you're scarred for life. [ cheers and applause ] thanks, pal. i can take that -- thanks, pal. move on to the next contestant. the final contestant here -- [ light laughter ] come on. they're both upset. they are like, "we're not friends anymore. that's ridiculous." hey, how are you? what's you're name? >> allison. >> jimmy: allison, where are you from? >> long island. >> jimmy: you're from long island right here. [ cheers ] all right, good. are you a fan of harry potter? >> sort of. >> jimmy: okay. have you read any of the books? >> sort of. >> jimmy: i know what that means. okay, good. very serious. okay, higgins, what do we have our final contestant to lick? >> steve: well, jimmy, allison will be licking this invisible cloak made from the hair of a demiguise, this invisibility cloak. the magical garment it renders whatever it is covering completely unseeable. it retails for $12. jimmy? >> jimmy: now you watching at home it looks like there's nothing here. but i assure you there's an invisibility cloak here and someone is about to lick it. your ready to lick the cloak? >> sur

>> jimmy: why pal?in. >> aw. [ audience aws ] >> jimmy: that's pretty cute, rit? >> that's so cute. >> jimmy: not pumpkin loaf. >> pumpkin fallon. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: fallon's a great middle name. >> i love it. oh, no last. >> jimmy: do we have news we have to tell? >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> jiy: i've missed you, pal. >> i miss you too, buddy. >> jimmy: remember the days of "saturday night live," we used to work together? it was fun times. >> we had such goof fest. >> jimmy: it was really silly. >> and so many late nigs being stupid and goofy and like remember all of the weird kids that used to hang out? remember our -- >> jimmy: a couple of them, yeah. >> we had -- we were set up as dual stalkers. do you remember this? there was a kid -- i was coming upstairs and one day this kid was like, "hey -- uh, nice to -- i got something for you." i was like, "okay, what?" and it was a jimmy fallon clock. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, he got you a clock with my picture on it? >> yeah, and then i came up an

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well, toss another coin in the wishing well, pal. it's not happenin'. limb: hey, what's up, donnie? you been? anncr: accidents are bad. >>> it is time, it is time for the "lightning round on the on the request "mad money." that's rapid fire calls. you say the name of a stock. to be clear i do not know the callers or stock questions ahead of time. my staff prepares graphics on the fly. then the lightning round is over. are you ready skeet daddy? it's time for the "lightning round" on cramer's "mad money." avery in maryland. >> caller: hello, jim. boo-yah. >> boo-yah, avery. ravens boo-yah. >> caller: land of the washington capitals. >> oriole boo-yah. >> caller: right, right. i want to give you a compliment. i really enjoy your show. >> thank you. >> caller: a lot like "wall street week." >> he was great. you know, we -- drew kaiser got me involved. i watched that show on friday night and said i can figure this out with the help of this man. the baltimore sun wrote an article that called me obnoxious. can't you get meaner than that? obnoxious? what's the stock? >> caller: the stock i

aagree with my pal, jimmy cramer, big superstars are recapitulating. tech generally led the banks this week but commodities and retailers are coming on as a sign of economic recovery. jobless claims fell 95,000 in the last two weeks. if that number can hold up, it might mean that unemployment will peak much sooner than lower, jobs could quit falling. it could be a huge plus, fasten your seatbelts on that one. better earnings are driving this rally.y. i am still fully committed to the bank stock story. we'll look ahead to tomorrow's earnings for citigroup and ge capital. cit is not too big to fail, isn't that knowing score one for free market capitalism, stocks are okay with the story. >>> three cheers for henry paulson on today's congressional show trial. i am going to give him and award later in the show. you won't want to miss it. he's a stand-up guy in contrast to the republican and democratic "politico"s who looked and sounded just pathetic today!y! those guys are looking for something that just doesn't exist. then finally, the democrats health car

my pal, the tis!m "saturday night live" and currently appearing on "the bill engvall show," my old pal, tim meadows, is here. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. funny dude. and then we've got a special treat. muc from jarvis cocker. [ cheers and applause ] it's going to be a great show. it's going to be a great show. >> what about me, jimmy? what about me? >> jimmy: what? [ laughter ] >> don't you want to have me on the show? >> jimmy: oh, hey, it's toppy, the topical newspaper, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hey, buddy. hi. he was going to come out and tell some topical jokes. i don't think we're going to have time for that tonight. sorry about that. >> what? come on,an! i've got some great topical material about obama's beer summit. [ laughter ] come on. it's going to be really funny. what do you say? come on. just one joke. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: okay. it looks like they want to hear it. but we really don't have time. so, just do one of these, okay? >> one joke. whoo-hoo! [ laughter ] her

and i should turn my pal green. it's pretty interesting. it's called "being green."edtime. everybody, my favorite monster, elmo is here. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, baby. yeah, baby. yeah, baby. >> jimmy: elmo, are you excited? this is past -- >> oh, elmo's so excited. >> jimmy: oh, you are? because it's really late. >> yeah, because elmo get to stay up really late. >> jimmy: you like it? >> yeah, baby. [ laughter ] hi, mr. ice-t. >> ice-t: what's up, elmo? >> what's up, what's up? >> ice-t: what's happening? >> you know, elmo has a rappers name. >> ice-t: oh, what's your name? >> wild cherry. [ laughter ] >> ice-t: okay. all right. all right. that'll work, elmo for you, baby. that's good. >> jimmy: that's better than kool-aid. >> ice-t: yeah. >> really? >> jimmy: that's my rap name, i think. >> kool-aid? >> jimmy: yeah. >> what's up, kool-aid? >> jimmy: kool-aid is a -- it's a beverage. >> no, no, elmo didn't ask what it was. >> jimmy: oh. thanks -- >> elmo said "what's up, kool-aid?" >> jimmy: oh, sorry. [ laughter ] sorry. what's up? >> hi, everybody. [ che

hey, we're back here with our old pal kevin nealon. are you our old pal?ur show. >> yeah, but i grew up watching you. [ laughter ] no, this show has always been one of my favorites. >> jimmy: when did you start watching us? so, i've been here from the beginning. >> jimmy: i know. i remember seeing you. we were just building -- >> those were the days, huh? >> jimmy: yeah. it seemed like four months ago. [ laughter ] >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: it was, actually. >> has it been four months >> jimmy: this is the best right here. [ cheers and applause ] that was a mid-five. that wasn't quite high. it was a mid-five. >> yeah, i don't go high five anymore. >> jimmy: you don't do it? >> no. again, i'm afraid of heights. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, you like to stay low. i know you are a golfer. you stay down to the ground. >> you know, i fancy myself one day to become a golfer. it's something i think i could do, but i'm not good at it because i don't have the time. you know, i'm a very busy man. you heard what i've got going on. >> jimmy: we're not going through the li

. >>> speaking of profit blowouts and above expected results, to my pal. he is so important, i will run 100 yard dash just to be next to him. first up, go brian. >> you have to get here, catch your breath and not mess up the bril cream on the way. get over here now. >> today's trading, choppy, relati relatively light. we did finish positive across the board. it's still dropping, the lowest since last september, 2502, down under 25 for a little bit today. goldman sachs, $2.7 billion in profit after they pay back the t.a.r.p. secondary offering and fixed income, did take on risk. we'll talk about that in a second. the stock, triple off the low. is it one off or harbinger financial? profit fell 3 1/2%, a 4dprks impact, they did beat it slightly today. and start with kfc, taco bell, pizza hut. retabed iined its guidance. currency being attributed but beat, they're down after-hours.. keep that in mind. jim goldman will hit on intel. the e.u. fine makes a major difference here. gross margins ridiculous. look at these other two companies, applied materials, bro b

hey, we're back here with our old pal kevin nealon. are you our old pal? show. >> yeah, but i grew up watching you. [ laughter ] no, this show has always been one of my favorites. >> jimmy: when did you start watching us? so, i've been here from the beginning. >> jimmy: i know. i remember seeing you. we were just building -- >> those were the days, huh? >> jimmy: yeah. it seemed like four months ago. [ laughter ] >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: it was, actually. >> has it been four months already? >> jimmy: yeah. we've 83, 84 shows? >> 83 shows >> jimmy: how many ruth? do you know? this is the 84th show. isn't that crazy? >> i can't believe it. i can't believe it. >> jimmy: i've interview over 170 people. >> wow. and memories good? >> jimmy: this is the best right here. [ cheers and applause ] that was a mid-five. that wasn't quite high. it was a mid-five. >> yeah, i don't go high five anymore. >> jimmy: you don't do it? >> no. again, i'm afraid of heights. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, you like to stay low. i know you are a golfer. you stay down to the ground. >> y

now, my brother, my teacher, my ship mate and pal, it's time for me to say good night, old boy, it'sational. i love you. and miss you so. fair winds and following seas forever. rest in peace, my dear old friend. >> well, i loved my dad. i loved him coming home for dinner. so we could talk about that night's program. i loved riding my bike to meet him in the summer when he drove home to the country house. i loved sailing with him, trimming the sails while he navigated. he was goods at that, too. back in the days before satellite navigation, he would get us right there after hours in the dark fog. i admired my dad. he was just a reporter, he'd say. he just ended up reporting bigger and bigger stories. he was fast, too. i liked watching him swivel around and rewrite stories during commercial breaks. during the 1960's when the country sometimes felt it would revote to the 1860's, his reporter's instincts for fairness and accuracy, seemed to me to help americans on both sides of the political fence understand each other. he liked to quote thomas jefferson, a nation that expects to be igno

because you and harry are best pals. everybody knows you're best pals forever. why ron?the front of the class with the hand up. i know the answer. i know the answer. ron is this sort of -- >> that's why, you know. don't they say that opposites attract? you know, he's good for her. hermione is very serious. and she needs someone to make her a bit more relaxed and fun, and he's the opposite of her. like yin and yang, you nknow, sort of balance. >> is there a part of you -- i remember read be when you first -- you really pursued this part when you were a kid. you said, i've got to have that. >> heavily, yeah. >> has this all turned out the way you had hoped? >> oh, my god. as i had hoped and more. you know, i could never -- no one imagined the success that the films have achieved. i think last year harry potter is now officially the most successful film franchise of all time. you know, above bond, above star trek, everything, star wars. it's some -- you know, it's been amazing. >> and to you, though, it's interesting because i pick up "vanity fair" the other day, and there

a lot of people with anxiety have hart pal -- heart palpatations. how do you know the difference?>> l atrial fibrillation usually persists and includes lightheadedness and sortness of breath. both conditions are common. it is estimated five million people have atrial fibrillation and about that many have dimentia. so the question is, is there a link between those two conditions. >> can you tell us more about how it's treated? >> sure. one of the biggest dangers is blood clots forming in the top chamber of the heart. so oftentimes you put patients on cumadin so small clots don't go to the brain and cause mini strokes. >> and what are the risks of cumadin? >> the biggest risk of cumadin is bleeding. especially an older person, if they fall or hit their head, it can be catastrophic. >> so if you are feeling any of those symptoms, get to your doctor. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. if you have any other questions, call 1-800-md-mercy for a referral. >> are this week's movies worth the price of admission? max is here with her movie reviews. first, the winning lottery numbers. @÷@÷@h >>

lopez also upset that pals tom cruise and kate holmes didn't show up. katie was filming in australia. she narrowly escaped serious injury, when a battery exploded, setting a car she was near on fire. >>> kim cattrall goes on a show called, who do you think you are? she was curious about a grandfather who disappeared in 1939. he was a bigamist who ran away with and married another woman. >>> this comes to us now from kdlt-tv in sioux falls, south dakota, where three rare tiger cubs are just stretching their legs. the newborn trio are amour tigers. since their overstressed mom can't feed them, zookeepers working around-the-clock. the cubs are kitten-sized now and cuddly. they were eventually grow to over 600 pounds. they don't make good pets. i'm dan kloeffler and this is "early today." your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it is -- a very good thursday morning to all of you. we are looking bet that our doppler, no

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we thought we would check in with our pal morina our hot for records pal. we asked morina about summertime vocabulary. roll the tape. bill: here we go with the summertime edition of the morina show. all right? are you ready for this. >> yes. bill: of course. now, in the summer bikinis are on display. where did the word bikini come from? >> bikini is a fun word. because of the origin of the word bikini back in 1846 after two atomic bombs were droppedden 00 islands of bikini by the united states as a test. >> fire! [explosion] >> and was broadcast all over the world on tv. so, a french designer saw it and he decided to come up with a smallest bathing suit in the world. bill: atomic bomb is big. he wants a little bathing suit. >> he wants a little bathing suit so he named it latome after atomic bomb. he saw the fact when people see his bathing suit. would be the same as the fact of an atomic bomb like wow! bill: oh, i see, they would be you aked. >> take your trunks and head for the beach. bill: you can't really named the bathing suit latome. you have to think

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pal>> excellent. if you would raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, robert mcdowell, do solemnly swear -- >> bayh, robert dole do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support, defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation. and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office i am about to enter. so help me god. >> well done. [applause] [unintelligible] that was, as i said, a distinct honor and privilege. the first time i have sworn anyone in in say -- it is an awesome responsibility and a great pleasure to welcome you for your next term. do either of my colleagues have opening remarks to begin the meeting? please? >> very briefly, mr. chairman, thank you very much. i could not think of a better way to launch the genachowski era. i think you have done a great job so far, sir. [laughter] there are four groups of thank yous right here. a will be as brief as possible. i think many f

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bill: talking about apprehension our pal barney frank comes on.ht he need a manicure but let's take a look at it? >> i'm worried that this health care is going to send the united states into bankruptcy. california is there now. massachusetts is in big trouble. and, you can reassure me that universal health care isn't going to bankrupt the united states of america? >> absolutely. because there are other areas we can cut. bill: all right. so,. >> that was just, to me amazing. i wondered as i watched does he recognize that there is a camera on him. typically you wouldn't see someone being that insulin. he was looking at the fingernails. typically we pick our fingernail what's are feeling nervous. i know he was not doing this out of nervousness but to prove that he was unaffected by you. bill: this is how i took it and believe me i saw it when it was going on. i didn't react to it because is he baiting me. he want me to say something mean to him. because that's why he came on. now, his gesture is one of disfor the question, correct? >> yes. what's int

president -- >> there's a lot of resiance -- there's a lot of resistance within the reblican party to pal>> absolutely. >> that frequent gets ovlookn this coverage. let's nsider what peggy noonan d to say about sarah palin today. in television interviews s was out of her dep in a shallow pool she was lited er ability to explain and defend her positions. and sometimes in knowing them. she couldn't sayhat she read because she didn't read anything. shwas utterly unconcerned all of this and seemed, in fact, rather proud of it. it was evidence her authenticity perry, with peopleike peggy noonan taking those kind of shots from within the republican tent, how can e find her way back into credible psidel campaigning? >> i think what changed over the last wk is not -- in some ways is not that much. before, a lot ofepublicans like peggy noon who live in washgton, live in new york, didn think sarah palinas qualified t first place. in some sense is is people who alady did not like her very much and a reenforcing that. i do think ihurts her in that u'll need republican strategists, people in washingto

iant to give you a high point i had to go live on r for the signation of sah pal, and it has been so goodor us. >> i wt to mention a high point. a personal friend of mineas this organation called ecclia. ey are foundation who has dinn's fort soldiers comin back from iraq. so this friday, weill have a dinner and giv them an opportity to talk to other soldiers and get them bacin societ there is a web site, elythia.org. there is aite and a way to ntribute. >> he sort of stole mind. [laughter] all we can tal about this week is palin and jacks. shes gone, isn't e? >> io not know. it ihard to tell. you talk aut h mmunications strategy and supporte not using any faith in her -- inact, they are ramping up. it is hard to tell. >> that i our program today. thank you souch for coming along. we wil see you nexweek. in the meaime. >> "ite house chronicle" is produced in coaboration with whut, ward university telesion. from washington d.c., this has been "white house chronle," a weekly news analysis with insight and humor, featuring llewellyning, and the gasparello, and guts. program may be fou on

well, toss another coin in the wishing well, pal. it's not happenin'. limb: hey, what's up, donnie? how you been? anncr: accidents are bad. anncr:but geico's good ding! with onsite windshield replacement. glenn: that last story about your computer coming up in just a little while. the federal reserve is made up of unelected bankers. they determine the country's monetary policy and hold the future of this country right in their hands. now people across the country are crawling for transparency in the fed. a lot of people are saying, why don't we abolish the fed? ron paul's bill to audit the fed now has almost 300 cosponsors. if everybody saw the video of democratic congressman alan g. ayson grilling the fed chair, ben bernanke, it might even be more than 75%. >> on page 26, which consists of your balance sheet, and one of the entries on the balance sheet is under "assets" central bank liquidity swaps, which shows an increase from the end of 2007 from $24 billion to $553 billion and change at the end of 2008. what is that? >> those are swaps that were done with foreign central banks.

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bernanke a said, "i got a plan, i want to ta $800 billion taxpayer money, i want to give it toy pals in the nine biggest banksn america," how many voteso you think you would haveot up here? >> reporter: in is case of "he said, she said," many wmakers stilfeel taxpayers picked up the tab for the meill lynch- bank of america deal. but pauln says what taxpayers really got was financial system that is still worki. da bate, "nightly business report," washington >> susiec.i.t. is inching closer to bankruptcy the small business lender is expected to fileor chapter 11 protection asoon as tomorrow. and that will leave ndreds of thousands of firms scrbling for finaing. erika miller has more out the impact of a c.i.t. failure on small anmedium sized businesses. >> reporter: the difrence of justne letter makes all the difference. citi is too bito fail. c.i.t. is no thgovernment has decided that c.i. is not important enough to the financial system toave and the mpany is expected to file for bankruptcy as sooas tomorrow. thatould mean big trouble for hundredsf thousands of small to medium sized fi

. >> what a pal. >>> 81 degrees leesburg. at the last couple nights, we have had cool numbers, but not the story any more. 66 dew point indicates that the air is feeling more sticky because of the heat and humidity. 74 in winchester. they had a high of 86 after a morning low of 51. 75 right now 08, 77 silver spring, alexandria 77. -- 75 right now bowie. a high-pressure is moving off the coast. that was basically covering that area, keeping the sunshine and keeping the humidity down. it that is moving off the coast. now a more southerly function will pump more heat and humidity. all of this through tennessee and kentucky will stay to the south, although we cannot rule out a little short. it could trigger storms. ahead of it, hot and muggy. officially today, 80 degrees at reagan national airport. -- 88 degrees at reagan national airport. tomorrow, near 90 degrees, scattered storms likely as the system approaches. we are looking for a high of about 90 as the afternoon wears on tomorrow. long term, the temperatures will be a litt

won't make you mone consistently in the < market >> scott, what you say >> im coletely with dan in that pal is the third player in this spa and that is not a place you want to be in. i am wondering if thiss no dan's great whitwhe. how many tes do you roll this thinout? maybe we move . >> theosses were cut. >> i think you can g caught into a trap. if you continue to persisteny thw premium at a trade ia. it can be a trap. over time you are digging yourself a he thou have to make a lot of money to get out of. >> got a question, send us an e-mail. it is the fuel that wers our equip opti aion. i do rd every e-mail. i am notidding you. it is it is our chce to educate you. that is right after the show. >>> time forhe final call, the last word. stacey. >> earnings next wee know what u have on, have a plan. >> scott? >> i like dan's ge strangle. could own that before expiration for almost no erosion. >> dan? >> i like buying that bank america july 11th pufor 25 ces. >> mike? >> i wilgo with the vat put buy. >> our thankto the traders. i'm melissa lee. we will see you back hernext week. have a great

. >> it is not because these young men did not have a pal center to go to. it is not because there were not enough parks and recreation opportunities for these two 17- year-old maniacs who were fighting in the middle of the street in south baltimore. it was not because a 5-year-old girl was aspiring to be a gang member. this really comes down to criminals, to thugs, to maniacs on our street with little to no parental supervision or meaningful adult contact in their lives. >> families tell us the little girl named as raven and she is now might support at the university of maryland medical center. this was davis's first offense as an adult, but he has an extensive criminal background as a juvenile. we will continue to follow the story. >>> hartford county, police are looking for the gunman who killed a man in aberdeen. officials on the victim dead in an apartment on pritchard ave. the search is on for two men that fled the scene. the vehicle was license with a new york tag. erv5831. the men are considered armed and dangerous. >>> for the fifth time in 10 days,

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for more analysis, turning to my good pal, bob pisani. i hope odd great weekend? >> i haven't talked to you on over a week, congratulations to on your news. >> thank you. >> she is expecting. and yes, it was a topic of conversation for several weeks so thank you for announcing. >> some people were starting to wonder, you can't see me on this a whole lot. >> you are going to be a fabulous mother. >> thank you. >> talking about home sales. heard all the facts from diane a couple pieces of good news, not only beat expectations here but the inventory levels, 8.2 months, good heavens, great news, everybody has been waiting for some signs of that moving down. the bad news, trish, is inventories are really down. i think largely because the home price were continuing to decline, a 12% decline year over year. i certainly and everybody would like to see an ability in home prices to get some kind of definitive bottom here. and diana, concerned about foreclosures as well she should be. >> a lot of this being attributed to the fact people are getting a tax deduction, first tim

you pal of somebody you. assuming the ad has no direct connection to any republican senators in the hearing room particularly in the light of the fact of recent actual domestic terrorism, george tiller, other cases, don't those senators bear some responsibility for something that coarse when they fail to denounce it? >> let's put the so-called ad in context. as far as we know there was no ad by so this is a blatant attempt to jump up and down and get attention. secondly yes we don't know that republican senators are involved. no one senior in the party is involved. thirdly, it's pretty dumb and outdated politics. it didn't work in 2006. it certainly didn't work in 2008. having said all of that, they are following the script that senator sessions laid out at the top of these confirmation hearings. sotomayor hangs out with terrorists. well, he says that she ruled in favor of terrorists. she ruled in favor of foreign law and the u.n. and she basically was barely american and would look just after ethnic interest

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