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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 in august, that s really what all of this stems around. well, he has resigned, and to listen to the department of energy we re hearing from secretary steven chu, he s saying jonathan silver, the man who testified before congress about this controversy recently. he was already leaving, had been told in july before news broke of solyndra filing for bankruptcy that he would be going into the private sector. so you re hearing from sort of the executive branch this was already going to happen, bu ....
there are several departments responding to the fire. still attempting to put it out. all of our employees and anybody who was visiting the plant at the time the fire began has been evacuated and accounted for. so that was obviously our first concern. everybody is out and safe. i want to ask about this wedgeworth elementary school which is in that area. so if everyone is safe, does that mean that the school has been closed or where are the students at this point? that i don t know. they re not in visual range. we are next to a college that has been evacuated. as far as the elementary school, i don t know the status but i do know they are upwind from the fire so any of the fumes and smoke are all being directed the opposite direction of the school. can you help us understand what caused this and how it got so big so fast? no, i m sorry. we don t know that at this time. can you give me an idea of what type of gases are in the air and how dangerous this might be? ....
and on a plane back home to seattle. brooke? just to confirm because we have these two judges, six laypeople, jurors, all together that s eight. if the decision is split, it ultimately then goes to who, the defense to break the tie? reporter: there cannot be a split decision. if you know they re coming back now, we expect the verdict within minutes here, that means it will be a majority decision. i see. reporter: that means they will never tell anyone how much of a majority. that s all that s needed. there s no unanimous verdict. if they re coming back with a verdict, most likely it would be very rare in legal history for this to happen they he have a ruling in hand on this appeal. paula newton, we ll check in again. defense secretary leon panetta had pretty strong words regarding israel s increased isolation in the region. barbara starr has details. brooke, leon panetta is traveling to israel, egypt. today in israel meeting with leaders and palestinia ....
died in that strike. authorities say he was involved in a number of plots including the so-called underwear bomber case. funeral services for troy davis took place today in savannah. the georgia inmate was executed last week for the 1989 slaying of an off duty police officer and amnesty international is urging supporters to observe today as a day of remembrance. an anxious weekend for american amanda knox as she awaits to hear her fate. she s appealing her 2009 conviction of murder, her former roommate in italy. knock s attorney say she s a victim of overzealous prosecutors who decided her guilt regardless of reason. knox is expected to address the court on monday. and two more people are dead after eating cantalope contaminated with lifteria from a colorado farm. the centers for disease control says one person died in new mexico and another in colorado this week. the listeria outbreak was traced to rocky forward cantalopes fromm fromm frommen jone farm. drone att ....
underwear bomb incident in 2009. the fbi and department of homeland security are warning americans about possible revenge attacks they say the death of anwar al awlaki could motivate his followers to lash out in retaliation. a 26-year-old physics graduate is indicted in a terror plot. they said he tried to use remote controlled planes to attack the white house and capitol. he has a detention hearing on monday. florida has decided to buck gop rules and move its primary date up. that s wreaking havoc with the republican primary calendar. yesterday florida republicans announced they are moving the state s presidential primary to january 31st. iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina have vowed to move their nominating process ahead of florida to protect their early voting status. and astronaut mark kelley s retirement from the navy took effect today. he was a test and combat pilot before commanding nasa space shuttle flight. in june kelly said he wanted to spend ....