protesters. at least 46 people were killed. you re about to see ads urging people to quit smoking. it s the first time that the cdc has ran a paid anti-tobacco effort. they say they need to spend the money to go up against the multimillion dollar campaigns that get people to smoke. here s one of the ads. we warn you, it is quite graphic. i m mary and i want to give you some information how i get ready in the morning. former illinois governor, rod blagojevich, has one more hour before he hags to report to federal prison in chicago. he s serving a 14-year sentence for corruption including trying to sell the senate seat once held by president obama. here he is shaking people s hands at the airport in chicago. last hour i spoke to a former official about what to expect when he goes to prison. when you go to prison, you re not rod blagojevich anymore. when i went, i wasn t jim laski. rod blagojevich will get this in the next few hours. he will get strip searched and they w
prospects in 2016. how could she best position herself now for a possible presidential bid then? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. s. a turning point in the race for the white house. the obama campaign is now going directly on the attack against the republican presidential candidates. they are naming names, and fighting back after months of largely turning the other cheek. but it s not the president taking on his gov challengers. that task is now falling to the vice president joe biden. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now. jessica, this is clearly a new phase in the obama reelection campaign. it is, wolf. after months of saying they re just watching the republicans duke it out on the trail, now team obama is officially in campaign mode. remember president obama said this? all of them determine who their standard bearer is going to be. until the republicans have a nominee, we don t have a campaign. reporter: when he hits
reporting that the materials used in the bombs that went off on tuesday are similar to those that went off in attacks against diplomat diploma diplomats. bangkok says an iranian man threw grenades as he tried to flee only injuring themselves. he is facing criminal charges. the iranian government denies any link to the bombings. china s presumptive leader in waiting says he wants the u.s. and china to work together to find a better trade balance. xi jinping met with president obama in washington. he is expected to succeed hu jintao as china s president next year. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. welcome to world business today. greece gets a slap on the wrist. the government still hasn t done enough to qualify for a new multibillion dollar bailout. the debt crisis dampens s europe s largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. and why twitter won t be going towards an ipo. supposing you re not
racist, and really dumb. the ad was actually shot in k california and produced by fred davis, as well as the modern classic. i m not a witch. to make sure all of the stereotypes in his ad sink in, his campaign set up a website featuring the ad with pictures of chinese money, lanterns, parade dragones and stabenow s face on a fan. earlier hoekstra was defending the ad telling the detroit free press there is nothing racist about it. here is hoekstra explaining the ad to wdiv. why show a woman in a rice paddy, why not a factory worker? could you show a young woman we chose a young woman in china, we could have taken a someone
the ad was actually shot in california and produced by fred davis, as well as the modern classic. i m not a witch. to make sure all of the stereotypes in his ad sink in, his campaign set up a website featuring the ad with pictures of chinese money, lanterns, parade dragones and stabenow s face on a fan. earlier hoekstra was defending the ad telling the detroit free press there is nothing racist about it. here is hoekstra explaining the ad to wdiv. why show a woman in a rice paddy, why not a factory worker? could you show a young woman we chose a young woman in china, we could have taken a someone working in a factory, an apple