right now down there. that, crickets, the sound of nothing going on. it is a sad sight indeed. three days and 11 hours from now we will be over the cliff. the hill does not seem like a behive of activity today, but a key meeting is set for today. in about two hours time at the white house the congressional leaders will be there with the president. good afternoon, everybody. i m tyler mathisen, michelle caruso-cabrera is with us and eamonja javers is joining us. mary. tyler, we ve been wait in see mode on wall street as investors react to any kind of signs or headlines that come out about possible progress on a deal, a mini deal is what traders are expecting now to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. basically we ve been held in about 100 point range from the dow. it is midpoint. as you might expect on the second to last trading day, volume is light. 1 billion shares changed hands. on average we get about 3.2 billion every day. take a look at the vix. it s a measure of fear.
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