Luke Vargas

David, thank you so much.

It's a pleasure.

And that's it for What's News for this Tuesday morning.

Today's show was produced by Hattie Moyer and Daniel Bach.

Our supervising producer was Sandra Kilhoff.

And I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

We will be back tonight with a new show.

Until then, thanks for listening.

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Volatility grips global markets as jittery investors sell off everything from gold to Bitcoin.

Plus the latest from Washington as Congress's bid to end a partial government shutdown gets tougher.

And Israel reconnects Gaza to Egypt in a major test of President Trump's peace plan.

It's Monday, February 2nd.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

It's Monday, February 2nd.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal.

And here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

A market sell-off that began on Friday is continuing this morning, with U.S.

stock futures tracking a drop in global stocks.

Cryptocurrencies are also selling off, with Bitcoin trading below $77,000.