uston, recering from the single digit but 13 degrees is the high for thursday. let's move over to the asian continent and monitor the tropical storm you have been talking about. pulling away from land masses and the warm water keeping in a tropical storm but by saturday morning it should be downgrading to a tropical depression. still packing winds of 65 kilometers per hour. but the rain will be heavy here in luzanne. heavy rain. 50 milliters of rainfall could be possible in the next 48 hours there. across southeastern china things are very wet with heavy rainmakers. the stationary front that's going to be sitting here for a while longer out to japan. still seeing snow to accumulate. it will be tapering off 50 centimeters. up to 108 kilometers per hour. wind gusts possible here. minus 1 is for the high. down to about minus 20 in your weekend. here's the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. officials with the nuclear regulation authority say faults under a plant in northern japan may be active. the discovery could keep the plant off line for an indefin

bush is back in the hospital in the intensive care unit in uston. a spokesman for the former president saying that he was reunited on sunday after persistent fever and doctors are cautiously optimistic about the course of mistreatment. the president was previously in the hospital last month for bronchitis symptoms. but a spokesman said his cop has improved. former president george h. w. bush in intensive care in houston. we will update you with any other details that we get in the hour. meanwhile, i'm a totally different story, the fisca cliff is still a big concern for most investors. as the president and congress try to come up with a last-ditch effort to fix the fiscal cliff for the year. the dow jones is own nearly 25 points today. having fallen more than 1.5% over the past week. with details, we have jerry leiby for zacks investment research. here is a big question. if nothing happens, will there be a big seller? >> well, if nothing happens, yes, 547%. but i don't think the question is easy. there's going to be a kick the can solution. the ques