islands, which argentina calls maldivas. and the results are in, and there s. an unexpected clean sweep for rick santorum. santorum is celebrating after winning three state contests on tuesday. the former pennsylvania senator won the colorado and minnesota caucuses and the nonbinding missouri primary. those are the headlines. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina del santos. and from cnn hong kong, this is world business today. the top stories on wednesday, january 8th. ratings agency s&p downgrades sony after a triple whammy of economic challenges. the question is are their exporters now losing out to their south korean rivals? a license to print money. why more american towns are minting their own currencies. and europe s football clubs used to attract all the top talent in international football, but as brazil s economy outperforms europe s, more players, it seems now, are staying at home. first u
doorstep of gadhafi s hometown of sirte. rebels facing heavy rocket fire. we re live from libya. with radiation still on the rise and plutonium now in the soil, how do the japanese keep the reactor from melting down while preventing toxic water from leaking out everywhere? i m chuck todd. good morning, everyone, i m savannah guthrie. also this morning, will the supreme court permit a massive sex discrimination suit against walmart to proceed? it s a giant case with big time implications for working women. we ll get to that. we re going to begin with a developing story this morning out of syria. less than an hour ago state television reported that the entire syrian cabinet has resigned. this comes amid the country s worst unrest in decades and an increasingly violent crackdown on protesters right there. as of now the syrian president bashar al-assad is not stepping down. thousands of pro-assad supporters are gathering. a new cabinet will be established in 24 hours. we ll kee
tactic designed to keep the west out while gadhafi s forces wipe out rebels. that said the rebels were cheering and firing celebration shots in the air on hearing that the u.n. is coming. we ll get a report from nbc s richard engel who is heading in to the area. plus what country will take charge? what role will the u.s. play and did the hundredth vote come too late to stop gadhafi? will gadhafi fight for the death or accept some kind of a deal? we ll try to answer those questions as we prepare to fingt third muslim count fight in m country. japanese more or less admit they are overwhelmed. wow. they are ememploying it throw against the wall and see what sticks approach ahead of the u.s. nuclear commission says it could takes wakes to get this under control. score one for the unions in wisconsin. a judge has temporarily blocked that new law shrinking collective bargaining rights. democrats hope that s the first of many obstacles. republicans say it s a speed bump. libya.
designed to keep the west out while gadhafi s forces planned to wipe out rebels. they were cheering and firing celebration shots in the air when hearing that the u.n. is coming. a report from richard engle who s heading to the area. plus, what country is going to take charge? what role will the u.s. play? and did the u.n. vote come too late to stop gadhafi? will gadhafi fight for the death or accept some kind of deal. answer those questions as we prepare to fight in a third muslim country. and japanese authorities have raised the assessment of a nuclear disaster to a five that s three mile island level on a seven-point scale and they now more or less at mitt they re overwhelmed. they re employing a throw against the wall and see what sticks approach in the nuclear commission. it says it can take weeks to get this thing under control. score one for the unions in wisconsin. the judge has temporarily blocked the new law shrinking collective bargaining rights in that state. wow
outskirts of bengahzi. today the united nation votes on a no-fly zone and a broader range of options including possible air strikes. our guest this morning general wesley clark. i m chuck todd, savannah is on assignment. happy st. patrick s day. speaking out about his unwavering support of nuclear power. president obama is under fire for sticking to his schedule and policies in the face of alarming world events. is he showinged amirable discipline or looking like a failure of leadership? let s get to the rundown and start in japan. we begin with the death toll from last week s earth earthquake and tsunami is now stands at 5,429. nearly 10,000 are missing. president obama last night spoke to the japanese prime minister to express his condolences and getten ean update on the nucle crisis. the two countries don t see eye-to-eye on the danger. they urged american citizens leaving japan. americans are told to keep at least 50 miles from the fukushima nuclear plant. that is fiv