secretary behnke moon says syria could be headed for a civil war. let's catch up on the business news now. been looking at india and the growth figures there. 5.3% growth. most people in europe would love that kind of thing. but dire news for india. >> and these figures are a real reversal in the fortunes of a country, let's remind everybody before the financial crisis was seeing growth of 9%-plus every single year, and for a country that had rather big ambitions to challenge china to become the top world emerging economy, yet in the first three months of this year, many will say the growth measured by g.d.p. really hit the skids. we are expecting more than 6%. but -- well, we haven't seen this kind of level since 2003. but here are two big problems for india. rising inflation. higher cost prices for goods on the ground, and a weakening currency. the currency has lost some 27 cents against the u.s. dollar. that means things on the ground for indians are very, very expensive. experts have also been telling me this is a make or break situation for the