kimberly: that is a good impersonation, actually. eric: isn t that testimony we just saw with the gentleman from the d.o.e. nonchalantly saying $50 million, that is no big deal? kimberly: monopoly money. dana: the part, the apt of money that they are dealing with, it s like if you saw the great speech this weekend, if i find $20 in my pocket, that s a lot for me. but for the equivalent, bill gates for the money he earns he d have to pull $12 million out of his pocket. $50 million to the department of energy given how much money they have is a little bit like a rounding error. it s still a lot of money. greg: the interesting thing is sorry, did i interrupt? dana: no. greg: it never ends. it s always $500 million. it s always like $500 million for fisker and solyndra. they should come up with one $500 million currency. and call it like the chu. bob: the extra engine
kimberly: that is a good impersonation, actually. eric: isn t that testimony we just saw with the gentleman from the d.o.e. nonchalantly saying $50 million, that is no big deal? kimberly: monopoly money. dana: the part, the apt of money that they are dealing with, it s like if you saw the great speech this weekend, if i find $20 in my pocket, that s a lot for me. but for the equivalent, bill gates for the money he earns he d have to pull $12 million out of his pocket. $50 million to the department of energy given how much money they have is a little bit like a rounding error. it s still a lot of money. greg: the interesting thing is sorry, did i interrupt? dana: no. greg: it never ends. it s always $500 million. it s always like $500 million for fisker and solyndra. they should come up with one $500 million currency. and call it like the chu. bob: the extra engine
preside over crowds today in havana. he s on his last leg of his visit to cuba. before saying mass, he ll speak to cuban president raul castro. his brother fidel has requested a meeting as well. a key part of the health care reform law may be in jeopardy. the u.s. supreme court expressed different views on whether the government can require individuals to buy health insurance or face a penalty. today is the third and final day of the hearings. a ruling is expected in june. those are the top stories from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m nina del santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. these are our top stories this wednesday. shares in totale fall after a major gas leak in the north sea. the oil giant says it could be months before the rig is back online. rupert murdoch s news corp. is hit by more allegations of hacking. this ti
a moment. in the meantime, tomorrow, of course a time for deep grieving but also a time for celebration of an incredible life and music from one of this country s greatest singers, perhaps even one of the world s greatest singers. as you can expect, music will be a big part of the funeral tomorrow. stevie wonder and aretha franklin and kevin costner will speak. singer roberta flack will be there. bobby brown, a source of controversy whether he was going to be there. he has confirmed that he will be there as well. and aretha franklin spoke about her very close relationship with whitney houston and here she talks about the first time that whitney came to her studio. she was about 9 or 10 years old. she had these little pigtails with a part in the middle of the head. very cute little girl. she sat down, was very, very quiet for the rest of the afternoon. and i think they instructed her to be quiet. so she was complying. and at that time i did not know she wanted to be a singer
good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. if you don t help, they will kill millions. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is, of course, in s