challenges we have enormous challenges but we have enormous resources as a society and we are a dynamic society. we re used to change. now, i think we need better leadership but we also need to change directions and change our agenda. now you say we should point out that al ran for governor in california. you made a lot of money buying businesses and stuff like that. you went to harvard business school. you say new leadership. what are you talking about? well, we ve developed a professional cast of politicians that are very, very good at getting elected. a cast? a cast. and in fact, they are now an airistrocity. i see a change sweeping across the country. we see more people coming in with diverse skills. we saw a turnover in the congress of almost 20% of the people. and i wrote the book to talk
way, the dinosaurs would be able to nibble on trees. they have plenty of dinosaurs in california, believe me. if a bird is dumb enough to go into a glass, it s nature s way of not belonging here anymore. it doesn t see the buildings! why doesn t it see the buildings. there s a lot of see through buildings in california with glass on both sides. they think oh, i m going to fly right boom. as jerry seinfeld made famous, he said you would think even if you think you don t know what to make of it, at least you should look out for the other bird coming directly at you. for the birds watching right you no, if you re flying through the frisco airspace, follow another bird. yes! let that be your first one to hit and falls to the ground. there you go. 13 minutes after the hour. president obama not exactly he helping the poll numbers of fellow democrats except for senator joe manchin. most interesting part of this story, dick morris on this story next and have you
the white house today. last night, he had a beer with the president last night at the oval office. he said the beer summit was meyer s idea. he s being honored for saving the lives of 36 troops who were ambushed by insurgents fortunate. he helped rescue troops that were surrounded. he ended up killing at least eight insurgents, the first marine to receive the medal of honor for actions in iraq or afghanistan. those are your headlines. what a guy. next up on the rundown, we ve been telling you about the growing investigation into solyndra out in california, the solar company. but could the scandal cost president obama, perhaps, some political cred? maybe even re-election? juan williams, tucker carlson debate it next. and his music is hitting the campaign trail, yeah, in every way, shape or form. country music star clay walker is live in our studio talking about his buddy, rick perry. turn around and touch whatever you want. nothing works there anyway. push a button. go ahead.
ginsburg was on this united flight from washington, d.c. to san francisco. the pilot noticed smoke from the engine. he ordered all 179 passengers to evacuate. ginsburg was not hurt. one passenger was injured. the 78-year-old justice was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2009. meanwhile, one minute, a california woman is $54 million richer, the next minute she s back to zero. that woman right there thought she won the mega million lottery after checking the numbers in the newspaper. after her husband died two months ago, she considered this a blessing. then came the bad news. the paper messed up. they printed numbers from last week s drawing. every day i get the paper, every day, i depend on what they say, what they write. i m kind of upset. oh, man! bettencourt says she won t be playing the lottery again any time soon. all right.
quick headlines for you on this thursday morning. the faa facing another partial shutdown tomorrow when the funding expires. a stop gap bill to keep about 80,000 faa employees and airport construction workers on the job is now hung up in the u.s. senate. and the border crossing between mexico and california reopened this morning after this mess. a car trapped under collapsed scaffolding forced it to shut down yesterday. 11 people were hurt in the accident. back to you and brian. thank you, steve, the obama administration on the hot seat now for loans that it doled out to the failed energy company called solyndra. yesterday, lawmakers questioned top energy officials asking why solyndra received the $528 million loan in the first place.