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jackson, welcome back to "mad money." >> thank you. great to be here. >> all right. keith, there's a couple things that really intrigued me about this quarter. one of them was -- we had an unemployment data piece today which was pretty positive. you say on page 15 of your comp score -- and i always encourage our viewers to read that -- that perhaps your company got too lean. are you to the point where you're going to be hiring? >> yeah, i think one of the things we always prepare for, whichever direction the market is moving, you need to be anticipating. certainly, as we entered january period, things were not looking very well, so we took some aggressive actions and that's shown up. as we look forward to the second half, however, it's clear we're expanding as a rate quicker than anticipated, so we're hiring some direct laborers back as we speak. >> could that be related to the cash for clunkers? >> not yet, however it would be in q3/q4 time frame. it is related to what you mentioned earlier, china with their stimulus, but also places like germany and other places like tha

keith jackson, congratulations on a fabulous quarter and for making our viewers money. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> guys this is at the heart of it. i know seep press semi is at the heart of it. there's many pieces to this internet tsunami puzzle. and onnn semihas many of the pieces. i want you to stick with on semi, and keith jackson and the personalized disk that he made for me. >>> all week we've been traveling around the globe, creating the brand-new cramerican foreign legion of high yielders to protect your portfolio from the one thing -- remember all these things we did? from the one thing that -- well, to protect your portfolio from the united states. whether you think this country is going in the right direction or not, you have to acknowledge that the truth is we're not in control of the course we're taking the way we used to be. not with massive deficits, not with the debased currency. or card check, which would put a jackboot right on the neck of the economy. don't take my word for it. the other day, cramer fave, stephen colbert, had a of santa claus come

. >> reverend jackson, keith ownerman. i'm wondering if senator kennedy said before his passing that there's no time for further measures on health care reform. given the roster of accomplishments of the senator's 47 years nearly in the senate, was it a hole, did he view this, do you think as another part of health reform, as another part of this continual battle that he seemed to be spearheading against whoever might be discriminated against, that it wasn't necessarily a color issue, a gender issue, an orientation issue, a poverty issue, it was whoever was getting the short stick in society was the person he was going to sting up for, did you see that it way? >> yes, because he believed we live under the law, america's a country of laws, so the right to vote, the right to access open housing, the right who health care, he believed that those are left out of protection. those that are much too early. he believed that the health care is the right for all americans as a moral obligation. the thing that impressed me the most

keith urban is in verizon center tomorrow night. >>> coming up next, we hear from the man being investigated for the death of michael jackson. >>> a family is rushed to the hospital after yet another carbon monoxide leak at the cove village apartments. i'm linda so live in essex. that story up next. >>> good morning. 6:29. i'm jamie costello on this wednesday, august 19th. weather and traffic in a moment but first the top headlines. >>

jackson's three children. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, august 3rd, 2009. >> and i'm keitharvin sitting in for joe krebs. we have a beautiful day, a beautiful start to the day. we see the sun on its way up. and we had a rough couple of days over the past weekend, but today is expected to be a very nice day. >> yeah. that's what venus perhaps? i don't know. tom kierein can tell us up in the upper right hand corner of our screen, tom? >> that was venus. in the southern sky, we've got jupiter. the big old just nearly full moon now setting in the west. at this hour, as we look at radar, no precipitation around the region. it's a mild and delightful summer morning. temperatures now 72 in washington, upper 60s in prince george's county and montgomery counties. it's near 70 in fairfax county and pounts west, around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley. much of virginia in the 60s now. out of the mountains as well. eastern shore near 70. these are the dew points now. it's in the mid-60s, that's much better than the humidity we had over the weekend. drier air moving into the mountains

keith jong-il has died. he was best known for his efforts to reconcile with communityist north korea. he was 85 years old. >>> michael jackson died nearly two months old and now he'll finally be laid to rest. his father says he will be buried at forest lawn cemetery near los angeles on august 29th. that would have been his 51st birthday. >> and we just got back from vacation and it was a michael jackson fest all the way. the girls would listen to nothing else. he is alive and well. any way, nice to see you guys. nice to be back. >> you had a wonderful vacation. >> yes. girls getting ready for back to school, so business as usual. except for this pesky storm. >>> and this week we're dealing -- well we are not, but hurricane bill is out there in the atlantic ocean. we'll tell you more about that coming up. not impacting us,i s th iths time. meanwle across the nation, take a look at the ateres. es in the mid-70s. i just stepped oggt y oth ur il dimuggy with our humidi at 81%. 72 degrees iain cincin we pull out to the west, il warm. some cool spots across the northern plains. bismarck, north dakota, 44 degrees right now. here is

keith, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> thanks, jerry. >> 12 minutes after 5:00. the temperature's 73 degrees in washington. >>> the court battlever michael jackson's legacy. why it will take 17 lawyers to settle his estate. >> plus, a sign of the economic times. 1,000 post offices could be closing their doors. e xt at 5:15 a.m., find out o e talh ncn o st. >>> and we are loongor f orople who make the day special in the early morning hours. kifouso yw nomeone like that, e-mail the sndtow ary a aeaclr close-up picture or video to in rnmogpersonbngcwashisoton.com and we may tell their story on the asr.ai you can seetoday's morning person at 6:55. >>> time now 5:14. updating our top stories of the kay, police are looking for an intruder who attacked a teenage girl in falls church. it happened early yesterday morning at an apartment building on peach orchard drive. officers say a man got into an apartment and pinned down a 14-year-old girl who was sleeping on the couch. she screamed, and he eventually ran away. >>> it's only happened once before. a former president visiting north korea. bill clinton has arrived in the capital of pyongyang. he's expecte