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We re doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. want to make sure we talk about this today. sobering number, globally, 37 million people infected with hiv-aids of those, nearly 22 million aren t getting any sort of treatment. so i wanted to talk about this today because today is world aids today. two celebrity disclosures put it in the public eye. charlie sheen announcing he s hiv positive and in september, former child star from the 80s sitcom, who s the boss told an audience he is living with hiv. the timing of the disclosures comes as controversy discloses ....
you look beautiful tonight? thank you. are you married? no. i am, so don t get ideas. i ve never seen fighting at a hockey match before. mo movember for mustaches. i like that. the president speaking at the white house. wonderful to be here. i should say welcome back. many of you have joined us before as we marked new milestones in our fight against hiv and aids. i m honored you could join us in commemorating world aids today, which was yesterday. this is a time for remembering the friends and loved ones that we ve lost, celebrating the extraordinary progress thanks to some people in this room we ve been able to make and most ....
Bill: i want to show you an interesting picture right now. this is the president of tanzania. to his left is former president george bush traveling in africa with the former first lady laura bush. today is world aids today. there is a link up to tanzania to the white house where presidents obama and clinton are listening as well. we ll drop in there for a moment as soon as we hear from the former president. martha: there are new reports that house republican leaders are now warning the rank-and-file that the image of the entire party may be at risk if they do not support president obama s payroll tax cuts, to extend them into the new year. meanwhile president obama targeted republicans on that very issue. here is what he said. some republicans used to love these tax cuts until i proposed them. [laughter] suddenly they started lining up against them. a lot of them have sworn, they ve taken an oath, we are never going to raise taxes, as ....
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 americans may not have to face a tax hike next month after all. republicans in congress now seem to be on-board an extension of the payroll tax break due to expire at year s end but they still disagree with democrats and the white house on the size of that break and exactly how it will be offset. all year long anybody who draws a paycheck has seen only 4.2% taken out for social security. that s ....