Now. And welcome back, everybody, to the closing bell. Im mandy drew i sitting in for maria bartiromo. Lots of drama in washington. Congressional leaders have arrived at white house. They arrived there about an hour ago with three days to go before we go over that proverbial fiscal cliff. They are meeting with the president and the treasury secretary timothy geithner, and they are trying to hash out a deal. But reports that the president has nothing new on the table has ended up spooking wall street in a big way just in the last hour, and as bill said we finished down near the lows of the day, down about 157 points for the dow. Settling up right now. Down what, about 165 at the very low, bill . I think so, yes. And the nasdaq finishing down 25 points and the s p off by 15, a fifth straight day in the red. Well, it is the last friday of 2012. Its in the books. Check. Still no deal in sight and no new offer either on the table from the president as eamon javers told us a little while ago
For ballots, the supreme kurkts lous absentee ballot extensions in pennsylvania and North Carolina. Republicans vow to keep fighting now that Amy Coney Barrett is Justice Barrett on the court. Welcome to thursday. Its meet the press daily. Im chuck todd. Nearly 80 million ballots have all right been cast. Think about that. Theres already been 77 million vote s cast through at least ths morning. With election day fast approaching, both candidates are scheduled to hold dueling rallies in florida. Well dour best to dip into these events as they get under way. Florida the mega battleground state. Could be the most important state on the map. It could decide the president ial race or be the early canary in the coal mine for trump on Election Night. According to our new nbc news marist poll of likely voters in florida, its close. Biden up four points, well within the 4. 4 margin of error. Just moments ago, another poll from monmouth university. It gave biden a fivepoint edge. They have a ver
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