800,000 unpaid federal workers. a loss, however, for the great dealmaker who got nothing that he wanted, no wall money, no invitation to gave his state of the union address. insult to injury, the president s one-time cheerleader, ann coulter, transferringing to him the title, biggest wimp ever to serve as president. the president may not have even seen that since he unfollowed ann coulter on twitter back in dress. that s, like, the ultimate knockout punch an internet warrior can deliver. also on friday, the president s longtime close adviser roger stone taken from his home in handcuffs by the fbi. the robert mueller russia probe alleging in the indictment that stone sought stolen e-mails from wikileaks in coordination with trump campaign officials. friday was also so bad for the president, in fact, he might not have not even noticed his former campaign chairman paul manafort was briefly out of prison to make his first federal court appearance since october. the roger stone breaking new
rift right through there and there were tornado warnings across the area, i think they got hit with some, again, the rain is still coming down, mike, and the clean-up just now getting started. mike: rick, the visuals are pretty incredible, thank you so much, you and your team are doing a fantastic job, we are grateful to you, be safe. thank you. all right, major air travel disruption as tropical storm florence reaks havoc grounding planes across carolinas and causing more than 2,000 flight cancellations since wednesday, for machine insight on this, director of wilmington international airport, she joins us on the phone and how the storm impacted airports not only in the region but also nationwide, julie, thank you for taking time to join us, i m sure you guys are pretty busy today, give us some inside on how things are going in the ground? thank you, molly, it s a pleasure to be with you today,
shia compound where many gather on this important holiday and the photographer we spoke to describes how the explosion inside this crowded compound, bodies fanned out and were decimated. the death toll we re hearing could be in one to two dozen but given the scene where we heard from witnesses we are expecting it to rise in the coming hours. zain? nick paton walsh. i m zain verjee. world business today starts now. hello, i m andrew stevens in hong kong. and from cnn london, i m charles hodson. this is world business today and these are our top stories much there had a cautious mood on the markets after a downgrade warning in europe. a change of tact by china breathes new life into climate change talks. and a trickle of tourists return as thailand recovers from devastating floods. the timing could hardly have been worse. just as leaders of the euro-zone s biggest economies put on a united front standard & poor s threw a big spanner into the works and put 15 eur
point here. you know, if we don t have contingency plans for whatever might happen now, we re really in trouble. and in fact the joint chiefs of staff chairman said earlier today that they plan for these kinds of contingencies all the time. i think that memo was probably overstated by whoever interpreted it. all right. if we can just have competence across the board around here, i m sure it would be welcomed to every voter and citizen in this country. mark, jonathan, a pleasure. still ahead, the global reach of the icelandic volcano from flowers to diamonds to car parts. it s more than an air travel disruption at this point. it s today s by the numbers. plus, one woman s crusade to save the earth by urging people not to have babies. is that the best way to be green? it s in our town square. to stay in tune with life after 50,