we have to rely on eyewitnesss and youtube videos because cnn is not allowed to report from inside syria. >>> a suspected u.s. drone strike in pakistan may have killed the man considered al qaeda's military brain. cashmerery's group says he was killed in an attack on a tribal area near the afghan border. the killing has not been confirmed by pakistan or the united states. >> he was a man who was believed to be mounting or in the process of planning large, spectacular global attacks. and that is why he is such a key darth for the u.s., a man whom they believe had the ability and the resources to conduct strikes that could attack the west, particularly in europe and possibly even the united states, michelle. >> here in the u.s., the coast guard is closing a 182-mile stretch of the missouri river from sioux city to south of omaha, nebraska because of continued danger of flooding. it's causing thousands in north dakota and south dakota to evacuate in advance of all the water. heavy rain on top of the snowmelt is causing all this flooding. >>> in wildwood, new jersey, something will break you

, gathering in various neighborhoods, trying to converge on the main square in hama when eyewitnesss tell us syrian security forces as they have repeatedly in the past according to eyewitnesss, indiscriminately opened fire on people peacefully demonstrating, people who were unarmed. >> a human rights group estimates 80 people were killed in that crowd yesterday. arwa was reporting from lebanon because the syrian government does not allow cnn to report from there. >>> turning to u.s. news, jurors in the casey anthony murder trial are getting an education in forensic science. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. today's evidence is focusing on microscopic evidence, namely hair found in the trunk of casey's car. >> the hair swab was dissimilar to the head hair samuel identified adds coming from casey anthony. the head hairs in q-12 exhibited similarities to hair in a hair brush belonging to caylee anthony. >> the prosecution has alleged that little caylee was in the trunk of her mother's car. >> we'll have a live report from the trial in about 20 minutes. >>> i

we talked to medics, to eyewitnesss, to government officials. as far as sanaa we're hearing numbers as high as 40. now, tribesmen there are saying at least 20 of their tribesmen have been killed in fighting in the past couple of days. government forces are saying at least 15 soldiers and one army general have been killed. what we don't know is the correct number of civilians killed. it's very hard to get a handle on that number. everybody i speak with there is concerned this casualty figure is really going to go up once it calms down enough so an assessment can be made and real casualty figures can be counted. in taiz where there are government clashes, the u.n. put out a number in the last couple of days saying as many as 50 were killed by government forces in the past few days while they were peacefully protesting. there's been a lot of international condemnation at yemen's president because there's a fear the people that are out there trying to protest peacefully and demand the ouster of the president are being fired upon and getting killed.

according to eyewitnesss, massive crowds of anti-government protesters poured out on the streets as explosions echoed and clashes continue between forces and the tribal factions they are battling. amid the backdrop, confusion reigned when it came to the location of yemen's president who was injured when his presidential palace was shelved. by late saturday, they told cnn that they arrived and he was being taken to a saudi hospital for treatment. yemeni officials continued to say he was being treated in yemen. meanwhile, yemen's deputy minster said yemen's vice president would take on the responsibilities that the president had starting saturday night. >> meantime a militant group said the men described as al qaeda's military brain is dead. he was reportedly killed by a drone air strike friday night in pakistan. officials in both pakistan and the usa may have not been able to confirm his death. he has been described as one of the most dangerous men in the world and a top planner of major al qaeda attacks. there is word that long time diplomat lawrence eagle burger has died. he is the officer to

one extremely worrying for eyewitnesss that a group of 1,000 armed tribesman entered the capital during hours saying that they are supporting a leader of a tribe that has been in street battles with government forces for over a week. as fierce fighting conditions, it spread to even more neighborhoods. at one point a security official said inbound and outbound flights have been halted due to security concerns and clashes at the airport. but the official that wasn't authorized to speak to the media said that the airport itself was not closed. they denied that any airports have been delayed. many are free to leave their houses. many are also concerned that their country is per lousily close to all out war and it's gotten a lot more intense since wednesday night because special forces are now involved, adding that elite units in the city is continuing. eyewitnesss tell us that yesterday there were even more clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators. we're also told that tribesmen who eyewitnesss say were there to protect the anti-government demonstrators were involve

that's what eyewitnesss, residents and government owe fishldz were telling us. but what was interesting is the hashad tribesmen themselves denied responsibility for the attack. saying had they had done it, they would be happy to taing responsibility for it. there is still confusion about who was exactly behind it, but the fact that anybody was able to breach security at the presidential palace in this fashion, this is practically a fortress. so much security, so heavily guarded and fortified, it really shocked government officials there and really left many of the officials that i spoke with fearful and wondering just how vulnerable president saleh is, just how vulnerable his government and base of support is and whether or not he can sustain any nor of this warfare with the tribes there in yemen and wlofrhether or not this wil plunge yemen into all-out civil war. >> on that point, all-out civil war, why is that so disconcerting to u.s. officials? >> well, u.s. officials are most fearful of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, which has a base in yemen, of it basi

eyewitnesss said they saw these men laden with explosives. one said an attacker was carrying at least ten rocket grenades attached to his belt. we understand they were wearing afghan robes. >> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london and welcome to "world business today." i'm nina dos santos and these are the top stories. >>> whatever the outcome it's baptism by fire for the new imf chief, christine lagarde. >>> what sony knew and when about the massive attack. >>> first, though, there's one vote. if greek politicians bound to public pressure and dismiss a new wave of austerity measures, well, the domino effects could be sudden and so sizeable. and weighing in to the new maelstrom is the new imf, christine lagarde. investors themselves seem pretty optimistic themselves. the markets also rallying in the hope that they'll be thwarted. >>> for the second day all of the european markets got off to quite a buoyant start. the ftse 100 up, shy by 1%. some other the others, the dax, the con

eyewitnesss report power lines and phone lines down as a result. about a hundred people were killed there back in february. >>> groft troops have stormed a town in syria. syrian state media reports that at least three people were killed in the fighting. authorities say they have found a mass grave there. >>> the party minister once won an easy victory in turkish elections. he won 551% to win the votes. >>> it's causing air travelers problems throughout the southern hemisphere. the ash is spewing more than a week after it's erupted. it's led to the cancellations of all flights from the cap and caused a delay in flights from new zealand to australia. those are the headlines. i'm zain verjee from cnn in london. "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm charles hodson. this is "world business today," and these are the top stories. >>> new zealand is rocked by a series of earthquakes rattling the dollar. >>> three are a crowd as the imf hopefuls try to strengthen their support. >>> and we'll look at the economics transform

what we had been hearing from eyewitnesss and activists over the weekend is that the military laid siegesyria, entering it using tanks, armored personnel carriers, even according to activists, using attack helicopters to indiscriminately strike at residents. and today we have this news coming out on syrian state television that some sort of clashes had erupted, resulting in great casualties to syrian security forces. now, we did get in touch with one activist who's a resident in the area. he said that some people were trying to fight back using their hunting rifles. another activist saying that it did appear that in this case, individuals had, in fact, armed themselves and were quite certainly, or it would appear to this activist that they were fighting back. but this a very disturbing development, and activists growing increasingly worried that these types of possibly extremist armed elements are going to try to hijack what activists were really trying to make sure remained a peaceful uprising at this stage, john.

san francisco police are looking for eyewitnesss. >>> lake county residents might have been woken up by a 3.5-magnitude earthquake before 4:15 this morning. the tumbler was centered 20 miles north of santa rosa and no reports of any damage or injuries. >> yes. >> we have report of a serious warming trend coming to the bay area. just what i wanted to hear, actually. >> oh, yeah. ready for a heat wave? >> mike? >> it's coming for the holiday weekend. a nice time to be outside for everybody. if you need relief, you know where to head, to the coast. tracking radar returns. you can see it right there, to the north of santa rosa, hillsburg to ukiah. it's rotating to the south and east. and to the west, as you can see and southwest. we have changeable winds around the neighborhood. then they are gusty around 15 to 20 miles per hour in some areas. watch out for that as you are driving around high-profile vehicles this morning. we are in the mid-to-upper 50s if you leave the house now. another day of below-isolated temperatures, isolated showers possible in the north bay. these are rotating t

stand by we will hear from eyewitnesss who say or at least one of them said she was almost knocked tound by the force of an explosion at the intercontinental hotel. we will have the latest on a nebraska power plant threatened by floodwaters. brian todd is there on the scene and managed to get inside. we will have a live report. >> a big night for sarah palin in iowa. her daughter said the former governor has made her decision about whether to run for president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look at that car, well, it goes fast ♪ ♪ givin' my dad a heart attack ♪ [ friend ] that is so awesome. ♪ i love my car [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] that first chevy, yea, it gets under your skin. ♪ >>> a raging wildfire inching closer and closer to the los alamos laboratory here in the united states. stray stress the fire is not burning on the grounds of the lab, but local authorities say they can't promise it will stay that way. los alamos is one of the pop national security research facilities. the lab's director said any hazardous materials are safe and secure. it was closed for a second