cnn cannot confirm its authenticity, but the damage to buildings bear the scars of some heavy fighting. over the weekend russia and china vetoed a u.n. security resolution aiming to stop violence. evacuation crews are focusing on areas in queensland town in sunday. they re hopeful emergency leaf have is will hold back a rising river in the town. the new york giants are the champions of america s nfl. they defeated the new england patriots to win sunday night s super bowl by a score of 21-17. giants quarterback eli manning was named the most valuable player. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts rate now. . good morning from cnn london. i m charles hudson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this mon, february the 6th. debt negotiations are down to the wire in athens. can greece reach a deal with creditors before time runs out? the stage is now set for
getting ready for, and how do you get ready for it? i think we re getting ready for a powerful storm that s coming up. we ve got about 200 pieces of snow equipment out here to keep the runways and taxiways clear. obviously, the winds are going to play a big factor in this whole thing. if the winds exceed 40 or 50 miles an hour, it s going to be very tough. is that your bigger problem? it sounds like you all have experience with winter weather up there. you know how to get the snow off the runways and keep things up and running, but there s nothing you can do about the wind. there s not much we can do about the wind. obviously, wind affects air travel. that s going to be a problem as well. we ll do the best we can. we ve got 1,000 people on stand by to keep the airports open to the best of our ability. the biggest word we re trying to pass out there right now is to have people call aheadful the majority of flights, i would bet, later today and tomorrow will be cancelled. we want t
and washington, completely ill prepared for this. i don t get it! ok, let me ask you this, do you want taxpayers to pay for all this snow equipment they never have to use very much? good point. they ve already bought the stuff. it s just inefficient government removal of the snow. in my estimation. i lived there for 10 years in d.c., that s why i feel that way. headlines on this thursday morning. vice president joe biden weighs in on the war on terror. he says while terrorists continue to try to harm the united states, another massive terrorist strike like the september 11th attacks probably won t happen. the idea of there being a massive attack in the united states like 9/11 is unlikely in my view. but if you see what s happening particularly with al-qaida and the arabian peninsula, they have decided to move in the direction of much more small board but devastatingly frightening attacks. ok. mr. biden also praised the successes of u.s. security and intelligence apparatus i
you get to have fun all day long. shepard: they ll be monday they have to go to school. why waste two feet on a nonschool day. you re from mississippi, what was the biggest snowfall? i ve lived here 50,000 years. it didn t make you excited? shepard: i want it to happen on a day i m supposed to work. there will be no news today. d.c. doesn t have a lot of snow equipment. shepard: whoever is working in our washington newsroom tomorrow should be allowed to have the day off. everybody in washington. are you announcing that to everybody? shepard: i get to do that once. fox news alert? bill would kick me in the rear. they re underneath their desks. shepard: enjoy the snow. i ll be here all night. shepard: something in the water. check your flight and the weather on our website, foxnews.com. nothing you can t do in our website. on the front page, look for the