blacks could queensland get the worst? the awesome -- >> could queensland get the worst? the australian state is not as bad as initially feared. let's take a look at some of the newspapers around the world. the wife of three of's president praise for the violence in -- and the wife of the syrian president prepared for violence. she appears to offer support to her husband. that is the front page. she is also claimed to have comforted. the paper says the rising sense of panic in the capital is fueling a black market in currency trading. greece says there is still hope of the deal despite delays. the financial times says europe's largest defense contractor ba system is considering dropping the price to win a billion dollar contract. >> the headlines for you this hour. there has been another onslaught by the syrian army with hundreds of shots fired into populated areas. 40 people are thought to have been killed. >> after negotiations, fatah and hamas have agreed to unity deal in the west bank and casa -- gaza. floods in eastern australia. thousands of people have been infatua

not only in queensland but new south wales. nina?> ivan cabrera, many thanks to are that report. >>> coming up next on "world business today," an ace in the hole. we're expecting -- with experts, i should say, the underground network. one of the most crowded cities in the entire planet is where a new subway project will be going ahead but also with a bang. do stay with us here on cnn to find out what we're talking about. so what do you think? basic. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> welcome back, live from cnn hong kong and london. you're watching "world business today." if you've ever been to hong kong, you might recognize this map. we just saw the overground picture of hong kong. this is underground. this is the hong kong underground system known as the mtr. 4 million people ride the mtr every day. as hong kong keeps growing, so it must, too. how do you build new under ground mines in one of the world's most densely populated areas? richard quest has that. >> repo

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. >>> evacuation crews are focusing on areas in queensland town in sunday. they're hopeful emergency leaf have is will hold back a rising river in the town. >>> the new york giants are the champions of america's nfl. they defeated the new england patriots to win sunday night's super bowl by a score of 21-17. giants quarterback eli manning was named the most valuable player. those are the headlines from cnn. "world business today" starts rate now. . >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm charles hudson. >> and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. you're watching "world business today." the top stories this mon, february the 6th. >> debt negotiations are down to the wire in athens. can greece reach a deal with creditors before time runs out? >>> the stage is now set for a potential new trade war as china bans its airlines from complying with an eu carbon tax plan. >>> and it's halftime in america, too. people around the world hurry and they're all wondering what they can do to make a comb back. >>> chrysler's halftime in america ad reso

. >>> the damage is over but the worst has been done in this latest round of flooding in queensland andew south wales. our reporter is back with the levels and what we can expect in the coming days in australia. those levels are quite high right now. >> they're extremely high, dangerously high. they're at record stages right now. it will take some time for them to come back down. it will be days at a time. in fact, for some of these, it will be a couple weeks before we can get into a normal, as far as the levels here. there is st. george. this is the town we have saved because of the levy. the levy has held so we have avoided complete disaster here but nevertheless, it has flooded in some parts here. look at this expected crest. 14 meters. we've reached 13.95. and the record crest was set back in 13.4. that has been obliterated by the latest rise as a result of all the rain we have been about over the last several weeks across queensland. the diamonds you see here, the red ones, those are the river gauges, the stations on the river and those are the ones reporting a major flooding. we'r

it is the scene of queensland's biggest evacuation in history. a few hundred have stated. the police have tripled their patrols. the government has stepped in to offer a short-term financial hellhound to those until the waters subside. >> after the events of last summer, we are seeing astrakhans again in trouble. -- australians again in trouble. >> this one is in dolby. families are on safer ground, waiting for the worst. some are reluctantly leaving their loved ones. >> it was under the president of me coming here, so i feel very anxious. >> climate experts blame this on a weather system in the pacific that brings the wet weather. is set of sunshine, the as trillion summer has been a miserable washout. and with it, a major disruption to people's lives. >> 60 years ago today the princess elizabeth became queen of the united kingdom. she received the news of her father's death during a visit to kenya. the event will be held all over the world to mark the diamond jubilee. but today is a quiet visit to the east of england. >> it has what she has been doing for 60 years now, c

. >>> a major river in queensland, australia has peaked at the highest level ever on record. thousands of people are being evacuated from the city of st. george just in case a levee still under construction does not hold. flood warnings have been issued for more than a dozen other rivers. >>> it's the 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii's reign. in 1962 she was sentenced to the thrown. she is the second longest reigning english monarch after queen victoria. >>> let's take a look at campaign 2012. the republican presidential hopfuls have one full day of campaigning level before tomorrow's caucuses in colorado and minnesota. mitt romney is hoping to surge ahead after a convincing win on saturday in the nevada caucuses. while he focuses mostly on attacking obama's record, his rivals say the race for the nomination is not over yet. >> my goal is with governor perry's help and others to have basically be about tied in delegates. >> i get energized because i know there are a large number of people who are looking for another option. >> i think we're going to show improvement. th

thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in queensland. water levels are expected to be 50 meters higher than normal on tuesday. it is the third major floods in the area and less than two years. joining me now is the chief superintendent. thank you so much for joining us. what is the latest on how many people have been stranded and have been evacuated from st. george? >> thank you very much. st. george is a town of about 3000 people. apparently, there is only about 200 people still in town. that includes emergency service workers. they're trying to maintain the critical and the structure. the water levels at the moment are round about it 13.8 meters. that is half a meter higher than the previous records. we're not expecting to go much over 14. it will be a long week. it will be with us until wednesday. there will be -- >> mr. dawson, when do you expect the residents to return to their homes? >> we are putting in place a number of plans for that. initially, we were hoping to look at tomorrow. the reports are that the highway, which is the m

in australia is growing, thousands have been evacuated as flood waters are threatening towns in queensland, the worst flooding in 35 years in the region. >> mitt romney may have taken nevada but the other g.o.p. candidates aren't giving up just yet. coming up, the battle for the white house. >> wet weather is back in the forecast. leigh glaser is coming up. >> mike: baseball season around the corner. we catch up on buster posey's rehab. that's up later in sports. ititid cheeseburger macaroni? [ female announcer ] cheeserburger macaroni hamburger helper. now even cheesier and tastier. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, h ho. green giant >> it was a big win for mitt romney in the evidence da but this rivals for the presidential nomination are shrugging it off. >> the towing cuss is -- focus is on colorado, and maine. >> just as in 2008, former massachusetts governor mitt romney win

. >>> in queensland, australia, they've had a lot of flooding where people have had to evacuate their homes. but we have some video that really gives a personal view of what it's like when floodwaters are rushing by your house. >> we're still watching this marker. and it doesn't look like it's rising any more. >> holy cow. >> it's like they're right in the middle of the river. >> it looks like they have a floating house. >> is it strangely brave that she's still in her house? these waters are inches away from her front porch. >> auto roding the foundation of her house. that's scary. >> it's all out the front. it's a sea of water. i hope we don't get any more tonight. coming up the trees. >> snakes? the most poisonous snakes in the world live in australia. >> michael just killed one. >> and that's why you're about to see her husband who has a shovel. >> here he is with his shovel. and a poor little kangaroo. >> aww. >> that kangaroo huddled down, you know, holding on for dear life. >> we can see a boat out the front. i think hopefully there's some guy stuck out the front here. i don't

crisis in australia continues to grow raging flood waters threaten towns across south waleses and queenslandhe worst ing in mother than 35 years. half a dozen daring -- half a dozen years ago they were having the worst drought. >>> the deadly crash that has taken the life of an american filmmaker. >>> how a san francisco teen run gave it all she to cross the finish line help the giants win the super bowl. >> reporter: that/5 other super sunday ratings grabber puppy bowl highlights coming up. >>> oscar sunday is february 26th, you don't have to wait get videos, blogs and buzz now on oscar.com. download our new oscar app. >>> temperatures getting cooler, 20s great falls, 39 minneapolis, low to mid 50s. atlanta 58. 57 in seattle, 51 portland. all major airports even the regional ones here in california running on time that could change with the rain later this afternoon. check out our flight tracker. >>> 4:46. authorities in washington state are trying to understand the motive behind a fast moving fire that destroy the home of the husband of a missing woman. investigators now believe the homeow

mandatory evacuations in south wales and queensland state as flood waters rise. officials moving hospital patients to higher ground. weeks of heavy rain leaving more than 3,000 people stranded and awaiting rescue. britain's queen elizabeth ii marking 60 years on the throne, thanking her supporters and reaffirming her dedication to serving the british people. her popularity attributed to her role as a beacon of stability in a changing world. for "teen kids news," i'm julie banderas, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> let's check in with this week's "flag facts." here's scott. >> it's home to cowboy ghost towns, custer's last stand, seven indian reservations, the world's shortest river and largest migrating elk herd. the state animal is the grizzly bear. [ grizzly bear roars ] and its sweeping vistas earned it the nickname "big sky country." we're talking montana, pardner. >> montana is from the spanish word for "mountains" or "mountainous." >> admitted to the union in 1889, its flag honors both the land and its people. >> so, you see the tools of a miner -- a

thousands of queensland residents have been ordered to evacuate. >> coming up later in this program, the treaty that set up the rules for the euro turns 20. we look at the currency's past and it's rather uncertain future. >> that is after this short break. stay with us here on dw. >> 24,000 people are dead. 18,000 of them children. of hunger. 800 million live on the thin edge of starvation. while they are slipping away, others in the world have the good fortune not to see them. we need to stop the hunger and start the hoping. >> 20 years have passed since the signing of the master treaty. it was designed to create a more integrated union. the promise was one of more freedom, more prosperity, and a guarantee of peace. >> after two decades, those dreams are now in danger with millions of europeans seeing their financial gains wiped out as the year remains very much under threat. >> the champagne corks may have been seven back in 1992, but it was the beginning of a new era for europe. the treaty called for a european union with increasingly closer ties, political and economic. the euro

flooding with references to rescue some people using helicopters water levels in river running through queensland are said to be rising rapidly expected to reach fifteen metres higher next twenty four hours. there's been an unexpected new turn for the father of the former f.s.b. officer example. he was poisoned in london six years ago he says he was wrong to accuse the kremlin of organizing his son's death threats said what west wanted to hear or to want to listen to a story firsthand. but is. this is how we found that litvinenko praying in his tiny italian apartment no electricity no gas no court water what you if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from hunger or frozen to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas eve. we expected more because six years ago after his son former aphis be officer aleksandr litvinenko was poisoned in london he was taken care of by some very powerful patrons like suffix out-i khun boris berezovsky and of and a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. . yet extremist dorsett there is give me a year per year doris you wo

the area hardest hit are in queensland and in new south wales. towns are situated near a swollen river which is expected to crest by tuesday evening at record heights. >>> award winning dock rimry filmmaker died in eastern australia. the producer andrew wright died the chopper crashed after take off. no word on what they are saying is the cause of the accident. >>> and italian court is expected to rule on whether the captain of the cruise ship costa concordia will be under house arrest or released. >>> the search is expected to continue for the survivors of the capsized boat carrying migrants from the dominican republic. rescuers recovered 16 bodies and pulled 11 sur risers from the quarter -- survivors from the water. 40 people were pitched overboard when the boat capsized it was headed to puerto rico with illegal immigrants. >>> kids in los angeles are getting two days off of school but it's not something they are excited about. >> two teachers lost their jobs and now parents want answers on what may have been going on at the school. >>> and al

thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in queensland. the town of st. george from the worst hit. water levels are expected to peak today at least 15 meters higher than normal. now, no one said it was going to be easy but talks to secure a new international bailout for greece are proving even more difficult than expected. the country's own finance minister caught between the maneu for painful reforms and internal resistance to more austerity has called them highly pressurized. unions have called -- called a general strike as leaders of the ruling coalition look for solutions to sign off the new financing deal. with me from athens is our correspondent. mark, firstly, the demonstrations, however going? >> it is awful weather here today in athens. so, the demonstration came and went pretty swiftly. a few hundred people gathered in the square from where i am speaking to, but scared off by the rain. a few small crowd still there with police guarding parliament. but the strike is still very much underway, 24-hour strike in the public and private sector, still

personas abandonaron sus hogares por las inundaciones que afectan desde hace una semana el estado de queenslandimagen que Él tiene. >> la oposiciÓn venezolana tiene que escoger a su candidato, podrÁ ganarle a hugo chÁvez? >> obvia mente que pudiera ganar, si la oposiciÓn logra arrasar en votos esta vez va a estar obligado a reconocer esto. >> Él controla si la diferencia a favor del candidato de la oposiciÓn como dice todo parece indicar que va a hacer, va a ser muy difÍcil decir no, yo soy el ganador. >> no tiene el apoyo? ¿no estÁ apoyando por la reelecciÓn? >> uno puede gustarle o no gustarle pero es muy hÁbil, y tiene una base electoral muy amplia. la pregunta es quÉ va a pasar. cÓmo va repercutir el cÁncer en el en electorado. a lo mejor la oposiciÓn gana porque se ve mÁs joven. es un faor que no se habla, realidad no se sabe nada. >> hablÓ nueve horas en el Último discurso, no es una forma de decir que estÁ fuerte? >> esta semana tuve la oportunidad de conversar con un polÍtico, aho estÁ registrando el modelo de chÁvez. me comentaba que todo parece indicar que las personas que tengan un m

the country's cotton crops have been damaged australia being the world's third biggest supplier queensland state premiers says people won't be able to move back to the area until water levels drop and sewage systems are restored. now across the globe europe is also suffering severe weather conditions for most of the continent this means some transport disruptions worse but in ukraine the consequences are far more serious the country's enduring its harshest winter in recent history with over one hundred lines lost to the cold in the last week alone are just like here cesky has more. when the thermometer hit minus twenty seven degrees celsius last week luda got very frightened homeless and with a child to care for she feared they would both freeze to death until she found a public eating center in a key of park look at the. schools were closed because of the trees and i had no way to take my eyes out if i was scared at first went to a train station to get but we were kicked out things got we found this heated tent but there were many ukrainians who were not so lucky at least one hundred thir

now, in queensland, the regional town of mitchell is experiencing the worst flood ever. the water still rising this morning. >>> and ukrainian nuclear experts say the japanese citizens evacuated from the stricken fukushima plant should be able to return home. unlike the chernobyl site which remains inside a wide no-go zone, a quarter century later after that accident. last year a tsunami knocked out the cooling systems and 100,000 people were forced to be evacuated. >>> time now to start the 5:00 hour. >>> i'm sherree johnson. all new information this morning on how one university plans to prepare for a high profile murder trial of yardly love. >>> and we're all wearing red today for a good reason. i'm linda stow. february is heart awareness month. where you can go this month to improve your heart health. reporter: i'm corrine redman and we're slicing it up and serving it up to give you a preview of all the best eats for super bowl sunday. >> we need one of those pizzas this morning. bring the chicken wings too. >> i'm impressed she's got the aprilon on. that means she's

country's cotton crops have been damaged this trail you being the world's third biggest supplier queensland state premier says people won't be able to move back to the area until water levels drop and sewage systems are reste the ward. fifteen people have been pulled out alive from the collapsed medicine factory in lahore as rescue workers continue fifty six are still believed to be trapped under rubble with the death toll now at twenty one three story building collapsed monday after several gas cylinder explosions the factory which local authorities have been trying to shut down was set up illegally in a residential area or. previously on released footage broadcast by north korean state t.v. shows the country's leader kim yon own and his late father and pretty assessor a young leader took the reins after kim jung il died in december of heart failure is now reportedly striving to assert his power over the people in the states and for military by making official visits am presenting some ball gifts to servicemen . while in just a few minutes opinions clash in our t's crossed august paedophil

having to rescue some people using military helicopters water levels in a river running through queensland are said to be rising quickly and are expected to reach fifteen meters high within the next twenty four hours. occupy wall street protesters in the u.s. lost some ground this weekend as they were evicted from downtown washington d.c. activists have been gathering there despite a camping ban issued by local authorities earlier in the week officers wearing protective gear came early on a saturday morning to enforce the ruling they remove tents and sleeping bags and arrested at least four people and park was cornered all and helicopter was seen going overhead the occupy movement has seen some heavy handed police tactics including the recent taser shocking of a nonviolent protester in d.c. but excessive force won't scare activists away says kevin zeese from it's our economy think tank. who knows what's going through their head space on that you know when we i watch that video it's available online and it looks like there was no justification for it when i went to many fears in the day to

thousands of people in queensland and eastern australia are being warned they should evacuate, get out fast if they can. food is also being flown in some areas being cut off by flooding. heavy rains have caused rivers in the area to overflow their banks. >>> back here in the u.s. a cold snowy day in parts of the country. wet and soggy in other areas on this super bowl sunday. meteorologist reynolds wolf is at our weather center. the giants and patriots are playing at a dome, but we're talking about the tailgaters, if they notice the weather there. how is it looking in indianapolis? >> well, it's kind of interesting. it's good that you bring up the tailgaters because that's a whole different game within itself. sure you have the game on the field, but then you have the people milling about outside the stadium. it's going to be interesting. it's going to be a little chilly, but in terms of precipitation, i would expect not much else. a nice day across the midwest. of course, including indianapolis. that's not to say there isn't rough weather. heavy rain continues to fall in texas. also,

thousands have been told to evacuate in towns across queensland and new south

thousands have been told to evacuate in towns across queensland and new south wales. >>> an angry, frustrated new york wants answers. almost four

helicopters have been dispatched to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in queenslandia. heavy rains and recent weeks has swollen rivers beyond their banks in several australian communities. officials are expecting a record breaking flood. and those are your top stories. "reliable sources" at the top of the hour. now back to fareed zakaria, "gps." >>> singapore may not be at the top of your mind, but it should be. consider this. it is the easiest place in the world to do business, according to the world bank. did you know it is on the verge of beelgt las vegas against the odds perhaps to become the second biggest gachl belling market in the world? 15% of its households have more than a million dollars in assets. the highest percentage in the world. and it is a long-time friend of the united states, but it has to maintain close relations with china as well. a complicated balancing act that it does well. it is, in short, the little nation that could. we could all learn a lot from singapore. i had a chance to do just that when i sat down with the nation's prime minister l

hardest hit is the eastern australian state of queensland. >>> unreasonably warm temperatures for muchtes. jacqui jeras, i shouldn't say unreasonable, unseasonably. nothing is unreasonable to me about warm temperatures. >> i know. in fact, we were looking at this on the break. this beautiful shot of atlanta. >> it's so gorgeous. >> if you could pick a perfect day -- >> wow. >> 70 degrees. isn't it just beautiful. it's still 65 at this hour. should be 55 for a high this time of the year. so you're talking 15 degrees above where you should be and that's really been the rule across much of the rest of the country. it's been a gorgeous weekend for most people. we've been tracking some travel concerns and that's been focusing in on parts of texas into louisiana. we've had a lot of flooding rains in the last couple days. today the rain much lighter but still a lot of swollen rivers. we have been reporting on and off some airport delays in houston but right now those have cleared up. so that's the good news out of all this. there you can see the big picture across the country. really that's t

hardest hit is the eastern australian state of queensland. >>> reports of a possible tropical weatherm in february? jacqui jeras in the cnn severe weather center. what is going on with the weather? >> i know! this is crazy. it is early february and we are actually talking tropics. it is not tropical storm or even a tropical depression just yet but there's this cluster of thunderstorms we've been watching all weekend long. just keeping our eye on but now you have to talk about it because the national hurricane center has just issued a special tropical weather statement saying they're upgrading the possibility of this becoming more organized. it's been kind of trying to get its act together today and if it does so i don't think it would be a true tropical storm. it would become likely what we'd call a subtropical system. it is kind after hybrid with characteristics of both but the impact will be the same either way it slices. this is bringing in much needed rain across parts of south florida and will continue to do so throughout the next 24 hours. central or southern florida, that's pre

. >>> thousands of australians are being evacuated in the country's eastern state of queensland whered this, rivers to overflow. officials say the flood will be record-breaking. >>> an atlanta bishop who settled a sexual coercion lawsuit filed by four young men is back in the news this time over a controversial video that has gone viral, it shows bishop eddie long of newbirth missionary baptist church being wrapped in a torah by a visiting rabbi. >> this is a scroll that's 312 years ago. >> rabbi ralph messer told the congags it was saved from auschwi auschwitz, a holocaust extermination camp. he acknowledged how sacred it is, then he wrapped bishop eddie long in the torah's scroll. >> he's wrapped in the word of god. >> later he handed other items to long proclaiming his kingship. it's a sharp contrast to the way rabbi joshua haller in sandy springs says the scrolls should be handled. ♪ he watched the video. >> i was puzzled and distressed. >> reporter: he says wrapping the tory around someone is not jewish tradition, the delicate pages are not to be touched by hand and there are spe

australia only has two species living in small pockets in far north queensland.s say they are a little bit awkward on the ground but up in the trees, it's a completely different story. they can jump nine meeters from branch to branch. that's nearly 30 feet they can jump. >> i know. jumpy little guys. >> kind of cute. >> i'm still thinking about kicking myself in the head. how am i going to do that? >> i thought you did that every day. >> amazing. >>> around the bay area today, we have some dense fog out there. watch out for that early on this morning. some of that thick fog developing after the rain we had last night. remember a few minutes ago we could see the bay bridge. it's gone again, the ebb and flow of the fog as it works through the bay area. temperatures now in the 40s and 50s. some of the visibilities less than a quarter of a mile inland. i think by the afternoon you're going to like this. we have sunshine returning, temperatures soaring into the 60s many spots inland. i think it could get even warmer tomorrow, maybe some 70s toward the afternoon. yeah,

. >> but this is a 23-page decision from the queensland court in australia and not a single word saysonal, but they say it is an accidental death in 23 pages, and the prosecutor wanted a five-year sentence, and he could have asked for a life sentence under australian law, but they say it is a tragic accident. where does alabama turn around and say intentional murder? the crime happened in australia and even the australians don't think it is an intentional murd her, and that is where the problem is in the case. >> well, the supreme court here disagrees with you, because the supreme court of the united states found that you have two jurisdictions and foreign jurisdiction and you are a u.s. citizen, you are retried here. >> well, the facts are the fact s, and they are not going to change the aus trail y to the united states. >> well, you used a word creep, and this is the testimony of amanda phillips, tina's friend, and the awkward moment she shared with against a tgabagaig. >> and she said it is the breast of herky. >> who says that? people find it difficult to believe that he would kil