classified national security information is offensive. president obama and his 2008 rival are at it again. senator john mccain is here for an exclusive interview. plus, it is lethal and highly effective, but is the president s drone war making more enemies than it kills? wong com lynn wolsey and congressman peter king join me. then the shifting campaign terrain. dana bash and michael shearer of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. . to review the bidding, the president s last ten days include a bleak jobs report, off message surrogates, a shellacking in the wisconsin recall, a $17 million fund-raising gap with mitt romney, and bipartisan outrage over security leaks. friday the president held a news conference pressing congress to pass his jobs bill, including more funding to states to ease layoffs of public workers. he noted 27 months of progress on jobs in the private sector. the private sector is doing fine. oops. it s an ex
north korea is a nation in mourning and much of the world is wondering right now what happens next. you re watching continuing coverage of the death of kim jong-il. the state run news agency says the 69-year-old died of a heart attack this weekend since coming to power in 1994 kim increased his country s nuclear might and isolation. his repressive rule also saw massive famines that killed hundreds of thousands of his own people. in a sign of the tensions over his dealt, south korea has put its military forces on emergency alert and convened an emergency cabinet meeting, and pyongyang is urging an increase in its own military capability. kim jong-il apparently died on saturday, but his death was not reported until monday morning on state-run tv. take a look at how north koreans the man known as their dear leader died. the news anchor visibly emotional saying he died of physical and mental over work. take a look at how north koreans reacted to that report. [ sobbing ] we hav
areas in the west. a general strike on wednesday forced many local businesses to close their doors. u.s. republicanal presidential candidate herman cain is facing more allegations of sexual harassment. the associated press is reporting a third woman has come forward saying cain made sexually suggestive remarks to her back in the 1990s. his campaign says the allegations are baseless. the arab league says syria agreed to end its crackdown on protesters, that s part of a wider initiative which calls for talks with the opposition. the announcement comes as more than two dozen people were reportedly killed in syria on wednesday. those are the top stories from cnn, the world s business leader. i m zain verjee, world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos, this is world business today. these are the top stories. smiles for the cameras at the group of 20 summit in cannes. behind the scenes the grim threat of a greek euro exit loom