mick cornett is the republican mayor of oklahoma city. and the democratic mayor of charlotte, north carolina, anthony foxx. gentlemen, thank you both for being with us. to you first, mayor cornett, tell us what the message was that you and other mayors brought the president. >> well, i think of acknowledgement that we have a lot of work to do. unemployment-- although it may be very low in oklahoma city-- is still high across the country and it's not in oklahoma city's best interest for people in the country to be suffering so. and there are a lot of cities on the east coast that have deferred maintenance going forward and they won't be able to get out of that mess on their own. >> woodruff: and mayor foxx, this is the time when the federal government is as strapped as local governments are. how did the president respond? >> well, we had a great dialogue with the president today and i would characterize it as a... an open dialogue that we had with the president where he was really listening to mayors talk about what we're seeing on the grou