muhammad, deadly riots in the middle east. a fbi operation nabs another he home grown terrorist. 18-year-old adele dowd was arrested after trying to set off a car bomb outside of a downtown chicago bar. and the u.s. citizen had been given a fake bomb while monitoring him. he is expected in federal court on monday. and mayor michael bloomberg in hot water, nearly 50 city hall employees received raises, ten of them being at least 20%. and this happened last summer. this despite a budget grap that could layoff to teachers and the mayor says the reason for increased pay was because they were doing more as a result of staff cuts. and a nightmare for an oregon mom. her five-year-old was sent
nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. you ve just got to see it. when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romney s horse. cnn newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. just in this morning, a collision narrowly averted at reagan national airport near washington, d.c. it involved three jets carrying a total of 192 passengers. two planes took off tuesday afternoon heading toward a third plane, which was already cleared to land. the planes were seconds away from crashing. when an air traffic controller realized a mistake had been made. 3329, stands by. hold on. we re trying to figure this out too. stand by. we have a temporary stop on a
the u.s. central bank is hoping to kick start america s sluggish economy by selling $40 billion of short-term treasuries in exchange for the same amount of longer-term bonds. the idea is to push long-term interest rates lower even though they re already at record low ts. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. world business today starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to world business today, i m manisha tank in hon con. i m nina desantos. the stock markets take a tumble. troubled tech giant hewlett packard could be about to give is boss a boot after barely a year in the job. i feel terrible. can t sleep at night because you re thinking how are you going to pay for the family s bills. not being able to pay your bills for five months. in sfan the public sector workers are taking matters into their own hands for now. let s kickoff with the markets. the only thing you can be certain of is uncertainty itself. yet again more wild swings on stock
republicans and many of whom won the election about a month ago. it s a political move but it s the equivalent to moving a pawn on the first play of the game. it s nowhere near dropping the bucket? it s nothing that i would call a sacrifice. this midterm elections the state and municipal county workers ponied up $87.5 million and used up all their money and went to their emergency budget and borrowed another $2 million. their primary goal was to make sure their pay wasn t cut and weren t any staff cuts. as far as freezing salaries let s look at the polls how the president has paid the price with the overall ratings. according to gallup, among independents he s probably suffered the most. he s down 10 points. african-american community has held pretty strong. and you have younger voters where he s lost about 8% there so he has paid the price since he s taken over and i think right now, he s going to say why don t i try my hand at doing what bill clinton did, even maybe testi
between the management of the state department in this so-called redesign that secretary tillerson is undertaking at the state department, which has been very unpopular, budget cuts, staff cuts and management of foreign policy. not always in line with the president but secretary tillerson does get high marks how he s dealing with china and syria issue. problem is if you continue to have these types of stories he s headed for the exits, that does damage his credibility in working with world leaders who do say they think he is a strategic thinker and they think dealing with him is something they like. but the problem is the state department, there is no one home, really. these officials, will is no one to talk to. a lot of unfilled positions. so that creates this narrative of this hollowed out state department. you know how this works or doesn t work. madeline albright former secretary of state was your boss, as pointed out. is she wrote this opinion piece