federal reserve chairman ben bernanke, fdic chair sheila ,air, john dugan, and john rich i want to thank them for helping shape this plan and i want to thank them for their commitment to making it work. this program will require a substantial and sustained commitment of public resources. congress has are the authorized substantial resources for this effort and we are going to use those resources as carefully and effectively as possible. we will consult closely with the congress as we move toward and we are going to work together to make sure we have the resources and authority to make this work. this week i'm going to travel to meet with the g7 finance ministers and central governors in italy, there we will start the process of working with international partners and make sure we are working together to strengthen the global economy and help repair the global financial system. we will work closely with the imf and world bank so they can deploy resources quickly to help countries around the world that are most at risk from this crisis. many of the programs i discussed involve very large n

saturday but has left a trail of destruction in the northern province of congo on al-jazeera is john allen dugan is there. arrived just as predicted vicious with its force pounding over most of northern luzon the early hours so power and phone lines cut off in the ghetto city in calgary and province incessant rains and strong winds crippled many of the operations planned by emergency teams. but the destruction here is nothing compared to what we saw when we ventured out of the city. throughout rural communities we saw homes and farmland destroyed access into these remote areas is difficult which means eight may be slow to arrive to. like so many places here the town of bugout bore the brunt of the typhoon spirit marine commanders say many people here lost their homes . property and with. the power lines. be. over. people here tell us they were aware of the forced evacuation order by the government but following it is easier said than done that is because often their homes and their livelihoods are just in one place and this is all what they've got these are their lives possessions they went thro