he s going to have some time to relax with his family. this is a good time for him to reflect in hawaii. it is not just where he grew up. let s not forget he was born, t.j., in hawaii. even though there was a controversy, a at least maybe some people still believe he wasn t born in hawaii. but he was born in hawaii. he s got a lot of old friends there. he deserves some time off. he s got a lot going on. but even as he s on vacation, every president is never completely on vacation. he ll have national security advisors with him. right now there s a crisis. there are plenty of international crises under way. north korea arguably one of the most dangerous spots on earth rye now with the death of the so-called dear leader, kim jong-il, the succession of his young untested son in his late 20s, kim jung un. tension on the korean peninsula very, very real right now. tension in iraq. we saw a wave of terrorist activities going on yesterday. tension in syria. pakistan. afghanistan. we
from getting dragged down bit euro zone debt crisis and many italians are unhappy with his leadership. the brute force of floodwaters is wreaking havoc around southeast asia. it is worse around thailand. the cresting river is expected to pass through the city at weekend. nationwide, 283 people have been killed by heavy rain and flood. occupy wall street protesters may be headed for another confrontation with police. new york mayor michael bloomberg says protesters must leave the park a section at a time so it can be cleaned up beginning this morning. a spokesperson for the group says it s an attempt to evict them. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. it s friday. the top stories on g20 finance ministers meet in paris. slowing slowly
the greatest force for freedom that the world has ever known. when north korea invaded the south pushing the allied forces into a tyner sliver of territory, the pusan perimeter, it seemed like the war could be lost. but you, our korean veterans, pushed back, fought on, year after bloody year. and this past veterans day i went to seoul and joined our korean war set vans for the 60th anniversary of that war. and we marked that milestone in a free and prosperous republic of korea, one of our greatest allies. when communist forces in vietnam unleashed the tet offensive it fueled the debate here at home that raged over that war.
ground and folks who are still trying to get out of the mess. thank you, kyra. live from studio 7, i m suzanne malveaux and up to speed for august 30th, tuesday. here we go, again, the rivers in new jersey are bursting the banks overwhelmed by all of the rain that hurricane irene dumped on the state. the passaic river has been overrunning parts of paterson, new jersey, all morning long. emergency workers pulled some 1,500 people to safety after the passaic flooded homes. governor chris christie says that nine new jersey rivers have surged to record flood levels, but thankfully, they are receding now. he says only one, the passaic has not crested. the number of people killed now by irene and the aftermath rose to 38 today across 11 states. i want to get the latest on the emergency rescues in paterson, new jersey, where we are taking a look, a dramatic look of pictures throughout the morning and on the phone is sergeant alex popoff of the paterson police department, and we unde
jenna: mike, we mentioned that volcano, the eruption of that volcano in indonesia affecting the timeline of this trip. what s next for the president after he leaves indonesia? well, he s going to go on to seoul, south korea, obviously, for a critical economic summit, the g20, the group of 20 nations, so his focus will shift back to the global economy. obviously, efforts to deal with china. there have been concerns about china s currency manipulation. and so it will go back to a strictly economic focus when he gets to seoul, south korea, the next next stop on this, his longest overseas trip in his presidency. jenn mike, thank you very much. thank you. jon: tensions are growing in the middle east now as the israeli government moves ahead with plans for a massive new construction project. they want to build at least 1300 apartments in disputed east jerusalem, an area that the palestinians claim as their own. reena nienan with the latest