george russell is taking the biggest opportunity of his career in his stride.years in formula i his best qualifying position for the williams was 11th. now he is in the championship winning mercedes, pole position was within his reach. he had never been outqualified by a team—mate but then he has never been in the same car as someone of the calibre of valterri bottas. the finn went out first in the final session of qualifying, setting the benchmark to beach. russell couldn't match it but red bull's match for... link product both mercedes to the front row. with a short lactating less than a minute mercedes were quickly out again and back in front with valterri bottas leading russell. he didn't seem to think she could challenge, letting the others fight it out. and without the pressure of having to catch lewis hamilton for once, valterri bottas seemed more relaxed as he claimed pole but he will still have a fight on his hands with russell just will still have a fight on his hands with russelljust a fraction of a second behind. nick parrott, bbc news. in some ways

george russell is taking the biggest opportunity of his career in his dried.. in 36 races, spanning two years in formula 1, his best qualifying position was 11. now he is in the championship winning mercedes, pole position was within his reach. he had never been outqualified by team—mate, but then he has never been in the same car as someone of the calibre is felt to rebut us. the finn went out first in the final session, setting the benchmark to beat. russell could not match it but red bull's and ferrari's leapfrogged match it but red bull's and ferrari's lea pfrogged both match it but red bull's and ferrari's leapfrogged both mercedes to the front row. with a short black taking less than a minute mercedes we re taking less than a minute mercedes were quickly out again and back in front with but a sleeping russell. he didn't seem to think she could challenge, letting the others fight it out, and without the pressure of having to catch lewis hamilton will for once but sass seemed more relaxed as he claimed pole but he will still have a fight on his hands with

but look for russell.looks like in the future it's not really just scuppered appears chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a few details so he'll prez's 1st ever when the mexican was in his penalty mcgraw i'm pretty with racing point hundreds without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for frenchman esteban colm who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched in the 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line for former promotion you know going through my mind i fully but the day belonged to race when our pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears. let's get a quick reminder of our top story the results are in for venezuela's parliamentary elections as expected president nicolas maduro socialist party has won control of the legislature is set to tighten his grave. on power. thank you for watching. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons for such. luck there are many plans.

roughly from the bottom, the russell 2000 is up 1,000%.tock can slowly grind higher as we work our way through 2021. lauren: thank you so much. speaking of small caps, today is the first time in four days that the russell 2000 has a green arrow and you know, the s&p might finish in record territory. has to be up eight and change. the dow jones industrial average looking pretty good. so is my friend cheryl casone, in for liz claman. cheryl, this is, what, this is the second to last trading session of 2020. cheryl: yeah. we will see how we do in the next hour. got some good numbers. we will see if we can boost those a little bit. thank you very much. >>> we also have this right now. that's breaking news. the senate is set to gavel in at any moment. they will get the ball rolling on a veto override of the $740 billion defense spending bill, but still no vote set on the house, that $2,000 stimulus check president trump supports. we will get the state of play on capitol hill. there's a lot of moving parts right now we are following for you. >>>

and decides that even though russell does not want to serve, he will serve. and johnson then has the white house press office isseue a statement to the white house press corps announcing the commission has been formed and that richard russell is on its even if he does not want to be. [taped] >> i hate to bother you again, but i want you to know i have made an announcement. >> announcement? what's >> of the special commission. >> married to? you >> the president announced he is appointing a special commission to study and report on all of the facts and circumstances relating to the assassination of the late president john f. kennedy and subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination. >> the president says that the minority and the majority leadership of the house and the senate have been consulted. with respect to the special commission. the members of the special commission are chief justice earl warren, chairman, senator richard russell, presented representative hale boggs, representative gerald ford. , number -- -- the president stated t

hand but look for russell. looks like an option type really just scuppered appears chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a feely tale to say he will prez's 1st ever when the mexican was in his banal to meet drawn pre with racing point and is without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for french minister bangle kong who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched in the 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line almost remorse and you know going through my mind actually but the day belonged to race winner pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears. and to kenya now where conservationists are carrying out an unusual rescue operations they have to save a herd of giraffes trapped on a flooded island rescuers tast to transport such a large passenger after their creative. it's a tall order trying to transport a reluctant giraffe. as cboe was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island in lake in western kenya. the habitat

but a puncture on the 79th lap effectively ended russell's hopes of a podium place.o perez of racing point relatively unchallenged to win his first formula one race. esta ban ocon's renault was second, with perez‘ team—mate lance stroll, third. lets take a quick look at the other sports stories making the headlines this evening... sam kerr scored a hattrick as chelsea set a new record of 12 successive wsl home victories. they beat west ham infront of 700 fans — the first to return to the wsl. it's very tight in the final of the uk snooker championship, between world number onejudd trump and australia's neil robertson. trump won the last frame of the afternoon to make it four frames all, and he'sjust gone 5—4 up. there's live coverage of the evening session on bbc two right now — first to ten wins. welsh driver elfyn evans missed out in his bid to become the first british world rally champion for 19 years, he finished 26th at rally monza after crashing in the snow yesterday. to secure his seventh world rally drivers championship. in rugby union's premiership sale won

all eyes on the fi hotshots — george russell fills in for champion lewis hamilton. legend michael, joins the paddock. and elfyn evans has his eyes on the prize, but could he soon end britain's i9 year wait for a world rally champion? iam i am focused and i'm trying to do the best job we i am focused and i'm trying to do the bestjob we can and it happens. if it happens. hello and welcome to sportsday — thanks for being with us this evening. it's been a long long wait — but fans of some professional clubs in england will finally be allowed in to watch their teams tonight — under the government's new tier based system. up to 2000 spectators will be at the games involving charlton, shrewsbury and cambridge united, and carlisle — with a thousand at wycombe and luton town. 0ur sports editor dan roan is at montgomery waters for us, ahead of shrewsbury‘s league one game with accrington stanley. — a huge evening to look forward to for supporters, and the efl. big night ahead for for the efl as well? yes, it is one of six matches this evening and be efl where fans will be bac

we could have 15, 20, 30 percent type move in the russell benchmark in 2021.he s&p by contrast could do well, the average stock in the s&p could do quite well, but it would be masked in an index that is sort of the land of the giants so you have to get more economic sensitivity because our economy is about to reeopen and it is really ready to go >> and small caps underperformers much of the last two years, great performers in november, but expecting more to come dan, great to have you on the program. welcome to december. we made it appreciate it. >>> now let's take a step out of the markets because there are a number of other stories also majoring news this morning president-elect joe biden telling the "new york times" that he will not immediately remove the tariffs on china. instead, biden says he intends to review the existing trade agreement and what heherent stry and president trump says that he would veto the $740 billion national defense authorization act unless it includes a measure eliminating protection for tech companies like facebook and twitter. he

russell wilson gave some of his team members amazon stock.unger consumer and impact consumer, are you going to sort of the older school department stores >> well, if you look at the landscape and how the world is changing, especially with brands like kohl's and our companies like k ohl's, they're also evolving with the times. i've been fortunate enough to do things with kohl's already we sat down and talked about our vision for what we were doing. we really connected. we felt that, you know, the plan they had matched what we were trying to do and vice versa and also with nordstrom. good man brand, a brand -- first brand technically under the l, r & c house, the house of l, r & c. so everyone is family, which is a great thing, you know. of course, yes, we love our amazon family. in in case, everything lined up and made perfect sense to do we're really excited about it, and everything really feels right in regards to both nordstrom's and kohl's it all feels right. >> yeah and -- >> well, we'll continue to follow go ahead. >> i was going to say,

but look for russell. looks like we're in a function of celebrity culture. scuppered the pair's chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a fairly tale to say that he will cut as is 1st ever when the mexican was in his penalty mcgraw i'm pretty with racing point how does without a team for next season. it was a landmark day too for frenchman esteban colm who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched in the 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line for almost remorse and you know going through my mind i really thought the day belonged to race winner pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears. by coming up next you business even beardsley's looking at the latest on the controversial north's train to gas pipeline project. the body give us your country eat all will make you rich measures days to make the bottom where the cost of going to fell so that investors make big promises but years later reality looks very different from the bush drinking water shortage because the big oil thomas

this time the time i turned but look for russell. looks like very much or start really just scuppered to paris chances as they finished well off the pace . but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a feely tale to start he will perez his 1st ever win the mexican was in his penultimate drawn pre with racing point hundreds without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for frenchman esteban colm who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched in the 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line for almost remorse and you know going through my mind i fully but the day belonged to race when our pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears. now to kenya or conservationists are carrying out a rescue operation to save our herd of giraffes trapped on a flooded island the animal's home territory in the western part of the country has been inundated and tasked to transport such a large passenger rescuers had to get creative. it's a tall order trying to transport a reluctant giraffe. as she was the only female

but that is outgained by the russell 2000 by 20%.hat is definitely a piece of it, romaine, investors looking forward to a brighter 20 to one when the vaccine hopefully gets into the system and brings some level of what is considered to be normal living back. folks wanting on that "reopening" reflation trade and we are seeing it in spades in that russell 2000. joe: romaine mentioned profit-taking, is that a real thing? abigail: it is a real thing, especially when you see outflows etf, and some stocks that were up 500% on the er only up 440%. i think you see some folks wanting to cash in on the gains. the big question on a fundamental basis is, do we have a year of everyone flocking to amazon? i never used amazon before this year much, and i now love it. i never used zuma before, i now love it. so how much will he be using these technologies in the future? that is the bigger question in terms of this turning out to be a 2000 moment where you had stocks with skyhigh big valuations and then, they simply dropped. or is this technology tha

hey, russell, i'm going to cut your heart out and feed it to the crows -- or worse. and so now you cannot blip anything out. you cannot censor anything. gordon: it has changed our lives in a significant way. joe: no doubt. i also think that, personally speaking, i am looking for some relief, you know come expecting -- you know, expecting, here is the latest tweet quite frankly. i would like to go back to a day when i did not have to worry about what the last thing the president of the united states had to say. let a day go by or two without having to worry about that for -- from my personal vantage terms but i also know, in of my phone or my accounts, --ple are sending means --memes or quips all of the time in a joking way, so the new medium is also being used for sending those jokes along the way where those little cartoons that we are all seeing and it is as funny to me as before. mark: you mentioned george carlin. gordon: anyone can be a cartoonist now. .> absolutely >> [indiscernible] saying?k, what were you mark: you mentioned george carlin. i have to put in a p

but russell was still almost a third of a second quicker than his mercedes team—mate valtteri bottas, bahrain. second practice is currently under way. and it looks like russell is still quickest at the moment, see you can listen to that on five live extra. we have got practice for you now. while lewis hamilton has dominated formula i, britain hasn't done so well on the rallying stage. it's 19 years since the country could boast a world champion. title favourite elfyn evans is still on course to change that. after the second day of the final rally of the season, he's fourth overall. nick parrott reports. in formula i, monza is known as the temple of speed, bonnet comes to rallying, the temple of doom seems more appropriate. the belgian writer came third in the championship, but his chances were completely drowned out. six—time champion sebastian is the only person who can stop elfyn evans winning the title. the frenchman threw caution to the wind, suffered a setback and at times could not see a way forward, but he managed to stay ahead of toyota team—mate evans, who adopted a more caut

russell 2000 still stronger than the overall market with another 1% daily gain in the russell 2000, againroaching that 2,000 mark itself as we get into the close. >> there is the bell and yes, that's a double record close for both the nasdaq and the russell 2000 tech heavy index up half a percent, the russel up a full% eck w everyone, to "closing bell." if you are just joining us i'm sara eisen with scott wapner who is in for wilfred frost today. and mike santoli cnbc senior markets commentator. look at how we finished on wall street the dow closed around session lows, down 200 points. a few attempts at positivity but we closed lowerfight despite apple's gain s&p 500 down .2% the sectors that led us lower, energy, communication services, and consumer staples both technology and real estate finished positive. that was about it in the s&p as for the nasdaq, at a record, up half a percent thanks to some strength in names like apple and microsoft. paypal also have a good day. ado adobe. some of the tech winners facebook, tesla, and google were all lower on the day and there is the new star, t

the russell 2000 still on place for a record.r the russell gives it a new page in the history books. gold recovering after logging its first consecutive loss yesterday since early december but will the shimmery commodity keep its luster come 2021? ed coin, asset management senior director over there joining me now. you have a side window purchases of stocks that you really like here. i don't know if you saw the laker ring. the laker ring is crazy. there has to be a couple of ounces of gold in that thing. give us a sense of your overall picture of 30,000 feet for the yellow metal in the new year? >> sure. as you mentioned we love the yellow metal now. it did very well. it will continue to do well next year. what we are excited about the gold equity stocks. both large cap of senior miners more importantly, small cap junior miners, 2 billion under market cap. we think those interesting for 2021. for more looking for risk on trade for the space, take advantage of margin expansion, we think small and seniors both look very attractive

max verstappen was second to russell in both sessions.e semi—finals of the uk snooker championship. the world number one was pushed all the way in his quarterfinal by kyren wilson. it went to a deciding frame, which trump won to make it 6—5. he's looking for his second title at the event which he last won nine years ago. trump will play the winner ofjoe perry and lu ning who are still playing. this is live on the bbc sport website. highlights from both of tonight's games are on bbc two at 20 past 11. earlier, neil roberston beat mark selby. the australian finished with his 750th professional century to win 6—2. he'll play china's zhou yuelong who beat jack lisowski 6—4. and that's all the sport for now. just boxing news and, billyjoe saunders has defended his wbo separate title, hippie martin murray ona separate title, hippie martin murray on a points decision, but that's all the support for now. to me hello there. it's been a very wet day across some central rank in the also some sleet and snow mainly over the high ground, the strong whi

russel was the clear leader.p month to date and quarter to date since the lows but just about the same return as the s&p 500 then volatility, as we were saying earlier, it hasn't given way very much. the pullback in the s&p this morning gave it a little pop above 23 i have been waiting for this move below 20. it sort of could be a trigger for some hedge fund strategies to start to get more aggressive in the market. it hasn't really happened. maybe it is the georgia runoff keeping things at this level. >> there is the dow, down 63 points intel leads today. apple lags as far as the s&p 500, it is down about a quarter of 1% right now, as we speak there are some sectors that are actually higher today. that would be health care and consumer discretionary real estate, industrials and energy bringing up the rear in terms of the selling tech is not having a great day the nasdaq isdown.4% all of these are coming off of record high levels the russell 2000, down almost 2% is going to make it the worst performer. but it too

turned but look for russell. looks like very much like really just scuppered to paris chances as they finished well off the pace. but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a feeding tale to so he will perez his 1st ever win the mexican was in his penultimate drawn pre with racing point and is without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for french mr bungle colm who was overcome as his 2nd police clinched him a 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line for former promotion you know of going through my mind i really thought the day belonged to race when their pet is who like struggled to hold back the tears. now to kenya were conservationists are carrying out an unusual rescue operation they have to save a herd of giraffes trapped on a flooded island or rescuers tass to transport such a large passenger and to get creative. it's a told of trying to transport a reluctant to rough. a cboe was the only female stuck with 7 males on an island in late in western kenya. the habita

russell needs eight. now it is 42.hat would make it the 10th record of 2020. >>> imax getting a boost this hour after price from benchmark. there is bounceback trade of nearly 50%. analyst mike hickey said imax should have only limited exposure from any exhibit tore bankruptcies. while imax is jumping 4 1/3%. without saying as much investors interpret exhibitors to mean amc, cinemark which have absolutely struggled. get to cheryl casone in the fox business newsroom. cheryl. reporter: both stocks fell after a report in the "new york post" said the two companies,amc is down 10%, cinemark up 2 and 3/4%. both companies, control 1/3 of all u.s. movie screens in the company. they could come to an arrangement where cinemark could run venues where amc is in default. that "new york post" story was denied. amc would sell a huge amount of class-a shares. with a filing with the sec it entered into equity distribution agreement goldman sachs and b riley to sell one million class-a shares. as of october 30th, amc had 86 million clas

the russell all-time high. yield curve stephens to a three-year high. banks leading.ute because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate. ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. unleash your potential. uipath. reboot work. >>> getting some data this week on the number of chain stores in new york city that have closed due to the pandemic. the annual state of the change report 1,100 stores including dua duane reade, starbucks, papyrus have closed. not a surprise for anyone who has walked up the avenue and seen the decimation of retail. new york magazine why we love new york was memorializing many small businesses that are gone it is clear to see how this gets mopped up. we are talking larger companies and how it is looking for mom and pop shops that don't have the resources. 37% is the number of restaurant and bars alone that didn't expect businesses to survive the next six months without help according to the stat put out. over 110 restaurants and bars were closed for good painful and sad to watch. >> good wednesday morning. we

worried about someone with partisan background at a windy, perhaps they shouldn't voted to confirm russell who used to work not just at the heritage foundation but for his partisan advocacy arm. the senate republicans are concerned about someone who made comments controversial, 20 omb? perhaps they should have confirmed russell once said quote muslims do not simply have a deficiency apology. they did not know god because they rejected jesus christ, his son and they stand condemned, unquote. that was the previous omb director, condemning an entire religion. the republican majorityim confirmed him despite these inflammatory comments and despite his conduct as an interim director and despite his career as a partisan warrior. but if you critical tweets about substantive policy decisions pos have caused senate republicans to label neera tanden radioactive. spare us the hyperbole. ms. vanden we all know is an imminently qualified nominee would be the first woman of color to ever run the office of management and budget. as biden conditioning his team, i'm sure we will hear some more of these over

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as russell crowe was doing angry in the way that only russell crowe can.his is your new guardian. i don't want him. we forgot to do our bit. this was a lovely film about life and death with great performances and beautiful cinematography that really benefited from being seen on the big screen. we'll believe we run into the burning building but in fact till we feel that heat, we never know. but when it came to blockbusters, the real standout was tenet. it was the closest thing we had to a summer tent pole release when it opened in uk cinemas in august. such sterling work was done in black clansmen and had a international cast including robert pattinson and kenneth branagh. it was an overwhelming and baffling film and many viewers had to go and see it twice or three times to figure out what was going on. if you're still confused, fear not, it's just come out on blu—ray, so you can spend the entire holiday studying it frame by frame to figure out exactly what it meant. tenet aside, blockbusters remained thin on the ground with what turned out to be an unprece

i'm wilfred frost along with sara eisen the dow up 1%, having its best day in weeks the russel is up near 2% coming trying once again to push through new stimulus before the end of the year but the path remains uncertain. some meetings this afternoon we will keep you updated plus we are seeing weakness in recent ipos. doordash airbnb and snowflake all lower. on the flip side defensive sectors, value outconfirming, materials, utilities, financials are leading the charge all sectors are higher apple is atop in the dow 59 minutes left in the session. we are looking at a record high not quite in the dow we are this the russel not quite in the s&p and nasdaq, but they are all within reach. >> coming up, on today's show, two conversations with leaders of industries facing the brunt of the pandemic fallout. in just a few moments we will speak with jet blue's ceo what the vaccine means for the future of air travel. and we will be joined by tony meyer as new york city shuts down indoor dining we have 59 minutes left in trade, meg tirrell has information with information surrounding moderna's

russel won't be a record all the time closing high. it slipped during the session and now is just negative keeping in mind how strong it has been this month, it is up nearly 10% and this quarter up 3% s&p, dow, and nasdaq all set for record-closing highs up .7 and .9%. 326 for the high in the do you today. now up 213 most likely a result of the stimulus bill being signed materials and energy the bottom performing sectors, down about half a percent apple, amazon, facebook all up more than 3% themselves. the big cap tech stocks leading the charge with five seconds left up .9% on the s&p, .6% on the dow, .7% on the nasdaq three record closing highs sara. >> one of those days again in 2020 the triple record closing highs. welcome back, everyone, to "closing bell. i'm sara eisen here with wilfred frost and mike santoli cnbc senior markets commentator look at how we finished the day on wall street it was a strong one pretty much from the opening session this morning. up 206 points. this is howe we ettle issed on the dow. biggest contributor

the russell 2000 pe is negative right now. that's because most of the companies in the index don't have earnings. if you look and focus only at the companies that have earnings, they trade cheaper than comparable large cap names which have earnings. the ratio of companies with positive earnings is actually higher than the comparable group of small cap stocks that have earnings for the index as a whole, it's lofty. it going to the theme we have been talking about for several months, most of the year, it moves away from indexing and toer towards individual stocks. if you buy the etf, you get a lot of garbage. >> well said 178 names up 50% in 90 days. paul says, it's a stock picker's market thank you very much. >>> let's go to another big story. alibaba getting rocked today it's on news of a chinese investigation into alleged monopolistic behavior. the pressure mounts. merry christmas to you >> merry christmas to you, too in china, it's just another day. brian, you were talking about what the authorities are doing here regulators

russell 2000 on track to close at record highs.action is notable today, goldman sachs up another 3%, leading the dow. so is jp morgan. these stocks are up 5%, 6% for the week there's a newfound enthusiasm after the stress test and green light on the buybacks. is it enticing to you in. >> yeah. so i'm in jp morgan. i've never been overly excited about this group but i did want to have exposure i was having a conversation with john roque, who i think has been on this show before, and he's really excited about the banks, too. basically the way we're look at it, it's one big yield curve steepening play. so, if you've watched the yield curve and watch the reopen, that's the only two things the banks need right now make more money on what they will lend and have more demand, more consumer demand mortgage demand, no problem. but really a full reopening of the economy and people looking to spend on credit cards again, et cetera. so that appears to be what's driving this trade and i'm happy. like i'm in some of these names. i think it's not

and the russell just under 0.8%. leading the dow right now, goldman, jpmorgan and disney >> bitcoin near record highs crossing 23,000 for the first time as institutional investors continue to pile in. our next guest is a big proponent of bitcoin his company microstrategy has bought more than $1 billion in 2020 and the stock is climbing right alongside the crypto both up about 125% over the past three months even tried to convince elon musk to convert tesla's balance sheet from dollars into bitcoin in a twitter exchange saying musk would be doing shareholders a favor. joining us to discuss microstrategy and its strategy on bitcoin is the chairman and ceo, michael saylor. >> happy to be here. >> since elon musk is such an interesting cat, you had an exchange with him and he -- about bitcoin and he -- you said, yes, i purchased over 1.3 billion in bitcoin over the past month and would be happy to share my playbook with you offline. has he followed up >> you know be, i can't speak about my conversations with him, but i w

with russell crowe doing angry in the way that only russell crowe can.n hour ago. sorry. frank, this is your new guardian. i don't want him. we all got to do our bit. that same week also saw the uk cinema released of summerland. a lovely, heartfelt film about matters of life and death with award—winning playwright jessica swale with great performances. and some beautiful cinematography by lori rose that really benefited from being seen on the big screen. we have believed we've run into the burning building. and until we feel that heat we can never know. but when it came to blockbusters the real standout of 2020 was of course tenant. head scrambling palindromic thriller that became the closest thing we had to a summer tent pole release when it opened in uk cinemas in august. john david washington who'd done such sterling work and spike lee's and spike lee's black klansman made an international ensemble cast through movie so ambitious, so overwhelming and let's be honest about this, so baffling that many viewers had to go and see it twice or even three tim

crowe doing angry in the way that only russell crowe can.go. sorry. frank, this is your new guardian. i don't want him. we've all got to do our bit. that same week also saw the uk cinema released of summerland, a lovely, heartfelt film about matters of life and death from olivier award—winning playwrightjessica swale with great performances by gemma arterton and gugu mbatha—raw and some beautiful cinematography by laurie rose that really benefited from being seen on the big screen. we all believe we'd run into the burning building. but until we feel that heat, we can never know. but when it came to blockbusters, the real standout of 2020 was of course tenet, christopher nolan's head—scrambling palindromic thriller that became the closest thing we had to a summer tentpole release when it opened in uk cinemas in august. john david washington, who'd done such sterling work in spike lee's blackkklansman, led an international ensemble cast that included kenneth branagh, robert pattinson and elizabeth debicki through a movie so ambitious, so overw

mark russell is better than that, and my stomach starts churning. this is not a night for levity like that, and then i am introduced and i proceed. what i should have done is i agree with the president and set down. i proceeded with my jokes and levity and satire and i bombed like a b-29 over hiroshima. reagan'sing why do the even show up if he is going to do that. i am no lincoln. --coln was a friend of line mine and i am no a red lincoln. [applause] said hardy luck relieves you. we are in the middle of a pandemic. the horrors of 9/11. how do you fire up after a tragic event like that. it is tough. livedincoln himself through the most traumatic. in ourmatic period history as a nation. in the attempt to break up the union, the civil war, and life was more difficult back in those days in terms of survival itself. there was not a mcdonald's or starbucks at every block. self survival was different. and this goes more to the point in terms of it is not so much humor but using wit lincoln did in terms of slavery when he said whenever i hear anyone arguin

and but look for russell. looks like british culture shock really. scuppered to piers chances as they finished well off the pace . but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a feely tale to start here perez's 1st ever when the mexican was in his banal to mcgraw and pretty with racing point and is without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for french minister bungle kong who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched him a 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line almost remorse and you know going through my mind i could. but the day belonged to race winner pairs who like o'connell struggled to hold back the tears. in the u.s. the national basketball association the n.b.a. is getting ready for the new season and training camps are already underway and was injured lakers are eager to defend their title with superstar le bron james having extended his contract last week residents have been us every n.b.a. team the portland trailblazers to close their training facility after 3 players tested positive for 19 new n.b.

but the russell always surprises, let's put it that way. thanks, charles. the dow and the s&p, yes, they are under pressure. russell's looking good. but apple is helping the nasdaq drive its way to a record close. if it happens, it will be the 54th of this year. this despite the fact that two of the tech-dominated index's biggest titans stand accused of secretly working together to crush any legal challenges that come their way. what each side is saying at this hour and how their stocks are trading. >>> moderna's covid vaccine, yes, is now making its way to hospitals across the nation, soon to be followed by new stimulus funds, but what do hospitals really need right now and the new mystery strain overseas threatening an already dire situation here in the u.s. universal health services' incoming ceo mark miller, he oversees 27 hospitals across the nation, a cluster in california as well, he is here. >>> just one day after tesla's s&p debut, a new competitor is wading into the electric vehicle race. how canoe plans to sail ahead of elon musk's empire and its

russell is on loa n positive for covid—19. nobody can replace lewis, but i'll give my all for the tea m lewis, but i'll give my all for the team and its absence from the moment i stepped in the cup. next season, make shoemaker son of the seven world champion michael will make his f1 debut. he says it's a dream he's been chasing since he was three yea rs old after been chasing since he was three years old after being confirmed as a driver. he will line up in melbourne 30 years after his father was given his debut. could rack up the formula 2 championship in bahrain this weekend. time champion robinson staged a great comeback to win his last 16 match against anthony mcgill and snooper. the australians derailed by 4— to. this is actually the first time the championship is not being held since 2011. that's all in sport, bye for now. hello. we've a much colder stamp of weather on the way for the next couple of days, so much greater risk of some ice and snow. snow from these showers in the north through these showers in the north th

we have been covering the russell 2000, you are a russell 2000 stock. the russell has been on a tear, record after record. great to have you on. thank you so much. good luck. >> thank you. liz: sitting on the dock of the bay. not the song, the cruise ships in this country. they are currently empty and idle on the atlantic right now. but now they are actually taking action to pull anchor in 2021, and bring travelers back to the high seas. what's it going to take? we are about to take you live to the water, to the cruise ships, when the closing bell comes back. stay tuned. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements- neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. some things are good to know. like where to find the cheapest gas in town and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. something else that's good to know. if you have medicare you may be able to get more benefits without

and bad luck for russell. looks like british culture shock really. scuppered to piers chances as they finished well off the pace . but one man's anguish is another's joy and there was something of a few details just so he'll perez's 1st ever when the mexican was in his banal to mcgraw pretty with racing point and is without a team for next season. it was a landmark day 2 for french minister bottle kong who was overcome as his 2nd place clinched him a 1st ever spot on the podium. i cried on the line before much remorse and you know going through a long line actually but the day belonged to race winner pairs who like o'connell struggled to hold back the 2 years. the national basketball association the n.b.a. is getting ready for the new season in the us and training camps are already on the way the los angeles lakers are either. defender title with superstar le bron james having extended his contract just last week but preparations haven't been as smooth for every n.b.a. team the portland trailblazers had to close their training facility after 3 pairs

we know it will be 22—year—old george russell, a young man with a golden opportunity to drive by ther arrows. wessel was a junior and reserve driver with mercedes and has been handed the keys to the championship winning car after williams agreed to a temporary loan. he posted on social media saying nobody can replace this guy but i'll give my all for the team in his absence from the moment i stepped in the car. so what are his chances this weekend? the mercedes is a very dominant car in 2020. there is no doubt about that. they have got position won every race so i think it's highly likely that he could finish on the podium could he when? maybe, just maybe we could see george russell in his first race for mercedes winning a race. there space va cates mercedes winning a race. there space vacates that it will be filled by jack a team who will be giving his formula i debut at the penultimate race of this event. it was also a huge announcement for next event will stop their name schumacher will be back on the formula i grade. that's because mick schumacher, son of seven—time champion and

for the russell slightly too close to call right now. bell rings] we're just straddling that flat line but this will be the 49th record for the nasdaq this year. not so much for the dow which loses 154 points. time for "after the bell." connell: you have tensions between the u.s. and china, and nasdaq closing at another record high, third day in a row. this is the 49th record close of the year 2020 for the nasdaq composite up 56 points. with that i'm connell mcshane. welcome to "after the bell." it is time for the news happening at this hour. fox team coverage, blake burman at

intraday sell-off we did see, still positive for the nasdaq and russell but only just for the russell lows essentially for the dow and s&p. >> and we have a big week of catalysts still ahead, including a fed meeting where there's not much action expected but we are expecting them -- the fed to get into a little bit what they might -- how they might do more quantitative easy if necessary or start to pull it back if necessary. that will be one thing, as well as moderna fda meeting. >> log on "the agenda" as always. we're out of time here on "closing bell." "fast money" starts now >>> this is "fast money." tonight's trader lineups. top the on "fast," we're live on the frontlines of the vaccine rollout. fedex and u.p.s. critical to shipping the shots. we'll break down how you can play these names straight ahead. >>> plus, double down on the

23w 2000 leading the pack up 18% and that is the russell's best month since being created back in 1984you go small caps. around the world, a similar story. a lot of green on the screen the overnight session in asia finishing higher as well by the way the shanghai composite in china up another nearly 2%. it is one of the top performing indexes in the world european markets are just getting warmed up, but looking pretty warm right now. the ftse 100 up 1.8% france and germany both up could be another big money day for all you equity holders around the world right now, let's get to some of your top stories heads of the fed and treasury set to go before lawmakers they will layout the challenges of weighing the economy amid the continued lock down. seema mody as more on that good morning >> good morning. this will be one to watch. jerome powell will emphasize the importance of lending programs put into place during the pandemic according to prepared remarks released, powell will explain how the programs have been crucial in keeping the current economic fallout from becoming worst and secreta

russell, up by 18% and change, the best month ever.to next year is where do you see the outperformance on these three benchmarks? you continue to get that rotation. dot small caps deliver? or better sitting at the s&p 500. question for you to answer the next couple months. switch the board again. final question from me on this market. the e.c.d. and q.e. today the e.c.b. had a little bit of bush p.a.c. on expectations for what we could get from them in the coming week. what will they do to the asset purchase program? extend the duration of it? increase the size? will that disappoint you? eurodollar right now 1196, up about a third of one percent. a breach of 120. we almost got back to the high of early september. my question would be the following, how does the europe respond to a so-called e.c.b. disappointment? stronger euroor weaker? lisa: good question. especially given the fact there is so much uncertainty still on the horizon when it comes to the virus which brings us to the news we got this morning. the vaccine news with pfizer

russell's been down three days in a row that's had a terrific comeback in the second half of the year in terms of sectors, i mentioned the fact that i cyclical groups are running out of steam -- industrials have done nothing for a month. energy's on a down trend once again after rallying in parts of the fourth quarter banks sort of flattish tech's been the lone star performer. everyone has been moving into techthis month tech sector up 41% the one thing we saw in 2020, new highs, just a shocking amount of new highs. look at these numbers, 21 record highs on the dow jones industrial average, 37 on the s&p, 66 on the nasdaq. that means the nasdaq spent 25 to 30% of its time in a new record high. that's astonishing overall that's a sense of how we come back in the second half of the year also want to note china's been one of the best performers of the year chinese stocks are up 25 to 30%. alibaba has finally had an up day after a horrible week or so on anti-trust concerns pinduoduo is a competitor to alibaba and it has about doubled. you see there are competitors and pinduoduo has defini

british driver george russell said he was unbelievably grateful to williams and mercedes, after beinghamilton's replacement at this weekend's sakhir grand prix. hamilton was ruled out after testing positive for covid—i9. russell is with the williams team but mercedes have guided his career since 2017 and williams have agreed to release him. he said "nobody can replace lewis, but i'll give my all for the team in his absence from the moment i step in the car". and that's extremely good news for another englishman, jack aitken, who'll take russell's place in bahrain. he said "i can't believe this, but i will make my f1 debut with @williamsracing this weekend. next season, mick schumacher — son of the seven time world champion michael schumacher, will make his f1 debut. he says it's "a dream i have been chasing since i was three years old" after being confirmed as a driver with the haas team. he'll line up in melbourne in march, 30 years after his father was given his debut. the german, who's 21, could wrap up the formula two championship in bahrain this weekend. romain grosjean welcomed