through russia s most troubled region, dagestan. france s first couple no longer a couple after rumors of an affair with a french actress. hear what the former first lady is staying about the split. welcome to around the world , i m suzanne malveaux. i m michael holmes. i m michael holmes. good to be back. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s start with the terror threat level before the start of the winter olympics. today seen as a key test of russian security because the olympic torch is passing through the militant hot bed of dagestan. and this comes just as we learn details now about a new warning from terrorists in that city. ivan watson is following all of the angles from sochi. reporter: under heavy security monday morning, the olympic torch made its way through the city of dagestan. a region plagued by islamist insurgents. this amid a new warning from terrorists in that region over
endangering the lives of civilians who could be caught in the crossphile. jurlists, three being held after five days at the tripoli hotel. cnn s chaunce was one of them. steve jobs will step down. jobs is on his third medical leave of absence. he didn t mention his health problems directly but he said the time has come to resign. portions of the u.s. east coast are likely to be under a hurricane watch in just a few hours. hurricane irene is tearing through the bahamas right now with sustained winds at 160 miles an hour. it could hit the populated, northeast this weekend. those are the top stories. i m zain veer gee. world business today starts now. an ipod, a phone. are you getting it? the innovator steve jobs steps down as ceo of apple. we ll look at the company s future under new leadership. hello. i m andrew stevens in hng kong. and i m nina dos santos in london. you re watching world business today. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s start with the ma
been evacuated. nhk is also reporting the defense ministry has moved into that area, a military team that specializes in cleaning up radioactive contamination. unknown whether a meltdown is under way or not at this point in time. but you heard matthew quoting the iaea as being told by the japanese that the containment vessel for the moment is intact, that although radiation has been released, much of this has been through controlled releases in an effort to relieve the pressure inside the reactor. but at this point, nothing catastrophic, no major exposures of radiation outside that plant. let s hope it stay that is way. jeanne, thanks very much. we ll check in with all our correspondents who are in japan near this disaster site, including anna coren, we ll check in with her. we ll also check in with jim walsh of m.i.t., a nuclear
japan. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s beginning with the breaking news right now at that nuclear power plant, a state of emergency is in effect for three reactors at these nuclear power facilities, the same place where an explosion today injured four people. as we said, there are conflicting reports about a meltdown in one of the reactors. a meltdown is a catastrophic failure of the reactor core with a polish for a widespread release of radiation. cnn s anna coren is in sendai, a port city closest to the quake s epicenter. a city of about 1 million people, it was devastated, though, by the tsunami. anna is joining us now. anna, tell us about these two most recent aftershocks that you ve just experienced. reporter: wolf, we have