at solyndra's complex in fremont, workers unwrapped brand-new glass tubes used in solar panels.y are the latest, most cutting edge solar technology and they are being tossed into dumpsters. forklifts bring one palette after another with the carefully packaged glass. slowly, but surely it ends up shattered. hundreds of thousands of tubes on shrink wrapped palettes will meet a similar demise. >> solyndra paid $2 million for the specialized glass. we found this piece lying in the parking lot and solyndra owes the german company another $8 million. why would a bankrupt company that owes a fortune to creditors, including u.s. taxpayers be throwing away millions of dollars worth of assets. >> you are on private property right now. >> solyndra is not commenting, but they got permission to abandon the high grade glass. the court said it was of inconsequential value because the cost of storing them exceeds their value. an employee for heritage global partners, the company in charge of selling their assets told us, they conducted an exhaustive search for buyers, but no one wanted them. bu

remember solyndra? the failed solar company? >> solyndra owes taxpayers half a billion dollars, but we caught them destroys millions of dollars worth of parts. elizabeth cook with video you will only see on five. >> as setteds they haven't yet destroyed. take a look at what we found them doing last week. at solyndra's complex in fremont, they unwrapped glass tubes. they are the latest, most cutting edge solar technology and they are being tossed into dumpsters. one palette after another, piled high with the carefully packaged glass. slowly, but surely, it all ends up shattered. we're not talking a few lows, hundreds of thousands of tubes on shrink wrapped palettes will meet a similar demise. >> solyndra paid $2 million for the specialized glass. we found this piece in the parking lot and they owe $8 million. why would a bankrupt company that owes a fortune to creditors be throwing away millions of dollars worth of assets? >> you're on private property right now. >> solyndra is not commenting, the company cogot permission to aban

. >> why solyndra is destroying millions of dollars worth of assets instead of selling them and paying us all back. >> we certainly would have bid on them. >> it's finally here and it will be sticking around for a while. where the rain will be for your morning commute. >> i feel like i am a ball and everyone is using my family, myself in a political gain. >> the sheriff's day in court, but his wife jumped into the spotlight. her emotional plea in support of her husband. >> good evening, i'm ken. >> i'm dana king. a cbs 5 exclusive. remember solyndra? the failed solar company? >> they owe american taxpayers half a billion dollars. but, we caught them destroying millions of dollars worth of parts. luz beth elizabeth cook with the story you'll only see on 5. >> the assets they haven't yet destroyed. look at what we found last week. at solyndra's complex in fremont, workers unwrapped brand-new glass tubes used in solar panels. they are the latest, most cutting edge solar technology and they are being tossed into dumpsters. forklifts bring one palette after another with the carefully packag

solyndra, solyndra, might keep them because these are the guys in the hazmat chemical suits that fit.y fit these guys perfectly. so don't leave. >> neil: we're out of 44 long. >> in the liquidation days or-- >> trying to sell. >> it's nothing, the technology, bad technology. >> you have a problem with it, dagen. >> i'm not going to be hypocritical as talked about the first segment. i didn't have a problem with the aig bonuses you've got to pay to keep people. i don't like bailouts. i don't like handouts from the government, but i don't want any more government intervention and you have people there, this has to be, these bonuses have to be approved by the bankruptcy trustee. the bonuses team very big, but if you're trying to make something, i mean, they're basically trying to make a something out of a cow patty. >> neil: and the bonuses up to 50,000, what some of the aig guys are spending on lunch. >> a percentage of the salary. one of these bonuses is about 30%, it's enormous. >> i can't imagine the unwind at solyndra is as complicated as aig. >> not even remotely to be compared. not

remember solyndra, the failed solar company in fremont?t still owes american taxpayers half a billion dollars. but we caught them destroying millions of dollars worth of parts. elizabeth cook with a video that you will only see on cbs 5. >> reporter: dana, solyndra will put its assets up for sale again next month at least the assets they haven't yet destroyed. take a look at what we found last week. at solyndra's sprawling complex in fremont, workers in white jumpsuits unwrapped brand-new glass tubes used in solar panels. they are the latest most cutting edge solar technology and they're being tossed into dumpsters. forklifts bring one pallet after another piled high with the carefully packaged glass. slowly but surely, it all ends up shattered. we're not talking a few loads. hundreds of thousands of tubes on shrink wrapped pallets will meet a similar demise. solyndra paid at least $2 million for the specialized glass. we found this piece lying in the parking lot. and solyndra still owes the german company that made these another $8 millio

that's after solyndra won a $500 million federal loan guarantee. president obama even visited the fremont headquarters in 2010 applauding the company as a leader in green technology. but instead, it went bankrupt. >> i was thinking somebody going to buy it or they run the business. everybody was talking about that. but it's not happened. i don't know where the money gone. it was a lot of money. >> reporter: now, the former employee that i spoke with says he doesn't really harbor any ill will toward the people who do still work here at solyndra. but the whole thing just seems unfair. frank and grace? >> anne, did solyndra have anything to say about how they were able to afford these bonuses for those remaining employees. >> reporter: no. they are not talking at all since this is all in litigation right now. the information we got was from the washington times, which found it through the court records. so solyndra itself being very tight-lipped about it and as you might imagine, none of the employees here wanted to speak with us about the bonuses the

at solyndra. chris, let me ask you a question. >> chris: i think you did ask the question. >> mike: mitt romney s total apples and oranges >> chris: you made the point ceo. and we have a minute left. chairman preb preb yourr response. guest i learned when the other side loses the argument. you quit talk let them continue. the reality the president is the ceo and millions of americans don't feel better off today than three or four years ago. if the democrats think that mitt romney is so weak, it is curious as to why they keep attacking them. i will leave that up to the candidates, but the fact of the matter is, it is not about republicanns and democrats, i think we should put that on hold and start talking about america. our country is on the brink of an economic disaster that is predictable and we have a president. and we are going to hold his presidenciable for the words he said himself. >> chris: we'll have to leaf it there. congresswoman preb shult debbie wasserman schultz. and congressman preb

. >> the government gives solyndra half a billion in money. politics as usual. >> back with us is our brains trust. megan, the president is in the swing state of florida as we know. he's back in new york tonight for some more fund raisers. who is the president fighting here? is he fighting a candidate like mitt romney or is he fighting the bank accounts of people like charles and david coke? >> i think he's fighting both. someone made a point that if ten people donate $10 million to off hedge fund that would make ads for these ads like the coke brothers are doing, that's $100 million campaign. i think he's fighting rom and the random ads. >> ten people as megan said giving $10 million. the obama has one million don s donors, average donation of under 100 lines. which is more in line with our democrat values. we need a constitutional amendment that says money should not equal speech. >> dream on. >> you have to start building support for it. you have to change the constitution. you can with the right effort and the right people in both parties,

in the case of solyndra.ll look coming up. >> reporter: live in berkeley with more on the first year of a breakfast honoring the life of dr. martin luther king, jr. that's coming up. >> a live look outside this morning. it is monday, january 16, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. it is 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren to find out about our holiday forecast and more. >> hey, dust off the umbrella. you'll need it. not until wednesday but we have rain on the way, a wet pattern, cold air settling in. grab a jacket. 24 in fairfield. i'll take to you the forecast and we'll track the storm that is going to change everything around here as we head through the midsection of this week. i'm going to send it back to you guys. >> oakland police looking to catch a suspect accused of a number of robberies and sexual assaults. what make this is case so unusual is the suspect is a 14-year-old boy. bob redell joins us wit

the people who worked for solyndra. mitt romney, chris, let me answer your question, please. >> chris: i think you you did answer the question. >> total apple oranges comparison. >> chris: you made the point. you think one is the c.e.o. and the other isn't. we have a minute left. chairman priebus your response to that, sir? >> i learned in law when the other side is losing the argument sometimes you quit talk and you let them continue. the reality is the president is the c.e.o. the fish rots at head. millions of americans don't feel better off today than they were three or four years ago. look, you know, if the democrats feel that mitt romney is so week it is curious as to why they keep attacking him. i will let that up to the candidates. but the fact of the matter is this isn't about republicans and democrats. i think we should kind of put that on hold and start talking about america and our country is on the brink of an economic disaster that is very predictable and we have a president who we are going to hold his pre

this is called solyndra two or solyndra three. whatever. problem is when obama makes a mistake it costs taxpayers billions. robert, you and i played our fair share of black jack. doubling down on a bad hand -- why are you wearing my glasses? >> dana: trying to channel you. >> bob: i wondered what it's like to have a wing nut's glasses on. go ahead. >> eric: double down. double down on the "state of the union" on the green energy agenda. meanwhile, yesterday we find out $198 million down the drain. >> bob: down the drain! let me tell you, it's not down the drain. a lot of other projects that have been working, actually. you don't look for those. you have look for the ones that fail. if you have green energy and alternative energy, it takes work. hit or miss. things make it or don't. you pick out ones don't make it and i pick out the ones that have. don't ask me which ones they are. >> greg: that reminds me of me. i waited for days, months for a unicorn to come and save my life. but it never came. that is your unicorn. it's never coming. >> b

solyndra, $35 million.n california with it's being auctioned off in the last couple weeks the money goes to the private investor first, not the taxpayer. megyn: why should somebody running a venture capital firm -- their goal is to either make companies profitable or when they realize they are not profitable, to cut the loss and move on. why should he have followed any formula other than that when he was running that firm? >> he did. but then say that and on it and show the 100,000 jobs you created. what about the others you lost. mitt romney has not proven he created 100,000 jobs. you are going to be measured as a d.c. guy or governor massachusetts, an failed on both in terms of creating job and putting people back to work. but he's running for president of the united states. end failed on both counts. thank you both so much, we appreciate it. we have this alert just crossing in. fox news just confirmed bill daly is out as chief of staff at white house. he took over after rahm emanuel left. we'll go to ed

solyndra has 84 employees left. they used to have 1100 but taking the company apart, selling it for parts and want to add bonuses so they can retain employees. >> greta: is there any chance the business is least bit viable. you look at the fact that the product was grossly more expensive than you could buy someplace else, why are they trying to salvage the business? >> it's not viable and not working. they go from extraordinarily expensive manufacturing facility. they a lot of things to sell. in a bankruptcy like this, they are basically selling everything to see if they can investors can recover a little of their money. >> greta: so if this business is doomed, it's not a restructuring and it's not going to be roaring success, the idea of paying bonuses to the remaining 84 employees, it sounds like a fire sale, put it up on ebay? >> it is kind of a fire sale. they are saying, there has to be somebody around to do the fire sale. if you are a good employee and you are working for solyndra. you have no future for the c

if you think solyndra was a one time disaster for american taxpayers, you are wrong. dead wrong. there is new information tonight. it appears that solyndra crisis that is costing taxpayers more than $500 million may be only the tip of the obama administration iceberg. cbs news there may be 12 more disasters ready to blow up and $500 million is going to look like chump change. next one collectively could cost you $6.5 billion. also today the white house, document did you believe, new documents about solyndra and reason the document is dump late in the afternoon on friday. they don't want anyone, including you to notice it. congressman joins us. good evening, sir. let me talk about the document dump on late friday afternoon. we brace ourselves at about five minutes to 5:00. tell me, have you had a chance to brief the documents, whether there was anything to sort of give us pause why it was done on friday afternoon? >> it's always done on friday afternoon if there is something they want to hide. particularly three-day weekend, we're not going to to effectively communicate on tuesday

he put taxpayer money in solyndra and thousand people lost their jobs.e thousand people that their jobs there? >> not even close. but romney is responsible for ceo of companies that he took over. he was the ceo, bain bought these companies. he is not the ceo of solyndra. >> bill: the term splitting hairs comes to mind. the one thing that interesting things is way ron paul is treating his opponents. >>> michele bachmann? >> she doesn't like muslims. she wants to go get them. >> when newt gingrich was called to service in 196ofgs. guess what he thought about danger. he chick ends out on that. he got a, did chick chickened out of that. he is putting he chicken hawk. >> you got a new ad taking direct aim at senator santorum you called him a washington, d.c. insider and called him corrupt? >> did i make a survey. i think he came out as one of the top corrupt individuals because he took so so much money from the lobbyists. >> bill: mr. paul, not good. check three, nancy pelosi also saying not nice things. >> newt gingrich out on the campaign trail said the dum

number one, it's clear that solyndra and the hits on solyndra have taken a toll. that's why you make your first ad about that apparently. and we know the outside groups that can have an impact on -- and this is good news if you're mitt romney. because if you're getting drawn into a now longer primary campaign which may be possible. we'll see what happens saturday. the outside groups are going it keep the president and his re-election team busy as we see with the very first ad. all right. back to our poll. saturday can't come soon enough for mitt romney who has seen the lead shrink. the latest abc news/marist poll. lee, normally nobody likes to talk about one day samples. this is a unique situation. it's a fast moving race. explain your confidence level if our poll on the one sample on monday night versus tuesday night. >> well, the trend is unmistakably evident in these numbers. clearly, it's a two-day poll. we broke it down to predebate and post debate. a 15-point lead for romney going into the debate. again, with a whole crowd for gingrich. that became a five-po

here's the deal solyndra is going to announce they are laying off 200 of the 1200 workers.s the solyndra loan was tainted by it being rushed out of the door by the protests of the top experts layoffs delayed until after the 2010 election and i y indefensible loan restructuring that kept them on the hook for half a billion dollars. the white house says on top of the e-mails they have already provided over a thousand pages of solyndra related documentation. improper white house int peer rance was the initial investigation. >>> one of the things that bathers me the most is they were concerned about whether news of solyndra's layoffs before the med term elections or not more than they were financing companies like this even if they weren't viable was a good one or not. >> the congressman thinks there's still a lot of stimulus money out there even if some of those loans don't default. he blames that again on favoritism thank you. >>> what happens when you have a fire grade explode? >>> dozens of firefighters. forced to step up security for their own teches because of shocking cr

solyndra has asked a bankruptcy court for permission to pay nearly two dozen employees bonuses ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. the company says that it needs to keep morale high for worker worried about job security. but one laid-off employee told us it feels like a slap in the face. >> they're supposed to give to everyone in the company because everyone spent the time with the company and is supposed to be getting the bonus. >> a little more than two years ago, the white house made solyndra the so-called poster child for the president's green jobs initiative. the company though laid off about 1100 people after filing for bankruptcy in the fall. >>> don't want a smartmeter? be prepared to pay the price. customers would pay a one-time opt-out fee of $90. then another $15 each month. that under a plan backed by the state public utilities commission. pg&e initially wanted to charge a lot more but the puc said no. the puc is set to vote on the plan next month. >>> the video rental company -- >> red box is facing a first- of-its-kind lawsuit filed by a group of blind californians. they say

solyndra will lay off 200 of the 1200 workers. that is from the chairman. they don't think it is bueno. the sad truth is, solyndra was tainted by stim tim politics from the outset and rushed out of the door over protest of the administration's top experts. lay offs delayed until after the 20 10 election and all left the taxpayers on the hook for a half billion. in a letter to the committee. white house council makes clear there are no support for favoritism and inappropriate white house interference. the chairman of the house over sight darrell isa disagrees. one of the thing that is bothers me the most they were concerned about the news of the lay offs come out before the midterm election than whether or not their plan to finance companies like this even if they were not viable was a good one or not. >> it is worth pointing out not only were they releasod a friday, but a friday of a three day weekend. a time when many concerned citizens are distracted by other things. uma. >> thank you for the update. and debate roars on with haly barbour's mass pardon. tw

solyndra's attorneys say the bonuses range from $10,000 to $50,000.uld be incentive for key employees to stay with the company. solyndra received a $500 million loan from the federal government in 2009 before filing for brums nearly two years later. >> the number of millionaires living in california continues to climb. the state franchise tax board said there are 13,000 millionaires calling the golden state home. that's up 27% from 2009. "the sacramento bee" reports that collectively, they're worth more than $29 billion. >>> you know, i've noticed jeff ranieri wearing a new suit, having a new car, maybe he's part of this group. >> let's not get e-mails about this. i am paying my car down religiously and i've had this suit for over a year. maybe the tie is a little new. thanks for that. let's look at the numbers this morning. it was definitely extremely cold out here with temperatures down into the 20s in napa with 29, son open, a 31. oakland airport dropping to 36. sfr from the highs to the lows, right now the tally up to 26 days with no rainfall. it

that's after solyndra won a $500 million federal loan guarantee. president obama even visited the fremont headquarters in 2010 applauding the company as a leader in green technology. but instead, it went bankrupt. >> i was thinking somebody going to buy it or we run the business. it was -- everybody was talking about that. but it's not happening. i don't know where the money is gone. there was a lot of money. >> reporter: now, that laid-off employee says he doesn't harbor any ill will toward the people who do still work here at solyndra. by the way, none of them wanted to talk to me about the bonuses they may or may not be getting. in fremont, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> not what you expect when you book your nonstop airline ticket. why more and more flights are making unscheduled stops. >>> i'm still going under the dryer for usually an hour and a half. >> it just proves how hard it is to find a good hairdresser. the house-to demo that is turned the every turned a coveted bay area stylist into an international guru. ,,,,,,,,,,,, cutting runs in >>> w

. -- >> kimberly: he gave money to solyndra. >> eric: bondholders.illions of americans, retirees who had bonds in g.m. told by the way, you guys, you get nothing. meanwhile, the u.a.b. walked away with $4 billion. >> bob: just get over that. i know you were a bondholder of -- >> eric: i wasn't. >> bob: you weren't. okay. >> eric: i was not a bondholder. the bottom line he took office in january of 2009. >> eric: the first three months -- >> bob: the ones he lost in the first few months you can't lay it at obama's feet. but inflation was higher under ronald reagan. >> eric: absolutely not. end or the beginning? >> bob: take his eight years and divide inflation and see what you come up with. >> eric: ronald reagan brought inflation down. solyndra are going to pay bonuses. >> dana: i know. bad. >> eric: bad. our money. >> dana: remember when and people were right to be outraged when even though you can make an argument for why the bankers got bonuses, they were right to be outraged by it. the solyndra one makes no sense to me. i don't think the bonuses

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at solyndra? i kid you not.ones -- attorneys seeking bonuses up to $50,000 to keep the employees from bolting the company that got half a billion in government loans before going belly up. high guest those this is not right and thinks it is disgusting. you can do whatever you want do do in bankruptcy, that is true, but this was a taxpayer sponsored bankruptcy. >>guest: it will never, ever, make any sense when government sticks its nose into the free market and tries to pick winners and losers. the executives already got bonuses last year, $50,000 and $60,000, twice, and these are executives who are making $250,000 as a base salary. they are not underpaid. but, look, solyndra is the perfect example of what is wrong with the obama administration. they pick winners and losers with no understanding of economics a company that produce add poor product, that was overpriced, this was in way the company would make it but they did it for political reasons, because it would make the radical environmentalists happy and the