little bit more to reduce the deficit. bill: what happens if they don t see a deal? 90% of americans will see a tax hike in 2013. and families that make between $40,000 and $65,000 will have to pay an extra $2,000 to washington, d.c. in taxes. martha: concerns over america s fiscal cliff have sent the markets lower in premarket trading. there is a look at where the dow is poised to open this morning. with the dow, the s & p and the nasdaq all trading lower. speaking of that, a new round of violent protests break out in egypt as police fired teargas into the crowds. here are some of those scenes.
clashes in chicago. police in riot gear trying to push back thousands of protesters racing to stop domestic terrorists. three violent plots to use guns and explosives have been uncovered and president obama addresses nato in one hour. time for damage control. newark mayor corey booker defends bain capital and calls the negative tone of president obama s campaign nauseating. then hours later, youtube video pops up with booker explaining. he gave us the soundtrack to the 70s. remembering bee gees cofounder robin gibb who passed away after a long battle with cancer. we have the amazing pictures of that solar eclipse. but we begin in chicago. riot police are bracing for more of this. demonstrators say the havoc they unleashed this weekend is only the beginning and vowing more chaos today outside the summit of the military appliance. president obama is there rallying support for the nation s planned exit from afghanistan. the president due to speak at the top of the
john fugelson and john cain. a lot to talk about this morning. that was in unison, i like it. we ll ask the congresswoman about it. this morning mitt romney turning his full attention to the general election after sweeping yesterday s gop primaries in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. a better america begins tonight. tonight is the start of a new campaign to unite every american who knows in their heart that we can do better. the last few years have been the best that barack obama can do. but it s not the best america can do. tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the obama year. but romney hasn t quite clinched the number of nominations just yet. right now he has 764 of the 1,144 needed. newt gingrich 141 and ron paul 75. romney supporter congresswoman mary bono mach. nice to see you this morning. you, too. rick santorum was holding on for a long time and the cultural conservative kind of vote for so long now and h
may officially get behind him or will they? we have details meetings, planned ahead. and birds cause another scare in the sky. this is the second one this week. a flight with 54 people on board turns around after geese smack into the windshield. ew! and president obama slow jamming on student loans with jimmy fallon. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. oh, yeah. the president going late night to grab some young voters. we ll have the highlights for you. he looks too serious in the background. mitt romney so close to the republican nomination now he can taste it. the former massachusetts goer sweeping to victory in the biggest day of the gop primary voting since super tuesday winning new york, connecticut, pennsylvania, rhode island and delaware. it seems inevitable he will clinch the nomination next month. last night he tore into president obama, promising a better america under his watch. because he has failed, he will run
plan. activists say at least 26 people were killed wednesday in several cities. video posted online appears to show new shelling in the district of homs. the crisis in syria is expected to dominate the summit. ban ki-moon is there. an updated resolution on syria will be presented to leaders, but it will not call for president bashar al assad to step down. 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 dos santos. this is world business today and these are the top stories this thursday. leaders of the brics nation stand united. nigeria s finance minister hopes to prove the emerging economies are ready to take the lead. she tells cnn why she s the ideal candidate to run the world bank. also on the show, a general strike grips spain a day before the government announces a new round of austerity measures. so these are some of the world s fastest-growing major economies these days,