peninsula as well. it looks like it will stay essentially dry in and around south korea. much of japan is going to be enjoying warm sunshine over the next couple of days. the seasonal rain bands is slowly sagging south, and that is dry skies in the okinawa islands as well. looking unsettled for taiwan again, but we look for dry wlvr and philippines will have more showers. we have widespread rain. other areas have isolated thunderstorms. for indochina as well, pockets of heavy showers showing up here in cambodia, central thailand and looking at plenty of rain elsewhere across the region. we've got 34 degrees in bangkok today, 28 in hong kong. heating up in shanghai, 32 degrees, and then 31 in beijing with thunderstorms. tokyo is going to be quite pleasant at 23 degrees. elsewhere across the region looking pleasant and mild. it looking smild and sunny throughout the wednesday and also on thursday. winds are quite gentle as well, and we'll look for some of the conditions from sendai down to mito getting wa

starting to spread across the korean peninsula. light to medium showers, but nothing on the severe side. just to the west of the philippines we've got an active low pressure system that is, in fact, showing signs of intensifying as it moves slowly over the south china seas. this will bring heavy rain to taiwan as well as persistent rain off the philippines, as well. let's head towards south asia. picking up monsoon rain across indochina peninsula to india as well as bangladesh. we are keeping a very close eye on this area high flood risk as well as landslides, especially across bangladesh and down into thailand, as wl. 30 in hong kong today. isolated showers. cloudy in chongqing, 25. 32 in shanghai. very warm in beijing at 29. now for the united states, looking unsettled over towards the northwestern corner. chilly and wintry in around montana and wyoming. could see isolated heavy snow during the nighttime. that will clear up by your tuesday. this low pressure system is going to be heading into the northern plains. looking at moder

lookunttd across the korean peninsula and tho ou s to mo ie northern end of japan. a couple showers to watch r. but elsewhere across the region, looking very sunny and warm de. now, for china, central and southern portions williay ay o low-pressure system star me in from the west bringing significant rain in the comingy okg treiaras upwards of 100 millimeters. that could certainly be enough to cause flooding problems. and that will continue to re fuheea or e weekend. more showers aoss indochina and aloheastern india as well as bangladesh looking at more heavy serehuerorms have been really impacting the region. and it looks like it will remain very, very unsettled over the next couple of days. looking up millimeters here as well. so low-lying areas will be vy vulnerable to flooding and landslides. temperatures look like this today. 33 grs in bangkok. 29 in hong kg. sunny in shanghai, warming up to 34 degrees. ieo. and looking very chilly, eight degrees with somslt te on now, for the u.s., looking at a up oheron again up in the northeastern corner and th over towards

we're going to see that heavy rain impact central china, the korean peninsula then on in toward even japan today. more heavy rain for this large area. here, too, you want to watch out for flooding as well as landslides risks. highs on tuesday, we'll see a lot of warmth moving into shanghai, 34 degrees in your forecast high today. hot conditions. 33 in taipei. getting up to 26 in beijing and 28 degrees expected in tokyo today. it's going to be a humid, sticky day. as for quake affected areas, today, looks like a few showers will impact miyako for the morning hours. then it should look drier here. that will continue on into wednesday. more sunshine for you to come. from sendai, into onihama, showers throughout, into about the midday hours. then after that, it should look a lot drier. for mito, the rain won't start up until the afternoon and you may see thunder showers along with that. that will continue into wednesday morning for you here. and getting a look at europe now. still looking at the system swirling just off in atlantic here. still bringing winds and rain to the british isles

it does remain dry for much of china as well as the korean peninsula, but there is that low pressure system coming in from mongolia. that's going to bring some showers to northeastern china on wednesday. still looking quite unsettled in the southeastern corner as well. some heavy showers associated with this seasonal rain, but that's going to be pushing out today. but it will remain quite unsettled across places like parts of taiwan, especially in south will contend with drenching downpours in the days to come. looking at a scattering of showers, again, for indochina, more intense as we head into wednesday and for the philippines as well, especially in central and southern portions. you're going to be contending with rain and thunderstorms. taking a look at your temperatures. 36 degrees many manila today. 23 in taipei. it stays hot in beijing, 29 degrees. seoul, 23 with sunny spells. now, across swra p croscross ja unstable conditions today. we have on and off showers in the okinawa island. quite heavy in nature. central portions looking at those showers to blossom later on this afte

couple thunderstorms to watch out for as well and starting to spread across the korean peninsula. we'll see light to moderate showers across central portions of the country as well, but nothing on the severe side. to the west of the philippines, we have an active low pressure system that is in fact showing signs of intensifying as it moves slowly over the south china sea. this is going to be bringing heavy rain to taiwan as well as persistent rain to regions of the philippines as well. now let's head toward south iss asia, picking up monsoon rain into northeastern india, as well as bangladesh. this is going to be an ongoing story. we're keeping a very close eye on this area. high flood risk as well as landslides, especially across bangladesh then all the way down into thailand as well. 30 degrees in hong kong today. some isolated showers, but good spells of sunshine here. looking cloudy in chongqing, 25 degrees. up to 32 in shanghai. looking very warm in beijing, again, at 29. now, for the united states, looking very unsettled over toward the northwestern corner again. looking rat

now over the next couple of days, a system will make its way eastward into the korean peninsula southeast into russia turning things quite wet and cloudy in the coming days. meanwhile, southern chiepal be contending with more showers picking up that moisture off the south china sea. this has been an ongoing story, so flooding risks will be pretty high out here. as for the philippines, we have a tropical low showing signs of developing here. heavy rain expected in the coming days across central and southern portions, accompanied by strong winds. as well that system not in a hurry to go anywhere. it will be really dampening the region over the coming days. temperatures look like this. 37 in manila today. 26 in taipei. warming up to 31. it will be chilly in tokyo at 15 degrees. let's take a closer look at japan. it will be mostly dry here with of course exception of some showers down in the islands. sunny spells and mild conditions expected out towards the west, but looking cloudy and chilly across central and northern portions contending with the strong northeasterly winds. 15 degrees in se

for the korean peninsula and toward japan, heavy rain will be moving through. watch out for very heavy downpours, locally heavy downpours are going to be possible, continuing from yesterday. accumulations are really starting to pile up here. as for highs for wednesday, 22 expected in seoul. getting up to 28 in beijing. pretty lot. meanwhile shanghai 27 degrees. hot for you with thunder showers possible today. tokyo coming in at 14 degrees. will be on the cool side. plenty of sunshine in to ishinomaki. gusty weather possible, too. showers starting up later on in the day. sendai will look at sunshine for wednesday. from soma into mito, you're looking at showers today. that trend continues on thursday. heading into north america now, we are looking at active couple of lows here in the midsection of the united states. it's going to be bringing wet and even snowy weather to this wide section through the middle of the united states and in through central canada. the rockies, especially in and around colorado looking at quite a bit of snowfall tonight. wednesday also

peninsula, and in towards japan too. so wide area picking up on quite a bit of rainfall over the next day or so. we are going to see that heightened risk of flooding as well as landslides for these areas as well, so you do want to keep a close eye on your area. tuesday's highs will show quite a bit of warmth coming in towards shanghai. getting up to 34 degrees. it will be hot and steamy. also humid for tokyo today at 28. rain will start up in the afternoon. and then 21 in seoul, getting up to 32 degrees. now a look at the quake-affected areas. two-day outlook will show showers continuing to tuesday morning for myako. by wednesday, a lot of sunshine overall across the area. rain the start up in the midday afternoon hours, and you do want to watch out for apparent heavy downpours as well as well as the possibility of some thunderstorms. sudden gusts too. it could be a little bit stormy. as for north america, we take a look here, and there's a lot of clouds covering the intermountain west. active systems going on here. and

peninsula as well. looking cloudy in around beijing today because of that low pressure system coming in from mongolia. that will be bringing showers later on on wednesday. the southeastern corner still looking showery and unsettled. heavy downpours to come to the southern end of taiwan as well. as for the philippines, continuing with hefty showers here too. indochina, that rain continues to just spread even further looking at some heavy showers as we head into your wednesday. temperatures look like this today. 34 degrees with sunny skies. partly cloudy in hong kong and 26. a couple of showers. and then 29 in beijing. very warm indeed. as for japan, looking very unsettled today. especially for the okinawa islands looking at heavy downpours. but also for central portions of the country, the showers will really kick up later in the afternoon. watch out for strong thunderstorms as well as gusty weather. for this region, things clearing up in the afternoon. look for brighter weather, warming up to 21 in ofun

the korean peninsula, too. we should see rising temperatures into next week. we see a lot of moisture coming down here into southern portions of china. it is good news. we've had very dry and very hot conditions here over the last several days. we're going to start to see very high temperatures coming back down again, which is good news. but some of these downpours are going to be on the heavy side. anywhere you're seeing in the yellow could be 100 millimeters of rain and, in fact, the parts of northern myanmar and northeastern india and bangladesh, you could see 150 millimeters. there's definitely going to be a high risk of things like flooding and landslides, too. temperatures, 27 degrees, not cool at all in tokyo tomorrow and dry day. 30 degrees in shanghai. 31 in chongqing. looking for this figure to drop further into next week. your low is even getting down below zero. so make sure you do take care and wrap up during the overnight hours. into north america we go. you can see this very dense cloud. this is going to be our severe area today. lots and lots o

and the korean peninsula seeing a calm weekend. let's look and see what's happening in the northeastern coast of japan. this is key cities. looks like temperatures are going to be fairly good and weatherwise, partly sunny skies. not bad either. fairly good outlook here. temperaturewise for the rest of eastern asia. 30 degrees in beijing. warm day there. 22 in seoul and 25 in tokyo. clear skies just perfect day, actually. as we head into saturday. down towards the tropics. 34 in manila and also in bangkok. in most of those places you will be seeing some thunderstorms moving through during the eat of the day. as we head into north america, out west is looking nice and settled for once. it's not going to last very long so do enjoy it while you can. we are going to see rain coming right in down to coast, down towards southern california. probably see some snow on the mountains, too. fairly cold towards the north. as for the central plains, well, things are going to be much dryer here, but cooler, too. a big shot of cooler air comes dow

peninsula some 60 years ago both of the responded fearlessly against an enemy onslaught and saved the lives of their fellow soldiers. they led from the front and loved beyond measure portraying the ultimate act of selfless service. remind us again today that our nation has risen to ward true greatness on the shoulders of americans like anthony and henry. made this ceremony served to reinforce our awareness as a nation that our country's way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance, went through the commitment and sacrifice of those who have selflessly pay for our freedom with their blood. may your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony who have given their loved ones to this nation and who have kept their memories of life for this very moment. by your grace, may we never forget their sacrifice. in your holy name, amen. >> good morning, everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michele and myself, welcome to the white house. to our many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you, a chaplain, for that wonderful invocation. i think we can all agree this is a good day

peninsula recently during a period of instability so the chinese recognize that the u.s. has defense responsibilities that provide a burden to the u.s. economy and budget china does not have to be there and certainly china also recognizes that the u.s. provides stability on the other hand the chinese seek to deny military force projection capabilities to us and they will forces in the western pacific by the deployment of the new chinese anti carrier ballistic missile system and other new technologies recently unveiled by the chinese military that is of great concern and turn to the u.s. leadership but how so roger break that down for me this is what i don't get the united states state spends six times what china does on its military more than the rest of the world combined i don't understand how these chinese a development are such threats to the united states military that is so financed so well financed by china not to mention. financing does not equate to force projection and strategic concerns when you have a new chinese ballistic missile system that can take out any

peninsula 60 years ago. both entity and henry responded against an enemy onslaught and saved the lives of their fellow soldiers. they led from the front end loved beyond measure, portraying the ultimate act of selfless service. remind us again today that our nation has risen to virtue greatness of the soldiers of americans like anthony and henry. they this ceremony served to reinforce our awareness as a nation that our countries way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance, one to the commitment and sacrifice of those who have selflessly pay for our freedom with their blood. may your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony, who ever given their loved ones to this nation and have kept their members a lot for this moment. by your grace, we may never forget their sacrifice. in your holy name, amen. >> amen. >> good morning, everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. to our many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you, chaplain carver, for th

peninsula, some 60 years ago. both anthony and henry responded fearlessly against an enemy onabsolute and saved the lives of their fellow soldiers. they led from the front and loved beyond measure, portraying the ultimate act of selfless service. oh, god, remind us again today our nation has risen to our true greatness on the shoulders of americans like anthony and henry. may this ceremony serve to reinforce our awareness as a nation that our country's way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance, one through the commitment and sacrifice of those who have selflessly paid for our freedom with their blood. may your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony who have given their loved ones to this nation and who have kept their memories alive for this very moment. by your grace, may we never forget their sacrifice. in your holy name, amen. >> good morning, everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. to our many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you,

peninsula some 60 years ago. both anthony and henry responded fearlessly against an enemy onslaught and save the lives of their fellow soldiers. they lead from the front and loved beyond measure, portraying the ultimate act of selfless service. god remind us again today that our nation has risen to greatness on the shoulders of americans like anthony and henry. may the ceremony served to reinforce our awareness as a nation that our country's way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance, wind through the commitment and sacrifice of those who have selflessly paid for our freedom with their blood. me your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony duet given their love to this nation and kept their memories alive for this very moment. by your grace, may we never forget their sacrifice in your holy name, amen. >> good morning everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house, to our many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you chaplain for that wonderful inv

peninsula some 60 years ago. but anthony and henry responded against an enemy onslaught and save the lives of their fellow soldiers. they lead from the front and loved beyond measure, betraying the ultimate act of selfless service. oh god, remind us that our nation has risen to true greatness on the soldiers of americans like anthony and henry. me this ceremony reexports our awareness as a nation that this country's way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance, one for a commitment and sacrifice of those who selflessly pay for our freedom with their blood. may your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony who have given their loved ones to this nation and what kept their memories alive for this great moment. by your grace, may we never forget their sacrifice. in your holy name, amen. >> good morning, everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. too many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you for the wonderful invocation. i think we can all agree

our two countries share a vital interest in maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula, and that includes the complete denuclearization of the peninsula. so we continue to urge north korea to take concrete actions to improve relations with south korea and to refrain from further provocations. and we want to see north korea take irreversible steps to fulfill it international obligations toward denuclearization. now, like any two great nations, in fact, i would argue like any two people, we have our differences. and like friend, we discuss those ditches honestly and -- differences honestly and forthrightly. we will be continuing the discussion of the recent u.s./china human rights dialogue just held in beijing. we have made very clear publicly and privately our concern about human rights. we worry about the impact on our domestic politics and on the politics and the stability in china and the region. we see reports of people including public interest lawyers, writers, artists and others who are detained or disappeared. and we know over the long arc of history that societie

our two countries share a vital interest in the peace and stability on the korean peninsula, and that includes the complete deneutralization of the peninsula. and we encourage north korea to take concrete actions to renew with south korea. and we want to see north korea take steps to fulfill their obligation towards denuclearization. like any two nations or people we have our differences. and like friends we discuss those honestly and forthrightly. we will continue the discussion on the u.s./china dialogue held just in beijing. we have made clear publicly and privately our concern about human rights. we worry about impact on the domestic politics and the politics of china and the region. we see reports of people and public interest people and artists and others that are detained and disappeardisappear. and we know that societies that respect human rights are more prosperous, stable and successful. that certainly has been proven time and time again, but most particularly in the last month. so this dialogue offers a forum for us to have these candid discussions to focus where we will op

we could also make sure we have adequate resources on the korean peninsula and iran. it's a strategic distraction. sure and simple. all of this is not an argument. but it is an argument for doing considerably less than we are doing by transitioning rapidly over the next year or year and a half to a relatively small, sustainable, strategically warranted deployment, one i would estimate to been the scale of 10,000 to 25,000 troops. the future troops should allow for continued terrorists, along the lines just carried out by u.s. special forces in afghanistan, and some training of afghan forces in both the national and local level. reductions of the scale and the phasing out have a number of advantages, beginning with the fact that would save up to $75 billion a year, and hundreds of american lives and casualties. continuing what we are doing on the scale that we are doing will not necessarily achieve more than what is being suggested by what i am advocating, given afghanistan's history, leadership, demography, culture, geography, and neighborhood. even if substantial pro

peninsula some 60 years ago. but anthony and henry responded against an enemy onslaught and save the lives of their fellow soldiers. they lead from the front and loved beyond measure, betraying the ultimate act of selfless service. oh god, remind us that our nation has risen to true greatness on the soldiers of americans like anthony and henry. me this ceremony reexports our awareness as a nation that this country's way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance, one for a commitment and sacrifice of those who selflessly pay for our freedom with their blood. may your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony who have given their loved ones to this nation and what kept their memories alive for this great moment. by your grace, may we never forget their sacrifice. in your holy name, a man. >> good morning, everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. too many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you for the wonderful indication. -- indication. i think

we could also make sure we have adequate resources on the korean peninsula and iran. it's a strategic distraction. sure and simple. all of this is not an argument. but it is an argument for doing considerably less than we are doing by transitioning rapidly over the next year or year and a half to a relatively small, sustainable, strategically warranted deployment, one i would estimate to been the scale of 10,000 to 25,000 troops. the future troops should allow for continued terrorists, along the lines just carried out by u.s. special forces in afghanistan, and some training of afghan forces in both the national and local level. reductions of the scale and the phasing out have a number of advantages, beginning with the fact that would save up to $75 billion a year, and hundreds of american lives and casualties. continuing what we are doing on the scale that we are doing will not necessarily achieve more than what is being suggested by what i am advocating, given afghanistan's history, leadership, demography, culture, geography, and neighborhood. even if substantial pro

car to countries share a vital interest in maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula and that includes the complete denuclearization of the peninsula. we can -- we continue to urge north korea to take concrete actions to improve relations with south korea and to refrain from further provocation and we want to see north korea take irreversible steps to fulfill its international obligations toward denuclearization. like any two great nations, i would argue like to -- like any two people, we have our differences. like friends, we discuss those differences honestly and forthrightly. we will be continuing the discussion of the recent u.s.- china on human rights dialogue just held in beijing. --ve made very clear that our concern about human rights. we worry about the impact on our domestic politics and on the politics and the stability in china and the region. we see reports of people, including public interest lawyers, artists, and others who are detained or disappear. we know over the long arc of history, societies that work toric respecting human rights are going to be more

on chinese television, he has agreed to adhere to the goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula. >>> president obama is in france for the start of two days of talks at the g-8 summit. meeting with japan's prime minister to discuss reconstruction after march's devastating earthquake and tsunami. leaders from the eight largest economies in the world are on hand tackling issues like the global debt crisis, middle east peace and global inflation and soaring food prices for many countries. >>> cnn has learned a major development could come in the john edwards case in a matter of days. an entimt or plea deal is expected. federal prosecutors claim that edwards used campaign cash as hush money for former real hunt. lawyers for edwards slammed the department saying the government's theory is wrong and insisting that edwards did not break the law. >>> a man captures amazing video of the oklahoma tornado and it ends up dem mol ishing his three-story home. the frantic final moments as the family rushes to safety. they could not grab the family dog in time. this is an emotional story with an ending that yo

we could also make sure we have adequate resources on the korean peninsula and iran. it's a strategic distraction. sure and simple. all of this is not an argument. but it is an argument for doing considerably less than we are doing by transitioning rapidly over the next year or year and a half to a relatively small, sustainable, strategically warranted deployment, one i would estimate to been the scale of 10,000 to 25,000 troops. the future troops should allow for continued terrorists, along the lines just carried out by u.s. special forces in afghanistan, and some training of afghan forces in both the national and local level. reductions of the scale and the phasing out have a number of advantages, beginning with the fact that would save up to $75 billion a year, and hundreds of american lives and casualties. continuing what we are doing on the scale that we are doing will not necessarily achieve more than what is being suggested by what i am advocating, given afghanistan's history, leadership, demography, culture, geography, and neighborhood. even if substantial pro

peninsula some 60 years ago. both anthony and henry responded fearlessly against an enemy onslaught and saved the lives of their fellow soldiers. they led from the front and loved beyond measure portraying the ultimate act of selfless service. oh, god, remind us again today that our nation has risen to her true greatness on the shoulders of americans like anthony and henry. may this ceremony serve to reinforce our awareness as a nation that our country's way of life and our freedom is a priceless inheritance through the commitment and sacrifice of those who have selflessly paid for our freedom with their blood. may your blessings be upon the families of henry and anthony who have given their loved ones to this nation and kept their memories alive for this very moment. by your grace, may we never forget their sacrifice in your holy name, amen. >>> good morning, everybody. please be seated. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. to our many guests from hawaii, aloha. and thank you, chaplain c

we could also make sure we have adequate resources on the korean peninsula and iran. it's a strategic distraction. sure and simple. all of this is not an argument. but it is an argument for doing considerably less than we are doing by transitioning rapidly over the next year or year and a half to a relatively small, sustainable, strategically warranted deployment, one i would estimate to been the scale of 10,000 to 25,000 troops. the future troops should allow for continued terrorists, along the lines just carried out by u.s. special forces in afghanistan, and some training of afghan forces in both the national and local level. reductions of the scale and the phasing out have a number of advantages, beginning with the fact that would save up to $75 billion a year, and hundreds of american lives and casualties. continuing what we are doing on the scale that we are doing will not necessarily achieve more than what is being suggested by what i am advocating, given afghanistan's history, leadership, demography, culture, geography, and neighborhood. even if substantial pro

our country's share of vital interest in maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula, and that includes the complete denuclearization of the peninsula. we continue to urge north korea to take concrete actions to improve relations with south korea and refrain from future provocation, and we want to see north korea take irreversible steps to put build the international obligation towards it denuclearization. like any great nations, and in fact i would argue like any two people, we have our differences. like friends we discussed those differences honestly and forthrightly. we will continue the discussion of the recent u.s./china human- rights dialogue just held in beijing. we have made very clear publicly and privately our concern about human rights. we worry about the impact on our domestic politics and on the politics instability in china and the region. we see reports people, including public interest lawyers and writers and others to have been detained or disappeared, and we know are the long arc of history, that societies that work towards respecting human rights are goi