though fisker maintains it is closer to 52 miles. car's style makes it different than other green cars. >> we want people to get excited emotionally about environmental friendly car. >> reporter: the decision by the department of energy to give fisker a half billion dollar plus loan came with the promise that it would produce a smaller version car in delaware, creating 2,500 jobs in vice president biden's home state. >> this is seed money that will return back to the american consumer in billions and billions of dollars in good, new jobs. >> reporter: but so far, the only cars being made have come off the line at this plant in finland. something the u.s. government knew would be the case when the loan was approved. fisker says while the company makes sure it only spends its taxpayer money in the u.s., it could not find any affordable place in the u.s. to assemble its first line of cars. >> we're not in the business of fafling. we're in the business of winning. so, we make the right decision for the business. >> reporter: that's why y

fisker says none of the u.s. loan money is spent in finland and that the department of energy new the car would be assembled overseas. that decision was not well received by auto workers we talked to at an occupy detroit rally. >> the work should be done here. >> reporter: and now republicans in congress are questioning why the department of energy approved the fisker loan in the first place. >> i think when the department of energy found out they couldn't do it in america, that was time to pull the plug. >> reporter: the department of energy says taxpayer money has created design and engineering jobs in the u.s. and produce 2,500 more jobs when fisker produces a car in delaware. that at least is the promise. but the bottom line is, all these green program startups are risky by their very nature and nothing is guaranteed, diane. >> okay, thank you brian ross. >>> and now, john berman. and her man cane, as we said, still surging in the polls. and he is in a dead heat with mitt romney. here's what john found out to

one of the reason that the fisker ceo had to go over seas. we don't have the plant related to the price of a 90,000 which clearly i don't know who will buy. but they took 20 million and bought an old gm plant and set aside 145 million for renovation and that will open up in late 2012 so they can come back here. you don't have clear controls over where the money is going and how much is invested over seas and that happens on every level of government you had in prior administration where there were no big projects for the pentagon. and a billion was wasted. we need quality controls if we inzest. >> johnthon. does that mean the government shouldn't be in the business of picking businesses or not. >> exactly. i have clear controls over my own money but i didn't give half billion to solyndra or fisker and like regina a 90,000 car that has a limited market. what is abhorrent about the administration's own green fallacy, that the products would not exist except for the subsittedies. they are evading reality and half billion gone every week. >> john

&pfiskerrauttmotive isn't cheaa though with a 99-thousandd dollars.the obaaa administration gave fisker dollar - taxpayer funddd loan to help the startuu company. another eleetric vehicle akerr tesla received a similar 465 miilion ddllar loan. the idea is to create jobs.with tesla revamping an abbndonnd gm plant in cclifornia... and fisker planning to assemble its new nina electric vehicll in delawaree employing potentially 25-hundreddworkers. "it's important to the americaa people. this is a growing global market. electric vehicles areethe future. the only question 3 ,3&pand stay tuned to fox45 morning news... 3 we have a very special guest hoor... mayor steppanii rawlings-blake is joining me on theeanccor desk and you won't want toomiss thhs!that's coming up at 8-30. 8-30.but first... the ravens are preparing for tonight's game in jackonville!how they're getting reedyyto face off against the jaguars... next in spoots. ((break 3)) 3 3 plus find out next now. travelinn to libya why ss many are finddout next, plus &p 3 crissy from middle river sent this n to oor photogallery. phe saas he

fisker has bought an old gm plant to use in the future. >>> a lawmaker in ohio is trying to ban private individuals from owning exotic animals. this proposal comes after the tragic death of nearly 50 animals in zanesville earlier this week. ohio has some of the nation's weakest restrictions of exotic pets. and has some of the highest number of injuries and deaths caused by them. >>> two earthquakes have rattled the san francisco area, on the same day that californians conducted an earthquake drill. the biggest of the quakes was centered in berkeley. some in south texas also got a jolt. it was struck by a rare record-breaking 4.8 quake. no injuries or major damages were reported in either quake. >>> and get your boots out, folks. looks like the northern part of the country is in for a cold, wet winter. government forecasters released their latest outlook, calling for more than usual snowfall from the northwest to the great lakes and ohio. they're warning that warmer and drier conditions will make the drought in the south even worse. >> those pictures are just stunning. i live down there,

it's made by fisker.nd we went for a test drive in the first car to come off the line. >> you hear a little of the noise. >> reporter: priced at $97,000, it's all luxury. so quiet, that artificial engine noise is pumped through speakers so pedestrians can hear it coming. fisker got a federal loan two years ago of more than $500 million. but vice president joseph biden saying the company would employ auto workers in his home state of delaware. >> this is seed money that will return back to the american consumer in billions and billions and billions of dollars in good, new jobs. >> reporter: and so far, the u.s. money has helped to create some 500 auto assembly factory jobs. but they're not in the united states. rather here, at this plant in finland. where u.s. taxpayer money is being spent only on american design and parts. fisker said, he decided, with government approval, to assemble his fancy car in finland because no u.s. facility, he says, would do it. even with so many american auto workers laid off.

half a billion for fisker or half a billion for solyndra and half a million for tesla.fore, bob broke it but we had it fixed. steven chu, the most unqualified insent cabinet secretary of all time. this man should step down. >> bob: if i had to listen to this for much longer, i'll -- anyway. going to eat shrimp again. what we don't do on the show and we will do it next week because i'm going to bring him in. you mention the ones that fail. for the 50, 80, 200 that make it, you never talk about. >> greg: nobody talks about them, they don't exist. >> bob: yes, they will. they do exist. when i bring them in and i show them. i hope all of you will recognize it. say gee, there are ones -- >> eric: most of the companies even if they're public, the stock prices are crashing as we speak. the business model didn't work. >> greg: this is called the van jones hangover. everything that was green was supposed to be good. now all we're dealing with every day is a new headache. >> bob: you are a walking hangover. >> kimberly: one good point about this, can i say there was a plan in new

first solyndra and now fisker. republicans are asking on congressional investigators to expand their probe of the green energy loans to include the company fisker. it's building luxury cars in finland but received money from the government. here's what happened in oakland, california, police and occupy oakland protesters got into nasty clashes. officers in riot gear used tear gas to break up the crowds. police ended up arresting more than 100 people and in georgia, police arrested more than 50 occupy atlanta protesters. they refused to leave a park even though the mayor revoked an order to let them stay there after hours. spoiler alert right now, we're about to show you who got kicked off "dancing with the stars" last night. >> chaz and lacy. >> wow, kind of a shocker. chaz bono got the boot. he struggled from the beginning and got the lowest scores from the judges the night before. >> he was forced to wear a mask. >> i came on this show because i wanted to show america a different kind of man and i know that if it

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here comes fisker. getting a 529 million loan guarantee. guess where they built the new cars? not in the u.s.. first you think foreigners and giving automatic u.s. residency if they buy a home in america. why taxpayers are going through the roof. >> good morning, live from america's headquarters. i am yamey colby. following the end of the libyan war and take down of gaddafi president obama is citing success in the military address. he said the challenge is rebuilding the u.s. economy with the same energy our troops gave over seas. >> now the nation we need to build is our own. and north carolina senator richard byrd called on the president to drop the massive job's bill and simplify the tax code and repeal the health care and kick start the economy. i am jamie colby. now back to forbes on fox. keep it right here on the fox news challenge. buy a home and get a visa. it is foreigners who buy real state here. this is bad thing for housing in america. >> it is terrible. we shouldn't let them in based on the homes they try to buy. a lot of people who come in the country and help ou

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have you driven an fisker lately?rs have been built in the united states, have, however, been built in finland. that's the controversial part of this. this much like slen solyndra has been given a loan guarantee and you would hope it would be built in the united states. the problem is, the company says it couldn't find an auto manufacturing plant that would make the car in the united states. they looked, but only in finland could they find one that was equipped with the proper stuff to make the cars. >> clayton: yeah, debuted back in 2008 and they have to build about 15,000 cars, they'll all be built in finland and the bottom line, no one is talking about this side of it. and looking only to create about 500 jobs. so 520 million dollars equates to 500 jobs. >> alisyn: i hadn't read that. i thought one of the good news nuggets. >> but it's overseas 500 jobs. >> alisyn: here at home the company says, department of energy had to come out to explain themselves after this hit the news, they say they're going to open a shut

about the $500 million in federal money that was given to a start-up electric car company called fisker. >> its cars are being assembled in finland. but the head of the company insists none of uncle sam's money is going to those overseas workers. >> a lot of questions there. >>> we have word from turkey of another miracle rescue after sunday's devastating earthquake. crews pulled a university student from the rubble of an apartment building this morning. he was injured. but he is alive. >> earlier, rescue workers managed to save a 2-week-old baby girl, along with her mother and grandmother. three generations. all three were trapped in the wreckage of what used to be their home. >> wow. >>> just in time for the flu season, there is a major, new study out that says flu vaccines might not be as e fktive as we thought. >> uh-oh. the findings could have major implications for those most at risk of getting the flu. here's our chief medical editor, dr. richard besser. >> reporter: the vaccine doesn't work as well as we like. the flu shot in adults 18 to 65, is only 15% effective. 80% effective

and one of the principals behind fisker is al gore.alls in some conservative corners, don't do it for farms, don't do it for oil companies, don't do it for anyone. >> well, as you pointed out the name of my organization is "less government." absolutely, these things ratherly-- look we've been spending money on ethanol for 40 years, it still doesn't work. the solar energy jobs are garbage. the solar panels we that you that china was going to undercut us, we did it anyway. the chevy volt is not selling so why are we dumping money into an a more expensive vehicle that gets less mileage than a ford s.u.v. that's absurd. >> dave: steve, president of less government, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> dave: let us know how you feel about this mutilation throughout ff weekend on twitter. >> clayton: coming up on the show, are we getting the whole story? how did moammar qaddafi die? seems to be sketchy details. we're steps from the hiding spot where he was found, that's coming up. >> dave: hey, don't waste your time in the unemploym

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sun power and fisker among others.ows the obama administration gave $70 million to provide jobs for unemployed americans. guess what? americans didn't get the jobs. instead, the companies hired 254 foreign workers with our money. big fat zero americans. we go over the stimulus and you can throw a dart at the map, something would open up in something as ridiculous as this. $7 million, no americans hired. >> andrea: exactly. you know when we have the obama administration on something, because bob pretends to be sleeping on the show. >> bob: no, i'm fascinating by this. >> doesn't this madden you in the least? >> no. >> you look at the project. there is a deadline to spend the money and get it out of the door quick. a lot of people were shouting saying how can the money be followed the right way. >> eric: $7 million. we talk why the banks didn't loan. there were no strings attacked to the money. $7 million. hire americans or people out of work in the logging industry. >> dana: there is no law against this. when the u.s. g

>> eric: the guys will be fisker. >> greg: amazing. is a great name for a boy. >> eric: now they're now -- the committee is trying -- stern, the committee is trying to get -- this is important. obama's blackberry, he wants all the messages on there, pushing back from the white house, but this is a huge, huge issue. we're going to find out more about that. >> greg: you must be excited. how will you sleep tonight? >> kimberly: something about the review of the energy department loans. that is interesting and significant. you decide. herb allison who oversaw tarp will be the individual in charge of the oversight. we remember tarp being the financial disaster that it was. >> dana: actually, it was -- >> bob: give tarp a break. it did work. i want to congratulate dana for her consistent, persistent call for an investigation in to the loans. i also, the reason they don't do solyndra is it's already being investigated. actually a prosecutorial fashion. it is a good idea. i held back for a long time. i confess now that it look like it's worthw

. >> reporter: fisker has 600 million in private money from the likes of al gore and green venture capitolar behind in its production of a car that costs more than a hundred thousand dollars. only two have been delivered to the u.s. one to leonardo dicaprio. they hope it will cost $40,000 after tax credits. producing them in finland was not what many inspected from the program which was intended to create american jobs. nonetheless the white house defended the program today. >> i'm commenting on a brian ross report about the $529 million loan to a company called fisker to make cars but there was no facilities in the united states that could make them, they are being manufactured in finland. >> i'd be delighted to answer that. the car that is being manufactured in finland was always going to be manufactured in finland. the loan that is being provided, the funds provided are not being used as i believe the ceo said to abc not being used for its facilities in finland. there are already jobs on the ground in the united states, both directly at the plant in wilmington, and at the headquarters o

>> eric: the guys will be fisker. >> greg: amazing. is a great name for a boy. >> eric: now they're now -- the committee is trying -- stern, the committee is trying to get -- this is important. obama's blackberry, he wants all the messages on there, pushing back from the white house, but this is a huge, huge issue. we're going to find out more about that. >> greg: you must be excited. how will you sleep tonight? >> kimberly: something about the review of the energy department loans. that is interesting and significant. you decide. herb allison who oversaw tarp will be the individual in charge of the oversight. we remember tarp being the financial disaster that it was. >> dana: actually, it was -- >> bob: give tarp a break. it did work. i want to congratulate dana for her consistent, persistent call for an investigation in to the loans. i also, the reason they don't do solyndra is it's already being investigated. actually a prosecutorial fashion. it is a good idea. i held back for a long time. i confess now that it look like it's worthw

>> eric: the guys will be fisker. >> greg: amazing. is a great name for a boy. >> eric: now they're now -- the committee is trying -- stern, the committee is trying to get -- this is important. obama's blackberry, he wants all the messages on there, pushing back from the white house, but this is a huge, huge issue. we're going to find out more about that. >> greg: you must be excited. how will you sleep tonight? >> kimberly: something about the review of the energy department loans. that is interesting and significant. you decide. herb allison who oversaw tarp will be the individual in charge of the oversight. we remember tarp being the financial disaster that it was. >> dana: actually, it was -- >> bob: give tarp a break. it did work. i want to congratulate dana for her consistent, persistent call for an investigation in to the loans. i also, the reason they don't do solyndra is it's already being investigated. actually a prosecutorial fashion. it is a good idea. i held back for a long time. i confess now that it look like it's worthw

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