] >> jimmy: you don't talk like kramer or anything. >> i don't talk like kramer. >> jimmy: have you ever0,000 on the weekends pretending to be kramer. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: every gig you get 50 grand? >> yeah, and when my son talks back to me when he's a teen, i'll tell him, "fake kramer put you through college, and you shut your mouth!" [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] i'll never talk to my son like that ever. >> jimmy: "fake kramer put you through college." >> yeah. this is all getting edited out of the show by the way. >> jimmy: no. >> all of the fake kramer -- great. great. [ laughter ] harry connick jr., you're gone. [ laughter ] this is too good. >> jimmy: this is too much magic. >> jimmy: all right, wait. so you just -- so that was your real -- that is your real hair. go look at this. so, you buzzed it down. >> yes, for this character, we started here. >> jimmy: yep. >> everything from the back -- this is all gone. >> jimmy: yeah. then you went here. >> then we went -- basically, you can see -- >> jimmy: with a flat iron? >> all of the hair was flat ironed and then product and

we start with amy kramer. >> thank you so much, dustin. thank you to greg keller and the aclu board for putting this c pac together. this is inspiring. we need this energy and inspiration going forward because we have a lot of work to do in the 2012 election cycle. it is up to us to take back the country from the current administration and the left. i'm inspired to be here. obviously the tea party has had a significant impact on the political landscape across this country. and in the past six-to-eight months, we heard about occupy wall street. we have seen it happen across the country starting in new york city. the media wants to write the narrative that occupy wall street is alive and well and they post their pictures and their videos and everything of their bright signs and boisterous people and they are writing these stories that the tea party movement is dead. i have news for them. the tea party movement is not dead. we're alive and well. [ applause ] >> we are alive and well. we have grown and matured into tea party 2.0. don't judge u

always great to see you, miss kramer. are you buying at the top if high prices get cured by perhaps lower demand? >> i'm not really worried about any slower demand. as far as i'm concerned the oil prices are going to continue to rise. tom, the situation in the middle east with iran and cutting off exports to france and to u. k. concerns about israel coming in and potentially trying to take out their areas of the nuclear development in iran are very very serious weighing on the market. oil stocks keep going up but the other companies, that is a problem, and it is a concern. the other sectors like transportation. >> tom: absolutely and we've seen that turn around lately. your choice is occidental petroleum otherwise known as oxy. it's above $100 per share. what do you expect out of it? >> at the very least i expect oxy in the 300 range to go back to a high of $117. you have a 2% dividend yield here the really strong well managed diversified oil company with hundreds and hundreds of acres especially in california a strong ho

during a mission sergeant kramer stepped on an explosive device. >> ultimately, she gave her life. >> amazingly, the dog was not harmed physically, but was sent back to fort belvoir to be examined. >> things are different. >> it is hard on them just like people. the military experts say at least 5% of dogs to go through traumatic combat experiences end up timid like this. >> he wants to do his job but it is not going to work. and the troubling behavior is consistent with k9 posttraumatic stress disorder. watch as this dog shies away with his tail tucked and ears back. the best this german shepherd barks out uncontrolled be. each of these highly trained dogs developed ptsd after long- term exposure. some dogs take months to recover. others never bounce back. for jopa, coming home without charging kramer was not easy. >> for the first couple of weeks, he was not able to do that. but that it took time, but he eventually bond with his new handler. they could be deployed together, and wholey says he believes that the dog is prepared if duty calls again. >> we train we patrol. i trust him h

and kramer attempted to say something nice about agnew, and nixon just waved him away and said agnew was a clown. what they did, however, share during their years in the presidency was a sense -- and i think this is very relevant to contemporary politics today -- was that the liberal -- what they considered to be the liberal establishment was hostile to them because they were republicans. this idea is still -- still permeates the republican party today. the belief particularly that there is a liberal media is antagonistic to conservatives and republicans. agnew's famous speeches that he gave beginning in the fall of 1969 about the networks speaking to the american public but not speaking for the american public resonated very strongly within the republican party. because there was this belief -- and there still is this belief, there was plenty of evidence for it, and there still is today -- that members of the national media, particularly those who write for "the new york times," "the washington post," or "time" or "newsweek" or the network anchors by and large are to the left of cen

kramer's exclusive with goldcorp's ceo. later, yummy, you know it's mouth watering brands, kfc, taco bell and pizza hut. could overseas patrons help the company continue to serve up profits? kramer is setting the table for a sit down with yum brands ceo. >>> now boarding, sky high fuel prices have been hurting airlines, but could this lesser known aircraft manufacturer change the landscape by making fuel efficient planes to rival boeing and airbus captain cramer will find out on "mad money." >>> get your m"mad moneyma"mad alert. to get cramer on your phone. for more info, madmoney.cnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] now there's a mileage card that offers special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. wha

versus kramer," and the bad news bears" there.emember how beautiful the ceiling was and i am looking forward for the opportunity for the public to get back in there and enjoy the great architecture in that space. commissioner sugaya: front the preservation historic standpoint, since we're always getting beat up by everybody else, it seems like this is a case where it resulted in an extremely good project. i know that there were some concerns at one. over the insertion of the floors that we were just talking about, because it doesç break up the auditorium , which was okidentified as having significance. sa#and to staff's credit, theyd identify that and called this a potential impact in the environmental report, and that was mitigated. in the long run, i think it is an example of where preservationists and developers and the committee can all work together and preserve an important building to san francisco's history. i think that is to everybody's credit. and also that everyone was able to accommodate compromise and changes to wh

she's hilary kramer, author of "the little book of big profits from small stocks." >> susie: the other big story tonight? bankrupt american airlines could soon be handing out pink slips to 13,000 employees. parent company a.m.r. told employees today the airline needs to save more than $2 billion per year. here's what american's c.e.o. thomas horton said in a letter to employees. "we will end this journey with many fewer people, but we will also preserve tens of thousands of jobs that would have been lost if we had not embarked on this path." a.m.r. also proposed more cost- saving by terminating its four employee pension plans. they cover 130,000 employees and retirees. if the bankruptcy judge approves, the pension plans will be turned over to the "pension benefit guaranty corporation," the federal agency that insures pension plans. >> susie: joining us now, the man who could soon become in charge of those american airline employee pension plans. he's josh gotbaum, director of the pension benefit guaranty corporation. josh, thanks for coming on the program tonight. >

there is the interview with whitney houston on my website today with one-on- one though with justin kramer. he is a general manager of a fabulous italian restaurant and today he is also going to mix up some valentine's day drinks. the restaurant is -- and it's located on the 11th street northwest. great food. he says the chef uses traditional recipes, blows them up and then puts them back together and i'm going to visit him real soon. today let's -- do you want to mix up valentine's day drinks? >> absolutely. i have a couple of valentine's day valentine's day cocktails today. the first one is called i'm with cupid. it's a mixture of a real simple syrup, pomegranate liqiewr, a grey goose pear vodka. a little bit of fresh lemon juice and then a little bit of half and half. it's like a pink drink. >> it's nice for your sweetheart. >> exactly. we will take one and a half ounces of grey goose pear. >> i love grey goose pear. i don't drink it often. not often. >> we will take a half ounce of a pom granite liqiewr. we will -- liquor. we will take rose scented simple syrup and we will take about o

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let's go to our correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem.ou think these elections will take place? >> we have been told here some time ago that the elections might be scheduled in may. however, it is expected that they will be delayed. it will very much in demand on the forming of this new unity government that should prepare parliamentary and presidential elections. but that needs to be formally announced, of course. >> this appears to be a major breakthrough after years of in- fighting. what were the points of contention in the run-up to this deal? >> one of the main issues, as we understand, was to find the right candidate as the current prime minister was rejected by hamas. they cannot come up with a more independent figure, and now president abbas will occupy those two posts for an interim government. but there are many other reasons. this has been going on for a very long time. some experts talk about a lack of trust and a lack of political will. but also issues like how to deal with the two separate security forces. one in gaza, one i

and hilary kramer returns as our "street critique" guest. there's still time to email your questions to streetcritique@nbr.com. new claims tonight that china's trade practices are killing jobs in the u.s. auto sector. three reports released today by the alliance for american manufacturing claim over a million and a half jobs in the u.s. auto parts industry are at risk. the reason-- china offers auto parts makers illegal subsidies, rigs its tax laws and manipulates its currency. combined, these assaults have allegedly cost more than 400,000 u.s. jobs since the year 2000. >> tom: apple headed across the pond to find its new top retail executive. c.e.o. tim cook has tapped john browett for the job. browett ran britain's second largest electronics retailer. now, he'll be in charge of developing apple's retail strategy as the maker of iphones and ipads expands its stores around the globe. browett will be on the job come april, reporting directly to the apple c.e.o. >> susie: tonight's commentator is just back from davos, switzerland, where c.e.o.

taking in the five thousand meters it was a piece of the result of the vancouver winter olympics spend kramer took gold with the twenty nine year old russian plane in third place just like two years ago the dutch star is also the overall leader now with the fifteen hundred meter and ten thousand meter events awaiting competitors later on sunday stop that's compadre catarina lobby shaver is also fit their role finishing second in the five hundred meters and thirteenth in the three thousand meters. meanwhile at the world snowboarding championships in oslo our report lachey costco's won the halfpipe title the russian born swiss finished a comfortable three points clear of matlab leave the usa with another american war deleuze video taken good luck to come the first man ever to land the switchback side double cork twelve sixteen took the title in the school ninety eight. in goal phil mickelson is still on course to win his second title in two weeks he's tied for the lead going into the final round of the northern trust open in california despite missing this eagle pass on the eleventh mickelson f

in week three but this time the italian after it was unstoppable an impressive three pointer from kramer giving the home side a twenty eleven lead line. in the first quarter well in export back of the second and even call the deficit back to four points by half time it was not enough to stop armani from claiming their first win in the top sixteen again sixty three fifty eight the result however unix still top group with three wins and just that one defeat. to winter sport now and the russian city of sochi will host the winter olympics in exactly two years time and it's nearly built by as long course has been described as one of the toughest in the world the course of course now by the owner is set to host its first serious test event this weekend and the president of the russian biathlon union believes the athletes will find it tough millionaire mea culpa rocket of inspecting the venue ahead of the russia cup and warned that high differences of up to sixty meters between peaks and troughs will make it exhausting while the climbers will also take its toll. at the start of the is good but

she won twice for kramer versus kramer in 1979 and "sophie's choice." but it has been 29 years.4 losses and she has come close to winning for films like "julie and julia." >> this is her year. >> she can't lose. >> what about best supporting actor and actress? >> yes, a veteran actor and it was captain van trap. he will become the oldest acting winner at the age of 82. >> sound of music won in 1965. >> best picture and director and best filmed ditting. film editing. >> i have only seen "the help" that's the only one i have seen. how do you think it will do? >> octavia spencer will win from "the help." that's probably the only win out of the nominations. spencer, great performance in "the help." >> you are such an expert. you think you can beat google, so in other words i have my google up here. best picture 1969, go. >> "butch cassidy" of the sundance kid. "midnight cowboy" won best picture and best adapted screenplay. >> who was best actor? >> john wayne for "true grit." >> people say it was a gift for his lifetime achievement. >> there was one or nomination for best actor of 1

at least make it exciting like kramer did. i guess he don't like mitt romney. >> you are insightful. why is jason alexzander getting it for this? >> it is the only thing he has done. the last thing that alexzander has done substantially are the commercials for weight watchers. >> that don't mean your career is over, right 1234* i can't wait to get one of those commercials. my career is just getting started. >> judging by your physique, you are almost there. >> romney attributed that line to george before. how can he be president if he is botching the seinfield jokes? >> it is funny how serious george takes himself. and he is shorter than you. >> yes, he is. that's because i am tall. >> right. i appreciate they like to end conversations on high notes both mitt romney and jerry seinfield which is what i do. the laughter starts, good night, everybody. >> good night, everybody. >> you proved your point by illustrating the opposite. how awkward and sad it was and they saab bough tajed the segment. you were married to jason alexzand

amy kramer. >> thank you. >> our next panelist is kevin jackson. author of the critically acclaimed book "the big black live -- lie." kevin has been featured on the plan that program, rush limbaugh, tom gibson, etc.. he is a national speaker, a radio show host on settling communications, and a frequent guest on a variety of other national radio shows. kevin writes his almost daily blog and is a syndicated writer. featured in town hall magazine and any other and he is hilarious, so he will entertain you guys tonight. no pressure. our next guest is jennifer -- i need some water up here. jennifer stefano, state director of pennsylvania for americans for prosperity. [applause] jennifer is unexpected political career began in april 2009 when she attempted to spend a day at the park with her husband and newborn baby. instead of a quiet family picnic, they stumbled onto a tea party rally. [applause] soon after, she started organizing and leading rallies from harrisburg to d.c., organizing busloads of her fellow activists and protests of obama's health car

>> because 14-year-old alyssa kramer can.ility to repeat any word instantly backwards. her friends put her in a video that has over a million hits on youtube. take a look. >> chevrolet. [ speaking backwards ]. >> fireworks. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> savings. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> gallon. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> lamborghini. >> huh? [ speaking backwards ]. >> land star [ speaking backwards ]. >> corn nuts. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> bugles. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> combos. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> fritos. >> [ speaking backwards ]. >> holy cow! alyssa joins us now as you saw earlier. good morning. when did you discover you had this talent? >> when i learned how to read i just did it both ways. >> it's visual for you? >> yeah. >> any word someone says to you, you immediately visualize and read it backwards? >> yeah. >> how old were you when you discovered this? >> when i learned to read, so 6 or 7. >> has it had a broader benefit? besides being fun in a car? >> not that i know of. >> maybe being o

. >> cnbc's jim kramer had this to say about support for mitt romney in the business community. >> business leaders see he created companies, they recognized he would encourage hiring, but i have to tell you, no one is enthusiastic as i thought they would be, people are talking about obama again. >> are you hearing the business community get behind the president? >> absolutely. there are different part of a business community but when i can be here in minneapolis at a community college last friday, people training to be prepared to go in the manufacturing sector and a small business that suddenly has a welder trained and now ready to go, that helps. when you see the fact there are exports that are picking up, that helps. we'll make our case. this is the president who created jobs. >> r.t.rybak, always a pleasure. >>> answer the question at the bottom of the screen, share thoughts on twitter @edshow. the president released a budget today, republicans are attacking it. senator bernie sanders we'll ask him how he feels about the numbers. >>> this weekend widespread sadness over the death of wh

. >> i'm jim kramer and welcome to my world. >> they're going go out of business and he's nuts! they're nuts! they know nothing! >> there's a bull market somewhere. "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money," welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends and i'm just trying to save you some money. my job is not just to entertain, but to educate so call me 800-743-cnbc. you better sit yourself down for what i'm about to tell you. because i know it's going to come as a huge surprise. ready? >> okay. total shocker, stop trading! not everything is perfect in this market! may i remind you, though. it never is. so on a day when the averages were pummeled! the dow moves to 97 points. s&p sinking .54% and the nasdaq falling .55%! i think it's worth explaining the many and varied reasons why stocks can and do go down even in the most bullish of markets. >> come on, we've had such a tremendous run here that whenever we get hit with a down day, i know, i know what happens. wow! hold it. roll over, something must be terribly wrong, that's

amy kramer, cnn contributor, and our chief political analyst.e have seen this cycle when you rise up, whether you're michele bachmann early on in the spring, herman cain, governor perry at one point, you get more attention and you can sometimes talk your way into trouble. how's the senator doing? >> well, i think some of these things he probably should not have said. the housing burst bubble -- the housing bubble burst was not about gas prices. we all know what happened with fannie and freddie and that happened before prices climbed during the 2008 election -- or in the summer of 2008, so i think he needs to be a little more careful about what he says, because when these people do rise up, they are in the spotlight and they are getting a lot more attention and they need to be cognizant of that. >> so you have this moment where you can step up and seize it, eric, or sometimes you end up hurting yourself. how's he doing? >> not so well the last couple of weeks. he keeps saying he'd like to talk about jobs and the economy, but it's the media who ge

we are going to start the remarks with amy kramer. >> thank you so much. for putting this cpac together. this is inspiring. we needed this energy and inspiration going forward because we have a lot of work to do in the 2012 election cycle. it is up to us to take back this country from the administration on the left. i am honored to be here with all of you great people. obviously, the tea party has had significant impact on the political landscape across the country. in the past six-eight months, we have heard about occupy wall street. we have seen it happen all across the country starting in new york city. the media wants to write to the narrative that occupy wall street is alive and well. the post pictures and videos and everything of their bright signs and a boisterous people. and then they are writing stories that the tea party movement is dead. i have news for them. the tea party movement is not dead. we are alive and well. [applause] we have grown and matured into tea party 2.0. don't judge us by our signs. judge us by election day when we are out vot