ben! don't talk to any journalists, under any circumstances. okay, everyone, how are we doing? ben, have you got your stuff? karen? ( garbage disposal rattling ) oh, bloody hell. has someone been putting forks down here again? i've got a headache. ah, well, a brisk walk to school, that's the best thing for a headache. i got a tummy ache. oh, that's a shame. you always get a tummy ache on a wednesday, don't you? it looks like a... like a mangled... pair of scissors. i think i've got a few viruses that makes me to ill to go to school. no, you're fine. i'm not fine! i might be sick. karen! karen: i can't find my other shoe! i really am quite poorly. karen, where did you last see them? karen: and also i can't find my hairbrush to brush my hair. sue; well, where did you last see it? ( coughs ) nasty little cough you've got there, ben. now get your swimming stuff, it's wednesday. there's one thing i can't do, and it's definitely swimming. could you send them a note? yep, i can send them a note saying "ben is pretending to be ill." but what if i really am ill? i might die. yeah, we'd b

. >> ben, how important a ruling do you think this is? >> well, i certainly think this is the most important ruling thus far. >> the most important, how so? >> the most important thus far because it makes us focus on the credibility of george zimmerman which is the central issue in this case. because everybody looks at the evidence, the only evidence that trayvon -- that george zimmerman issued is his version. and the other evidence, the 911 call, the situation where he says he did not get out of his car, he's pursuing trayvon, he confronts trayvon. those are george zimmerman's words, that trayvon attacked him. i think it's very important, the ruling that the judge gave out today based on the law. >> mark, does this hurt his credibility? i mean, if he was misleading in court and i mean, you down played this code. but it does show -- i mean, if it was an intentional desire to mislead somebody listening in on the phone, that's another example of being misleading. >> everybody's credibility who is going to ab witness in this case and even po

very basic, ben. how can romney go out there and the republicans go out there and get away, after day saying, you know, the president has no plan. it's easy to pick up the research here of what we just did. it's very easy to see what was introduced, when it was introduced, what it was targeted for, and what it would have done. but your opponent is out there saying, hasn't done anything. how do you not let him get away with it? >> that's a good question. there is a candidate in this race who doesn't have a plan to create jobs, and it's mitt romney. he's been telling voters he has a 50-point economic plan, but it's just filled with warmed-over republican rhetoric and things we've tried before and haven't spurred job creation. things like $5 trillion tax cuts for the wealthiest, repealing wall street reform and leaving the middle class held hostage to the sorts of risky financial deals that put our entire economy at risk. the president's had this plan to create over a million jobs on the table since last fal

. >> ben knows how to dress, tony. >> what a surprise that you would notice. >> you didn't notice did you, mr. clear and save? it is was fun when ben would come by. he would swoop through the sports department like a hawk, take a couple bites and just woosh he was gone. >> the attention span of a nat. he is already bored with this. >> i guess we're done then. >> we've been done for a whi, pal. love you, ben. >> ben is famous as some of you may know for his colorful language. one day his very sweet secretary was transcribing letters ben dictated into a tape. she nervously approached the post resident with a question. is dickhead one word or two? >> ben got a letter, one of millions from somebody saying i was warrior in the pacific and fought for my country. i think "the washington post" is anti-american and violating the national at security and this and that. and ben wrote back a letter that began dear asshole. in correspondence, they became great friends. they have seen a lot of the same part of the war and same part of the same people and it was an amazing story. >> i think every no

. >> ben, how important a ruling do you think this is? >> well, i certainly think it's the most important ruling in the case thus far. >> the most important? how so? >> the most important thus far because it makes us all focus on the credibility of george zimmerman, which is the central issue in this case. everybody looks at the evidence, the only evidence that trayvon against george zimmerman is his version. the 911 calls, the situation where he says he was getting out of his car. that all suggests that he's pursuing trayvon, that he confronts trayvon. george zimmerman says trayvon attacked him. that's why i think it's very important, the ruling that the judge said, based on the law. >> mark, does this hurt his credibility? if he was misleading in court? you downplayed this code, but it does show -- i mean, if it was an intentional desire to mislead somebody listening on the phone, that's another example of being misleading. >> everybody's credibility who's going to be a witness in this case, quite honestly even posthumously trayvon mart

. >> john: ben, how much has sean penn's celebrity helped you and helped you guys achieve your goals?i know a lot of folks in haiti don't know who sean penn is, but was it kind of a capital that he brought to the table to help get things going? >> you know, i think more than celebrity what sean brought was his passion his leadership, his example. you know, even today you come in to our offices 10:00 11:00 at night and you will see people working as hard as they possibly can. working until they are dropping. that's the model that sean set out from the beginning. it's very clear as time has moved past the earthquake and people have start today think that situation is resolved. sean has been able to use the voice that he has to bring attention back to haiti and i think that's been tremendously good for the country as a whole. but, really, i think the greatest contribution was just the example that he brought. and continues to bring. he's down here almost half of the time out in the camp, out in the neighborhoods. on the rubble and demolition teams. really seeing what is happening doing t

what ben howe said is very potent. it really is an m.o. conservatives on line, and that is that you do not defeat narratives by ignoring them. he defeated them by crushing them. and pushing back forcefully and getting in their faces online and in real life. of course, andrew breitbart was the embodiment of that. not all of us -- i certainly cannot -- have the bravado to put on a pair of roller blades and roll right into those camps, but andrew inspired the next generation of young conservatives to do that. like i said yesterday, we need all ranks of foot shoulders, number crunchers, analysts, bloggers who do long former reporting. we have the james o'kief's, the lila grace roses, god bless them. we are so grateful for what they do, risking their lives. [applause] i think it is very important to appreciate how we have evolved and how we have evolved specifically on twitter. and i registered, i signed up in about august, 2008. it was right around the time of the democratic national convention and i was trying to stay in touch with friends on

ben's responds. you have gotten pompous at an early age. your paraphrased question asked how often do we see the media admit to inaccurate recording. you saw the washington post admit inaccurate reporting. you saw washington post did before anyone else. you saw 2 on a front-page. you saw apologize in an editorial. you saw the washington post return a pulitzer prize and asked. there was no other steps i could have taken. i am speechless at your injunction that i should remember this lesson and think of the long curve. before you settle down as a stockbroker or whatever and join the racquet club or whenever try to think for yourself if i may give you a piece of advice. so that is ben. i want to read two quotes to close because they are important given what has gone on in my life in the last weekend days. they are long and i hope you will humor me but they are import. one is from ben and one is from harry. the first is he gave a speech in april of 1974 before nixon resigned but after the post reported all of that. he is very hesitant to point to deeper truth. you get the story t

no, you see, ben, that isn't how democracy works. what am i saying? ve some ice cream money? ben, i said get your shoes on! come on! next up is nigella! oommy, aweee, slurpy, skirpy, lovely, ovely, scrummy, tasty, mastey, slurpy, burpy. jake: it's not jane. two men delivering a shelving unit. the one i waited in for yesterday. can you get them to put it in the sitting room, please? no, they've gone. they put it in the hall. oh! it's flatpack! they didn't say anything on their website about it being flatpack. is some furniture not flatpack, then? karen! what's up with the suit, dad? you up in front of another disciplinary panel? no. it's johnsy's funeral. what happens at a funeral? well, uh, when someone dies, all their friends get together and they...say goodbye to them. wouldn't it be better if their friends said goodbye before the person died? well, ideally, yes. ben! shoes! delicious. pernicious. lovely...lovely. let's have a taste now. yuck! (spits) that was just beeping beeping beeping beeping beeping bollocks! you're beeping beeping out! see you

find your pharmacist at walgreens.com. >>> well, ben mulroney, how would your first day with us?ase do. >> love to. >> hope your family's watching at home. >>> thank you for watching abc news. we're always online at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and watch "world news" with david muir later this evening. have a good day. ri

every step of the way. >>> well, ben mulroney, how would your first day with us? love to. >> hope your family's watching at home. >>> thank you for watching abc news. we're always online at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and watch "world news" with david muir later this evening. have a good day. an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. your local news update. up to aple are waking behind from last night's severe storms. several trees came down. according to pepco, more than people in d.c. are power. in prince george's county, at least 14,000 power outages. expect major delays this weekend on the elder loop the capital beltway near the wilson bridge. traffic and the local lanes will reduced to one lane. forecast.s your good morning. those storms broke the heat wave. row, the upper 90's. consequences. skies out there this morning. temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than they were yesterday areas, a couple an inch -- they were yesterday. areas, a couple hundredths of an inch. today, a dense fog advisory. that will expire at 9:00. .igh pressure building in nicer day

big ben -- how about big betty? don't think that's flattering. >> you don't think she'd like that? >> no. >> people will still call it big ben. it's hard to catch on to a new name. thank you. 19 minutes past the hour. gas prices keep on falling. another 1.4 cents. that happened overnight. the question is why and for how long women the trend continue. christine romans is coming back with much more on this. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. er is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company by continuing to help you do more and focus on the things that matter to you. i tell mike what i

that's how ben bernanke describes economic growth these days. it's not the kind of forecast that raises alarm bells, but with unemployment still high, it may also not be enough to put more people back to work. here's what's worrying bernanke. if, in the worst of the recession, fearful employers fired too many people, they may have hired most of those workers back by now. so, with hiring slowing, the economy will need an extra jolt to really get more people back to work again. >> so that is the essential decision, the central question we have to look at-- will there be enough growth going forward to make material progress in the unemployment rate? >> reporter: but with interest rates already so low, fed skeptics think the central bank is out of options. bernanke disagrees. he says the fed is confident it can ease interest rates even further, though he didn't say exactly how that might be done. one thing the fed chairman almost pleaded for is help. help from congress in taking on some of the economic burden, or help in not messing things up more.

i'm aware of how challengething it can be for providers to remain viable. i agree that rur aal ben fis fishiaries have access to care. as congress has to make tough decisions pertaining to specific payment adjustment policies, can you elaborate on your principles for evaluating special payments with an example of how to allow them? >> sure. so, our three principles are that special payment adjustment should be targets to isolated providers. if that provider were to go out of exsite eps that it would compromise needed access for beneficiaries. the amount of adjustment ought to be based for data. so if we adjust for low volume providers have higher he costs when they have low vollium. med pack had recommended in the past for that. we think it out to be consistent on how much cost in reverse when you have low volume. we don't think the current is justified in that way. the third principle is that where ever possible we would like the payment adjustment to be an add onto a prospective payment which retains the incentive as opposed to cost reimburseme reimbursement. i appreciate the com

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s >>> well, ben mulroney, howease do. >> love to. >> hope your family's watching at home. >>> thank you for watching abc news. we're always online at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! and watch "world news" with david muir later this evening. have a good day. >>> good morning i'm terry mcsweeney. let's begin with a look at the weather. here is lisa argen. >> lisa: you can see a little bit of fog from the live cam. overall some sunshine getting through. we're looking at temperatures around the bay mild around where the clouds have been hanging on. that has been the south bay to central coast. mid 50s and 47 in santa rosa. we will see a sunny and milder afternoon despite this area of low pressure. to the north and west of us it continues to bring the cooler than normal temperatures our way. in fact we should see highs in the low 80s this time of the year but that is not going to happen. to the north you'll notice the clouds in sonoma county but we have a typical sky. temperatures only in the low 60s today. for the pr

what got their attention was not just what ben said, but how he sounded when he said it. >> a car is here and she won't answer the door. >> did he sound frantic? panicked? investigators didn't think so. >> coming up, police start focusing on ben. but soon the list of suspects gets longer. >> he was a pretty scary guy. he was creepy. >> when "in the middle of the night" continues. [ indistinct conversations ] ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] mango pineapple real fruit smoothie from mccafé. two of your favorite fruits come together to create a smoothie made just for you. the simple joy of refreshing memories. ♪ [ male announcer ] a blt is... good. a blt with hellmann's... is the best. hellmann's is made with real ingredients like cage-free eggs, and exceptional oils and vinegar. ♪ hellmann's. bring out the best. of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem like the stuff of fairy tales. but if you take away the faces on the trees... take away the pixie dust. take away the singing animals, and the storybook narrator... [ man ] you're left with more electric trucks. more recycled shippi

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ben turned and looked at me. you think i bought us a hustler? how pathettic tic do you think we are? >> i sort of felt like he targeted us. i didn't get that sense. may be i'm wrong. ben smiled. you are disappointed. no , i said, no just annoyed. he pulled down the waist band. i don't need a mercy suck. he looked up. mercy suck. whatever. undeterred ben got down to business. mercy i said, there was when mr. johnson knocked on the door. you may have figured it out by now. to us, he was still the great dark man. a mythical man or object to desire. it was probably why we jumped to attention. jesus. tucking the incriminating evidence. wait. let this go down first. >> why? i don't know. seems rude. ben widened his eyes at me. did you learn that from miss manners. i hid myself. this probably made me look grand. that somehow seemed preferable. men opened the door. he was standing there. i'm sorry fellows. come on in. our visitor shot a quick glance. can we get you something to drink? remaining seated. there's a soda machine. no thanks. did you have a hard time finding us. i'm michael i said.

ben: mum. so far, she's only made us late. mum. lectured me about how to look after dad. mum. nd now she's taking him for stupidly long walks... mum, you're hurting the rabbit. you're squeezing it too hard. ohh. well. well, um, well done for noticing, ben. why don't you go and... check out the sheep-racing? okay. see? because of angela, this rabbit nearly got injured. it's hardly angela's-- what? nothing. there you go. be quick. she thinks ben has got a syndrome. well, a little git syndrome, maybe. but if she thinks that after one day, then... maybe she's right. people think all naughty children have a syndrome these days, don't they? it's just so the parents can pretend it's not their fault. so ben's our fault? i didn't mean that. anyway, he can't be our fault, 'cause the other two are fine. yeah. she said jake's a depressive. good god, she didn't, did she? oh, look, i shouldn't have said anything. no, but if she thinks that after just one day...! i still think he's being... he's not being bullied. what a pair we are, listening to what angela thinks! blimey, we'll be feng shui

let's talk about how a fresh-faced first time writer and director scores such a big break. he joins me live now to talk about it. ben you react when you knew you were going to be writing for and directing kevin spacey? >> it was a pretty amazing experience. a friend of mine told me about the first shot competition only about a week and a half before the deadline and once i heard about it, that there was an opportunity to direct kevin spacey, i jumped on it and just started writing furiously and got something written and it was an incredible experience. >> what was the process that made this happen so our viewers can be aware? >> i'm sorry? >> what was the process, a contest, you wrote -- >> it was a contest called the jameson first shot competition. there were three winners, with one from russia, one from the united states, and one from south after rica. and they choose the best scripts and the winner gets to make their film and it stars kevin spacey, and it's ridiculous and it's amazing, and i'm really thrilled with how well the film turned out. >> so tell me about your first day working with kevin spacey. why you

. >> you have to hustle, and that is how i got the name hustle. >> ben quick, i don't know how i gotone. >> coyote. >> what is that for? >> it is a nickname my grandfather gave me as a baby. >> and i'm the littlest guy out there, and that is how i got those three. >> they call me outlaw. >> outlaw? >> yeah. >> self-explanatory? >> yes, it is self-explanatory. >> they call me dude like the coal miner's daughter and not the daughter part, dude. but doolittle on there. >> and the name hustle got me here, too. sometime it ain't good to hustle. >> while nicknames are common in prison, we have discovered something else is, as well, but it is not as harmless. >> what is that? >> prison-made whiskey. they call it julu. it's got prunes in it, and they just wait until it ferments good. >> what does it smell like? smell it and tell us. >> it is a strong whiskey aroma. >> inmate-manufactured alcohol goes by many names, prison julep, pruno, white lightning, hooch. whatever it's called, our crews have seen it, heard about it, smelled it, and it exists in every prison we've filmed in. >> alcohol is

. >>> growing but in danger, that's how federal reserve chair ben bernanke describes our economy. he was on capitol hill giving his latest economic forecast and said he expects moderate growth but added threats to the recovery are still out there. he outlined three of them, debt in europe and hire in this country plus what he -- here in this country plus what he calls the fiscal cliff. that's what happens if you allow the bush era tax cuts to expire combined with major spending cuts at end of the year. >> are you telling us if we allow nothing to happen and see all these taxes increase there will be a direct impact on economic growth and job creation? >> i'm looking not just to the taxes but the sequester and the end of the payroll tax and everything else, yes. >> bernanke says the fed is ready to act to stimulate the economy but gave no clues as to what he has in mind. the fed will hold its next meeting in under two weeks. >>> you win some and lose some. we told you yesterday about the millions of dollars virginia is spending to keep redskins headquarters and the training camp in

i know that the markets are volatile you can't necessarily base everything on how the stocks are reacting rad day but if ben bernanke he gives a press conference then suddenly everything shoots back up after everybody was worried about spain yesterday let's say well exactly but i mean that's a sign of central bank failure you know monetary policy is always important but when it's being done correctly it doesn't move markets because people just expect it to be done correctly and so the banks the financial system wall street is all looking for other things that are outside the system it's because they haven't been consistently doing their. well there were instead always sort of on the edge of our seats trying to see what's you can say for now it ought to be boring unfortunately it's become too intense. too interesting i mean that's interesting because we were we are in this era where you know the federal reserve used to be something that was kind of a mystery because it had lacked any transparency for most americans now we at least got some audits when it came to who they bailed out and how much money they ga