parties, and we have to think about money in the elections. still the poison in the system. so there s a lot hopefully this election will make us think. thinking is a good thing. and with regard to thinking ahead we know that the clinton team and the trump team have transition teams, right? they re thinking ahead and we had reporting earlier in the week that apparently hillary clinton is picking up the phone or contacting folks on the hill, some folks she s worked with in the past as a senator and especially she is reaching out to republicans thinking ahead to i want to work with you, thinking ahead to the first 100 days. do you think she s being a tad overconfident or do you think that s being prepared? i don t think it s too early to start that. if she were to win i would write away say she should have a whole series of meetings not just with republicans but with congressmen. lbj had every congressman to the white house over a period of time in groups of 30 and they d have dinner
ahead to if and when she wins, she wants everybody to get along. my question to you is, is that being a tad overconfident? transition planning is due diligence. both campaigns are heavily involved in it. if they re not right now, i think they d be in trouble come november 9th. hillary clinton having been a creature of the senate previously, she s conducting what i think is routine outreach. she knows members of the senate, whether democrats or republicans, really like that type of outreach from the executive. the key to making sure, though, that this doesn t become an electoral problem is keeping it quiet. as dan yeah bash reported earlier, i think so the transition folks on the republican side are being much more low key about it. what hillary clinton is doing is tending to make noise. that s a reflection of who people think is going to win, but i think it is it is
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
they also met. what s also interesting, kyra, rick perry met with three of donald trump s children. you know, i spoke to michael cohen who is trump s top political adviser. i just got off the phone with him and cohen said he spent some time with perry, as well. they talked about the economy and jobs and talked about family. all topics we would expect to come up during the conversation with donald trump. what is the take away from trump? cohen tells me that trump likes him as an individual and also likes what perry has done in texas, as far as creating jobs and also to make it a pro-business state. but donald trump is not ready to make any endorsements yet. as i said, mitt romney will be in new york in a couple weeks to meet with donald trump. kyra? he hasn t ruled out his own presidential bid, right? no, he is leaving that on the table. donald trump, if he endorses in this presidential election and that person gets the nomination and, of course, he says he won t run. but
about his advice for perry and the state of the race right now. also, we re learning the back story behind ron paul s drama. he s getting flak for an answer to a health care question. turns out the scenario is similar to a real life death in his political family. and president obama s attempt to promote green jobs turns into a bigger embarrassment. first, the company he visited went bankrupt, now, it s been raided by the fbi and u.s. taxpayers may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he s been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry s campaign in depth. he s joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. wolf, the texas governor is not just running as