. >> reporter: the intruder made his way to bob dennis ' house. was barely awake when his dog shadow woke him up. >> i never know what he is barking at. >> reporter: he tried to get his bearings as he made his way to the kitchen when he says he saw a black bear. >> his paw is on the couldn'ter eating out of this cat dish. >> pressing bob further he admits further he admits he never saw the culprit eating. >> no, i found food all over the kitchen. >> and he even remembers talking to the trespassinger. >> i was yelling at him and he was going [ groaning ] >> and i said, hey, i'm half awake. >> can we be sure about the bear sighting? >> i know it was a real bear. >> how did -- how would you think it broke in, you would think he came through the doggy door. >> he one attacked. >> but he hit me. >> i one really attacked. the bear was trying to get by me. >> but as an eyewitness, bob doesn't have a lot of answers to the bear's escape through a screen window. >> i don't know why he chose to go out there but i think it was the easiest way for him to go. >

bob dennis says he was barely awake when he got up because his dog was barking.the kitchen and he saw the bear was eating cat food on the counter. he believes the young black bear was hungry and climbed through a doggy door and a window to get inside of dennis ' house. >> what i did is get out of his way. and yelled at him. he didn't like that. he got out the window and got out on the porch and he couldn't get out the porch door the way he came in so he to out the screen. >> reporter: dennis says he bear was not trying to attack him when the bear left claw marks and clothes shredded. he believes the bear was trying to get past him to get out of the house. >>> history was made this afternoon when the crew from "endeavor" and the crew from the international space station met in space. it was the first time 13 astronauts were in orbit at one time. thank you for showing up. earlier, shuttle commander mark -- guided the craft through a back flip so that station astronauts could take photographs of its exterior heat shield. shuttle "endeavor" took off on wednesday and

bob dennis says a black bear made his way into his flint hill kitchen for a late-night snack.lesed by cat food, the bear entered through an open window. his dog alerted him to a problem and he wound up face to face with the bear. he says he doesn't remember much, but has cuts to his legs and his chest. a food fight of sorts is underway in montgomery county. some fruit and vegetable stands along river road may be forced to close. it has owners and customers ripe with anger. >> julie brown has shopped at her local fruit stand longer than her daughter has been alive. >> i think it's really important. i don't want the day to come where i have to shop in a grocery store. >> from bethesda to potomac, these stands are as popular as ever, not just because they sell fresh food, but because they support local farmers at a time when the state needs all the help it can get. >> with the economy like it is, we don't need to be out of work. we need jobs. and this creates jobs. >> but now the state is cracking down. it says several stands are too close to the road and potentially dangerous to

bob! >> i'm afraid you're both going to agree on that. we'll have you back soon. and robert reich, i'm glad you're back from your vacation. steve moore, i'm glad you survived las vegas. me too. anyway, dennis kneale, what have you got cooking? do you think sotomayor -- this is your dennis kneale opinion, is a moderate or a big liberal lefty on businesses and market type decisions? is. >> i think if she weren't a big lib rap lefty, she would not have oh gotten the nomination. but that doesn't matter, because she is going to get approved. so my as well brace for it. a lot of times we put a liberal on the court and they end up surprising us. >> could she be a free market capitalist? do you think you'll hear that from her on court? >> no, i don't think she can. just all consumers, all victims. >> thanks. >> and cnbc reports starts right now. >>> tonight on "cnbc reports," the markets jump, are traders and investors starting to come around, starting to warm up to dennis's big call? >> this horrible, frightening recession is ending now. >> despite the upturn, there are plans in washington that could roll it all back. dennis is a one-man fighting machine tonight against higher taxes. jiffy care.