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What is the connection between the two? >> theyre going put solar technology on roof tops and provide clean energy. problem is that solyndra was in financial trouble. so the department of energy intervened and told them theyre going give them a government money but you need to use technology from solyndra. we show you how absurd this got. not only did they say thark they participated in negotiations between two companies to set the plight for this technology. its a third intervention by governme...

The group launches their boats. within moments, everything goes wrong. >> we saw that tree coming right in front of us and then we hit it head-on. there was nothing that could be done to stay in that boat. >> i was in the current and things happened so fast, that i dont remember exactly the sequence of things. but i grabbed on to that tree. >> grateful to be alive, mike clambers into the tree and considers his options. >> the current was so strong that i couldnt even move a couple of yards upstr...

And require assad to transfer power to his vice president. of course, the assembly vote is nonbind chg means members do not have to follow through on it. in the meantime, france is helping the russians come up with corridors of humanitarian aid, the plight of the syrian people really beginning to worry countries around the world now, and the stories that were getting tell of a lack of medical supplies and living conditions in cities like homs is certainly beginning to hit hard. pressure is mount...

Historic position on these issues, can go out into communities across this country and neighborhoods that dont look like typical republicans and have a conversation, a difficult one, about how we transform the economy from the bottom up, including the poor. where we show direct concern for them because they are the future of this country. you just cant say, well, theres a safety net. theres got to be more than a safety net for people in poverty. its got to be opportunity. i think thats a very po...

>> one of the guides of their expedition has also climbed out on to the log with ed. they are shocked at how cold that water is. >> i realized that i could risk suffering hypothermia if i got either of my legs in the water too long. >> fortunately, their plight has been noticed. >> i saw people gathering on the shore, they were looking and im sure that they had called the rescue team. >> two teams are called. the ground rescue volunteers and at the kearn county sheriffs office, the air support t...

In the foreclosure crisis. now they are hit by a second bait and switch with the governor and attorney general working hand-in-hand. ohio had similar problems to wisconsin in terms of contentiousness. there the attorney general has got it, he has learned that people do not like this divisive governing and what he has done in ohio is he has taken the $97 million discretionary in ohio and put them where they need to be in cleveland, toledo, columbus to deal with the foreclosure crisis. we have a g...

Gerald ford has any understanding of the plight of the common man. >> the second night gerald ford was president, he had tip oneill in the house to dinner at the white house which he and betty ford and among the things talked about at the dinner table, tip oneill related the story to me, he said, tip, do you have any idea what the boost in pay in this job is going to do for my pension? >> its a working guy. >> yeah. yeah. >> you know, though, rick stengel, joe in washington here. i always talk a...

Not capture the plight of millions of people who are no longer looking for work or who are underemployed. >> reporter: thats the 3 million people i talked about a few minutes ago. the bush tax cuts expiring the end of this year, they are going to expire at the end of the year. if you listen to bernankes word, he said the higher rate of taxation would be a downward pressure on what he calls growth. which means when taxes go up people will spend less and we risk growth to the economy. the real way...

overseas an entirely different story. syrians fighting for their lives, more killings, people runni running. president bashar al assad refuses to cede the presidency. and chilling 911 calls before the man set the house ablaze killing his entire family. stunning moments right before that tragedy. and we go one on one this morning with donald trump. he is one of the wealthiest men in america. no one would dispute that. what does he think about mitt romneys tax rate and the whole idea...

interest in her disappearance. im going to talk with holly hughes here in just a minute, a criminal defense attorney. but first im joined on the phone by pierce county sheriff spokesperson ed troyer who has new information for us. what do you know, mr. troyer? >> well, at 12:15 this afternoon there was report of a fire. a social worker was bringing the kids for a visit with josh from foster care network and she dropped them off as she of before. within this particular occasion he loc...