storm system as it moves north bringing warm winds from the south with it, a matter of days ago, winnipeg'sh was about the freezing point. a big jump there. heading to europe, lots of unsettled weather scattered about the continent, particularly in central and western locations. the haven't is in northern spain, some of that is snow, also in parts of scandinavia and more heavy showers in northern parts of italy. temperatures not too bad, moderating particularly in these. 15 degrees, 10 in stockholm and london, 11 degrees and a little cooler than we've been seeing in the iberian peninsula, 15 in madrid and 17 in lisbon as the cold front moves in. here's your extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of news line. i'm catherine kobayashi. i'm catherine kobayashi. do stay with us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com north korea tv. or pour first look is thr that brought togt pteenagers from eight asia countries animation and other media are inspire i inspiring them. and another project inspired them and checked out events around japan, thailand and turkey. next, we present two docume

just a matter of days ago, winnipeg's high was around about the freezing point. a big jump there. head to europe we'll see lots of unsettled weather scattered throughout the continent. we have about four low pressure systems moving through here. the heaviest precipitation will be in northern spain. some of it will be snow. snow also in parts of scandinavia and more heavy showers for northern parts of italy. temperatures are going to be not bad. moderating in the east. we're getting to 15 in kiev. 10 in stockholm. cool in london at 11 degrees. also a little bit cooler than we have been seeing recently in the iberian peninsula. 15 in madrid. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. everything seems ready to go on a launch pad in north korea. the question is what's being launched? authorities insist they are sending up a rocket to carry a satellite into space. government leaders in japan and elsewhere say this is a test of technology for a ballistic missile. officials with north korea's space agency say the launch window is now through monday. the ground crew star

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been with the team since they were the winnipeg jets.he game on the ice with mike smith. >> mike, i want to know what was going through your mind in that first period. hang on a second here. what was going through your mind in that first period when the chicago blackhawks were coming at you in waves. >> not that sound. they were -- they're such a highly skilled team and we knew they weren't going to roll over and die. we just managed to weather the storm. >> how about the shutout. does it give you extra flavor? >> it is a bonus but winning the first series in franchise history is huge for our team. we have grown a lot. we have to keep improving. we are not there but finding awas to win coyotes style. >> got to feel good for shane doan, too, huh? >> yeah. he is a leader on and off the ice. it is a special day for him. >> congratulations, mike. >> thank you very much. >> so the west playoff series are set. the western conference semifinals. st. louis will host l.a. kings. phoenix moves on to take on the nashville predators. mike smith had

winnipeg, just 2 degrees for the high. all right. into europe, very large low-pressure system is dominating much of western and northern europe. today from scandinavia down through germany. in fact, we have a front starting to push through the iberian peninsula. along the front is where we'll see the heaviest of the rain and the strongest gusts. could see also some snow once again for scotland. east of that, lisbon is looking settled. in the southeast, very stormy conditions, heavy rain for much of turkey here and could lead to flooding issues on our tuesday. temperatures are warming up a little bit. especially in central locations. we're now into the mid teens in berlin as well as vienna. 15 in rome. 14 in paris which is just about on average. a little bit cooler in madrid and lisbon as the showers move in. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> a "titanic" memorial cruise has set sail from england. it's to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fateful 1912 voyage of the iconic liner. some of the passengers are desce

temperatures are as follows. 10 degrees in seattle and 11 in winnipeg. to the east, unseasonable warmth is continuing up to 20 degrees in chicago, reaching 25 in oklahoma city. 31 degrees in miami. all right. up next is the three day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, north korea invited members of japan's space development agency to attend the launch of what it calls a satellite rocket. officials in japan and elsewhere say they are testing a long range missile. members of the general association of korean residence in tokyo handed the invitation to officials. the invitation was sent under the name of the north korean committee for space technology. the committee invited jaxa officials to visit the site in northwest korea. they hope for a reply by thursday. jaxa leaders will discuss the offer with supervisors at the science ministry. ministry officials say they may have to decline. they fear accepting may be seen as approving of the launch. north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12th and 16th. they have invited experts and

temperature-wise, 13 degrees in seattle and 9 degrees in winnipeg. towards the east, much cooler than what we saw on monday in december. 24 degrees expected and 55 in boston. the combination of dry weather is leading to a possibility of fires. and heavy thundershowers, gusty breeze and hail and some precipitation starting to move to the western continent. the south unstable conditions are continuing in southern italy and the southern peninsula and another low pressure system moving task formove moving towards the 2340r9 and will affect finland and sweden, producing a wintry mix on your tuesday. however, central europe should stay dry under high pressure system and we will see the same setup the next several days. dry across central europe but the rest of the area will remain very wet and unstable. temperature-wise, up to 13 degrees in london, strong winds feel much colder than this actual number, 11 degrees in paris and to the east, warmest in moscow with 12 degrees and 15 degrees and some rain. here's your extended forecast. >>> our top stories once

winnipeg, just 2 degrees for the high. all right. into europe, very large low-pressure system is dominating much of western and northern europe. today from scandinavia down through germany. in fact, we have a front starting to push through the iberian peninsula. along the front is where we'll see the heaviest of the rain and the strongest gusts. could see also some snow once again for scotland. east of that, business bon isbo settled. in the southeast, very stormy conditions, heavy rain for much of turkey here and could lead to flooding issues on our tuesday. temperatures are warming up a little bit. especially in central locations. we're now into the mid teens in berlin as well as vienna. 15 in rome. 14 in paris which is just about on average. a little bit cooler in madrid and lisbon as the showers move in. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> a titanic memorial cruise has set sail from england. it's to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fateful 1912 voyage of the iconic liner. some of the passengers are descend

as for the highs, getting up to 10 degrees in seattle and 11 degrees in winnipeg. across the east, unusual warmth is still persisting, reaching 20 degrees in chicago, 25 in oklahoma city, and 31 degrees is expected in miami. all right. here's your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

winnipeg, high of 16. overnight hours, these will be dropping below freezing.y need to be bundling up there towards the north. moving on to europe, a frontal system is moving through the iberian peninsula, bringing some high winds and rain there to france. and spain. but this is the big topic of discussion, a new low pressure system coming out of algeria is going to be moving across the mediterranean, off towards italy, through the weekend. this will be popping up some thunderstorms could be severe at times. want to keep your windshield wipers on high there in northern italy. the alpine regions, heavy snow accumulations will be adding up there. keep those ice scrapers in your cars if you do plan on leaving those out overnight as the snow continues to fall. and also you want to be bundling up there as temperatures will be dropping well below freezing there. though down in rome, looking at a high of 15. low to midteens across much of the western iberian peninsula there. out in the stack holme, single dingell temperature of 6. and moscow, high of 9. here is your e

winnipeg coming in at 20 degrees, which is about 10 degrees higher than average. and out toward the east, we turning to more seasonal levels. getting up to 14 degrees in washington, d.c. finally, let's go over to europe and unstable conditions in the southern half of the continent will continue over the weekend. but if things will get clearer across much of the iberian peninsula on your saturday. up towards the north, a band of wintry mixes is sagging southward and that will affect the low countries, northern germany and up into northwestern russia in the next 24 hours and as the system comes in temperatures will drop significantly cooling down to 2 degrees and not too bad in berlin on your friday but if you're cooling down to 6 degrees on your saturday. and as for warsaw, 8 degrees with rain and rain could change over to snow on your sunday and out towards the west, stay on the chilly side in the iberian peninsula but temperatures will be moderating into more typical levels as we head into sunday. all right, here's your extended forecast. >>> here's a recap of ou

but in winnipeg, 3 degrees. so the cold air mass and the very warm air mass just clashes in this region and heads -- jrtding ajrtd i generating and fuelling that system. so tornadic activity not ruled out there. heading over to europe now, we have three storm systems to talk about here. another one here over the mediterranean sea. and here in the british isles. this one will be rotating over us for the next several days, very windy condition and stormy weather here as well. severe weather could actually erupt over the italian peninsula as well as the balkans. and this system is actually going to bring some snow precipitation over towards the north. temperaturewise, stockholm at 7. 19 in moscow. over towards the west, madrid and rome at 17 degrees. here is the extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

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winnipeg, you're only looking at a high of 8. the overnight hours there and across much of the great lakes the temperatures will likely be dropping to subfreezing, and it will make it very chilly here with the windchill. the winds will be a factor across much of the eastern seaboard. combined with the dry air is bringing the risk of fire weather up and down the coastlines there. north and south, very warm at 29. houston, 29, looking at for miami. here's our extended outlook. >>> our lead story for this hour, an 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit indonesia's sumatra island. but after four hours, the u.s. pacific tsunami warning center has lifted all tsunami watches related to it. the u.s. geological survey said the quake struck at 8:38 utc on wednesday at a depth of 23 kilometers off aceh sumatra. the tsunami watch covered a large area of the indian ocean. strong jolts continued for several minutes and were similar to the earthquake that hit the area in 2004. another resident who lives in in northern sumatra said people evacuated to hig

as for the highs, getting up to 10 degrees in seattle and 11 degrees in winnipeg. and out towards the east, unusual warmth is still staying. getting up to 25 in oklahoma city and 29 degrees expected in atlanta. in contrast, parts of european countries are experiencing very cold conditions. let's go to some video coming out of belarus. belarus has been under the influence of a powerful low pressure system that brought heavy snowfall to minsk and other cities. it caused dozens of traffic accidents and extremely long tailbacks. the authorities say the problems arose because many people had already changed to summer tires before this very late season winter storm hit the country. so very chilly sight out there. all right. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> and our top story at this hour -- senior japanese and u.s. diplomats have agreed that the u.n. security council should take up the issue if north korea launches a rocket. the chiefasean affairs bureau shinsuke sugiyama met u.s. assistant secretary of state kurt campbell and other officials in washi

winnipeg at 22 and oklahoma city at 21 and these temperatures are expecting to continue to soar throughout the mid part of your week. into europe, a low pressure system is moving on shore here into the british isles. and also the western portions of the iberian peninsula. but good news, as this works its way off towards east, it will gradually start to dissipate. at least by midweek. now, in northeastern europe, some rain showers continue to affect your area here. they should be breaking off by about tuesday and with some sunshine peeking through. in madrid, 16. 13 in paris. london, looking at 12. over in stockholm, your high is a pair of 1s. here is the extended outlook. >>> i'm gene otani in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us on "newsline." before i go, i'll leave you with signs of the arrival of spring in fukushima prefecture. a cherry tree more than 1,000 years old is coming into bloom in miharu town. it is located west of the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the tree has downward sweeping branches and has been named takizakura or the waterfall blossoming cherry tree. the

winnipeg, soaring all the way up to 22. los angeles, only at 21 there for your high on tuesday., into europe, we're continuing to watch a series of systems here. first, let's talk about this one in central europe. it is already brought heavy snowfall there in the alpine regions. thunderstorm activity across the italian peninsula, now moving off towards eastern europe, bringing all that foul weather with it. not really much of a break here and along the iberian peninsula. look at this deep system, moving on shore, expected to impact the british isles. the western portions of france and spain, you could be seeing some high surf. gusty winds and heavy rainfall with this next system coming through. so just an overall foul weather situation out there across the west. temperatures are shaping up like this. london at 12. paris, looking at a high of 14. off towards the east, very warm out here in kiev, about 8 degrees above your normal average here at 22. and also very warm here in moscow at 20. now, here is a look at your extended outlook. >>> our lead story, south korean authorities a

north of that jet stream in winnipeg, 18-degree drop there. in the east in atlanta at 28, and in washington at 21. now into europe, we're also talking about the jet stream. several systems are running across it here. we have the one across eastern europe. that's bringing rain showers, and actually across much of the balkans, you're seeing a few flareups of thunderstorms. this should dissipate by thursday morning. the big topic is this one right here, this large storm system bringing heavy rains out there towards the british isles and also windy conditions. 72-kilometer-per hour winds. and four to five meter waves across northern spain. so a very foul weather condition setting up here. now, east of this jet stream, warmer weather, though. look at these. moscow and also kiev, 23 degrees there. very warm out there. about 7 to 8 degrees above your normal average temperature. into the east in london and paris at 13 and 17. here's a look at your extended outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. thank you for

same in winnipeg with a high of 13. your overnight hours could be dropping below freezing. that's why freeze warnings have been put in place across much of the great lakes for your friday night. here is a look at your extended outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us on nhk world. have a great day wherever you are.

that will come down. 20 degrees in winnipeg and very chilly in toronto.ust 7 degrees for the high on your tuesday. all right. as we head on into europe, things looking wet and wild towards the west. a low-pressure system sitting over france is bringing some heavy rain across the alps as well. and then thunderstorms down across the mediterranean here. now that's going to start to break up as it pushes east. already there is another low getting ready to take its place. so not really going to see much of a change in the conditions over the next couple of days. out towards the east, though, high pressure will be building in and allowing things to stay clear, calm and very warm. take a look at some of these daytime highs for your tuesday. we're looking the upper teens for moscow as well as warsaw. kiev, 20 degrees. you can add a couple of figures on to these digits. we'll be seeing mid-summer-like temperatures across much of the east. athens up to about 27 by thursday. it will stay, though, chilly and wet out towards the west. here's your extended forecast. >>

same in winnipeg with a high of 13. your overnight hours could be dropping below freezing. that's why freeze warnings have been put in place across much of the great lakes for your friday night. here is a look at your extended outlook. >>> once again, our lead story, japan's central bank has decided to take additional monetary easing steps to fight deflation. the decision came at the bank of japan's policy board meeting on friday. the bank will expand its asset purchasing program by 5 trillion yen to 70 trillion yen. that's more than $860 billion. the central bank's policymakers said at the time that the japanese economy is showing clearer signs of picking up. they pointed to increased demand from reconstruction efforts following the march disaster last year. the boj revised its growth forecast for the current fiscal year upward to 2.3% from 2%. and for fiscal 2013 to 1.7% from 1.6%. the central bank also changed its outlook for consumer inflation to 0.3% in fiscal 2012 and 0.7% in fiscal 2013. >> translator: we believe it is likely that the japanese economy will return to

cooler air filtering into winnipeg. 2 for the high. chicago also much cooler than monday. just 9 degrees for the high. and these cooler temperatures will be with you through the end of the week. as we head on into europe, dominating western and central locations will be this very large low pressure system sending fronts in across the iberian peninsula as well as in towards southern parts of scandinavia. still being affected by that in the british isles as well. and even up towards the north, southern scandinavia and parts of scotland seeing snow as opposed to the rain and windy conditions that the rest of western and central europe will be faced with. very cloudy here as well. needless to say. we will see a new low pressure system developing across the alpine region. it's going to get strong and things will be very unsettled. it will then head in toward the balkan peninsula from wednesday and into thursday. meanwhile, things looking fairly settled. across from down here in the southeast over turkey where heavy rain will reach its peak. after that it will quiet down a littl

winnipeg, at 9. off towards the east, very warm out there in washington, d.c. at 23. atlanta, you're holding a high of 27. now into europe. still a messy picture out here towards the west. we continue to watch this low pressure area spin here over the british isles. good news, winds are going to start to calm down here as it drifts off towards the northeast. but unfortunately, wet weather will remain in place over the iberian peninsula as a new low starts to form up here and runs off towards the northeast. following this whole jet stream that has been setting up here, coming all the way down just off the northwestern coast of africa, pushing off towards the north, wet and unsettled here towards the west, but into the east, warm and calm. warm air is following this jet, raising up temperatures. moscow, looking at a high of 21. kiev all the way up to 26 for your thursday high, that's well above your normal averages. it looks like these will continue to build into your weekend. now, here's a look at your extended outlook. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i

>> well, i'm from winnipeg. >> that's funny. >> yeah. so you have to be funny in winnipeg.y parents came there in the '30s from russia. and the jewish agency in halifax said, how can we find a place more hellish than where they have come from? [ laughter ] >> so i ended up in winnipeg, which is 40 below, just like what they had. going home again. but i got a lot of material out of canada. my dad was very prejudiced. i say about him he never lived to see his dream of an all yiddish speaking canada. so there was material there. >> i've got to ask you now that you bring up canada, i have a list in front of me of canadian candidates. mike myers, howie mandel, norm mcdonald, lorne michaels, by the way. >> yes, yes. >> what is it about canada? what is the deal with canada? i mean -- >> well, i'll tell you what's interesting about it, is when you are sort of on the -- when you get a culture coming from another country, and you're on the outside of it, but yet you're in touch with it, so you become sort of like an outsider and then you get to become an insider, that's a great sourc

winnipeger according to lottery officials did buy the ticket at the seven eleven store on liberty roadn milford mill, maryland, a suburb of baltimore. the ticket was a quick pick, the buyer paid $1, didn't buy anything else and walked out of the store. a former lottery director says even though the winner wants to remain anonymous, it will be pretty hard to keep to a secret. >> when you win $218 million, people are going to find out. there will be family and friend who you never knew you even had who are going to find out. >> reporter: so three winning tickets were purchased. one here in maryland, one in kansas and one in illinois. here is a very interesting thing because we all would go into the fox 5 pools. all three of these apparently were single purchases and all of them were apparently quick picks. we know the kansas win are has come forward. that one is remaining anonymous. they took the cash payout. we don't know whether the maryland win are here is going to do the same. we'll find out. we'll let you know late are on today. >> thank you very much -- we'll let you know later on