oddly enough his son george miller iii is now a lobbyist for sunpower. am i right? >> yes. >> essentially what george miller did, he put the son in sunpower. >> there you go. >> can i just point this out, i bet our audience, anybody else listening to this discussion, you try to make this a clear issue, and nobody understands it. >> that's why it's so interesting. >> that's why you call it solyndra. >> solyndra. >> president obama promised committee transparency when he got into the white house. we're finding out that his bundlers were involved in loans that -- >> there's something. a bundleler for a politician and -- oh, i see. >> this is liberal politics. they believe in industrial policy, believed for it years. ladies and gentlemen, here it is, they call it industrial policy, picking winners and losers. we call it crony capitalism. >> do you think any bundlers of george bush or reagan made money off the federal government? i guarantee you they did. >> obama's new word bias? used to be create jobs, or -- >> you had to get this in. you're cutting in. supportive jobs

oddly enough his son george miller iii is now a lobbyist for sunpower. am i right? >> yes. >> essentially what george miller did, he put the son in sunpower. >> there you go. >> can i just point this out, i bet our audience, anybody else listening to this discussion, you try to make this a clear issue, and nobody understands it. >> that's why it's so interesting. >> that's why you call it solyndra. >> solyndra. >> president obama promised committee transparency when he got into the white house. we're finding out that his bundlers were involved in loans that -- >> there's something. a bundleler for a politician and -- oh, i see. >> this is liberal politics. they believe in industrial policy, believed for it years. ladies and gentlemen, here it is, they call it industrial policy, picking winners and losers. we call it crony capitalism. >> do you think any bundlers of george bush or reagan made money off the federal government? i guarantee you they did. >> obama's new word bias? used to be create jobs, or -- >> you had to get this in. you're cutting in. supportive jobs

george miller, the california democrat who has been pushing federal financing for this thing for a longas a son, george miller iv, who was a lobbyist, just so happens to be a lobbyist for the company, and they took interior secretary, ken salazar, on a nice little cozy tour of this facility last october as they were angling for this loan. and on top of all of that, the company is mired in all sorts of lawsuits over it's questionable accounting practices. why did they get the money in the first place when they were able to get private financing and, more importantly, when we are talking about the need for american jobs. this thing is going to create countless jobs where? not in america, but in mexico where they manufacture the photo solar panels that go into them. >> you can't make this up. >> no, you can't. >> there's one other point. the company carries $820 million in debt. this is before it even started. 20 million more than it's mark of capitalization and they still go the 1.2 billion from the government, guaranteed loans. one other point, congressman miller, democrat, now apparentl

george miller congressman from florida he gets involved and it is like a swamp.t breeds mosquito and government breeds corruption. >> no way to stop political influence when you have government loans this sign. >> i am not arguing that there need to be clean up where the green loans are well. don't throw the baby out with the bath water. there is interesting companies that are promising. like poet doing the first commercial grade plant and as corp which reported 21 percent increase. so not everyone. >> not everyone. but it is more than just two. there is a lot of others in trouble as well >> that's right, david. this is a bipartisan issue. this ramped up under the bush administration. this is abuse of the public purse by both sides of the aisle. letting big companies get dirt cheap financing from this china style state run bank run by the treasury department. other big companies that are getting loan guarantees are french companies like ariba and ford and nrg acessing the government pot of the money. it is not right and fair to recollect businesses that are not d

we called george miller's son's lobbying firm, they did confirm that george miller, the son, does working firm and sun power is a client of that firm. back to you, megyn. megyn: wow. there'll be more questions about this in the days to come. liz macdonald, thank you. >> sure sure, delighted. megyn: well, one of the targets in iran's alleged plan, in three minutes we will be joined by ambassador dan gillerman on the response from the u.s. and israel. >>> plus, a self-described superhero fights lawlessness in his fair city. unfortunately, that turns out to be illegal. look at this, does this look like a superhero to you? is this what you do? if so, they won't be calling you very often. that's upcoming. [applause] megyn: also, there is this. the big winners and losers in last night's big republican debate. our focus group weighs in. let me ask you this, because herman cain had to get on the map last night, they had to attack him. somebody who really needed to make a stand was rick perry. the stakes were high for him, the question is did he make a mark one way or the other? [ female announ

congress, george miller, his son chief lobbyist for them. >> right.a very political game. >> steve: that's not good. it's our money. >> it's our money and i'm telling you, it's a technology that has not been proven. yes, it works to some degree, but does it work enough to produce enough electricity and does it do it where people, investors are going to put their money without government guarantees? the market is saying no. >> brian: china did it because it's mandated. no one says it's profitable. you have people in spain are laughing at us. they went through this already! >> how much real energy does it help for the chinese? at what cost? there is a cost effectiveness where if doesn't work, you know what i'm saying? it's just not worth the money. >> steve: they use a lot of coal there. charlie, we thank you very much for joining us. >> i'm going to go hide now. >> brian: no you won't. >> gretchen: let's do a couple headlines. developing story out of maryland. people issuing an amber alert for an 11-year-old boy whose mother was found murdered in their

george bush. >> the university of virginia miller center and the george bush library. >> can you imagine sending eastwood to meet with leaders of other nationings saying, please, make my day. his wife is a newscaster. she is a friend of mine. i'm thinking, high ticket to a state dinner. that would have been interesting. vice president eastwood. >> he legalized ice cream on the streets of carmel. >> that gives you some indication of the situation mr. bush was in at the time, really trying to think out of the box at that time. >> exactly. >> moving ahead, still ahead, the man suspected of gunning down nine people in a california salon faced a judge today. charges he is now facing and the punishment prosecutors are pushing for. >>> thieves are tar getting local restaurants but they are looking for something a little dirtier than cash. that's coming up on your news edge at 11.  [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking

unfortunately, i suspect a lot of minorities in prince georges county and other jurisdictions aren't going to be real happy about this. >> well, look. mike milleroved out of for instance georges county years ago. they moved down my way to southern maryland and there's an effort in prince georges county and in other areas of the state to try to consolidate some minority representation. i have to suspect they aren't going to be happy. >> this isn't rosco bartlett. this is a gentleman who served in congress for twenty years. it's the people. the people deserve great representation and next year they are going to vote for the person that they think will do the best job for them on jobs, education, the environment. >> let's be real. this is what happens in politics. >> this is what you do when you are in control. the democrats control maryland. they redraw the district. let's be real. it is much more favorable, isn't it? >> it is more favorable, but then again, the eastern shore district was seen as a really heavy duty republican seat and a very talented candidate was able to win that seat on the eastern shore. frank has won that seat. the voters ge

in our earlier meetings with the president, congress an george miller of california, who was a key leader in developing no child left behind, said this bill to fix no child left behind ought to be a lean bill. i agree with congressman miller. the legislation that the republican -- we republicans introduced a few weeks ago totaled 221 pages in its five bills. the comparable section of the harkin-enzi draft are 517 pages. i would urge that we follow congressman miller's advice in the final result and be much more succinct than that. so, mr. president, despite these concerns, i will vote on wednesday or thursday -- whenever we finish -- in favor of bringing this base bill out of the "help" committee and onto the senate floor where we can have full amendments. i'm going to do my best to improve it in committee and on the senate floor to make it more like the legislation we introduced a month ago. i am going to continue to do that in the conference that we have with the house of representatives. i think it's time that we recognize that the american people expect us to step up to major issues,

this says the representative george miller from california was paid $178,000 to lobby on behalf of the company, represented sun power as a lobbyist. why did he tour the sun power facility which is outside his congressional district? and what other official action did representative miller take on behalf of the company represented by his lobbyist son? did the companies have political contributions to the obama campaign and dccc play a role in the deal? did u.s. taxpayers help pay for a company to open a facility until mexico after the announcement of the loan? was the u.s. government aware that company executives were in the process of selling a portion of the company to a french company, an action undertaken two weeks after the loan was awarded? did the loan allow insiders to cash out leaving other investors holding on to the stock that has dropped by more than 60% since the loan was awarded? in 2009, the year before the d.o.e. awarded the loan, investors in sun power filed a class action lawsuit against the company alleging sun power and a certain of the company's executive officers w

george's county project. flanigan said it it was unusual to do that. at the time, senator mike miller, upset about his job performance, introduced a bill requiring senate approval of all. whenever a governor is elected to a second term. gov. appointees go through the senate. they referred to as the flanigan bill. senator kerry has 3 $2 million secretary's grant to assist in the project. under cross-examination, flanigan admitted that the previous statement that was believed to be a quote from senator kerrey, was -- senator currie was merely implied. flanigan, under the advice of former fha administrator neil peterson, decided against recommending a warning that grant. >> tonight, m.t.a. subway stations have been reopened after the smell of gas caused the shutdown. during the investigation, metro's service was not running from the johns hopkins stations to west cold springs. the mta says it used buses to bridge the service disruption. >> you could smell the gas down the hallway. >> denied kallanna reports of anyone getting sick and service was up and run -- to night, no reports of anyo

it was miller that proposed the idea of the merger study and that has local leaders arguing that the prince george's county leader has a bias interest in the clefpblg campus. with u.m.b. as a major city employer. it could create a jobs deficit with a merger, and that's something no politician wants on his or her watch. getting lost in all of this, though, is what's best for the student body of both campuses. a combined campus could create more prestige. combined undergraduate and graduate programs with professional schools at research facilities. to the students and the parents, it is more than preprestige. there are fundamental questions that must be answered when you choose a college. what about a longer commute? living arrangements? tuition? as long as those questions exist, the political debate is a moot point. the over-arguing interest must be to the quality of education and enrichment of student body, and enrichment of student body, not geography. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call baltimore home. from funding to help a local business expand

. >> miller finished in 6:25 and beat her husband's time by 20 minutes. he didn't train for the race. nor was he pregnant. george oh. >> i was saying, we had both harper and elliott with chicken burritos. >> really? whatever it takes. >> what's the baby's name? like, nike? >> good question. that's a good question. i'll have that for you. >> thank you. we'll special report break in. thank you, guys. >>> pop news, everybody. let's get to it. sandra bullock has been america's sweetheart for years. but she is also one really cool mom. not only is she hands-on, in the pictures taking her son, louis, to a child's birthday party in l.a. over the weekend. but she took the theme to heart, sporting a pirate hat along with her 21-month-old matie. she's so cute. we love her. >>> pop news may not be the most aerodynamic-shaped fruit. but doesn't mean a bowl of squash can't be turned into sea-worthy sailing boats. at the university of wisconsin's annual great pumpkin regatta on lake minnesota, the 500-pound fruit is hallowed out and raced in this unusual event of horticulture and helmsmanship. the regatta usually attracts qui

miller on the political intrigues and the destiny of the republic. aclu had blames the patriot act for damaging the lives and liberties of citizens. she is interviewed by an assistant attorney general for georgeush. a resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor has a message for today's youth. life and liberty are worth fighting for. find our schedule online at our website. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congresswoman diana degette is at our table here. a democrat from colorado and a ranking member on the energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight. let's begin with this poll. congressional approval its lowest in two decades. among democrats, 18% approve of what their party is doing. guest: it is a frustrating time for everybody. if you had to ask me, i would have a low approval rating of congress, too. it has been almost a year that we have been in session and we a past 24 pieces of legislation. most of those bills were continuing resolutions, keeping the government opened, budget resolutions. some of the bills were naming post offices, minor, routine bills. i think it is frustrating to the american public, especially with joblessness around 9.1%. a lot appeal that the gov