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Earlier in the week on christmas eve which was the worst christmas eve ever. these massive swings have become par for the course. yesterday, taking money off the table. this anxiety is really back in the market. the trade war still in focus. president trump's continued criticism of the federal reserve. really taking hold for investors. causing some of this volatility that you're seeing. >> lesley picker from the floor, thank you. ron insana is an analyst for cnbc. great to see you. so let's talk about sort of the fundamentals here, where we are. can they get, do you think, over the next few we...

Let's get a check on wall street. there you see it live, the markets just now opening up to the worst christmas eve trading day in history. the douw closing down 650 point. lesley picker is joining us to break it down. here we go, trading day kicks off, what do we expect to see? >> less liquidity today the day after the holiday season. we could see some big swings today. it looks like at least the s&p and dow are getting some relief this morning, opening higher in early trading. but futures have been volatile all morning today after the massive plunge on christmas eve. the s&p fell nearly 3%, ...

Plead guilty if spared the death penalty. now wall street where the market just opened. the dow is down ten points. it's been up a few, down a few. but yesterday, as you probably know, it was above 26,000 for the very first time. let me bring in cnbc's lesley picker. we just got some big breaking news. amazon releasing top 20 candidates for their second headquarters. take a look at the list. a lot of large american cities. then toronto as well. what could an amazon hq mean for any of those cities? >> that's right, amazon said it would spend $5 billion and employ 50,000 people in its second h...