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right now it is down by 34 points. go live to the new york stock exchange in just a few minutes. 30 years, 30 million funerals. now there is new hope. it is world aids day. everyone from u.s. presidents to rock super stars, they are talking about the ongoing fight to end this epidemic. >> make no mistake, we are going to win this fight. the fight's not over, not by a long shot. the rate of new infections may be going down elsewhere, but it's not going down here in america. the infection rate here has been holding steady for over a decade. >> so what is next for the battle against a...

Food and just helping them know what to do next. >> how will you be assessing whether you need to indeed open up more shelters? >> well, we work with emergency management officials including all the folks that you've been listening to in the press conferences. and really see if they are displaced from their homes. that's the part of the role of the red cross. if they don't have a safe place to go, we are -- we will make sure that they have a safe place, a warm place, a place out of the rain, that they've got food, meals, basic needs are all met. and then we connect them with our case workers t...

The airport remains closed. communities around the airport were also hit hard. no deaths have been reported. right now, people are combing through what's left of their homes, trying to salvage what they can. earlier, the red cross' jessica willingham explained how they're helping. >> if they don't have a safe place to go, we will make sure that they have a safe place, a warm place, you know, a place out of the rain that they have food, meals. basic needs are all met, and then we can connect them with the case workers to help take care of their longer term needs. >> again, no reporter death, ...

Here, in a filthy abandoned trailner cleveland, texas. this story has gotten so much attention, prosecutors are worry they won't be able to get an impartial jury for the 18 men and boys charged in the case. well, now a judge has order everyone, even remotely connected to this case, to stop talking about it, to anyone. it's called a gag order, and it's not unusual in cases that tend to grab the public's attention, but there is a feeling that this gag order might be going too far. sunny hostin is on the case, and sunny, how far are we talking here? >> we're talking pretty far, very sweeping, ver...

These workers, it's not as easy as that, is it? >> yeah, no, it's not. and layoffs in the public sector mean some of our services can really be cut. so if you take a look at texas, most of the proposed cuts are in the department of public safety. so that means police officers. they may also cut case workers who investigate child abuse. public workers also take care of the parks. they take care of the libraries. they take care of processing our driver's licenses. but these states are running deficits in the billions of dollars range. so something has to be done. but a lot of people will argue w...