others brought out by stretcher. and there was also anger. malaysian airlines is lying, this man shouts. the families i have met kept to themselves. patrick gomez is the chief steward on that plane and three days ago his wife jackie, four children, told me they have been burning this candle since the plane disappeared so that he could find his way home, at least in spirit. he comes back. which is all that we want. reporter: a got a chance to talk to jackie about an hour after that announcement. she was absolutely in tears. she was surrounded by her family, her priest and also a representative from the airline. and in that bowl, that candle was still lit. bob woodruff, abc news, cakuala lumpur. today some of the families of
a complex near harasta. explosions could be heard. syrian activists say more than 9 # people have been killed in protests over the past two days. cnn cannot confirm these reports. hamid karzai has summoned 2,000 leaders and elders to kabul for a meeting. the grand council session will discuss the country s future peace plans and its relations with the united states. mr. karzai will also announce the next areas where afghan troops will take control from nato forces. italy could begin to see its new government take shape in just a few hours when the prime minister-designate mario monti is expected to lay out his cabinet choices. his first order of business, working to cut italy s massive debt. those are the top stories. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london, i m nien that dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. welcome. these are our top stories wednesday, november the 16th. and caution remains the watch word among
chiliian mine? 31 of the 50 miners are asking for a half million dollars each. they say it isn t about money but about safety. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and minnesota state government could be back up and running in just a few days. minnesota s democratic governor cut a deal with republicans to end the two-week long government shutdown. the deal involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes and making up the budget deficit. lawmakers still have to vote on it in special session. let s take you to washington now, live pictures of capitol hill, sources tell cnn s jessica yellin that a meeting is going on down the street from the white house about raising the debt ceiling limits. during the president s weekly address today, he again said he wants both tax hikes and cuts in popular entitlement programs on the table. it will take a balanced approach, shared sacrifice and a willingness to make unpopular choices on all our
wait. bullets kept flying as our team sped away. okay. we re leaving this area. there s gunfire all around us and we believe that gadhafi forces are doing a round about movements so we are rushing out of this area. this reminds us just how dangerous and desperate the life has become for the libyan people. we re going to talk to ben live from libya later. india police say it is going to take more to pinpoint who is behind the triple bomb blast in mumbai. it killed 18 people. no intelligence is pointing to anything imminent. for now the minister says anything hostile to india is suspect. don t give it another shot. today, the president, congressional leaders have been going back and forth on a debt ceiling increase for about a week now. the deadline is august 2nd. otherwise the u.s. may not be able to pay its bills. so far, little to show but ex as sper rags. eric cantor and then walked out of the talks. we re going to talk to the policy as well as the personality cla