let's go to dubai -- i would really like to go to dubai, but what do you build across from the world's largest shopping mall? the world's tallest building, naturally. >> i'll go with you. this thing is enormous many how enormous, you ask? well, it's like putting the statue -- sorry, it's like putting the empire state building on top of the empire state building. you could have several statue of liberties fail this space. it will be the world's largest building, and called the burge dubay, set to open in december. we're talking 167 floors, 1,000 feet higher than the current world's tallest building, which is in taiwan, the thai pai 101 tower. it's going to include a 12,000 room hotel, and condo unit. can you believe that? >> no. >> and the world's fastest elevator. you know, of course, as you mention, dubai has been doing a lot of things big recently. home of the biggest mall as you say, hotel, bridge, home of the biggest fountain, biggest candy shop. it's basically a guinness book of world records all in one city. however, dubai is not immune to the recession. 13 surrounding buildings

the dubai star. no one knows how much fuel spilled into the water. we're following the story for you and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> the coast guard searching for possible survivors after a mid air collision off the coast of california. a marine helicopter and coast guard plane crashed last night. nine people were in the two aircraft. the plane was searching for a missing man while the helicopter was on a training mission. witnesses saw as massive fireball fall into the ocean near san diego. the coast guard says it's not giving up on finding survivors. >> we're always hopeful. we're working very hard to make sure we cover any possibility and the assumption is always that they are alive. we have not found any human remains at this point or survivors. >> the coast guard one estimates one could survive in the 60-degree water temperature for up to about 20 hours. >>> there's been another arrest in the gang rape of a california high school girl outside her homecoming dance.

now the coast guard says it all happened when oil was being transferred from a fuel barge to the "dubaiard officer i spoke to earlier said a major containment effort is under way, but he also said no one knows exactly how much fuel was spilled there into the water. we're following the story. we'll bring you information as soon as we get it out of the bay area. >>> meantime a texas woman accuse her ex-husband of showing their young daughters hard-core porn. but prosecutors say they can't do a thing about it because of a state law that was meant to protect parents who want to teach their kids about sex education. the slaw from the 1970s and said parents can show, quote, harmful material to their kids. a state lawmaker is looking into trying to change that statute. the dad not charge with anything and has not come forward to comment. >>> and we're getting all kinds of cool pictures from our i-reporters, literally here. cool as in snow. they are getting an early taste of winter in colorado. snow practically covers the front of this home. this is ft. collins. will sackman says he n his frien

. >> from asia to the middle east, let's head out to dubai for an update on the middle east markets with nadine hower. hi, nadine. hi, louisa. since the end of ramadan, some days we've seen profit booking, which is only natural, but the overall pattern has been positive. the dmf index has been able to maintain trading above the 2,100 support level which has been very important. one positive sign that we are seeing is foreign investors showing increasing interest in the equity. that could be some of the most undervalued in the region. in fact, a recent report on investor confidence that came out of recent investment banks to our capital stated that the exchange equities at the adx are the most undervalued in the entire region. moving away from markets on a mook row level, recent bank of america merrill lynch global research indicates that the economies are expected to recover in 2010 which is not a surprise. what they are predicting is 3% gdp growth for the combined gcc economies. of course, several factors coming into play. first you're going to have a global economic recovery just in ge

and then dubai was left for dead after the crisis.city known for indoor skiing, big buildings, and debt. and then michael moore's "capitalism," the author of the secret