bachelor to dancing with the stars to anchoring extra. multitalented indeed. i m surprised you could spare the time to join me. i ve had you on my show a couple times. always enjoyed it so thank you for having me. i want to play you a clip. it leads me neatly to where we re going with this. so let s watch this. have you seen the president? yes. what about growing up? who was more boy crazy? this one is always boy crazy. not growing up! now i got an invite for beer for life and to be a guest on your show. what more can a man give you? that s what i m saying. you are of your word. i am here. piers: you ll get the beer. what we cut out of that, rather, you wouldn t let us have, we went on to say, you said, that being on my show would make look smarter and that you would discuss politics and world affairs. i believe you said that. i might have concurred. but i believe you said. that i m not one to argue with you. piers: our on a cnn show. this is n
the most pressing issue there is greece. reporter: yeah. that s right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euro s bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that they re still having trouble paying bills and might also like a discussion about moo mooch mutualizing. germany, of course, is still very, very reluctant to fit the bill on that, ali. different finance abilities. so that mutualization or further union mayen very far apart. the international monetary fund christine lagarde has stern warnings about the prospects for recovery in europe. what did she have to say? reporter: yeah. not mincing worlds and in an interesting position, because this time last
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
part of a possible terror plot against the u.s. plan to coincide with the 9/11 ceremonies. two of the three people are american citizens. we will give you the latest on the possible terror threat. listen to the week the firefighters have had in texas. they responded close to 200 wildfires since sunday. president obama declaring an emergency there as homes continue to burn. and today, nasa is heading to the moon. you are looking at the rocket that will launch in a few hours. i ll tell you what the mission to the moon is all about. it is saturday, september 10th. i m t.j. holmes. it is a weekend where the country will stop and remember and mourn, but also the government telling you to be vigilant as well. we have increased security, increased scrutiny, one day before the tenth anniversary of 9/11. here is the latest. i mentioned the word credible. credible and specific. it is not yet confirmed. american intelligence networks intercepted communications from pakistan. we ar
anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it s believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let s start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. i think it s most important to work backwards. unconfirmed is the key thing and driving all of the intelligence and law enforcement community. specific that you re hearing that word because, yes, they think it s a car bomb in either new york or washington. they do have some information that three individuals entered one being united states sit he send. they believe. the credible goes to where the source of