we have organic apples, and the few gee apples, not from japan, they're from here. but those are also great eating apples. we were talking amongst ourselves the honey is like the cadillac of apples. but we are going to cut this today. >> get to it. >> while you do that, with the 19 different and one more type of apples, how does that happen, is there somebody in a lab coat planting a different kind of true. >> exactly they're always trying to marry the best of the best, to come up with that next apple. and this is sweet tango is that next apple. >> all right. so you brought a recipe for apple crisp. we will put it on the web site. is that your favorite thing to make. >> i love the crumb top apple pie but apple l crisp is just you use a spoon scooping it you don't need to cut it into square, you can throw ice cream, warm it up. >> ti it's the best. >> if you were watching and thought what was that one apple click on the web site. we will put the whole interview there on abc2news.com. al jackson thanks for coming? >> you're welcome. >> good to see you. >> bye. . >>> t

apple. look at what happened today with apple. the fundamentals, the news that just came out on texas, let's see if it sticks in the tape throughout tomorrow's session. >> we certainly had a lot of good news coming out of the chip sector of late. novellus bumping you its third quarter, also its full year. then amd yesterday of barclays, sending that stock higher. >> a week ago that got lost in the whole shuffle. you look at intel and everybody says intel's done nothing. well, if you look back and see where intel came to hold this numbers, maybe it's just basing right now. same thing could be said right for texas instruments. i think you've got to be very impressed with the chip sector. then you go over into the other areas of the networkers, you look at juniper, positive comments today coming out of their cfo, and then you look over at ciena. another name in the networking space. but this time they're much more directly tied to research in motion, to iphone, to all of the phone data sort of retrieval process. you've got to like th

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it is all about apple right now.ut to a standing ovation, looking thin, speaking with a scratchy voice. he thanked everyone for their support. beyond that though, apple has sold, it said, 30 million iphones. 1.8 billion apps and more than 220 million ipods. he also introduced an i tutune . apple shares at this hour trading at a 52-week high. waiting to see if there are any other announcements. >> there had been such a decline in album art and i really like album art. >>> opec ministers getting their meeting y ining underway in aus right now. melissa francis joins us live from vienna, austria with the latest. >> reporter: michelle, do not call them a cartel. remember, they're not a cartel. they're really big about that at the last meeting. compliance is one of the huge issues here. compliance is at about 70% of the quota. to add insult to injury, russia has under its production. they aren't a member of opec but they said in december they'd pull some oil off the markets if there wasn't a flood of oil on the market. the

apple's market cap, $153 billion. that's shocking. do you think apple could pass ge? think apple could pass ge. i wouldn't be surprised in another decade if apple passes microsoft. the company's a force right now. they have the most popular product in the smart phone industry. they dominate in the entrance-free market. they're gang shares on the pc side. jim and i were talking before the taping here, they have dominant software that really captures their users' minds. i think that's incredibly powerful in generating an erjs stream. >> would you buy it today? what about today? would you buy the stock? >> probably won't pass microsoft today, but i would buy the stock. i think it has tons of room to grow, both through multiple expansion as people start to get more confidence in their earnings stream. and through continued earnings growth. >> jim, final word to you. steve jobs, has he -- is he going to get the job done today? has he now proved that the company can beat apple without him? >> you know, apple did spend the last 11 months or so talking about the deep executiv

so you have the first layer of apples and you put the batter in and then another layer of apples. and put the batter in a second time. top it with apples and bake it for an hour and 45 minutes at 350 and my mother told me yesterday don't let it cool more than an hour because it will stick. >> love this. if you want the recipe, wusa9.com has it. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much. happy new year. >>> welcome back. a live look at the capital. we will check in with the forecast in a moment a look at what is on tap for the 9:00 a.m. show. hey kim tell us about the doom and gloom. >> we pay the toll now so the weekend looks stellar. 76 as we look at your saturday forecast. go terps. on sunday, redskins are at home, 79. looking good. can't wait for that greek festival. we get a nice basket from them. >> i kind of want a greek salad right now. a look at what is going on in town, maya will perform at the national mall on saturday. she is scheduled to do a 20- minute performance at the national mall begins 4:30 p.m. this is to support the u.s. polo cup. for tickets visit my b

is apple too high?is there a risk people are just exploding this stock and it's going to be too speculative? >> yeah. that's a good question, larry. clearly the stock's done very well. up over 100% year to date. we upgraded at start of the year at $80 to a buy riding. it's had a great run. we think there's upside left based upon our estimates next year. we think the stock is fairly valued at $210. we think apple will have a great quarter. it will be well received by the street. we think the stock has some additional legs here. a very large christmas season. historically december has been one of the strongest periods for apple. we think this year will be no different driven by the ramp of china for the iphone as well as the enterprise. so we don't think there's a grassroots effort building in the enterprise for the iphone and additional applications and products there. we actually think it's going to be a great next three months for apple. >> rob, can we -- can we say that this is indicative of a growing

i like apple. if you like at teradyne and broadcom. >> we told you to avoid rim and said it will overextend to the down side. it overshot with a 66 and change channel. those that want to pile in now, it's probably not a bad time. but it's interesting that rim had a lousy day. look at you, nice job. >> trend line analysis 101. >> that brings up a good point. r.i.m. was awful. it could be a bloodbath. >> you bought r.i.m. this morning. >> i did. and i'm dying. no. i bought 55 and sold at 70. to joe's point. at the end of the quarter, what happens? they look at the underperformers. what will be the biggest underperformer out there, folks? r.i.m. i'm an oklahoma sooner. i'm early, unfortunately. but i am buying and i will buy more if it gets to guy's number. >> what if it gets to 65? >> i think it will get to 65. i don't know if i'll be there. >> i don't know it's a different story than nokia. we had an analyst on on friday. that got a lot of institutions worried. >> it's got the higher-priced phones i

apple is at about $166.ink the point is you've got a lot of good tail winds on these kind of names. dell is going to be squeezed on margins. >> in tonight's "fast money," we have your best trades ahead of president obama's big health care address tomorrow night. coming up next, 50 cent is in the house. how to get rich or die trying. the "fast money" halftime report continues right after this. >>> gold busting through $1,000. stocks still going higher. something has got to give says the big sir. and ipods, tablet devices. what will happen at apple's big event tomorrow? we've got the answer. >>> plus a year ago this month it brought down the market. the pit boss gives you his lesson from lehman he still uses to trade to this day. on america's post market show tonight. [ birds squawking ] [ moos ] [ man announcing ] if you think about it, this is what makes theladders different from other job search sites. we only want the big jobs. welcome to theladders. a premium job site for only $100k+ jobs and only $100k+

how does this expand apple.esides the halo affect. >> we think the i-pod, the i-phone is for the enter prize. users are telling their i.t. managers, you're supporting my blackberry and i want you to support my i-phone. we think complete penetration will have an uplift affect on n apple's mac or notebook sales. we think that's going to be the key driver. >> in terms of the rumor mill over what could be in the announcement tomorrow, is there anything that you think could be a game-changer? >> everybody is waiting to see whether steve himself will arrive. i think these announcements, no matter how good they are, are going to be pretty ho hum. tablet's not going to show up tomorrow, but it has to be seen in a larger perspective on the i-phone that's going to extend and make apple a more prominent player in the computer business. >> ryan marshall, what will the i-phone do for a business? >> it will improve productivity. that's the key. >> why? what's in their system that's better than anything else out there? >> appl

same apple, though. same apple. same size. same everything. alright look. now here's the proof of the pudding. take your pulp, ok. put it like that. that's your pulp. look at mine. look. bone dry. look how wet it is. not only wet, but there's the skin and there's all the nutrients that i didn't get out of my juicer. absolutely right. you're being gypped here. spent a lot of money for something and not getting your full value out of it. so we know that juicing is good for you. but, most people can say well i just go to the store. they go to the store, the grocery store, and get juice. but, there's always a price. you look at this stuff. you know, you have to be a phd in literature just to understand this thing. look at the sugar. look at all the sugar content. there's sugar, there's maladexitrim and

i guess you could actually call it as american as apple pie. now that sounds and tastes good. >> my mouth is watering just watching that. very good cause, too. >> apple pie, anyone? it's not too early to have a bite, right? >> bring on the ice cream. >> of course. that too. can't do without it. >>> well, i'm christina brown, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> a very good wednesday for you. a little bit cooler than yesterday. definitely the last day of summer. we are dealing with some rain. a little bit of shower activity to the north of baltimore and to the lower eastern shore. get used to it. we are going to see hit and miss showers for the next 10 days. 71 downtown, 70 at the airport. pretty consistant temperature wise. i have more coming up. >> the time now 4:57, here's a look ahead. >> details in a police involved shooting that leaves a suspect dead. senate democrats released their much anticipated healthcare reform measure. former president jimmy carter chimes in about that out burres l

intel, ibm and apple both down. that also hurts.gle, you want to participate, they tell me, maria, when the market is rising. >> we've got a flat showing in some of these guys. i understand what you're saying. the beatles rock band, one of the most talked-about video games in years. a look at the impact the game could have on the video game stock, julia. >> well, maria, sales of music video games have really suffered. down by nearly half this year compared to 14% overall decline in video game sales, as cash-strapped consumers have bought add-ons for games they already own instead of going out and buying new games and new controllers. now viacom is turning to the beatles to boost its rock band video game, paying up to $50 million for music rights. it would sell for $60. electronic arts is distributing the game. its opportunity is limited. it's viacom that needs a big hit to justify it. >> it's going to be difficult for viacom to sell enough units in the near term to break even on the franchise, and the investment they've made. so whi

i guess you could actually call it as american as apple pie. now that sounds and tastes good. >> my mouth is watering just watching that. very good cause, too. >> apple pie, anyone? it's not too early to have a bite, right? >> bring on the ice cream. >> of course. that too. can't do without it. >>> well, i'm christina brown, and this is "early today," just your first su >>> good wednesday morning, folks. it is september 16th, 2009. i'm craig melvin sitting in for joe krebs this morning. >>> the u.s. capitol all ag glow out there in the early morning light. i'm barbara harrison. tom kierein is here to talk about the weather to start us off. >>> good morning. a little patchy fog on this wednesday morning. a little more humid overnight. on radar we've had a few overnight showers that are lling to the east of us on the eastern shore near cambridge, getting light rain right now as well as northeastern maryland. over the last six hours, quite a bit of cloudiness moving through. it's going to be a mostly cloudy morning. we'll have our temperatures rig

apple. of course on everybody's radar ahead of that new product meeting tomorrow, hitting i new 52-week high. today. very interesting here. bullish move on perhaps a new product, perhaps not tomorrow. >> it could be a very similar thing as this gold trade. apple runs into these events, at times they tend to determine or make the high for a move. we'll see if that's tomorrow. apple's been on fire. that's one of those things that it will outperform a good tape but underperform a bad tape. and we've said it many times. if you believe the overall market's going higher, you continue to own apple. >> the positive on apple on apple today is we all know about events tomorrow, at least projections and i know we're going to get some great information from mr. goldman out there but i'll tell you the interesting thing is we closed above the 52-week high. volatility there. that's another example. extremely low. gave me an opportunity to say you know, what apple right now going into this event, closing ab

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i heard somebody say apple's i this or that edition is that's what's behind apple. it's the sun mu.eople accuse me of hyping palm before the deal getting short covering going. wrong. it's the tsunami. people have said rimm's up on a big squeeze. repeat after me. it's the tsunami. that's why once again we're going to connect the dots for you. on august 11th i put together a mobile internet index. made up of 21 stocks, most levered to the game-changing trend. the whole index, it's up 15.35% since then versus 6.7% for the s&p 500. this index is the secretariat. it's pulling away from the field. i visited secretariat's grave once. solemn. the biggest winners. ciena, a telco equipment company that helps wireless networks support bigger bandwidth in order to support the high-speed video and data services that make the mobile internet possible. how many times did i tell you to buy that? up 42% since august 11th. how about the san disk? makes compact dram memory, allows you to store all your songs and videos on your iphone. up 35%. aldri aldrich. up 24%. the power amplifiers to boost your s

it will be his first at an apple event last year and since returning from medical leave in june and apple shares rose 1.5% on tuesday to a new 52-week high. christine. >> he's rather animated, isn't he? well, we're looking forward to seeing more of that if he does show his face. you can get more news, videos, wlogs, anything moving markets today and there are plenty, cnbc.com. >>> we're moving on to our next topic. dollar weakness helping to keep gold prices above $1,000 an ounce. analysts said the gold market was supported by an announcement by barrett gold that it would issue $3 billion in stock to fixed price hedges. joining us now, martin hennecke. martin, good to have you with us. gold touched $1,000 yesterday, now it's pulling back just a little bit. where do you see the price of gold? will you still be buying gold at these levels? >> oh, still at these levels. we believe every investor should have exporter to pressure metals. if you compare the prices even with the 1980s highs, gold reached an absolute high of 850. silver reached a high of 50 u.s. dollars. adjusted for innation, ab

it is carrots and ginger and an apple. ok? so here we go. and notice, i'm putting in 2 carrots at a time. carrots have beta carotene. helps to build up the immune system, helps to prevent heart disease. all in this one little carrot. yeah, absolutely. an apple, carrot and ginger. and ginger in there. ok there you go. garlic and onion and all those different herbs, they're great. now taste that. you know, carrot, ooo! ooo! that's just delicious! isn't that good? that's something, huh? now one of the other great parts about juicing, especially with your juicer, you get all this

he is steve jobs, the secretive visionary boss at apple.oday, he reappeared after a six month medical leave and liver transplant. he talked about it openly. our report from anne thompson. >> reporter: steve jobs returned to the public stage and received

he is steve jobs, the secretive visionary boss at apple.ay, he reappeared after a six month medical leave and liver transplant. he talked about it openly. our report from anne thompson. >> reporter: steve jobs returned to the public stage and received a thunderous standing ovation. for almost a çl francisco audience applauded, moving the outwardly reserved apple ceo. in his trademark mock turtle neck and jeans, it was clear he changed. he grew alarmingly thin in 2008, sparking speculation about his health. today, determined, this fiercely private man opened up a bit. >> i'm very happy to be here today, with you all. as some of you may know, about five months ago, i had a liver transplant. so, i now have the liver of a mid-20s person who died in a car crash and was generous enough to donate their organs. >> reporter: the transplant was controversial. it took place in a tennessee hospital. worth more than $5 billion, some wondered if his wealth and fame allowed him to get a transplant more quickly than others. the hospital said he was the sic

if you like the tape, you like apple.ust for a second, you want to give your snap to patty and she deserves them, but at the same time, you like apple. you do not like the tape, so therefore you do not like apple? >> the tape scares me. oracle came out yesterday. that was not a good report. that was not a good report. their margins, much better. they're running the business more efficiently, but you can't force people to buy from you and their new software licenses were down. not good. >> patty edwards, you got your shoutout from guy who looks like he's manning the starship enterprise with that hair. >> this is the very -- market. and if you look at the chart on apple, we look like we're in nosebleed territory. i stand by my $200 targets. >> let's talk about general market. as ge rolled over, we did see the markets have resistance. looks like it's heading into resistance here. >> i think it's doing what markets do and what stocks do. they pull back and it's had a really great run. just to kind of go to guy's point, ge's s

at&t is a multi-year agreement with apple to market the iphone. they will not actually tell you how long it is. it is not illegal, but it is unusual. most agreements last less than a year. the idea is to share the risk between the developer and the carrier. the iphone is sort of the poster child for what is the the right or wrong about these exclusive agreements. apple and at&t have to beat back the forces, but they do it differently. at&t told the fcc they do not have any choice, it is apple's decision. they are in partnership with them, and they will be regulated the same as anyone else's, should the commission decide to do something. they have not really made any decisions yet. at this point they are just hoping. >> they made it clear it is not an official investigation. they are just asking questions. >> center called hope that this issue, too. >> he had a very high-profile hearing -- senator cole. >> he brought some of the stakeholders to the table and try to figure out from his perspective what the state of competition is. he was very critic

the plunge in ri mamm today, no stock has personified the rally more than apple. its shares up 130% from its lows, although it was off this week, joining rimm and goldman in the losing column. you've got a strategy for the faint of heart, similar to what stacy laid out. >> it's very similar. this stock is up 114% year to date. it's one of the only stocks in the entire technology sector that innovates. look at rimm. it's an absolute disaster. one of the things, i don't want to give up a whole heck of a lot of near-term joup side. but if you hold the stock, you may want to think about a january put spread collar. i'm looking to sell the january 220 call for $3.90 and i'm going to use the proceeds of that and i want to buy the january 175-160 put spread. what does this do for me? if the stock is 220 or higher on january expiration, i get called away, up 20%. that's higher than the all-time highs in the stock, but i'm also getting pretty near the money protection between now and then. down 5% to 10%. so that put spread i'm buying the january 175 put 10.90 and selling

ebay. >> woe. >> caller: and apple. >> oh, man. apple, raising my price target to $264.st of all, we do have a lot of action -- we have mamz that i own for my travel trust, including wells fargo, proctor & gamble, ebay. that's my disclosure. ebay, who i think is just the finest maim right now on the internet other than google. oh, mefr mind. amazon up 70. it's one of my favorites. pepsi, doing a good job. big acquisitions. we have tech, best of. proctor, is it too much like pepsi? i'm calling it both health care and consumer product. wells fargo, one of the finest banks. i believe that that company is going to be the biggest player in the mortgages in this country other than bank of america. apple, youen i like it. we have a tech, internet play. yes, i do dwesh those. we have a soda company. a consumer products. a bank. i'm blessing it. i think that dan, having a great time out in san mateo, and i don't blame him because i we should i were there too. let's go to peter in florida. peter. >> caller: peter from naples, florida. krimplts first stock is bac, bank of america.

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susie: steve jobs is back o the job,aking center stage at an apple produ launch. apple fanatics welcome his return, but pan the dated ipods. >> paul: i'm paul kang. >> susie: and m susie gharib. this is "nightly busins report" for wednesday, september 9. "nightly biness report" is made possible by: this progr was made possible by contributions to yourbs station fr viewers like you. thank you. od evening, everyone. president obama ells out his vision for national hethcare tonight. he will deliver a spch to a joint seion of congress to explain the need to overul the tion's health care system. s address comes after weeks of rowd town hl meetings acss the country where american voters spoke out against reform. shington bureau chief darn gersh joins now with more on what expect. >> reporter:he president ans to take the health care debateack to basics his speech tonight. the president's al tonight is to remind americans confus by the debateso far, of the key reasons hes pushing for health care refor toppinthe list is extending coverage, says white house adviser lody bar

power on. >> couric: apple's c.e.o. steve jobs today made his first public appearance since getting a new liver five months ago. and john blackstone tells us the life-saving procedure has him promoting much more than apple's newest bells and whistles. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: simply by walking on to the stage, steve jobs got a standing ovation. >> i'm very happy to be here today with you all. >> reporter: for the first time, the 54-year-old c.e.o. publicly acknowledged the liver transplant this spring that& saved his life. >> i now have the liver of a mid-0s person who died in a car crash. >> reporter: over the years, jobs has been apple's supersalesman, but his dramatic weight loss last year raised new concerns about his health. this year he took a leave. today was his public return. >> i'm vertical, i'm back at apple loving everyday of it. >> reporter: over 100,000 people are now on the list for an organ transplant in the united states. about 18 die everyday waiting. so today before he got down to selling ip

that just happens to be the pattern of apple. i'm going to do something i typically don't do on the show. apple is a stock that everyone who has ever watched this show know's that i like, and i don't care about the next three or four points. i care about the next 30 points. those 30 points are higher. i think apple goes to 200. let's put it plain and simple. mike in pennsylvania. mike! >> caller: jimmy, it's mikie from the scary bear-infested poconos. >> caller: i got a cheap plywood floor and some home brew that i keep my eye on at night, you know what i mean? >> that's worse than a linoleum floor. i've got to get you a linoleum floor. >> caller: here's something. this stock is almost as old as you are. it surrender vifrd the 1990s, sold for $100 plus. emulex, eul. two months ago, turned down 11 bucks from broadcom. what is your take? >> i was part of the criminal investigation of someone who did some stuff to emulex that was in paratrade, too. this is a company where there was a press release out that was bogus. this is a long

apple and google both had price targets raised today. the thing is this fcc letter how apple said google rejected one of its apps. it's a little game of i know what you are but what am i. research in motion up 1.5%. big names seeing some strength. ebay up half a percent. intel up 1.2%. same for oracle. seeing real strength in some of the big names. arena pharmaceutical, had a situation where it had a major run up leading into an announcement about their weight loss drug and then sold off. it's the number two volume mover on the nasdaq today. finally want to talk about starbucks. had an upgrade, new 52-week high. sonic down 2.2%. er erin, back to you. >> as we get ready to talk to our guests who not only survived but thrived, they were on with us a year ago today, here is what happened on that day. the dow went up 310 points. as treasury secretary henry wallson, ben bernanke, and christopher cox rushed to capitol hill to talk about the market bailout. here is the aftermath. >> what we are working on now is an approach to deal with the sys

apple up on another 52-week high.atch you soon. >>> coming up on "fast money," national semi conductor, a first on cnbc interview with the ceo plus your fall outlook for the casino stalks stocks. melissa and the traders are live at 5:00. >> judge? what is judge? >> judge wapner. come on. where you been? >> up next, an exclusive interview with motorola's co-ceo san jay jha will be us with us. >>> plans to release cell phones. how phones can turn around slumping sales. >> after the bell, we're talking about the futures with scott sperl'ing. that's ahead at 4:00 p.m. eastern. i know you did watch the people's court, maria. >> the judge. i'm here on this tiny little plane, and guess what... i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. anything before takeoff mr. kurtis? prime rib, medium rare. i'm bill kurtis, and i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. (announcer) sign u

-grown fresh apples. not from concentrate, with no additives of any kind. martinelli's: a family tradition since 1868. closed captioning provided by drexel university, educating future leaders for the hospitality industry. >> love and kids go hand-in-hand, but the foods they love aren't always the best for them. today, i'll show you how to keep making their favorites while keeping them healthy and you sane on christina cooks. ♪ >> ♪ christina hit the market today ♪ ♪ for fresh veggies and tofu ♪ ♪ everybody's lookin' for a healthier way ♪ ♪ christina can show you ♪ yeah, when christina cooks ♪ she does it the whole foods way ♪ ♪ yeah, when christina cooks ♪ she'll take you every step of the way ♪ ♪ when christina cooks ♪ when christina cooks >> what kid doesn't love macaroni and cheese? i know the kids in my life would chase a truck of it if they could, but the stuff you're buying in a package at the supermarket's probably not the best thing for their health. a) there's dairy and all that saturated fat, and b) it's loaded with sodium and chemicals and junk

. >>> and apple's announcement. the maker of the ipod and iphone unveils its latest invention the maker of the ipod and iphone unveils its latest invention today. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. six months of bare-knuckle negotiations on health care reform tonight come down to this. tonight, president obama aims to close the deal. >> but first, he gave an exclusive preview to abc news. john hendren has the latest from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. president obama is putting his prestige on the line. he'll be talking to congress. but the real goal of his address will be persuading the american public. tonight, president obama makes a high-stakes pitch for health care reform. in an exclusive interview with abc's robin roberts, the president outlined his rare, joint address to congress. >> the intent of the speech is to "a," make sure that the american people are clear exactly what it is we're proposing. "b", to make sure tha

. >> three apples. >> start with a tablespoon of butter. add the combination of apples. a little lemon juice. don't want them to turn brown. that helps with that. >> that's a trick i learned this summer because i would make bananas and they got brown. >> a little water and a little sugar there. and a pinch of salt. people don't realize when you are cooking something sweet, adding salt to it brings out the flavor. give that a quick toss and you can keep it like this or add additional flavor with cinnamon. cinnamon adds great flavor without calories. >> i notice that the applesauce you are making you are not using a food processor to pure ray it. >> no. it will take 25 minutes and it will be nice and soft. >> on to the pork. >> we have a pork loin here. and we will season that up with a little salt and pepper. >> pork is a very inexpensive meat. >> very inexpensive meat and it's tasty. it is a great alternative to chicken. it is. so we will use about a tablespoon of our heart-healthy canola -- canola oil. >> why is it so healthy? it has oil i

that just happens to be the pattern of apple.do something i typically don't do on the show. apple is a stock that everyone who has ever watched this show know's that i like, and i don't care about the next three or four points. i care about the next 30 points. those 30 points are higher. i think apple goes to 200. let's put it plain and simple. mike in pennsylvania. mike! >> caller: jimmy, it's mikie from the scary bear-infested poconos. how are you doing? >> where are you from, cooks town or cannon square, where are you from? >> caller: camel back, but we see bear in our roadways, bear and sas watch. >> yeah, i almost hit a bear when i went through there recently. i happen to like this area, the poke nose area. go ahead, how can i help? >> caller: i got a cheap plywood floor and some home brew that i keep my eye on at night, you know what i mean? >> that's worse than a linoleum floor. i've got to get you a linoleum floor. >> caller: here's something. this stock is almost as old as you are. it surrender vifrd the 19 0s, sold for

an exception would be companies like apple. these are things trading at good multiples and have a lot of optimism priced in. i wouldn't necessarily say everything you said is wrong. some of the purchases might still be in order, a name that dan really loves. >> stacy, let's talk about general electric. general electric, we talked about in the past, it's a stock that i own in multiple accounts. i like the story here. if you look at the -- if you look at the industrial side, the nbc universal side, you go to the risks here. even if i don't own the stock and i'm looking for a position or a place to enter by owning ge, one of the trades i like is looking out towards december, buying the 15 strike puts which were offered around 75 cents. i am cheap, i've said it before, frugal person on the network. i don't like to spend any money. what am i going to do? i'm going to finance it. i sell the 14 strike put, collecting 50 cents for that sale. i'm not collecting enough to cover any purchase so i'm going to sell the 13-strike put and coll

you see the apples. >> you got chunks of apples there delicious. >> with apple butter. >> thank you soe people know. >> i'm going to taste it right now. but i'm going to let you know that still to come, it's >> it will be on set. metric tons of carbon dioxidey e equivalent. >>> in a public private partnership the federal lab ising up with forbes to figure out how cooling techniques. the goal is to improve the car air-conditioners by a 3rd. they plan to engineer ac systems to improve efficiency. but they're looking for the whole car air-conditioning in the first place. poor car ventilation and cool ventilated seats all in an effort to keep us comfortable and cut down on the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to cacarbon. >>> we're seeing a lit bit of shine out there. sky hd radar not revealing any rain falling over the down tone area or the eastern shore. back to the west we have had a couple of lies showers moving through the area and you can cee them securitying to the north and east and up into new york and new england. we could still see a shower or even a thunderstorm here. i

apple needs to be there, he says. now we know why google's ceo eric schmidt who resigned from apple's board was actually on hand in person for today's event. this should also put cisco systems in its recent position of flip camera on notice, that there is a big and new competitor in town. now, no beatles, no rolling stones, no mac tablet. and of course, those seriously deep price cuts and all of those might be reasons why we saw apple's shares decline just a little bit today. when you talk about those price cuts, apple has proven time and again that it can turn lower prices into better profits with that increased sales volume. and the company is planning on doing that this holiday shopping season. a complete rapup of all of today's events with a live blog and my takeaways, techcheck.c c techcheck.cnbc.com. >>> jim goldman, thank you very much. >>> i asked bill gates last night and today, during an interview, what's the next trend in technology? i said, is it mobility? he said, maria, mobility is so ten years ago. my e

the last time he was seen was at an apple event last october and something investors and apple fans haveing to see and they will get their chance later today. but it does promise to be a good day for apple. the company is trying to -- well, basically create enthusiasm as we head into the holiday shopping season and today's focus will be on ipods and musics and i tunes. >> nothing is more enthusiastic than a price cut. except when you bout it at regular price. >> everyone but me. good to hear steve jobs is feeling better. >>> up next the president's prime team speech to the nation and congress. is tonight's speech going to be the cure-all for the troubles. >>> a scary breach of security at the u.s. open. we will tell you what happened to rafael naedle and what he had soy what turned out to be a strange show of affection from a fan. to silence headaches... doctors recommend tylenol... more than any other brand... of pain reliever. tylenol rapid release gels... release medicine fast. so you can stop headaches... and feel better fast. i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one

good friends -- we compare our progressive direct rates, apples to apples, against other top companies, to help you get the best price. how do you do that? with a touch of this button. can i try that? [ chuckles ] wow! good luck getting your remote back. it's all right -- i love this channel. shopping less and saving more. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> did you see it, jfk's granddaughter flipping somebody the bird. this is video of the funeral procession in boston. you see the young woman in the back seat of a car flip someone off. the person next to her nudged her in the rib. it's believed it is carolyn kennedy slosberg's daughter. she recently graduated from college. bob mcconnell has been the front-runner but finds himself on the defensive. tom fitzgerald is live in alexandria with the news edge. >> reporter: brian, this paper was right even in 1989 when bob mcdonald was a graduate student at the evangelical university in virginia beach. but fast forward to today, those old words of the new candidate are causing new problems for his campaign. it's been smooth sai

. >>> for apple lovers, they are set to announce the latest product. analysts betting it will be a completely new i-pod, maybe beatles on i-tunes but it's not known just yet whether mastermind steve jobs are going to be on hand for the rock 'n' roll themed announcement but may show up to show off the latest upgrades, coming up this morning at 10:00. >>> "2 your health qsh qsh, fall is in the air, so are allergies. main cause of fall allergies, ragweed. other culprits include mold spores which are airborne this time of year, and with damp piles of leaves, you can the mole spores and dust mites as well. they get fired up when you put on the furnace. experts say stay indoors, keep windows closed and before you turn on the heater have your ducts cleaned. if you rake leaves, wear a mask and avoid inhaling mold spores. >>> adhd symptoms can vary widely from maybe impairing a person's ability to pay attention, complete tasks or even be productive. now new research looks at the faulty neurotransmission in the brain and how it may be the root of some of these i

apple also added a 64 gigabyte version. the other major announcement was an upgrade to its itunes software. dow futures something called home sharing, which makes it easier to share computers -- to share music on multiple computers. at&t is doubling its feet of its wireless network. subscribers in some citi will be the first to be upgraded. they will see faster download speeds by the end of the year. monopoly goes high tech. there will be an online version of the popular game that we use google maps. it promises to be the biggest game of monopoly. for more information, log onto the tech page at abcnews.com. those are your tech bytes. i aminita nair. >>> 5:21 is your time, 65 degrees. >> it is a game week in the nfl. that means someone somewhere will be talking some smack. we will hear what the big man had to say about the little giants coming up. >> later on "oprah," it is the season kickoff party and she is taking the show outside. the legendary james taylor and other big stars will appear. that is today at 4:00. >>> good

and apple and what apple may have up its sleeve.lots ahead coming up on "the call" at the top of the hour. -da >>> pot ash stock is up more than 30% since my bottom. it's also one of the most clicked stocks on cnbc.com. can potash hang on to the gains? we take a look at pot ash and whether you should be hanging on to the fertilizer, because you clicked. michael, good morning. thanks for being with us. you don't think people should be buying potash? >> i don't. specifically potash, we have concerns about. looks like very fully valued. really nice run here. at the end of the second quarter they had very high inventory levels because their sales levels were very low in the first and second quarters. we think in the third quarter that the volume is also very, very weak. and you know, although we are constructive in terms of our earnings estimates for next year for a big pick-up in demand, potentially in the spring, we are not optimistic about the third and fourth quarters in terms of the pick-up in forth q pick-up in volume. the key rea