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ana jong, nhk world, seoul. >> time for a check of the weather. people in parts of western japan are dealing with torrential rain and flooding. here's more in world weather. >> a very slow moving system is passing over japan. it looks like in and around kyoto things have been quite worse. the heavy bulk of it in and around hiroshima. rainfall of about 100 to 200 millimeters of rainfall has fallen over the course of the past 24 hours. and over toward hokkaido as well. 214 millimeters in kyoto prefecture has fallen. it has exceeded the monthly average. as i mentioned, 150 millimeters. on top of this, about 150 millimeters will fall, all the way up as well. this is not good news. not only that the suspension of the search operations will prolong but also flagging than slides at high risk. we have a report of over 30,000 people evacuated from a chance of landslides across kyoto. the system will also pull into the konto region. we had a high-pressure system building over tokyo and we didn't see any precipitation. but it will be over by saturday due to

and spent evidently summers in seoul e6r789d, i.e., landed at the airport i there was a smell you know you're at home even though i wasn't born if korea i felt korea was my home and in the toy we closed windows in the afternoon because of tear gassy realized it was organized by the man on stage here today who is an active fighting for a progressive and independent and democratic vision of korea now, it's my honorable to introduce a man who's a progressive for centered after ever a equality for the lunch program and to its work around the viefrment and housing and many other important issues so, please help me welcome the mayor of seoul mayor parks (clapping.) thank you very much for your kind introduction and good morning, everybody. actually coming to san francisco i had the strong feeling of coming home because actually, i had stayed for seven months for a as a professor in 2005 so i had chances to enjoy the parts of san francisco and supervisor kim mentioned the many common things between mayor ed lee and me and including the cleaning the streets (laughter) they say that there's the

this area in seoul is reported to have the largest number of sinkholes in the city. more than 60 sinkholes have been found this year alone. city officials investigated the accident, found six cavities under the highway. the larger ones were over 80 meters long. the survey concluded the cavities were the result of mistakes in construction when a subway was built nearby. this district has a population of 700,000, the most densely populated part of seoul. >> translator: i'm really worried. it's like the ground could open up at any time. >> reporter: people called an emergency public hearing last week. engineering experts and city officials attended. anxious residents said they were worried about more sinkholes appearing. they asked how to prevent them. the experts suggested the problem was mostly man-made. >> translator: we think 80-90% of sinkholes in south korea are caused by leaks from broken sewage pipes. which flow into the soil and wash it away. >> the hearing failed to reassure many about what the authorities are doing to prevent future accidents. residents are n

in august, seoul high court gave a decision related to sam sung electronics. it recognized health problems of workers in the company's factory. this is what samsung electronics have bee denying. the seoul high court ruled that a former employee developed leukemia, which led to her death because of her working environment. this man is representing his daughter, yumi. she died of leukemia seven years ago. she was 22. >> translator: my daughter told me that her job was to dip semiconductor parts in liquid containing chemicals and then to take them out. >> reporter: the court recognized the claims. it said yumi was possibly exposed to benzene, a chemical known to cause leukemia. the court did not specify the cause of her illness, but it did say it is rational to conclude that some chemicals in the factory were to blame. >> it was a fair ruling for why -- yumi, but more workers deserve compensation. >> reporter: the court recognized the cases of two plaintiffs as work related, but not for the other three. >> reporter: rejected workers and their families rallied in

he was granted asylum and flew to seoul, where he has lived for the last two years. he still hides his identity because he's afraid of north korean agents discovering him. >> (translated): i graduated from high school in february this year. i'm currently looking for a job, but i'm not working yet. although i live in south korea now, it still troubles me to think about the north korean children who suffer out there like i used to. >> (translated): north korea is a society that has fallen ill. it's a diseased society that needs to be cured. our footage is forcing north korea to acknowledge the hardships that their people face. the authorities don't like it at all. because if the truth gets out, it would put kim jong un's power under threat. >> narrator: jiro ishimaru smuggles footage out of the country, but there is also a steady flow of information back in. jeong kwang-il is a defector living in seoul who smuggles foreign films and tv shows into north korea. >> (translated): the men prefer watching action films. men love their action films! i sent thskyfall recently.

again, seoul cooling off because of the rain. high of 22. shanghai 28. chongqing, you're going to be relatively dry. may see a few showers. high of 28 degrees. in tokyo we are seeing temperatures moving into the upper 20s. and this is a rebound in temperatures. during the weekend, temperatures fell as low as the lower 20s for highs. but now we're seeing temperatures moving closer to 30 degrees by friday and saturday which is average. yokohama, hiroshima, nagano, temperatures moving closer to average for this time of year. take a look at the forecast for north america. you can see the bright white clouds located in the central plains moving into the ohio river valley. this was the focal point of severe weather on labor day. and because of that, numerous tornado reports, a couple of them over into michigan. and then a few more down toward kansas. this cold front will continue to push toward the east and it will destabilize the deep south so we're looking at the possibility of some strong stores even into the northern porings of the appalachian mountains. a

seoul down two quarters of percent. they thought the price was too high. >>> for an outlook on the equity and currency markets, we spoke to chief global strategist at niko asset management. >> it's not surprising the stock is rising. it was undervalued before. we thought it would have upward movement by the end of the year. the market still has very attractive evaluations and earnings should be growing quite quickly especially now that the economy should bounce back this the second half. as the yen is weakening further. what's truly quite logical, it's surprising it didn't happen earlier given the fact that the fed is gradually tight inning policy and tapering its qe while japan is continuing to expand its qe qqe program quite aggressively. we don't i the yen will weaken a great deal further. perhaps in next three months it will be around the 110 level which is accommodating for japan and economy. if it weakenings fufrther than that, i guess might have complaints from the united states and other countries. >>> land pric

. >> reporter: a dull haze darkens the seoul skyline.ke envelopes the top floors of the skyscrapers. some officials in the capital point a finger of blame at gas-guzzling neighbor china. measuring fine dust particles in the air on a daily basis, this facility decides when to issue a public health warning, advising certain sections of the population to stay indoors. yellow dust is completely from the deserts of china says the head of the institute. fine dust is from both china and korea, about 50/50. seoul city says it has almost finished replacing thousands of diesel buses with natural gas, saying it will cut emissions by 30%. a carbon emissions trading scheme kicks off next year, but the government has postponed implementing low emission vehicle standards until 2020, saying it was concerned that it would put auto makers, a powerful voice in this country, under too much pressure. despite this, there's only so much that can be done domestically. which is why there was a meeting in beijing earlier this year. an agreement was signed to tack

nhk world, seoul. >>> extremely heavy rainfall is affecting hokkeido. many people have been evacuated. our meteorologist joins us for more on that. >> september is one of the wettest months of the year for western parts of hokkeido but the amount is too much. about 250 millimeters of rain in a span of 24 hours. they typically receive about 230 millimeters of rain during the entire month of september so more than a month of rain fell in one day. because of that we are seeing flooding in many places. the reason is this low pressure system is packing cold air in the upper atmosphere and temperature is quite warm near the ground so temperature difference is causing quite unstable conditions for hokkeido and eastern areas. quite unstable weather will likely continue into your friday. rain is falling heavily in several places. across the korean peninsula as opposed to japan no rainfall, beautiful weather. good for you because i know many people are enjoying the mid summer holiday. heavy rain is falling for southern parts of china with worst being at the mid p

cnn's paula hancocks is in seoul, south korea.of all let's get to what happened to today's development in pyongyang. can you explain for us? >> absolutely. it was a trial that took place in pyongyang. we know matthew todd miller has been sentenced to six years hard labor. the supreme court in pyongyang effectively says he was found guilty of committing hostile acts when he came into the country itself, so when he came in with that tourist visa and also said that he was under the guise of a tourist. it isn't clear as you say as many things are not with north korea what exactly happened next. according to north korean state media what happened back in april was that matthew todd miller then ripped up his tourist visa as he was entering the country and said he was claiming asylum. cnn got some significant access to miller when they were in pyongyang recently, a rare interview. even then he said he was not there to talk go that. he believed that he was allowed to do this interview with cnn because it was his last chance to try to talk

they initially planned to send a cheer leading group but dropped the idea saying seoul was against it>>> an artist has been painting pictures of her devastated hometown for about three years. it lies in fukushima prefecture and was heavily damaged in the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. through her paintings she tells the story of a broken and deserted city returning to life. >> reporter: this solo exhibition is taking place at the fine arts university. the paintings depict roads, some lead to the sea, others to the setting sun. the artist was inspired by scenery in areas affected by the great east japan earthquake. these paintings spoke to me because the colors are vivid and they have a clear strong message. >> she comes from the city and left home after graduating from high school and has been studying abstract painting at university. >> translator: i don't want anyone to forget about the disaster, that's my main motivation for painting scenes from my hometown. >> three years ago, they was re reeling from the effects of a triple disaster, an earthquake and tsunami and nuclear acciden

the seoul high court ruled that employee developed leukemia that led to her death. her father is representing his daughter. she died seven years ago. she was 22. >> translator: my daughter told me that her job was to dip semiconductor parts in liquid containing chemicals. and then to take them out. >> reporter: the court recognized the claims. it said yumi was possibly exposed to benzine, a chemical known to cause leukemia. the court did not specify the cause of her illness, but it did say it is rational to conclude that some chemicals in the factory were to blame. >> translator: it was a fair ruling for yumi. but there are more workers who deserve compensation. >> reporter: the court recognized the cases of two plaintiffs as work related. but not for the other three. workers and their families rallied in front of samsung headquarters. they demanded more information from the company. among them was kim unjong. she worked on a memory chip production line for five years in the '90s. she developed leukemia ten years after quitting the job. and she's now receiving chemo

in a busy square in downtown seoul, it doesn't take long to attract attention. uniformed officer tells him he should act quickly. neither can shed light on what law he might be breaking. >> this is the worst period since i started to work. freedom of expression is something that means you can go beyond social norms and bow nord boundaries. we are entitled to so, that's what artists are. but today, this is a really stupid system. >> reporter: the legacy of south korea's authoritarian past extends into the 27 years it is a democracy. encourage to intervening with or without direction from above, over hong song dam's painting it had consequences. several others withdrew their paintings in protest harry fawcett, seoul. >> thursday, the ray rice case puts focus on domestic violence. his sister was killed by her boy friend. tackling the issue of domestic violence, "america tonight's" sarah hoye sits down with him. if you would like to comment on any stories you've heard on "america tonight," log on to aljazeera.com/americatonight. good night, we'll have more of "ameri

high pressure controlling the weather over the tokyo and seoul, so nice conditions with highs in the mid 20s. a cold front is moving through china, and that's bringing some rain into beijing, chongqing and hong kong coming up on wednesday. let's take a look at the forecast for europe. high pressure dominating the eastern half of the continent but we have a low pressure system and a trough of little area where moisture is moving from the south, and because of that, there were some flooding problems, specifically in southern france, and we're looking at the possibility of some severe weather for eastern spain and southern france, again, because that trough is still lingering. along with the fact that the tropics sent into portions of germany and central europe you will also see a chance for some rain. so berlin, 20 coming up for tuesday. 23 in paris. and in sunnier conditions for warsaw and vienna, as we go through the next day. here's a look at the forecast for north america. we are starting to see some clearing in the carolinas but we have a stationary front bringing rain down toward

harry faucet, al jazeera, seoul.

in seoul, the kospi shed 0.3, finished at 2,049. weighing on the index was exporters. they remained under pressure on worries about sluggish global demand. south korea's markets will be closed from monday through wednesday for public holidays. and in china, the shanghai composite saw gains today. this made a weekly gain of nearly 5%. the biggest so far this year. earlier in the week, beijing unveiled a set of measures to support the shipping industry. and this continued to lift shares of port operators and related transport companies. >>> a key japanese economic indicator rose in july for the first time in two months. but the rise was pretty modest, and the government has kept its assessment of the country's economy unchanged as showing a standstill. officials at the cabinet office say that the coincident index stood at 109.9 for july, that's against a reference value of 100 set in 2010. now, it was up 0.2 points from the previous month. the rise is due to increased shipments of machinery to overseas plants where large equipment investments were made. >>> japan's finan

governor sonny per flew to seoul -- sonny perdue. volkswagen did it in 2008.me back after they abandoned us the first time. we give away the farm to these foreigners, why wouldn't they invest? charles: good point. tesla's getting over a billion dollars in nevada, right? >> to going baa to -- to go back to this sigma deal, sigma's paying about 29%. that's not a big difference, charles, but it is when it's billions of dollars you're bringing in. it is a big difference. and this is more about -- this is a global economy. this isn't just the united states anymore. we need to realize that as americans this is a global economy. >> yeah, but keep the americans first. i hear you all talking, and you're business folks, and i'm more political, but how about america first? let's give some sort of deal and better deal. we do need to cut the corporate tax, but also as consumers, you know, we should look for buying american first. charles: what's the deal with republicans on this? the white house is going to try to do this by executive fiat. they're going to change the rule

in a busy square in downtown seoul, it doesn't take him long. plane clothes officer gives him friendly advice a uniformed items him he should act quickly. >> if neither can shed light on what law he might be babbing. >> this is the worst period since i started to work. freedom of expression is something that means you can go beyond social norms and boundaries. we are entitled to do so. >> that's what artists are. >> today, the law forces us not to go beyond the boundary. this is a really stupid system. >> the legacy defendant author tornado past extends into 27 years as a domeocracy and encourages officials to internal se seen. t it had consequences. several others withdrew their work in protest. harry faucet, al jazeera, seoul. >> looking here, a controversy coming at the asian games >> absolutely. thec the qatar say the team for photos their open group game against mongolia after players were asked to move their hijab. it prohibits any head wear. they insist they were assured before the games they would be allowed to wear the head scarves and

the show must go on, and from singapore, it travels to seoul and taipei.ure that these four-legged stars will be traveling in style and enjoying every bit of the limelight. >> i'll tell you what, "gmt" presenters don't get treated like that. i'm in the wrong job, clearly. >>> before we go, a quick reminder of our top story. the debate in the house of commons is continuing on whether britain should join military operations against islamic state inside iraq. david cameron said it was necessary, not just because of the threat to the region, but the threat posed by i.s. to the whole world. a vote will come in just a few hours from now. it is expected to approve those british military operations inside iraq. stay with us here on "bbc world news." that's it from us. of course, whatever you need. the weekend, right? carl, send me that link. ok gary. yes!!! that's not on my script. a few more years... and i'll make junior partner. dramatic music plays as stunning car arrives..? let's go. thanks. carl? carl!!!!!!!!!! 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking abou

but his button downed son and seoul air had an army of powerful attorneys to cut her off and prove her wrong. >> we married and had this verbal agreement that he was going to take care of me and pay all of my bills. this person has just taken it away. >> former prosecuting torn shows h -- attorney shows how. >> he created his estate plan prior to marrying her and died prior to including her in it. that's what the argument is. the law allows for her to receive some portion of his estate if she is a forgotten spouse. if she is intentionally left out of the will that's a completely different circumstances stance that's the argument they are making is she was intentionally left out of the estate. >> her 50,000 dollar a month allowance severed. she loses her million dollar texas ranch. broke and eventually bankrupt she becomes em broiled in an epic legal battle that goes from texas to california all of the way up to grand port and back. >> will the estate of anna nicole smith ever see any of the oil man's millions? >> it is possible but it doesn't look likely. >> the long shot payday effect

came to seoul. met with president park and they jointly issued a joint statement that the two countries will expand, develop its strategic partnership, send a firm message to north korea that we oppose the development of nuclear weapons by north korea. they also agreed to finish the korea-china fta, hopefully before the end of this year. so all this partnership and cooperation are continuing at the moment. but, there's an important caveat to our relationship with china. china has proposed to the united states the new style of great power relationship in the california, sunny lands. i would like to interpret this proposal as something benign, something positive, something constructive, but also at the same time, we have to make sure that this great power relationship, the new style of great power relationship with the united states does not exclude the sovereignty and the interest of the countries in asia, including korea. united states an china, as we have seen in the strategic and economic dialogue

especially one boxer in seoul who years ago defected from the north. and she is one tough cookie.a hancocks. >> reporter: choi hyun mi packs a mean punch. world champion in featherweight and super featherweight boxing, representing south korea, after escaping from north korea ten years ago. she tells me how competitive the training was in the north. "kids from a poor family had a very strong sense of rivalry," she says, "as they earned extra money and food if they win the sparring. but for me from a rich family, it wasn't about food and money. i just hated losing." she says her peers were desperate to win to please kim jong il, the late north korean leader. choi's drive here in south korea is knowing her father gave up a successful business in the north to give her a more normal life. financially it's harder for them in the south. she's still looking for sponsorship. but she knows she is far better off than those north korean athletes currently here for the asian games. choi says that the worst case scenario for a north korean athlete is not just losing, it's losing against someon

meanwhile, looking nice in northeastern china, 27 degrees is for your forecast in seoul. osaka, 30 degrees. now across north america and mexico, this is the system that we have been tracking. hurricane odile has done its damage and brought chaos. it smashed up windows across baja, california. this is the resort area for cabo san lucas. we have hurricane warnings in locations. it slammed this area on monday as a category 3. now, it is an awakening trend, it is a category one hurricane. it will pass over the peninsula as a tropical storm and be on a weakening trend by wednesday. however, about 150 millimeters to 300 millimeters is passable anywhere in its path and also 450 millimeters in isolated locations. certainly, this is continuing to pose threats, especially with life threatening flooding. across northern america, nothing much to talk about. thunderstorms in the gulf of mexico and showers across new york and boston. the temperatures, however, will still be reaching near 40s in the southwest with critical fire weather in place. i'll leave you now for the extended forec

friday, 26 in seoul with cloudy conditions. heavy rain is in sight in beijing on the last day of the business week. >>> finally across the americas, quite high temperatures can be found over the western areas of the u.s. especially in the northern rockies and northern plains. because the jet stream is further r north allowing hot air to flow from the south. these are expected highs for the weekend. into the weekend, winnipeg, you should be 20 degrees for this time of year. jumping up to 30 degrees on your friday. 31 thursday and other areas of the u.s. quite high temperatures can be found going into the weekend. please watch out for the heat stroke. now across the eastern areas of the u.s., temperatures are running below average. widespread rain is affecting many areas including new york city as well as washington on wednesday going to thursday. temperatures only 16 for the high in new york city. 19 degrees in washington d.c. with rain up in sight into your thursday. here's your extended forecast around the globe. >>> and here'

that means clouds and showers for tokyo on friday with 25. 24 in seoul. southern china seeing more rainfall because of the typhoon. we are watching for odile. this is a tropical storm. earlier this week, it was a category 4 hurricane. it has weakened significantly. the problem is this is a slow-moving storm in an area that does not need to see a lot of rain in one period of time. major flooding as it moves to the north along western mexico. the desert southwest going to see a lot of rainfall. we are seeing up to 250 millimeters possible of rainfall here as well going through the next couple of days. high pressure dominating the midwestern portion of the united states bringing cooler and clear conditions, but instability to the deep south giving us rain and thunderstorms for tuesday. wrapping up with europe. we have the low down to the baltic. a tornado reported in france. i think we will see some more rain for western europe as we go throughout tuesday. look at the forecast. 27 in madrid. 22 in lisbon. aspen, you will see rain coming up for tuesday. hope

mainland china markets the shanghai composite is well, up half a percent and trading now at 2,358 and in seoul the kospi index is currently down about 7/10%. it's trading hands at 2012. >>> the people at one of japan's biggest convenience store chains are look to expand up market. lawson executives are preparing to buy high-end supermarket siejo ishi. managers at seijo ishi operate about the 120 stores in tokyo as well as central and western japan. they specialize in imported and upmarket goods. lawson launched a chain of small supermarkets this year with only a handful of outlets. japan has more than 50,000 convenience stores. lawson executives run about 12,000 but it's they have seen their earnings go down. since the consumption tax went up in april. the executives plan to cut costs by combining buying and shipping operations across all outlets and they hope to boost their engines by expanding their customer base. >>> now to some news for visitors to japan. more souvenirs and gifts are becoming tax free. the duty free system will expand on wednesday. currently shoppers at duty free stores do

for more, we are joined by andre, a professor of korean studies at a university in seoul. >> matthew miller was arrested, allegedly for violating his tourist region. are we clearer to understanding what he is charged with and what punishment he'll face? >> it's not clear what he is charged with. it seems to be the case that he did cross the border, and then immediately applied for asylum seekers in north korea. whether - was it a joke, or whether he really wanted asylum or not. as a matter of fact, if you look at the past, and say a number of the educated people came to the soviet union and stalin in the 1930s, asking for asylum seekers. many were arrested and executed. by definition, they were seen as spies. however, in this case i would not expect any - anything that dramatic. because most likely, most koreans want to remind the western tourists, whose number has about increased slightly that they should behave themselves and should not be eccentric. >> how much is north korea using the case as leverage to try to reopen dialogue with the united states? >> of course they did try to

you'll see the rain in seoul.lso back toward the west the monsoonal front continues to be a big problem. chongqing a high of 24. here's your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. gene otani will bring you the latest at the top of the hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world. >> you are watching france 24. time now for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines this hour. barack obama is in estonia. he is giving a firm show of support for nato's newest members in the face of russia's growing pressure on ukraine. this, as confusion reigns over whether or not a cease-fire deal was really reached. a second american journalist has been beheaded by militants from the islamic state organization. this, as washington authorizes more troops into iraq to beef up protection for u.s. citizens there. and and

seoul at 22 with heavy rainfall. and down to the south we have a tropical development east of the philippines. numerous thunderstorm reports and flooding already occurring across many of these locations. looking messy across these locations as well. out in europe, a cutoff low is lingering over the same area. this has spawned some tornados. this looks like it could even spawn some more strong gusts as well as heavy rainfall have already been occurred in greece and croatia. it will be continuing longer. wet and windy in the scandinavian peninsula. a high pressure system dominates much of this continent. so the temperatures and beautiful skies here in paris at 25 degrees. madrid at 34. dangerous heat from africa will keep it going until friday. watch out for heat exhaustion and heatstroke. in mexico it is hot here too. and strop call developments are still kicking up. dolly is a tropical storm that is likely to make landfall any time soon, possibly wednesday early morning hours. we have a tropical storm warning all the

. >> reporter: in a wooded valley east of seoul is a nursing home, providing rural accommodation for elderly and long-term care to the sick. unknown to the patients and nonmedical staff. 25 members are suffering aids. there used to be more. it was stripped of its status of a single government-prepared center for long-term aids care after allegations of physical and sexual abuse. some patients have been rehoused in general hospitals. 25 remain in the facility deemed unfit to look after them, their care paid for by a government subsidy. >> translation: if they don't accept us here any more, the only option is to go home. >> reporter: an inspection report by the center for disease control cited a lack of medical expertise, and training. shared by a former resident that didn't want to be identified. >> when you are sick, the only medicine is pain-killers, tranquilizers and sleeping pills. after 9:00pm, everyone sleeps. it's like a prison. >> initially it hired caregivers not for their experience, but on the basis that they, too, had aids. the government recommendation designed to ease te

. >> reporter: in a wooded valley southeast of seoul is a nursing home providing rural accommodationly and long-term care for the sick. and known to the other patients and nonmedical staff 25 of its residents are suffering from aids. there used to be more. last december this place was stripped of the status as the single government approved sent tr for long-term aids care after allegations of physical and session wall abuse and some patients have been rehoused temporarily in general hospitals but the 25 remain in a facility officially deemed unfit to look after them, their care still paid for by a government subsidy. >> translator: they do not accept us here any more the only option we have is going back home. >> reporter: center for disease control cited a lack of medical expertise and training. an opinion shared by a former resident who did not want to be identified. >> translator: when you get sick the medicine they give you painkillers and next tranquilizers and sleeping pills and at 9:00 they make you sleep and it's like a prison. >> reporter: initially they hired care give i'we

that's a couple of degrees lower than average on tuesday. 28 in seoul with partly sunny skies. across the americas, california has been contending with the worst drought in more than a century are but on sunday heavy rain fell that caused severe floods. let's go to video coming out of riverside county.fell that caus. let's go to video coming out of riverside county. tropical moisture caused headaches in southern california during the weekend. residents in riverside had to keel with flooded roads, fallen trees, and broken power lines sunday. a major freeway east of los angeles had to be closed down and some of the stranded drivers were rescued. thankfully no injuries were reported. it certainly improved the drought conditions and the rain is now affecting the four corners region. because of heavy rainfall we have flash flood warnings and watches widely posted there. gusts affected the city of phoenix. it caused this dust storm named haboob, it caused very low visibility at that moment, that was on saturday. to the north there's a line of thundershowers. to the north quite cold a

afternoon storms blowing up across the tropics but at least staying relatively dry from shanghai to seoul. moving to the americas this is the big topic out here. look at this storm system an autumn low spinning off the coast of british columbia and the cold front attached to it it's been bringing rainfall and gusty winds up and down the northwestern coastline. you see all the lines really close together. that's indicating the high winds but the big problem has been in the southwest. you've been seeing the gusty winds and it's also been very dry so fire weather there. but all that heat has been transporting towards the northeast. you remember a few weeks ago we were talking snow around calgary and central portions of canada and north dakota and wisconsin and montana. the thing that's happening now it feels like it's back to summer. look at this, winnipeg, 31 there for your high on your thursday, nearly 10 degrees -- over 10 degrees above your average. rapid city up to 32. billings at 33. all due to those southwesterly winds that ridge of high pressure keeping things warm out there. but on

bbc news, seoul. college football in america is a multibillion dollar sport. the top 10 largest sport venues in the u.s. are all university football stadiums. not nfl. with the professional league hit by abuse scandals and the behavior of its athletes under the scrutiny, some are wondering if college and even high school football might be partly to blame. we have this report from waco in texas. on thisootballers training field might be the most valuable assets of the university or town. since the baylor bears started doing well five years ago, the number of people applying to study at baylor skyrocketed. it has brought profile, attention, and huge amounts of cash. team like-and-coming this has spent nearly $270 million on its new football stadium. even though it has the capacity of over 45,000, it managed to sell out every ticket for every game at the beginning of the season. footballrity, college now rivals the american professional league, the nfl. televised college games have made young athletes like alar's -- baylor's big stars. >> just the atmosphere, to

temperatures anywhere from 28 in seoul to 27 in tokyo. shanghai, you'll be dealing with some rain on tuesday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> visit our website for feature stories and special reports. for all of us here on "newsline," thanks for watching. t >> violent demonstration pushed deeper into the capital of pakistan. forcingrs storm briefly it off the air. they're trying to get the -- to the prime minister's residence to get him out of the office. >> the ukrainian president has opened -- as president starts talking about stated. -- statehood. violence in a rock left 1400 dead with

cover and some possible downpours as we go throughout the next couple of days. 25 in tokyo. 27 in seoul. and again, seeing some rain for southern china, as we go throughout thursda also keeping an eye on odile. this is pumping moisture into the u.s. desert southwest. yes it is weakening but still causing flash flooding concerns and i think we're going to continue to monitor that while we also watch out for a new tropical storm polo that's further south, already tropical storm watches posted nearby. this system will intensify into a hurricane very soon, and then it will be something we'll have to also monitor closely because of the rainfall that it will also bring to the same areas that just saw rain from odile. and again look at this, possible flash flooding into arizona and new mexico because of this particular system. elsewhere, though, look at this beautiful conditions for the northern portions of the united states, and the southern portions of canada as we go through wednesday with s wrapping things up, we're watching out for this stubborn low pressure system near the balkan peninsu