begin t. group is claiming responsibility form a series of attacks last weekend in the north that killed more than 200 people. the u.s. republican party presidential kanld dats faced off in the final debate in the u.s. state of florida. newt gingrich quickly fired the shot at miss romney over his immigration policies. both candidates have relentlessly attacked each over in the media in the past few days. a frightening day for australia s prime minister left unanswered questions about her security. activists surged on a restaurant where she was attending an event. police decided to rush the prime minister to safety. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s news leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. hello and welcome to world business today, happy friday to all of you out there. i m nina dos santos in london. from cnn hong kong, i m pauline choiu. i m john deaf tar yoes in switzerland, the top stories on january 27th. nearly a quart
and good morning. this is your am: wakeup call. from the time warner center in new york i m carol costello. here are top stories. reopening old wounds, a vigil at virginia tech university after another deadly shooting on campus. we re learning an officer and another person were shot by the same gun. the senate has voted down both republican and democratic compromise proposals to extend the payroll tax break into next year. you could lose $1,000 in take home pay if they don t agree on a deal. iran showing off what it claims is the top secret u.s. drone that went down within its borders. even though the u.s. admitted it lost an aircraft some experts are saying the one they re showing is phony. let s get a check of today s weather. rob marciano is in atlanta. so it s friday. it is friday. expecting great weather everywhere. not to get everybody robbed on the way home, today is payday. that is fantastic. i was reminded of that all morning. good morning. hope i
kyra. they were there for about two weeks and authorities in oakland had thought it had gone on long enough and they thought it was a si safety situation over there and health problems with people living in those tents for so long. they decided to disband those protesters and cleared everyone out yesterday afternoon and a few hours later about 7:00, 8:00 at night about 500 protesters decided they wanted to take that area back. so, they started rallying towards city hall and that s where they were met by police who were in riot gear, who threw tear gas into the crowd. it was a very unsettling situation about 100 people arrested. there were some people with minor injuries. this went on all throughout the night. things as you said, now, are calm, carol. i ll step out of frame and you can see a live picture of what it looks like now. some barricades set up just behind those barricades are city hall. just a few protesters now. police monitoring the situation. things seem to be und
wow! why? bottom line is this, good news on a potential bailout for banks in europe. leaders are pledging to unveil a debt crisis solution this month. governments on both sides are really at the core of the roller coaster ride and the pain we felt over the past few months. government is a big part of why stocks are down 12% from the highs earlier this year. losses that hit every ira and 401(k) in this country. several things need to happen and absolutely can happen to fix the problem. it is so fixable. european leaders have to follow-through this a debt solution. and here in the u.s., if we stop acting like ds and rs and fighting against each other and start working for the country, it would be better. it s really all about confidence. it s that simple. the economy boils down to it. it will be better than today and the american system works. that will help hiring and hiring means more taxes. there is an amazing statistic we pulled for you. 40% of the deficit will go away. tha
we have a little bit of a ray of sunshine, the dow was up 330 points today, nearly 3%, that actually makes the first six trading days of october the best in 19 years. wow! why? bottom line is this, good news on a potential bailout for banks in europe. leaders are pledging to unveil a debt crisis solution this month. governments on both sides are really at the core of the roller coaster ride and the pain we felt over the past few months. government is a big part of why stocks are down 12% from the highs earlier this year. losses that hit every ira and 401(k) in this country. several things need to happen and absolutely can happen to fix the problem. it is so fixable. european leaders have to follow-through this a debt solution. and here in the u.s., if we stop acting like ds and rs and fighting against each other and start working for the country, it would be better. it s really all about confidence. it s that simple. the economy boils down to it. it will be better than today