at risk of severe storms. it s going to rain and then warm. low 80s from d.c. south. and then stronger storms this afternoon. maybe one or two tornadoes. the biggest threat is wind damage from the storms. maybe a little bit of large hail. we ll keep that in mind. i mentioned the cold rain in wisconsin. highs in the low 50s with the rainy weather. chicago, at least you re dry. middle of the country, you re fine. the boston marathon the elite runners start between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. light rain moving in late in the race but for average runners, they ll be finishing as we go throughout the early afternoon. that s when it will be raining on the average marathoners like yourself. yes, the average marathoners. we could bust out 8-minute miles. especially you being the college athlete you were. that was a long time.
the global economy. what progress was made if any? reporter: if there aren t enough things to worry about in life, the finance ministers didn t do us any favors of this imf meeting in washington. minister after minister turned up to stay greece remains the big headline threat as far as the world economy is concerned including jack lou, of course, the secretary of the treasury who came out and said if greece defaults on its obligations there will be hardship for the greece and a problem for the world economy going forward. i have to say there are those economists who think that a lot of the greek threat has now been ring-fenced by the european central bank. it s just worth bearing in mind that the ministers are highlighting this issue as one potential threat for the economy rolling forward. i suspect we might see a pickup in the equity session today.
amanda knox sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing her roommate. the defense claims dna evidence used to convict knox is unreliable. the prosecution says independent experts ignored other key evidence, which reports that knox said in a letter she was worried but that she was thinking of what she would do once she was back in the u.s. after more than two years in iranian prison two freed american are calling their trial on charges of spying a sham. josh fattal and shane bauer say they were hostages. fattal, bauer and fellow hiker sarah shourd were arrested in 2009 when they crossed an unmarked border with iraq. i m zain verjee. world business report starts right now. good morning from cnn london. this is world business today. the top stories this monday, september 26th. european investors are on edge after tim geithner warns the debt crisis is the most serious issue facing the global economy. in asia, investors also reached for the sell button. as european p
the list of speakers varied from governors and senators and business leaders but all shared one common theme. they argued why hillary clinton sthould not be the nation s next president. when i listen to this president, and people like clinton clonthillary clinton they have it backwards. they think you grow washington. they think duties and not doing her job and providing security for our sources and our diplomatic missions should preclude her from holding higher us a. as i was coming up i was a little bit startled because i could have sworn i saw hillary s van outside. and then i realized it couldn t be that because i m pretty sure you don t have any foreign nations paying speakers right? hillary clinton is going to raise $2.5 billion, which,