steve wesley is one, a well-known venture capitalist.to the inner circle, he was raising flags about solyndra. he knew based upon his contacts that there was a problem -- >> greta: he get ace gold star. he tried. >> he tried to stop it or warn the white house. but another figure was matt rogers, a former department of energy official. he was in charge of getting the money out the door to companies like solyndra, despite the push-back in this case from the office management and budget. he is a critical figure in trying to expedite the loan and getting the money out to the company. >> greta: two big questions. if steve wesley is smart enough to know it's a bad deal and he emails valerie jaret and this cost taxpayers more than 500 million, how come she's still at her job? >> big red flags. >> greta: why does she have a job? she's exclusive -- >> these are companies get the private money. so a company like solyndra comes forward and says, we have this great technology, but if we just got the seed money. >> greta: but she was warned! that's m

steve wesley and matt rogers were at the fundraisers. they were tied to the solyndra story.ne half billion dollar loan to the failed solar company in the east bay. last night it was all about the president and oakland. he was talking about the middle class. >> the president: this country was not built from the top down. i was built from the middle class out from the bottom up. >> that's why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. >> reporter: not everyone pleased with mr. obama, especially those who don't like the federal crackdown on pot clubs they've been focusing on pot clubs in the east bay and oakland. protesters set up 19th and broadway blocked intersection no arrests police did not try to break that up protest they were allowed to do their thing. president leaving oakland with four million dollars. he's going to be heading up to portland oregon later this morning. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> the 12 international aids -- the 2012 international aids conference is continuing in washington, d.c. where the only known patient who has been cured

steve wesley was the california finance chair for barack obama. he had four companies that ended up getting over half a billion dollars -- >> tim, you're calling out the president for crony capitalism and you're not going to reveal anything for who the bundlers are and you're not pressing mitt romney on revealing any of who his bundlers are. so we the american people might not know who is supporting him and he then, crony capitalismwise, like you're saying the president is doing would have if he's president. isn't that hypocritical. >> like barack obama's donor public, you're not comparing apples to apples here. >> fisker is a bundler, is that wrong? >> no, that's not true. steve wesley, who had four companies, that fisker want one them, he was a california finance chair. because he was bragging about access to -- >> he was a bundler, right? you told me i was wropg but he is a bundler, correct? >> you're wrong with the fist ker situation. >> i'm right that he's a bundler? >> you're can flating two things. >> i'm asking, is he a bundle error not? h

two of the guests, venture capitalist steve wesley and former energy department official matt rodgers who was part of the solyndra loan guarantee process. he juggled lemons at the dinner and one of the hosts gave the president a t-shirt that reads, quote, i heart oakland. the meal was pronounced by a world renowned chef in berkeley. the president is in san francisco at this hour where he'll spend the night at the hotel intercontinental. air force one will take off from sfo in the morning bound for washington state. we'll have complete coverage of his departure and the detours around it for your morning commute on "today in the bay" at 4:30 in the morning. >>> today's fund-raisers along with four more tomorrow in oregon and washington are expected to raise more than $6 million for the president's campaign coffers. >>> james holmes, the man accused of the mass theater shooting in colorado made his first court appearance today. the hearing gave victims' families their first chance to see holmes in person. with that orange/red hair. during his court appearance, the 24-year-old looked daze

steve wesley was also helping. these are obama guys. >> these folks are getting money. in the case of fisker, they say to us they didn't really even need it, they just did it to help the obama administration. >> they just took the money to help the obama administration. >> you know, i'd like to help the obama administration. if you'd like to send the factor stimulus money, we can buy some more ties. now, listen. the fisker deal, is this in finland? >> it's being made in finland. it's a beautiful car. >> it snows, how can they get it on the road? >> they have an indoor facility. >> did we build that, too. >> well, we didn't. they had a billion dollars they raised in capital. >> let me get this straight. this is interesting to me. so they want electric cars, but bush was in this, too. bush was in this too. >> bush himself was not in this. >> not in the bush administration? my notes are no good? >> your notes are very good. the problem with it is that this money was dispatched by the obama administration. >> all right. so let's blame it all on bank bk obama. here's the vis

but steve wesley made sure to sit at a table farthest from the president at the $35,000 a plate fundraiser in california and to pass the time, wesley juggled lemons to entertain some children. the venture capitalist warned the administration about giving solyndra $535 million in loan guarantees. nation mourning the death of a role model and american hero. sally ride losing her 17 month battle with pancreatic cancer. one year later, she took a second trip to the same shuttle. she was assigned to a third flight. that was scratched after the challenger exploded in 1986. she helped investigate that accident and the columbia disaster in 2003 becoming the only person to serve on the commissions investigating both accidents. sally ride was 61 years old. and a great role model for women and men. >> a true pioneer. meanwhile, scary moments at a new jersey movie theater showing "the dark knight rises" the batman movie. screening being canceled after somebody opened an emergency exit door. sound familiar? luckily nothing happened. the incident coming hours after the suspect in the movie theater massa

steve paulson will tell us what part we'll see today. >>> and we'll tell you why governor brown is allowing wesley sherman tine, one of the speed freak killersrarily go free. america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> welcome back. well, wesley sherman tine is being -- shermantine is being granted permission to leave prison to help the police. prosecutors suspect that he and lauren herzog killed dozens of people back from the '80s and '90s. earlier, police found remains after shermantine found a man of burial sites in san joaquin and cal la -- calavares counties. >>> let's check in with sal. >> this is in contra costa county. you will see slow traffic here in la fayette. it gets better briefly and then slows in orinda. 680 nearby is slow. not stop and go. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll

steve westly. he is is a venture capitalist that helped government stimulus loans for solyndra. mr. wesleyestment in the solar industry. shortly after that solyndra went bust but not before getting $535 million of taxpayer money. >>> to our top story, california senator democrat dianne feinstein is the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee and she has come out publicly and says that the white house appears to be the source for at least some of the recent high-profile leaks of classified information. chief intelligence catherine herridge has more live in washington. catherine? >> reporter: thank you and good afternoon. taking questions at monday's event the senior democrat and chair of the powerful senate intelligence committee saying she does not blame the president for the leaks but she has strong suspicions about his staff. >> i don't believe for a moment he goes out and taubs about it. i don't believe the briefers go out and talk about it. but who knows who else. and i think that the importance of this has to be, really set by the president himself. >> here in washington earli