday is moving out to

. >>> heavy rain in the philippines. meteorologist robert speta is here with the details. robert? >>> well, yes, gene. out across much of the philippines already widespread problems occurring here due to our typhoon gjelawat just towars the east. one person missing here. hundreds have been evacuated due to these rain bands pushing onshore, bringing an abundant amount of rainfall. now the storm looks like it's going to be continuing to slowly track there off towards the north, kicking up about five-meter-high waves near the coastline. so very dangerous for fishing traffic across this area. but also the heavy rains could even be moving in towards the manila plet row region. the storm system is not moving very fast at all. very slowly off here towards the north. you can see on wednesday and thursday. still just towards the east of luzon. that's going to continue to push those rain showers onshore. then going into the weekend across portions of taiwan, the extreme southwestern portions of the southern japanese islands, going to be wanting to watch this storm system closely throughout

we have a philippine national police contingent.verybody here is a colonel in the philippine national police. i met with them today, there are 30 of them. they are -- it is mandatory they take this week training here in the city. a thing we do with them and when they're finished it will be officially commanders. i got to meet them all today, it was a great group. we continue to do our station meetings and had a great time the other day as we closed out our summer internship program for

we're also seeing some enhanced heavy rain across the philippines. there's a system inching towards parts of northern and central philippines that's going to be enhancing the monsoon here. that could lead to flooding in addition last week's earthquake on friday will have loosened the grounds. there will be an increased risk for landslides and mudslides to occur. 30 degrees in tokyo. down to 29 in seoul. just 26 in beijing which is much cooler than it has been recently. 16 in ulanbator. leslie is increasing in intensity towards the rest of the week. we could be dealing with a hurricane here. it is en route to bermuda. that could create a problem next week. for the time being, though, the only thing to mention to be careful of is that you'll be noticing some problems maybe in the sea and then to puerto rico as well. we're talking about rough seas, sea swells, and rip currents here. it's going to move away from land masses at the moment. we'll see what's happening with bermuda. other tropical activity today, a tropical depression has formed to the west

. >>> waves along the east coast of the philippines are getting choppy due to a typhoon. sayaka mori gives us the details in the world weather forecast. >> the outer band is starting to affect us. you're starting to see rain as well as rough sea conditions across the east coast but it will stay over the water so it's not going to make a direct impact on the philippines. it looks like it's going to move toward the north over the next few days and become a very strong typhoon and then reach the okinawa islands by sunday morning local time and head towards the korean peninsula or western japan. so stormy conditions are in the cards across the southern islands of japan as well as taiwan over the weekend. as for rainfall the bulk of the heavy rain should stay over the waters. but samba could inherent the typho typhoon, so intensifying showers the next couple of days. as for the rest of east air shark a tropical depression to the east of japan is dissipating so it's not going to produce any rain to japan. out toward the west a long rain band stretching from southeastern russia

however, regional friction between china and allies and the u.s., such as the philippines and japan,ould put things at stake. i spoke earlier with the director of research and a senior fellow at the brookings institution china center. china's official news media was very pointed in its criticism of the obama administration, and indeed, mrs. clinton, ahead of her visit. why the sharp turn? >> there are two main reasons. on the one hand, chinese nationalism is on the rise, particularly with recent events in the eastern china sea and the south china sea. they believe that is -- that the u.s. is taking sides supporting japan. secondly, they are angry about the obama administration's argument that puts china down and therefore, they think it is time to express in china's national concern. and the government does not want to seem weak when dealing with these very important issues about territorial integrity, etc. they want tough talk. otherwise, public opinion will be very critical. >> can you explain why the job -- the south china sea is such a source of tension between washington and bei

the japanese government is developing alliances with the philippines, vietnam, and other countries. those countries are also concerned with china's expansion. noda's speech is seen as reinforcing that policy. >> so what's the future of relations between japan and china and between japan and south korea? >> there is little hope for improved relations between japan and china for the time being although a certain degree of dialogue will continue. his china counterpart met in new york on tuesday on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. the japanese side called for calm in dealing with the issue. they said two countries should retain a broader perspective. but the chinese stood by their previous insistence that the islands are chinese territory. japanese government officials say china is expected to continue provocative activities near the islands for some time. japan is also hoping to have a foreign minister meeting with south korea in new york. but many observers say if the two ministers meet they are likely only to reiterate their positions without making any progress on the ter

. >>> now, a typhoon continues to affect people in the philippines. let's turn to sayaka mori for latest. >> you can see cylindrical clouds. a typhoon. sustain wind, nearly 200 kilometers an hour. with much, much higher gusts. as it moves over the warm hours it could intensify even further. it could move through the northern island, of the philippines, by friday local time as a violent typhoon. head towards taiwan or the islands afterwards. rainfall could be significant because, it will continue to move, at a snail's pace. we anticipating about 350 millimeters of ran to fall. over the next 72 hours or so. enough to cause flooding or landslide. thursday, heavy rain will pound eastern taiwan in the southern islands of japan. flooding is going to be a concern. then we have another tropical activity. this is tropical storm, located 200 kilometers south of the islands. stormy conditions are already occurring in the islands. about, 130 millimeters of ran has been recorded over the past 24 hours. and of course, as the system approaches, stormier conditions a

. >>> the typhoon near the philippines has turned deadly. meteorologist robert speta has more on that. robert? >>> we are continuing to watch the typhoon gel awatt here just east of mainland philippines here. actually, the island of luzon. it is still bringing some very heavy rainfall as it continues to push off towards the north. already several deaths being reported out across much of this region and even very rough waves near the coastlines here. but really the main problem with the storm system at this time is look at its slow movement. on wednesday, thursday, even friday, just around the luzon strait. it is expected to start to turn towards the northeast going into the week. it very well could bring some heavy rainfall across the southern japanese islands, but for the time being, flooding is high. concern here across portions of northern luzon. you can see in the next 72 hours upwards of 350 milliliters could be seen in some areas here, but not just this storm is bringing some risk of flooding and all this rough weather, but also look f

within apec itself a lot of the countries you know can we look at china we look at japan korea philippines exception ok how are they going to work this out or can apec help. well this is definitely a tricky situation because these countries have historically lots of tensions from past wars colonial behavior. has caused deep resentment and these countries need to figure out how to put that aside and realize need to move forward the way that the european countries were able to put aside their differences and join and create the eurozone this is obviously a challenging matter as many diplomats will understand but with deeper economic ties that's certainly one way to begin conversations and and then they need to understand that they would be much stronger and they would all benefit if they can hang together as opposed to hanging apart which the european nations understand ok . what about that i mean is his organization going to help alleviate those differences the very real differences in their flaring up right now. well i think the economic ties do help and the conversations do help but the f

now, more than 25 years later, they're still one of the most iconic images of the philippines. but the collection not as much of a luxury. many of the shoes need to be repaired. after they fled the country, they were taken over by the state and the national museum has now admitted that some have been eaten by termites and others damaged in recent floods. >> it won't be as perfect or as good as knew because we can't change the materials. if we could, we would. but we're limited to just restoring them. >> her shoes became such a phenomenon because they were seen as a symbol of her lavish life style. while she was great in designer outfits and meeting world leaders, back at home, there was martial law and millions lived in poverty. her shoes may be worse for wear but i imelda herself is still going strong. aged 83, she has a seat in congress, and her family remains an important force in philippine politics. i imelda may outlive her shoes, but the legacy surrounding them is still very much intact. >> you're watching g.m.t. from "bbc world news." here are the headlines. kenyan and s

the first time in almost 20 years the philippines have seen a quake of that magnitude originating from that fault. it's the same type of fault off japan, alaska, oregon, and washington state. >> these types of faults are capable of producing the eight to nine events. in california we're split because of the plate boundary we are here along the coast of california. and these -- generally we have up to a magnitude eight is our largest event. that's the 1906 type of events. >> the usgs says there's a 63% chance the bay area will magnitude a 6.7 quake within the next 25 to 30 years. >>> well, it is getaway day. the three-day labor day weekend for a lot of us is on. you can see it doesn't look too bad out there. the dumbarton bridge is open. but it will be closing soon to the retrofitting work can be done. stephanie tran is there more with more on that escape. >> reporter: according to aaa there will be millions traveling this weekend. 3.4% increase from last year. in addition to the congestion here towards the bay bridge, you can see the traffic building up. it's really stop and go. we've

flood willing continue to be high at risk here, not just there, over towards the philippines, as well, as that flow continues to push into the center of this storm system. temperatures across this region, bangkok with a high of 34, accompanied by those rain showers. hong kong at 31, and beijing getting up to 26 on your saturday. now over towards the americas, we are watching a frontal area push across the central plains here even down towards the south, texas, louisiana, and mississippi. it does look like it could be stalling out through your weekend and into the early part of next week, bringing some rain showers and thunderstorm activity with it, as well. flooding could be possible, and even up to one centimeter of rainfall could linger across this area. now, north of that, see the big blue h, that will be creating big and bright blue skies across much of the northern plains. dakotas could see temperatures getting up into the high 30s as opposed to your overnight temperatures. the lows are going to be drastically different, down to single digits. so a very drastic change here as we