liz: great to have you, david spika, sean, always good to have you.down." connell: we're indeed in record territory on wall street. stocks didn't have a great close but we finished mostly higher. fed chair jerome powell talking about stimulus. at the close the dow turned on us. it was hovering near record level but closed down 44 points. s&p falls short of a record if it settles where it is up six 1/2 points but the nasdaq closes at another record high. second straight and a number of records for the nasdaq. they keep coming up by 63 points on the day.

liz: great to have you, david spika, sean, always good to have you. that will do it for "the claman countdown." connell: we're indeed in record territory on wall street. stocks didn't have a great close but we finished mostly higher. fed chair jerome powell talking about stimulus. at the close the dow turned on us. it was hovering near record level but closed down 44 points. s&p falls short of a record if it settles where it is up six 1/2 points but the nasdaq closes at another record high. second straight and a number of records for the nasdaq. they keep coming up by 63 points on the day. more on the markets. the other thing we're keeping a very close eye on here today is this major winter storm threatening to dump up to two feet of snow in some parts along the east coast t will create yet another challenge for so many business owners who are already dealing with a lot. we'll cover that from a lot of different angles throughout the hour. good to be with you. i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." time for the news happening at this hour. o