i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business", where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. >> the nation's economic and unemployment troubles continue and as long as consumers aren't spending, small business owners can't hire. nbc's john yang reports. >> reporter: the more than 66,000 new job cuts announced in july were the most layoffs since march 2010 when the impact of the recession was hitting full force. >> these big layoffs are putting more fear into everybody. that's reducing job security, consumer confidence, that's not good for the economy. >> did you need some help. >> reporter: things aren't better at small businesses. they survived the earthquake and fire but second generation owner worries about surviving this economy. >> sometimes i lose sleep at night wondering will i be able to fund my payroll tomorrow and i don't want one of those checks to bounce. >> reporter: a new survey out from the small business association found that 88% of business owners expect the

i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business", where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. a stomach churning roller coaster week on wall street coupled with serious concerns about the future of the economy has small business owners on edge. the political fight over the debt ceiling plus a lack of consumer spending caused the national federation of independent business optimism index to fall in july. and the majority don't see things improving oaf the next six months. joining us now is the chief economist for the nfib. great to see you. >> always a pleasure to be with you. >> just a couple months ago i remember you were here. it's so good to talk to you. you have good news for the first time in years. now you're back again with not so good news. >> since then, of course, we're drifted lower in optimism. i guess if you're asking yourself what happened in july or what happened in june or what happened in may or april what would make you more optimistic about the course of the

i'm j.j. ramberg. and welcome to a special edition of "your business." today we celebrate the start of our sixth year giving you tips and advice to help your business grow. as a small business owner myself, i've learned so many great lessons getting involved in the issues and operations of some great american small businesses. in west virginia, i picked up a paddle to find out how three once-competing whitewater rafting companies merged both their companies and their cultures. ♪ once upon a time in the wild and wonderful mountains of west virginia, there were three river rafting companies. classic river runner, mountain river tours and rivermen. they had all started in the 1970s, and each had their very own personalities. they were friendly competitors. and they all loved running the business they were running. so you can only imagine what it was like when the owners of these companies were approached about merging their operations into one. >> when paul first called me, i really wasn't interested. i actually said no. we had a good gig going, we were gro

they gave j.j. forever more a box of ashes. that's what j.j. got. took his life, put him in the box, now the government and justice is going to take your life and put you in the box. >> sentencing for the five former police officers is set for december 14th. to be clear, murder was never an option under the federal prosecution, only civil rights violations. >>> up next, from one horrible crime in louisiana to another in mississippi. >> absolutely. there is no doubt. they were looking for a black victim to assault. and even kill. >> the crime will turn your stomach. preying on a person because of a color of his skin according to prosecutors. a camera was rolling while it happened. a cnn special report, just moments away. ♪ [ male announcer ] an everyday moment can turn romantic anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. ♪ cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment's right. ♪ tell your d

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. >> reconoce el futbolista salvador cabaÑas que el j.j.ne por supuesto en nuestro bolsillo que le interesa a nuestra comunidad. >> adelante, que tal buenas tardes. >> buenas tardes bÁrbara hoy en walt street bajaron las acciones mÁs de 5%, y que puede afectar finanzas personales y la manera en que invertimos nuestro dinero. >> trabajan en una empresa de carga que crearon hace aÑo y medio para prÓximos 2 meses tenÍan programado abrir un almacÉn mÁs grande, ese plan lo tuvieron que suspender. >> vamos a esperar a ver cÓmo se va a desarrollar la economÍa, dentro de los prÓximos 3 a 6 meses pero vamos a aguantar y a hacer un sacrificio en una operaciÓn mÁs, mas pequeÑa. >> les preocupa que la baja crediticia de estados unidos tenga un impacto en paÍses donde tienen sus clientes como venezuela, considera con las finanzas no se debe jugar. >> quitarle temores para empresarios como nosotros. >> su esposa espera que polÍticos ayuden a estabilizar el estado financiero. >> pero si estÁn bien y stoms bien pero si empieza a de caer obviamente van a es

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j.j. was my baby. he was my baby. he was very quiet. he was very passive. a home with no cussing, fussing, fighting. he didn't hear none of that. so our home life was very quiet. you know, no step parents over, none of that, you know. so that's why he didn't know anything about fighting and all. i'm in a courtroom and i'm looking at this picture where my child is as far against trying to get under the bridge for protection, as far as he could. these officers leaned over the railing and sprayed my child with bullets. my child was in pieces. the part that hurts me is that after six years, new orleans hard working investigation, they're guilty for everything except the fact that just it wasn't murder. he was shot to death. i'm like what? i'm sitting in the courtroom? i stopped breathing. my heart stopped beating. and i stopped breathing, and i'm like, yes, indeed. if you're hiding from me and i go out of my way to lean over, to search for you, find you, and then shoot you, but you weren't murdered. you just was shot to death. i cannot understand that. i cannot

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wrong cause humble and dimitri proudest of the great start the new manager j.j. can see that he's got two wins from. a quick look at the top of the table after eighteen matches it is to play that lead any closing the gap five points between the non are closely followed by angry and routine and at the other end of yes of proper the rest of the teams. they are right down in the bottom one play and car tonight and night after that draw with ts guard. one of the world's highest paid ice hockey stars you can e-mail in hopes to return to training the pittsburgh penguins within a month the rushing forward has been sidelined with a serious knee injury but has been receiving treatment in moscow and we caught up with him and his twenty fifth. you game out that stanley cup winner in the russian household name is now going through one of the longest and toughest periods in his life then a shell star nicknamed geno some pretty serious knee injury after a collision with a defenseman in january and was sidelined for the rest of the season. it was really hard for me as it's the

that just makes hundred reyes and others angry for knowing j.j. she's been camping here furious that she can't make ends meet as a university student it makes little sense that when egypt decided to stand up and say we've had enough and eleven and they decided to stay we've had enough the media was all over there i haven't seen anyone from c.n.n. or fox news or any other big news channel here and it's really sad we also deserve a chance to be heard out on the streets has been dubbed tough your corner by some of the people here and optimism perhaps the paint suit can bring down the government in the way the neighbors in time his square. bust was the plan was they were willing nonstop here they push the absence of course the hot seat. for of course if you're a regular viewer you'll know we've been keeping a very close eye on developments on israel dot com and our web site and also on the t.v. here now talking about the website the other ways to follow what's going on you can follow our twitter feed to get the news straight from our worldwide corresp

type of of news item which is unfortunate that just makes hundred reyes and others angry for knowing j.j. she's been camping here furious that she can't make ends meet as a university student it makes feel sad that when egypt decided to stand up and say we've had enough and when in lebanon they decided to say we've had enough the media was all over there i haven't seen anyone from c.n.n. or fox news or any other big news channel here and it's really sad we also deserve a chance to be heard out the street has been dubbed tough your corner by some of the people here an optimism perhaps that they can bring down the government in the way they neighbors in toughness square i rode the bus was the plan was they were willing nonstop here they put you up since. well that was our teaser polis leah reporting from tel a vivid of course we're keeping a close eye on the developments in israel and r.t.e. dot com and if you a follow our twitter feed you can hear straight from our worldwide correspondents for the latest news updates that are to underscore com and on facebook you can search for our t.v. n

look at them now. >> j.j. jackson passed away in 2004.xpected to vote on a deal today so our question is -- >> our question is, do we want to know, debt deal, who won last night? wall street, main street or someone else? this is scott. he said this on our blog. i think america lost as as a whole. the rest of the world sees our politica

j.j. jacqui jeras is here now. >> here we go. >> a very active atlantic hurricane season?rough mid-august through mid-october, and that's what we call our cape verde season. they developed into major hurricanes oftentimes. this is irene, it's a tropical storm that developed yesterday. maximum winds around 50 miles per hour. this storm is showing signs of intensifying, and everything out ahead of the storm is very good environment for it to continue to do so. it is already moving through the u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico already starting to get some of the shower and thundershowers activity. the radar is bringing in some of the first outer bands. the rainfall amounts will be heavy, too, for puerto rico it will be especially gusting into these thunderstorms and it will head towards his pan yolo. that's haiti, where we expect the flood situation to be worse. they could see upwards of 6 to 10 inches, so that will be the big concern there for those folks. let's talk about some of the other concerns, watching and warnings are in place across the caribbean islands. the bright

captain j.j. budd ruddy jr. 1981. captain jack howell, 1983. captain dave hobbes, 1988. captain dick russell, 1989. captain tom kramer, 1984. -- 1994. dick dusburry, 1995. john cogg, 1997. mitchel serber, 2003. captain bob perkins, 2006. captain terry mcmanus, 2007. captain dave wells, 2008. captain -- 2009. thank you for joining us. this is the fifth year we have the aviation security award. we will do that later but now we would like the previous security award winners. will you stand when i call your name. ron silverman, 2006. captain ed fulsom, 2007. captain craig hall, 2008. captain bill mcreynolds, 2009. we are also honored that you are here with us tonight. this is the third year we present this award, and would like to recognize the lottery from last year who was with us this evening. the dedicated efforts of our pilot representatives help build this proud legacy of advancing aviation security in helping our fellow pilots throughout their careers. we're happy that you have joined us tonight. i am happy to introduce captain lee mokes. >> good evening. this week we

spent on counter-terrorism, not just in the united states but all the western european governments, j.japan, australia, pakistan, and jordan, egypt. did the number of people that voted for this task -- you would seem off the charts order magnitude of changes. the sheer quantity of effort of international connections has had enough tax. third, the united states became -- one reason why no attack was in the united states so the attack for hood was the deadliest carried out inside the united states by a lone, deranged fanatic. the united states became a much more difficult area for the enemy to operate in. the 9/11 attacks, the united states was a good place to stage. they chose to stage and the train inside the united states for years before the attack. the united states is a highly hospitable place to train. they became a difficult place in which to stage entrain, especially with foreign operatives. when aspect of that problem, not only the work of the fbi and many local law enforcement entities, another important aspect that was noted is a travel. it has become much harder for terrorist