there is no bank involved that solyndra -- >> there is no commercial bank. >> solyndra is not going tome they never did that. they just came and got a check is that correct? >> that is correct. >> i think the american people when you hear the loan guarantee it means that, you know, the government is standing behind a bank but in this case the treasury is printing money. the other question i just want to get this clear. in your estimation, can taxpayers' money be subordinated ever? yes or no? >> i really could not give you a yes or no answer to this gimmick you legally cannot tell me. in your opinion, and mr. burner, has there ever come in the history of the united states, government taxpayers, loan guarantee or money given to investment and private companies like this ever been subordinated to the private sector in your experience? your answer is yes or no? >> i've personally not been involved in any -- >> so you can't from experience? in your limited experience have you seen taxpayers' money be subordinated? >> i have personally not -- >> and mr. burner, you're the chief financial off

gives it to solyndra. there's no private bank involved. there's no other commercial enterprise except it goes from treasury, printing the money, giving it to d.o.e. and d.o.e. giving it to solyndra. is that a fair estimation of what happens? >> yeah, let me explain what happens -- >> no, just answer my question. is that approximately what happens? there's no bank involved. >> there is no commercial bank. >> commercial solyndra bank is not saying which is on the $535 million because d.o.e. will guarantee. never did that. they just came to d.o.e. and ichat, is that correct? i think the american people when you hear loan guarantee it means that the government is standing behind a bank, but in this case the treasury is printing the money. the other question i want to get this clear. in your estimation, contacts payers money be subordinated ever, yes or no? >> i really could not give you yesterday went there. >> you legally can't tell me? to make in your opinion, has there ever in the history of the united states, government taxpayers will guar

why was solyndra still on your plate? looking at solyndra. if you were there to offer guidance and then to help them, why would you have re-entered the process in august and saw an update? >> in this case the request for getting an update came from my supervisor, and i think people were starting to hear there were problems with solyndra. >> ok. and a supervisor -- >> mary miller. is she the >> issue treasury employees? >> she is the assistant secretary. but assistant secretary. >> she expressed to you? but i heard from someone else to see of we could get a briefing on solyndra. a tram that is great. -- >> that is great. i had and the l.a. times article that references a white house meeting in late october, large h. summers then director of national economic council and tim geithner, treasury secretary, expressed concerns the selection process for federal loan guarantees was not rigorous enough and raised the risk of that funds could be going to the wrong companies including ones that didn't need the help. is it fair to say that the problems w

and i think the problem for the president is that there may be other solyndras. the new york times is referring to the nevada deal, thermal power company, which only got 150 million dollars in loans and guarantees and grants. that's not solyndra, with 530 million, but we also have the trans canada pipeline problem, which is a parent-- coziness, between hillary clinton's former campaign manager and a canadian company that wants to put a pipeline. in other words, this is solyndra were an isolated case, the media might be able to say, no, no he, no, nothing here. move on. >> only half a billion dollars. right, only half a billion dollars, and-- >> the media was so quiet about the money lost iraqi-- and the clip you played, all of the companies have done well and investments in solar and wind, the media has hardly talked about that. where has been the stories about some of the companies that have done well under the loan guarantee program that republicans voted for? the media ignore that story. >> jon: alan, the energy secretary, admitted on thursday that he he appro

solyndra, a lot of people could see the hand writing on solyndra long before the president offered hisr help in ternals of taxpayer money. >> let's let solyndra die a not so sunny death. and in california tax breaks that equal 104 million. that is peanuts compared to the federal and tax break. even for traditional oil and natural gas companies that might change with president obama's new legislation. we are seeing tax breaks everywhere. you want to go after tax breakings. go after google and 2.4 percent tax break. >> maybe we should go in a flat tax and forget about all of the tax breaks. >> i agree. >> and nonprofit entities are good in inventing things and comes to innovation you have to rely on the private sector. solar protect pro jects that get taxpayer money. they are not inventing anything. it is going out of the window because technology is changing so fast. they are running huge loss and they have gotten money, let's face it. people that work at these companies and run them are -- >> there is a lot of political influence in these loans and kim, despite all of the facts, there

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sending money to solyndra. i do agree and not a waste of money to invest in solar installations where that energy is going directly in the grid and we have to be energy independent nation especially in california. >> but victoria. lk at the price. i hope and pray we are able to get our energy from the sun. right now, it is not price efficient. one is $311 for kilowat hour. that is the price for one from a spanish company that they dumped and then a regular solar project is $210 per megawatt hour. natural gas is only $66. we are wasting a fortune here. >> the numbers don't add up. and kim mentions california's goal. they have set up the arbitration system where this is a wonderful pie in the sky and gosh, we have to spend billion to get there. the billions come from taxpayers because the green so-called sustainable energy is not economically sustainable. it is not close to the cost of natural gas and oil it is not realistic and the taxpayers are on the hook. >> so it is just pie in the sky? >> i don't think so.

is he a big guy. >> big involve investor in solyndra.ay carney him being in the white house four times about the time that this white house is being restructured that he was there talking about charitable contributions. do you take up white house staff and the president's time by letting the guy in the white house in a few times in a matter of a few weeks to talk about what he is giving to charity. that was just laughable. the administration would be better off getting this all out now so we would have time digest and getting past it. by dribbling out stupid statements it's going to make it look stinkier than it already is. >> bill: florida has announced that it is moving up its primary to the end of january. and you say? >> well, not a good thing. we don't know exactly what it is going to be like. we won't know until after midnight tomorrow when all the states have to submit their plans. it looks like on january 9th or 10th. iowa will set its caucuses in order to jump ahead of the florida primary that would mean new hampshire would be l

solyndra was further hurt by a bad technology bet.y tarnished by solyndra's collapse. how confident are you as the ceo of this company that american taxpayers are not going to be left on the hook for the money received in federal loan guarantees? >> very comfortable. it's a good invest by the u.s. government in jobs and in technology. >> reporter: but an investment some say is misplaced. >> these industries, solar tvs, solar thermal and other alternative energy producers have really an economic disadvantage and continuing to invest in the current alternatives for energy production is not likely to yield big payoffs. >> reporter: the chinese, have payoffs, we can try to compete or withdraw from the market and let everybody else leez that market. >> reporter: back in town, residents welcome the project, hotels booked solid and a spa reopened. >> a lot of hard work and a big relief knowing the deal came through. >> reporter: two other solar backed projects worth nearly $3 billion have been delayed as solyndra casts its shadow over solar.

where is the coverage on that, rich. >> and the interest in solyndra has broke and lot of fresh angles it i don't understand the neglect of the fast and furious thing. i think naturally media, a story involving illegal guns, it would be all over it, and it hasn't. >> and only now do we discover gun control, look, the government gives away guns and the-- >> and an acting atf director was on fox news saying it probably doesn't have higher than atf and trying to blame peop above that, i'm quoting a bush guy. >> and we have to take one more break, when we come back [ male announcer ] every day, thousandof people are choosing advil®. here's one story. [ regis ] we love to play tennis. as a matter of fact it was joy who taught me how to play tennis. and with it comes some aches and pains and one way to relieve them all is to go right to the advil®. i have become increasingly amazed at regis's endurance. it's scary sometimes what he accomplishes in a day. well i'd rather not have time for pain but unfortunately it does comes your way every now and then. and that's when i take my advil®. [ mal

they reveal the department of eeergy considered a second solyndra loan of $469 million last year, eveeult on one before closing on a secood??? could be a record." speeking at an energy symposium today, energy secretary steven chu denied that a second solyndda loan was eeer considered.sot - chu says: "... it was not ever n serious contention... here are many, many sseps... so it's not trre." both chu and president obama today againnacknowledged that some loan guarantees would be pisky, but neeessary invessments for thh us to remaan competitivv. as to whetter laws broken? sot - obama says: "... if they violated llws on the books, they need to be prosecuted." but some republicans in the house energy and commerce committee don't trust the administration to investigate itself. they believe that another subpoena will be necessary to force thh administration to produue those e-mails that committee members want to see. in washington, doug mckelway, fox news. 3 republiccns.../ turn... up the heat.../ on... attorney general ...ericc holder, .../ ááwitháá some saying... he... misled testim

we will show you about a congressional hearing on the solyndra affair.ouse republicans asking tough questions. and g.o.p. hopeful, rick perry laying out his energy plan, promising to create more than 1 million new jobs and another installment of the center seat, former new mexico governor gary johnson is here, starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues at "the five." >> you didn't -- okay. welcome back to "the five." we can tell we are near the end because bob's getting his segment. when the super committee was first announced, congress asked for recommendations on how to trim the nation's debt by more than a trillion dollars. i have said from the beginning, they will be able to pull it off. but today is the deadline for the recommendations from congress to their super committee. but it seems for the most part that lawmakers just want to be sure that their own budgets don't get cut. let me sort of explain this to you. the congress of the united states was asked to submit by this date to the super committee, their recommendation

guest: 1 aspect of the solyndra -- one aspect of the solyndra loan is that their technology was basedeting technology. when the company was floundering or worse, in early this year, the energy department restructured its loan guarantee. what happened was, in order to get an infusion of tax from the company, some private investors agreed to kick in an additional $75 million. one of the conditions of that restructuring is that, if the company were to be liquidated, these private investors would have the first dibs on repayment come to the extent that any repayment is available. they would, head of line -- they would come in ahead of line of the taxpayers. the energy department maintains that this is not illegal, because they are given a broader ability to do this. i cannot remember the exact term from the legislation. that has been one of the central collusions here. the energy department says it acted within the scope of the law for the purpose of restructuring. the treasure department witnesses at this most recent -- and no one was there from the treasury department, which led to char

where is the coverage on that, rich. >> and the interest in solyndra has broke and lot of fresh angles it i don't understand the neglect of the fast and furious thing. i think naturally media, a story involving illegal guns, it would be all over it, and it hasn't. >> and only now do we discover gun control, look, the government gives away guns and the-- >> and an acting atf director was on fox news saying it probably doesn't have higher than atf and trying to blame people above that, i'm quoting a bush guy. >> and we have to take one more break, when we come back, andy rooney's rants come to an end. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? woah! [ giggles ] this is not how witness protection works! when we set you up with that little hardware store we didn't intend for your face to be everywhere. ... not only do they ship stuff, they print flyers, brochures -- everything i

two of the republicans investigating the solyndra case asked for anything that mentioned the solyndra loan whatsoever and send them up to capitol hill. what has happened now is that the white house capital has sent a letter to them this afternoon and it says, we're not going to do this. we're not going to send you all of these documents because you've gotten 70,000 pages of documents from agencies, another 900 pages from inside the white house, and to be just bottom line it for you, erin, this is consistent with other administrations. we've always heard about executive privilege. the president always protects traditionally the right of their advisers to give them unvarnished advice. this really isn't that big of a surprise but expect political fireworks any way. erin? >> okay. thank you. let's bring in jeffrey toobin and john. fireworks. we're definitely going to get them. in addition to the news that jessica broke, we're seeing the advisor campaign. >> solyndra stinks. there may be doubts about the wisdom of making these loans. however, to this piece of breaking news, as jessica said

solyndra was further hurt by a bad technology bet. companies are saying they're being unfairly tarnished by solyndra's collapse. >> how confident are you that american taxpayers are not going to be left on the hook for $730 million that you received in federal loan guarantees? >> we think it's a very good investment by the u.s. government. >> but it's an investment some say is misplaced. >> these industries, polar pv, solar thermal and other alternative energy producers have real economic disadvantages and continuing to invest in the current technologies for alternative energy production is not likely to yield big payoffs. >> the chinese are pouring 20 times the money we are into their technologies. we can either decide to try and compete or we can withdraw from the market and let everybody else lead that market. back in town with, restaurants welcomed the solar project. hotels are booked solid and the mispah has reopened. >> it was a big relief noelg that the doe funding came through. >> but two other federally backed solar projects

this is exactly what solyndra was supposed to be. look at north dacoat a. there are thousands and thousands of jobs there. they have helped diminish our dependence on foreign oil, drastically. it's jobs and fuel. >> north dakota has been one of the ones that has been able to move forward with a 3.1% unemployment rate. they d. one of the things that rick perry talked about today as well is taking some of those burdensome regulations and taking them off. i believe this. that america's oil and gas companies, they are americans too. they want to protect the environment as best as they can. you know what? we can do that better here than they can overseas. >> why don't you believe that? >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i look at too many -- [inaudible]. >> that's coal [overlapping dialogue] >> wait a second. let me say this about perry. he did need to give an important policy speech and he went to the right area, something he knows about, energy. it was the right thing to do. i don't know who advanced that baby. but why put big rows of steel behind people. nobody knows w

so if solyndra went bankrupt, they would be paid back before taxpayers. they wanted to know why. republicans continue to pound away on the obama administration half billion loan to solyndra. >> essentially, who knew what and when did they know it? >> the gop is standard. >> there's no criminal or serious behavior here. there was some dumbness. >> these allegations flying around about coverup are exactly the problem with this investigation. >> the white house is defending a $535 million loan to solyndra before it went bankrupt. chains to that loan are sparking new questions. >> i think those are important questions to ask because it looks like there's a cover up. >> solyndra was in financial trouble when the company's investors will repaid before taxpayers if solyndra failed. the change raised concerns at the treasury department. >> i can say the department of the treasury put in view that extreme care should be taken in putting the taxpayer at risk. >> two treasury officials testified friday. the energy department ignored its calls to have the loan changes cleared by government l

the question over solyndra shows no sign of dying off any time soon. >> and the solyndra hearings are far from over. republicans pledged on friday to request energy secretary steven shue to testify as this probe continues. >>> we are learning more details tonight about iran's alleged involvement to assassinate the saudi aim ambassador to the u.s. >> the american suspect is accused of going to iran and meeting with a senior member the special unit of the revolutionary guard to secure two wire transfers each for about 50 grand. coming up tonight, we asked chris wallace of fox news sunday about criticism of the government about what we know and don't know about this plot displ. police are continuing to search the missing baby in kansas city. a big reward is being offered. the parents of lisa irwin reported her missing ten days ago. >>> anonymous toe nors offering a huge reward in the baby case in missouri. bill staton, a private investigator from new yor announcing the reward. >> there is going to be $100,000 for the safe return and conviction or person or persons involved in this horrib

two days later the president visited solyndra.n an interview today president obama defended his support of the program that helped fund solyndra saying there will be failures and solyndra is an example. >>> president obama is pressuring congress once again to pass his jobs plan before the end of the month. the president says his $450 billion planned with include tax breaks for businesses that hire the unemployed. the president also wants to use the money to prevent loves of teachers and first responders. >> i can't imagine any american not interested in seeing construction workers back on the jobe rebuilding schools, putting teachers back in the classroom, making your our vets get help and small businesses have incentive to hire them. >> republicans say the bill is too costly and one agrees, he is estimating each job created waldos $200,000. even so polls show voters have a more favorable view of the plan. >>> american airlines parent company fell 18% today as they worry about a bankruptcy. american is the only carrier that did no

solyndra was burning through cash and alarm bems were ring -- bells were ringing. >> reporter: solyndra ran out of money in february and the department of energy agreed that private investors could be paid back ahead of taxpayers in exchange for giving the company more loans. we'll have more coverage during my next update in about an hour. for now we're live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well there's word that solyndra's very close to landing a contract with the navy. rockft. recommended them. rockford said it disclosed its stake in solyndra oops. >>> today is the deadline for lawmakers to give suggestions for the so-called supercommittee on how to trim more money from the deficit. republicans say the panel should focus more directly on shrinking the deficit than on creating jobs. the super -- committee only has until november 23rd to issue recommendations. >>> san jose's ten council districts have been redrawn. the city approved the plan this summer t went into effect yesterday. just a few changes were made. only about 2% of the city's population are being

solyndra. obama administration had a lot of e-mails dumped. >> guest: i don't know what is about fridays. >> chris: all administrations do it. what is your take away from the document dump? >> guest: they are trying to bury it into the weekend and just as the document dump a week earlier gave us the eric horaled situation, what we are finding it is not just solyndra but a pattern of these sorts of investments. in the last day that the law was there 4.75 billion was thrown into loans and one of the questions we have for second chu. why that last day you had everything you needed and you didn't have it over a period of time before. the american people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used in private organizations and take bets on captitalism. it is well thought out. solyndra is a story of politicall interference and picking winners and losers and it is salacious and a lot of people were giving to president obama's campaign. it is also a question of why are we doi

. >>> president obama opens up on solyndra. how he defends a loan to the now bankrupt company. >>> you guys still happy about it? >> tempers flare from san francisco to new york. how protestors plan to get the attention of both political parties. >>> and there they are. we have a sneak peek at what the pilots have planned for fleet week. ,,,,,, three days ago has been found. san jose police sa >>> the body of a south bay mother who went missing three days ago has been found. san jose police say a roadworker found the body of valerie casillas yesterday afternoon in the east foothills. investigators are trying to determine whether it is a homicide. the 28-year-old mother was last seen on sunday getting into a blue suv. >>> a san quentin state prison worker has been arrested for allegedly selling drugs at that prison as well as bribery. 48-year-old robert alioto of petaluma was taken into custody yesterday booked for several felony charges. alioto posted bail and has been released from the marin county jail. >>> prisoners in calif

with the latest on the solyndra scandal. good morning, tracie. >> good morning, jon.his is the third hearing before the house and energy sub committee that they've had since solyndra went bankrupt and the ceo quit just recently. and the issue here is not the $535 million loan, government loan the solar power company got. but the issue is how the government participated in restructuring solyndra's debt once they ran out of money. here's what happened. if february the company ran out of money. two investors gave solyndra $75 million. that money was ahead of the money they you tack taxpayers. the department of energy signed off on it. there was discussion about whether or not they needed the justice don't's approval. doe leaders said, no, they did not. so the government agreed and put the taxpayers second in line when solyndra was able to pay. that's the subject of the hearing. whether or not the department of energy violated the law by doing so. we expect today to hear two treasury department fbs officials testify on this. of course, solyndra became a big embarrassment

navy deal just before solyndra declared bankruptcy. allen martin, cbs 5. >>> no charges will be filed in the highly publicized gang rape case. santa clara d.a. says there is not enough evidence to prove that a group of baseball players raped a 17- year-old student at a party four years ago. now that's the same conclusion the former d.a. reached in 2007, siting drunk witnesses who told conflicting stories. >> sexual assault cases involving highly intoxicated people are extremely difficult to prove. by their very nature, these types of cases involve witnesses whose memories and perceptions are questionable. >> a civil trial held earlier this year found two of the defendants not liable. tonight we are getting a first- hand look at a dramatic rescue in east bay. firefighters raced into a burning home and pulled out two women who were trapped by flames and thick smoke. juliette shows us the rescue from the eyes of one of the firefighters. >> a heroic rescue all caught on a personal helmet camera worn by firefighter. he describes what is hap

navy deal just before solyndra declared bankruptcy. allen martin, cbs 5. >>> no charges will be filed in the gang rape case. jeff rosen says there's not enough evidence to prove that a group of baseball players raped a 17-year-old student at a party four years ago that. is the same conclusion the former d.a. reached in 2007, siting drunk witnesses who told conflicting stories. >> sexual assault cases involving highly intoxicated people are extremely difficult to prove. by their very nature, these types of cases involve witnesses whose memories and perceptions are questionable. >> a civil trial held earlier this year found two of the defendants not liable. >>> tonight, we are getting a first-hand look at a dramatic rescue in the east bay. firefighters pulling out two women who are trapped by flames and thick smoke. the rescue from the view of one of the firefighters. >> a heroic rescue all caught on a personal helmet camera worn by chris. he describes what is happening during this fire rescue today. >> you're looking at the smoke condit

solyndra received a government loan from the energy department, part of the 2009 stimulus bill.the bankruptcy turned into a political hot potato. reports surfaced that some administration officials may have exerted influence in an attempt to expedite the taxpayer loan to solyndra. at the same time others in the administration were raising red flags questioning solyndra's viability but were ultimately overruled. today, house republicans leaked word they may subpoena the white house demanding records involving solyndra, an action that would likely set up a legal showdown between congress and the white house. just a few hours ago in an attempt to neutralize calls for a formal investigation bill daly announced the administration asked herb allison, a former bush and obama administration official, to examine the entire department loan program and report back in 60 days. while today's action doesn't technically mention solyndra white house officials say it is about showing concern for the potential mismanagement of the taxpayer money. brian? >> chuck todd on a friday night at the whit

counsel of solyndra.hey ended up giving two $0.5 million to this law firm, and he was in the department of energy pushing cylinder. he then felt uncomfortable, and had an ethical review of the situation, and actually got a written opinion saying he should not be involved in solyndra, he should recuse himself. he said he did, the three days later we have an e-mail that he is pushing solyndra. that as an example of people that are intimately tied to the administration, giving the money, actually thinking they have a responsibility to coordinate some of this tax payer money for investments. host: this is an article from " latimes.com ." host: will we see some of these people come in? guest: this is a good example. mr. speyer had an ethics violation in my opinion. the fact that his wife earned from solyndra, i would like to see that bill. i think it is $2.4 million dollars to be exact. i do not think he should be involved. host: are these people we will see come in before steven chu comes in? are you saving h

. ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: first, update related to solyndra story. >> ♪ solyndra >> kimberly: there you go.hite house is ordering an independent review in the condition of other federal loan guarantees. this is in the wick of failed half a billion dollar loan. this isn't an investigation in solyndra, itself, but to future energy loans coming up as well. >> dana: i think this proves that the white house is watching "the five." because from the beginning, one of the things i suggested was they should get somebody to do an independent review. it doesn't have to be prosecutorial. it could be somebody from another agent that is independent. this is more serious than they wanted or thought. the words will come back to haunt them. they said anything after. solyndra is the first loans, so it's all the ones after. solyndra has six independent investigations going. including the f.b.i. it won't be over until the f.b.i. >> greg: i can't wait until 20 years from now when you run into young women and the names are solyndra. >> dana: the most popular name. >> greg: no one will know why. where did that co

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the san franciscon1lóy chronicle reports so solyndra -- solyndra wants to our todd nielsen who servedas bankruptcy trustee for former boxer mike tyson. >>> a day after ing wells far held quarters activists are turning their attention to another subject, public education. organizers plan to rally outside an education conference in downtown fran and at 4:00 p.m.. the two-day conference is being put on by the foundation for excellence in education. former florida governor bush heads the non-profit which wants to end teacher tenure and seniority-based pay. rupert murdoch will give the keynote tomorrow. activists say the group wants to sell-out public education. >> protesters plan to kickoff occupy richmond today. organizers will target the chevron refinery and safeway that has left town. the rally will start at 4 p.m., next to the east bay center for performing arts followed by a march to the refinery. protesters plan to camp by richmond city hall for several days. >>> risky rescue overnight in the sierra foothills. jumped ofs tallest bridge then called 911 himself. >>> fairy tale wedding

. >>> did the white house now ignore the warning signs about solyndra? today, some eye opening revelations during a congressional investigation. two days before president obama made that high profile visit to solyndra in fremont, steve wesley sent an e-mail warning the white house about any association with solyndra, citing its growing financial problems. wesley's e-mail was part of a report released today by the house energy and commerce committee. wesley wrote and we quote here --now, solyndra's bankruptcy did cost taxpayers millions of dollars. we have more on our 6:00 newscast. >>> who's watching your e-mails? could the largest e-mail provider in the u.s. fall under foreign control? yahoo!'s latest move. >>> and why an insurance giant will soon stop paying for a breast cancer drug across the state. >>> and the sea lion that crossed highway 101 and survived. what vets found when they checked her out. >>> i'm jeferraf i.ni a wet highway 101 tonight as our storm moves in. the first of two this week. we're going to talk about winter will have the most ra

the san franciscon1lóy chronicle reports so solyndra -- solyndra wants to our todd nielsen who servedas bankruptcy trustee for former boxer mike tyson. >>> a day after ing wells far held quarters activists are turning their attention to another subject, public education. organizers plan to rally outside an education conference in downtown fran and at 4:00 p.m.. the two-day conference is being put on by the foundation for excellence in education. former florida governor bush heads the non-profit which wants to end teacher tenure and seniority-based pay. rupert murdoch will give the keynote tomorrow. activists say the group wants to sell-out public education. >> protesters plan to kickoff occupy richmond today. organizers will target the chevron refinery and safeway that has left town. the rally will start at 4 p.m., next to the east bay center for performing arts followed by a march to the refinery. protesters plan to camp by richmond city hall for several days. >>> risky rescue overnight in the sierra foothills. a man jumped off california's tallest bridge then called 911 himself. >>>

>> which brings us back to the solyndra saga.voted to end the department of energy program that issued loan guarantees to solyndra and other green companies. >> that turned friday's hearings into something more than inquiry into one bankrupt company and one disastrous loan. >> i think it is important we don't throw the baby out with the bath water. >> both sides agreed their work was a long way from being over. >> as the hearing showed we are not done. >> the green jobs story isn't simply about a bad investment here a beltway scandal there. it is about the role of government and the use of public dollars to influence private markets. president obama is committed to spending your money to boost industries and technologies that have not gained traction on their own. he says that america's financial future depends on it. and the planet, too. his critics believe that no group of white house advisors or government bureaucrats no matter how smart or enlightened can create real self sustaining jobs. they say when government second-guess

we started with solyndra. >> tomorrow, your committee is going to hold a hearing about solyndra. >> we are having yet another hearing. this thing, we have been investigating for 9 or 10 months. as you know, the administration was not the most forthcoming in terms of responding to questions that we posed them, beginning of last february. at the end of the day, we had to do a subpoena, which we did back in july. and lo and behole, with all of these document requests, we came around some documents now that the treasury is going to testify tomorrow. as part of the law, back in 2005, in essence, it said that the federal government should not be last. >> in other words -- >> jump ahead. >> that's right. they need to be number 1. not dead last. as we know with solyndra, half a billion in taxpayer money, 1100 people without a job. >> the executives took the fifth when they came in to testify, which they obviously didn't when they came in. we now see the ceo has stepped down, mr. harrison and we now are probably going to learn tomorrow, officially that the treasury, whose jobs to the watc

in fact, investors in solyndra and investor in all of the other 28. think it's good to take solyndra, which was a poster child that the vice president and the president just touted, look at this carefully, slowly, methodically, it's what we're doing and trying to get these answers? >> subpoenas in the coming days. chairman, appreciate your time. we'll stay on top of the story. thank you for your time. >>> still to come, tonight's truth test. the president's promise to put the little guy ahead of the deep-pocket the lobbyists. herman cain explains his campaign schedule and a not subtle take on team obama. >> super people are running america. we've got to outvote them. they are. i was criticizing. ♪ [ male announcer ] we're not employers or employees. not white collar or blue collar or no collars. we are business in america. and every day we awake to the same challenges. but at prudential we're helping companies everywhere find new solutions to manage risk, capital and employee benefits, so american business can get on with business. ♪ delivering mail,

solyndra has c.i.t.rtunate way. >> reporter: both proponents and detractors of government support for green energy show little sign of backing down. >> warner: next, new hope for a vaccine against malaria. the disease kills nearly 800,000 people each year, many of them the youngest children in africa. we begin with a report about the latest from lawrence mcginty of independent television news. >> reporter: while you watch this program ten babies in africa south of the sahara will die of malaria. it's a scourge that 50 years of research has failed to eradicate. but today comes some good news. vaccination trials in seven countries are showing great promise. scientists are on the cuss-of having the world's first vaccine against malaria. >> i'm very encouraged today by the results that we are now showing that we're protecting with this new vaccine over half the cases of malaria in the study with african children. >> reporter: in the last two years, 16,000 children between six weeks and 17 months of age were

this is exactly what solyndra was supposed to be. look at north dacoat a. are thousands and thousands of jobs there. they have helped diminish our dependence on foreign oil, drastically. it's jobs and fuel. >> north dakota has been one of the ones that has been able to move forward with a 3.1% unemployment rate. they d. one of the things that rick perry talked about today as well is taking some of those burdensome regulations and taking them off. i believe this. that america's oil and gas companies, they are americans too. they want to protect the environment as best as they can. you know what? we can do that better here than they can overseas. >> why don't you believe that? >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i look at too many -- [inaudible]. >> that's coal [overlapping dialogue] >> wait a second. let me say this about perry. he did need to give an important policy speech and he went to the right area, something he knows about, energy. it was the right thing to do. i don't know who advanced that baby. but why put big rows of steel behind people. nobody knows what th