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>> the market is, you know, going bananas about anything right now, on some very good indicators. but i think so. and there's been other really strong news about the jobs -- the labor market this week. if you look at weekly jobless claims, the average has hit a five-year low. adp report was great. small business hiring is up. the fundamentals are looking really good. so we might be in for a surprise today. >> should we be a little worried, harold, when we see the dow go as high as it's gone, given what happened last time it set a record five years ago? >> it depends on whom you listen to. i me...

9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could see the beginning of the end of the debt crisis. it's been the issue in washington for weeks. and you...

We're watching. enjoy the 29 in new york city here. what's in store here really drops us down eventually into the lower 20's by new year's eve. single digits when the ball drops. okay. thanks very much. some investors may be wishing 2017 never ends. that's because the dow has had its best year since 2013. it's up 25% for the year and if the holiday spirit winds up lifting spirits again, we could see the dow go above 26.5% by the end of the year. it would make it the strongest gain since 1995 when it spiked 33%. it's not just the dow on fire. the s&p 500 is up 20% for the year. that's the bes...

Things like carrier for example, have given some little guys some hope that there's a chance that someone in washington is going to care as opposed to what you've typically seen over the last eight years. how much of this rhetoric that we're hearing right now from donald trump and some of the actions are contributing in your view to the positive outlook in the economy? >> i think consumers are looking at the dow go up and up and up and they're getting ready to where they're dow 20,000 hats, but that's not exactly why the market is going up. the smart money, the institutional money is driving t...

Did talk to a white supremacist group a year ago. what does this mean. and after a record setting 2014 how high will the dow go in the new year. and a case of mistaken identity nearly ruins christmas for one mother. police saying her son was dead but they got it wrong. the story ahead right here on "the rundown" only on msnbc.