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where are things happening today? hong kong, share prices there up more than 5.5%. we won't be going to for a away from the story on the markets. also today, world aids today. the world is marking 30 years since hiv was discovered. leaders, researchers and activists are pushing a very big goal -- ending aids forever. president obama today announced a $50 million boost in funding for hiv prevention and treatment in america. and also a goal of helping 6 million people access life saving treatments worldwide. much more on this in our face time segments moments from now. 160 million am...

big time around the world wherever you look. the dow posting its best day in more than two and a half years with a rocking 490-point gain. that puts the dow back in positive territory for the year. above 12,000, which is a psychologically very important level for the 401(k)'s in this country. the nasdaq and s&p up more than 4% as well. why? well, it began with america's top economic man bailing out europe which is on the verge of bringing down the economy. former new york stock exchange floor trader, obviously, it was ben bernanke working with other central bank chiefs around the wor...

a sign of better times ahead or just, i don't know, one feel good day for investors? >> it is a very big feel-good day. 490 points. we were talking about this yesterday morning. we haven't seen a big move like that in 2 1/2 years but we have concerns here and as i pointed out to you yesterday, that was a defensive move by the world central banks to make sure that the oxygen is still flowing to the european financial system and to the capital markets. so, because of big danger signals overall in the markets, that's why you had folks coming in. don't forget, a lot of things here holdin...

i'm christine romans along with my friend, carol costello. >> happy day before friday. up first this hour, iraqi officials honoring the service and sacrifice of u.s. and coalition troops as well as their own. special ceremony at camp victory overnight. vice president biden was on hand. the event coming just weeks before american troops complete their withdrawal from iraq. cnn's martin savidge live in baghdad. we were hoping you could attend that ceremony but you could not. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. you are right. we were told about 12 hours before that ceremony was to ...

we were talking about this yesterday. today it seems to have gotten a little worse in material of the damage that has manifested itself. the santa ana winds, unreal. >> really bad. even into utah. the intermountain west, the great basin from centreville, had a wind gust in utah. 102 miles per hour. they said in some places, almost every house has some type of damage from the wind that occurred yesterday. then the wind went down across into vegas. made a bunch of dust. then right through the l.a. basin. wind gusts now, even 72 miles an hour. >> we started getting those tweets from rya...