Mission critical, rise above d. C. And we do welcome you to closing bell. Im Bill Griffith here at the new york stock exchange. Hey, maria. Hey there, bill. Big rally where you are. Im bartiromo coming today from the white house for our special coverage. Stocks rallying on the on the missile that perhaps we are nearing a fiscal cliff deal. Coming up well, find out from key lawmakers in the fiscal cliff negotiations how we can actually get a deal done before the deadline. Representative Chris Van Hollen, lynn jenkins and Javier Becerra as well as sore orrin hatch with us. Well hear from former treasury secretary altman and jeff greenfield. Bill . Stocks are trading off the highs of the day with less than an hour to go. Final hour, really from the getgo. Optimism about the cliff talks and senator harry reid made some comments this afternoon that put a damper on that real. Weve lost about 30 points. In that time. Up 74 on the dow at 13,244. The nasdaq is doing well today, up 32 points. Mo