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reporter: records show lee started protesting outside discovery s headquarters more than two years ago, handing out a rambling leaflet that called for discovery to have more coverage of overpopulation and animal extinction. he was arrested in february of 2008 and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. members of the bomb squad tell me they plan to spend much of the night inside that building making safe at least four suspicious devices. discovery representatives said they had been aware of mr. lee for years but never took his demands seriously. tom costello, silver spring, maryland, just outside the washington, d.c. border tonight. tom, thanks. some mixed news on the u.s. economy tonight. first the bad news. auto sales plunged in august from last year which was propped up, remember, by the government s cash for clunkers program. toyota sales were down 34%. honda down 33. gm down 25.
toyota, but in the meantime, toyota is not the only automaker issuing recalls. general motors announced it s recalling about 1.3 million compact cars because of steering problems. again, we re talking about general motors, not toyota. gm says the issue has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury. the recall affects cars sold in north america from 2005 to 2010 including the chevy cobalt, pontiac g5, g4 and pontiac pursuit. drivers may find it difficult to steer these vehicles under 15 miles per hour. if you have that vehicle in that model year, take care of that. we d like to know what you think. let me know any thoughts today. twitter.msnbc.com to reach out to me. i m getting a lot of tweets on what s happening with the jobs bill. a lot of you have opinions i can t read about senator bunning. nevertheless, send me what you think and i ll try to pick out the ones without swear words. the supreme court takes up the issue of the right to bear
the material obtained when the laws are broken in getting that picture. the new law was championed by actress jennifer aniston. california also the first state to partially ban the use of cholesterol boosting artificial trans fats in restaurants. a lot of cities have that ban. california now the first state to do it. new hampshire became the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. right after midnight, 15 same sex couples tied the knot at the state capital in concord. the temperature just 21 degrees. you got to want it bad to get married to be out in 21 degrees. that didn t stop the celebrations, as you can see. also in new hampshire, there s now a ban on texting while driving. that ban also now in effect in illinois, and oregon. that makes 19 states now to enact bans, and the secretary of transportation says he wants the laws to eventually go nationwide. police will now give out tickets to drivers caught texting. and there are several laws pertaining to our four legged friends, as
concerns. his resignation comes after a disappointing loss to alabama at the scc championship game. does it alert you without interrupting what you re doing ? does it alert you without interrupting what you re doing so you can continue to, say, send a video to someone ? holding your messages till you re ready to view them ? droid does. the notification panel your own personal gatekeeper. in a world of doesn t. on the highway? or a back seat and a trunk? the five passenger, trunk-equipped chevy cobalt xfe. with an impressive 37 miles per gallon highway. may the best car win. but this sure says a lot: the 5-year, 100,000 mile transferable powertrain warranty from chevy. with roadside assi0mance and courtesy transportation,