not just solyndra.e new energy companies it hears like every couple of weeks a new one. it builds a narrative. not only does the administration only care about green energy, it doesn't care about the u.s. taxpayers. >> dana: $535 million given to solyndra. the treasury department was given 24 hours to review it. if the treasury flags something and you're in infancy of your administration, does it send up a red flag for you to halt -- >> kimberly: absolutely. that is an alert to say let me investigate the situation, properly vet it, go through it. that's what you have an obligation to do. they have it. what this administration likes to do is ignore that. they act like it's a monarchy over there. and then they say let's double down on the investment. recklessly. it's not just with respect to solyndra. but this is consistent. in terms of the way that their administration deals with it. >> juan: i don't know what is so reckless -- >> kimberly: it is reckless. they don't care because it's not their money. >>

>> so let's start with the solyndra question you're raising. >> not so much solyndra. it's just that you are recommending the import/export bank provide more money and lots of it is going to these companies like solyndra. so i think you should be aware that before you make -- ask us to do this, there should be due diligence and caution the export/import bank to be careful about giving out money without being sure it's going to be worthwhile. does that make sense? >> the import/export bank plays a very big role in exports. >> no, i understand that. but they gave solyndra $10 million without due diligence. let me go on. let me ask you another question. you've been chairman of the board of bright source energy. >> i was for a time, yes. about nine months. >> now that's another company that this goes into my idea of developing jobs in this country could be done through our natural resources and not feathering up a lot of these solar panels and solar thermal and wind turbines. for example, when you were ceo, didn't that get $1.6 million from the department of energy? >> i'm

. >> ben stein and charles -- >> used for solyndra. it's a disgrace. i agree. >> and it will be. and you know it. >> no, i i don't know it. >> yes, you do. you basically said it. >> how the hell do you know what i know? >> because he said it! he said it, that's why. >> you say i'm going to take this money and give it to solyndra. he said i'm going to use it for clean energy. >> what else, solyndra? what is ssolyndra? he didn't say he's going to give it to solyndra. >> we'll take a quick break here. i want everyone to hug. it's hard to do because ben is on remote. >> will you hug me? >> i didn't shave this morning. >> i don't know what's -- let's get back to voltaire. >> it started with voltaire who never, ever got upset, by the way. spending money at hearings, it's what d.c. does best. both are in the spotlight next month as g.s.a. officials are at capitol hill for some grilling over the over-the-top spending. some of the forbes gang is saying ditch the talk and get rid of the g.s.a. all together. the supreme court kills the health car

. >> solyndra is rearing its head on capitol hill. adding office space to the real estate market. the gleaming headquarters of this disfunth solar panel company even has a web site. they lost 500 million tax payer dollars when it went out of business last year. the building 400 thousand square feet of space sitting on 30 acres. the price is listed but it may be a deal. it is relatively new. it was built about a year and a half ago, and now solyndra may be tied into the investigation into lavish spending of the gsa. the head of the gsa who lost her job wanted to visit solyndra last year. the white house did not want her to go. gsa press secretary wrote at the time this to johnson's deputy. i made every argument i could think of. the white house made it very clear they didn't want us touching them, solyndra with a ten- foot poll. the investigator into solyndra: of course they would file for bankruptcy just about 6 months lart. patti ann. >> doug luzader live from washington, thanks. >>> well before you leave the house this morning let's

>>stuart: what are you doing differently than solyndra? with very similar hopes and dreams of changing the economics of the solar industry in order to make it affordable for everyone in the world but from there our paths diverged. solar 3-d has hired few people, we hire in consultants to help us so that we criminal our costs. and we lease our facilities including high end technical facilities just the opposite with solyndra. solyndra spent hundreds of millions to build new machines and new real estate. >>stuart: without say it was the government's money that ruin solyndra and if they did not get the moneys maybe they would be in the same position as you would you go that far? >>guest: well, look, commercializing a product takes brains. and determination. and grit. and government money rarely helps you do that. really sometimes you are more interested if having the money and spending it on facilities complete with whistling robots than on being determined to go after the market and getting a sleek, commercialized product. further stewart yo

the treasury wasn't really involved in the solyndra loan. it just cut the check.t's not clear if they had any legal obligation to examine the loan in the first place. >>> markets are quiet this morning, even after good news. first time jobless claims fell to a new four-year low. as you mentioned, we get the big jobs number, the jobs gained in the past month tomorrow. the stock market won't get a chance to react, though. the markets are closed for the good friday holiday. jon? >> thank you very much. >>> president obama paying special tribute to a classic film about fighting prejudice and racism in a small southern town. the president introducing a special screening of "to kill a mocking billions bird "this evening to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this brilliant movie. the audience will include children from several d.c. area schools as well as mary badham who played scout in that film. gregory peck who played atticus finch will also attend. harper lee says she is, quote, deeply honored president obama will be celebrating her book and her film. >>> in that intr

the solyndra people say are there other green energy projects money was thrown into that was lost?he environmental movement should be furious. they have single-handedly set the environmental movement back about 30 years. >> this is classic waste. and it has happened in other administrations. we all know that. but right now it's happening round barack obama's administration. he better get a hole of it pretty fast. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> just two minutes away. nfl scandal heating up today. just released recordings of the new orleans defensive coordinator urging his players to hurt players. you willyou will hear that in aw minutes. and that's a fire alarm. and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. >> is the nfl more brutal than a fan could imagine? a new audio recording exposing that this problem could be worse. former defensive coordinator greg williams isn't just telling his team to win, he also tells them to injure their opponents. >> we had submit right there. remember me. i got the first

the solyndra people say are there other green energy projects money was thrown into that was lost?>> the environmental movement should be furious. they have single-handedly set the environmental movement back about 30 years. >> this is classic waste. and it has happened in other administrations. we all know that. but right now it's happening round barack obama's administration. he better get a hole of it pretty fast. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> just two minutes away. nfl scandal heating up today. just released recordings of the new orleans defensive coordinator urging his ♪ ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. havputs you at 5 timesartbeat calgreater risk of stroke. don't wait. go to afibstroke.com for a free discussion guide to help you talk to your doctor about reducing your risk. that's afibstroke.com. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insur

they dispute she had meetings with solyndra. they had to pay money for them to attend in a video conference. solyndra received a loan from the obama administration before going bankrupt. all of this comes on the heels from a string of emergencies whi videos laughing it up on a dime. some show them singing well dancing. gum bee and other employees they dressed up like gum bee i think kind of scary clowns. the acting administrator took to youtube to apologize for the agency's conduct. >> i speak to the overwhelming majority of the staff to say we are deeply shocked and disappointed by the actions. >>> they planned to return to las vegas for conference. do you think amid the scandal do you think that event is still going to go on. >> all three of us went to the same elementary school in charlotte, north carolina. >> go eagles. >> thanks so much, heather. >> go get sleep you worked the overnight. >> a powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake. >> unfortunately we are getting word of an earthquake off the west sows of northern sumatra mag su

. >>> more criticism of the massive government loan given to solyndra.report slamming the treasury department's handling of the application. >>ia what is next for yahoo? @ @ @ @ @ @aaaaaaaaa)a)ppptt st >>> welcome back. a few scattered showers to our northwest heading southeast that's why we have a chance of a scattered shower into the central valleys. mid to upper 50s big sur, sacramento, check co-, palm springs 82. >>> -- 6:45 now. this morning analysts are speculating about the future of sunnyvale-based yahoo. yesterday yahoo passed out pink slips to 2,000 workers who found out their services won't be needed by the end of the year. that equals 14% of yahoo's workforce. timing is puzzling because the new ceo scott thompson won't explain his shreurbgs of the future many some think he might be preparing to sell the company. >> if you are going to do it properly you do it deep and fast this looks shallow and long it does look like he may be learning on-the-job. by the way, if you are doing lay-offs for packaging for sale you want to go very deep because y

silicon valley upstarts landing their own showsmbr aboavut>>or solyndra deal.e'll take a look coming up. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy. can i try yours? >>> it is 6:23 right now. this morning hugo chavez is back home after the latest round of radiation therapy in cuba. chavez has been recovering well after a february surgery that removed a second tumor near his pelv pelvis. he will beat cancer to win reelection in october he says. and this morning china struggling to restore several government websites allegedly hacked by the government group anonymous. they say they hacked the sites to protect restrictions. the chinese government blocks users from seeing social media websites like fa

and we may have another solyndra on us. diane is following that story for us. >>diane: another company called a key piece of the obama administration's efforts to promote solar industry has filed for bankruptcy protections solar trust of america, in the process of building a multibillion dollar solar panel plant in california that was supposed to be the biggest when the parent company pulled the plug on the project. solar trust listed $1 million to $10 million in assets versus up to $100 million in debt, and after nearly getting a record $2.1 trillion loan from the negative department. the filing followed the controversial collapse of solyndra, a solar company that got half a billion federal long, and was also touted by the obama administration before going under last year. >> the energy department says in the case of solar trust the department made an offer to finance a company's projects last year but the project became ineligible when the developers decided to change the technology so no taxpayers dollars were lost but the bankruptcy is still fanning the fla

solyndra was the first green energy company to get a federal loan under a new stimulus program.the company declared bankruptcy last year and laid off more than 1,000. >>> police in oakland are searching for three men who crashed a minivan into a market last night. the vehicle hit a car on fruitvale, ran over a fence and crashed into the black and white market on fruitvale and 27th street. the three men inside ran. fire officials left the minivan in place for several hours until they made sure the market was not in danger of collapsing. the market won't be allowed to reopen until serious repairs can be made. >>> a pedestrian hit by a bike last week has died. a rider collided with 71-year-old at the corner of market and castro a week ago. the witnesses told police the car was in a crosswalk and the bicyclist may have run a red light. the bike rider's name has not been released. the accident remains under investigation. >>> a sonoma county animal park handler is recovering from injuries she suffered yesterday when she was gored by a buffalo. a spokeswoman says the 4-year-old buffal

. >>> new details shed troubling light on the loan given to solyndra. why investigators say federal officials rushed the loan. >>> and some good news for job seekers. how a bill on the president's desk could help give the economy a little boost. >>> plus, reality tv meet silicon valley. the new show based right herebau the south bay comingp. >>> welcome back, everybody. it is thursday morning. nice one out there. little cool, but looks like we might have sunshine today. looking at downtown san jose. if you're planning on getting out, grab a coat this morning. later on you may not need it. it is 4:44. >> a coat and a smile this morning. >>> new concerns about that giant federal loan to solyndra. treasury department conducted an internal investigation that concluded the $500 million loan was rushed without sufficient review. the report shows the last-minute review lasted about a day. those experts had concerns, but there's no evidence the energy department addressed it. >>> indicators show things are slowly picking up. getting more confident for the futur

and frankly, by the government giving the money to solyndra.ism that could have made solyndra successful. so, it's having, you mention that it's the economics not the government that should be picking the winners and losers here, you've got the innovation and no mean as you said the government should build a brand new 300,000 square foot technology building for solyndra in the heart of the silicon valley. when you drive down the road you know how expensive the real estate is. it doesn't make fiscal sense. >> not only that, other organizations really should be doing the commercialization of these projects. and the government itself is in no position, in fact, are ill-suited to be able to make the decisions on what should be commerciallized or not. and government has a different type of objective. they're looking for jobs. i'm looking for successful businesses. jobs come from successful businesses. successful businesses do not come from jobs. >> if you were offered a half a billion dollars government guarantee, a loan, would you accept it? >> i'v

, they have been a failure -- >> solyndra is a rogue firm.ut that doesn't the policy is a failure-- >>> sure, it does. >> the firm failed. firms failed under every system. >> sean: i want to get back to something about it's never worked. i was talking to a friend about this. i said, there is a big-- >>> we are out of time. greta's next. thank you for being with us. see you tomorrow. >> caller: tonight, heads are rolling, three secret service agent it's they're out.

, they have been a failure -- >> solyndra is a rogue firm.ut that doesn't the policy is a failure-- >>> sure, it does. >> the firm

>> so, let me start within the solyndra question you are raising. >> is us a much solyndra. it's just that your recommend the export-import bank provide more money, and lots of it is going to these companies like solyndra. i think you should be aware that before you ask us to do this, they should be due diligence, caution the export-import bank to be careful of not giving up money. without being sure that it is going to be worthwhile. does that makes an? >> the export-import bank plays a very big role in export. >> no, i understand that but the point is they give $10 million without due diligence. clinical and. let me ask you another question. you've been chairman of the board of bright source, is that correct speak with about nine months. >> this goes into my idea of developing jobs in this country could be done through natural resources and not setting up a lot of these solar panels and solar thermal and wind, wind turbines. for example, when you were the ceo, didn't i get 1.6 money dollars from the department of energy? >> when i was ceo, i didn't get the last part of you

solyndra, we talk about the gsa controversy, the notion that sort of -- what solyndra has done is prohibitedlking and granting out funds, i think $16 billion in loans to develop fusel efficient cars have not been given out because of the solyndra controversy. >> president obama has not made the case aggressively against the keystone pipeline for the very reason stated, because there's political pointed to be scored there. it went do anything in the short term or the long term for oil dependents. we rely far less on foreign oil now than ten years ago and the price of oil has gone up. the incremental decreasing of is not doing any good. this debate is between building the pipeline and the destruction of the planet. jim hansen, nasa scientist, leading expert on global warming says if you burn the tar sands from canada the pipeline will supply, it's, quote, game over for the planet. the amount of carbon pollution released by the tar sands will cook the planet. we're not talking about a loc e localized debate. we're talking about the survival of the species. >> i have to call your attention to th

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what about solyndra? does that fit in all this. >> reporter: there is another gsa higher up, jeff neely, he was talking to their inspect tomorrow general when he said something house investigators believe administrator martha johnson missed the vegas conference in 2010 because she was at some other meeting somehow involving solyndra. the reason that becomes relevant now, the absent administrator, johnson, instead did a very videoconference with the vegas crew that cost 3500 extra dollars. we have another part of the transcript where neely explains, i personally explained to them i had concerns about this because we were spending $3500 to save $1500 in travel. he is talking about the cost of johnson's travel versus av costs. gsa is disputing claims made by the oversight committee here. they think the committee is using selective wording trying to make a connection. it is true that the word solyndra is missing from the entire transcript. martha? martha: very interesting. that is not good math. that does not

if you look at all the failure around solyndra and ethanol and obama is out there on the stomp sayingo double down. he sounds like a degenerate gambler that doesn't know when he is losing. he agrees what van jones stood for zroo. >> sean: i said this because a lot of people predicted wrongly. there were very few of us that were out there after studying obama and then his appointments and later his policies and now we see the results of his radical agenda, from eric holder to carl and jennings and then the friends that pointed in the direction i predicted he would go. when we look at disappointment in particular and somebody this radical, i come to this conclusion. that the president has hidden what he really believes from the american people. we get glimpses of it. san francisco about people in philly. in pennsylvania, better people clinging to their guns and religion. those comments to nicolas sarcozy, his comments to the president of russia. do you agree with me that the president has hidden his true opinions? >> absolutely. you were one of few people out there that were doing the v

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like solyndra, what is next? algae company? seems to be into that these days.under the obamacare, too? never ending. >> bob: how can you say anything when my good friend dick cheney had -- wait a second. wait one second. >> eric: break in, bob. i'll get back to you in a second. you are looking live at the senate floor where lawmakers are moments away from a vote on the so-called buffett rule. dana, buffett rule. likely going to fail, but nonetheless. >> dana: ridiculed across the board from the liberal to the conservative commentators as a political gimmick. amazing that senator reid has not done anything even if it was political gim tic to show they have ability to pass this. but this won't do a thing. across the board everyone knows this. >> greg: the real scoundrels this this is the patriotic millionaires, people pushing for taxes. because their name suggest by the pitry yotic millionaire -- patriotic millionaire, if you don't agree you're not patriotic. >> dana: anti-american. >> bob: when dick cheney was head of the bush energy plan they had secret oil guy

not the ones where you can turn over half a approximately to fisker, solyndra, tesla and countless otherther green energy programs that work for a year and run out of money. just i see, oh, what happened with g.m., eric? oh! government invests, saved jobs, saved the american auto industry. hmm. pretty good. >> kimberly: i want dana after this. >> juan: oh, no. >> eric: still owe american people -- >> juan: let them go down. >> dana: the government -- okay, m.g.m., when they stepped in, it wasn't because they were creating a newfangled green energy thing. one thing they did invest in failed. as evidenced by our own eric bolling who drove one more a week and it didn't work. g.m. is selling more suved than they were before. so that is not an effective argument. >> eric: not a successful company. >> kimberly: we want our money back. tomorrow wouldn't be too soon. if you can do it, we'll take the check. freddie you could need new shoes. >> kimberly: i'm telling you. coming up, a was we mentioned our pal rush limbaugh has a beef with this guy. he is taking him on. we tell you what rush said an

solyndra applied for bankruptcy protection last fall. swings in an interview with liz claman. >> republicans have come up with their plans all over place. you called their plan or at least some of their plans a dark and pessimistic vision of america. why? >> we are having a great debate about how to make the country stronger and how to improve opportunity for the average american. we're preserving room for investing in things that will help improve opportunity for the average american. investing in education and training, giving people tax credits to afford college. improving the overall quality of education. and it requires that you take a broader look at what the government can do better and in the approach it through a narrow prison that you can somehow make economy stronger -- narrow prism that you can make the economy stronger but cutting things that are critical to growth. >> a lot of people say the hedge fund guys aren't at the 30% tax rate. that the bucket rule would bring them up to is a rounding error. how important is it to fo

it's always like $500 million for fisker and solyndra. come up with one $500 million currency. and call it like the chu. >> bob: the extra engine that nobody really wanted on the raptor cost the american people? it wasn't $500 million. >> eric: who manufacturered that? >> bob: ohio, boehner -- >> dana: so after it was an american manufacturer they weren't shipping the jobs overseas? find something other than a car that no one is going to buy? >> eric: we need to go. >> bob: good. why don't you get out of here. >> eric: bill o'reilly speaks out against drinking while bathing on your dime. and wait until you see the other photos from the neely travel photo album. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: splish splash, jeff neely. bath in a fantasy tub. wine on the government's dime. he has become the poster boy for lavish spending in washington. bill o'reilly isn't happy about it. >> another reason no american should pay any more taxes. here he is. mr. weasel. in a vegas hotel room, using the hot tub. champagne chaser or two. so you're telling me i should