the shanghai and san francisco. this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk about the significance of that? -- we see that one of the heads of the buddha is your face. >> i started doing public art almost 10 years ago. what i want to express this as an extension of my our practice. this is an accumulation of my own experience as a performance artist. >> we see that the scale is very important. we have seen ot

three mayors of this city led a large delegation to shanghai and inaugurated the grand opening of the san francisco post at the world expo. they open their second office in beijing. last year, we maintained frequent exchanges and close cooperation and achieved new, substantial results. in the context of the new year, you have already had a promising beginning. as you know, one month ago, chinese president hu jintao paid a visit to this country and held productive talks with president obama. both our leaders declared their commitment to building a cooperative the partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. his visit is important and will surely give new impetus to the overall development of our bilateral relations. in all 50 states, the state of california and san francisco, in particular, will benefit from this. this year is also a remarkable year for san francisco. for the first time in its 162- year history, you have and we have four asian american supervisors. and the first time in history, we have a chinese-american mayor. it is not only, i think, a recognition of asi

that is exactly what is being introduced in shanghai. hundreds of thousands of dogs will be declared illegal in the regulations come into effect in may. our corinth -- our correspondent in shanghai has this story. >> last year, more than 140,000 people in shanghai told the police that had been bitten by an unlicensed dog. there are four times as many dogs without the proper paperwork. in may, if your dog is not registered with the authorities, you will have to give it away. the police note they will have to adopt many of the dogs declared outlaw. the authorities are banning the keeping of what they call attack dogs, british bulldogs among those that will not be welcome under the new rules. the big question is what is going to happen to the more than half a million dogs that will soon need to be turned out onto the street? an online dating service to match man's best friend with a new owner will help, but this will be a anxious time for many pets and their owners. >> of the last few years, unmanned aerial vehicles are drones have entered

in terms of temperature, pretty nice really. 14 degrees in chongqing today. 13 in shanghai. 13 degrees with sunny spells in -- tokyo's going to be 11 degrees today. now, we head into north america. it's been pretty stormy and wintry across the midwest for the past several days in the u.s. since saturday, in fact, we've had about 48 centimeters of snow falling in minnesota, getting a good deal of snow elsewhere as well. and the same snowstorm is still with us, affecting the southern great lakes, bringing as much as 15 centimeters of snow. so watch out for icy roads if you are going to be out and about into your tuesday morning. now, out toward the west we have a high pressure system that's keeping things dry. but this area of rain and snow is going to be descending south, bringing significant snow across the northern rockies in the next couple of days. for los angeles things drying out quite nicely here, but it is going to be quite chilly. 16 degrees for a daytime high. and then out toward the east as well. dramatic drop in the temperature here. 2 degrees in washington, d.c.

cinderella echen is the owner of the shanghai 1930 restaurant. and the san francisco icon and door man of the francis drake hotel fore the last 800 years. it's only been really 32. pillar from the newspaper, david from uncle vito's pizza, maggie baxter from abc channel 7. i must turn the page. deputy chief antonio para, san francisco police department, lynn bruney, director of consumer marketting for the san francisco convention and visitors bureau and wes tyler, general manager, chancellor hotel on union square and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who

you look at the highway systems in shanghai. they built a loop around shanghai in a year. one year, an entire city, one year. at one point in time, the largest share of the crane capacity in the world was in shanghai. all the cranes, 70% was in shanghai. we talk about rail and innovation for the country. china decided it would build the largest high-speed rail network and the world, appropriate to billion dollars, off you go. but -- they appropriate $two billion, off you go. china is here, we are here, number of graduates, etcetera but i think the first thing that needs to be understood is that these are not developing countries. these countries have a huge amount of well educated, middle- class people who are entering into their societies, right, who will drive massive economic transformation. that sounds a little intimidating, i understand, but mixed point, go to the other side, -- but it makes the point. now go to the other side, and they don't have a lot of debt. checks, $2t writing billion here, $2 billion there. >> fortunately, the lender has a long-term horizon, for

it has been on loan from shanghai china for the last nine months. they are using a crane to take apart the statue that commemorates shanghaied's sister city relationship with san francisco. it will take about three days to dismantle the statue before it is sent back to china. >>> after a brief lull in the snow, you can see that the snow is falling, once again. >>> the menlo park fire district got a chance to use this camera. coming up, an exclusive look at what they shot and what they learned. >>> i am still watching a few showers right now. coming up, the next round of heavy rain moves in and i will let you know a few raindrops will stick around this weekend. >> about a dozen people rallied outside the state building in san francisco today to protest smartmeters. they say they want the utilities commission to stop pg&e from installing the meters which use radio waves. opponents claim that smartmeters cost -- cause health problems and pg&e says there is no basis for the claims. >>> tomorrow marks one year to the date that a plane crashed in east pal

shanghai is telling its citizens one dog is enough. every year, hundreds of young british women are forced into marriage against their will. many are teenagers. most cases involve women who have family links to pakistan. the british foreign office says there effort to tell people in villages that forced marriages are unacceptable and must be stopped. >> this is a place with such close ties to the u.k., some call it little britain. it is places like this that hundreds of british teenage girls visit during their holidays and never returned. some girls are forced by their families to marry against their will. they're trying to change these customs. here, they're encouraged to talk about it. girls read passages from the koran, which say marriage must be out of choice. forced marriage is un space islamic, says the mom -- unislamic, says the imam here. ny hundreds and abstain because they're afraid to go against their families. we wanted to meet one of these young victims. some grow stay in pakistan. others run away, including a 15- year-old

its presence in asia is on a decline having been overtaken by the shanghai stock exchange in terms ofrading volume. >>> u.s. retail sales in january edged up from december, marking an increase for the seventh straight money, but rate of growth fell short of market expectations. the commerce department said on tuesday that january's retail sales in the united states stood at slightly above $380 billion. that's a rise of 0.3% from the previous month, but much less than the market forecast of about 0.6%. by sectors, sales of department stores and large retailers grow 0.8% while those in cars and auto parts expanded 0.5%. gasoline sales also rose 10.5% due to higher prices. meanwhile prices of building materials tumbled nearly 3%. those of furniture and clothing were down 0.3%. the fashion world has gathered in manhattan for one of its most prestigious events. this semi-annual event brings in over $380 million in business. it can also make a huge impact on the way people dress next season, and that could be a whole lot different than last year. nhk world's rosa sabrina as the story. >> re

that this museum represents to me personally is not just an arts museum that shows bali and the shanghai exhibit. it is the history from where my parents came, from where many san franciscans have come. if there is any message i could leave today, for my lincoln high school mustangs out there, communities in the richmond, bayview hunters point, visitation valley -- this is not my museum along. this is your museum, this is your history. please support the museum. please make sure that this can stay here for your generation and for our kids. thank you for the tremendous leadership we have seen today, and thank you in advance to the community for their support. [applause] thank you -- >> thank you so much supervisor carmen chu. now i think we have all been waiting to hear from our city comptroller ben rosenfield about key points of the proposal to restructure the foundation's bond. [applause] >> that would be the first time that people would be waiting to hear me speak. [laughter] i am just happy to be here today because that means we found a solution to a set of problems that threaten the

and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardellie american automobile association and the $250 cash prize, deluxe sightseeing. let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr. leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details.

or began dong or shanghai, for example. shanghai is a city that adds about a million people a year every single year, virtually all of the additional population between the ages of 18 and 5. and then -- 18 and 25. and then you go to factories in the china, and they seem to be enormous collections of young people. i've been to factories where there are 20,000 people under 25. there's a company that we all buy products from, foxcon. if you have an ipad or a dell computer, you buy products of this company. they have 960,000 employees, most of them under 25. this year they will add 400,000 more employees, so they will have 1.3 million employees, virtually all of them under the age of 25. that is enough to fill six out of ten jobs in manhattan. just one firm. so you walk into these places, and you think, what is the most important fact about this workplace? is it low wages? probably it's important. is it where it is in china? also important. but what is the one thing that gets you through the door in these factories? it's the fa

for the second sunday in a row protestors in china gathered in beijing, shanghai and other cities toreform. they were met by police as we hear from cilia hatton. >> reporter: internet calls for pro-democracy protestses in 23 cities across china sunday quickly turned into violent showdowns between activists, foreign journalists and chinese authorities. stop hitting me, screamed the voice of america reporter stephanie ho. secretly taped by cbs news in china's capitol. she was pushed around but eventually released. other foreign journalists and an unknown number of chinese citizens were also taken away in beijing and shanghai. anonymous calls for sunday demonstrations first appeared on-- a u.s.-based web site detailing chinese government corruption taunting the police to crack down on anyone who turned up at the locations named in advance on-line. the government is trying to gain control of the situation by blocking them and mentions of the jasmine revolution and egypt protests from china state controlled internet. the government is using military like force, dogs, swat teams to stamp o

class (cheering & applause) >> vicki: the mood is different for fans in shanghai kelly's. every sunday the bart is packed with steelers fans. a lot of fans were there after a full day of drinking. they're ready for a busy night. in san francisco they started with increased enforcement. the chp is not doing checkpoints but they do more of the officers. kron4 news thailand will along with one of them. >> reporter: super bowl sunday is one of the biggest beer consumption days of the year. this is why the conclusion of the game is the beginning of a busy night for the chp officers. >> we do we can for the drivers. >> reporter: the highway patrol had four fatal crashes. they're trying to make sure does that happen again this year. all of the police agencies had them on duty/off-duty badges on. my cops and says that one of the tipoffs is the driving behavior. >> of moderate speeds. sling and speeding up. high risk. swerving. road rage. people have road rage when their team loses. reporter in the short time i rode along with and we came across to accidents. -- >> reporter: we cam

we saw in shanghai was new buildings, they had light rail, high speed rail all because they needed tothe world expo. it could be a huge financial boon great job creator and great investment in our infrastructure in 2020. >> now organizers are meeting with other potential american cities also bidding to host world expo in 2020. a couple things the report does not mention if world expo were held at mofette field in 2020 that would probably bog down already congested traffic 101 and 280 and would also mean temporarily an increase in airfares and hotel rates during that six month period. i am matt bigger will, san jose, cbs 5. >> thank you matt. kcbs radio thank you. >>> if the weather is any indication this weekend it would be great weather for such a fair across the bay. we had super bowl yesterday too. as we languished underneath the warm temperatures, upper 70s. low 80s as we look across the bay bridge mostly clear skies, hang on to sunshine even as we lose some of the heat, that we enjoyed over the weekend here. we will look for 10 to 15 degrees drop today already cooling off out the

he was so good at his performance so when he went to shanghai in 1936 he was mobbed by journalists. people called him charlie chan. at a news conference on his arrival in shanghai he was actually able to deliver a few lines in chinese and although he still was doing this charlie chan kind of performance he was so honored to be back in my hon. homeland and so on, so the cottage industry or chinese cinema at the time began to crank out its own homegrown charlie chan films and unfortunately, these chinese knockoffs have been lost but according to contemporary accounts the chinese actor who played charlie chan in these chinese knockoffs imitated him almost in all aspects. we are talking about a somewhat bizarre frontier of yellow face in many ways the the real china man was imitating an imitation of a china man. such acts of racial ventriloquism in which a white actor will play an asian or native american or black character, this is racial ventriloquism. especially this kind of yellow face. became a release for the issue in the reception of charlie chan as we all know. especially after

it was brought from china as the celebration of shanghai. expected to take three change no word if the commission will replace the statue. >>> the raiders give a $22 million bonus to one of their players, gary tells you who and monta ellis didn't make the all star team but he is the unquestioned ñ >>> all right. good evening, everybody. the all star break comes at a time when the warriors are smiling. tyrone not too happy. he hasn't won a game since replacing sloan. the warriors, 17-11. ellis beats the 3rd quarter buzzer to tie the game. utah strong at home, williams, they can't stop ellis, 35-23 in the second. williams is an all star. cuts the warriors lead to 3. he had 18 points, 11 assists. curry's layup seeled it. the only field goal for curry on the night. 107-100. warriors off till tuesday night. kobe bryant. kobe bryant is going through that, i am in a bad mood now. not playing well. parker, the cavaliers lost by 55 the last time to the lakers. 104-99. cavs snap a 26 game losing streak to -- they just snapped it and then come back and

in shanghai. up toward the north, 18 degrees in beijing. annezean wreoong at fairly calm conditions, an i christchurch to finish off the work week, showers coming in friday, that will cool things down. 16 degrees daytime and we will be back in the sshe mehe weekend otherwise staying relatively quiet and settled here. for the americas, looking at the winter storm impacting the northwestern corner of the u.s. this is going to be bringing significant snow again in and around monta,oong to pick up to 30 centimeters of snow throughout your thursday. it's going to be sagging towards the south, spreading that know as it goes and potentially could see quite a bit of snow falling in northern california as well. out towards the east, dealing with a separate system, torrential rains likely to occur could bring flooding problems, risk of tornadoes, damaging winds, severe thunderstorms to watch out for occurring over quita de area, as you can see. snow will be found towards the great lakes, picking up the cold arctic air, toronto, 4 degrees, 6 in new yo

then 16 degrees in shanghai. very pleasant in seoul again. double-digit figures again. 12 degrees. then 12 in tokyo. right, then. as for north america, we have a winter storm moving into the united states. a fairly strong system going to be producing significant snow for the northern rockies, the cascades, a couple of systems in place, in fact. that's going to be heading into the northern plains. we're look at a fairly widespread snowfall into your wednesday. over towards the south, dry just now. but we expect to find some showers and thunderstorms popping up for you on your wednesday. and then in terms of temperatures, stays very chilly out towards the northwest. we've got 2 in vancouver. only 4 in seattle. it stays on the cool side for los angeing a bit milder for the midwest. 4 in chicago. and then 4 in new york. and stays very pleasant down toward the south. 18 in atlanta and 23 in houston. all right, here's your extended forecast now. >>> and that's all for this >> here is a recap of our headline stories. the search continues for survivors of tuesday's earthquake. at least 75

we've got seven degrees in beijing. 13 in shanghai. 8 in seoul. and tokyo, 19 degrees. now we head to new zealand where we've seen quick showers moving across south island here, bringing some showers to christchurch, as well, on friday. that's cooling things down. we've already got 16 degrees for your daytime high. by the weekend, it will be warming up quite nicely. 18 on saturday, 19 degrees on sunday. good spells of sunshine to look forward to, as well. now we head into the americas. things really turning wintry across the northern tier of the u.s. over the next day or so. for tonight, though, we are keeping an eye on this. very potent storm down in the south that's bringing torrential rains, as well as very gusty conditions, all the way from arkansas, texas, up towards kentucky. we are looking at a threat for flooding. also tornadoes, as well. now, by friday, we should start to see that moving toward the northeast, clearing out of the region. but it's going to continue to maintain that strength. by the time it reaches the northeastern corner, it's going to be quite -

the last nine months in san francisco to honor the 30th anniversary of the city relationship with shanghaiit will take about three days to fully disassemble the 26 foot high 15 ton statue before it's shipped back to china. too bad the workers don't have six arms, too. they could handle it that much quicker. >> frances dinglasan in for mike nicco. >> he's unfortunately sick today. the storm taking its time. gray clouds moving in with light rain right now in the north bay. and it's gonna be here. we're talking up to 3 inches of rain in parts of the north bay mountains. let's talk about temperatures right now. we're in the 50s for the most part. oh, we are in the 50s for the most part and i'll have all the details with your accu-weather 7-day forecast coming up. >> frances, thanks a lot. and britain has a sea lion friends to fight off an annoying problem at ten downing street.  ♪ >>> right now president obama is awarding the medal of freedom, the nation's highest medal of honor to a diverse group of people. it's presented to people who have made important contributions to national security,

the last nine months in san francisco to honor the 30th anniversary of the city relationship with shanghai. it will take about three days to fully disassemble the 26 foot high 15 ton statue before it's shipped back to china. too bad the workers don't have six arms, too. they could handle it that much quicker. >> frances dinglasan in for mike nicco. >> he's unfortunately sick today. the storm taking its time. gray clouds moving in with light rain right now in the north bay. and it's gonna be here. we're talking up to 3 inches of rain in parts of the north bay mountains. let's talk about temperatures right now. we're in the 50s for the most part. oh, we are in the 50s for the most part and i'll have all the details with your accu-weather 7-day forecast coming up. >> frances, thanks a lot. and britain has a sea lion friends to fight off an annoying problem at ten downing street. "ú"ú"ú"ú ♪ >>> right now president obama is awarding the medal of freedom, the nation's highest medal of honor to a diverse group of people. it's presented to people who have made important contributions to national s

>>massimov: with all these events, asian games, wef summit , ebrd summit in may, sco, shanghai cooperation organisation summit in june, all together and former last year summit of osce all together is a new and good opportunity to put kazakhstan on the global map. >>gusenbauer: these are all events that of course put kazakhstan into the spotlight not only in the energy field where it is already but also accessible for a broader public. >>reporter: hosting the 7th asian winter games, like other events, is part of kazakhstan's efforts to diversify its economy. the aim is to use the nation's new-found wealth from natural resources to boost other sectors. >>kwasniewski: this is a problem, how to imagine, and how to propose, and how to implement this new concept of economy after gas, after oil after uranium, not yet but next 50 years. >>kelimbetov: i think the role of the kazakhstan economy is to be a services economy to the giants of russia and china. like canadians do it to united states or austria to germany. we understand our role and our niches in those market. >>reporter: it's this unders

here are saturday highs across eastern asia really looking like spring, pretty warm. 15 in shanghai, 13 chongqing, 21 in taipei. also in hong kong. a hot day in bangkok, 34, 12 in tokyo and 6 in beijing. all right. now let's head to north america. winter storm yet again. this one is focused out in the southeast. we've got extremely cold air plummeting all the way down here to the south. that mixes with all this moisture coming from the south as well. and it's going to result in some very wintry precipitation across areas like texas pushing up in towards the mid-atlantic you'll see snow, you'll see ice, maybe a slushy, sleety kind of mix. that's all going to be heading right up into the northeast. so yet another round of snow coming to you in parts of new england. anywhere from northern pennsylvania up into new england. you're looking at about another 15 centimeters additional snowfall friday into saturday. more snow coming down the rockies. this will be coupled with strong gusts up to about 145 kilometers an hour. that makes for dangerous driving, certainly and whiteout conditions. b

once again the ship from shanghai has brought in enormous pieces of the large puzzle that will be the eastern span of the bay bridge. most notably this shipment is the last four tower parts that will sit atop the three previous tiers erected. >> at the end of this month heading into march we'll be putting all four of those in place in an operation that will go around the clock. >> reporter: in the yard the crown, the top cap of the bridge with its massive grooves that will hold the suspension cables that will give the bridge it's high quake resis resistance. >> we'll be completing that task at the end of the march. @ it's going to spend the next 150 years 150 feet in the air. >> reporter: in may a huge bypass will be constructed on the eastern side of the span to help completion of the new touchdown in oakland. by the end of the year the huge cable system will begin going in place for an expected completion date in the fall of 2013. four to six months early. >> there's nothing in the world that looks just like it but it reflects who we are in the bay area. >> another bonus, if all of

here are saturday highs across eastern asia really looking like spring, pretty warm. 15 in shanghai, 13 chongqing, 21 in taipei. also in hong kong. a hot day in bangkok, 34, 12 in tokyo and 6 in beijing. all right. now let's head to north america. winter storm yet again. this one is focused out in the southeast. we've got extremely cold air plummeting all the way down here to the south. that mixes with all this moisture coming from the south as well. and it's going to result in some very wintry precipitation across areas like texas pushing up in towards the mid-atlantic you'll see snow, you'll see ice, maybe a slushy, sleety kind of mix. that's all going to be heading right up into the northeast. so yet another round of snow coming to you in parts of new england. anywhere from northern pennsylvania up into new england. you're looking at about another 15 centimeters additional snowfall friday into saturday. more snow coming down the rockies. this will be coupled with strong gusts up to about 145 kilometers an hour. that makes for dangerous driving, certainly and whiteout conditions. b

as for highs, 11 in shanghai, 5 in seoul, 6 degrees in beijing. relatively mild on wednesday.s for the united states, it's been really messy across a wide area of the eastern half of the country has been dealing with all of that wintry precipitation. that's looking set to continue again today for you. the eastern areas of well developed storm system here right in the midwest that's going to be heading northeastward. but still bringing in all of the rain and ice and snow. here's the outlook all the way into wednesday night. still wide area picking up on some very heavy snows here across the upper midwest and into the new england states. heavy snow amounts. whiteouts could be seen up over 30 centimeters. but some of this will include areas that could pick up to 45 to 50 centimeters. a lot of travel disruptions and delays are anticipated. do take precautions if you are going to be traveling here. as for high, minus 4 in chicago, minus 12 in denver, minus 5 in toronto. chilly weather continues again today. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>>

degrees in tokyo today and cold in seoul and beijing, temperatures struggling to rise and 5 degrees in shanghai so rather chilly here as well. now we take a look at the americas as well, the cold arctic air starts to shift towards the east but still dominating much of the u.s. and certainly going to see more snow down in the deep south here. we're looking about 10 to 20 centimeters of snow tonight and into your thursday morning so substantial amounts of snow accompanied by strong winds as well, so looking quite cold and chilly, and wintry all together. over towards the northeast, some more lake-effect snow for you but otherwise looking generally dry with good spells of sunshine for british columbia, up in canada, a different story, looking quite wet for you, lots of rain as well as inland snow. vancouver looking cloudy today. five degrees for your daytime high. 9 in seattle. 1 in denver, still cold for this time of year but doing much better than earlier in the week. 25 degrees in los angeles, so here we're starting to feel the effect of that mild air coming in from the pacific. but temperature

i am more likely to run into a person i need to meet in the four seasons hotel in shanghai then in my neighborhood in upstate new york. >> what are these people like? >> they are very international, a very mobile, and they are very successful. in this country, what is different from the rich of yesteryear, in 1975, the top thousand richest people, 75% inherited their wealth. today, 75% of those people have created that wealth themselves. in 5% of those people have created that wealth themselves. in terms of where they live, you are right, they are out often at no fixed address. in terms of the consequences of which society they live in, that is the issue. >> what does it do to a society when you have this core of people who owe no real loyalty to anywhere? >> they are avoiding tax. it is not like because they like to hang out and airports and hotels. they're not spending enough days in any country to be taxed. they tend not to be very big on integration. >> what about your view? >> i don't think there is anything wrong with being rich in and of itself. the problem is how they got ripp

. >> reporter: at shanghai kelly's in san francisco they had to get here early or it's sidewalk viewingbut that doesn't dampen their spirits. why are you a steelers fan? >> back in the days, the 70s, when i was growing up, i don't know when you were growing up, but in the '70's the steelers were champions. >> reporter: the talk is all super bowl but there are some people who, let's say, are not really paying attention to the score. >> i don't care as long as there's drinking and fun, it's whatever. >> reporter: you are here to have fun you're not a football fan? >> i am but not a fan of either the green bay or steelers so -- >> and we're champions right now and we'll get number 7 today. >> reporter: how is it goin' for you today. >> so far so good. we're behind a bit now but -- you're behind two touchdowns. >> excuse me, nobody asked you. >> reporter: there are so many fans, people love it, so -- >> reporter: what do you think the chances are. >> totally awesome, we're gonna win. >> i also hung out with some of the packers fans at another party down the street. even though they are cele

take apart the 15-ton statue, which came to the bay area to commemorate the 30th anniversary of shanghai's sister-city relationship with san francisco. it's expected to take three days to dismantle the statue. >>> coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 5, when an east palo alto veterans home went up in flames this week, responding fire crews carried a new high- tech tool with them. it's an experimental camera the first of its kind in the bay area. see the flames from the firefighters' point of view and how it could help on the scene of a fire. that and more coming up at 5. thank you for watching. have a great day! ♪ teacher, teacher, now we're back in school ♪ ♪ are you smarter than you used to be? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] foxworthy: hi, everybody, i'm jeff foxworthy, and welcome to a special delivery edition of "are you smarter than a 5th grader?" all right, kids, are you ready to meet your new classmate? danielle: yeah! foxworthy: she is a 40-year-old national pizza sales manager who attended sheridan elementary. please welcome bridget baskin! bridget: yeah! yeah! hey! foxworthy: bridget,

north, things certainly cooling down, 3 degrees in seoul, 3 in beijing and we've got 10 degrees in shanghai. now, over towards the americas, here it is going to be bitterly cold, winds remain very strong as well for many areas and lots of snow talk about as well. over towards the northeastern corner this winter storm is going to be moving out of the continent, but not without producing more snowfall, in the new england states as well as eastern canada and across the central and southern sections of the u.s. we'll be seeing widespread snow major storm system moving through, some of that could be quite heavy for places like oklahoma, so do watch out for dangerous driving conditions, if you are in the area. houston is going to be 8 degrees, so much cooler than yesterday, stays very, very cold across the upper midwest, minus 12 in chicago, and eastern canada as well. only minus 7 in toronto, dropping to minus 2 in new york. on the other hand, down towards the southwest, los angeles it will stay very pleasant and warm. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> the headlines this hour. s

but the book comes out and coincidentally there are these studies coming out that shanghai kids are testing better than the united states and all of the west. at the same time, there is this fear of china rising as a tiger. the u.s. is having a financial crisis. there is that anxiety. you couple this anxiety of china rising with every body's greatest fear, which is whether we're doing a good job as a parent. i think those came together. the rest is history. tavis: is there something -- obviously, there is. for those who have not read the book, what is the thing or things on the short list that makes parenting different or unique in a chinese family, as opposed to an african american family or somebody else? >> i am using the term chinese family very loosely. i think it is more of an immigrant thing. a lot of south asians and koreans, immigrants from nigeria and the caribbean -- i get the nicest e-mails from the population, people who say, "i could not stop laughing. this is exactly how i was raised. my dad was from ghana. he was very tough and said all these things. i owe him so much." the

single digits in shanghai. just 3 degrees in tokyo. freezing in seoul. one in beijing and a chilly day in ulan bator. a high of minus 11 for you. also on the cool side for taipei with showers though it's going to be sultry, manila at 32 and 33 in bangkok. over to north america. let's talk about what's happening in canada. just a couple of systems here. very gusty conditions moving through. one that will bring wet weather into the british columbia, another one dropping out of alberta saskatchewan bringing us winds and perhaps light snow. for the most part, much of the u.s., some of the canadian prairies are looking calm and dry, if not frigid. we do have the tail end of the storm system that the graze parts of florida down through the caribbean. but that will be a distant memory after it leaves a little bit of light snow coatings across georgia and the carolinas. let me show you the temperatures. they're bone-chillingly cold. we have minus 10 for you in chicago on thursday. also subzero in toronto, new york. single digits in denver, as well as even housto