heavy rain triggered those floods and landslides over much of south eastern china. >>> a developing sawyer in canada. mild weather is giving a boost right now to firefighters still struggling to contain what might be that country's most destructive wildfire ever. >> firefighters got a boost from light rapes and cooler temperatures. tens of thousands remain evacuated from ft. mcmurray. more than 1,500 homs destroyed. some firefighters have seen their own homes go up in flames as they battle to save others. >> i don't consider myself a hero. but i met more heroes in this experience than i ever thought existed. >> the fire has burned about 400,000 acres in the eight days since it started. >> here in the u.s., severe weather threatening parts of the plains, midwest and south. a tornado that hit eastern colorado saturday was half a mile wide. that was just one of many. tornado watchers went up across four states over the weekend. right now, 7 million americans are in the path of the dangerous weather. what meteorologists are calling a multivortex tornado lifted motor homes and uprooted trees. d

also back towards the west, we are looking at more rain showers into south eastern china where the rainy season is in place over there. it's a threat of flooding out there as well. one thing this whole system back toward the north is doing is kicking up the dust. even if you're not looking at the precipitation, you might be having some impacts from this adversely in the threat of this. the yellow sand, that's going to be bringing in the chance of maybe some itchy eyes and dry conditions. the worst of it will be across the korean peninsula but as we go into saturday shifting over there towards japan. at the very least at sun set and sunrise. you might be seeing some extra colors in the sky. this helps refract the light. there is the chance of rather beautiful sunset as you go into saturday evening maybe into the tokyo area. all right. here over towards the americas, what we have going on is just this meandering jet stream that's dominating the overall weather pattern. thunderstorms expected in the pacific northwest. there's the chance of some large hail, maybe some damaging winds and freq

right here in south eastern china we're looking at the interaction and thunderstorms flaring up there. how about this out of hong kong. we saw some thunder cells flaring up. a pretty decent lightning show. hong kong with a high of 31. overall the northeast monsoon still dominating. things are rather hot. >> a little bit closer to the coast. you have the humidity to deal with. the heat index is continuing to rise. you don't get a break in india. the temperatures get warm enough. starts to pull in moisture from the south. showers start to kick up being enhanced. out here in the americas, showers in the east and thunderstorms there for you but back towards the west, high pressure is dominating and big change in temperature especially in denver. rather warm out there. 24 for your high on wednesday. here is the extended outlook. >>> we have one more story to share before we go. a traditional boast race kicked off tuesday. the event is held at this time every year to pray for good fishing and safety at sea. the port saw the start of the three-day festival featuring dragon boats. on the firs

him to recognize his own awareness of affairs, failure of russia, china, in eastern crimea and the middle east by president xi in the southguess mr. obama also forgot when he was running in 2008 he blasted then president bush for criticizing him while mr. bush was abroad. he called it then, mr. trump, a sad and false political attack. combination. yet here he is attacking donald trump, the republican nominee brushed off obama's criticism and turned mr. obama's comments back on the president. >> when you rattle someone, that's good, because many of the world -- as you know, many of the countries in our world, our beautiful world have been absolutely abusing us and taking advantage of us. shouldn't be airing what he's airing where he is right now. lou: well, of course, trump is right, and obama, he's obama. now the quotation of the evening. on lame-duck presidents, and obama is one of them, often conflicted with lameness, dictated by the calendar and constitution and legacy often overlooked to the end of their term. this one from president bill clinton who said -- i think we're there. we're coming right back. hillary clinto

if wore going to defend everybody on earth in southern and eastern black sea and the indian ocean and the korean sea and the south china sea, you're going to need a bigger navy. [laughter] eleanor: we're going to honor our treaty commitments and so far, i haven't heard one squawk out of any of the presidential candidates that this is a problem. so let's -- we have so many other issues to worry about. clarence: you do not criticize the level of spending when you're running for president whether a democrat or republican. eleanor: ok. fair enough. tom: one of the question and stuff that goes on behind the scenes is in the event of a conflict, because of the synergy of the different services, and i think people struggle to understand. one of the big lies in europe is that the americans have all the kit but none of the skill. actually, they have all the kit and all of the skills. to become a sub mariner, you've got to be be a nuclear physicist and a potential warrior. at: is a sub mariner a sub machinest also? eleanor: i think he's been checking that out as career option. tom: i could be under the water, yeah. clarence: you

south china sea. what russia is doing with military buildup and threats in eastern europe.his is an odd situation where we see our military shrinking when the threats are increasing. david: we need more military just as we're decreasing the number of military personnel? >> exactly. we want to make sure we maintain our force levels for the threats that we face and i think that's the concern. david: peter brookes, from the heritage foundation. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. melissa: the never trump movement, desperate hunt for a third party candidate to challenge "the donald" next. eric ericksen sounds off on donald trump's quote, convert or die outreach to the gop establishment. i like that. david: i like the phrase. melissa: yeah. david: getting personal in attacks against the clintons once again. >> we have to recognize that the kind of language coming from donald trump is hateful and we need to repudiate eight! it's a fact. kind of like grandkids equals free tech support. oh, look at you, so great to see you! none of this works. come on in. and if you h

south of that is causing high temperatures across western japan. tomorrow is going to be a different story. it's going to be wet and a little cooler. there's a developing low pressure system located over eastern china. the system will likely develop even further. the central pressure down about 20 heck tow pascals in 24 hours. winds will be strong across western japan. gusty winds probably up to 110 kilometers expected across the kyushu area. heavy vafl expected. additional 150 millimeters in kyushu. rain is not good fuse. the rain will move into western and central japan as we go into wednesday. now it's going to be a wet and windy day, as i mentioned, on tuesday. and wednesday the rain should reach the tokyo area. sunny weather should return by thursday and it's going to be hot on thursday as well as friday. the average tvrm for this time of year is about 22 degrees. across china due to a developing low pressure system in france. heavy rain is falling. more heavy rain is anticipated for central portions of china and korean peninsula may see up to 200 millimeters of rainfall. flooding will be a concern. seoul will see a high of 16 degrees behind it beijing 27 degrees. and shanghai 20degree sand m

south china sea and more. newsmakers today at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tonight on q&a, u.s. senate historian betty cohed talks on various events in senate history. june 1998 of a newly mentioned historian. my colleagues said it would be nice and quiet, we have an election coming up. you have a lot of time to settle in and get comfortable. within a few weeks, the house impeached bill clinton and we got busy very quickly. we had to do a good deal of research on impeachment trials. the senate leaders at that time, trent lott and tom daschle, really wanted to follow historical precedent. andonight at 8:00 eastern pacific on c-span's q&a. >> now a look at integrating women into u.s. military combat roles. from the national defense university, this panel of current and former servicewomen addresses concerns about mental health, unit cohesion and holding women to the same standards as their male counterparts. --. one hour and 20 minutes this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> we will be starting momentarily. at this time i welcome dr. michael bell, the chancellor of the college of inte

south china sea. watch the interview tomorrow at 6:00 eastern on c-span. now, a house debate on how much money should go toward combating the zika virus. this comes after the senate approved a $.1 billion, which is double the amount previously approved by the house but less than what was requested by the obama administration. first we will hear from nancy pelosi. this is just over half an hour. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his forceful arguments against this reckless rule that is before us today. i rise, mr. speaker, in strong opposition to the rule and really in a state of wonderment. wonderment about how on earth this congress of the united tates can be so insensitive to a challenge to the american people. it is our responsibility to honor our preamble to the constitution, to promote the general welfare. that's in the preamble of our constitution, which we take an oath to defend. the distinguished gentleman from oklahoma, whom i respect, said just be patient. no. no. 94 days

eastern on the stand too. deputy secretary of state tony blinken recently testified before the house foreign affairs me about the age of the pacific region. answer questions about chinese military action in the south china sea, sanctioned against north korea and human rights issues in vietnam and burma area. >> some of the world's most dangerous flashpoints are in asia as are some of our closest allies and these are critical relationships to foster. deputy secretary of state blinken is just back from the region. we welcome him to the committee. america is a pacific power and we must act like one. this committee has played a leading role in shaping us policy toward asia. we took the lead in imposing tough sanctions on north korea, on highlighting human rights in southeast asia and in strengthening our alliances with democracies in the region. since north korea's january nuclear test, its fourth , transcends belligerence has only increased. this rogue regime poses a direct threat to the united states and last weekend, the regime launched a missile from a submarine. reports suggest another nuclear test could be on the horizon. the good news is that earlier this year, the president signed into law actions l

eastern european. this is my ancestor who i didn't know about. >>> new satellite imagery obtain by fox news shows a chinese drone on a contested island in the south china sea for the first time. the photos also show movement of surface-to-air missiles on the island making them more difficult to target. it comes as navy captains testify on capitol hill they don't have enough ships and submarines to meet the growing chinese threat. the navy is just the latest service branch to complain about a deterioration in muscle and morale. under president obama in the military. correspondent rich edson has the story from the pentagon. >> on capitol hill, u.s. navy captains testified about going to war, as the government cuts defense spending. >> there's no chance -- >> those are days that we will never recover. >> our deployments have gotten longer. >> president obama's defense budget request says it insures the u.s. military can protect the homeland, fight terrorism, project power and win decisively against any adversary. these officers say they're scavenging for parts. >> normandy is in operational phase, but i have 13 parts cannibalized from my ship to support t