jack abramhoff. conservative voters, i know you re not my big heest fans. i know you watch because i can tell from the hate mail. this is meant as advice and i mean it in a big-hearted way, legitimate way. i m a liberal. i would love for herman cain to be the republican party s nominee for president this year. part of me tells me i should shut up, right? just as an american if i speak to you as a conservative voter i want you to know, these guys are pros. if you re one of those people who wrote a letter saying you want the island workers to get made in the usa labels because that was what jesus would have been wanted because they were exposed to jesus and you found out they were subject to forced prostitution and abortions and you were duped because somehow ralph reed got your address as a values voter, if you have regret about this, consider this about the herman cain campaign. these guys have done it before.
harassment claims from his past. we were the first to bring you this on our show, last night. a fed up, angry herman cain struggling to change the conversation with a room full of reporters. i was going to do something that my staff told me not to do and try to respond. what i m saying is this, we are getting back on message. end of story. back on message. read all the other accounts. read all the other accounts, where everything has been answered. end of story. we are getting back on message. okay. of course the story is taylor made for these two guys, will cain, a cnn contributor, lz granderson a senior contributor to cnn.com and contributor to the new york times. i got your tweets. lz said we are going to need 30 minutes on cnn to talk about everything that is going on. you may be right. we will have you on twice. will, you are all excited. dising me because i m in the in new york. how does cain think he is going to get away by telling reporters to essentially shut u
ramallah, the palestinian capital and tel-aviv and israel. they have made it clear they will not support this. the united states also does not want to be left in the position of standing with israel, perhaps against much of the rest of the outside world, vetoing a measure that favors the palestinians, particularly in the context of the arab spring. so the u.s. is trying to jump-start negotiations, which seem to be happening. the israeli prime minister netanyahu offered to talk to ma m mud abbas. there may be some movement on negotiations before theest comes to pass on friday. how much pressure is the president getting from arab allies and those countries involved in arab spring, basically to play ball with the palestinian s palestini palestinians? reporter: well, the united states role in the arab spring has been controversial in the arab world and somewhat incoherent if you will. on the one hand the united states has intervened forcefully in libya, on the other hand they ve said
had done and he said to me did it make you feel good and i said yes, it did. the next day in the newspaper he offered to all of the surviving family members an opportunity to pick up something and get some ashes if they wanted it. wow, wow. so that helped me. we were able to ente inte travn a family grave and terri and the children brought balloons with messages and let the balloons go that day into the heaven where their daddy was. your composure and the love you had for your son and family is obvious. i thank you for sharing your story. i thank you for giving me the opportunity. all theest to you and to his family. thanks very much. stay well. well, in the ten years since the attacks left a gaping void in so many families, we have witnessed a rye birth on the grounds where the twin towers once stood. wait until you see the incredible time lapse images taken over the last ten years.
the leader of libya s national transitional council called for more financial support for the new government from other nations. japan s about to get another new prime minister. kan announced his resignation. parliament will vote on tuesday to choose the country s next leader. kan was struggling for approval even before the march disaster struck japan. his ratings have gotten worse since. people along theest east coast are getting ready for hurricane irene. six states are in emergency mode. thousands of toof tourists and residences have been evacuated. it s been 11 days since the hunger strike began, but he says he ll keep going until death or until parliament approves his version of tough anti-corruption legislation. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s new leader. i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. and good an from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. more qe or no more qe so