to joe jackson. i don't know what catherine jackson's will is like, but this is as bob massi remind us an 82-year-old woman. who would be her beneficiaries. she is enormously wealthy and getting wealthier by the hour. who would her beneficiary be? >> she doesn't have a say in that. the trust puts her 40 percent of the entire estate in a trust for her life time. upon her death or if she has predeceased michael jackson that 40 percent goes into the children's trust. >> so the children get it regardless of what katherine does now? >> absolutely. >> the only thing the older siblings could have been maneuvering to get is mom giving them money with the settlement you suggested earlier? >> the settlement or if catherine jackson as a guardian for her they would be given oo salary under california law. >> mark geragos do you think -- i know you are being calm and political and i know you represent represented michael jackson. i know you are an ace attorney. don't you think in some circumstances what happened

to joe jackson. i don't know what catherine jackson's will is like, but this is as bob massi remind us an 82-year-old woman. who would be her beneficiaries. she is enormously wealthy and getting wealthier by the hour. who would her beneficiary be? >> she doesn't have a say in that. the trust puts her 40 percent of the entire estate in a trust for her life time. upon her death or if she h predeceased michael jackson that 40 percent goes into the children's trust. >> so the children get it regardless of what katherine does now? >> absolutely. >> the only thing the older siblings could have been maneuvering to get is mom giving them money with the settlement you suggested earlier? >> the settlement or if catherine jackson as a guardian for her they would be given oo salary under california law. >> mark geragos do you think -- i know you are being calm and political and i know you represent represented michael jackson. i know you are an ace attorney. don't you think in some circumstances what happened he

i have no time for the jacksons. what's happening with the family is unfortunate, when the jackson family is in the news, it's a lot of fun to hear the recorders say their names. >> there is word from los angeles that katherine jackson is back here. >> paris jackson. >> paris and prince. >> paris. >> prince. >> and blanket. >> t.j., blanket and prince. >> prince. >> janet and randy. >> t.j. >> t.j. >> randy and tito. >> randy, jermaine and janet. >> katherine jackson playing uno.

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but sarah herman thinks that is unlikely in jackson's case. >> kenneth jackson is simply in confinement because he cannot cope in general population. he is more afraid of being in general pop with other inmates with a roommate and cell mate. we've tried a couple times to get him to go to general population. he didn't last 24 hours. he did not feel safe. go put your clothes on. >> jackson's coping issues are not limited to general population. he recently cut himself in order to deal with the stress of living in confinement. >> the best way to relieve the pressure. i cut on myself. i cut my arm. when i bleed and got the pain it relaxes me. it's like having the most orgasm you can ever have. my blood pressure is 147/104 and i cut and 20 minutes later it's down to 110/70. i relax. straight up. >> this is your daily visit. remember we talked on thursday. where are you at today? let me see your arms. both. both. don't mess with it. >> sergeant herman has come to check on jackson and discuss his request to return to general population. >> when you told me on thursday you were about to break, r

i have no time for the jacksons. what's happening with the family is unfortunate, when the jackson family is in the news, it's a lot of fun to hear the recorders say their names. >> there is word from los angeles that katherine jackson is back here. >> paris jackson. >> paris and prince. >> paris. >> prince. >> and blanket. >> t.j., blanket and prince. >> prince. >> janet and randy. >> t.j. >> t.j. >> randy and tito. >> randy, jermaine and janet. >> katherine jackson playing uno. >> jimmy: wow there you have. the jacksons are not the only families embroiled in legal battle right now. cody brown, the polygamist stars on the tlc sister wives. he has filed a lawsuit against the state of utah challenging their ban on polygamy. sit a practice of marrying multiwomen at the same time. concept that was invented very long time ago by a man. [ laughter ] and the utah attorneys general's office has asked the judge to throw the case out. utah has a policy of not prosecuting people on polygamy charges alone. the judge said he doe

i talk about shirley chisholm, geoffrey jackson, chicago politics. the first black congressman coming from the south side of chicago. .. it has to be anchored in these trends, these ideological trends that are developing within the black community and the history that the rise of his campaign came out of. >> tell me a little bit before we get to some of the details in the book that just spill out nicely there, we'll touch on most of those, tell me a little bit about what it was like to write the book, to do the research for it. you make note that political scientist, stuck in the numbers and our stats, in the present context. what was it like you -- like for you to look back and historical context? >> that's an excellent question, because this was a very different book for me to write. i'm pretty much your conventional political scientist. iran statistical models. i do survey work. i made a little other here and there like it did on the black church but basically i'm looking for statistical rigor and theoretical contributions. but i really felt in ma

. >> ben bernanke gets ready to set speak at jackson hole. investors primed for any hints the central bank may take new acstha action to spur the company. >> mitt romney gives a rousing speech at the republican national convention. >>> and another warning sign from japan's struggling factories. industrial output falls in july. india gdp growth rises from 3 1/2 year loss. most analysts say don't expect from any near term help from the country's central bank. >>> okay. very good welcome to you. if you just joined us today on cnbc this is "worldwide exchange". we have some data. the rate unchanged at 10.7%. this is the july rate for italy. the june rate revised slightly down. 10.7 to 10.1. not quite as high as we thought. fairly elevated. still loads to get through on today's program. we'll be over at jackson hole as investors wait to see what ben bernanke will say about any new rounds of bond purchases. we have second quarter gdp figures which suggests india is going all right. we'll be out in paris where the french finance minister has told cn

this morning a judge reinstated katherine jackson as guardian of michael jackson's three children while their cousin remains coguardian. >> the role mrs. jackson last played, she has been a phenomenal guardian. >> reporter: the custody battle started last month when katherine went to arizona to get rest. a feud escalated within the family with deputies responding to a fight at the 82-year-old's home and there were even reports katherine had been kidnapped. >> my children would never do that. they're stupid for people to think that. >> reporter: a judge stripped katherine of her guardianship and granted temporary guardianship to tj. >> i'm devastated that while i've been away that my children, grandchildren have been taken away from me. >> reporter: now they're back with grandma. while some are still feuding, jermaine is calling for calm. in a statement he said after much soul searching it is time for us to live by michael's words -- love, not war. >> miss jackson and tj are working to figure out how best the entire family can move forward. >> reporter: now a judicial investigator and di

he takes jackson deep to left. his 22nd homer of the year. that was the one mistake from jackson who strikes out andres torres. bottom 8th, bryce harper comes in as a pinch hitter, but he doesn't do a whole lot. bryce harper pops out to center. a final chance for the nats. adam laroche chops it to first and the nationals are shut out for the first time since july 21. they have a four-game lead over atlanta in the nl east. here is johnson. >> he had a good slider and curve ball. he had -- his best pitch was his moving fastball. it was throwing hard, and it was a better sinker than i've seen all yearlong. i mean, the good left-handed hitters, contact hitters were swinging right over it. >> that was davey on edwin jackson. meanwhile, the orioles taking on the tigers. bottom 1st, bases full of tigers. ground into the 6-4-3 double play. just like the nationals did for defensive battle. two on for the tigers. the orioles are still scoreless in the 6th. let's go to the top of the 7th. thank goodness for chris davis. he finally gets something going.

however, jackson was nothing if not pragmatic. the i rates brought a number of different skills and also an intimate knowledge of a very complicated watery terrain. i think that for reasons of strategy, for reasons of personnel, for the simple he wanted to prevail, he made a bargain with the pirates. i don't think he was happy about it. maybe he was happy after they did extremely well in the battle of new orleans. i think that an do you jackson did not hold them in high regard but founded the pragmatic solution to a problem he had enough men not enough intelligence and skills. he brought those things together. i see a question here. so dolly madison -- [laughter] the way you describe her. she sounds as if she might have been the first of the modern first ladies, and i'm just curious what you would say about the potential first ladies right now. who do you think is the most like dolly? >> interesting. well . >> whatever it was you said before. >> i don't think there's any question she is the model for the activist is not a word --

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if all of you looking ahead to jackson hole, no ecb member at jackson hole. mr. draghi is not attending what ecb says is a heavy workload. mario draghi will not be attending the jackson hole symposium because of a heavy workload. i'm trying to confirm whether that means i've seen some tweets no ecb executive board member will be attending jackson hole. i need to confirm. i do know certainly won't be mario draghi this morning because of what is termed a heavy workload. indeed, he has got a heavy workload. nobody could deny that. meanwhile the republican national convention is getting under way for real today after being delayed for one day by tropical storm isaac. mitt romney who formally accepted gop presidential nomination on thursday arrives in tampa. joining sues the senior fellow at budget and policy. he's in charlotte, north carolina the site of next week's democratic national convention. thanks for joining us. identify been led to believe the republican convention, there's a debt clock ticking away which everybody turning up will be able to see. i got to ge

niece, paris jackson. and that she snatched the cell phone out of her hand. >> there was mutual slapping. janet slapped her. paris slapped her back. >> called her some names. >> spoiled little -- >> spoiled little -- >> tmz is now saying that though they believed the story to be true when they published it, they confirmed it was not correct. janet did not slap or otherwise touch paris nor did she verbally abuse her. they're retracting it wholesale. >> hard to imagine slapping a little girl and saying that kind of language. i know it was a heated family drama. but it's hard to imagine that. >> not miss janet. >> miss jackson if you're nasty. that's good. at least they came out, said we got it wrong. you said they do get a lot right. >>> all right, cuba gooding jr., talked about this story yesterday, apparently, something in a new orleans bar, 2:00 a.m., an arrest warrant. as he allegedly got annoyed. fans were taking pictures of him. ended up twice pushing a female bar tender. >> ooh. >> uh-oh, what is goin

that's when federal reserve chairman ben bernanke gives a speech in jackson hole, wyoming to economists and central bankers. investors are hoping he'll indicate he's ready to do a new round of bond purchases, designed to keep interest rates low and encourage more borrowing. but, floor broker doreen mogavero says that's unlikely, given the slightly brighter outlook for the economy. >> this year's a little different. you have an election coming up and people already accused him of being very political in the event that he does come out and say something at this particular meeting. but, i think mr. bernanke will be steadfast and say he will be there to prop us up should we need it. >> reporter: in 2010, bernanke used the rocky mountain venue to hint at a second round of bond purchases, dubbed quantitative easing or qe-2. his comments sparked a nice rally for the stock market. this year stocks have been in rally mode all summer long, as traders speculate some type of fed action will happen by september. the thinking is that bernanke would lay it out at jackson hole, and do it at the central

he would have been 54 years old. >> the one and only michael jackson. >>> here's another jackson, the dog gays are over on "american idol." democrat reporting randy jackson is leaving the judge's table to become a mentor. he was the only original judge remaining. nicki minaj is apparently a 99% done deal. "american idol" producers hope there will be tension between the hip-hop star and mariah carey. as for who will sit in the other two seats, still up in the air. >>> okay. this morning holly has been hanging out at the kennedy center. coming up, the sounds of the national symphony orchestra ahead of their concert this week. >> and the d.c. steel drum band is taking us into the weekend. coming up after the break, they're performing "america the beautiful" for us. you don't want to miss it. time now, 9:44 on a friday morning. ♪   revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. tap into a single pool of shareable data and add up to 10 different devices, including smartphones and tablets. the first plan of its kind. share

jackson and t.j. are working to figure out how best the entire family can move forward. >> reporter: there is one more hearing in three weeks, when t.j. jackson's temporary shared guardianship could become permanent. rob, sunny, back to you. >> hopefully it is now some peace. let's move on. thank you to brandi for that report. >>> coming up next, the british tradition that is tops. >> yes, those elaborate hats. what olympians have to say about london's styles. you are watching "world news now." >>> if you watched any of the royal wedding a year ago, you know hats are pretty much an art form in great britain. >> absolutely. team usa decided to get in on the tradition. ec >> do you guys l s like the hat? >> reporter: what would possess two of america's star volleyball players to walk the streets of london in this ridiculous hat. jennifer and april are right at home playing in their bikinis. but strap on this crazy contraption and they get much different looks. >> brilliant. >> reporter: a few word of ex

congressman jesse jackson jr. is being treated for bipolar depression which means he suffers from extreme mood swings a statement released by the mayo clinic today says the disorder is most likely caused by a complex set of environmental and genetic factors, and 2004 he underwent a procedure which can change how the body absorbs food nutrients and medicine. when we hear bipolar to it refers to people who have recurrent depression but their mania is that their highs are not as intense or as long. he says treatment options depend on the severity of the case and people with bipolar disorder have higher rates of substance abuse. in some cases some people with mood fluctuations find that using drugs at least in the short term helps them deal and become more in control of their motions. congressman jackson's family has repeatedly said he is not being treated for addiction. initially few details were released on his condition and his whereabouts last week chicago alderman jackson said that she will get back to work. we h

investors around the world had been waiting eagerly to hear the fed chairman's speech in jackson hole wyoming and stocks in the u.s. rallied in reaction. here are the highlights: bernanke said even though the economy has benefited from fed policies over the past few years. the outlook is still quote "far from satisfactory." he described the high unemployment rate a grave concern. he believes the fed should continue using non-traditional policies to spur growth. and bernanke concluded by saying the fed will provide additional policy accommodation as needed. >> tom: that statement was a buy signal for investors. they bought up stocks on the belief that the fed is on the ofe rgin treg akiomo verge of taking more action to stimulate the economy. blue chips rallied triple digits but pulled back by the close. the dow jumped 90 points. the nasdaq added 18 and the s&p rose seven. traders liked what they heard from the bernanke today. >> traders saw some optimism with the last line of bernanke's speech after some positive comments that the e.c.b. might be getting close to buying sovereign bond

a los angeles judge reinstated jackson as guardian of his three children. >> the role misses jackson has played is she has been a phenomenal guardian of these children. t.j. has been a phenomenal support. >> court documents have raised red flags about what battle lastcustody month. a resort underto what the doctor said was for rest. >> that is very stupid for people to think that. >> that is what catherine said exclusively to abc news. in court documents she claims the minor children were fine and there were no issues at home. was never informed they were to reach her. she trusted the people she was with to be honest with her. catherine was with her children resort. we do not attempt to make any whatsoever about the up to whatng prompted the chaos. >> some of the jackson children with the feuding estate, this the week to remain calls for peace. we are working to figure out how the entire family can move forward. hearing ins one more jackson'ss when t.j. temporary shared guardianship could become permanent. >> there are few key tonight in the a marriage controversy. has canceled a spe

jackson says she'll be happy to teach others how to fight off criminals. --sot- they want to learn how to use the fork, i can teach self defense in the fork. he was pushing on me. he turned around. and when he turned around, that's when he messed up. i got him right in the neck! jackson says she'll call policeeif she ever finds herself in this situation again. ---- react adlib ---- ---- after a weekend with some cooler 3 temperatures... we wake up to some rain this morning. meteorologist tony pagnotti... 3 anesthesia and children.the affect it could have on young brains. the swine flu hits maryland. five children, and the swine flu hits maryland. five children, and one adult in queennanne's county.... have been ddagnosed with swine . flu.they're all from different families, and it appears they all come in contact with pigs at the queen anne's county fair, as well as other ocations.at last word, those infected weren't seriously ill, and were not in the hospital.the swine fluuhas infected more than 200 people across the country. children younger than three w

randy jackson is not going anywhere. back to you in hollywood! [ applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, guillermo. not going anywhere. don't worry. i do feel bad for -- he must be having abandonment issues. first simon left, then, what, paula left, kara kara, ellen, nw steven and j. lo. is it possible that he smells? maybe they shouldn't bother to hire for judges.

jackson, i'm sorry mr. jackson, oh, your fastball were for real. i like that. he had a one hitter going through six innings. jonathan niese of the mets, just as good. he went into the eighth inning and seven strikeouts. we had a scoreless baseball game going on. jackson made one mistake, there it is. ike davis, the reverend syke his make it anymore, mets shut out the nats 2-0. >> i don't know how many keys you had. but you have to a lot. 11. they weren't, i mean his stuff is so electric, i mean, he was over matching us. >> orioles and tieingers in a wild card battle. this is a good one tonight ladies, chris davis in the seventh inning, bop delirium tremens opposite way. three run home run. down the stretch, jim johnson was automatic inducing the groundball. orioles tied for the wild card with the win. they get it 3-2 tonight. and finally, the bears, 33-31 on top of the redskins. it's a good game going back and forth. >> we've got a few seconds left. >> you never know, those redskins, you never know. >> he did come back though. >> there you go. >> what are we lo

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custody of jackson's children ages 15, 14 and 10. based on a court investigator's report, the judge says it's clear that katherine jackson is taking good care of the children and they love her very much. the judge also said the girl's cousin, tj jackson, could stay on helping their grandmother care for them and could eventually become co guardian. -- coy-guardian -- coh guardian. >>> the san ofrofry commission is holding a -- onofry is holding a meeting to decide whether that plant should be shut down permanently. >>> it's official. the city of san bernardino has filed for bankruptcy. they face a $45 million budget shortfall. officials say lost revenue from the housing crisis as well pass an overall economic downfall are to blame. >>> well, marin city lead course take a major step today in becoming a -- leaders could take a major step today in becoming a city. officials are gonna vote on whether to form a study to study the benefits and drawbacks of becoming an independent city. it would have to set up a city council, police and fire

he is live from jackson hole. even when they say it's not it is always about money adam: and a good afternoon to you. let's look at the day's market headlines. ben bernanke jackson hole speech leading to a whipsaw day for stocks the fed chairman announced no new firm plans for new stimulus but made clear the u.s. central bank is ready to take more steps if necessary. after rising as much as 150 points, the dow closed the session up 90 points. stocks also closed august with their third straight monthly gain. >>> shares of facebook sliding to a new all-time low. two analysts from two banks that underwrote facebook's ipo cut their price targets. facebook shares are 52% below the ipo price. >>> the model will reportedly be offered at a discount compared to tablets not supported by advertisements. shares of amazon, they closed up 1% today. >>> if you've been wondering where melissa francis has been for the past week we've got an answer for you. she has been on special assignment in the persian gulf reporting on the hei

investors around the world had been waiting eagerly to hear the fed chairman's speech in jackson hole wyoming and stocks in the u.s. rallied in reaction. here are the highlights: bernanke said even though the economy has benefited from fed policies over the past few years. the outlook is still quote "far from satisfactory." he described the high unemployment rate a grave concern. he believes the fed should continue using non-traditional policies to spur growth. and bernanke concluded by saying the fed will provide additional policy accommodation as needed. >> tom: that statement was a buy signal for investors. they bought up stocks on the belief that the fed is on the verge of taking more action to stimulate the economy. blue chips rallied triple digits but pulled back by the close. the dow jumped 90 points. the nasdaq added 18 and the s&p rose seven. traders liked what they heard from the bernanke today. >> traders saw some optimism with the last line of bernanke's speech after some positive comments that the e.c.b. might be getting close to buying sovereign bonds. don't worry the fi

today a judge reinstated 82-year-old katherine jackson as guardian of prince, paris and blanket. t.j. jackson has temporary co-guardian status, one of the cousins. the judge had first appointed t.j. as a temporary guardian after a bizarre incident in which katherine jackson was reported missing. turns out she was in arizona with family. however, she lost contact with the kids about ten days so her guardian status was suspended. later this month the judge will decide whether to make t.j.'s guardian status permanent. >>> in a moment we'll be back with uncle sam's piece of that gold medal pie. >>> womening at the olympics is going to be costly for some olympians, especially the americans. in addition to winning the bling, olympians get an hahn rare january, $25,000 for winning gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. but in america, that has to be taxed because technically it's income. tax on gold comes out to nearly $9,000. silver is just over $5,000. and bronze about $3500. republican congressman mark rubio is working on a bill which would exempt medal-winning athletes fro

however, jackson was nothing if not pragmatic. and the pirates brought a number of different skills and also an intimate knowledge of a very complicated, watery terrain. and i think that for reasons of strategy, for reasons of personnel, for the simple reason he wanted to prevail, he made a bargain with the pirates. i don't think he was ever happy about it. maybe he was happy about it after they acquitted themselves extremely well at the battle of new orleans, but i think that andrew jackson did not hold them in high regard but found them a pragmatic solution to a problem that he had; not enough men, not enough intelligence, not enough skills. and they brought those things to him. i see a question here. >> so dolly madison -- [laughter] so the way you describe her, she sounds as if, you know, she might have been the first of the modern first ladies. and i'm just curious about what you would say about, you know, our potential first ladies right now. who do you think is the most like dolly? [laughter] >> interesting. >> courtly what

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bernanke in jackson hole or the platform for the gold commission? >> well, the platform committee certainly was right. almost every american september for the bureaucrats in washington, larry understand that what america needs is a dollar as good as gold. we can have tax reform, tax rate reduction, simplification of regulation, cut government spending, but unless we have a four-legged platform it won't be stable. that's a dollar as good as gold. >> it's interesting. mitt romney has spoken, certainly in my interviews and others that he wants a new man at the fed. from what i gather he favors the gold commission. it would not have gone through unless his people ok'd it. >> i think that's right. he made it clear that when elected i'm optimistic he's going to win. this team of romney-ryan is great. he has indicated he would appoint a new chairman of the federal reserve. >> let's talk more about this. you were on the original reagan gold commission i think which was back in 1981 or 1982. our friend seth lipski wrote a great editorial "gold standard going

investors around the world had been waiting eagerly to hear the fed chairman's speech in jackson hole wyoming and stocks in the u.s. rallied in reaction. here are the highlights: bernanke said even though the economy has benefited from fed policies over the past few years. the outlook is still quote "far from satisfactory." he described the high unemployment rate a grave concern. he believes the fed should continue using non-traditional policieso spurrowth. and bernanke concluded by saying the fed will provide additional policy accommodation as needed. >> tom: that statement was a buy signal for investors. they bought up stocks on the belief that the fed is on the verge of taking more action to stimulate the economy. blue chips rallied triple digits but pulled back by the close. the dow jumped 90 points. the nasdaq added 18 and the s&p rose seven. traders liked what they heard from the bernanke today. >> traders saw some optimism with the last line of bernanke's speech after some positive comments that the e.c.b. might be getting close to buying sovereign bonds. don't worry the fire d

jackson, their cousin, does remain co-guardian. >> the role mrs. jackson has played is she's been a phenomenal guardian of the children. that t.j. has been a phenomenal support. >> reporter: but court documents released in this case have raised more red flags about what sparked last month's custody battle. katherine had gone to an arizona resort, under what she thought were doctors orders to get rest. her grandchildren could not reach her. and her granddaughter reported her missing. in court docents, katherine claims she trusted the people she was with in arizona to be honest with her. and they never told her the grandchildren were trying to reach her. she also stated in those court documents she was told the grandchildren were doing just fine. rob and sunny, back to you. >> brandi, thank you. >>> meanwhile, in rural vermont, an extraordinary revenge on the law. a man flattened seven sheriff's department vehicles by driving over them with a big farm tractor because he was so angry over his arrest for marijuana possession. of course, the deputies co

jesse jackson jr. has been off the grid since june 10th hospitalized with exhaustion first and now being treated at the mayo clinic in arizona for a stomach ailment possibly because of his previous weight-loss surgery. he simply became more withdrawn. he wasn't as talkative as he was before. for us that men he was very deep in thought. he was extremely exhausted and he was malcolm absorbed from not getting enough nutrients. doctors are searching for the right mix of medications to get his depression under control she says they will decide when he comes back. the congressman's office is confident he will be back in full swing on the november ballot she says she hopes that happens and the illness would not prevented. of the millions of americans that suffer from depression many go back to work and live a very fruitful lives. i expect jesse well to. cindy jackson today again stressing no addiction is playing a role in her husband's treatment. neither one should plan on attending the national democratic co

you might get that hit at the jackson hole wyoming meeting that kicks off this week. ahead of that, u.s. central bank says the country's economy continues to grow at a moderate pace. a recovery in employment is slowing. the federal reserve released on the economic conditions from july to early august. this is based on surveys from 12 district banks across the nation. the detail the report known as the beige books personal consumption rose in much of the districts. the report also notes a recovery in the real estate market. housing starts and home prices are on the rise. it points to a slowdown in the factor citing ruced sales and orders. it also says employment has not seen a major improvement. so the assessment is slightly more cautious than the previous one released in july that pointed towards a modest expansion. investors are focusing on whether the fed will take monetary easing measures at the next policy meeting starting on september 12th. separately the pace of economic growth was revised up slightly from the april to june period but remains sluggish compared t

. >> professor jackson, how widespread was slavery in philadelphia in the 1730s and 1740s? >> guest: it was nowhere as widespread as in the south. benjamin franklin of slave, all the highfalutin's own slaves. there were about 3000 over time. people -- and of course the crops and everything in pennsylvania, it's cool. you have a large white workforce are there for the slavery may not be as much-needed. there were slaves that i should tell you though that most of the time people identified with quakers has always been against slavery and its not the case. even in place that did not have slavery is abundantly clear. quakers made their first adjustment in 1688 and made a decree to germantown process against slavery, but it was over a hundred years, almost a hundred years later. you see, this is what would happen. some of them would on a certain someone say we passed a resolution that said people should come out a query that said we should get rid of the slaves. and they say have you with it yourself a slaves? the person would say, no i have not yet appeared to come back next ye

today, a lawyer for katherine jackson will file documents to officially make tito jackson a guardian. he was already thought to be in that position when katherine jackson was gone. the move is reportedly being done to take pressure off her. and the new agreement is also expected to clear diana ross of any responsibility for the children. michael jackson had nailed her in miss will as a potential guardian. -- named her in his will as a potential guardian. so if the judge does this, this would allow katherine jackson to be more of a grandmother and focus on the loving and nurturing her grandchildren while tito could handle other aspects of bowing their guardian. we'll see what. judge decides. if he makes a decision today. right now, we hoe he'll be considering the proposal. back to you. >> t -- all right. thank you. >>> 7:49. the oakland police department taking some new action about the rise in crime rate and the sh risking police force. howard jordan says he's now taking -- staking -- taking ses to high crime areas -- staking tense to high crime areas. on monday, a monitor questioned

you're not going it see something out of jackson hole. you're probably not going to see something in september. >> okay. what if we say pretty please? fresh from the trading floor, this is "fast money." >>> live from the nasdaq market site in new york's times square, the only place on earth where they take pride in cooking hot dogs in dirty water, i'm brian sullivan in for melissa lee. will ben bernanke make a move? that's the big question out of the fed's chair big speech in jackson hole, wyoming, tomorrow. stocks today, though, seemed to maybe already have the answer. major u.s. averages falling as the hopes for more easing appear to have eased themselves. at least for now. let's turn to our traders. what do we make of today's action? john. >> i like the action today. i think this is typical of what we -- >> on the short side. >> it is. we talked about it earlier in the week. we said, what are you going to see ahead of this fed meeting in jackson hole? you're going see selling. why is that? nervousness always occurs before these events.

michael jackson's mother is now being reinstated... as guardian of his 3 children. at a hearing thursday... a los angeles coort judge said it's clear the children are well-cared-for by their grandmother, katherine jackson. the judge also approved a plan to add their cousin t-j jackson as co- guardian. just recently... t-j was awarded temporary guardianship after katherine jackson had been out of communication with the children for several days. steven tyler is speaking out on his experience judging "american idol" .. and he's not saying the nicest things. in a new interview with rolling stone he said he loved the paycheck he earned, and sitting next to jennifer lopez -- but that ultimately idol was not his "cup of tea." he was on the show for two years.. and says he as just doing it to pass the time while his band aerosmith went through a feud.tyler made the announcement last month that he would not return to idol this fall. jennifer lopez left, too -- her replacement is mariah carey. meanwhile... snoop dogg is expressing his interest in joining the judge's table...

jackson? >> thank you. espinola jackson, bayview hunters point. i listened very carefully to some of the statements that were being made. i remember when we were getting our sewage, this commission was talking about raising the sewage years ago. what we stated at that time, and i am going to state it again, because i know you were not here. one of the ways that you can get information is through the sewage bill. everybody gets a sewage bill. and put it in the different languages so they will know what is going on. that is the best way in the world. that is old hat. now, we talked about the .e. -- th e -- the e.r. less than six months during the america's cup. now, i know you can do the same for bayview hunters point. my good friend, commissioner caen, we can talk about as low- income -- i get $991 per month social security. a figure that out by 12 months, that came to $11,892, i think. do you know what? we have a lot of old people in the community, older than me, that get less than $20,000 per year, and there should be away like at&t do or those o

but he called jackson an inspiration. jackson is up for reelection this november. >>> just how many local people have applied for president obama's new immigration initiative. thousands lined up out ca casa de maryland yesterday. they say the process is very complex, but they'll continue to help applicants. nationwide, the program is expected to grant over a million young immigrants temporary amnesty. >>> a new twist in the penn state scandal. the university is still footing the bill for two ex-officials accused of of lying to the grand inju jury. turns out the school is not paying mike mcquery's legal bills. penn state says university bylaws report the officials because employees are protected against liability, including attorney fees. the school claims it is not obligated to cover mcquery. up next tonight on news 4 at 11:00, the growing mystery over that 337 million dollar power ball winner. also tonight, a major airline under fire after losing a 10-year-old girl who was flying solo. >>> plus, birth control for men? >>

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