here towards the southern china region still the stationary front is going to be bringing some thunderstorms to fire up across the region. the foggy conditions that people in the south eastern portions have been seeing very foggy morning but that's going to be tapering off luckily. temperature wise we're looking at 20s in hong kong and in taipei. 30s in the tropics that's intensifying tropical depression and tropical storm over toward the marshal islands. tokyo 12 degrees on the cooler side. moving over to the americas. still this low pressure system is being very well developed. it's going to further intensify as it moves toward lower mississippi valley. it's already bringing thunder showers across this area but things could get on the severe side. main threats will be hail and damaging winds. tornadic activity cannot be ruled out. as it moves toward the northeast things will get very chilly with that fridgid air flowing in. precipitation will likely turn to white in new york. i know some hundreds of houses are still out of power due to the aftermath of hurricane sandy. i think the snow wil

china's state-run xinhua news agency reports that hainan province in southern china has stopped customers in the region unless they have permission. in july, china formed a new administrative body that governs the disputed islands in the south china sea. hainan's new ordinance underpins the central government's hard-line strategy. china's top leadership changed hands this month, and the new regime is showing no sign of easing its tough stance on territorial issues involving the philippines and other neighbors. keiichi tanaka, nhk world, manila. >>> malaysia's rule cog ligs has been in power for more than half a century as the country's largest political party, it is supported by the malay ethnic majority. but it is feeling pressure as general elections are expected early next year. at a convention on thursday, the prime minister lashed out at the opposition. and here's the hands-on report from shi ka shi takaoka. >>>. >> reporter: many people who listened to the prime minister's speech felt the ruling coalition's sense of crisis. malaysia enjoyed steady economic growth under the strong leadership of th

southern half of this country including tokyo, we're looking at sunny weather across the region. tokyo will see 22 for the high today, and that's about 7 degrees higher than yesterday. across northeastern china and southeastern russia and parts of north korea, this is where we find a winter storm impacting the region with snow. additional snowfall could be as much as a10 centimeters. across the rest of china, things look nice but very cold. beijing had minus 3 degrees in your morning hours. things are tapering off in myanmar where the magnitude earthquake hit near mandalay region. it will be above the norm at 32 degrees. it will remain dry the next couple of days. tokyo, as i mentioned, 22. really nice. do enjoy that weather. it's going to get colder and colder into the mid week. in the american continent we have a system pretty potent moving across kwee breck, you have a freezing rain warning across the region and then this cold front is sagging down in towards texas. along it you find wetd and windy continues. some thunderstorms will be on the severe side, especially around the arklatex region with hail of a golf ball size and tornadic activity, which cannot be ruled out. across chicago wh