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. >>> the controversy surrounding solyndra and the white house almost cost steven chu his job. an eail called chu, quote, a brilliant man but not perfect for the energy department emissions. the e-mail was released by house republicans who are investigating a $500 million federal loan. the company recently declared bankruptcy and laid off about 1,100 workers. >>> eight securities and exchange commission employees have been punished for failing to uncover the bernie madoff ponzi scheme. the s.e.c. general investigated it. ten of those employees have since left the agency. the s.e.c. has been criticized for failing to spot madoff's $50 million scheme. the tri-state oversight committee studied metro workers and fatigue and discovered many were overworked. that i say they work so often partially to help pad their paychecks but also because they feel the pressure of metro's $5 billion improvement plan. one woman was documented working 112 hours. seven straight days of 16-hour shifts. speaking of metro four stations on the green line, they're closed the weekend because of track work. they

dan carroll and obama campaign senior advisor who called on the white house to replace chu earlier this year in an ehu has failed the test. in my personal opinion i agree with mr. carol he should be replaced by the president." what about this testimony this what did we learn? what comes out of it? the panel, steve hayes for "weekly standard." mara liasson, political correspondent of national public radio. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. steve? >> it's accurate to call him offensive today. he couldn't describe what had happened at the department of energy as incompetence. there was no bankruptcy and asked if mistakes were made monitoring the approval process after the loan he said no. he wouldn't cop to it and refused to answer the question. that is the big picture. the damaging testimony came in an exchange with a democrat, of texas, who asked him about the process of subordinating the loan during the restructuring. green, a democrat -- >> bret: which means so people follow it, taxpayers would be put behind the investors of solyndra to be paid back. >> private investors. >> taxpayers come

house officials tried to develop the a plan to get rid of energy secretary steven chu as solyndra was failing. newly released e-mail called chu brilliant but not the person to lead other department mission such as creating jobs. president obama former chef of staff circulated that e-mail. white house spokesman said that the plan was never considered seriously. chu nobel winning physicist from cal under fire for his steadfast support of fremont base solyndra. even as the solar company was clearly in financial trouble after taking 500 million dollars in government loans. >>> of well there is new manufacture to boost the taxes p the car. new satellite report shows that we are hundreds of billions of dollars short when it comes to fixing our roads in this state. ascap total correspondent annette reports, it is a funding gap that could delay more than 3000 safety improvements. >> the tire damage from it. >>reporter: whether road conditions. >> there are a few pot hole along the way. work this needs to be done. >>reporter: or endless traffic jam. >> it's growing. i think pretty soon we are lick la. >>reporter: motor

> reporter: still, some republicans on the house energy and commerce committee grilled chu about newly discovered e- mails that purport to show white house officials asked the company to delay telling the 1100 workers they were laid off until after the 2010 midterm elections so as not to embarrass the president and other democrats. in fact, those layoffs were announced on november 3rd of last year, one day after the election. >> they are not concerned about the layoffs! they are not concerned that people are going to lose their jobs! ! they are just concerned about the timing! the politics! wait until after the election! this is disgusting! and i would hope that you're going to go and your department under your nose you testified here under oath you knew nothing about it, it happened in your agency! i hope you'll go back in your agency and have some heads roll! >> reporter: secretary chu insisted nobody at the white house discussed the loan to solyndra with the secretary or his staff. and called solyndra's bankruptcy extreme unfortunate but says risk is inherent when you talk about innovation. >> s

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e- mails from an obama former campaign. this including the suggestion to demote the energy secretary to research and development in lab writing. secondary chu is a wonderful and brilliant man but he is not good for the doe mission, developing technology and creating jobs. someone else should do that. the e-mail stated that he was not interested in the chu critique. he wanted his colleagues to consider the rest of carroll's message which dealt with energy policy but also predicted a wave of gop attacks over solyndra and other inside doe deals that have gone to obama donors and underperformed. the white house says thinks not an internal white house e-mail, not evidence of lift call in influenza of contributors on decision making with respect to the solyndra loan guarantee. this is his prediction of attacks he turned out to be right. republicans still want more documents issuing their own statement yesterday claiming that the white house production includes a limited number of self-selected documents along with their own interpretation of what those documents show. we are hoping that this is the beginning of an effort to find documents into an

and the e-mail suggested that secretary of energy steven chu be demoted. secretary c, had u is a wonderful and brilliant man and he is not he was not interested in dan carol's critique. only the other policy agenda . the white house said. he turned out to be right . republicans are saying they want to see everything solyndra related. because these are the documents that the administration chooses to release and then the stuff they haven't put out holds more clues. and the white house's production includes a limited number of documents along with their own interpretations of what the documents show. we hope it is a beginning of the effort to do the process that left us holding the bag. and uma. energy secretary chu may testify on the investigations on thursday. >> should be revealing. peter thank you very employ. >> bizarre kidnapping drama of wilson ramos is over with ramos free from the captors. venezuela police commandos exchanged heavy gunfire before rescuing the baseball player. he said he is happy and thankful to be alive. he disappeared and taken at

in one specific e-mail, a former obama campaign operative pushes for energy secretary, steven chu, to be demoted. peter doocy live in washington with more on that. tell us about the e-mails, peter. >> reporter: yeah, you mentioned the one that said that he would be demoted and it wouldn't be a complete dismissal, but back on march 14th of this year, then chief of staff pete rousch shared an e-mail with white house colleagues from a former campaign manager and current clean energy activist named dan carol and included ideas about restructuring the energy without secretary chu at the top and should be working research and development somewhere and quote, secretary chu is a wonderful and brilliant man, but he is not perfect. for the deploying existing technology for scale and creating jobs, and someone else should do that and lead the a new team. he wasn't interested in critique of chu, but other policies. and white house said in a conference call, this is not an internal white house e-mail and with respect to solyndra loan guarantees, prediction of attacks about the loan guarantee progr

chu today. they brought up e-mails that says the white house asked solyndra to wait off to announce their bankruptcy until after the november elections. >> if you go back to look at the time the decisions were being made, was there incompetence. was there any influence of the political nature and i would have to say no. >> so no apology. >> it is extremely unfortunate what has happened. >>> president obama toured solyndra one year before it went bankrupt. the white house fired back today showing that the public chair interviewed with the deal on behalf of a solar company in his state. >>> forklifts at the warehouse on potrero hill are busy moving pallets as requests are at an all time high. >> sometimes they are part time jobs they string together, none of them with benefits. people that have left their careers and are near minimum wage to make ends meet. >> reporter: california farmers have been especially generous offering fruits and vegetables at lower than usual prices. >>> the san jose occupy movement is getting a big emotional boost from this rowdy march going on right now but it comes as san

fox news learn house conduct committee are reviewing 200 e-mail from steven chu related to the solyndraify before lawmakers this thursday and will likely be asked why he overrode objections from aides when he approved the loan guarantee and he may have questioned about the documents that showed they persuaded a chief investor in solyndra to postpone layoffs until after the midterm election. >> gabrielle giffords told constituents in audio message she is getting better and wants to get back to work. she was shot in a head in constituent meeting in january. today's message comes after a broadcast last night of her first extended interview alongside husband mark kelly. >> is there a word for mark? what is the first word you think of? >> brave. brave. brave. >> thank you. >> brave. that's what i think of when i think of you, too. brave and tough. >> tough. tough, tough. >> bret: great story. the super committee is not looking so super with its big deadline approaching. we'll talk about that with the fox all-stars after a quick break. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power

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, energy secretary steven chu, becomes the highest ranking obama administrator to give testimony in the burr johning -- burgeoning solyndra scandal. they have scanned over 200 e-mails of secretary chu's which they were permitted to view only in camera which means behind closed doors without the ability to make copies of them. solyndra is now bankrupt manufacturer of solar panels that president obama personally visited 18 months ago to which the energy department granted $535 million loan guarantee. in september of this year the fbi raided the company's offices. house energy and commerce committee chairman fred upton, republican from michigan and subcommittee chair, cliff stearns, republic can from florida. they want to know why secretary chu overrode objections about solyndra from his own colleagues at doe and from the office of management and budget. mr. chu offered npr all things considered a limited preview what his line of defense will be at today's hearing. >> we asked outside people to give us second and third opinions. what was unhappied was that the market for the price of solar modules really plummeted. >> the obama administration today is fighting b

: there are new e-mails just released in the solyndra matter that showed the energy department tried to push the company to delay their layoffs, and that puts energy secretary stephen chuat in all of this. congressman tim murphy will be questioning him on those e-mails at hearing tomorrow morning. that is going to be an active hearing. he's going to join us live in a moment. bill: president obama told to watch out for the crocs down under. why the extra insurance policy has been taken out for this trip. >> ♪ >> ♪ crocodile rock. >> ♪ >> >> announcer: if you think identity theft is scary, just wait till you try to fix it. >> 58 different individuals are using... absolutely using my old social security number. >> announcer: identity theft has topped the federal government's list of consumer complaints for the last 11 years. it's a serious problem with anyone with a social security number, and it continues to get worse. fact is, on your own there are many things you can do to deter identity theft. protect your social security number. be internet savvy. use intricate passwords. safeguard your purse and wallet. shred and destroy. seriously, are you really going to do all th

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chu should go. i just think he has failed the test and in my personal opinion i agree with dan carroll's e-mail at thisoint he should probably be replaced by the president. dan carol is the former obama campaign adviser suggested chu be replaced back in february. former, or cliff stearns is the florida republican who is a member of the energy and commerce committee. sir, welcome back here to "america's newsroom.". strong words coming out of hearing yesterday. why fire chu? >> bill, if anybody listened to the hearing you realize has solyndra fell into bankruptcy, secretary chu failed to sound the alarm. basically most of the questions we asked him he was unaware or would look into it. and when you look at what happened with the subordination where he actually went to an outside law firm here in washington to get an opinion and that law firm initially told him it was not legal for him to subordinate taxpayers to $535 billion. so that two hedge fund could get paid, he somehow, --. bill: 535 million, not billion, right? >> yeah. 535 million. when that was subordinated for two hedge funds, basically that me

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released e-mails in a solyndra -- today the white house released an e-mail sent by a former obama campaign official who recommended steven chu's bryant brilliant but says he was not the right man for the job. the suggestion was not taken seriously. >>> there's still a few light showers in the area. you can see green showing up. this is very light activity. most of the activity gone now but seeing some drizzle out there. in the san francisco airport we have some rain tonight. san francisco airport came back with .4 of an inch of rain. as we go through tonight we're looking for a chance for a scattered shower then valley fog. then warm tomorrow or mild tomorrow. mid-60s in the the warmest spot. dry for your area weekend. that rain system moved south right into southern california, san diego. we start to dry up, we start to clear up. here's what the computer model does. here we are tomorrow morning in the next few hours and the model is suggesting some showers out in the livermore valley. in the mountain that is will taper off as well as we go through the afternoon the clouds move on. all the clouds are following that low. as the

released e-mails in a solyndra -- today the white house released an e-mail sent by a former obama campaign official who recommended steven chu's dan carol calls steven chu bryant brilliant but says he was not the right man for the job. the suggestion was not taken seriously. >>> there's still a few light showers in the area. you can see green showing up. this is very light activity. most of the activity gone now but seeing some drizzle out there. in the san francisco airport we have some rain tonight. san francisco airport came back with .4 of an inch of rain. as we go through tonight we're looking for a chance for a scattered shower then valley fog. then warm tomorrow or mild tomorrow. mid-60s in the the warmest spot. dry for your area weekend. that rain system moved south right into southern california, san diego. we start to dry up, we start to clear up. here's what the computer model does. here we are tomorrow morning in the next few hours and the model is suggesting some showers out in the livermore valley. in the mountain that is will taper off as well as we go through the afternoon the clouds move on. all the clouds are

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chu will testify before the committee. solyndra received half a billion dollar federal loan guarantee in 2009. the company sent an e-mail to the energy department last year saying it needed emergency money to an individual shutting down. solyndra filed for bankruptcy in september laying off 1,000 employees. >>> 4:39. let's see how you should dress when you leave home this morning. >>> no need to worry about visibility issues now. there's fog forming, but everything is above at least two miles that map in a minute. first high clouds will be the dominant feature high pressure starting to get squeezed a little going to hold on today make us dry. two mile visibility -- two miles of visibility at santa rosa four, winds fairly calm, the fastest wind five miles per hour sfo out of the south and west wind at five miles per hour fairfield. 8:00 this morning still in the 30s in some areas livermore, napa, santa rosa, 40s to near nifty around san francisco. by the time we get to -- noon clouds and sunshine take over temperatures holding in the mid to upper 50s around the bay shore low to mid 60s inland. low clouds along the c

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chu takes full responsibility for what happened. he says all the final decisions were his and that none were based on political considerations. matt, e-mails circulated within the white house suggest obama staffers considered firing chu earlier this year but the secretary says he has the full support of the president. >> all right. lisa myers in washington this morning. lisa, thank you very much. >>> now let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. in for natalie this morning we've got savannah guthrie. >> good morning, everybody. president obama is in indonesia this morning on the tail end of his asia pacific tour. before leaving australia earlier today, he addressed u.s. and australian troops in the town of darwin about his decision to step up the u.s. military presence in the pacific, a move designed to counter china's growing influence in the region. meantime, secretary of state hillary clinton is in thailand to visit victims of the historic flooding there and announced a $10 million aid package for them. >>> police in new york city are bracing for a day of action from the occupy wall street movement. protesters ar

the committee has e-mails that indicate the department of energy knew solyndra was in deep trouble and continues to fund the company anyway. that itself is not a smoking gun. dr. chu pointed out when his agency discovered it was in deep trouble, it had a choice, allow them to go bankrupt immediately or lend some money in hopes of saking it. they decided to give it more money. what will be a smoking gun is if the house can directly tie the decision to fund solyndra and that new funding with one of solyndra's biggest supporters. if there is a political tie and they can find that e-mail, that would be a smoking gun. >> okay. scott mcgrew, thank you very much. >>> we've seen the weather department in high gear this morning all morning along. christina loren, i see you busy over there. what's happening outside? >> we're watching for these shower. we're not expecting much today, not even expecting much tomorrow. sunday is the day we'll see the bulk of the moisture drop in. you can already see some clouds ahead of that front pushing into san francisco, beautiful shot here. ed got news is we'll get the sunshine for today and then tomorrow, things start to change. limited

presidential candidate newt gingrich among the republicans calling for chu to be fired now. newly released eite house considered doing just that as it braced for the political storm over the now bankrupt solar company. an alleged sex abuse victim is ready to testify against former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. this as penn state campus and local police are now shooting down assistant coach mike mcquery's claim that he went to the cops to report sandusky after he witnessed something in the shower back in 2002. investigators finally questioned mcquery last year after coming across an internet chat room post that said a penn state coach had seen something ugly and kept quiet about it. sweeping changes coming to immigration courts across the country. today, the department of homeland security will begin a review of all deportation cases. the agency will also launch a nationwide training program for law enforcement agents and prosecuting attorneys. the program would advise them to skip prosecution of illegals wanted on lesser crimes and focus more on serious felons. the hope -- to un

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e-mail, the optics of the solyndra failure would be bad. so instead of letting the cap shut down, the energy department and secretary chu approve a refinancing deal worth $75 million guaranteeing that in the event of bankruptcy private investors in solyndra would be repaid before the american taxpayer. months later, solyndra declares bankruptcy, taking with it all our taxpayer money. so, is secretary chu to blame? or is he just taking the fall for the white house? peter and i are joined by representative michael burgess, republican from texas. thank you for being with us. congressman and peter, let me start actually with the both of you. chu says he was responsible. do you think that he is taking a hit for someone above him? >> congressman? >> i will go first. i think so. he came to our committee. he said the buck stopped with him and then proceeded to pass the buck as often as he could when was asked specifically about the reference the bundler for the president and he was asked if he knew about that. he said i do now implying that he didn't know at the time. is the smartest guy in washington, d.c. as you point out. a nobel laureate. he hol

time energy secretary steven chu testified today before a congressional committee looking into his handling of a loan guarantee to failed solar panel company solyndra. from e outset, he defended his actions. >> the final decisions on solyndra were mine, and i made them with the best interests of the taxpayer in mind. and i want to be clear. over the course of solyndra's loan guarantee, i did not make any decision based on political considerations. my decision to guarantee a loan to solyndra was based on the analysis of professional experienced professionals and on >> brown: solyndra had been touted as an example of the country's green technology future. secretary chu was on hand in september of 2009. as vice president joe biden appeared before company employees via video link, announcing a loan guarantee for solyndra under the new federal stimulus law. nine months later in may of 2010, president obama toured the company in fremont, california. in all, solyndra received more than $500 million in federal aid. but less than two years later, in august of this year, solyndra filed for bankruptcy. today, secretary chu blamed the company's failure on the economic