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. >> and bubba, if you're watching, karen finerman has a crush out. >> bubba has a lot of pops. >> we'll leave that there. coming up next, higher tech, lower costs. a four star general breaks down the technology that will help fight future wars and the companies behind it. >>> even though russian nuclear subs are lining up, the fact is the cold war is over. why is the u.s. government still spending like the soviets are coming? just last week interesting house relit another $600 billion for defense. while some spending on old technology, like the f-22, remains, what is next in military might? it's leaner, meaner, and cheaper. if for unmanned surveillance in the task zone, the fire walls against cyberterror attacks. who is building these weapons of the future? we're going directly to the front line to find out. a four-star general and former commander in chief of the u.s. central command lays out the next line of attack. and he fines the money in the future of military tests. >> joining us now, author of leading the charge, known as the godfather. we'll get that story a little later. on fi

karen finerman has been digging through the fineprint to see who else could surprise us. who else will? >> we have two days left. we'll see in the next two days, tomorrow and monday, a whole slew of filings. number one for me, i like to look at david einhorn. he has had notable positions in the past. he took physical delivery of his gold instead of owning the etfs. it will be interesting to see if there's any movement there. you don't see the short side. he has been short against warren buffett, which has worked. i like to see what he's up to. he's had emc positions. that's going to be interesting to watch. carl icahn, i love him. i love to see what he's doing. he's all over the place. we'll see if he's doing anything in yahoo or not. and then leon cooperman, who -- at omega, he is a great value investor. i love to see what he's up to. he has a lot of energy holdings. he has had a very nice ebay position it seems. that worked very well recently. another one is seth klarman. those are the names i'm watching. >> so we don't know how they're hedging their positions. we don't

. >> hi, it's karen finerman. talked in your last quarter about bigger-ticket items not being such good sellers. what kind of visibility do you have now on the bigger-ticket items, for you i think it's golf, guns and ammunition? >> caller: the golf business has continued to be a bit of a challenge, although it's gotten much better in the second quarter than in the first quarter. and versus the fourth quarter of last year. the gun and ammunition business in particular has been very strong. the big-ticket items have not been affected in the firearms business. >> you talked about on your call today the closers of competitors taking from you. for the guys that are surviving in a leaner form as you are, you should be ready to take even more market share. >> caller: that's correct. that's what we're looking to do. with the closing of joe's in the pacific northwest, they had about 40 stores. we are moving very quickly into the pacific northwest and we'll be opening a number of stores there in the fourth quarter and then

karen finerman and guy adami. guy has a way with his eyes of looking right into the camera. i'm going -- >> his impersonation days might be numbered. one of his viewers actually sent him the following e-mail after his show this morning. it reads, "regis, your serious face made my children cry. shame on you!" guy, what do you have to say to that? >> you want me to be all soft? i'll tell you this, lady -- get tougher kids! you want a friend? buy a dog. wall street's tough. >> look at those eyes! >> if i were a kid, i'd cry, too. >>> coming up next, why the man who saw the credit crisis from a mile away says a recession was imminent. >>> her latest find, a bank that you might be sleeping on. >>> plus, where's the next madoff? and will new regulations stop him? >>> also, the top analyst on the street on walmart when america's post market show continues. is s of the world's most revered luxury sedan. this is a history of over 50,000 crash-tested cars... this is the world record for longevity and endurance. and one of the most technologically advanced automobiles on the planet. th

lutz, it's karen finerman. i had a question about the cash for clunkers.t looks like people are turning in primarily big three autos in exchange for foreign -- i think chevy has one that was number 10 in terms of what was turned in. i mean what people exchanged for. so i'm wondering if you could talk about that shift. looks like a dramatic shift, at least in cash for clunkers, away from the big three. >> away from what? >> the big three. >> boy, we're not seeing that. we're seeing -- i look at the daily sales numbers versus our plan, and they are up dramatically. i mean, both yesterday and today we had huge numbers, and we're seeing a lot of response. we had to add production on chevrolet cobalts. we had to add production -- we're going to have to add production on chevrolet hhrs. so we're seeing a lot of demand for our vehicle. so i don't know where you're getting your information, but our sales are up very, very sharply with this second generation cash for clunkers. >> so does that mean you're also gaining share? because we're hearing about a lot of the

. >> brian, in terms of whole foods, karen finerman was tacking about, and it turns out she's right, but yet it's an expensive brand, more premium. do you see a sign of hope, or is it not that simp? >> in some ways it is that simple. there's one things that people mike lost in the earnings report. year over year they made more money, and not many can say that. the second element is they upped their guidance. the one thing that didn't get in a lot of the earnings reporters is the ceo bay lisk saying in the "wall street journal" he wants to get back to healthy eating, maybe in the frenzy to grow they got away from the core mission. they're still down in terms of comps. they're getting back to the core mission, and i think that's something that's very encouraging, this on a day like today is a huge positive, up 20%. >> brian, thank you very much. >>> thank you very much. this morning's realty check. the mortgage bankers association, reports applications filed last week rose, rose 4.4% compared to the week before. but beware the numbers. total applications was up 18% last week versus the

us to discuss the better than expected unemployment numbers and their affect on the economy is karen finerman, ceo of metropolin capital and contributor on cnbc's "fast money." people see the uptick and they want to know if the recession is over. >> i don't know if there's one single tiny data point that says the recession is over. i think there's a mosaic definitely building of pieces of data that are positive. you're starting to see manufacturing numbers improve. this is clearly a good number, the employment number. this is one people focus on and gets headlines. the thing that's important about that is that helps so much psychologically. when you hear things are getting better, when you see the unemployment rate actually go down. i think there's so much to the economy that's psychological. so it is self-fulfilling in some ways. >> that's what i was getting at. people hear these numbers, they see the stock market on the rise, they think, now maybe we're making our move. the president says, the tough part is behind us now. does that play a huge factor in how the economy can make a comeback?