with china and the western pacific on the other. they are not primarily scenarios that would involve large-scale combat operations. threats have shifted in their nature from what they used to be, which is part of why i am in favor from shifting from a to- land war capability to a 1-4 capability. if you're going to do the one land war, you have to be careful to make sure you have more than enough capability to do it right, because you can no longer rely on the second package for the second hypothetical war to beat up your first mission if things go wrong. you better get yourself an added margin of insurance. you also better assume you will be involved in smaller operations around the world in places where even if we're tired of stabilization missions, we may need to do them whether we like it or not. still, and the difficult, demanding pro long way. i can imagine scenarios where we stay in afghanistan with 20 to thousand -- 20,000 troops until 2020. i can imagine a scenario where we end up in syria trying to defend that innocent civi

us out despite the fact that we have three or four core alliances with western pacific countries. whatever else we do, we will contest any such ambitions on china's part. "what practical difference will it make on the ground? >> a force of the capacity will be inconsequential. the u.s. outspends china by an order of magnitude. when you do that over decades, the substance to acquire in your military capabilities cannot simply be replaced by elevating expenditures. >> thursday was another bloody day in iraq with 72 civilians killed in a series of bombings. the largest blast was in nasiriyah but baghdad also came under attack. a sharp rise of sectarian violence take place -- takes place in a political crisis. >> the attacks struck shiite areas in iraq and baghdad -- in southern iraq and baghdad. cars and roadside bombs were used. the targets were all civilians. the deadliest explosions hit a group of pilgrims who were passing through a police checkpoint near the southern city of nasiriyah. although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, programs and the police had been secre

they should focus on the persian gulf and the western pacific which is why i'm in favor of going downhe implications for the size, the training and then and equipping and the law that enabled the mobilization on the reserve force? >> there are a number of things he would have to do to make sure the reserve component. but i think in terms of the legal and policy framework we've learned a lot in the last ten years. most of what we need to figure out how to do, we figured it out. you figured out frankly, and you actually dealt with the difficulty. the challenge here is the human cost, the human transition of figuring out how do you make life in the senator compatible to be a reserve component. i know that there have been ships, huge ships and how the reserve component thinks about service and how you. fet does have done it. there are some long it ongoing issues that have to be addressed but frankly if you have a big war that begins you have to have some kind of a congressional resolution ideally to offer is that and that of sent me story be the legal language we've not delivered the last

with china and the western pacific on the other. they are not primarily scenarios that would involve large scale ground combat operations. so our threats have shifted in their nature a little bit from what they used to be which is part of why i'm in favor of shifting ourselves from a two land war capability to a one land war capability. however, if you're going to do that one land war, i admit that you've got to be pretty darn careful to make sure you have more than enough capability to do it right because you can no longer rely on the second package for the second hypothetical war to beef up our first mission if things go wrong, so you better give yourself an added margin of insurance. you'd also better assume you're going to be involved in the smaller operations around the world in places where even if we're tired of counterinsurgency, tired of stabilization missions, we may need to do them whether we like it or not. typically, it's part of coalitions. but till in a difficult, demanding -- still in a difficult, demanding, prolonge

i think you have to prioritize either the western pacific or the persian gulf. i don't believe you can do both equally. i'm not sure that's a smart gamble for american security right now. >> larry, i noticed that secretary panetta took on what has been politically a very tough thing, which is the benefit packages that accrue to people who work for the pentagon, for the army. you retired after 20 years with these very generous pensions, full health care, even if you get another job you retain all that. do you think those cuts will be -- it will be politically possible to make those cuts? >> yeah, i think it is. if you get the military leadership to back it. they're the ones who got us into this mess. i don't want to blow my own horn, but when i was there i tried to deal with military retirement. i cut the benefit from 50% to 40% for years after people came in for 1986. the military leaders pushed civilians to undo. it they did it, there was no money put aside. you'll have to take it on, and if you don't, you're going to end up like some of these states do where,

a ton of moisture out here in the western pacific. unfortunately, all of this is going to push up to the gulf of alaska and graze washington. our next rainmaker is not going to be hitting us. we're going to have this area of high pressure moving up from the south. in a will keep it mild and feeling more like october than january out here. for tomorrow, 60s inland, off of that morning fog. we'll get the warmest day of the week, when we could have some isolated low 70s in the south bay. tomorrow morning, layers in the north bay. 38 in santa rosa. 36 in gilroy. 43 in redwood city. and cold for san francisco standards with mid to upper 40s. as for tomorrow's numbers, close to 70 in the south bay. morgan hill to ever green. 64 in san jose. 66 in los gatos. aloe alto, atherton. it will be upper 50s to 60 degrees. concord, 63. san ramon, down to men areton, looking at 64 for tomorrow. and athens, sonoma valley, if you're on an extended vacation, maybe you're off two weeks. wouldn't that be nice? we're looking at mid-60s, clearing out from th

have developed an air/sea battle operational concept, which some say that's tailored for the western pacific, it's not. it's to deal with these kind of antiaccess air denial strategies globally. >> and that's an agreement between the air force and the navy to work more closely with one another to develop a doctrine that maxizes the use of both services in an area denial environment. >> and for the marine corps and hopefully for the army as well. >> eventually. >> yes. the long-range strike family of systems is another step forward, improving our long- range strike capabilities, be able to operate that's antiaccess air denial environments hopefully not to include the next bomber but an unmanned stealthy aircraft to fly off our aircraft carriers to give them a much greater persistence in those regions. building partner capacity, to counter around proxy groups that could be equipped -- >> hamas in the region. >> yes, and in iraq. >> and but we're operating now in an era of very large resource constraints and we've got about 40 seconds or so left, you say there needs to be a shift in investment

, and maybe even an increasingly strong power in the western pacific. so this is a strong message. >> general, the top republican of the house armed services committee, representative buck mckean, said about the plan, i want to run this by you. the president packaged our retreat from the world in the guys of a new strategy to mask his divestment of military and national defense. some people are saying it's responsible. chairman -- representative mckeon saying this is too severe? is there a point to be made it's just too much? >> i don't think yet. i think it's appropriate when requirements change that strategy and resources are rebalanced to most effectively put those resources to work against the greatest challenges. that's what is happening here. of course, we are all concerned about the men and women in the armed forces but i think we have to keep this in perspective, jim. at the end of the gulf war, 1991, '92, under the bush administration, the united states cut back its cold war armed forces. we reduced the army from 18 divisions to 12 divisions to

and maybe even an increasingly strong power in the western pacific. so, this is a strong message. >> general, the top republican on the house arms reserve committee said about the plan, i want to run this by you. the president has packaged our retreat from the world in the guise of a new strategy to mask the disvestment. republican mckeon saying this is too severe. is the there a point to be made, it's just too much? >> i don't think yet. i think it's appropriate when requirements change that strategy and resources are rebalanced to most effectively put those resources to work against the greatest challengers. that's what's happening here. of course, we're all concerned about the men and women in the armed forces, but i think we also have to keep this in perspective, jim. at the end of the gulf war, 1991, '92, under the bush administration, the united states cut back its cold war armed forces. we reduced the army from 18 divisions to 12 divisions to 10 divisions. we rebalanced the force. that's the force we carried through the 1990s. that's the force

. >> the president changed our focus in the western pacific where the strategic center of our trl beentury economically as well as security wise. but the other aspect of this change is changing to what spider marks here did in his whole career. he is saying it is no longer about how many ships you have, how many brigades you have, it is about whether you shape towards knowledge. china has about 80 submarines. we have about 50. do we pr cure a lot more submarine eats $2 billion a piece or begin to develop a censor system that can listen for subs in the south china fra little buoys that can network that to some drone flying around it drop a torpedo. that's the reshaping that president announced today. it is about capability not necessarily more structure. >> all right. general marks, admiral, thanks to both. interesting you both think the interest is doing the right thing. of course, let us know what you think out there. this opens the whole door to why china is so obsessed with why china is interested in hacking into our technology. that ings brings us to under surveillance. >>> to to

how does that square with the posture of being fully deployed, especially in the western pacific? >> first of all, were the things we have to remember as a strategy is that in many cases is a lot more about where you are going to cut, rather than where you are going to add. there are much pure reductions in the things we are focused on in the pacific, to include naval forces. this is really a budget that has to look out to 2020 for some of the particular decisions, particularly navy type things because they are big muscle movements. but you will find a gradual shift from east to west in terms of aircraft carriers, submarines, and logistics and the like. i will leave it to the navy to articulate that over the coming week or so. >> looking at what we are doing with australia, the possibility of combat ships in singapore, what we are doing in guam. there is quite a bit that represents the movement into the asian pacific and around to southeast asia and the indian ocean. so you have to look at the whole picture. >> the secretary emphasized that you want to keep mid grade officers, peo

pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with a western wallop. the pacific northwest, folks are bracing for what could be a major snow storm with the potential of several feet of accumulation in mountain areas. travel is already been snarled in cities like portland and seattle where the average annual snowfall is barely six inches. nbc's kirk gregory reports. >> reporter: old man winter is slamming into the pacific northwest. snow has been falling steadily in parts of oregon and washington making road conditions hazardous. with the worst expected later today. seattle, more used to rain than snow, is preparing for a major winter wallop. the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning for much of the region where up to two feet of snow is forecasted in the cascade mountains. >> get off on 34. turn around. it's going to be closed until probably tomorrow. >> really? >> reporter: interstate 90 through the snowe kwal mi pass was closed tuesday because of avalanche danger. >> the weather does what it wants to do. >> reporter: this is the

how does that square with the posture of being fully deployed, especially in the western pacific?re the things we have to remember as a strategy is that in many cases is a lot more about where you are going to cut, rather than where you are going to add. there are much pure reductions in the things we are focused on in the pacific, to include naval forces. this is really a budget that has to look out to 2020 for some of the particular decisions, particularly navy type things because they are big muscle movements. but you will find a gradual shift from east to west in terms of aircraft carriers, submarines, and logistics and the like. i will leave it to the navy to articulate that over the coming week or so. >> looking at what we are doing with australia, the possibility of combat ships in singapore, what we are doing in guam. there is quite a bit that represents the movement into the asian pacific and around to southeast asia and the indian ocean. so you have to look at the whole picture. >> the secretary emphasized that you want to keep mid grade officers, people who have gotten

as far as what is going to happen, high pressure dominating the eastern pacific western united statesl the storms going the same spot they've always been going pacific northwest or farther up into canada that is going to leave us very dry all seven days of the forecast it becomes more of a cloud cover and temperature forecast with the coolest weather probably friday with low to mid 60s returning for all of us through the weekend into early next week. hope you have a great day. here's jacqueline. >>> we are having problems with mass transit. bart getting off to a rough start this morning. 15 to 20 minute delays on the richmond line fremont making your way into san francisco, be sure to allow yourself extra time. ace, muni, cal train all problem-free. still tracking hot spot san rafael southbound 101 at lincoln avenue, left lane blocked looks like the tow truck is on scene that should be cleared shortly. accident in san francisco southbound 101 at third street that off-ramp still blocked. for the latest traffic go to abc7news.com/traffic. >>> it is now 5:20. >>> next, the uc schools sti

gates a couple of years ago said that china's new weapons take away our virtual monopoly in the western pacificroam free with carriers. there's a downside to depending on carriers. still, they bring a major capability. not only air, but the ships they bring with them, the escorts. host: the next comment is from roco, republican in columbus, ohio. caller: i am much more a ron paul republican. the application of the space aspect is really fascinating. i think it is a really fascinating subject. if you want to check out some more stuff about that kind of stuff, i go to this website divinecosmos.com. it is really fascinating stuff. there's a documentary called "the source field." host: here is secretary of defense panetta talking about increased investment in cyber and space. clip: we will protect, and in some cases, increase our investments in special operations forces, in new technologies, like isr and unmanned systems, in space, and in particular, in cyberspace capabilities. also, our capacity to quickly mobilize, if necessary. these investments will help the military retain and continue to refi

, they say, will be able to reach the deepest part of the ocean, in the mariana trench in the western pacific000 feet below the surface, that's seven miles down. today's military subs only go down to three or 4,000 feet. no one really knows what's down there. it's considered the most inhospitable place on our planet. and only once has ever been seen by human eyes. in 1960, two explorers descended in the u.s. navy's trieste, a steel research vessel with a tiny window. they spent just 20 minutes at the bottom. it was one of the greatest feats of exploration of the mechanical age. >> over 95% of the ocean has never been explored. every dive will be a voyage of discovery. >> so it's not alone in the race. virgin's tycoon, richard branson, director james cameron, google's executive chairman eric schmidt and china is now in the mix with a submersible. >> something as exciting and as exploratory and new is going to the deepest part of the ocean will capture people's imagination. >> on our triton test dive, we go as far as 500 feet down. look at all of these colors. we're gliding through another worl

western gallery. that's your pacific event of the day. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. three new movie releases gave hollywood a boost after a sluggish holiday season. mark wahlberg's smuggling thriller "contraband" stole the top spot with $24.1 million. the 3-d release of "beauty and the beast" waltzed into second place with $18.5 million. that's good news for disney. and the weekend's third place new release "joyful noise" starring queen latifah and dolly parton came in fourth with $11.5 million. >>> and this comes to us from kxas nbc 5 in dallas texas. in nearby mckinny, one group of students add a twist. they launched cryptic messages with haiku poems and personal messages. some didn't think they'd get a response. 160 miles east, a teacher stumbled po ed upon some of the bar-coded notes. she used a smart phone to unlock the messages. she then had her class write back, creating a digital-age approach to making new pen pals. very cool. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just

tonight the rest of us in the 40s, the same picture, semipermanent high over the western united states, eastern pacificng ridge pushing all of our systems to the north that's why our rainfall is pathetic, very bad, 29% santa rosa and san jose, 35 to 37% in san francisco and oakland percentage of what we should normally have. we are 60% below average in many areas. where is the rain? not in forecast, cloudiness about the only thing that will change over the next couple of days and slightly cooler towards thursday andçxyóz frida. >> when it happens it is really going to come down, right? >> i hope so. >> thanks mike. >>> listen to this more u.s. women are having twins these days. the reason? older moms and fertility treatments according to a new government report out today. today 1 in 30 babies born in the u.s. is a twin. an astounding increase over the twin rate from three decades ago in 1980 only 1 in every 53 babies were a twin. >>> preschoolers are not getting enough play time outdoors. researchers looked at kids 3 to 5 in childcare centers most got 15 minutes outside. schools and parents are worried

tonight the rest of us in the 40s, the same picture, semipermanent high over the western united states, eastern pacificstrong ridge pushing all of our systems to the north that's why our rainfall is pathetic, very bad, 29% santa rosa and san jose, 35 to 37% in san francisco and oakland percentage of what we should normally have. we are 60% below average in many areas. where is the rain? not in forecast, cloudiness about the only thing that will change over the next couple of days and slightly cooler towards thursday andçxyóz frida. >> when it happens it is really going to come down, right? >> i hope so. >> thanks mike. >>> listen to this more u.s. women are having twins these days. the reason? older moms and fertility treatments according to a new government report out today. today 1 in 30 babies born in the u.s. is a twin. an astounding increase over the twin rate from three decades ago in 1980 only 1 in every 53 babies were a twin. >>> preschoolers are not getting enough play time outdoors. researchers looked at kids 3 to 5 in childcare centers most got 15 minutes outside. schools and parents are wor

. >> on the navy, the strategy posture, talks about especially in the western pacific, the secretary talked legitimate of logistical ships, and also getting rid of what i presume to be the ticonderoga class cruisers as well. without replacement. how does that square with the posture of being forward deployed with those ships leaving the fleet? >> a couple of things. first of all one of the things we all have to about the strategy is in many cases it's a lot more about where you're going to cut rather than where you're going to add. there are much fewer reductions i was in the things that are focused on to include naval forces but if you look at the navy's plan this gets to the chairman's point. this is really a budget has to look out to 2020 for some of these particular decisions, particularly navy type things because they are big muscle movements. you're going to find a gradual shift in the navy core structure from east to west. in terms of aircraft carriers and the like. you'll see that gradually flowing over there and i believe to the navy to articulate that over the coming weeks

leadership that is judge very clearly what the challenges are to maintain peace and stability in the western pacific and our own right the success of presidents and administrations have done. evaluate the demonstration and provide the appropriate defensive capabilities to taiwan. i believe that that has been the case of previous of ministrations, and that is certainly the case in the obama administration and we will continue to follow that quite clearly. we don't talk about them in public but we understand very clearly the set of circumstances . >> let me put a little bit further north to north korea where we have just seen the passing of kim jong-il the succession apparently of the young son, kim jong-un. and yesterday, i believe you met with japanese and korean south korean counterparts and called for the resumption of 6-party talks. what is your sense of the prospect for progress on 6-party talks? >> well, look. the secretary and the president late last year appointed glyn davies as our north korea -- he really speaks directly to these issues on a daily basis. i would simply say that right now we

for the pacific northwest, especially this western end of washington state and all the way down to northern california, areas are looking to pick up quite a bit of snowfall. one area could get ten centimeters and isolated regions could get 30 centimeters or more. and aiming for the eastern end here and we'll be looking at widespread rainy area developing across the eastern half of the united states, especially the gray, region we're looking at snow and then rain and then even some stormy weather possible for the southeastern corner of the u.s. there's quite a bit of mild air coming in. highs get up to 17 in atlanta. 13 in d.c. 9 in new york. for those cities here you're likely seeing rain rather than snowfall. as for europe, we have this frontal system that extends from finland into northern sections of poland and germany. that will be bring in a mix of rain and snow and then showers, too, continuing to develop in and around the mediterranean region including turkey, too. you want to watch out for scattered showers here. for the british isles, largely dry but on the northern end, areas like

that's in the next 24 hours in the western half of japan. but the pacific side looking pretty clear. also clear in the majority of eastern continental asia. still lingering showers here in southeastern china. also foggy condition in the a.m. hours. scattered showers in the philippines as well as high waves reaching up to about four meters. staying in the low 30s in manila and bangkok. hong dock that's cold for you at 12 degrees. seoul at minus 5. that's going to be gradually improving towards the end of the week. tokyo at 9 degrees for the tuesday high. let's head over to the americas and talk about the pacific northwest where another wave of pacific storm will be targeting the british columbia area as pacific northwest. that's going to be gusty conditions. gusts could reach up to 100 kilometres per hour with sustained winds up to about 60 kilometres per hour. very windy condition. high tides, high waves. these are all going to be very high ris income the coastal areas and also heavy rain as well as cascade areas. you're going to be targeted with very he ha

holding on to the eastern pacific and western united states these two are going to hold steady for todaye how they are pushing this cold front up to the north once that cold front passes there's a small chunk of energy that going to blew through this blocking pattern that will bring that slight chance of rain tomorrow afternoon along the coast, less than a 10th of an inch of rain. dry pattern runs wednesday and hangs out through the rest of the forecast which includes this weekend. >>> good morning. we start off on the peninsula injury crash reported north 101 in san bruno past sfo. they are saying it is off to the shoulder but i took a look at some of the sensors in the area 35 miles an hour if you are heading near sfo, it is a little slow, traffic could be slowing because of crews at the scene. another live shot of the san mateo bridge, westbound traffic keeping an eye on this, a few more cars on the road, still a small reported blocking the right lane not causing a big delay at this point, we'll let you know hopefully they should clear that soon. now the waze map. this is our driver-r

more moisture comes in off the sea of japan so snows will continue to impact this western side of the country. now, the pacific side, looking at sunshine, so the snow is starting to melt, but into the evening hours, some light flurries could be falling once again. so it is going to be still on the unsettled side here. as we pull back, we look at dry conditions for much of the korean peninsula as well as china again. today now in central and southern areas of china, there is just a slight bit of precipitation showing up, but they are going to be small amounts at most, although you could be looking at flurries or cold rain. highs on tuesday look like this. minus 4 for seoul, still cold. minus 1 in beijing as well. tokyo's high expected to get up to 7 degrees. the return of sunshine should help make things feel a little warmer than monday. as we take a look at the americas, meanwhile, we have a very well series of storm systems that rolled through the southern end and it did cause quite a bit of damage. here is a look at clay, alabama, power lines down, and actually an f-3 tornado did strike the area. wind gusts

here's what is happening two areas of high pressure one over the western united states one over the eastern pacificrong blocking semipermanent ridge this winter pushing next system well north into canada bringing an arctic outbreak of cold air to the east coast throughout the weekend. for us it leaves us high and dry rainfall amounts season to date 35% san francisco, 37 oakland, 29 in santa rosa and san jose. to say we need rain, big understatement like that snow survey where most of the ground was brown in the sierra. not much of a change in temperatures will modify a degree or two here and there may dip into the 50s near the coast friday smooth sailing through tuesday. can say the same for traffic. >>> we are spotting a new accident eastbound 205 as you approaching -- [ unintelligible ] left lane blocked this is in the noncommute direction crews on scene. we have roadwork along 68 know both directions -- 680 in both directions. nothing slowing you down, caltrans should have that wrapped up in the next 10 minutes or so. quick check of drive times, things looking good out of antioch, 15 minute ride

western side. thunderstorms could accompany the heavy snowshowers. the pacific side will stay largely dry. you will see snow flakes in the evening. toward the philippines, rain will gradually move east today. the central and southern areas of the philippines will continue to see rain and rain could intensify as we head into thursday. as for the indo-china peninsula, heavy rain and damaging flood in thailand. you may see scattered thundershowers today. any additional rain is not good news here. temperatures. we are expecting 10 degrees in tokyo and staying in the sub zero mark. with minus 3 degrees and chilly at 4 degrees in shanghai. ed heading over to the americas. the eastern portions are running way below average in some snow is lingering in the northeast states. we have hard freeze warnings in effect for the deep south on wednesday. meanwhile, this high pressure area is bringing very warm air from the south pushing up temperatures. we will show you the figures in just a moment. this low pressure system is moving into the b.c. area. that will bring heavy coastal rain and mountain snow a

what that means, very dry across the pacific side and snowy across the western side of the nation.rom hokkaido, we are seeing heavy snow. an additional 50 centimeters of snow are still possible in the northern areas, and 20 to 30 centimeters in the rest of the areas by friday morning. and it looks like snow will likely continue in the northern areas over the next couple of days. and strong winds are blowing over the nation, so that is causing very high waves along the coast. meanwhile, a mix of rain and san mateo is gradually tapering off over the southern portion of china. but taiwan will stay wet throughout today and down toward the philippines, remaining wet again, and particularly wet along the east coast of the central and southern portions of the country today. and across the peninsula, things will get very dry across the northern areas, but vietnam will continue to see rain throughout thursday. temperaturewise, dipping to the single digits in tokyo with eight degrees. and minus one in seoul. cooler than average in shanghai with four degrees and six degrees in cheongching. a

what that means is very dry along the pacific side and very snowy along the western side.reas from hokkaido all the way down to the cheguk area we are still seeing heavy snow and an additional 50 centimeters are still possible in the northern areas and the rest of the areas will foresee about 20 to 30 centimeters by friday morning. and winds are going to be problematic as well. so that could certainly create high waves along the coast. it looks like the snow will likely continue along the northwestern flank for the next couple of days. meanwhile, a mix of rain and snow will gradually taper off along the southeastern corner of china. but taiwan will continue to stay wet throughout thursday. and down towards the philippines it's wet again and particularly wet along the east coast, up the central and southern portions of the country today. temperaturewise, dipping down to the single digits in tokyo with 8 degrees and minus 1 in seoul. still cool with an average in shanghai of 4 degrees and 6 degrees in chongqing. now, heading over to the americas, many areas are still enjoyin

across japan, as catherine said, most of the pacific side will stay largely dry, but the western side of japan is a completely different story, heavy snow again, the areas could be seeing up to 70 centimeters of snow by thursday, the rest of the areas could be picking up as much as 40 to 50 centimeters. strong winds could pick up, resulting in high waves and blowing snow conditions. temperature wise, very cold air going southward reaching the korean peninsula. minus 3 degrees in seoul. tokyo coming in at 10 degrees today, but will drop to 6 degrees on thursday. across the south, getting up to 31 in manila. the same goes for bangkok. with morning fog. heading over to the americas, across the deep south, this is where we're seeing lots of active weather. we're talking about severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, even tornadoes. it looks like the bulk of the heavy rain is moving into the mid-atlantic region. the system has been moving very, very slowly, so the rainfall total could be significant. on wednesday, heavy rain will also target the mid-atlantic region. up towards the

across japan, most of the pacific side is enjoying dry weather but the western side has heavy snow again. they'll see up to 70 centimeters in the next 24 hours. the rest of the areas may see 40 to 50 centimeters of snof aw an that could result in high waves and create blowing snow conditions. it looks like snow will continue here into the weekend. temperaturewise we expected a minus 3 degrees in seoul and tokyo will be coming in at 10 degrees today but temperatures will drop to 6 degrees on thursday but as we look towards the south, 31 degrees in manila and the same goes for bangkok. heading over to the americas, across the deep south, this is where we are seeing lots of active weather. we are talking about severe thunderstorms, large hail, damages winds and even tornadoes here. and the system has been moving very, very slowly so the rainfall total could be significant. in fact, flash flood warnings is in place across mississippi. now, the system will move -- is moving in the northly direction so rain will spread to the mid atlantic region on wednesday. up towards the north, a couple of

another area of high pressure dominating not only the western united states but the eastern pacific ocean sandwiched in between a weakening cold front trying to breakthrough the high going to go up and around it or try to come down and around it our way when it does it stays out over the ocean that's why you can see all day today we have an increase in clouds, increase in the sea breeze and temperatures that will be cooler. once that passes, those sprinkles, if we get some, a lot of sunshine above average low to mid six these -- 60s through martin luther king, jr. day monday. >>> this sounds really bad head-on crash reported on highway 92 west of 280. chp is en route to the scene. some of the callers said both lanes were blocked i'm not sure if that means both lanes westbound on 92 or the area where there's only two lanes one in each direction. that means we could have highway 92 closed near the lexington reservoir. once chp arrives then we will let you know and keep you updated. it could be a bad commute through the area, 30 miles per hour the sensor heading westbound right now on highwa

. >>> well, the deadly storm that's pounding the pacific northwest has turned much of western oregonilling over, swamping roads and forcing evacuations. fast-moving flood waters swept away a car carrying a family of four. the mother and her 20-month-old son were later found dead. >>> and that storm is moving across the country now with bitter cold conditions, especially in the upper midwest. in duluth, minnesota temperatures plunged to 18 below zero. it was so cold lake superior's water was warmer than the surrounding air, forming a layer of steam over the lake. >> oh, you must miss that midwest weather. >> you get that in chicago all the time. it's like this weird fog. >> mm-mm. too cold. now the rest of the forecast around the country. expect more of the same today. some heavy snow and brutal cold from the upper great lakes to pittsburgh. up to eight inches of snow in the windy city. more heavy rain in the pacific northwest. some showers in the southeast. and mostly dry everywhere else. >> bone-chilling temps along the northern u.s. border. warming up across the south. upper 70s in

with a warm push off the pacific coming into the western u.s., this will work its way east. the mild air that you see down across central part of the country is what's moving in as we head toward friday and saturday. especially before -- maybe things will get interesting around here sunday morning. as we look at the future cast, a weak disturbance coming across the region today. will increase the clouds. bring us a couple of snow showers to the mountains by 5:00 late this afternoon or really this evening, have a chance for a few flurries or snow showers until about 10:00 or 11:00 this thing will pull away. clear to partly cloudy. not nearly as cold. tomorrow, looks like a decent amount of sunshine into the 40s. by friday, even more sunshine and i think friday's temperatures will warm into the 50s. today, about 35. late flurry, maybe even holding off until after dark with mostly cloudy skies. after a little morning sun mixing in. thursday, 46. nice friday. we'll finish out the work week with temperatures well up into the 50s. saturday, 52. by sunday morning, chance we may see

western united states. also over the eastern pacific. very strong blocking ridge pushing the storms well up to the north.ry precipitation values 29% of average in san jose and santa rosa, 35 to 37 in san francisco and oakland. just no rain in the forecast, we may cool into the upper 50s along the coast mainly low to mid 60s all seven days. >>> still following major accident westbound 205 past i-5 involving two big rigs within overturned. chp has issued a "sig alert" no time as to when they will have those lanes reopened. this will slow you down coming in from the valley as you continue along westbound 580, speeds clocking in at 37 miles through there better news for mass transit. bart had been reporting earlier delays. everything is back on schedule. ace and muni, cal train all check in problem-free. westbound 580 from 205 towards the dublin interchange, 26 minute trip out of antioch this morning about a 16 minute ride towards pittsburg and northbound 880 from 238 up to the maze about a 21 minute trip. over to the bay bridge toll, any minute they should be turning on those metering lights unless things c

western lakes, tracking snow. another system impacting the pacific northwest.n the mountains once again. 68 degrees in atlanta. mild ahead of this system, as it swings in from the west. 74 in new orleans. chance of thunderstorms. 42 in new york city. the rain is headed your way, as well. by the afternoon, should see quite a bit of rain in the northeast. and friday, right along the eastern seaboard, we still have showers and thunderstorms forecast. it's new england where we expect the wintry weather. next system brushing the northern plains with more snow. temperatures start to rebound across the south after getting drenched with rain in texas. we'll be back up to 63 in dallas, near 70 in houston. the cooler air across the north, but no arctic outbreak. we still don't have that frigid air in place, which you would expect for late january. saturday, almost looks like a mistake on the map, because we hardly have anything in the form of rain or snow. a few snow showers in northern michigan, that's about it. by sunday, watching the snow showers move across the lakes

western end of the country. a couple of lows here in the pacific northwest, that's starting to pull in very cold air from the arctic, and so we will be looking at more snowfall really developing especially for coastal areas for washington state as well as oregon. in the southern rockies, too, much more wintry picture looking set to develop tonight with ample amounts of snow expected in the upper elevations, while out east, too, in the next 24 hours we see the precipitation area really develop over the midwest. that starts turning over into rain as well as icy rain, some snowy conditions, too, are going to be possible. as for canada, central areas and then on into the east, snow will spread over the course of tonight as well as into monday. highs on monday, too, will look on the cool side especially up north, 2 only in new york and the same also for toronto. winnipeg remains at minus 13 degrees during the day and then 2 in vancouver, 3 degrees for seattle as well in both cities can expect some snowflakes to fall. as for europe, we're looking at a high pressure area that dominates right the central sections of contin

pacific northwest. some snow in the cascades. light snow in western new york and new england.cord heat for parts of the east coast. >>> and finally this half hour, the result of the iowa caucuses was, of course, the big story this past week. >> it dominated. and the late-night comics, well, they wasted no time weighing in to have a laugh. >> the gop presidential race is heating up. romney and santorum, tied in iowa. perry, soldiering on. and michele bachmann dropping out to spend more time fiercely staring at her family. >> those of you who might not know who rick santorum is, he usually wears a sweater vest, which is puzzling. he's not the only candidate who has been trying to work a little of the sweater vest magic in his campaign. >> a massachusetts moderate, who has given no evidence in his years in massachusetts, of any inability to change the culture or change the political structure or change the government. >> i would have gone one size smaller with that. >> i read that facebook is hosting a republican debate on sunday. candidates will see debates on their poll numbers