it should be called "harry potter and the half-assed film" or "harry potter and i am" -- in the "potteres, they fly around on broomsticks to fly. that bothers me. i don't need a broomstick. i just fly. it's more efficient, isn't it? hey, harry potter. i'm going to cast a spell on you. s-u-c-k. suck. can everyone say it? hey, here's another spell. combine one part douche, two parts sucking. mix it together, you got the "harry potter" movie. bothering. i'm 6'1" and radcliffe's 5'6." do the math. sex symbol, boom, bothered. [ laughter ] news flash. i died when i was 17. i'll be 17 forever. you're 20, that's stupid. i sparkle in the sunlight. it's dazzling. radcliffe, does he sparkle? no, he wears a scarf from gryffindor. who is it? oh, it's you, daniel radcliffe. it's bothered. you bother people. i'm robert pattinson. don't bother me. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was interesting. interesting. and in response, daniel radcliffe, who plays harry potter, actually posted his own video. let's take a look. >> "half-blood prince" did pretty well. the other night, in one night, $22 millio

[ cheers and applause ] anyone excited about the new harry potter movie?cheers and applause ] so we have some fourth grader -- graders here in the audience. [ laughter ] harry potter and the half gay prince, the second to last edition of the harry potter series opened last night at midnight. thousands of theaters across the country were sold out. they're saying it could be the biggest wednesday night opening for a sixth movie in a wizard themed franchise ever. this weekend harry potter goes head to head with bruno for the number one slot. so make sure your kids get into the right theater. otherwise you have to explain why harry's penis is talking. that wasn't in the book. [ laughter ] the new movie is getting good reviews but some die hards are upset that the plot hasn't stayed faithful to the book. apparently they cut one big key scene out and on top of that, they added some new characters that weren't even in the book. >> harry? >> i'm guillermo, the magic mexican. look at me do magic. chupacabra. ow! ow. that hurt. >> all right. [ cheers and applause ]

we are on the fifth harry potter book read downed by the end of the summer we may be through that whole series. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information visit our web site at booktv.org. >> next, booktv brings to selected programs from the 2009 virginia festival of the book in charlottesville. first, michael dirda, pulitzer prize-winning book critic for "the washington post" discusses his book, classics for pleasure. this program is 17 minutes. >> michael dirda, a longtime critic at "the washington post" and author of the book classes for pleasure, how do you find-- the fine classic? >> classic is a book that people keep going back to generation after generation. it doesn't have to be one of these chronicle classes that we think of what shakespeare but the premise of this book is that a lot of

aside from harry potter, do we have that common dialog any more? >> we do for some degree, books will become popular and there was a period when i was the only person in america who never read the dingy code. there are certain books that become best sellers answer writers will become popular and there will be a conversation described among a certain body, david foster wallace, a great outpouring when he committed suicide because he had so many devoted readers and people were fascinated by his work and shorter pieces, looking forward to his next novel. there was someone who brought a lot of people together. when kurt vonnegut died, i did an on-line chat, i was astonished at how immediate he felt to younger people. i thought he was someone of my generation but he seems to have touched a lot of lives. there are writers like that. john updike brought forth a lot of reflection, a lot of people. there will be writers who are meaningful to us. one of my goals as a reviewer is, whenever possible, not to review any book that is on the best-seller list becau

"harry potter" continues to put a spell on audiences. it had a second place finish. >>> let's take a final look at the forecast. hot and humid tomorrow. >> definitely a day to try to go to theool. we are looking at temperatures near 90 degrees, above average for this time of the year. lower 90's on tuesday, then a cool front will bring thunderstorms to the area wednesday and into thursday. nighttime lows in the 70's. >>>

but it turns out "harry potter" is not the only thing robert pattinson's bothered about.e actually started his own website. it's called robertisbothered.com. [ laughter ] and he keeps posting things on it. this guy's got a real chip on his shoulders. take a look.th ♪ >> jimmy: i'm robert pattinson. sometimes i come up to my tree when things bother me. you know what bothers me? cable television. [ laughter ] the discovery channel bothers me. it's shark week on discovery channel, and that is quite popular, isn't it? wow, millions of people watching sharks swim 'round and 'round. sharks are stupid. [ laughter ] sharks bite people when they smell blood. sound familiar? oh, yeah, wait, they're like vampires. copycat fishes. [ laughter ] copyfishes. i can fly. sharks can swim. that's pathetic. sharks have fins that stick out of the water. i don't drink water. i don't drink anything. i don't pee. [ laughter ] i walk into a men's room, i see a urinal. i don't know what the use of it is. hey, pan back because i don't pee. i'm a vampire. sharks sleep with their eyes open. they swim

hey, last night, "harry potter and the half blood prince" set a box office record.idnight showing, making over $22 million. wow. it also set a record for most 40-year-old guys wearing capes. [ laughter ] two records. two records, one night. even pope, pope benedict gave his blessing to the harry potter movie. this is true. the vatican officially approved it. the pope gave it four stars, three "hail marys" and an "our father." [ laughter ] that's pretty good. that's good for him. the obama administration, you hear about this? the obama administration's considering replacing the color-cod terror alert system. yeah. because they're not sure what they're going to replace it with. but, anything where you don't have to spend ten minutes at the airport saying, "wait, is orange bad or is orange good?" well, oranges are good. well, i don't really like oranges. what do you mean, you don't like oranges? no, i don't like -- i don't like them. i never liked them. do you like clementines? what are clementines? they are like tangerines or something. no, tangerines are tangerines.

by the way, harry potter has made more than $400 million since thursday. that's more than oprah makes in a weekend. that's a lot of money. father of the year candidate -- actually, father of the century candidate joe jackson was on "larry king" last night. again, he's denying that he ever beat michael which essentially means he's calling his dead son a liar on television. he's a terrific man. here he is, joe jackson with larry. >> what do you say about all the things that you harmed michael as a child? >> that's a bunch of bull s. that's a bunch of bull s. >> straighten me out. >> that's not true. >> well, why -- >> listen, listen. listen now, you have to understand me. don't cut me off here, larry. you're saying that i beat my son -- that's not true. you know where this beating started? the beat started in the slavery days, and they used to beat and torture the slaves. that's where the beating started. the slave masters. michael was never beated by me. never beated at all. >> you're on record. >> so if michael was never beated by him. and i find it intere

four stars for "had a harry potter -- "harry potter," almost four stars or "funny people."ee stars for "the proposal." "g force" gets almost three. two stars for "the ugly truth" and "observe fan" rates a -- "orphan" rates a zero. have a nice weekend. >> always so rough when he says zero no stars. >> i saw that yesterday and thought is that an error? nope. it wasn't. one last look at the weather. >> a great day. slightly less humid. tomorrow added clouds, scattered showers and storms. maybe severe east of the 95 corridor. most of us should dodge the severe storms tomorrow. then monday, tuesday, wednesday, typical of what we've been seeing the past several days. muggy, afternoon storms. thursday and friday, possibly much cooler. low to mid 80's with lower humidity. everything pans out. >> it does.p ♪ till now - ♪ i always got by on my own - ( audience cheering ) ♪ i never really cared ♪ until i met you... a1 makes the burger king steakhouse burger sing.

new harry potter film and "hangover." i think purchasing dvds are dead. who am i to disagree with bewkes? he's been right the whole time. aol is getting spun off. this is the question mark publishing. this is one part of the business i'm not sure of. the company has a huge stable of the best magazines in the world, talking about "time" and "people" and "sports illustrated." the business is getting killed because of declining subscription revenue and declining ad sales. i don't know what i'd do with this publishing business but for now i'm happy knowing this has been effectively cordoned off and is being treated like a legacy business while time warner focuses more on the stronger content and distribution assets. i like the magazine brands and believe they can still be effective. especially "people" and "sports illustrated" both of which i love to read. companies can change their stripes. for years after the awful aol merger time warner drifted along without a clue as to what it should be doing then jeffrey bewkes took over as ceo and started remaking the

harry potter, g-force. what -- >> i think it's going to fall short of expectations.rry potter, even "the hangover" are all doing zreelly well. >> how about the box office? how is the season so far. >> it started going up it started going down, down, down, down, down. we don't have "the dark knight". >> we have more news for you now here on "msnbc saturday." in iraq, a series of deadly attacks. this car bombing at a market in kirkuk killed eight people. in panama authorities seized six ton of marijuana and cocaine and burned it off. $1 billion. and here in the states the fdic closed five more banks. the fdic says the bank closures will cost about $70 billion. >>> the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is looking to change the strategy there. general stanley mcchrystal is likely to ask for more combat trues in afghanistan. that'sny addition to the 68,000 troops already approved by president obama. joining us here retired army colonel and military analyst jack jacobs. and a good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> what's the likelihood that the prot is going to app

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"harry potter and the half-blood prince" finished in second followed by "g-force." >>> remember, you can get the latest business news any time at our website, abcnews.com. >>> and when we come back the legal questions left behind by michael jackson's death begin being unraveled today. details straight ahead. >>> some new classical. we're talking about mozart in modern times. stay tuned. >>> welcome back. these are the latest headlines from abc news. diplomats in iran are trying to get the latest information on three americans being held there. they were taken into custody after wandering across the border from iraq. >>> tariq aziz, one of saddam hussein's top lieutenants, has been sentenced to seven years in prison. he's already facing 15 years on another conviction. >>> and the pentagon confirms that the remains of navy pilot michael scott speicher have been discovered in iraq some 18 years after his disappearance during the persian gulf war. >>> it should be an intriguing day at los angeles superior court as attorneys and a judge come to grips with several of the legal questions br

the sixth harry potter just hit theaters but you can already add the next two installments to your netflix pretty helpful for planning the rainy friday night at home with the family two years from now. >>> for information on all these stories, log on to the technology page of abcnews.com. i'm vinita nair. >>> good morning. i'm jamie costello. >> i'm megan pringle. let's get you informed on the top stories. events to silence the violence happening across baltimore. how you can get involved and bring peace to charm city. >>> for nearly three weeks derrick mason was retired from the ravens. today he's back in the purple and black. what do you think? we want to hear from you. >>> will the government refuel the cash for clunkers program? a decision could be made this week. >>> those stories are what we're working on for you. in the meantime, good morning. >> how you feeling on this monday? let's find out about our weather with justin

harry potter" finished second followed by "gm force." >>> coming up, the truth about lying. how everyone does it and how you can tell when someone is lying to you. i'm vinita nair. >>> good morning. temperatures in a few degrees of 70. we'll shoot for 89 this afternoon as our two-degree guarantee. just an isolated thundershower. knocking back to the mid-60s, a little improvement overnight. tomorrow we go for 91. we could get close to 90 again on wednesday with more showers and thunderstorms. that cold front will actually knock us down into the lower 80s at the tail end of the week. another round of storms possible as we head through friday. with the 81 on the board, could be 70s outside the city. we'll definitely cool down by the end of the week, after the next couple of days of heat of the leading in towards next weekend, does appear to have temperatures near normal with the middle 80s and scattered thunderstorms rolling back in by sunday. >>> 6:23. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> good morning. we don't have problems to let you know about at eithe

"harry potter and the half-blood prince" finished the weekend in second, followed by "g-force." coming up on "good morning america," the truth about lobbying. how you can tell when someone is lying to you. and that is your "money scope" report. i am vinita nair. new family drama for sarah palin. is it true? we will find out. >>> the blogosphere is heating up with new rumors about sarah palin. >> philip stewart joins us with what you will be talking about at the water cooler with an interesting our rate of stories. >> a spokesperson for sarah palin said she has no plans to divorce her husband. there were rumors of a divorced after a saturday morning post on a website. internet bloggers went wild when the term "sarah palin divorce" shot to the number one spot. onceok ge pa her facebook page, she says there is no truth about the report. you may have seen this picture of madonna'' arms. she is slamming the pictures in assisting the photographs appeared to be digitally edited. here are some other photos from a dip m -- froa different angle. they show a healthier view. her personal tr

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the top four movies at the box office r "transformers 2," "the hangover," "harry potter." >> i am going to had to the video store to get some of those summer flicks. >>> coming up, the day he beat up his girlfriend. for everything dollars you spend, you should leave your waiter $10. what about the drink and the chips? extra. think a $5 sub is a good deal? it's time to unthink. kfc's new $5 fill-up boxes, each with a side... and medium drink for just $5 bucks. unthink. and taste the unsub side of kfc. this is fabulous! new kentucky grilled chicken! marinated and grilled to perfection... for that five-st, fall-off-the-bone taste. mix original and grilled in your bucket! taste the unfried side of kfc. >>> these days, your people have less money to eat out bluntly their 15% to 20% tip. servers tip jars are taking a hit. >> 15% to 20% is the usual. >> sometimes they are honored. sometimes they are broken. >> even though service is a break -- great, my to it is not great for them, but i feel bad. it is the best i can do. >> when economic times are tough, consumers spend less and that often me

meantime, the three biggest films of the summer, "transformers," "up" and "harry potter and the half-bloode," really are a big deal. joining us now from burbank, president of box office with hollywood.com. and a good morning to you. afternoon. i'm usually a morning girl. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about the expectations. is that the kind of film to save the season? does it need to be saved? >> in a sense, it does because we're just running neck and neck with last year's summer revenues, which means we're behind by about 4%. but "district 9" was a huge hit last weekend, starring wait for it, charles -- have you ever heard of him? this weekend, we have brad pitt. i think the combination of tarantino's brand and brad pitt are going to -- i think it will do in the mid-30s. >> i'm curious, as everyone has felt this economic recession, and hollywood has to agree with the box office, have the stars' salaries been scaled downward? >> i've been hearing a lot of stories about that, where they would normally get 20 million up front and are taking less. just based on your name, if you were an

harry potter and the half blood prince g force the ugly truth and aliens in the attic round out the top 5. back to geraldo at large. >> welcome back everybody. everybody knows that michael jackson's autopsy report has been delayed yet again after a meeting last thursday between the la county district attorney's office the cops and the coroner's office what we don't know is why. court records also released thursday show investigators are searching for evidence of communications between conrad murray and other doctors who treated the king of pop as they seek additional evidence to support a manslaughter charge. i want to go back to leona leon rowe, known as rowe to the jackson family. joe jackson made a statement and you were on the phone when he did, that the overdose possibility was specifically covered in the insurance col -- policy by aeg. do you know that for a fact? >> no i don't know it for a fact but i was told by someone close to the insurance company that that's a fact. geraldo -- >> it would be 5 million they would receive. >> i heard it was more than that. i heard it was at le

harry potter, those are great stories. the books have done amazing. neil: it is good to have you.ank you very much. it is a discussion. i am not talking about markets today. 27 years ago this august, so many similarities, one big difference. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- neil: this is a fox news alert. stocks lose on speculation that prices maybe [unintelligible] aug is famous -- 27 years ago, they were the stuff of history. the dow had just hit a low and buyers have lost heart. interest rates were still high and most americans have lost hope. ronald reagan was convinced that his huge tax cuts would bear fruit. what ensued was a bull market, the likes of which we have never known. how many see the signs all over again? in market historian says lightning is not striking twice. >> i am not buying it. it is very difficult. the average total return of the stock market in the 1980's and 1990's was 19%. i look at the basic building blocks of market bull runs would be inflatio

har"harry potter and the half-blood prince"" brought in 17 million.t weekend's top movie "g-force" went to three. >>> those are the headlines. look at you up so early on a monday. >>> breaking news, a continental airlines jet forced to land in miami is back in the air. the airline says that 37 people were hurt when it hit severe turbulence. nine people had to go to the hospital. the plane was going from rio de janeiro to houston, texas, the passengers who were able to stay on board should now arrive in houston at 9:35 a.m. eastern a. >>> become to that story about the three american hikers detained in iran. swiss diplomats are trying to meet with them today. now, correspondent richard lui joins us. diplomacy, going to be an issue because the u.s. doesn't have diplomatic ties with iran or relations with iran there. how do u.s. officials work to get the hikers released safely again? >> good morning, rob. former u.s. military intelligence officer talked about the situation with our sister network's don lemon and he says the first step is to stay quiet. t

we start with four stars with harry potter, almost four for julie and julia. hurt locker is one of the best around and inglourious basterds is right up there with three and a half stars. bandslam, almost three for the time traveler's wife, the perfect getaway and g-force. have a nice weend, everybody. i'm arch campbell, abc 7, entertainmentment. >> well, you have heard the expression eyes in the back of your head, right? get ready for eyes in the back of your pants ax washington state man invented jeans that he calls winkers. the jeans blink and wink when you walk and jones is hoping they be manufactured nationally. >> people just have such -- >> i don't know if that is going to catch on. who knows? >> it could be a trend in hollywood. we have to see. >> maybe so. let's see what it's like out there this mning. doppler shows that heavy rain has moved off to the east. hfere fislooding occurring, asfllooding on the eastern asor e raiis soupy. we cr can have showers right on throughout the day. our 7-day forecast, high temperatures today and tomorrow in the mid 80

four stars for harry potter, almost four stars for julie & julia, and for in the loop an for the hurt locker. not quite three stars for the new movie a perfect getaway. g-force gets a couple and a half. two stars for adam. a couple stars for paper heart. that's a new movie. the ugly truth, that's been hanging around for a while. have a nice weekend. i'm arch campbell, abc 7 entertainment. >> well, the best air guitarists from across the country cons verged on the nation's capitol. 25 people showed off their skills at the usair guitar championships. they had to perform one minute to a song of their choice and round two had to perform to a surprise song. the whip are gets to represent the u.s. at the championships in finland later this month. >> i kept thinking where are the props. >> that's a talent. >> what's missing around here today? cooler temperatures and sunshine. we had a lot of that yesterday. i hope you stored up yesterday, because today we're going to warm up and get stickier. temperatures in the upper 80's, maybe a thunderstorm this afternoon. the big story this weekend, tem

harry potter 17 million. g-force followed by the ugly truth and aliens in the attic.ducer saw "the ugly truth ." >> you maybe curious about this story. bad weather in alberta canada. it causedded a huge stage collapse. kevin costner's band was getting ready to perform when he stage came down. it was pretty bad. one man died and 75 people were hurt when the stage came down. this is the big valley jamboree out there. >> huge crowds and the wind swepted up and took the stage down. >> recently when they were -- erecting madonna's stage, the same thing happened. a crane fell or something and it killed a stage man or stage crew. >> atuetr y . altrue. >>> real quick, mark wallberg is off the market officially even though he had three children with his new wife. they got married in beverly hill and they did it i believe on saturday in front of adonis friends and family and as floor director chris would say with his bad jokes there was a funky bunch there. >>> it is about time. >>> let's get to weather. good for them. let's get to weather we have quiet weather to start the wee

that knocked harry potter out of the number two spot. the tough talking hamster in g force dropped on third. >>> you are watch august great new movie and nature calls during the best scene. >> if you just can't holding it a new iphone application is here to help. it find the best times to tax a bathroom break during the movie. >> reporter: get the popcorn and the large coke and then four of the way through the movie, you just can't hold it anymore and it is a dash for the bathroom. what did you miss in hopefully nothing porn. >> a new web site is making it easy for you and your bladder to enjoy movies. it is called onepe. .com. the web site lists movies currently in the heater d gives you clues on a good time to go to the potty. >> i think it is genius. i think it is a great idea. if it gives you a cue to run out and do what you have to do. >> reporter: katie spent near two and a half hours watching angels and demons. afterwardsit was a beeline to the ladies room and she wasn't the only one. >> it was long and i had to -- i could have go

joe, followed by julie and julia and a quick drop off to g- force, harry potter and funny people and perfect getaway was last. >> let's talk about elizabeth hasslebeck. we know her from "the view. " she is a mom and she with her espn and former nfl quarterback tim hassle back they welcomed their third child in new york city in a hospital out there. congratulations to her. >>> the latest on paula abdul, abc might want her for guess what, dancing with the stars. the president who has known her in other. >> as a judge or contestant. >> they haven't decided. but he says he knows her and some of the stories that have come out about her and her erratic behavior they don't understand her and he reached out immediately when they heard the contract ended with fox and she wasn't going back. so it could be be dancing with the stars as a contestant unfair since she is so kind of there. this will tday estt day of the summer seasonof of years. 78 degrees. 75 frederick. e.th areas inthe 70s and t er op eastou there. op e thbay, 6. 7 we imanha 7s, have 77 ede lledreedll

i'll make this quick tonight, i paid the kid 8 bucks to hold my spot in the harry potter line.it. are you sick of this michael jackson stuff? [ cheers and applause ] oh, well, then, um -- [ laughter ] i don't know what to talk about then. no. i was going to say that the los angeles county coroner's office i guess has postponed the autopsy report. it will not be released this week. it's taking longer than expected. apparently the coroner had trouble with all the zippers and -- [ laughter ] i don't know why it takes so long. on "csi" they wrap it up in an hour. right? i don't know a lot about autopsies, but fortunately, we do have someone here at the show who does. my uncle frank, not on was he a doctor, but he was a cop in new york for 20 years. you have seen your share of guys, right? >> yeah. a lot of dead bodies. >> here to enlighten us on the intricacies of this process, here is my dr. uncle frank. >> hi, dr. uncle frank here today, helping to keep you healthy. we have a question. first one is from a woman who asks exactly what are they doing with michael jackson's autopsy?

it's a weekend best bet, along with "harry potter," "julie & julia yats.ave a nice weekend, everybody. i'm arch campbell, abc 7 entertainment. >> and the misspelling on "inglourious basterds" is not our fault. apparently that's the way quinton tarantino wanted it spelled. >> well, i don't know. let's see how things are going on the road. lisa baden, how are things looking? >> we're going to give everyone an a plus for spelling and for behaving along the maryland end of town on 95, 270, the beltway travel good at the wilson bridge. a little bit of sunshine in our eyes, and humidity. we'll go to brian van de graaff after a look at the geico camera in virginia, where it's great at the pentagon and on5. 395. ok, brian. >> all right, lisa band, out here it feels nice with a breeze, but once the breeze stops, it is pretty intense, already in the 80's. we're shooting for lope 90's today with scattered thunderstorms, a couple of which could be strong to severe. into tomorrow, off and on rains for saturday. it will be cooler, but still very muggy tomorrow. by tomor

"harry potter and the half-blood prince" was second, "g-force" was third. >>> four minutes past the hour. now back outside to matt and al. >> my kids saw "g-force" and said it was a 14 out of 10. i missed it. >> i'm going this weekend. you can come with us. >> i'm busy. busy. >> is this the forecast from five feet away? >> hey, we've got that 16th birthday. what's your name? >> laurel. >> where you from? >> louisville, kentucky. >> this is a good looking couple. what's your name? >> john moore. this is my 78th birthday. >> well happy bert day. one more sweet 16. what's your name? >> chelsea. >> where you from? >> new york. >> happy birthday. let's check your weather, see what's happening. we'll show you, after thunderstorms from omaha, kansas city, st. louis, chicago, hail, damaging winds, could be rough out there. as you look, they're starting to fire up even as we speak. more rain, heavy thunderstorms, rainfall amounts generally about a half-inch but down into parts of central and southern illinois, on into missouri, about a three-inch bull's-eye right around there. you're 13! >> first

. >>> rounding out the top five, harry potter, g-force, the ugly truth and alien necessary attic. >>>lose your eyes and picture you are sipping fine wine in virginia's wine country. it could be the tick for a hot summertime evening and here with details on how to make it is reality is chef and owner of the inn and spa and joe david the author of gourmet getawas. 50 top spots for gourmet getaways. >> how would you define a gourmet get away? >> they are where the focus is the food of course. usually a romantic place. and where you have an opportunity to also work as a chef. so there you are going to get two things. you will have good food. an opportunity to learn the tricks of the trade and have a vacation at the same time and having it close to home because this covers all the little places in new york, chicago, whatever that are close to home. so you can make it a quick getaway. >> this is where howard comes in. you are not that far really. >> we are an hour from dc. 200-acre property. we offer spa, hotel, fine dining and beautiful setting. >> today you have some mustard you are makin

the movie star sandler is a terminally ill come median and rounding out the top five, harry potter, g-forcey truth and aliens this the attic. >> producer heather saw the ugly truth. it is about a tv producer. >> don't know any of those. >> we know b@some great ones. outer loop we are jammed but before that a pedestrian had been struck at 14th and massachusetts. crews are on the scene. be careful. look at the outer loop to give you a picture to the right. drivers with are below speed and 270 southbound from montgomery village avenue to montross road you are slow but that is just volume. >>> in good shape today and tomorrow. by wednesday a better chance of storms and 91 and cooler on thursday and friday with afternoon thunderstorms. >> thank you, howard. >>> and thank you for watching. >>> the "early show" is next and they will have more on the growing trend of volunteer vacations. >>> and tasty cooking from poplar springs. >> sounds good. and we will be

julie and julia in second, followed by g-force, harry potter and the half blood prince and funny people >>> the "washington post" post cup cake award winners and they have been feature on national television. they are now spreading the word about a new flavor and location. with me is one of those sisters. welcome. >> hi. great to be here. >> great to see you again. >> i worked with her before. >> yes, you came early on when we first opened. >> a couple of year ago now. >> i know. >> one store an another store now. >> opening in bethesda hopefully it will be open by october. >> we have a new flavor. >> this is triple berry. we have a seasonal flavor at the shop. today we will make the triple berry icing. >> how often do you change the flavors. >> two every month. today coconut key lime and triple berry. >> this is triple berry. we have strawberries, blueberries and rasp berries. fresh fruits and to start off cream butter. i will put you to work, howard. we need one stick of butter, unwrap that. julia child would say you need more. >> today -- if you want to make a butter cream put two st

and later on a ceo that is turning harry potter into eye-popping profits.to the "word on the street." what do you make of that rally today? not the rally but the pull back, at least in the nasdaq. >> well, it's less than an inspiring day. a lot of people trying to get out ahead of tomorrow. you know what? i got to tell you something. that 1,005 level was the same top we basically made in november of '08. a lot of people starting to say double tops in the s&p, maybe i'm the only one but i'm hearing it myself. i wasn't that inspired one way or another. tomorrow is clearly the day. i will say this. a lot of people say bull markets end on great data. you might see that tomorrow. >> well, you know, it's funny because that's what people are not expecting tomorrow. i think the market is skewed towards the down for this nonfarm payroll. we actually had mixed data this morning. i think it started in europe when the bank of england -- this is significant, people. they eased their kwan tattive easing. effectively they're telling you it's not working. their banks are n

. >> chris: like the harry potters. [ laughter ] >> well, or the wheaties. what that meant. >> i'm glad you like the book. you read the book. seriously, you can say it. just say it. "this book changed my life." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this book changed my life. >> see? there you go. >> chris: you didn't read it yet. >> jimmy: i know, but when i do -- [ laughter ] when i do -- when i do, it's going to be great. >> it's gonna be huge. >> jimmy: it is huge. i like you because y're fun. i know a little bit about your background. you were a congressman? >> i was. >> jimmy: you're a lawyer? >> yeah, but not a good one. so don't hold it against me. [ laughter ] >> jimmybut you were -- and then --also you're a musician. >> yeah, actually i was that first. been once since i was, like, 13-years-old. >> jimmy: you werin bands in high school. >> lots of bands. >> jimmy: what kind of music? rock and roll? >> high school, college -- yeah, you know, mainly alternative. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah, i mean don't i look the part. >> jimmy: yes. [ laughter ] you look totally alte

it was harry potter-like. it made you buy. john in nebraska, john. >> caller: boo-yah, jim! >> boo-yah, corn husker. what's shaking? >> i saw amerigas last night. they're sitting at a 9% yield. i was wondering, is that dividend safe and is the price of propane going to be going up with the lower dollar? >> i believe it is safe, but we have learned our lesson. o oh, king of prussia, that's up. we killed them whenever -- all right, anyway, from philadelphia. amerigas, i want to invite the ceo on, because it could be, rather than just pronouncing dividend safe, it could be like michael lynn. you remember that one? line? michael line at $15.16. we doubted the dividend. he came in, we said buy, buy, buy. where it is now? $21.22. sam in georgia. sam! >> caller: boo-yah, jim. >> sam, you came to play today. what's on your mind? >> caller: okay, my question is about stock stop losses. i've been in the market for a long time and have never heard the rule. i have never understood if there's a particular rule to this. i use -- i have been using a 5% sales stop, such as i buy a $10 stoc