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All right. let's take another look at this is right outside the white house. that's the president's chief of staff, dennis mcdonough, greeting federal workers as they get to come back to work today after the partial government shutdown ends. of course, the deal to reopen the government and avoid a default is getting a lukewarm reaction from many circles this morning, including from investors. stock futures are actually down ahead of the opening bell. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us more about that. good morning, alison. >> good morning, carol. not a lot of love for th...

Stuart varney is host of "varney & company" on the fox business network and he joins us now with a little more insight. hi, stu. >> heather if you thought everything was fine and dandy because we got past the fiscal cliff think again. i have three items right off the bat. number one, we got a new warning of the possible downgrade of america's financial standing, our financial standing in the world. we got a downgrade warning from mood is did. apparently we have not properly addressed our debt situation in the fiscal cliff deal. item two, everybody today who works are paying a more in tax. that...

Us@williegeist 1. or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we're going to read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, december 13th. there's a lot going on today, including an attempt by the global markets to rebound following a downgrade warning from the eu from the credit agency moods. plus, a brawl breaks out during a youth hockey league postgame handshake. i guess this is how they do things in kazakhstan. we'll have the full clip later in the show. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in ne...