leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as don t ask, don t tell has been around for 18 years. it officially ended at midnight. since 1993, more than 14,000 servicemen and women were kicked out of the military after they were outed as gay. some want back in but it is not automatic. i have talked to people who wanted to go in and they started to make phone calls to recruiters and found out their set of circumstances wouldn t allow it. and there s let down. pentagon says 97% of the military has had training on the new rules which replace don t ask don t tell
call. american morning continues right now. i m ali velshi. the obama administration trying to defend its decision to award stimulus money to solyndra. a solar power company that went bankrupt. taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a billion dollars. i m christine romans. u.s. officials concerned about terrorist groups setting up long-term residence in post-gadhafi libya. should our lawmakers cut back? we will talk to one senator that says yes on this american mornin morning . good morning. good morning. it is thursday, september 15. welcome american morning. good to be back with you guy. nice to have you back. havena lot of good news. you will love it. up first, taxpayer, you are on the hook this morning more more than a half a billion dollars. here is why. solyndra, a solar panel company in california, declared bankruptcy after receiving $535 million in federal stimulus money from your tax $. the white house trying to defend its decision to award th
need help from washington as we take a look at some of these numbers that were compiled by the l.a. times. california state budget is usually reported as being shy of $86 billion, but add in 34 billion in special funds, 9 billion in bond money and 79.2 billion in federal funds. that represents 38% of the state of california spending. this brings the grand total to over 200 billion. the spending fight isn t over in washington. if a state like yours doesn t get what it needs, what s the end result for a place like california? i think all the states, thomas, are in for a tough time. the congress is rightfully trying to reign in spending, we can t continue borrowing 41 cents on every dollar. in the short run, things would help every government, state and federal is to look to see if there are any jobs programs funded over the next two or three years and front load those
coming down to this game of chicken between walker and the democrats that are in illinois, and at this point, there doesn t seem to be any movement, either way. we ll see as we get into next week, tuesday, wednesday, in there, when the deadline to refinance some bond money comes up, whether or not one of these sides will flinch, but right now thousands of people are out here. the governor, not budge welcoin those 14 senators are still in illinois. ted rowlands, thank you so much, in madison, wisconsin. so like wisconsin in other states with budget shortfalls, educators are increasingly the prime target of cuts. that led to stunning news for teachers in providence, rhode island. they are losing their jobs. our mary snow looks at what prompted providence to take this dramatic step. aye. aye. come on, julian! aye. reporter: and with that, the providence, rhode island, school
a substantial flight risk. the judge also said that he was satisfied with the restrictions, the conditions put on him. that would include something like a $300,000 plus equivalent in bond money. also limits on his movements. he is going to be, going to be brought to a rather stately manner house about 115 miles northeast of london. he also has to wear a tracking device. there is also cure fews. the judge also, as we wait for julian assange, i might ad for him to come out, the weakness of the sex crimes case that he is facing in sweden. this is really what this is all about his extradition to sweden on those charges. it has nothing to do with what the folks in washington and others are very concerned about, his website, wikileaks, that release of thousands and thousands of classified documents. this release has been delayed for a couple of hours right now and we re told now it will come in about five minutes or so.