ron bloom is a former wall street investment banker who specializes in restructuring. the car czar s new job, turning around the post office that faces a $10 billion deficit this year. good luck. virginia governor bob mcdonald is donating $5 million to victims of the 5.8 earthquake that hit his state in august because fema denied luisa county millions of dollars in relief aid and comes after president obama declined an invitation to visit the area today. homeowners face $18 million in damages. 24 homes were destroyed and heavy damage done to schools and churches. soggy situation for a cheerleader at mexico s pan am games. the 21-year-old misjudged how far she was from the edge of the pool and who hasn t done that? sure. whoo! they fell in. the show went off. while the fellow teammates helped her out of the water kind of, she finished the routine soaking wet. she goes down. down but not out. why are they doing a routine so close to the pool? don t understand dancing.
perspective. prisoner of conscience, one man s crusade for global, human and religious rights. thanks so much. thank you. all right. 18 minutes after the hour. still ahead, he was the president s car czar, well, he orchestrated the auto bailout and cash for clunkers. now the post office wants the carp czar to help them out. then today marks 1,000 days since president obama took office so how is he doing? our next guests are handing out report cards. my name is ron orsini, i m forty eight years-old, i love to swim, and i love to walk outside. osteo bi-fl has really helped my kne. osteo bi-flex has been incredible for me,
his mother, of course, devastated. you know, i mean, he was he was with us. jacqueline says her son had no pre-existing medical problems. meanwhile, another possible sign a u.s. postal service bailout may be coming. the union representing mail carriers hired the former car czar, the man president obama turned to when the car companies were in trouble. ron bloom is a former wall street investment banker who now specializes in restructuring. his new job, turning around the post office that currently faces a $10 billion deficit this year alone. time for a look at sports with that guy right there. all right, steve. that will be my introduction, i guess. i got to write this in the prompter so i get a proper toss. the texas rangers officially have another team to play in the world series. from milwaukee, the cardinals bats did not give the brewers a rest. i m sorry, it s not you.
investor and former car czar for the obama administration steven rattner joins us this morning. we had a busy weekend, steve and i. yes, you and steve were jet setting yes. my husband and i took the kids to see spider-man. it was squarery. if they tighten it, lit be a hit. it was oversensitizing. didn t i walk into the party trembling? what made me tremble was watching meet the press and congressman schilling, he seems like a nice guy. exceedingly nice. very nice family man. great story, great small
welcome back to morning joe, top of the hour, 7:00 on the east coast. markal prin, richard haass still with us. joining the table, former car czar for the obama administration, steve rattner. good to have you on board. thank you. nice to see you. we have a lot going on. we ll start are you all right there. i m doing fine. i was sitting here thinking you look like it hurts. i m thinking of buying a fleet of suvs. i buy american unlike you. i was just curious, if this continues and there s instability, do we see gas prices, which have a very small margin, do we see gas prices going up to $4, $5 a gallon? look, ultimately it depends what happens to the supply. oil prices did jump on friday based on all the fears you would imagine in terms of what could happen in the persian gulf. egypt is not a factor in any material way in the oil supply