loud enough for some, not loud enough for 17-year-old ben story.ecky heard her mom yell. >> she said yet up, get up. >> the car is gone. ben's toyota. >> my dad's going kill me. my car is gone. he said it was stolen. >> his car gone and then they saw it down there and then they saw him in ben's car and he was angry. really angry. >> look in the car and there is a huge bear sitting in the front seat. >> it was a big bear. in a little car like that it looked funny. >> he couldn't get out. >> how did a bear get in there leaving behind his hair? they don't call him the stories for nothing. >> i guess he smelled a peanut butter san witch. >> he opened the back door and climbed right in. >> so he was trapped. >> rolled down the hill. >> it kind of sucks. >> ben's toyota was trashed. and a reminder of what bears normally do in the woods. >> he left me a nice present. >> the car is is totalled, the stereo is missing, the dash thrashed. >> ben's story will tell you any story that starts with a carelessly placed peanut putter sandwich that story might not en

. >>> it started with a peanut butter sandwich and ended with a trashed car. 17-year-old ben story of larkspur, colorado, woke up to found his toyota missing from its usual spot. the thief, a black bear. we have the story. >> there was a peanut butter sandwich in the back seat. >> i guess he smelled it. >> i think that's what it was. >> oe eped the door and climbed right in. >> and the door closed behind him. >> and knocked it into neutral. >> so he was trapped. >> rolled down the hill. i don't have a car now. i'm stuck. >> the bear was stuck in the car for about two hours before deputies arrived and let it out. now, the stereo's gone, the car is wrecked and the bear even left behind a little present. but ben at least has a good story. >>> zsa zsa gabor is in critical condition tonight after hip replacement surgery. the 93-year-old actress fell out of bed on saturday, boek her hip and suffered a concussion. she was brought to a los angeles hospital where doctors thought the surgery did go well, but today she became unresponsive. her husband says she's awake but doesn't seem to know wh

we have two big stories. ben bernanke's economic outlook, and the president signing financial regulatory bill into law. >> suzanne: stocks tumbled as he warned congress. the economic outlook remains unusually uncertain. >> tom: that does not mean that the fed is changing its forecast. darren gersh picks up the story. >> reporter: no, ben bernanke is not expecting the economy to drop back into recession, but economists euphemistically call a double dip. but he had bad news for those who are out of work. unemployment is coming down more slowly than he and his colleagues had had expected, and will remain well over 7% for 2.5 years. add that to somewhat tighter credit rules and you get this. >> most participants viewed uncertainly about the growth for employment as greater has normal. >> reporter: but some of the uncertainty may be temporary. the home buyer tax credit ended in april, as did most of the economic impact of tax credits for energy-efficient appliances. and the government is now only extending unemploymen

story starts with a noise a curious noise. loud enough for some, not loud enough for his 17-year-old ben. >> teenager, man. i'm tired. >> reporter: becky's story heard her mom yell. ? >> she said get up. >> reporter: the car is gone. ben's toyota is gone. >> my dad is going to kill me. my car is gone. he said it was stolen. >> reporter: his car gone and then they saw it down there and saw him in ben's car and he was angry, really angry. >> we look in the car and there is a huge bear sitting in the front seat. >> it was a big bear. in a little car, it looked funny. >> he couldn't get out and he sure tried. >> reporter: how did a bear get in there without leaving behind his hair? >> there was a peanut butter sandwich in the back seat. he had to smell something. >> he opened the back door and climbed in. >> he hit is shifter knob and knocked it in neutral and rolled down the hill. >> it kind of sucks. >> reporter: kind of? ben's toyota was trashed the bear left behind something that bears leave behind in the woods. >> he left me a present. >> he was in there two hours. >> reporter: then story will tell you any

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ben stein. stephanie miller. nancy giles. what do you make of this story?his mean there's hope for mel gibson and his ex? this is shocking. as human beings, some things aren't partisan. i'm glad -- you know, hopefully the kid will have parents. it is weird, leak you saike you. i don't know that my mother would want to read things in a magazine about me that i hadn't told her. like things, i was getting marry his. >> larry: dana, any political affect on sarah? >> i don't think so. obviously, it's difficult for her as a mother to see her daughter end near a permanent relationship with someone who said the things he did. grace follows repentance. who are we to judge? >> larry: ben? >> it seems to me that sarah palin is such an unlikely character for really high office that it won't have much affect at all. she seems herself, personalitywise, to just not even be close to presidential level so i don't think it's going to have much affect one way or the other on national politics. >> larry, i smell money. i smell lots of money changing hands. i think maybe the ma

. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day on nbc. on capitol hill ben bernanke kicks off back-to-back meetings for his twice a year economic update. the head of the federal reserve is expected to take a reassuring tone amid worries the slowing recovery could fall into a double-dip recession. >>> in louisiana tens of thousands are ready to rally against a government ban on deepwater drilling in the gulf of mexico. attendees at the rally for economic survival fear the federal moratorium will stunt the gulf region's economic growth. >>> and in washington the first lady michelle obama will honor recipients of the smithsonian's prestigious cooper-hewitt design award. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. >>> usda official shirley sherrod speaks out about being forced to resign after being accused of racist remarks. >>>

similar story for the euro stoxx 50, finishing in positive territory. in new york, investors listening careful to ben bernanke, beginning two days of testimony about the u.s. economy before a congressional committee. the dow jones is down 1%. on the currency markets, the euro is $1.2767. >>> 1 billion euros over the next five years. that is how much porsche will invest in new plants and products, hoping to make big synergy savings to its close cooperation with volkswagen. they're not yet ready to say the company's plans will mean new jobs, they have promised there will be no job cuts in the next five years. >>> the italian carmaker fiat said it doubled second quarter profit, six under 50 million euros, pointing to higher sales of its truck and tractor units, making up for slower demand on the car markets. the company says its cost-saving measures are also paying off. fiat says its four-year balance remains unchanged, but it hopes to revise its forecast up after the third quarter. >>> the strike's over the skies over french airports have been unusually quiet this wednesday. air traffic controllers sta

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story o a young lady who is now on her third start-up. her age, i may be her biggest advantage. begin with a long awaited terminal project about to get underway. it bens with the demolition of the old terminal at mission and fit. a temporary terminal just around the corner will open this summer transportation reporter has more on the project. >> reporter: demition of the 71-year-old tnsbay terminal is scheduled toegin late this year. it's expted to take eight months to tr it down and then seven years to build the glittering new tansbay terminal. in the meanme, a temporary terminal, block and half away, will handle the 14,000 passengers a day. once some high-tech details are finished, it' set to open in august. the bus alsobe using surface streets mostly folsom, instead of dedited bus ramps. a bus only lane will be added on fulsome and parking control officers will be on the street at peak times to keep traffic flowing. >> during e time we did traffic modeling and our traffic model shows it's over 2 1/2 minutes longer to get to the bay bridge. it's rely not a significant impact. >> reporter: rht now two bus mps still stand over one corner of the tempor

story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice things to say so with the news makers. welcome back to the kaiser reports i'm not to go to london to talk to ben davies director and c.e.o. of hyatt capital welcome to the show ben davies thanks very much nice to be alright ben you run a gold fund why has gold risen so much in value and i you sticking to your target of thirty six thousand dollars an ounce. good question. gold is rising because there is a master basement of global currencies around the world central banks of. governments of moved on a policy of monetize ocean and fiscal imprudence in order to socialize all the losses in the private side or the bag so to so in order to to allow the banks they needed to find some money and unfortunately that wasn't very forthcoming so they've had to create a consequence of that is that people understand the money is becoming gradually or actually rather rapidly worthless as a consequence there is a growing move into gold so when people talk about a bubble brewing in gold i think they're very misguided in actually what we're seeing is a bubble in paper currencies all right now when you talk about th

story for you. also this morning, the big draw pa on lindsay lohan's big day. just hours before she's supposed to head off to jail, her high profile attorney reportedly quits. cbs news correspondent beny has the latest. >> reporter: behind ze lbehind lohan's latest lawyer has quit the case. according to tms, robert shapiro reportedly told the court he will not represent the actress when she turns herself in later this morning. >> having someone like robert shapiro in your corner one day and no longer in your corner the next is clearly a huge surprise. and something must be going on with lindsay. >> reporter: lohan has spent her last days at this sober house in west hollywood, surrounded by paparazzi at her mother visited over the weekend. just the kind of spectacle a judge is trying to avoid. she'll order the cameras turned off in the courtroom before lohan is cuffed and hauled out to the wherein wood correctional facility. the jail is now ready for the arrival of its most infamous inmate in years. she'll spend up to 22 hours each day alone in her cell. >> what is this going to be like for someone like her? >> for lindsay who is so used to having so many people around her, who is so

ben. it is now five minutes past. let's go back outside to matt. how cool is that? >> that's a nice story. very nice.uck to the hospital. let's get a check of the weather. al is off today. stephanie abrams is here with the forecast. >>> we have a plan, i love new york shirts. what state is this? >> the upper peninsula of michigan. >> and where exactly are you from? >> right here. >> right there at the lower bottom corner. the city name again? >> manomany. >> y.ananom we are going to see severe weather through the midwest and there is going to be hail and very heavy downpours. i'm most concerned about the very heavy rain. we could see over three inches in some locations. oth >>> tamron, over to you. >> all right, stephanie, thank you. now more on the child custody dispute between mel gibson and his ex-girlfriend, oksana grigorieva. the couple have an 8-month-old daughter. it just seems to keep getting uglier. another recording has surfaced that allegedly features gibson in a violent tirade once again. nbc's kristen welker has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, tamron. that custody hearing is set t

story. who cares? >> the universe yawns. >> they say you should know historical anecdotes. i disagree. >> nothing like bringing up benre, done that. been around the block a few times. >> here are more. drawn out pauses are the best time to talk about yourself. it's better than silence. if there is a long pause, jump in and say something about yourself. >> that makes no sense to me. >> here's another one. if you're interrupted, you're telling a story and you're at the good part, right? and you can't wait to tell how you rescued the dog, but the conversation has taken a turn and then it's -- >> you lost yours. >> what do you do? >> i usually let it go. i don't bring it back up again unless someone says, "whatever happened with the dog"? >> apparently you're supposed to give it up. you're not supposed to bring it up until someone says "go ahead with the story". >> yeah. what was that you were saying? limit your stories to five minutes. five minutes is a long story if you look at the clock. >> depends on the story. >> as the teller. some people don't know how to tell stories. >> that's the trouble. they don't know who th

ben nelson to oppose mr. moran. last week he created a stir within democratic ranks when he told reporters that he had concerns over the new agency and would run at. the story also says that the bureau's director of this new agency would be appointed to wait five term year, controlling the budget of about $500 million with a wide latitude to lead the writing and enforcing the rules related to mortgages, credit cards, and other financial products. given the structure of the agency, it would be difficult for other regulators to overrule the restrictions. virginia, thomas, democratic line. what do you think this morning? caller: i think that elizabeth warren should be in charge of the financial regulation plan. host: why is that? caller: every time she is on television she seems to care about the people. she has no business interests in mind, very rare for someone in charge of government regulation. host: what about the concerns from the banking industry that say exactly what you just said, that she is more of an activist for consumers and that she will not take into mind what businesses need in order to grow and create jobs. host: the business and banking ind