protesters. at least 46 people were killed. you re about to see ads urging people to quit smoking. it s the first time that the cdc has ran a paid anti-tobacco effort. they say they need to spend the money to go up against the multimillion dollar campaigns that get people to smoke. here s one of the ads. we warn you, it is quite graphic. i m mary and i want to give you some information how i get ready in the morning. former illinois governor, rod blagojevich, has one more hour before he hags to report to federal prison in chicago. he s serving a 14-year sentence for corruption including trying to sell the senate seat once held by president obama. here he is shaking people s hands at the airport in chicago. last hour i spoke to a former official about what to expect when he goes to prison. when you go to prison, you re not rod blagojevich anymore. when i went, i wasn t jim laski. rod blagojevich will get this in the next few hours. he will get strip searched and they w
from the besieged arab red crescent. western diplomats say that iran is trying to clean up something at its military base. inspectors believe the site may have been used to test triggers for nuclear bombs. this is what a solar flair looks like up close. the flair erupted and was captured by scientists in this dramatic video by nasa. we should be feeling its effects today as radiation distorts the magnetic field possibly disrupting the gps signals. those are the headlines from cnn. i m juanita raj paul. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. welcome to world business today. the top stories this thursday, a boom town in the midst of devastation. we ll tell you about a japanese city doing brisk business as its neighbors struggle to rebuild. the deadline for the greek debt swap is fast approaching. the signs so far are good as people sign up to push the dea
there was a big disagreement between senator mccain and secretary panetta about the u.s. going alone into syria. mccain made a very strong point going back to the 90s saying, look, when the atrocities were happening in bosnia, the united states acted and it s time for us to act here. he had a very pointed question to panetta saying, how many more tens of thousands have to die before you re willing to go in? but panetta countered and said, look, i m not going to send american troops, men and women, into this situation unless i m sure of exactly what we can accomplish there. we heard today some of the real factors that the u.s. is considering, you know, that you ve got 100 different groups as part of the opposition, so not a clear idea of who they are. high density, high population centers, and a syrian air defense force that presents much, much more challenging defenses than libya s did. let me ask you about this. the exchange specifically about the u.s. asking permission