christopher: time for the business news with helena humphrey. i believe all eyes on tpp? na: it has been a decade in the making and u.s. president-elect donald trump day one.wants to trash tpp from donald trump confirmed his ambitious today in a video tweeted to the world, and that message has turned a dozen nations into disarray. reporter: back in february, they were all the same page. trade ministers from 12 countries signed tpp, a transpacific trade deal. 800 million people live in the 12 pacific rim countries, representing 37% of global economic output. but, the deal may never be. president-elect donald trump said he will see to that. mr. trump: i'm going to issue a statement of intent to withdraw from the transpacific partnership, a potential disaster for our country. instead, we will negotiate fair, bilateral trade deals. reporter: japan's prime minister was quick to respond. "tpp would be meaningless without the united states. japan will urge other signatories to hurry in completing the message procedures to ratify the pact as soon as possible. " and, australia's pr

now for the latest business news with helena humphrey. what are the pilots doing? na: the strike should carry into saturday, because pilots have turned down the new pay package. if they were offered an increase of 4.4%. they said, no. thousands of flights have been canceled due to the action, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers. it is costing the german carrier millions of euros every day. reporter: these passengers at frankfurt airport may not be going anywhere anytime soon. on friday, the third day of a strike by pilots, the airline had to cancel another 800 domestic and european flights. altogether, more than 400,000 passengers have been affected. lufthansa is offering vouchers or the option of re-bookings , free of charge. but it is small comfort for frustrated travelers. the strike, that started on wednesday, is costing the airline around $10 million a day. it is also damaging the airline's reputation for reliability. the pilot's union has been demanding a pay increase of 22%, spread over five years. but lufthansa says the future of the carrier would

helena humphrey has more on that in the business news. >> that strike set to run into its fourth day. tomorrow, friday, the carrier will scrap 830 flights. the industrial union wants their salaries increased. it will only be hit on intercontinental connections but the strike will be carried on into saturday. germans are increasingly irked by all the travel destructions. >> it was unusually quiet at lufthansa check-in desk. there were usually passengers here waiting to board their long-haul flights. lieutenant the has had to cancel thousands of flights -- lufthansa has had to cancel thousands of flights and it means more than financial losses. the airline's image has been tarnished. >> there is no immediate damage, but we do see a change in bookings over the medium term. every day of the strike is costing us around 10 million euros. wage negotiations are deadlocked. the pilots'union has rejected the offer as too low and lufthansa says it already pays more than the competition. but there is good news. >> we are altering the strike, but that doesn't mean we are calling it off. we are tak