fumio kanda, nhk world, yokohama. >>> it's time now for our check of the weather. in northeastern areas of the u.s. are seeing heavy snow and preparing for the worst. meteorologist robert speta joins us with more. >> yes. what we have out here right now is potentially an historic storm. and already some historic stuff taking place out here. the subway in new york city already shutting down here on monday evening. travel bans have been put in place for new york city even over toward boston as well. and this storm system is continuing to develop. and as you go from your monday night especially into tuesday morning much of eastern new england will be taking the brunt of this storm system. now, what's happening, you have our low pressure area right here but also our high off toward the north. and it's that tight pressure gradient setting up as well as continuing to deepen. a lot of features in place coming at the right time. and that's why we're looking at these blizzard conditions expected across this area. already some images coming out of new york city here. you can

they bombed tokyo, nagoya, yokohama. to warn the japanese. and it is a surprise, it is a miracle, they managed to get out almost unharmed. but where would they go to land? so the original plan was to have a chinese airport. they fly across the east china sea to a chinese city. on the coast. the chinese government built an airport there just for them to land at. however, just a few hours before the mission started, colonel, you remember well, the fleet was spotted by japanese ships. so the general decided to move up the take up time two hours earlier. but this message did not get to the chinese authorities. properly. the wartime communication was not so good. so by the time they finished our mission and get across the east china sea, they reached the airspace, the airport, during the night. it was in a blackout. and they had no place to land. they do not know where to land. so 15 of the 16 b-25s, except for one, which went to the soviet union, where the crewmen were detained for many years the others had to crash land or bailout. now, out of 7

they bombed tokyo, nagoya, yokohama. to warm the japanese. -- warn the japanese.ed to get out almost unharmed. where would they go to land? the original plan was to have a chinese airport. they fly across the east china sea to a chinese city. the chinese government built an airport there, just for them to land. however, just a few hours before the mission started, colonel, you remember well, the american fleet was spotted by japanese spy ships. so the general decided to move up the takeoff time two hours earlier. but this two hours earlier the message did not get to the chinese authorities. the wartime communication was not so good. by the time they finish the mission, they reached the airspace. the airport, this was during the night, it was in a blackout. they had no place to land. 15 of the 16, except for one which went to the soviet union and the crew was detained by the soviets for many years, the other 15 had to either crash land or bailout. added 75 crew members, 65 almost almost 90%, thankfully because of chang kai-shek's order. that was a dangerous provinc

they bombed tokyo, nagoya, yokohama. is the miracle, they managed to get out almost unharmed. where would they go to land? the original plan was to have a chinese airport. they fly across the east china sea to a chinese city. the chinese government built an airport for them to land at. but just a few hours before the mission started, colonel, you remember well, the fleet was spotted by japanese ships. they moved out earlier. , two hours. the message did not get to the chinese authorities. the ward time commitment -- the wartime communication was not so good. they reached the airspace, the airport, during the night. it was in a blackout. they had no place to land. 15 of the 16, except for one which went to the soviet union the others had to crash land or bailout. out of 75 crew members, 65 -- almost 90%, thankfully because of chang kai-shek's order. that was a dangerous province. they were rescued by the chinese guerrilla soldiers. chinese people rescued the american flyers. they offered them the best protection, sanctuary. they assembled them and sent them to the airport the n