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soldiers in the syrian city of olelepo, according to syrian tv who described it as terrorist attacks. 350 people have been killed vaas syria in an escalating assault by government forces. country ha haest hit by europes deadly cold snap, but across europe, hundreds are dead, people are snowed in and cars are stranded to the roadsides and even the danyu river is partially frozen, keeping many vessels stuck in port. those are the headlines. im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts...

still alive in there. but they havent reached them yet. the ship ran aground and sent passengers scrambling for lifeboats. >> [ screaming ] . [ speaking foreign language ]. >> three people are dead among 4,000 who were on board that ship. 43 to 73 people could be missing. 126 americans were on the cruise ship but none of them appear to be hurt. the captain could be charged with manslaughter and abandoning ship. the parent of the company is carnival cruise ship. some passengers got off ...

the reality is that employers will hire, if theyve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses arent going to hire someone because the governments going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here i...

>> you were a goober that got like a 1500. >> willie, too. >> i got into vanderbilt before vanderbilt was vanderbilt. >> im the black sheep of the family? >> if youre on this side of the table -- >> do we add up to 2,000? >> i got rejected. >> i was on the wait list at the university of alabama before alabama was the university of alabama. >> i sat outside the presidents house. >> theyre great now. >> the tide. >> well give you a quick hit of sports. the only thing that matters is the nfl and pl...

You are these days, you are on camera and somebody is recording everything and in fact, we have evidence of a mob scene yesterday in atlanta. not far from atlanta. where 30,000 people turned out to sign up for what were available. 13,000 applications, apparently in east pointe georgia, the housing authority had taken over a nightclub in an area mall and what they did was they were handing out simply applications for public housing and look at all the people who showed up for this federal housing...

Housing units available in east point, georgia. a lot of these folks will never get off that wait list. the executive director acknowledged that today. my first question to her, was could you not have come up with a more dignified process so these folks many facing some of the worst times of their lives could get out of the heat, could understand fully what they were getting into here today. they were happy, i must tell you. they were pleased beyond words to get these applications today because ...

Douglas community center in southeast washington, a week of summer camp ends with a bag of food. canned soup, and nutrition bars are bagged to fill stomachs that might otherwise be empty. in this city, only a fraction of the kids that need this food can get it. >> demand is very high. currently we are serving 700 kids in our weekend bag program, and 3,000 kids are on the wait list. >> reporter: 19 million american kids qualify for school lunches, so in the summer, no school, no food. these kids ...

And more will, over the weekend, fill stomachs that may otherwise be empty. good nutrition is critical to children childrens growth and development. in this city only a fraction of the kids who need this food can get it. >> the demand is very high. currently, we are serving about 700 kids in the weekend bag program. there are 3,000 kids on the wait list. >> reporter: why is the demand so great? well, about 19 million american kids qualify for free or subsidized lunches at schools like this. for ...

Patricia is joining us from new york. patricia, this struggling economy has taken a toll against the fight of hiv and aids? >> your guess is right, tony. it is making that fight much harder. heres why. you know that losing your job usually means losing health insurance. so for people with hiv, that means they need government assistance to help pay for the medicine that helps them stay healthy. the medicine is expensive. the government pays an average of $12,000 a year for person. its even more i...

Received their meds through this program last year, tony. >> so, patricia, does the presidents new strategies sort of address this challenge? >> well, the plan thats being announced today is not expected to include an increase in federal spending. but last week, the administration did allocate an additional $25 million to help get more people off those waiting lists, for drug assistance. the problem is, it just may not be enough. advocacy groups and state officials have been asking for an extra ...