wherever you look. the dow posting its best day in more than 2 1/2 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 s&p and nasdaq up more than 4% as well. why? well, it began with america s top economic man ben bernanke, 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 world. this is europe-related? this is definitely europe-related. there s more to today s move than just that but the driver was clearly futures were roaring very, very early, as a direct result of ben bernanke, the federal reserve s move to effectively lower the cost of gaining access to u.s. dollars. why? because u.s. dollars, that s the world s reserve currency. that s what the euro zone needs for their banks and fi
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 world. this is europe-related? this is definitely europe-related. there s more to it than that. but futures were roaring very, very early as a direct of ben bernanke, the federal reserve s move to effectively lower the cost of gaining access to u.s. dollars. kr? because u.s. dollars, that s the world s reserve currency. that s what the euro zone needs for their banks and financial institutions to p
collapse, and black friday gets ugly. very ugly. and the weather may get unpredictable. let s begin in cairo with cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman. ben, you ve been covering the pro military rally there. can you compare for me in terms of numbers and demonstrators that rally to what we ve been seeing in tahrir square since saturday? that pro military rally was maybe one-tenth as many people as are here at the moment. but they say they represent the silent majority. now they want their voices heard. they ve watched tahrir become a political stage, and with so many groups coming out and calling for the military to tep down, other demonstrators are trying to reach the interior ministry. they say the army and this police are the two main pillars. they say the place to determine in the future is not in the streets and in the squares. the elections are due to begin on monday. can you give me a quick update on the three american students? the release is ordered