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Im dara brown with the hours top stories we were following reports of an oil rig explosion. more information as we get it. p pentagon reports that iraqi forces are moving in, u.s. officials urging all sides to avo avoid escalating the situation. firefighters say they are getting containment on wildfires across the state. now back to "lockup".

We knew a deal was coming in at 11 thd hour, so traders were telling me -- bring up the graphics. across the board, slightly lower, a bit of selloff. a lot of volatility in the last three weeks. traders here expecting a dip early in the day and that will pick up. were then expecting traders rallying into christmas and back to crisis mode. more volatility january-february next year when we talk about negotiations once again. one of the traders i was talking to this morning, i said, are you reliev...

I was at the front of the pack. when i saw the nets coming, those of us at the front ran to avo avoid being penned in. but we saw that half of our march got diverted. so i came back to where they were at and i was on the opposite side of the street. and at that point, the nypd started making several violent arrests. and i saw a cop take a young african-american male, slam him very forcefully onto the cement. he took his arms and pulled them up behind his back and was stepping on him. at that poi...

On to the news in china. china has been battling high inflation and a volatile property market for a while now as it tries to keep pace with its breakneck growth, but it may have too many university graduates and too few jobs. the xinhua news agency reports that more than 6 million students graduated from chinese universities last year. of those nearly a quarter are still unemployed. so those numbers can create pent-up frustration and social instability. thats exactly what the central government...

Investigation. >> reporter: and this divide is where it could break down. if it breaks down over party lines, that is dangerous. it is something the house and senate promised they worked to avo avoid. republicans and democrats not on the same page about the russian influence on the election. both parties are clear. no one has provided any evidence of the wiretap claim. that is a point that could be emphasized today. dave and christine. >> thank you, ryan. cnn will have live coverage of the heari...