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♪ ♪ i want it that way ♪ what is this thing? >> it's an asteroid, sir. >> how big are we talking? >> sir, our best estimate is 97.6 billion -- >> it's the size of texas, mr. president.
What is this thing? >> it's an asteroid, sir. >> how big are we talking? >> sir, our best estimate is 97.6 billion -- >> it's the size of texas, mr. president. >> what kind of damage are we -- >> damage? total, sir. it's what we call a global killer. the end of mankind. doesn't matter where it hits. nothing would survive. not even bacteria. >> my god. what do we do? >> i'll tell you what we do -- no. 23 years since that classic scene in "armageddon," right? nasa is finally answering the question for real. or at least it's trying to. they're going to launch a first test mission to deflect an as...
>> time for news by the numbers. that's the price at the pump staying up $3.84, the national average for a gallon of gas. that's up $0.04 from a week ago and $0.30 from last month. word is that means a lot. next, $97.6 billion is how much apple had in cash the end of last year. it will issue dividends to shareholders. today marks nine years since the u.s. began operation iraqi freedom. 448 of our nation's finest sacrificed during that war. >> we've seen and heard so many negative g.o.p. ads. what do they think about the ads against president obama? >> here to break it down, our buddy frank lun...
involved in the massacre. they think that robert bales should be tried under afghan law. there's been an outpooring of support for muamba. he suffered a cardiac arrest during a match on saturday. doctors say he will remain under anesthesia for 24 hours. those are the headlines from cnn. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. good morning. from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> and a good afternoon, from cnn hong kong. top stories for monday, march 19th. the head of the imf hails china's economic progress. but also that now is the time to do more. was it c...
hostages and freeing jessica buchanan and poul thisted. emergency officials are looking in a brazil collapsed building. they don't know why the adjacent high rises crumbled. one person heard a cracking sound before they fell. french police tell cnn they've arrested the founder of the breast implant company. our affiliate france 2 tv said this man was arrested around the same time. p.i.p. became the focus of an international health scare over the implants. those are the top stories from cnn, the world's news leader. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. hello, a...