thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which the city of tampa has not seen and hopefully never will. i want to bring in david mattingly who has been covering this for us all day long. i want to begin with the fact that i m glad we re sitting here telling this version of the story. this could have gone a different direction. a lot of this is all in thanks to this unsung hero who we may never know who this individual is who tipped police off. what did the police ultimately find? what they ultimately found in the bedroom of his apartment where he was living, found bomb making materials, found shrapnel and wiring. they found things that you could definitely make an explosive device with, but they did not find anything that resembled a firearm. there were no guns there. that was a relief. no evidence whatsoever to suggest that there was anybody else involved. again, another source of relief. but he did have the materials there to make some device that is could
they are refusing to leave the jail until they get permission to hold their fast. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn paris, i m nina dos santos. welcome to world business today. the top stories this wednesday, august 17th. leaders of the eurozone s two top economies meet and investors are not impressed by the outcome. the world s largest economy hasn t been inspiring much confidence either. in an exclusive interview u.s. president barack obama tells us how he wants to turn that around. new evidence emerged in the news of the world hacking scandal challenging james murdoch s testimony. first, let s get straight to the markets. if investors were holding their breath in the hope of a break through in europe s sovereign death crisis, they ll still be waiting to exhale. tuesday s much-hyped meeting between the french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkel was a damp squid in the eyes of the market as
understand this financial crisis was the worst since the great depression, but ultimately they say, look, he s the president. we think he has good intentions, but we re impatient and we want to see things move faster. i understand that. i m sympathetic to it. we ll keep on putting forward ideas that will be good for the country. we re going to need a partner from congress. on the other side of the political spectrum, listen to what governor rick perry said in iowa and he s not backing off. you might hear him catch more heat for it today. politicians from president obama to rick santorum thought perry went overboard when he talked about the federal reserve and its chairman ben bernanke. listen. if this guy prints more money between now and the election, i don t know what you all would do to him in iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in texas. i mean printing more money to play politics at this particular time in american history is almost treasonness in my opinio
long time now. the american people s top priority is the creation of jobs. creating jobs for the american people. create jobs in america. create jobs. create jobs. job creation. focus on jobs. new jobs. jobs. jobs. jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. jobs. talking about jobs. are talking about jobs. and now it s time to talk about jobs. well, they re all talking about jobs. the president included. the question is, what are they actually doing about it? this afternoon cnn s wolf blitzer spoke one-on-one with mr. obama. he asked why wait until september for a new push on jobs? he pointed to initiatives already pending before congress. then he asked if the president may be planning something much bigger. you have something more ambitious for september. there s been reports that you want to create a new department of jobs, something along those lines. is that true? you know, that is not true. but what is true is that i think we missed an opportunity a
years since 9/11, the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines and jeanne moos all straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . president obama on a bus tour through the united states midwest he s been reaching out to rural voters but he took some time today to sit down with me for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. we talked about the political gridlock in washington, the field of republican challengers trying to oust him from the white house, and the terror threat a decade after 9/11. but we began with what may be the most pressing issue facing the country right now. here s part one of my interview with the president of the united states. mr. president, thanks very much for joining us. great to be here. let s talk about jobs jobs jobs. issue number one. you re going to release a major new j