making its way west in the philippines into the sulu sea right now. wind speeds have eased somewhat. but when it made landfall earlier this friday, there were gusts of 380 kilometers per hour. more than 25 million people are expected to be impacted by this storm, including hundreds of thousands who survived a massive earthquake just last month. we ll continue to bring you more as we get it. natalie? thanks, monita. just days after admitting that he has smoked crack cocaine, toronto mayor rob ford finds himself trying to explain something else, more bizarre behavior. a rant recorded on videotape. here it is. never seen me [ bleep ]. at least i m [ bleep ] over, i will [ bleep ] and i need it will be over five minutes. it will be a battle
that massive storm that has been moving through the region. super typhoon haiyan is believed to be the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in recorded history. maximum sustained winds right now are about 270 kilometers per hour. flash flooding and mud slides are a major concern due to the torrential rainfall. the storm is moving to the northwest into the open waters of the south china sea. in the philippines, the storm is called yolanda. let s get more now on the strength of haiyan or yolanda as it is being called there. and of course where it s headed next. pedram? monita, we re seeing it move over the sea, the body of water just adjacent to the area there s of where we had latest landfall. that is excellent news. we talk about the western pacific when it comes to tropical activity, to typhoons, more than any place on earth because they are notorious for getting these large scale typhoons that impact the area.
trans fat is terrible for your heart. trans fat raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol. the fda estimates that getting trans fat out of foods will prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths each year. the fda is actually a little late to this game. new york city, the state of california, and many other places banned trans fat in restaurants years ago. so wendy s took it out of their frying oil. so did mcdonald s, and many other big chains. now the grocery store, that s a different story. in the grocery store, you can find pies that have trans fats, margarine, cookies, biscuits, and one of the biggest culprits of all, microwave popcorn. trans fat won t come out of foods immediately. it will take at least several months. the fda has yet to set a definite timetable. elizabeth cohen, cnn reporting. and that s our show. thank you for joining us in the cnn newsroom. i m natalie allen at cnn center. and i m monita rajpal at the
you ll feel for these guys, trying to do it with a helicopter. monita rajpal explains. the best helicopter pilots have been showing off amazing skills in the skies. you might think it would be easier to open this beer bottle by hands but these teams at the tournament clearly relevant itch a challenge. pilots had eight minutes to open five beer bottles perched on poles above the ground without breaking them, the idea being it would test the pilot s skills in handling helicopter maneuvers. the winner managed to flip the caps off three gots, no doubt earning himself a well deserved drink. kate, back to you. that is impressive. monita, thank you. foamed it up, though. it was probably not a drinkable beer afterward. the helicopters, you have altitude and pitch, roll and yaw to control on a helicopter all at once. you never think about that.
a sign just how important africa is to china. very important. a lot of resources there. china s president is there, the second stop on his first overseas trip. xi jinping hailing africa as a continent of hope and promise as he addressed leaders. china gets many of its raw materials from africa. and xi heads to south africa that is happening tomorrow. as china s president tours, it is actually it s his wife as you can imagine stealing the show. we steal the show. women steal the show. you always do. it s her first sort of real first lady in a public sense china s had. so she s been a big deal. she is winning rave reviews for her style and elegance. she might even give michelle obama a run for her money as well. a lot of talk. monita rajpal reports. check it out. when you ve just been put in charge of more than a billion people, image is everything.