i did. welcome to american morning. first, let s get started. could be a tipping point in the wall street movement. patience with the protests wearing thin and more and more cities grown tired of the headaches associated with the protests. in portland, oregon, a standoff on the city streets overnight. more than a dozen arrested as police cleared the city parks of makeshift camps. the mayor of portland telling cnn the every campments are now public health hazards. and two policemen arrested when police tried to remove furniture and tents set up in a park. and in philadelphia, the city s mayor telling reporters what started out as a peaceful protest is now threatening public safety. occupy philly has changed. we re seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. occupy philly is fractured with internal disagreement and disputes. the people of occupy philly have also changed, and their intentions have changed. and all of this is not good fo
libyan rebels say if gadhafi s relatives are not returned, it will be aggression against the people. turkish president says his government lost its confidence in damascus. the two countries had a close political and economic relationship. he says syria s crackdown changed that. the remnants of hurricane irene are in canada where hundreds of thousands are without power. across the border in the u.s., irene s caused damaging floods across several states. 27 deaths are blamed on the storm. japan s parliament selected yoke schick ohno da as the new prime minister. know da will take up the post after being endorsed by the emperor. that s expected to happen wednesday much those are the headlines from cnn. the world news leader. world business today starts now. good morning. i m charles hodson from london. good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this tuesday, the 30th of august. the new prime minister-elect of jap
people can feel like they can have control over now, if you can get through to the bankers. we re trying and it s not cheap to refinance. that s right. you have to think about whether you want to do that. if rates go low enough, it s good to check it out. it s friday. yes. yeah. although the week started off well, the realization that a second recession may be drawing closer is hammering stocks this morning. actually futures. here in the united states, the dow dropped 420 points or nearly 4% yesterday, stripping away this week s gains and then some. adding to the uncertainty, bad news on manufacturing, inflation and jobs. jobs, which we know are scarce, this video says it all. thousands of americans waiting for hours in sweltering heat just hoping to land an interview at a job fair in atlanta and because the economy is truly global, the anxiety here is spreading. nina dos santos is live in london. nina, how are the markets overseas so far? i m afraid to say