clinton will meet myanmar s president along with the pro-democracy party leader. these are live pictures from occupy wall street in los angeles. riot police are blocking off streets around the movement s camping ground. protesters were ordered to evacuate city hall grounds by midnight on monday but have refused to leave. of course, we ll bring you more on the standoff as it develops. the former leader of ivory coast is now in custody in the netherlands for an appearance before the international criminal court in the hague. gbagbo was arrested in april by forces loyal to the current president. the icc is probing allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity. those are the top stories from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts now. hello and welcome to another packed edition of world business today. i m andrew stevens in hong kong. and i m nina dos santos in london. here are the top stories. save our pensions. a massive public sector protest ki
combine that with low online pricing. and your shipping costs. ..could head in a whole new direction. it s time to rethink your shipping. minding your business. don t touch that dial! what dial? come on. new research from the nielsen company found 96.7% of american homes have at least one television, that s a lot, right? down from nearly 99%. the first decline in tv ownership in 20 years. i think all of them live in new york. i don t have a tv. i hear it all the i don t have a tv. i don t own a tv. how can you not own a television? the drop is blamed on some
town, you can look up at the buildings. it is going to have a low-annoyance horn. gas prices at an average of $3.98. just 13 cents from the all-time high. wow, it hurts. we are watching it move up there. maybe the worst is behind us. we will have to wait and see. for the first time in two decades, the number of american households with tvs fell. they found 96.7% of homes have at lease the one television. that s down from nearly 99 per. the drop is blamed on some families not being able to afford new tvs and young people opting to watch their favorite shows over the innet. top stories, flooding farms to save a town. water pouring into missouri farmland after the army core of engineers blew up a section of a
announcer: world news now delivers your morning papers. the two of you. the real show happens during the commercial. ain t that the truth. ain t that the truth. ain t that the truth. talking about some headlines. i thought this was very interesting. a story in the new york times about the first time in 20 years the number of homes in the u.s. with a television sets has actually dropped, first time in two decades from 98.9% to 96.7%. we are going to need new jobs. no kidding and they re saying the reason, twofold. number one, obviously, economic tough times. people cannot afford some the tvs anymore. number two, people are watching tv on their laptops, on internet. it s a different era. tvs the dominant median. and by the way you can t throw away your tv on the sidewalk.
96% of those are from restaurant critics. not political reporters. it was 96.7%. it s from tv critics. not political reporters and editors. last week we saw 23 times more attention paid to these baseless accusations against mr. trump than we did talk about the wikileaks and the fbi and everything all the scandals going on with hillary clinton. so i mean, we re seeing the culture that the media is bringing into the campaign. that s when we are talking about the rigged system. specifically you think nine women coming forward and saying that donald trump acted on the words that are in the access hollywood tape that he said as a star he could kiss women if he wanted to, grab them by the p word. then he says it s not true and nine women come forward and say it is true. that s his behavior. you think the media shouldn t cover it? 23 to one on the time ratio is ridiculous. when we talk about the collusion and corruption that we are seeing at the fbi, the state department