we have five hours before trading starlts on wall street and anything can happen between now and then. absolutely. the way europe s going these days, everything probably will happen between now and the opening of wall street. have a busy week ahead. the fate of the euro may overshadow the fourth quarter earnings. they kick off the day with alcoa. let s go to randy on what investors are going to be focusing on this week. no shortage of news expected. that s exactly right. the leaders of germany and france will be meeting this week. they ll be talking about how to save the euro over the next three months. the euro is at a 16-month low against the u.s. dollar. then on wednesday ms. merkel is going to be speaking with mario monti, the italian prime minister. that is in advance of italy s first bond auction of the year. that is set for friday. in its last bond auction of last year yields on its ten year debt