thank you, john mackey, co-founder and re-ceo and walter rob, co-ceo of whole foods. ♪ i wanna spread a little love this year ♪ [ male announcer ] this december, experience the gift of exacting precision and some of the best offers of the year at the lexus december to remember sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> it is time -- it is time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." rapid-fire questions. [ indiscernible ] -- and then the lightning round is over. are you ready, skee-daddy? it's time for the lightning round on cramer's "mad money." i want to start with rod in ohio. rod! >> hi. how are you? >> i have my portfolio and i'm looking at a company called valero. ? valero makes a lot of sense and the glut in oil driving down the companies is good for valero, the nation's best refiner. jude in new jersey. jude? >> hi, jim, how are you? >> real good. how about you, partner? >> real good. looking forward to the holidays. i have a question for you. what do you think of hawaiian electric? >> it's one of the utilities i like. honolulu feels the grow

inga, curtis, jerome mack and walter rob are the kinds of coaches you can get behind, great coaches that can lead their institutions through what happens with the fed or the next day after that, and these companies aren't constrained by the word of ben bernanke and janet yellen, for that matter. this is not about picking the stock of whole foods. i am not talking about boeing, per se. i am talking about this because i want you to own stocks you like, believe in and have done the homework on. i want you to participate in the great capitalist wealth creation engine by picking ceos you want to invest with, who are doing a terrific job of surfing long-term themes. what are the waves you'll be riding? for boeing, it's the need for new planes that are fuel efficient because the cost of air fuel can eat up 50% of the budget, which is why you can't get a dream liner to 20/20. take a look at that deck. take a look at the slides they put out today. they had new products like film that enhances lcd panels, and they improved the energy-efficient abilities and reduced the composite materials. honeywe

john mackey and walter rob, co-ceos of whole foods at the opening of the brooklyn store.urnover was the bane of their existence because it hurt stakeholders and the managers left behind with the customers and shareholders. paying them much more that than the minimum wage and offering them more than the retail world led to a remarkable cost advantage not disadvantage where the goal seems to be to squeeze as much out of workers as possible. there is a big cost to the firm when people leave. i can think of only three other companies that have emphasized to me their desire to pay top dollar for associates while offering the best benefits packages, starbucks, chipotle and costco. training people so costs to the bottom line. all three like to promote from within and chipotle going so far to take the next stem up in a consistent management basis. costco pays the people the most and the personal underpinnings by the bountiful profitability and the most revered retailer aleve has insisted to me over and over again that costco has become great and there's virtually no turnover and

rob her. >>> shots rang out around 4:00 this morning at this bp gas station on walters lane near pennsylvania avenue. authorities believe the victim was a gas station customer. police also are trying to establish a motive for the shooting. the victim's name is not being released until next of kin have been notified. >>> funeral services for slain postal worker tyson barnett were held sunday. prince george's county police were back in the neighborhood on saturday where the 26-year- old was shot to death. detectives hope somebody saw something which will help them determine a motive and find barnett's killer. a $125,000 reward is being offered in the case. >>> today is the busiest shipping day of the year for fedex. delia goncalves learned the ins and outs of the shipping business at the northeast warehouse. >> reporter: the operation a well-oiled machine. crews unload freight trucks, sort the packages on the conveyor belt. drivers pick up the parcels, scan them, and then hit the road. you cover not only dc but maryland as well. these crews head out the door at 8:00? >> probably about 7:45 well

walter white. >>> and, oh yeah, it's the holidays. just drink this in, everybody. uh-huh. it's time for your daily rob ford fix, the dance party.ng into dance during the council session yesterday. yes, i did say council session. this is toronto city council. apparently after ann agree exchange with a councilwoman, was going to have a lawsuit against him. so what do you do? you have a dance party to christmas carol blues and "one love" and then a councilwoman wants to dance with him. i'm not sure. i'm not sure what else to add to this. rob ford. merry christmas from me to you. just ahead, the student accused of a bomb hoax at harvard. he's going to head into court today. you would think he would be smart if he got into harvard. find out where he may spend next semester instead. of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as muc

robbed and killed overnight in forestville. police need your help. the 25-year-old was shot at the bp station on walter's station about 3:00 this morning. detectives think there were more than one suspect. jackson was standing inside the gas station when he was shot. investigators believe robbery was the motive. we also have new numbers about the murder rate in prince george's county. tracee wilkins joins us live from police headquarters in palmer park. >> reporter: every time there is a homicide in a community, folks who live there feel like the murder rate is up. here in prince george's county, we have a month left, but they are now on track to have fewer homicides than last year. the demolition of this abandoned house is part of prince george's effort to curb crime. it's called the targeting neighborhood initiative, a program aimed at targeting high crime areas using every tool the county has from police to social services to code enforcement. >> you need to look at why we have homicides and why it's occurring. >> reporter: this is the county deputy chief and oversees the department. restructuring of

rob more than his children. if all of the paperwork goes through i am hoping to adopt him next year. so, somehow mayor ford did not make the list of barbara walter's most fascinating people last night which is crazy to me. the most fascinating person of 2013 was hillary clinton. this was barbara walters' 19th, final most fascinating special. officially done finding people fascinating. but because it was the last one, she took a look back at some of the most fascinating of all of the fascinating people including the famous diet dr. robert atkins. >> what do you say to doctors who say that a high fat diet is very bad for your heart? >> well i say that they're right if that high fat diet has a lot of carbohydrates along with it. >> four months later, he slipped on an icy new york sidewalk, suffered severe head trauma and died. >> jimmy: but he looked great. turns out he could have eaten bread after all. this is kind of hard to believe. according to some new research at the university of north carolina, one in 200 young women american women claim they had a virgin pregnancy. they say they got pregnant without having sex or in vitro. means one in 200 w