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with the usual. what is going on, ali? look, we started off the day this morning with a rough night in asia. european markets on news that, you know, the german economy, the strongest in europe has weakened to almost a stall, the french economy, absolutely no growth in the quarter. that took u.s. markets downright off the top. but before that, more than 12 hours ago, we got a report from morgan stanley to say what we ve all been saying, global economies are slowing down, that they were on the we re dangerously close to a recession, we may need more intervention in europe from the european central bank and more from the fed. and you know, you ve been talking about this, piers, that rick perry said that we can t have more intervention. in fact, if the fed were to intervene, it would be treasonous, it s that whole set-up, what are we going to do if things are really bad? we have no political agreement in this country. and add a few economic reports and i won t bore you ....
a tea party darling and she dabbled in witch craft when she was in high school. she s the author of a new book with the intriguing title, trouble making. good to see you how are you? good. i can t help but notice you did the sign of the cross when you sat down. is it because you re nervous about the interview? i did it off camera. i didn t realize you were watching. i do that just because ever since my very first tv interview i just pray. i ask for god s blessing on what i m about to say. i was relieved. i was expecting a devil worshipping sign. here s your book. troublemaker. what i was struck by is what you wrote. they call us wacky. they call us wig nuts. we call us the people. i have met lots of people who are wacky and wing nuts. you can be both. it s an exciting time what s going on in the political establishment and the political process right now. that s a quote from my introduction which is a quote from a speech that i gave reminding the reader, r ....
to be the first cherished moments together. a newlywed s holiday was turned into horror off of coast of the seychelles island. i m zain vergee, world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from the cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today, the top stories this thursday, august 18. foster s knocks back a second big bid from sabmiller. is there any more growth to be squeezed from the aussie beer market. against a backdrop of slowing growth and crippling debt, u.s. vice president joe biden visits the biggest creditor. and you can call it anti-branding. why abercrombie and fitch is willing to pay one tv star not to wear its clothes. we re one hour into the trading day here in europe. let s have a look at how the markets are faring. this is the picture across the board. some of the markets down well in excess of 1.5%. the dax on its way to being down 2% lower on th ....
here s what we re hearing. the country band sugarland was just about to take the is taken when that accident occurred. again, this video just coming into cnn. these are live pictures coming from our affiliate wthr. we re going to be following up on the news. ann ramsay was at the state fair on a ride and ann, you said you felt it shaking. was this weather, did a system come through you felt like? we were at the fair. i was with my kids and my sister-in-law back in the midway and all of a sudden is, the wind started blowing. things started blowing around. luckily, my son was ushered off the ride and people just started running and screaming. and i watched a mom and her daughter almost get trampled. the worker got her up and we got up to the front and tried to get on a tram to see if we could get to our car. and they shut the tram down and ushered us into a building for safety. and they said there were tornado warnings around. we had driven by the stage and you could se ....
that is incredible. also the woman who knows charlie sheen better than anybody. the charlie that some of you have seen over the last six months is not the person that i met and married. denise richards, her life, her loves. oh, i ve had many loves. and what she thinks of her ex-husband today. i m way too old for him now. this is piers morgan tonight. adam levine is the front man of a megasuccessful band maroon 5 and sold 15 million albums around the world and a big win on nbc s the voice and joins me now. congratulations. thank you very much. what s been the bigger thrill, 15 million albums or big talent show superstar? gosh, i mean, 15 million every time someone says that it blows my mind and i can t believe it. the talent show thing was i m not sure any of us knew what to expect and obviously you being part of it as well. i haven t sold 15 million albums. true. you haven t done that. i have no discern ibl talent. that s not necessarily ....