look at the rain tallies. upwards of 200 millimeters for tokushima. not only a rain event for mainland japan, to the south and west islands picking up wind gusts of 183 kilometers per hour. that's 113 in miles per hour. and this is a category 3 hurricane in the atlantic basin. at this point it has weakened. it has become extra tropical. at this point now a wind event. still a little bit of rain extreme northeast japan. nothing like we had over the weekend. conditions becoming much quieter here. looking much better. nothing in the offing as far as any additional tropical development in the western pacific. that season, as you know, monita, started in april. here are some stories we're talking about on "world one." u.s. republican sarah palin turned heads on sunday cruising into washington on the back of a harley.