Yeah. Hang on, kids. Here we go. Welcome to closing bell. Im bill griffith. And im the australian woman. Im mandy back at cnbcs World Headquarters standing in for Maria Bartiromo. Here we go, folks. Stap yourself in. Last trading hour for the whole year. The fiscal cliff, there may be a merge. Well bring more on that. Take a look at the charts. This tells the story in the last few minutes with Mitch Mcconnell on the floor saying that we are very, very close. Well get more details from john harwood in a moment, but right now the markets are voting and theyre giving thumbs up with the dow up 138 points. Nasdaq up 2 right now. Its been strong all day. Now at 3,020. And the s p up 1. 5 . Look at those stocks go. President obama saying a fiscal cliff agreement is quote, in sight. Mitch mcconnell moments ago saying quote, we are very, very close. To d. C. And john harwood. He and eamon have been monitoring all day. Why are we close but not there yet . Whats left, john . Whats left is the agr
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