d.c. drama. a partial government ls to wn, treasury c banks to reassure the investors and the president continues to attack the fed. a all creatingangover for stocks. ut> down to the wire. shoppers are stillhere tatting last minute gifts. that's making reers happy for the holidays. all that and more for this monday, christmas eve, 2018. >>> we do bid you good evening. welcome. sue has the night off. for those on wall street expecting sant today, it was not meant to be. astead we got the grinch. and growling beathe s&p 500 is now 20% below its most recent high which defes a bear market. we got the worst christmas eve performance for the dow and the .&p turmoil in washington continues to hangver themarkets. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but let's take a breath and look at the day's final numbers. the dow lost 653 points. that was the l of t day. it closed at 21,792. the nasdaq fell another 140 points today. and the s&p dropped by bob pisani tells us if there's any hope of a last minute st. nicke fro >> no doubt investors will find it tough to get into the holiday spirit this year, but c