fredricka whitfield. get you up to speed this wednesday november 23rd. just in egypt s highest ranking muslim cleric is calling on police to stop attacking protesters. this comes as the country s uprising bloodier and bolder. authorities now say at least 35 people have been killed and almost 2,000 injured in five straight days of violence. clashes between protesters and police are happening outside tahrir square. and inside the square, tens of thousands of demonstrators are standing their ground demanding the country s military council quickly hand over power to civilian rule. our ben wedeman was on the ground just a short time ago. reporter: a lot of the protesters we saw did go back to tahrir square by the by the army and the religious figures. 400 or 500 more are holding their ground. they re not moving back. three american college students accused of throws molotov cocktails at ejipgts police are expected to face more questions today this time in the presence
he s also ordering lawmakers not to try to undue budget cuts that come as a result of the committee s failure. western powers are stepping up sanctions against iran after fears the country may be working on a nuclear weapons program. canada is banning all financial transactions. britain has ordered all financial institutions to stop doing business with iranian banks. the moderate father of a murdered british teen testified monday. they testified of phone hacking by the news of the world gave false hope she was alive. outrage over the scandal forced the closure of the tabloid in july. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts now. it s 9:00 a.m. here in london. i m nina dos santos. and it s 5:00 p.m. in hong kong. i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today . these are our top stories today tuesday, november 22nd. no deal on debt reduction. the super committee proves it s anything but. tear gases and tensions in south korea. a
statement. after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee s deadline. despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. we remain hopeful that congress can build on this committee s work and can find a way to tackle this issue in a way though works for the american people and our economy. keeping them honest, they remain hopeful that congress can build on their work and they say they re united in the belief that the fiscal crisis must be addressed, yet they didn t do the job they were asked to do. the statement goes on to say, we want to express our appreciation to every member of this committee, each of whom came into the process committed to achieving a
forget about all that talk about failure not being an option. the six democrats and six republicans on the committee have announced this they can t reach a deal. to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the budget. for legislative reasons they had to announce a deal by today. but there s no deal after negotiating for 2 1/2 months, and they don t even have the guts to explain why on camera and take questions from reporters. after the markets closed, democratic senator patty murray and republican congressman jeff hensarling released this statement. after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee s deadline. despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. we rem
the six democrats and six republicans on the committee have announced this they can t reach a deal. to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the budget. for legislative reasons they had to announce a deal by today. but there s no deal after negotiating for two and a half months. they don t even have the guts to explain why on camera and take questions from reporters. after the markets closed, democratic senator patty murray and republican congressman jeff hensarling released this statement. after months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee s deadline. despite our inability to bridge the committee s significant differences, we end this process united in our belief that the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. we remain hopeful that congress can build on this committee s w