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People and kill innocent americans and mexicans. so we got this bet on solyndra that goes into the dumper for half a billion dollars. weve got this bet on fast & furious and then a week ago, they say listen, weve got to spend all this $36 billion. so over two days, they allotted $4 billion in more of these solyndra type deals. >> as if its a scandal that money goes back into the coffers. >> im out the door now. i dont know who should be fired. you know who should be fired, brian? the secretary o...

Channel. good morning im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer. happy birthday. martha: happy birthday to you. bill: happy birthday to our viewers at home. who are 15 now. jonathan silver is only one taking the fall for letting that massive taxpayer-funded loan go up in smoke. part of a $36 billion investment designed to create jobs. martha: despite all the signs that solyndra was not a stable company president obama says the agency officials used their best judgment in approving that loan. >> ...

6:00 p.m. >> happy to do it. see you guys. >> bret, we watched you shake that cold. it was interesting. monday, he had a cold. now he doesnt. it was amazing. >> fox news alert, new jersey turnpike, moments ago a tractor-trailer went up in flames. this is the jersey turnpike here. well, we shot this video a few minutes ago. lets go live now to the scene in south brunswick near exit 8a on the turnpike. local lanes on the northbound side closed. express lanes, though, are open. >> all right. in oth...

Not enough for republicans on the house energy and congress subcommittee. they say it doesnt address their concerns about 38 other projects the energy department has bankrolled. silver approved nearly $5 billion in funding last friday on the final day of the loan program. he was busy but now hes out. >> shouldnt be enough for democrats either. a woman from new york acquitted of murdering her husband even though she admitted to shooting him 11 times while he was shaving. you got a jury there beli...

defended a controversial $535 million government loan to a california solar panel company that eventually went belly up. the solyndra drama continues. >> reporter: continues, and will for some time. the president when asked about that, jonathan silver, the man who has been heading up the loan program, which, of course, is the controversial part of this program, because of a guaranteed loan that was given to that solar panel company that president obama visited, and that went belly up i...

he says it will make a huge difference for americans who are suffering and will cut tacks, but hes warning lawmakers who oppose it theyll answer to him and the voters. >> the question then is will congress do something? if congress does something, i cant run against a do nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then its not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town. >> lets go to brianna keilar. the president acknowledged that america...

president obama on the number one issue facing the country today? that and much more ahead. first our top of the hour look at what you need to know right now. first that breaking news i just mentioned. cnn confirms that jonathan silver, the head of the energy departments controversial loan guarantee program is resigning tonight. dan, what do we know about the particular official and why is he leaving? >> reporter: well, that official who headed up that controversial program which com...

latest misstep the beginning of the end of her presidential campaign? by most accounts, bachmann did well in the republican debate taking rick perry to task on his order to girls to get the hpv vaccine, suggesting he was catering to pharmaceutical maker, merck. then she did this. >> ill tell you this, i had a mother last night come up to me here in tampa, florida, after the debate. she told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental reta...

about his advice for perry and the state of the race right now. also, were learning the back story behind ron pauls drama. hes getting flak for an answer to a health care question. turns out the scenario is similar to a real life death in his political family. and president obamas attempt to promote green jobs turns into a bigger embarrassment. first, the company he visited went bankrupt, now, its been raided by the fbi and u.s. taxpayers may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of ...

Jonathan silver. there he is. head of the energy departments loan program that funneled $535 million, the bankrupt solyndra company is out. he has resigned under pressure. in arizona, ten sheriffs now calling for a federal investigation of attorney general eric holder. and the fast and furious gun sting that was completely bomped. botched. in addition, president obama poll numbers continue to sink. joining us now from cleveland to sort it all out fox news anchor geraldo rivera. lets take the wal...