buttons in the cockpit, sprayed fire extinguisher foam all over the jet. released inflatable emergency slide and danced on the jet s wing. word is somehow it took police four hours to get him off that jet. officials are still investigating how valkin got on board that jet in the first place. the world s largest military hover craft plowed into a beach packed with people and somebody caught it on video. happened in the. reportedly in the middle of a drill when it came ashore there and people had though scatter. this type of hover craft is about 60 yards long and weighs about the same as 30 fire trucks. russian media report a defense ministry official claims the beach is actually inside a firing range. and it is not clear to them why people were sunbathing there in the first place. however, one report indicates the normal training range is actually a couple miles away. in any ways, nobody got hurt.
counties across 26 states. the bone dry conditions are destroying farm crops and one analyst estimates that 75% of the corn crop in the drought region is now wiped out. that could drive up food and fuel prices across the entire country and brings us to rob marciano live in bu. we have corn that should be taller than it is right now because of the drought and because of the heat. this stalk should be well up and over my head. there s a couple of examples of ears of corn. this was tough to find, a decent one, what you would typically see in a healthy environment but this is what we ve been seeing, ears of corn not even close to developing and not even pollinated. not only here in indiana but across the corn belt as far north as the canadian board enand across the southern plains. this part of this particular field is pretty healthy, we re right at the edge, the corner, it gets more circulation and runoff from the road. i want to bring in bob smok, another local farmer. you ha
the rocket s failure about 80 seconds into the flight the administration is calling this a provocation, saying more international defines may lead to new sanctions on the regime. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is with us. one of the big questions we re asking today is what is next? can we expect another launch, and soon? reporter: well that s right, jenna, good morning. this morning a south korean defense ministry official is quoted by reuters as saying the possibility of another long range rocket launch or nuclear test is very high because of the public humiliation of this launch. 2012 was built as the year of prosperity for north korea and showcase the new leadership under kim jong un. north korea has already prepared for a third nuclear test at an underground facility, and that is the same site that was used for tests in 2006 and 2009. a former intelligence official telling fox that we should expect north korea to push ahead
for a total of $860,000. the brother of the gunman suspected of killing seven people in southern france is facing charges. he was charged with complicit to commit murder. the apparent murderer mohammed mira was killed in the stachbdoff. tiger wins with a 13 under par winning by five strokes. those are the hid lines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning. from cnn london, i m nina desantos. good afternoon. from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this monday, march 26th. he s good at making the right calls on the markets. tim rogers will be here to tell us where he s putting his money these days. see why lung becomes hong ko kong s chief executive and inherits the city s economic problems. and a controversial drilling method is p for consideration in south africa. do the economic benefits on the other hand outweigh the environmental costs? we ll inves
tanks as well as some armored vehicles according to a defense ministry official. we are also hearing just into us here at msnbc that al jazeera is quoting sources here saying french war planes have destroyed four libyan tanks in the southwest area of benghazi. as we look at that focus of 93 miles outside of benghazi at the moment here. many reports coming in now and as we see the french, what you re reporting there in london, enacting what french president sarkozy had confirmed just hours ago. that s right. the suggestion that the french have 20 planes involved here suggests that what they are doing is moving in and sending as tough a message as they can at this early stage. there is also an operation going on to try and send a diplomatic