The aircraft in rain and thick fog. Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei has assured the country that there will be no disruption to state affairs. Heres a brief bit of what he said in his first Public Statement about the. Translation may god return the president to the people. I the iranian nation should rest assured they will be no disruption to the running of the country. The reaction to the crash. I the reaction to the crash. I have the reaction to the crash. I have the fine and well and we get to enjoy the news of them being well. This news is unfortunate both for the government and the people. It the government and the people. If anything happens it will take time to replace. It will be chaotic. It to replace. It will be chaotic. [it was to replace. It will be chaotic. Was 100 an to replace. It will be chaotic. It was 100 an accident. It was a cold climate was 100 an accident. It was a cold climate and was 100 an accident. It was a cold climate and it was 100 an accident. It
On the right. Theyd both been on a trip to irans border with azerbaijan. Inaugurating a new dam project. Right here. Helicopter outside image still we ve got an image of him on the ground at the site the one carrying the president and Foreign Minister crashed in mountainous territory in heavy inclement weather. All contact with that helicopter was then lost. A correspondent has this report. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are currently | three drone teams in the area but| due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three
Cash and gold in exchange for political favors, the allegations against a sitting u. S. Senator are damning. Nearly 500,000 stuffed in envelopes, a mercedesbenz, even gold bars, the gifts allegedly given to senator bob menendez and his wife. New video of ukraine on the attack after more than a year at war. This team they confirm a successful hit on a russian ship. And more workers hit the picket lines in dozens more locations. This could impact you if your car needs to be repaired. Welcome to the lead. Im pamela brown in for jake tapper. We start with senator bob menendez accused in a sweeping indictment today charged with accepting bribes, pressuring a u. S. Official and spilling sensitive u. S. Information to benefit a foreign government. The indictment lays out how federal agents raided menendez home last summer finding a stash of gold bars, nearly 500,000 in cash stuffed inside envelopes and a gifted mercedes convertible. Menendez wife is also charged. According to the indictment s
this weekend. two others were found dead in a burned home. prosecuteers say the group claims to have killed eight ethnic turks, one ethnic greek and a police officer between 2000 and 2007. the man tapped to be italy s prime minister is still in talks in developing a new government. monte says people may have to make sacrifices to help get italy out of its economic hole. he plans to stay in artist until 2013. eye way way has until wednesday to play a tax bill. he s been ordered to pay a full amount or they ll refer the case to the police, ai wei wei says it s politically motivated. i m zain verjee. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodson. good afternoon from hong kong. you re watching world business today. police are moving protesters out of new york s zuccotti park. australian prime minister wants to lift a ban on uranium imports to india. it may be economically sound, but it s also politically sensitive. and the
jobs. and it is now cheaper to buy a home than ever before. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. dan lothian, let s begin with you there at the white house. dan, we listen to the president this morning answering many questions and not only did he take on republicans, he s taking on, again, millionaires. reporter: that s right. what we are talking about here is that surtax to pay for the president s jobs bill which senate democrats are pushing 5.6% on those making over a million dollars. we did not see or hear a full-throated endorsement of this from the president. in fact, though, what he said was that he was comfortable in that he thought that this approach from senate democrats was fine. the president supporting this as a means of paying for this jobs bill which, of course, that s been the big issue. how to pay for all of this. president obama, though will congress do something? if congress does something, then i can t run against a do-nothing congress.