reresearcher marcus and team of scientists educators sailing out of southern california headed to tokyo and back. hoping to determine how much trash is out there and also how it impacts marine fisheries. it s an opportunity for us to try to present the facts, present the authentic story of what really is going won marine debris while people are paying attention. we might find fluorescent tubes, light bulbs, glass. clip on a lighter. majority is going to be plastic. it s plastic and its impact on human health that has she s researchers concerned. what the tsunami did was provide a specific time that allows this trash to be studied and tracked. a lot of the trash we find out there we don t know where it came from or how long it s been there it s very small pieces by the time we find it but this one event put so much into the ocean at one time that this one opportunity, again, like you say, we may never have this chance in our lifetime. shepard, the team would l.
today the world is asking what happens next. i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our special our viewers through our special coverage of kim jong il s death. we re covering all the angles of this developing story. we have reporters across the world from beijing to the pentagon, to london, to the white house and beyond. instability in the region is a major worry right now. stan grant is in beijing and is joining us now live. stan, just a couple of hours ago we learned north korea test fired a short-range missile. what s the reaction in china, which obviously has the closest of relations with north korea? reporter: no reaction to that report of the short-range missile being fired. we know that north korea has these and has carried out these types of test firings before. out of south korea there have been reports that they don t see this as having been a hostile act towards south korea or anything related to that. however, this once again leads to the uncertai
good friend and colleague, alina cho. and i must say, t.j., that s a spectacular back drop. i m jealous you re out there. good morning, everybody. i m alina cho at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. i know you, t.j., and there s a lot to talk about there. there is a lot to talk about. and many in the republican gop are giving us even more to talk about. now, of course, you think nevada and you re sthig about fabulous nevada, you re thinking about fabulous las vegas and the las vegas strip and what happens in vegas stays in veg crass. you know what they re thinking about here, know? they re thinking about the unmroit rate, one of the highest in the country. 147 of 2% unemployment. we are hearing from a lot of people here who are hurting. they have a message for you. annoy, i can give you statistices and tell you a lot of that, but a lot of them, they can tell you bet just by looking at the strip. also, something happening right now on the other side of the country we want to
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
its leader. this is the beginning of phase two of the arab uprisings. this is an area where you bring together the critical moment where it is proven that no amount of military force can quash a rebellion even by rag tag militiaman. in egypt, have you the trial of mubarak being held to account, to justice. and the international community from washington to tokyo, coming together saying the president of syria, it is time to go. this is the kind of shot of adrenaline that i think will inject a new momentum, enthusiasm for the fewer tour. i don t think the united states has any interest, nor saturday the national community, in replicating what we kid in libya in syria. even a u.s. role military in trying to back up the rebels on the ground. the sequence of events is very different. in libya you have the disintegration quickly into confrontation that looked a