the national cathedral, every single minute was planned, scripted, rehearsed. you have to think that this was in the works for decades. by the way, credit to the army s military district of washington. they were responsible for planning and playing out what was a 20 page script for this funeral. all the way down to the anthems and hymns, to the number of ruffles and flourishes. that preceded hail to the chief, 16 of them played today. 21 gun salute, three of them rang out. and then the funeral bell. you heard it ringing time after time when the coffin reached the steps of the cathedral. it rang 41 times. just the incredible military display. it makes you so proud as an american to watch this today. it was really something. dana: indeed. it was flawless from a military standpoint, the staff that worked on it and the family that
he s also ordering lawmakers not to try to undue budget cuts that come as a result of the committee s failure. western powers are stepping up sanctions against iran after fears the country may be working on a nuclear weapons program. canada is banning all financial transactions. britain has ordered all financial institutions to stop doing business with iranian banks. the moderate father of a murdered british teen testified monday. they testified of phone hacking by the news of the world gave false hope she was alive. outrage over the scandal forced the closure of the tabloid in july. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts now. it s 9:00 a.m. here in london. i m nina dos santos. and it s 5:00 p.m. in hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today . these are our top stories today tuesday, november 22nd. no deal on debt reduction. the super committee proves it s anything but. tear gases and tensions in south korea. a