dinner. president obama taste d some of the kids recipes like baked zucchini fries. the president asked them not to drop any table scraps because the first dog is on a diet. that s your first look at scrambled politics. the dow opens at 13,271 after losing three points yesterday. both the s&p and nasdaq were down a fraction. in tokyo, the nikkei fell 14 points. in hong kong, the hang seng lost four. traders were either on vacation or worried about the euro debt crisis coming back on the radar. one police not so quiet, apple, the most valuable company in history at $624 billion, shattering the record once set by microsoft.
waiting for a solution to the euro debt crisis. a major victory for goldman sachs. the justice department announced thursday it will not prosecute goldman or its employees for their role in the wall street meltdown. a senate subcommittee found goldman sold mortgage securities full of hidden risks, but the d.o.j. couldn t prove it was a crime. reuters has learned federal regulators warned the nation s big banks more than two years ago. get a survival plan ready if they re faced with another crisis, and don t expect washington to rescue them. america s trade deficit dropped to its lowest level in a year and a half thanks in part to lower prices on foreign oil. well, here s a shocker for you. the nation s airlines are doing things right. this year has been the best record for on-time performance and not losing luggage. well, the ceo of e-trade is out. he was canned midway through his contract after a 16% plunge in net income. england s famed manchester
discount bias. orbitz admits blocking users to more expensive hotels and showing pc users rooms that are $30 a month cheaper. targeted markets or computer discount discrimination? ann curry and matt lauer may be splitting up. where and when will curry go and who will take her place? cnn newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. happy tuesday. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning in florida. much of that state is underwater, including parts of interstate 10 east of tallahassee. tropical storm debby is clinging to florida s gulf coast, dumping more than a foot of rain on some areas and threatening to wipe out another 12 inches before it moves on. many lifelong floridians are seeing their worst flooding in a generation. george howell is there in the panhandle, south of tallahassee. reporter: carol, good morning. i m standing in about a foot of water right now, just outside this convenience store. and if you pan over here, you
of catch in the backyard. we ll see a neighbor try to intervene here. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. developments in syria to tell you about where on paper, there s a cease-fire in place and a peace plan alt work, but that s not what it looks like, though. this is the city of homs. heavy artillery exploding inrential neighborhoods. winces say syrian forces felled a mosque and a church today. people were killed in homs today, including the mayor of this neighborhood. and across the country, we re told more than 65 people were killed in street fighting and artillery fire. there was even a street clash in the center of damascus where rebels reportedly killed 17 troops loyal to president bashar al assad. we re going to take you inside a makeshift hospital in the city of homs where a doctor follows his commitment to healing the wounded despite horrific conditions surrounding him. it s a cnn exclusive you don t want to miss. since the conflict in syri
meeting with the world leaders at camp david for the g-8 summit. and moments ago, those leaders posed for the traditional group photo. the world s eight richest economies are there on the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at camp david. joining me is michael elliott. good to see you. thanks for being here. great to be with you, alex. president obama said he and the other g-8 leaders are working on the euro debt crisis. realistically, put into perspective how bad this is and what they could do to help fix it during a meeting at camp david? it s real bad. the situation in europe right now is on a knife edge. you have greece facing a second round of elections, a second election just in a couple of weeks time. you ve got the greek population, very, very opposed to the austerity measures that have been imposed on them. you ve got a new government in france that s saying that the european economic situation needs to be tilted away from austerity towards growth.