more funerals in syria today. opposition activists say that 31 people died when syrian troops opened fire on sunday. the attacks on anti-american rather anti-government protesters took place in several cities. president assad is warning countries not to recognize the syrian national council, which is set up in turkey last week. that council appears to be positioning itself as syria s next government. crisis talks are happening in egypt today to head off new violence. fighting between muslims and christians left at least 25 people dead over the weekend. christians say they were peacefully protesting a church burning when they were attacked by people they describe as thugs. christians say egypt s military rulers aren t doing enough to protect them. it s a very volatile situation, and many critics say it s not helped by the actions, for instance, of state-run tv which last night called upon what it called honest egyptians to come down and join the army in fighting against
gadhafi. they say they are on the verge of taking the port city of sirte. a spade of killings at a port on the mekong river has interrupted cargo trade between children that and thailand. at least 12 sailors were murdered in what may have been a drug traffic attempt. investigations are continuing. severe weather in new zealand is hampering efforts to corn taken an oil spill off the country s north eye land. authorities are trying to pump the remaining oil off a ship that struck a reef last wednesday. 30 tons of oil has leaked from the vessel. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hod southern. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories monday, october 10th. bell jen bank agrees to its bailout. are more bank rescues on the way? and weather hampers efforts to contain an oil spill
live from america s news headquarters i m marianne rafferty. texas representative ron paul winning a straw poll of social conservatives that was taken at the values voters summit in washington saturday. paul taking home 37% of the vote. herman cain coming in second with 23% and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum rounded out the top three with 16%. texas governor rick perry and representative michele bachmann each got 8%. and president obama urging voters to pressure congress to pass his $447 billion jobs bill. in his weekly address the president saying the bill will give the economy the jolt it needs. he is also challenging any lawmaker who would vote against it. in the republican response, south dakota senator called the president s plan more of the same failed strategy. the senate will likely vote on the jobs bill next week. and several thousand protesters marching peacefully from wall street to new york city s washington square park
people s assemblies going on. you can see it and possibly hear it over my shoulder, where people make speeches, but because they don t use a mic system here, they don t have permits for that, so instead, they shout it from person to person to person so the entire crowd can hear what the message is, trying to rally support for their cause. as you say, as we pan the crowd here, you can see that there are a lot of young activists here, certainly, but already also others here from different walks of life. last hour, we introduced you to a grandmother who came here all the way from detroit. all kinds of people represented. they re also getting visits from celebrities. some who are here to show support, some who stopped by, not necessarily looking for the spotlight, but just to hear what s going on. in the middle of this week, on the biggest day we saw of all the crowds we had, that was the day we had the big rally. we ran into documentary filmmaker, michael moore, who s been here
another straw poll victory. the president the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. i don t believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is there some are there some elements of racism? yes. it gets back to if we don t grow this economy, that is a ripple effect for every economic level and because blacks are more disproportionately unemployed they get hit the worse when economic policies don t work. that s where it starts. grow this economy and it s going to help everybody to get jobs and get back into the work force. cain and his rival republican candidate hold a debate at dar mouth college in new hampshire on tuesday. the voices