do you have any reasoning behind steve ratner stepping away? >> presumably he's out of business, right? i mean, this is not one of the job creations that they were looking to do at the white house. but you know, the deal is done. the new gm will be coming our way probably next year. gm is out of bankruptcy. we're all over that story last week. and then the chrysler situation is done as well. so ford has always been out of the purview, if you will, of the obama administration for the most part. so you know, presumably he's moving on. >> i'm just wondering. there was some criticism about steve ratner and the way he handled the chrysler situation and the bondholders, and i'm wondering if there's anything about -- around that criticism that sort of pushed his hand. why now? or is it just simply, as you say, the job has been completed? >> yeah, my work is done. >> well, also there was criticism, maria, because you're essentially talking about somebody that didn't have a lot of experience, or any experience in the auto industry. my understanding is t

you know, steve ratner, the chief car czar, is an extremely wealthy man. he's worth hundreds of millions of dollars. doesn't he have the right to be driving around in whatever he wants? >> if he's got his money, he should pick up a hybrid. this is as simple as wearing gap jeans at the gap f. you're going to promote something, you wear it and go out there with posters on your forehead screaming, i'm green, i'm in a hybrid. steve ratner has a lexus, an audi, and a mercedes. the the wunderkind drives a hound a. nobody's even driving these american hybrids that we're supposed to be out there pimping around. this is total hypocrisy, and quite frankly, it just goes to show thaw the auto task force is just one big joke. terry: jewel yarks the hypocrisy charge is what rings true with a lot of americans. shouldn't they be driving a prius or a ford energy-efficient car? >> well, you know, when you look at the guy who's driving the toyota, and the wunderkind, he has been driving that for 11 years, and over the last few years, the japanese automakers have actually sur

steve ratner going back to his private life. think he will be hailed for the job he did in doing the job he did. it was up to him to get them through bankruptcy quickly. he got them through in a hurry and now hopefully, they will be going concerns going forward and it will be occupy to ron bloom to take the mantle. i think ratner day fantastic job. >> your stock of the day, take two. what is that? >> they make games like grand theft auto. the problem with take two is they came out last nate and said we're in the going to have such a good next couple of quarters. the stocwas down 14% yesterday. they did say though this game bioshock two which i know you and gurvir have been waiting for this title to come out here, that will come out next year so it will be delayed a little bit. this happens from time to time. but take two the ttwo. keep an eye on t it might get a little bit of a rebound after being down 14% yesterday. >> it is good it comes out income year. it gives me time to build up an actual interest in getting the game. >> a

we are saying so long to obama's car czar, steve ratner. we never knew you, mainly because you never do interviews ax new car is czar is on the

steve: who is the new car czar? well, as steven ratner gets out of town and comes back to new york to spend more time with his family that's what the white house said yesterday, apparently the new car czar will be a fellow by the name of ron bloovment he is an exsteel worker. gretchen: union. steve: steel worker union official. i don't know if that's a picture of him. gretchen: he was on the task force. he something elevated to the top important point is that he represents the unions. by all accounts, that's one of the few groups that benefitted from these bankruptcies. surprise. steve: exactly. eric: benefitted greatly. of all the groups the u.s. government, the canadian auto workers, the united auto workers. the uaw got the best deal going. going to own a big portion of our car industry. gretchen: yesterday was so excited to start watching the sonia sotomayor hearings and was waiting to hear from her it took about six hours to get to that point. because, as usual, the politicians wanted to listen to themselves speak and their speeches.

. >>> obama's car czar he is leaving washington, real story behind steve ratner and who president obamaa place that has lost jobs faster than anywhere else in america. the unemployment rate went from 4.7% to 15.3%. in fact, local tv stations have started running public service announcements that tell people where to find food banks... even as the food banks don't have enough to meet the demand. as we speak, similar scenes are playing out in cities and towns across america. >>> hello, america. i don't know about you, but i love these czars we have. the car czar, steven ratner, the chief architect of the gm and chrysler bailout. he is being replaced by ron blume, a united steel workers advisor. he is one of 32 of the obama administration soldiers and the list keeps on growing. coming up number one, none of czars play by the same rules as other advisors as cabinet members. in los angeles, economist, "new york times" columnist, ben stein and former speech writer for president nixon and president ford. you do not want to remove that from your resume? >> i don't know. i love nixon and ford. n

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the white house says task force leader steve ratner is stepping down. the new auto czar will be ron bloom. he joins by some accounts close to 3 dozen czars in the obama administration, managing the closure of the guantanomo bay facility to ending the genoside in darfur. the white house routinely fends off claims that mr. obama has named too many. >> if there is a marketing czar, i failed to get his or her memo. >> what is a czar? >> a czar supposedly would have accountability for something. that is, they are truly charged with delivering something specific. >> george washington university professor james baily says a czar needs to do something else, like energy and environment czar carol browner, his or her authority should cross cabinet boundaries n this case, the vap sap and energy department, which forbes magazine's editor in chief steve forbes is a testament to government inefficiency. >> it undercores the inefficiency of government hoping that maybe they will get something done that the massive bureaucracy cannot. >> by some definitions, a czar rep

i will tell you, i am very impressed with the government team under ron bloom and steve ratner and i sincerely totally want everybody to believe this team has one objective and one objective only, and that is to make gm a hard-hitting, fully competitive automobile company. and beyond insisting that we have a new board. but the board is going to have the oversight over general motors. there will be no direct government involvement. and as i say, the government's only objective in this as far as fritz and i can determine is they want gm to recover and they want -- the taxpayer wants her money back. >> and of course it's nice that you actually do see an exit strategy there. it's interesting when you look at how the government owning 70% of gm, you know, how that plays out with ford. i mean, is ford competing with the government? it's actually a very interesting story to look at. but let me switch gears and ask you about the demand story right now, bob. here you are. congratulations to you. emerging after 40 days in bankruptcy. you about now you've got an environment where the koreans ar

with gm emerging from bankruptcy last week, steve ratner says there would be less need for interaction. ron bloom, another prominent figure in the auto task force, will now take over the position. >>> in the meantime the president has tapped dr. regina benjamin for surgeon general. she's a family physician from alabama. dr. benjamin has run a nonprofit clinic for years that was once destroyed by hurricane katrina. she rebuilt only to have it destroyed by fire and had it rebuilt again. she will have to be confirmed by the senate. >>> turning now to a developing story we're following. a death investigation under way at fort maier military base near arlington. a female sailer was found dead near the henderson barracks after she did not report for duty. >>> the trial for banita jacks expected to continue today for a bench trial, meaning a judge will decide her fate without a jury. yesterday the judge reviewed a interview after her january 2008 arrest. she couldn't explain why the bodies of her daughters were found in her southeast d.c. apartment. if convicted, she could spend life in priso

. >> all right, but obama's head of the auto tax force steve ratner said this week that a company cannoty viable if it continues to lose market share. that is the huge question for general motors. can they do it, heidi? >> i have to ask you, quickly. i want to see pictures of these cars. there was one next to him in the press conference. have you seen what some of them are going to look like? >> we didn't see any of the new ones. we'll look at those as they come out and fritz will be talking to folks on the road about what they want. he will head out next month to talk to them, heidi. all about getting back to the customer. we'll dictate the models as they come, heidi. >> well, poppy harlow, we appreciate that. >>> we have to get to this right now, president obama getting ready for his meeting in rome with the pope. you see the line of dignitaries there and we also have ed henry, our white house correspondent, traveling with the president on the ground there in rome. we'll be checking in with him very shortly. just keeping our eye on the president's travels immediately after the g-8 summ