[ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] come on. steve: that s right. it is my birthday, yes. could that be true, steve? oh, my goodness gracious. thank you. that s very sweet. thank you. steve: doug, just be careful with the cake because when you blow out the candles, an air bag goes off. somebody gets called, i m sure, like my doctor. thank you. thank you guys. you re very kind. steve: he s the best in the business. car czar, very nicely done and happy birthday to you. it s now ten minutes before the top of the hour. did you know the united states is fighting more than just the war on terror, as they used to call it? john stossel says the government is waging war on everything, including you, brian kilmeade. but first this day in history back in 1944, d-day, 155,000 american, british, french and canadian troops began landing on
clearly entered some parallel universe during these last few days. no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs back to this country. and the ceo of chrysler said, chrysler group s production for plans of the jeep plan have been the focus of public debate. i feel obliged to restate our position. jeep production will not be moved from the united states to china. it s inaccurate to suggest anything different. steve ratner was formerly the obama administration s auto adviser, the lead auto adviser, sometimes called the car czar. bill blasick is detroit bureau chief for the new york times and author of once upon a car: the fall and resurrection of america s big three automakers, gm, ford and chrysler. i saw the commercial, see how it
and i think both you and bill and what you have just read from the gm spokesman has made that very clear. cars are being built near to where people buy them. now as it happens we do export a reasonable number of jeeps at the moment because it is such an iconic brand worldwide. and what sergio marcchione committed is that jeep wranglers will only be made in toledo for the foreseeable future. and any jeep wranglers that are bought around the world, and as i said, it is an iconic brand, will be exported from the u.s., but we do want these companies to make cars close to where their customers are. we want chrysler to be profitable. we want general motors to be profitable. and these are all good things, not bad things, from the standpoint of the american taxpayer and the american citizens. and i own a wrangle ler. my daughter owns a wrangler. they re great cars. thank you very much, bill blasick of the new york times. and steve rattner, the car czar. up next, much more on the aftermat
no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will dim diminish jobs back to this country. and the ceo of chrysler said, chrysler group s production for plans of the jeep plan have been a focus of debate. i feel obliged to restate our position. jeep production will not be moved from the united states to china. it s inaccurate to suggest anything different. steve ratner was formerly the obama adviser, sometimes called the car czar. bill blasick is detroit bureau chief for the new york times and author of once upon a car: the fall and resurrection of america s big three automakers gm, ford and chrysler. i saw the commercial, see how it could deliver a message that obama brought down the big three, chrysler and jeep, and
these last few days. no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in the united states and repatriating profits back to this country. and the ceo of chrysler sent an e-mail to all of its employees that said, chrysler group s production plans for the jeep brand have become the focus of public debate. i feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position. jeep production will not be moved from the united states to china. it s inaccurate to suggest anything different. steve rattner was formerly the obama administration s car czar. bill blasick is detroit bureau chief for the new york times and author of once upon a car: the fall and resurrection of america s big three automaker automakers gm, ford and chrysler. i saw the commercial, see how it could deliver a message that