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approved in uk. the very latest ahead. futures in the men meantime, all 3 market gauges finishing lower after the stimulus vote was blocked. the state of the restaurant industry. we talked to one business owner who is questioning the ban, the ban on indoor dining here in new york city. bitcoin bounce. tech giant looking to pose gains of 80%, how and when to buy ahead, mornings with maria live right now. dagen: european markets looking like this this morning as you wrap up 2020, thank the lord. we have gapes across the board, ftse 100 to the plus side up minor gains there at the moment, the european union meantime officials signing the post brexit deal today. in asia overnight, markets mostly higher, slight loss on the nikkei and japan. here are some of the headlines we are watching this morning. many americans are waking up to 600-dollar checks arriving in the bank accounts, cheryl casone has more, hey, cheryl. cheryl: good morning, what a day to wake up. the trea ....
what this means and the chances of success ahead? markets looking like this. we have mixed markets, 6-point loss on dow futures right now, dow notching a record close yesterday boosted by hopes of a vaccine putting the pandemic behind us. the vaccines. in december markets poised with a positive finish with nasdaq looking at best month since 2009 and for all of 2020, all 1 market gauges will end in the green despite the worst hit to the economy in decades. bitcoin s big bounce, we are watching rise of crypto currency and where it stands to go in 2021. plus, good dog, dos really make us happier? do we need to answer that? we will try in today s morning buzz. mornings with maria is live right now note. dagen: and a happy new year to those in new zealand. that s what you re watching live right now as new zealand rings in in 2021. happy new year, you fabulous people in new zealand. let s head over to europe, european markets looking like this right now, losses on ftse ....
have all in the down barely. i call it pretty much a flat premarket activity right now with nasdaq barely up in the other indexes barely down. the holidays just got brighter for one small business that became the recipient of dave s bar school a barstool find and we will talk to that business owner later in the show. we have sean and rachel campos-duffy and heather mcdonnell among our debt guess, but does anyone find it log that new york buffalo bills fan andrew cuomo has suddenly decided it safe for fans to attend a ball game in for the playoffs? is december 31, last day of 2020, think god. varney & co. begins right now. david: i think it s fair to say we are all waiting for tonight within and to 2020 and then and a lot of hope for things to turn around primarily because of the success of the vaccines once they can get out we can expect boomtime all over the world. it s a busy news day so let s get started with this, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says t ....
david: welcome to cavuto: coast to coast i m david asman in for neil cavuto. president hitting back over criticism after phone call with the ukrainian president and a democratic impeachment push. blake burman is at the white house with the very latest. reporter: the president arrived at the united nations about an hour early. he will be there for three days of meetings to talk to a dozen world leaders to give a big speech tomorrow. as he was arrived this morning he was asked about the phone call earlier this summer with a newly-elected ukrainian leader volodymyr zelensky. he acknowledged on the phone call he did indeed talk about joe biden. the president also saying the conversations on the call were appropriate and that biden shoulding investigated in his view. the president feels that biden s son hunter benefited from business dealings in ukraine and china. because of his father s position then as vice president. phone call with the president of ukraine. everybody ....
also weighing on investors, continued protests in hong kong. all remaining flights today out of hong kong have been canceled, as demonstrators are occupying the airport there. it follows a violent weekend of protests, including clashes between demonstrators and police, beijing officials condemn the violence and linked violent protesters to terrorism. a bad sign. also, low interest rates affecting the market. check the ten-year yield. it s 1.69% now. the other big story of the day, the death of jeffrey epstein. we re learning that epstein was not checked on for several hours leading up to his apparent suicide in his prison cell. attorney general william barr is furious and says there will be a federal investigation. there s a lot of news to go at today. you don t want to miss a moment of it. varney & company starting right now. david: a quick look at stock futures and they have improved a little bit from where they were. let s go right to susan li at the stock exch ....