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hospital. his health was the subject of speculation since wednesday. the deputy vice president's reassuring people he is not in any danger. we are expecting an update in the condition in around 19 minutes. spectacular volcanic eruption in japan. mt. shin-moe fired into the air. it is still smoking. so far, no injuries have been reported. the volcano's last eruption was back in july. a miami teenager admits he put a piano in biscaine bay with the help of his friends. it went viral and pawned theories of how it got there. nicklas harrington said he was trying to build up the odd po...

the gulf of mexico as oil continues to push higher out of news of the leak from the british petroleum rig. dow futures are down about 7 below fair value at this hour. nasdaq futures lower about 7. s&p 500 futures are slightly lower, christine, as we are already -- we're already looking ahead to a big friday jobs report as well as other economic data and earnings out of the i'd today. >> and speaking of the economy, as i mentioned earlier, new coal, aus trail ya's central bank hikes rates for the eighth time. >> the reserve bank surprised few in the markets today lifting its cash rate...

you -- for you. >> i'm wondering if you can update us on the cash for work program. do you have any updated figures? >> the to this point, people -- the cash for work is focused on one particular direction. there are several programs out there that will be running over the it couple of months and focused on providing money for people to buy food and feed themselves and clothing and so forth. also, going through the rubble of which is a gargantuan task. the first rule be getting the streets clear. . . impassable. people are out there with sledgehammers and picks and shovels. the art d...

is ensuring that there is plenty of spare capacity. çwhether it is natural disastes that have happenedç or conflicç due to civilç strife. ççi played a major roleç in providing that element of security to the petroleum market. we have traditionally kept spare capacity of 1.5 million barrels which is a very expensive capital investment to make and operating costs to maintain. . . barrels that we have absorbed some of our production to adjust to the recession of 2008 and 2009. we are comfortable keeping that cushion. we believe in the long term that capacity will be used an...

replenish funding that we have borrowed, if you will, from other accounts. this is exactly how the system works when you go through emergencies like this. i would expect, as far as i am aware, assuming that the supplemental is acted upon expeditiously that there will be no programmatic impact anywhere in the world. >> is there a ballpark a dollar figure on the supplemental request being evaluated? >> no. >> can you give us a 30 day run down of where the facts and figures stand? how many haitian orphans have been brought to the u.s.? how many in the pipeline? how many americans are ki...