job. i would hope that they didn t do that to us, but i really i don t know if they did or not. martha: what is your plan, elizabeth? what are you going to do now. i m sitting at my computer every day looking for jobs. we have a job fair coming up next friday, i m planning to attend. pretty much putting my resume automatic there to all the companies out there, looking for jobs. martha: we are sorry about what happened in this situation. we hope you find something soon, and we re glad you joined us. thank you so much for being here today. thank you. bill: remember that jobs fair in l.a. a few weeks ago, thousands and thousands of people who showed up to put a resume in front of prospective employers. jon scott is on happening now, he s always happening now, aren t you jon. jon: doing my best, bill. bill: yes you are. jon: talking about that unemployment situation. listen to this. some eye-opening reports that economists are now saying there is a one in three chance this countr
elizabeth gillette is one of those employees and she joins me now. thank you so much for talking to us this morning. thank you. martha: take me back a little bit. tell me what your understanding was of how things were going at the company and what it was like when you and all of those other employees suddenly got a pink slip out of the blue. well, it was completely shocking. no one seen it coming. it was business as usual the day before, you know, we had meetings, work was normal, then august 31st we find out the day that she show up to work that, you are no longer employed. very shocking. martha: what were you told was the reason? that they filed chapter 11 bankruptcy. martha: now you said you were in manufacturing initially. you know, there are some reports that they were having problems with some of the manufacturing of these solar panels, that things weren t going all that well. what did you think about that? um, you know, that is kind of in the nature of the business of
staffer confirms to fox that four star air force general william shelt beyond told the committee in a classified beliefing briefing he was, quote, being asked to say things he did not agree with, specifically, that he, the general, was okay with the new nationwide wire lots communications network and wireless communications network and interference with communications could be fixed easily. general shelton we re told did not change his testimony and did voice his concerns. but who urged him to change it? that s not clear. although whenever military men and women testify on the hill, their words are usually looked over in advance by someone from the white house, the pentagon, and the office of management and budget, omb. bill: that s a lot lot a lot of oversight before you start talking and answering questions. reaction from the white house, or is there any? reporter: a white house spokesman told the daily beast told omb suggested changes to general shelton s testimony
there are questions and the questions, who was applying the pressure. so far the general is not saying. republicans are asking whether or not the white house is exerting influence to try to get this project through. more on that now, molly henneberg leading our coverage in washington. good morning, molly. reporter: hi bill. bill: what was he being pressured to say? reporter: hi, bill and martha, that, and by whom. that is what the house armed services commit see trying to find out if and if it was meant to help out trying to build that network, a staffer confirms to fox that four star air force general william shelt beyond told the committee in a classified beliefing briefing he was, quote, being asked to say things he did not agree with, specifically, that he, the general, was okay with the new nationwide wire lots communications network and wireless communications network and interference with communications could be fixed easily. general shelton we re told did