david axel rod also an advisor to exelon.n roberts one of the biggest bundlers. 500,000 on one cycle and 600,000 on another cycle. mr. roe the ceo of exelon granted access to it the white house 8 times in the period they are deciding about the loans and bragged about having access to the white house. the white house knows him by his first name. >> sean: so similar to solyndra. big bundlers. taxpayer money wasted. i guess we didn't have the shovel ready jobs and so tens and hundreds of millions of dollars poured down the drain. >> deeper than that when you had state senator obama this company raised money for them and then when ran for the senate they gave him the company gave him $395,000 worth of donations. employees of this company gave that. the department of justice also cleared a merger of a company with this company in maryland. a $7.9 billion merger went straight through you. >> sean: so we have big bundlers and donors to obama. they he get access and taxpayer money, stimulus money and grants. and then the money keeps

also taking part in the study is the exelon corporation, the owner of the conowingo dam. mary helen marsh said sediment is a susquehanna water issue with a wide range of stakeholders. we're also working with community groups such as trout unlimited and the resource council to support their efforts to stop erosion along the streams that feed into the susquehanna river. >> let's turn it into lightweight aggregate, turn it into something that could offset a cost to taxpayers. >> reporter: dislaif is hoping someone can do the right thing for his favorite fishing hole. >> it's the how many ber one resource -- number one resource into the chesapeake bay. that needs to be coddled and handled with kid gloves. >> the task force leading some of the studies has been having public meetings to discuss the problem. the next one is coming up in late october. >>> all right. they're part of the national aquarium's 31st birthday. the four-day celebration continues tomorrow. today's treat a snake in a cake. tomorrow a free movie with general add michghts the 31st will prove to be a big year

fellow power producer exelon shed 2.2% after coming up shy with its latest quarterly earnings. it also was hit by lower power prices. a different type of power company, first solar was in focus after the closing bell. earnings more than doubled from a year ago, and handily beat analyst average estimates. solar panel makers have suffered from falling prices but first solar has been developing big solar farms, helping its financial performance. this stock was the worst performer in the s&p 500 last year. and they're down 56% so far this year, including today's 4.8% drop. but during tonight's earnings release, the company increased its financial outlook, and shares jumped more than 12% in after hours action. after closing below $15, the stock was trading over $16.50 in late trading. two media conglomerates turned in their latest financial report cards. time warner's earnings were one penny ahead of estimates. but ad sales growth for its cable t.v. networks like t.n.t. and c.n.n. were less than what some had anticipated, leading to less than expected revenues. comcast, the cable co

exelon, so much crony socialism going on you can't believe it. >> dana: so much carney was asked about house. >> eric: $646 million loan they have been given through the department of energy. there is, there are board members on exeln bundlers for obama and back and forth. lobbyists going back and forth. crazy. this one here, but i'm waiting for them to do this. i can't wait until obama says maybe we'll release spr. that will be pure political -- >> dana: in the article that ran yesterday i read, bain capital where mitt romney, firm mitt romney found has been part of for a while, the steelworkers union head, gerrard said in the article our experience with bain they strip and flip and walk out as much as they can. to me was like handed them a talking point to use, because would carlisle be different from bain? >> greg: the difference the left can become righties when they want. president obama could actually invade cuba. and media would be okay with it. we still have gitmo. drones can go out and kill as many people as you want. if this were bush, of course, there would be hell to pay. i

"new york times" detailed ways in which it says exelon corporation benefited from the support of presidentma dating back to his days as state senator in illinois. white house officials insist the relationship reflects the company's shared vision with the administration opt not favoritism. something is not on the up and up with the president's twitter feed. we'll explain. and charlie rangel on vice president joe biden's chains comment. the grapevine is next. is our most popular promotion at d lobster. there's so many choices. the guests come in and they're like yeah i want to try this shrimp and i want to try this kind. th wait for this all year long. [ male nouncer ] red lobster's endless shrimp is back, but only for a limited time, for just $14.99. try as much as u like any way you like, like new teriyaki grilled shrimp or new parmesan crusted shrimp, for just $14.99. [ angela ] creating an experience instd of just a meal that's endless shrimp. my name is angela trapp. i'm a server at red lobster and i sea food differently. [ male announcer ] 6 years old. then 7. going on 11. in the blink

. >> "the times" just ran a front- page story about exelon.know of any specific government action that had been a gift to exelon, but we did document that exelon represented had an unusual number meetings with people high up in the administration. many times, that is what money buys. it buys access. >> i think access is good, make your pitch. >> the thing one person's access because they have money should be greater than another person's access to is just noble? >> if i want to talk to any senator, and if i represent a diesel company and 50,000 manufacturing employees, and joke represents the new york times, or influence. -- who has more influence? >> i would like to ask charlie and bill to go little bit further on the question of where you hit the point of diminishing returns, or backlash on negative advertising? charlie, you correctly pointed out that there are people in the gingrich campaign we think that the rick tyler ads on bain for counterproductive for newt gingrich. they were in effect are giving to republican conservatives that the w

. >> "the times" just read front -- just ran a front-page story about exelon.know of any specific government action that had been a gift to exelon, but we did document that exelon represented had an unusual number meetings with people high up in the administration. many times, that is what money buys. it buys access. >> i think access is good, make your pitch. >> the thing one person's access because they have money should be greater than another person's access to is just noble? >> if i want to talk to any senator, and if i represent a diesel company and 50,000 manufacturing employees, and joke represents the new york times, or influence. -- who has more influence? >> i would like to ask charlie and bill to go little bit further on the question of where you hit the point of diminishing returns, or backlash on negative advertising? charlie, you correctly pointed out that there are people in the gingrich campaign we think that the rick tyler ads on bain for counterproductive for newt gingrich. they were in effect are giving to republican conservatives that there

august, for the second quarter and for the entire year and as we talk about names like entergy and exelone gulf. they're important, back to you. dennis: thank you, lauren. the time to make money with charles payne and following up on a nutritious retailer we'll call it. >> gnc. we know the company and they make the vitamins. 7,000 stores around the world and just absolutely amazing story and recently reported the earnings and blew them away the stocks, reverse head and shoulders formation and i think it adds to 43 and i like everything about this, retail sales are up. more begins are up and they are he' just clicking on all cylinde cylinders, and sometimes i worry when i like a stock too much. this goes back to 1935. it seems like it's new, but a guy started it laxzoom. dennis: where is the p.e.? >> it's under like 9, 10, p.e. ratio. everything is cheap about the stock, i think it's going to break out. cheryl: and charles, we have some news, pictures from the republican national convention, looking at former secretary of state condoleezza rice, she's doing the preparations, the walk throu