and i think it s important to understand in piatt of recent events the strategy is a broad based strategy that looks at the achievement of our objectives and the fact that this president is committed to ending the war in afghanistan responsibly none the less, everyone will be parsing the words very closely tomorrow. just after noon eastern time when these two leaders have a joint news conference in the rose garden to see whether or not there is any door open now to pulling out of afghanistan any quicker, shep. shepard: ed henry. joining forces with japan and the european union to try to pressure china over its export restrictions on the so-called rare earth minerals. they are critical in the manufacture of cell phones. flat screens tvs even advanced weaponry. china produces, get, this 97% of the world s supply lately it has seriously cut back on
from grits to crawfish? it is kind of funny to watch all the candidates try to connect. we talked to a couple voters yesterday, one said, boy, people can sense if you re not genuine, if you re trying to talk about the local flavor and you really have never had it before, or one southerner told us that if i eight a chili cheesesteak, that wouldn t make me a northerner. so it s sort of classic politics to try to relate to your voters and to do something kind of fun. some of it has backfired this time around. rick santorum uses the word kin saying he has relatives from mississippi. you don t often hear him say that phrase, but he has in the south. we are hearing all kind of words coming from these guys. kelly o donnell, thank you so much. we are watching the live pictures from the rose garden as we wait for president obama any minute now coming out to talk about a new trade case against china. hoping to get that rising economic power to end export
the republican race for the white house is all tied up in mississippi and alabama, most primary polls close in four hours. those contests could go anywhere. . what s happens in lafayette, jim? the primaries are, all three candidates have a serious shot at taking the checkered flack, all at least at risk for a maybe blowout. with the deep vow. reporter: confident that primaries in mississippi and alabama could put him in the gop s driver s seat under the obama economy, it s been harder these are crushing a lot of people. romney has good wins to, and victories by newt ging rich could be just as damaging. reporter: he s making the case that the race won t be settled in the south. it can be different for anyone to get to the number of delegates with the majority of the convention. they laughed that off in an e-mail to reporters, saying that they have bush did you somehow magically win at the convention. this is pure fantasy or vanity, or both. i do not believe
strategy in the country. an american sergeant is suspected of the killings near his combat post near kandahar. afghan president hamid karzai has described the incident has unforgivable. the war in afghanistan and syria are certain to dominate discussions at the white house this tuesday as david cameron visits barack obama. they both have pledged to maintain the special relationship between their countries. those are the headlines from cnn. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this day. challenging china, the u.s. prepares to mount a fresh trade case against beijing s restrictions on rare earth exports. going against boeing. u.s. s sold subsidies were unfair but it still claims victory over the eu. and tensions rise in silicon valley as yahoo! sues facebook over a series of alleged inf
israeli prime minister netanyahu spoke out on monday that the threat and time for dip seu is falling short. barack obama reiterated america s intention to try to avoid military conflict over iran s program and restated diplomatic means of dealing with tehran. iran said it wants nuclear technology solely for peaceful purposes. world business today starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i m anita desantos. and very good afternoon from cnn hong kong. the top stories this tuesday, march the 6th. the world s second biggest cotton producer bans export. india s surprise announcement hits the market. and turning against nuclear energy in japan. as the company prepares to shut down its last two reactors, how will it fill the energy gap? and the geneva motor show rolls in today. green motoring may be all the rage, but the show is also luxury overtaking some of the machines. first off, though, let s go straight to the stock markets in europe. these markets have b