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thank you, ati. you were just a few blocks away when you heard it. give us more details about what you and the folks in our bureau there experienced? >> reporter: we were in various rooms of the house. it was 8:30 in the morning. some people were sleeping, some people were at the skrim. some people were having breakfast. suddenly we felt a strong blast. windows started rattling. some parts of the house shaking. everyone was in that house as well as everyone in kabul ran up to their roofs to see where the smoke would rise from. we did see it rising from the vicinity of isaf and the u.s. embassy. it whaks you up, remind you you are in the afghan capital, in a war zone, though you're living in the capital city which doesn't see much violence compared to the rest of afghanistan. there are ideologies out there strong enough to come infiltrate -- to come kill afghans, themselves, because whatever their intended targets are, usually foreigners, which usually are coalition forces u u.s. embassy, german embassy, where we saw a blast in january, the victims te

. >>> coming up, reaction to angry voices raised at town hall meetation cromeet ati meetings across the country. >>> the sister of president john f. kennedy suffered a series of strokes in recent years. a spokesman for governor arnold schwarzenegger, the husband of mar maria shriver, is with the family. >>> the widow of billy mays is upset over the autopsy report found that cocaine use contributed to the disease that killed mays. the family is considering getting an independent analysis of that autopsy. >>> an emotional scene outside that fitness club in pennsylvania where three women were shot to death earlier this week. hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their respects and to offer support to one another as the community just outside of pittsburgh tries to come to grips with the tragedy. >> just to be here to be with other people and to give some strength and energy to the victims of this tragedy. >> nine other victims were injured in the shootings. the gunman, george sodini, shot himself to death following his killing spree. >>> let's go to the latest on the tragic crash on a new y

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so ati, don't buy. >> and remember, that was my stock of the year in 2006, it was the number one name in the s&p 500. we picked it the stock of the year. robert in colorado. hey, robert. >> caller: hey, jimmy jim, i love you, baby. double mile-high boo-yah. >> mutual boo-yah right back at you. >> we're two miles up here in the rocky mountains. i want to ask you something, jimmy. i love your experience. i love your expertise you gave me. it is priceless. let's go to this. har. >> you just had a big run-up with some takeover talk. that company was going to be bought out at a much higher price. this is an auto parts play right now. i'm not kidding. they make a lot of stereo systems in cars. i think it's up too much. i would buy it back at 20. i think you've got a good gain. i can't put new something that's come up that much. that wouldn't be prudent. let's take one more call. while we have time. let's go to richard in california. richard. >> caller: hey, cramer. a big santa monica, california boo-yah to ya. >> i used to live on centinela. then i lived in venice beach. and then i lived do

ati, what can you tell us about this latest incident? rrl natalie, i can tell you it was a very large explosion. we are blocks away. yet, we could still feel it. it did shake our bureau. we did go up to watch to see if there was smoke rising which we usually do when there's an explosion in kabul. again, yes, we could see it. looks like it was in the vicinity of isaf headquarters. we can't pinpoint exact location now. we're trying to make calls but most phones are down at the moment like mostly after a suicide bombing or any kind of car bombing. we don't know if it's a suicide bomb or car bomb. we're still trying to gather a little more information on that, but there was an explosion in kabul. we're five days a way from the second-ever presidential election. this is a pretty big deal considering this past summer we have seen violence throughout afghanistan. we haven't seen it inside the capital of kabul. they have been doing the security in afghanistan as well as coalition forces have been doing a very good job in securing the capital cit

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what are you looking aty. >> i'm log at a lot of things here.ee index all up 0.3, 0. 5% right now. electronic arts coming back 1.5% still tripling the gain we're seeing in the market. the big call comes from rbc. royal bank of canada. upgrading apple, rim and palm. they think rim at $72 a share is on its way to $150 and apple is on its way to $250 a share. paccar and joy global duking it out for the top spot in the 100 today. both are industrials. both trying to make a comeback. huron is up 14%. the most active stock in the nasdaq today, this after the company with new management, the whole team quick a couple of weeks ago. went from 50 into the teens. came in better than expected results and restated earnings, they're cooperating with an s.e.c. investigation. geron halts an investigational drug trial for the time being. first solar, also, erin, with a deal for a 55 mega watt dual power plant, building, if you will for southern california edison. back to you. >> all right, now to chicago, rick santelli monitoring the bond markets ahead of anothe

we were dealing with equities and dollar and now dealing with the ati giving us a signal of expectation because build and we have minus 8.4 million barrels of crude. up $1.55. back to you. >> thank you, brian. mr. tretton,straight back to you. big gamers out there, nintendo wii is dominant in this category. pricing at $250. your new price is still above that. what makes you think this is low enough to really help you get market share? >> well, we're really talking apples and oranges there. we design our platform to be future proof, to live for ten-year product life cycle. playstation 3 is less than three years old and we're on track to reach our numbers. we sold 140 million playstation 2 toss das to date. we consider this to be a marathon, not a sprint. playstation 3 is a multimedia device that goes so far beyond gaming. once consumers have the opportunity to buy this at $299 we're confident we will sell 13 million units this year worldwide. >> how is back to school? >> back to school is an important period for us. you know, it's interesting, people talked a lot about the numbers early

our aty wa abawi is in the afghan capital of kabul.explosions here? "washington pos >> reporter: tony, what i can tell you the chief of police of kandahar city said the explosion kill at least 33 civilians, injuring 36 civilians. this is one of the biggest blasts, car bombs, that we have seen killing civilians in a very, very long time. in afghanistan. it occurred outside the mds building, the intelligence building in kandahar city and other government buildings. it's after ramadan, after the fast break. around shops, around a school. killing civilians. again, the taliban's target may have been the government. at times it's the coalition. but in the end, they killed more afghans and killed more muslims than any of their intended targets. tony? >> and atia, maybe you can help us with this bit of information. we're getting reports that the blast actually targeted a japanese construction company that mostly hires pakistani engineers. is that something that you have been able to independently confirm? >> reporter: at the moment, that's not

. >> aty ttia abawi joining us f kabul. know what the overall turnout was for this election? >> reporter: tony, we don't know the exact number, but what we do know is that it was a very low turnout. even lower than the 2004 presidential elections and the 2005 parliamentary elections. again, most of that was from taliban intimidation. it was a very bloody week leading up to the elections, but many afghans did not feel it was worth risking their lives to go to the poll, primarily because they don't believe in their government -- governmental system at the moment. they don't believe in the political process at the moment, and they've been disenchanted by democracy. tony? >> and atia, one more quick question here. when are election results expected? >> reporter: what we do know is that 30 out of 34 provinces have already counted their ballots. and we expect results to trickle in starting august 25th. we get preliminary results on september 3rd. and then final results on september 17th. but let's remember that fraud allegations