Michigan Mayor on GM Bankruptcy

" GM CEO Fritz Henderson says this as the beginning of a new company. And the mayor Lansing says that the new beginning for American icon and that is city has dodged a -- joining us broke -- this exclusive. They're very narrow plants in Michigan hi there how are you -- all right let's talk about the new GM and you know -- and like many other Michigan towns literally rough go but how soon do you think. Unemployment will start to pull back over 11% right now -- health and before the jobs return to."

" Well I wish I had a crystal ball of course we all hope that it's that it's very soon and already there's a collective sigh of relief in places like Lansing Michigan. We know our people will be working so you don't there's at least light at the end of the tunnel for a lot of workers across this country. There isn't much light. But -- these workers know already one army plants Lansing delta where they make the Buick. The conclave is already up a ship they've added a shift in and there's hope that they'll be adding more. And the Cadillac plant they are idled for a few weeks but we know that the new Cadillac wagon will be coming in the -- that the demand for the Cadillac CTS has been good. So up the prospect for the future is good for Lansing you know we did dodge a bullet. I said from the beginning were proud of what we make but but if somebody committed around the country you know those that closed I don't mean to suggest that there workers are not productive and they deliberately did. And they deserve or a good lifestyle as well. That the auto industry we need to get this right not just for Lansing of course that's near and dear to my heart my number one job. But we need to get this right for the country -- these auto jobs these are at the apex of manufacturing -- of the of the of the whole economy."

" We always -- you're saying that the work now again so what does GM need to do you come from an automotive family your dad. On down what do they need to do to turn this company around and make them once again an American icon well."

" You know from my perspective. They and I want us out but they were doing a lot of the right things if your viewers could visit Lansing Michigan is seen these new these two new plants that we have. This was not your father's automobile company these are robotic they're phenomenal the workers are working -- the workers have given up a lot they've made concessions. And I guess that had happened. You know I don't like it but I guess it it indicated it was required but they gave they'd been sacrificial about a they're taken great care of my challenge is to the American consumer to give these cars a chance I get some emails every time I'm on fox you know and some who say I'm I'm not going to buy American anymore and that hurts me that really hurts deep. But give your fellow American worker a chance if you haven't driven American car lately that you have a --"

" Don't these birds gotta think of that though folks of course in other driving around their children and their family they want to be safe in the car a lot of you know people look else -- an American -- you've heard this before but I don't want -- down that road well I don't really know we'll see. I never -- things. -- they want better -- hopefully this."

" New GM will get really better quality -- driver -- drivers drive the Cadillac CTS drive the Chevrolet Malibu these are incredible vehicles -- before. Give us a chance don't assume you know. Yeah your fellow American deserves it I don't consider some pick okay purchasing a."

" I don't blood have a favorite thing at what was it. China it if you look at where they by the most buicks in this country. It's China are you concerned at all though they awarded up moving some of our production American companies over to China because a -- and an -- needs to make money."

" I'm deeply concerned about that and I think of that that we need to correct and I think that when I look at the example of France would France helped Renault with eight billion or nine billion dollars in federal money from France. They required that we know move the production to France in -- Sarkozy was accused of being a protectionist he said his job was to protect. French workers we need to stand up for American workers and we need to try to buy American whenever we can of course we need production is in this country look I -- we need to be and we need to put the PG DP we need gross domestic product. The best stimulus is a stimulating job. That's what's lacking in America we need to put Americans back to work not just in autos but across the board have you ever tried to buy American journal of you gonna try we try to my mind you."

" I am Bloomberg we we couldn't -- parody of the Pontiac. Well wonderful I -- and you can't let me. -- find enough products made in America we need to we seriously -- commitment to manufacturing in this. Country the taxpayer money is behind this -- so again I keep saying this fingers crossed her -- about asking about health care. We're saying a lot of these auto workers are thought what healthcare they're not going get in treatments. They're they're not willing to pay for their own health care that they're having trouble the health care costs you think Atlanta and now."

" Well of course it's not a matter that they're not willing to they don't have the money money in and and of course this is a big issue already it's affecting our health providers as well. And I would say this is part of what some of us you know we were accused of being chicken little but the reality is when you start whacking away at the auto industry you might think this is only Detroit -- Michigan issued this spreads across the country the auto industry reaches the tentacles -- across this country -- across this economy I heard people say from Wall Street all the work service economy were health care kind of what do you servicing -- pay for the health -- you've got to make something Americans know this in their heart. That ended their heads you've got to make something when this country was the greatest in the world. We were making the greatest products in the world we were the most productive."

" You can't simply be a consumer economy it's not GDC gross domestic consumption that defines a country it's gross domestic product you gotta make some I had an idea of the world and we must be again I'm telling you shall we you've got to have an Apollo style commitment to our manufacturing we have got to get manufacturing back in this country there is no modern economy may thrive without manufacturing you don't know right. Never boring talking via the mayor of Lansing Michigan mayor Burge may narrow thank you great to see if there thank you Larry -- my."