when is it coming out? let me make a call. i do think we said that there are signs out there about the prosecutors leaving, about wrapping things up. and it seems like it is coming to an end but we are where we are. sandra: wait and see. bret, we ll see you tonight at 6:00 p.m. on special report. the green new deal is making headlines and causing controversy. a decade ago another story about clean energy made ways. more than half a billion in taxpayer money went to the energy company that was supposed to produce easy to install solar panels. as we re about to see, it didn t work out that way. so we are giving $535 million for a solar power company and it is going to be producing thin film solar panels. 10 years ago today this company received half a billion from the department of energy.
supporters argue the company s failure doesn t tell the whole story of the administration s energy loans. some went to more successful groups like tesla and almost all were paid back. pyle says it doesn t mean the government needs to throw half a billion taxpayer dollars at every company that comes along. our attitude is take all let all the energy sources compete on their own and we ll pay less for our energy. why are we, the taxpayers, on the hook for this high-risk stuff? sandra: amazing look back there. 535 million dollars later. 10 years later to go back to that moment that we all remember so well. jon: these days it would be a lot more money in today s dollars. sandra: yeah. thank you very much to our investigative department for doing that. meanwhile to this. jon: the justice department reportedly targeting a former obama-era white house counsel for lobbying efforts overseas
staggering $535 million. the power ball has not seen a winner since june 10th. if someone were to win tonight 10th largest powerball jackpot of all time. estimated cash value is $340 million. steve: 535 million, even higher. yeah. todd: cash value 340. overall total. i will take it i will take it. steve: rick reichmuth is already a winner in our book and is he outside where it s a pretty nice day today. rick: not that kind of winner and i won t be here tomorrow. just fyi. take a look at the weather maps. talk about what s going on. everyone wondering what today is like. more people wondering about monday. quickly today overall the weather pretty good. big storms across much of the east yesterday. most of that storm has moved on. few showers across parts of florida and across parts of new mexico. temperaturewise still hot across parts of the south. hot and humid. that continues. take a look at what we are
commanders saying that the problems that they have. $120 billion, by the way, we found that out and we had that all documented and i made the comment, with that, we could buy 1400 f-35 fighter aircraft. you know what? let s play cut this, not that. for instance, we spent $270 million on a climate satellite that crashed on takeoff. instead we should have been spending $270 million on what? well, i would take the 270, that s where they shorted the special ops. the special ops are the seals and the ones that do the real heavy lifting out there. you start cutting them, that means risk and lives. so we need that s where i d put that. here is another one. instead cut this, $535 million loan guarantee to solyndra. instead, we should have been using that money for what? well, we have currently 31
minister will join us to talk more about the topic and the prime minister s u.s. speech. the federal government spent 535 million of tax payer dollars to bail out solyndra. why are they calling the program that funded the loan a success? let me say flatly it has been a terrific success. a $35 billion loan portfolio has had two percent of defaults. 10 percent of the reserve fund that the congress itself put aside or what is advancement of risky technology. that s not what we are hearing. taxpayers likely to recover little of the fee. classical fans are realing over the loss of the new york city opera. the company announced yesterday it will close and file for bankruptcy after 70 years.